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extra! extra! black girls still confusing fashion world!

Well, well, well.  If it ain't just the fashion industry at it again, wrestling, in 2013, with what to do with women of color.  Here's today's lineup:

• Jourdan Dunn says she was booted from the Dior show because of her breasts.

“I’m normally told I’m cancelled because I’m ‘coloured’ so being cancelled because off my boobs is a minor : ) “ (the Grio)

 Maybe it's just me.  Maybe this is just a form of progress I'm slow to feel.

 Then there's Malaika Firth! Malaika Firth!:  It's big news that Prada is using a black model in a print campaign for the first time in 19 years. (theGrio).  Aaaaaaand here she is:

Now, everything is gorgeous, okay? The image, the model, the clothes, everything.  And yes, I know that we (black people) come in myriad skin tones, so I'm in no way questioning her blackness or anything like that when I say that I had to double back to the headline to make sure I had clicked on the right article once I saw the photo.  Prada, please.  Talk to me when we're at least half way to Alek Wek, mm-kay?

But the silver lining?  Over at Versace, Naomi Campbell didn't just own that runway with her famous walk last night, she straight up defied her age, according to The Daily Mail:

Wow, um, my brain is tired from all this, so let's recap:

• Black girl, it's not the color of your skin this time, it's your boobage that isn't right.
• Black girl, yea, you, the one who is lighter in skin tone than a lot of white girls, yea you, you're the one.  And more importantly, that makes us progressive.
• Black girl, you still here? Still looking this good?  Something isn't right here.  Oh, and that's a compliment. You're welcome.

I need a nap.