哈雷和克洛伊·贝利（Chloe Bailey）the front cover的September/October issue ofEssence。他们在哈勒即将出演的角色（是的，是黑人阿里埃尔）的陈述。小美人鱼, her relationship with YouTube star DDG, and they also discussed what it’s been like coming into their bodies.

Halle and Chloe have been on my radar for a while. I’ve followed some of their journey because they’ve been a staple on a lot of Black blogs. But I’ve never come to a conclusion on whether I’m a fan of these women or not – until I read the cover story.

就个人而言，总是有这种喜欢和支持黑人艺术家的压力。The look of dismay when people find out I grew up listening to Avril Lavigne and Ashlee Simpson lets me know I’m not exactly the poster child for Black culture, but in my defence it just took a while to find my musical niche – all part of the biracial experience. The pressure is tenfold when these artists are young women.

But besides a few songs here and there, I didn’t find myself in love with their music或者them. I couldn’t quite put my finger on it, but I’d hazard a guess that I just couldn’t connect with them because I didn’t feel like they were real or authentic. Hearing their thoughts and experiences in the interview with本质当然使我感到谦卑。

First, Halle talked about her relationship, with the rumours starting back in January. She described being a fan of DDG for years before meeting him in person. She went on to say that她是“肯定的”爱。然后，女人们坦率地进入自己的身体。

"Finally, I'm 22 years old, and some of the weight is sticking, and I'm happy about it," Halle said. "Chloe has the booty, and I'm getting some cleavage."

And Chloe does, in fact, have the booty – as she shows us, time and time again on her社交媒体。It was there where she posted a pretty cringey video in November of 2021 that she ended up deleting because people really didn’t receive it well.

In the视频, Chloe appeared in lingerie and, while sucking on a lollipop, she thanked her fans for supporting her throughout her career. Recalling it, even in writing, I can testify that it真的was cringey.

She sat down in an interview with Charlamagne Tha God on his show神的诚实真理和addressed the videoafter being asked whether public reaction to her posts affect her.

“In the beginning it didn’t affect me. I’m human. Of course, it affects me sometimes. But the reason why I deleted it wasn’t because of what people were saying,” she said. “It was just because I didn’t want people just going to my page and just seeing that. Social media is just whatever. I’m 23, I’m a grown woman. And I think it’s so cool how we can find ourselves. And I’m finding myself right now. And figuring out what serves me best. I’m just doing it under a microscope while all of you all get to do it without.”

In the past, I’ve called myself a经过认证的高音扬声器n’eleter。Because many times, I have a thought that becomes a tweet and I’ve learned that not every thought needs to become anything. I post something sometimes, and whether one minute, one day, one week, or six months pass, if, when I revisit it, I feel like taking it down, I do.

在Instagram上，我发布了many以前有东西。我认为很可爱的厚脸皮标题，只是为了重新审视它们，并想在各个方向上弹出呕吐。我张贴了我认为是坏蛋的照片，只是意识到它们只是糟糕的时期。而且，我发布的推文都是从轻度冒犯到疯狂的不知情以及两者之间的所有内容。

但是，正如克洛伊（Chloe）指出的那样，对我来说，我可以这样做，而没有数百万人观看。我的Cringey内容消失在深渊中，我不必担心它成为第二天文章或互联网对话的焦点。

But Chloe has tospeakabout this stuff in interviews. Likethis上e she did with Yahoo’sIn The Know。During the interview with Elaine Welteroth, she said, “There has never been a point in time that a society has ever been comfortable with the woman being powerful in the skin that she’s in. So I just have to give kudos to every woman who’s inspired me, every one of my peers right now who’s saying, ‘I love my body. I feel sexy.’”

然后，她继续谈论表达性行为的男人和女人的标准有何不同。

“一个男人可以穿衬衫坐在那里，撕开，像弹胸和所有SH-T一样。那很性感。但是他不会因为这样做而被嘲笑。当一个女人戳自己的屁股时，当她摆出某种方式时，她的臀部弯曲得更弯曲，或者当她皱着眉头并让自己的胸部栖息在胸罩上时，那是一个问题。”

And she’s got a point. When have we seen the public denying shirtless images of Shawn Mendes? Harry Styles? I feel like I’ve seen Justin Bieber’s chest and arm tattoos as much as Hailey Bieber has. Why the different reception?

For Chloe, she’s also facing the added pressure of society’s hyper-sexualization of Black women. Ask any Black woman who grew up in a Black household and I’m willing to bet they have an anecdote about being told to put on “proper clothes” when guests (namely men) were coming over. This kind of messaging tells women we are responsible for covering up the natural parts of us that might be “tempting”. Why is it never parents telling their guests, “Hey, when you come over today, please don’t conduct yourself in a manner that would make my daughter uncomfortable in our home”?

克洛伊（Chloe）的杂耍期望。一，是黑人妇女，两个，你必须要性感的想法，这是一个超性别化right方式，三，您还必须仔细地销售自己，以便您可以在Ariel之类的角色中获得小美人鱼像她的姐姐一样，但也足够性感，可以获得观点并保持相关性。和四个，她想成为性herway – which won’t necessarily meet everyone else’s expectations.

这是一件很难的事情，成为名人的性行为。对我来说很难，我绝不是名人。我不知道自己已经成长为身体，直到男人开始以不同的方式看着我。我从来都不是一个大胸部的人，我认为这通常是身体变化的明显标志。但是我确实有曲线。有比我大几岁的姐妹，通常是他们的男朋友一段时间没见过我you?” line, followed by some excited “You’re really growing up” type of crap that sounded promising for them and damning for me. Again, projectile vomit. Every direction.

不过，奇怪的是，这既令人满意又贬低。我终于看到了。但只有现在am I finally visible?

Chloe also spokeabout her sexuality in August of 2021, saying, "I just turned 23 this year, I’m not a teenager, I’m not a little kid anymore and I’m really happy that people are seeing that. It definitely wasn’t forced. It wasn’t anything new. The real me was always there, people are just now seeing me 360."

I guess my question is – whatis当妇女20岁的女性正在学习如何表达自己的性行为时，看起来像是看起来好像？对于某些名人来说，lol比赛视频2019他们后来在生活中进入现场，而不必从少年小星到成年的女人性女神进行棘手的过渡。但是，对于在青少年或成年初期被发现的明星来说，他们自然而然地在公众眼中进行了很多过渡 - 他们很自然。

Earlier this year, I read Brene Brown’s book勇敢地荒野。I was tipsy on a beach so I only remember parts of it, but the part I remember most is the idea that humans are hard to hate up close. Once you move in closer, learn to understand people, and recognize that we’re all just humans doing the best we can, it’s inherently difficult to hate people.

I never hated Halle or Chloe. I just never understood them.