everyone go send time magazine “Where is Laverne Cox?” in their ask box
I normally don’t reblog this sort of thing, but I will this time because the fact is what Time did with the vote was the following: they wanted the pat-on-the-back and viral marketing effect of knowing who Laverne Cox is ahead of actually publishing the magazine, but they didn’t want the potential newsstand fallout of actually putting a woman of color who is trans in their dead-tree final version of their 100 Most Influential List and she was never going to be in it. they were never, ever going to put her in it for real
and they didn’t expect she’d get votes and were hoping to fall back on the “aw shucks well we tried but nobody wanted her” defense
so, you know, i’m gonna reblog this