Keeping it Messy: Eminem & Rihanna "Love the Way You Lie"

For years I have been fascinated by both Eminem and Rihanna. But it wasn't until their collaboration on the song, Love the Way You Lie, and the controversy surrounding it, that I realized why.

Eminem on the cover of Rolling Stone in 1999

Understandably, the dialogue taking place online about this song and video revolves around Eminem's history of espousing and trading on racist, sexist, and homophobic lyrics and Rihanna's responsibility as a woman who has been a victim in an abusive...