When I pressed play, I didn’t expect much. Most of the songs had leaked almost a year before, and I’d hated what I heard. What a surprise…..

The only songs that I dislike are: Ciara To The Stage, Like A Surgeon, Lover’s Thing, and G Is For Girl. Ciara To The Stage was a pretty boring opening song, so I cut it off. Like A Surgeon seems to be pretty popular, but it did absolutely nothing for me. Ciara is really trying to sing on Lover’s Thing, but this song also let the ride lose steam. G Is For Girl reminded me too much of Beyonce’s Diva, but a version that just falls flat.

Overall, the album is great! My personal favourites are Turntables and Keep On Dancing, which reminds me of the 80s. KOD is nice and mellow, and I can imagine driving at night with that song flowing from the speakers. Ciara’s voice is not up there with the greatest singers of all time, but I can respect her for pushing her voice further than where it used to be. However, I feel that she will always be known for the Dance music, and if this album flops (predicted to sell 80,000 max, and the last album, Evolution, sold 300,000+) then she should return to her Dance music roots.

I feel that questions like this give white people a ‘power’ over us. It’s like we need their approval, so to make them jealous is supposed to be some sort of an achievement.

Instead of bringing race into it, I’d say that women are threatened by ‘good looking’ women period. Women seem to compete, compete, COMPETE over men like males are rare on this planet, and it’s sad that we’re so divided. Fighting against the competition might work against you; for example, you might think your ‘rival’ is gorgeous, so she’ll end up attracting your love interest, meanwhile your love interest likes YOU but your negative attitude keeps pushing him away.

Generally, I’m sick of hearing women say that they’re given dirty looks because they’re pretty. First, just because you believe that you’re ‘pretty’, it doesn’t mean that the ‘haters’ agree. They may be looking at you thinking, “She’s ugly” or probably, “Why is she staring at me?” The world does not revolve around you.

So back to the original question, Do white women envy pretty black women? Yes, they do. And black women envy pretty white women. And Asian women envy pretty biracial women. And…you get where this is going.