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Wednesday, March 1, 2017
Rachel Dolezal: Totally Broke and Nearly Homeless!
Hey, remember Rachel Dolezal?
Of course you do — as long as you live, you will never be able to forget that white woman who built her entire life around pretending to be black.
Rachel was the president of her local NAACP chapter and she also taught African-American studies at a university, but that all fell apart when her parents began letting people know that she’s actually white.
Her story went viral with a hilariously uncomfortable interview in which she was asked if she was white. She said that she didn’t understand the question, then just bolted.
She maintained for a long time that she’s a black woman — and she still does.
But the issue these days is that holding onto that false identity is pretty much destroying her life.
Rachel did a lengthy interview with the Guardian to promote her upcoming book, titled In Full Color: Finding My Place in a Black and White World.
And boy, is it a doozy.
Rachel says that she is currently unemployed, and that she’s applied for 100 different jobs, but no one will hire her. Well, almost no one: she admits that she’s gotten offers in reality television and porn.
Things are so bad that while a friend helped her pay rent for February, she thinks she’ll probably end up homeless this month.
She had to submit her memoir to at least 30 different publishers before anyone would agree to print it.
“The narrative was that I’d offended both communities in an unforgivable way,” she explains, “so anybody who gave me a dime would be contributing to wrong and oppression and bad things. To a liar and a fraud and a con.”
Well …
Still, Rachel says that she wrote her book “to set the record straight,” but also “to open up this dialogue about race and identity, and to just encourage people to be exactly who they are.”
She had a rough childhood: she claims that her parents used to beat her and her older brother, and that the first time she ever truly felt love was when her parents adopted four babies when she was 15. Three were African-American, and one was Haitian.
She says she was the primary caretaker for all the new babies, and that as they grew up, “I began to see the world through black eyes.”
About the black vs. white struggle, or her struggle, anyway, she says that “I do think a more complex label would be helpful, but we don’t really have that vocabulary. I feel like the idea of being trans-black would be much more accurate than ‘I’m white.’ Because you know, I’m not white.”
But would she ever consider dropping the “trans-black” thing? Even if just to stop rubbing so many people the wrong way?
“No,” she insists. “This is still home to me. I didn’t feel like I’m ever going to be hurt so much that I somehow leave who I am, because I’m me. It really is who I am. It’s not a choice.”
Sure, Rachel. Sure.
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Kristen Stewart: Is That Really Her in V Magazine?!?
Kristen Stewart is featured in the latest issue of V Magazine.
At least we think Kristen Stewart is featured in the latest issue of V Magazine.
Photographed by the legendary Mario Testino in a bright purple and blue Chanel ensemble, flames aloft on the backdrop behind her, Stewart is front and center for the publication’s “Free Spirit” issue.
And she looks almost nothing like herself on the cover:
Among the topics Stewart delves into as part of this cover story is iconic designer Karl Lagerfeld.
The two have worked together for a number of years now.
“Karl has always, from the very beginning, made me feel like being myself was the right thing to do. And in [the fashion] world, that is a rarity,” Stewart explains.
“He’s a compulsive and obsessive artist and it’s contagious. And he’s kind. He is who he is for a reason. I feel so lucky to be in his space so often.”
Stewart will next be seen in the film Personal Shopper, a thriller that is scheduled to hit theaters on March 10 and which centers on our relationship with new forms of communication.
It’s a meaningful theme to the former Twilight Saga star.
“When you speak to someone on the phone, that is a decipherable, understandable exchange,” says Stewart to V.
“But with text and social media, it’s essentially a dialogue with yourself and your interpretation of a shadow. It’s not invalid; it’s a new language.”
Stewart continues to distance herself more and more from the role of Bella Swan that made her famous.
It made her famous among teenagers around the world, but this star has loftier goals in mind.
She’s hoping to reach a larger audience.
Last month, for example, Stewart won rave reviews for her Saturday Night Live hosting debut, actually cursing in her monologue and taunting Donald Trump.
She openly talked about her ex-boyfriend, Robert Pattinson.
She told the entire world that she’s gay.
She seemed a little nervous and anxious, but she also came across like more of an open book than she ever had before.
“For six years, I’ve just been being a total wuss about it and then I finally was like, at some point, you just have to bite the bullet, you know?” Stewart said of the hosting gig, adding that even if one is to fail…
“It will make you stronger, man.”
This issue of V hits newsstands on March 9.
Pick up a copy to learn more about Stewart and check out a segment from her Saturday Night Live hosting appearance above.
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