Tessa Thompson Clarifies Her 'Break The Mould' Convo Re Janelle Monae For Porter Edit June 29, 2018

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Tessa Thompson Clarifies Her 'Break The Mould' Convo Re Janelle Monae For Porter Edit June 29, 2018

Actor Tessa Thompson is styled by Catherine Newell-Hanson in 'Break The Mould', an over-sized look at coming season, lensed by Nagi Sakai for Porter Edit June 29, 2018./Hair by Vernon Francois; makeup by Nick Barose

Thompson stirred up supporters, speaking about her relationship with Janelle Monae,  "It's tricky, because Janelle and I are just really private people and we're both trying to navigate how you reconcile wanting to have that privacy and space, and also wanting to use your platform and influence." For many people, that appeared to be an official confirmation of their relationship.

Thompson made it clear that she is bisexual, "I'm attracted to men and also to women. If I bring a woman home, [or] a man, we don't even have to have the discussion." She continued, "That was something I was conscious of in terms of this declaration around Janelle and myself. I want everyone else to have that freedom and support that I have from my loved one, but so many people don't. So, do I have a responsibility to talk about that? Do I have a responsibility to say in a public space that this is my person?"

With social media ablaze over her words, Tessa wrote on Twitter Sunday:  "Sometimes we cheer so loudly at someone speaking their truth, that we miss what they say. (Here’s looking at you media journalism). I didn’t say I was in a relationship. But I said lots of other things. All below. One thing I missed — Pride Has No End." 

Camila Falquez Captures Janelle Monáe In 'An American Dreamer' For Allure US July 2018

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Model Janelle Monáe is 'An American Dreamer', styled by Jaime Kay Waxman. Photographer Camila Falquez is in the studio for Allure US July 2018./ Hair by Nikki Nelms; makeup by Francelle

i-D featured photographer Camila Falquez's 'radically soft photos of black masculinity' in December 2017. The Brooklyn-based photographer convinced her model, LZ Granderson, that posing in pink tulle would not hurt his career. I said, ‘Listen, trust me. You want to be seen as a man ready to change the stories told about men,’” Camila recalls. Camila first met LZ, an aspiring politician, when she was taking photos at this year’s Afropunk Festival and fell in love with his aura. “He was so gracious, honest, and giving in the way he posed.”

Janelle Monae Channels Hitchcock In 'Noir Town' By Jordan Peele For W Magazine Vol 2 2018

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Janelle Monae Channels Hitchcock In 'Noir Town' By Jordan Peele For W Magazine Voll 2 2018

Talent Janelle Monae is styled by Sara Moonves in 'Noir Town", lensed by 'Get Out' director and writer Jordan Peele for W Magazine Vol. 2 2018./ Hair by Nikki Nelms; makeup by Dick Page

The scene according to W: A private investigator is standing in a clock tower taking photographs of a parade. She is a woman, played by Janelle Monae, searching for clues to a murder. As the detective stares through the lens, she begins to realize that one of the bystanders on the ground looks exactly like her. Then she sees another identical face. And another. Suddenly, the sea of potential suspects are visions of herself. Are these women good? Are they evil? And why are these twinlike alter egos haunting her? “I wanted to create a Hitchcock moment that doesn’t really exist in a Hitchcock film,” explained Peele.

Peele, who was standing on the fourth floor of the abandoned Palace movie theater in downtown Los Angeles, had constructed a scenario that paid homage to the mystery and intrigue of Hitchcock masterpieces like 'Vertigo' and 'Psycho'. Just as 'Get Out' is Peele’s subverted and original take on unsettling classics like 'Rosemary’s Baby' and 'The Stepford Wives', 'Noir Town' replaces Hitchcock’s uniformly white protagonists with a woman of color.

Reed Krakoff Unveils Tiffany & Co's 'There Is Only One' Campaign, Lensed By Inez & Vinoodh

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Reed Krakoff Unveils Tiffany & Co's 'There Is Only One' Campaign, Lensed By Inez & Vinoodh

Tiffany & Co shares their Fall Winter 2017.18 campaign featuring Janelle Monae, Zoe Kravitz, Elle Fanning, St. Vincent, Cameron Russell and David Hallberg. Called 'There's Only One', the campaign is photographed by Inez van Lamsweerde & Vinoodh Matadin, with styling from Carlyne Cerf De Dudzeele. The campaign is the first for Tiffany's new chief artistic officer Reed Krakoff./ Makeup by Lisa Butler; hair by Ward Stegerhoek