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When someones favorite singer, who they hold close to their heart, is being silent on an issue like this, it does provoke an emotional response. Its only natural. Seeing someone you admire not standing up for a cause like this can be weird and make you feel unsure about them. People care about their faves saying something. Not every single celeb in the world.

If she speaks up, shell get shit for it. If she says nothing, shell get shit for it. So she might as well speak up about BLM cause doing SOMETHING and raising awarness and support is still powerful, even if people accuse her of being fake. Way better than doing nothing.

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why talk about black reparations in the video or even make a post about how not racist you are when you're not even going to speak up about racial injustices? 
she unfollowed sky ferreira too 

Amazing that Lana went from being so vocal about gun violence (as far as mass shootings) to radio silence about BLM. Disappointing to say the least.

The album is truly a grower!
 
Glad it's receiving positive reviews

Her silence is her privilege. It has nothing to do with reputation because if you were outraged enough and desperate enough to ensure that accurate information is being spread as far as possible you would try and help.  

This isn't about having opinions validated, it's about bringing awareness to a horrendous act that took the life of an innocent man. Sure, celebrities don't have to post about it, but I sure would question them if they didn't, especially if these celebrities never hesitate to promote their music any time of day.
 
Is it not our job as human beings to actually give a shit about another person's life and bring awareness to a platform filled with millions of followers? It's more than just a donation link. Donation links don't challenge people's minds - words do.

how come I can really see her posting a typewritten note saying something like "as disgusted as I am from these tumultuous events, I still see the good in people and the cops, and the riots cause more damage than good xx" as much as I love Lana and her music, I've been really turned off by her actions recently and won't be surprised if she's silent or posts yet another polarizing piece 

Joining the chorus of those saying her silence is reprehensible. It doesn't matter that some will criticize her for the timing - she should use her platform for good, particularly after just having been romantically linked to a police officer accused of discrimination. 

The fact that some of you think that what a minority of people MAY believe if Lana posts about George Floyd is a valid excuse for her not to is sad.  Who tf cares what people think. The point is sharing on your platform how to donate, what the BLM is about, etc. etc.  That's what being an ALLY is. And if she is kissing ass then at least some good will come out of it.  She had no problem doubling down making numerous unedited posts that weren't even thought through when it was an issue pertaining to her. 

the only good post she could do is something along the lines of gaga or bella hadid because if she tries to pull her own words into this it'll easily end up a nightmare for her any everyone involved for multiple reasons (unless she obviously does a very educated post but i also doubt she'd be able to do that for multiple similar reasons)
 
 
 
she doesn't even get what feminism is or doesn't know how to define it for herself when she use that word in her posts, i honestly doubt she gets what BLM is about except for the obvious "goal" that is even kinda mentioned in the name of the movement.
 
i don't think her current LA friends help for that matter, they're all kinda not giving me the brightest candles on the cake kinda vibes. which i mean.. fair enough but yeah she probably isn't surrounded by that many people who care about these issues on more than surface level, even the women's march? did her friends go (i honestly don't know but it wouldn't surprise me either way tbh)? we know chuck went and lana posted about it (which was also "controversial" even though it wasn't particularly bad or good for that sake) but chuck is probably much more involved in political activism than all of her cali-based baddies.
 
additionally whenever she speaks up (about anything really it doesn't need to be that much of a big cause or a political issue ) I've noticed that she uses really weird language "sorry for speaking up" "i'm not claiming to be a politician - sorry for having an opinion" etc. it makes me think about how she has some sort of weirdly warped perception about speaking up maybe she wasn't around people who talk about these things much? idk, it's all guessing but i've noticed it and i did find it odd at that time and she just keeps saying things like that so it's really weird.

sine from above stans LEMME SEE UR HANDS 

sine from above stans LEMME SEE UR HANDS 

sine from above stans LEMME SEE UR HANDS 

Let's be honest, if she speaks about Floyd it'll be a double-edged sword.
Damned if you do, damned if you don't. 
 
If I were her, I'd RT something on Twitter so I could raise awareness and that way I would be talking about it while not talking about it (so the focus wouldn't be on me but on the subject)

sis... maybe i worded it wrong, my point was that the instances don't occur where you must choose between one particular issue to talk about at a certain time. things like twitter allow you to tweet and retweet in literally 2 seconds, so you CAN raise awareness about everything you care about. it's possible.
this is going off the topic of lana so if you wanna carry on you're free to PM me 

i have conflicting feelings over this.
 
on one hand, nowadays it's almost like, if you write a tweet or make an insta story about it, you're good. as if that requires any sort of effort or means the celeb in question is actually spending time thinking - let alone acting - on the injustice they just briefly mentioned on social media beyond the time it took them to write or RT the post. i believe that it's virtue signalling more than anything else.
 
on the other hand, these people have huge platforms and the very least they can do is be clear about their stance, even if it's a surface level one. so i tend to think that yeah, even though social media posts are basically meaningless, saying nothing is the worst option.
 
re: lana, i'm not holding my breath. she's an out-of-touch rich white woman who just dated a cop & self-professedly still believes that there's such a thing as "good cops", so. if she doesn't say anything, i'll hold it against her especially after her tone-deaf comments, but if she does i'll honestly just shrug.

I'm really disappointed that Lana hasn't spoken out about this topic, on top of all the other shit she did recently.
 
I would like her to read this text called The Deafening Silence of Whites by Marianne DiMascio: https://www.uvm.edu/~vtconn/?Page=v24/dimascio.html&SM=search_menu.html
 
"I want you to say it because then at least I know who I’m dealing with. It’s when you don’t say it, that’s when I get suspicious of you . . . I don’t know when they’re looking at me what they’re thinking . . . I want to be connected to this person. I want to know who you are." 
 
I need to know if Lana is still a person that I can look up to and, honestly, right now I'm not sure anymore. 

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that's gossip, babble on 

Have U ever considered that pop music might just not be for you?

this album is kinda a masterpiece. i was slightly dissapointed on first listen... i loved it, but i felt like it needed to grow on me or something. but im on a second listen rn, and holy SHIT it's so good. godga is back.

Billboard n USA Today are praising it yessssssss 

the statement applies to people who are aware of the issue, not those who aren't aware- "if you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor" i promise you it takes 30 seconds to share a petition or make a simple post which i'm sure everyone has the time to do (unless there's an extreme emergency)