SNAP! Down go the trolls (Gabourey Sidibe at Golden Globes)

[DinahMoeHum]

http://www.salon.com/2014/01/15/gabourey_sidibe_shuts_down_the_trolls/

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The 30 year-old costar of “American Horror Story: Coven” received a typical amount of crap on Twitter after her Sunday appearance at the Golden Globes, for committing the crime of appearing in public while not being thin. But after the brilliant wits of the Internet were done riffing on how she “looked like the GLOBE at the Golden Globes” and “ate the Golden Globes,” Sidibe got in a comment of her own. “To people making mean comments about my GG pics,” she tweeted, “I mos def cried about it on that private jet on my way to my dream job last night. #JK” And, nearly 27,000 retweets later, game point Sidibe.

US magazine promptly called Sidibe’s response “amazing,” while CNN declared her the winner of the “best comeback” award. And she was. She fully acknowledged the utter meanness of the commenters’ body snarking on her appearance, but she didn’t turn it into a pity party. Instead, she simply got the last laugh. She later added on Twitter, “Yay! Everyone is so wonderful and supportive of my shade! This might be a problem down the line. Thank you! #notmyjetthough #imnotthatfancy”

Sidibe has had a long time to prepare for just such a cool reaction. She’s never been just been a talented actress. She’s been an overweight, dark-skinned actress – exactly the sort of person, as this year’s blonde-tastic Golden Globes oh so conspicuously proved, who does not fit comfortably in the public perception of what a star looks like. More shockingly, as Kate Harding noted four years ago, when Sidibe’s stardom was on the ascent for her breakthrough role in “Precious,”she is a woman openly not struggling “with debilitating body-related shame and anxiety.” How infuriating for those who believe fat equals misery.
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The Tweet that smacked down the bullies:
https://twitter.com/GabbySidibe/status/422748363738472448