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<p>It&#39;s a turbulent time in America, and two things have defined the day: the House Judiciary Committee impeachment hearing, and Lizzo&#39;s butt.</p><figure class="image"><div class="image-container"><img alt="One of these things is not like the others." data-attribution="Twitter" data-attribution-url="" height="536" src="//cdn.someecards.com/posts/screen-shot-2019-12-09-at-51006-pm-jznAUZ.png" width="540" /></div> <figcaption>One of these things is not like the others.</figcaption> <div class="image-attribution">Twitter</div></figure><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>On Sunday night, Lizzo and her butt went to see the Lakers-Timberwolves game at the Staples Center in LA.</p><p>While rooting for the Timberwolves on Lakers turf, Lizzo did something even more controversial: bare her butt in a thong dress.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">so lizzo showed up to the lakers game last night wearing a thong dress, AND I&#39;M NOT MAD ABOUT IT! <a href="https://t.co/9gT3Xb5uoh">pic.twitter.com/9gT3Xb5uoh</a></p>&mdash; hautelemode (@hautelemess) <a href="https://twitter.com/hautelemess/status/1204083732845645824?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 9, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>An a**-less dress sounds extremely unhygenic and uncomfortable, but Lizzo was happy, and twerking on the JumboTron as the Laker Girls danced to her song &quot;Juice.&quot;</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Lizzo hits a twerk while enjoying the the Laker Girls routine to “Juice” at tonight’s Lakers game... <a href="https://t.co/xdDQV8OqPJ">pic.twitter.com/xdDQV8OqPJ</a></p>&mdash; Karen Civil (@KarenCivil) <a href="https://twitter.com/KarenCivil/status/1203914144128258048?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 9, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>Many people were not amused by the near-nudity, arguing that it&#39;s inappropriate to have your butt out at an event where there are kids.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Regardless of Lizzo’s weight, being in a public place where there’s families and kids with your WHOLE ass out is indecent and y’all know this. You’re just being dense for the sake of being dense</p>&mdash; Perk/ANTI MAGA ACCOUNT (@gregperkinss) <a href="https://twitter.com/gregperkinss/status/1204082908027211781?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 9, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">If Lizzo wants her ass out at concerts or clubs, that’s her choice, but not at a Lakers game with Kids there</p>&mdash; Wave God 🏁 (@TeejSmoothDude) <a href="https://twitter.com/TeejSmoothDude/status/1204051603172417536?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 9, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>People then accused the anti-thong dress debate of being hypocrites. Dancers at sporting events often have their cleavage, and boobs are the butts of the chest.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">“Lizzo is vulgar for showing so much skin at a Lakers game! children were there!” <br><br>Meanwhile thin and conventionally attractive Laker girls literally dress like this at games <br><br>Seems like you’re just mad that a fat girl doesn’t hate her body, Brad :/ <a href="https://t.co/loxrRGzmWL">pic.twitter.com/loxrRGzmWL</a></p>&mdash; pride=prison abolition (@golden__ally) <a href="https://twitter.com/golden__ally/status/1204137693275475970?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 9, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">LIZZO! THINK ABOUT THE KIDS!!!<br><br>meanwhile at every sporting event <a href="https://t.co/VjYJElzsZ6">pic.twitter.com/VjYJElzsZ6</a></p>&mdash; pow (@goddess2lucifer) <a href="https://twitter.com/goddess2lucifer/status/1204104864537677827?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 9, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I’m cracking up at all the “Lizzo was at a basketball game, children were there” y’all love protecting children when it’s convenient. Kids be around cigarette smoke, weed smoke, vulgar language, crackhead uncles, etc. But a fat bitch with her ass showing will harm them. Okay then <a href="https://t.co/bHUI7lzOV2">pic.twitter.com/bHUI7lzOV2</a></p>&mdash; Great Value Lizzo (@NieceJanel) <a href="https://twitter.com/NieceJanel/status/1204077585086459905?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 9, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>To many people, the backlash to the back of Lizzo&#39;s dress was an expression of fatphobia, because thin women&#39;s butts are often revealed without incident.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Lizzo unapologetically existing as a fat black woman has so many of you upset. <br><br>The fact that she&#39;s upsetting the established order and refuses to get inside this preconceived box so many of you have tried to place her in, is hilarious.<br><br>The fatphobia is jumping out!</p>&mdash; Steph (@StephanieYeboah) <a href="https://twitter.com/StephanieYeboah/status/1204024988916953088?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 9, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>Then came the inevitable backlash to the backlash, as other tweeters argued that the issue wasn&#39;t Lizzo&#39;s butt, but the time and place at which she chose to bare it. To paraphrase <em>A League of Their Own, </em>&quot;there are no butts in basketball.&quot;</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">are u trolling or are u deadass? U trynna make this a weight issue like everybody pissed off that Lizzo a lil healthier than most, nah. Lizzo ass was out at a family oriented event, Meg show her ass at her shows &amp; those are age restricted. Stop making up narratives like a weirdo. <a href="https://t.co/w6SlQNfobm">https://t.co/w6SlQNfobm</a></p>&mdash; |Trapphone|トラップ電話 (@Akaliltrapphone) <a href="https://twitter.com/Akaliltrapphone/status/1204063868571570178?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 9, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>One thing is for sure: people spent the day thinking and talking about Lizzo, a day on which she just happened to be dropping a new music video.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">GOOD AS HELL - <a href="https://t.co/Gyjk3pgpRj">https://t.co/Gyjk3pgpRj</a> <a href="https://t.co/uKkzYy81wt">pic.twitter.com/uKkzYy81wt</a></p>&mdash; Feelin Good As Hell (@lizzo) <a href="https://twitter.com/lizzo/status/1204111888264548352?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 9, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>The timing is good as hell.</p><div className="ad-splitter"></div>

