Teachable Moments: Whimsy
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Anupa (@_anupa) and Denise (@balkissoon) were discussing doing a Teachable Moment on Zooey Deschanel aka the Whimsicallest Girl-Woman Ever. And then, Twitter did it for us.
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"is the word whimsical ever applied to a non-white person?" - @balkissoon
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Willow Smith? No non-white manic pixie dream girls tho. RT @anupa "is the word whimsical ever applied to a non-white person?" - @balkissoon
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@kelkord @anupa @balkissoon Every character from every Miyazaki movie ever = whimsical.
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@_anupa @balkissoon 'whimsical' is how I encrypt 'shitty' in a polite criticism.
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hehehehe RT @balkissoon: @_anupa didn't copy the part where I said "whimsy is a white whord."
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agree with @tcote comment. but are we talking about real people or fictional?
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There was a time when I wanted to write a screenplay about a non-white pixie girl... Got notes some place...
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Lisa Bonet. And Tyra, maybe? RT @_anupa: "is the word whimsical ever applied to a non-white person?" - @balkissoon
There is a missing tweet here, where @RafayAgha says Grace Jones is whimsical. Nice try pretending it didn't happen.
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I totally disagree. Whimsical is not a word I'd use for her at all
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Immediate reference to whimsy goes to Alice in Wonderland which goes to...corporate cannibal?
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@RafayAgha What did you delete? Put it back so I can put it on @ethnicaisle. DO IT.
