“Imagine the dismay of pubescent males everywhere when Arianna Huffington told The Guardian today that her site’s new Sideboob vertical is actually just a joke. The apparently necessary admission came as blogs and Twitter users took the new vertical, which features fleeting images of celebrity breasts, at face value today.” — John Hudson 

“You could argue that Minaj’s mainstream success as a black, female M.C. — a certified double-platinum album, a solo set at the Grammy’s, a superbowl halftime show, cosmetics campaigns, tired yet? — are all huge wins for Black women. You could just as easily argue that she represents an unattainable standard of beauty for Black women: her natural hair (spoiler alert!) does not happen to be technicolored nor pin-straight, and the plastic surgery rumors don’t end.” 

“After a Radio Diss and Twitter Fight, Nicki Minaj Skips Summer Jam” — The Atlantic Wire