'I'm Latina, and I Find Rihanna's Skinny Brows Problematic'
[quote]I got my eyebrows threaded for the first time when I was 12 years old. As I walked out of the salon, admiring my new skinny brows, my mother stared at me: “They gave you chola brows!” she gasped, horrified, before immediately making me swear to never thread them that thin again.
[quote]Because at the time, in the predominantly Mexican and Mexican-American city of Los Angeles, pencil-thin brows weren’t seen as a fashion statement—they were seen as a gang affiliation, marking you as a chola (a female gang member). Suddenly, I was the 6th grader with a hugely polarizing gang sign on her face, a sign I had been raised to fiercely avoid—and have avoided ever since.
[quote]Considering it was highly unlikely that Rihanna had suddenly joined a gang, and seeing as the Caribbean singer wasn’t exactly raised on the streets of East L.A., my Mexican-American heart was deeply confused, and deeply annoyed.
| by Anonymous | reply 23 | August 3, 2018 3:56 PM
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If by problematic you mean they make her look cheap, then yes.
She is far too beautiful for that sort of gimmick.
| by Anonymous | reply 1 | August 3, 2018 2:32 PM
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OP, this article is stupid and was completely unnecessary. No one is thinking about Cholas when they see thin eyebrows. Please watch the Vogue video to see Rihanna’s inspiration for the eyebrows seen on the cover.
| by Anonymous | reply 2 | August 3, 2018 2:35 PM
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r2 Of course it's a stupid article. That's exactly why I posted it here.
| by Anonymous | reply 3 | August 3, 2018 2:36 PM
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Do these people have no sense of history at all? CHOLAS DID NOT INVENT THIN EYEBROWS. Please! Brows like this were on every woman in the 1920s and1930s. They also came back in the 70s (which, fashionwise, was greatly influenced by the 30s).
| by Anonymous | reply 4 | August 3, 2018 2:38 PM
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r4 She got emotional because of that childhood memory, which is understandable. The fault here lies with the MC editor who allowed this to be published.
| by Anonymous | reply 6 | August 3, 2018 2:42 PM
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This sounds like a Russian attempt to divide POC, honestly.
| by Anonymous | reply 7 | August 3, 2018 2:43 PM
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Remember what the Cholas did to Celia Hodes from "Weeds?" haha
| by Anonymous | reply 8 | August 3, 2018 2:44 PM
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[Quote]Please! Brows like this were on every woman in the 1920s and1930s.
Exactly!
| by Anonymous | reply 9 | August 3, 2018 2:48 PM
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r9 Our great chola ancestor!
| by Anonymous | reply 10 | August 3, 2018 2:51 PM
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No, ninny. I do not find things "problematic."
| by Anonymous | reply 11 | August 3, 2018 2:52 PM
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Love all the people trolling Rihanna by going with the Yes option. Fuck her!
| by Anonymous | reply 12 | August 3, 2018 2:57 PM
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Oh is this like SJWs thinking that braids and dreadlocks and items are the exclusive property of one particular group?
And I thought chola brows were thick and applied with sharpie.
| by Anonymous | reply 13 | August 3, 2018 3:03 PM
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No, Rihanna is not reading Data Lounge. The yes voters are trolling YOU r12, for giving a shit.
| by Anonymous | reply 14 | August 3, 2018 3:04 PM
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Chola brows are extremely unattractive on women.
| by Anonymous | reply 16 | August 3, 2018 3:07 PM
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"for giving a shit"
Says the creator of the Elizabeth Hammer thread. Go find yourself some pills, sweetheart.
| by Anonymous | reply 17 | August 3, 2018 3:07 PM
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r16 Must be a subconscious thing, like trying to convey that one's vagina is very tight?
| by Anonymous | reply 18 | August 3, 2018 3:09 PM
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Oh, look. It's Today's Issue for the SJWs to get a Twitter trend going and scream about, while they could be concerned about and trying to fix real racial injustices. Shitting all over Rhianna and Vouge will really change the world, like for sure!
| by Anonymous | reply 19 | August 3, 2018 3:14 PM
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I'm not a big fan of unnaturally thin or overly thick painted on brows. Super thin brows were popular in the nineties. I see girls with painted on Groucho Marx I brows now. Both look stupid, but you don't have to worry about your eyebrows never growing back with the thick brows. It's moronic that the writer thinks this belongs to Latinas.
| by Anonymous | reply 21 | August 3, 2018 3:39 PM
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The eyebrows were triggering to her.
| by Anonymous | reply 22 | August 3, 2018 3:41 PM
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This reminds me I need to. Go watch Mi Vida Loca.
| by Anonymous | reply 23 | August 3, 2018 3:56 PM
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