Lizzo's revealing dress prompts debate over whether it's okay to show butt-cheeks in public.

It&#39;s a turbulent time in America, and two things have defined the day: the House Judiciary Committee impeachment hearing, and Lizzo&#39;s butt. One of these things is not like the others. TwitterOn Sunday night, Lizzo and her butt went to see the Lakers-Timberwolves game at the Staples Center in LA.While rooting for the Timberwolves on Lakers turf, Lizzo did something even more controversial: bare her butt in a thong dress.so lizzo showed up to the lakers game last night wearing a thong dress, AND I&#39;M NOT MAD ABOUT IT! pic.twitter.com/9gT3Xb5uoh&mdash; hautelemode (@hautelemess) December 9, 2019 An a**-less dress sounds extremely unhygenic and uncomfortable, but Lizzo was happy, and twerking on the JumboTron as the Laker Girls danced to her song &quot;Juice.&quot;Lizzo hits a twerk while enjoying the the Laker Girls routine to “Juice” at tonight’s Lakers game... pic.twitter.com/xdDQV8OqPJ&mdash; Karen Civil (@KarenCivil) December 9, 2019 Many people were not amused by the near-nudity, arguing that it&#39;s inappropriate to have your butt out at an event where there are kids.Regardless of Lizzo’s weight, being in a public place where there’s families and kids with your WHOLE ass out is indecent and y’all know this. You’re just being dense for the sake of being dense&mdash; Perk/ANTI MAGA ACCOUNT (@gregperkinss) December 9, 2019 If Lizzo wants her ass out at concerts or clubs, that’s her choice, but not at a Lakers game with Kids there&mdash; Wave God 🏁 (@TeejSmoothDude) December 9, 2019 People then accused the anti-thong dress debate of being hypocrites. Dancers at sporting events often have their cleavage, and boobs are the butts of the chest.“Lizzo is vulgar for showing so much skin at a Lakers game! children were there!” Meanwhile thin and conventionally attractive Laker girls literally dress like this at games Seems like you’re just mad that a fat girl doesn’t hate her body, Brad :/ pic.twitter.com/loxrRGzmWL&mdash; pride=prison abolition (@golden__ally) December 9, 2019 LIZZO! THINK ABOUT THE KIDS!!!meanwhile at every sporting event pic.twitter.com/VjYJElzsZ6&mdash; pow (@goddess2lucifer) December 9, 2019 I’m cracking up at all the “Lizzo was at a basketball game, children were there” y’all love protecting children when it’s convenient. Kids be around cigarette smoke, weed smoke, vulgar language, crackhead uncles, etc. But a fat bitch with her ass showing will harm them. Okay then pic.twitter.com/bHUI7lzOV2&mdash; Great Value Lizzo (@NieceJanel) December 9, 2019 To many people, the backlash to the back of Lizzo&#39;s dress was an expression of fatphobia, because thin women&#39;s butts are often revealed without incident.Lizzo unapologetically existing as a fat black woman has so many of you upset. The fact that she&#39;s upsetting the established order and refuses to get inside this preconceived box so many of you have tried to place her in, is hilarious.The fatphobia is jumping out!&mdash; Steph (@StephanieYeboah) December 9, 2019 Then came the inevitable backlash to the backlash, as other tweeters argued that the issue wasn&#39;t Lizzo&#39;s butt, but the time and place at which she chose to bare it. To paraphrase A League of Their Own, &quot;there are no butts in basketball.&quot;are u trolling or are u deadass? U trynna make this a weight issue like everybody pissed off that Lizzo a lil healthier than most, nah. Lizzo ass was out at a family oriented event, Meg show her ass at her shows &amp; those are age restricted. Stop making up narratives like a weirdo. https://t.co/w6SlQNfobm&mdash; |Trapphone|トラップ電話 (@Akaliltrapphone) December 9, 2019 One thing is for sure: people spent the day thinking and talking about Lizzo, a day on which she just happened to be dropping a new music video.GOOD AS HELL - https://t.co/Gyjk3pgpRj pic.twitter.com/uKkzYy81wt&mdash; Feelin Good As Hell (@lizzo) December 9, 2019 The timing is good as hell.

It&#39;s a turbulent time in America, and two things have defined the day: the House Judiciary Committee impeachment hearing, and Lizzo&#39;s butt.   One of these things is not like the others.   On Sunday night, Lizzo and her butt went to...