--- title: Janelle Monae Responds on Twitter to Criticism of Clothes description: Janelle Monae responded to a tweet insulting her fashion choices and it has gone viral canonical: https://time.com/3820978/janelle-monae-twitter-response/ author: Olivia B. 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Waxman Staff Writer Apr 14, 2015 2:25 PM UTC With her [new music video](http://time.com/3820241/janelle-monae-yoga/) for her single “Yoga” taking off, R&B singer-songwriter Janelle Monáe is having a banner week, and she is not going to let any troll on Twitter get in her way. A tweet from a user (who has since made his tweets private) said: “girl stop being so soulful and be sexy..tired of those dumbass suits..you fine but u too damn soulful man.” Her response: “sit down. I’m not for male consumption.” [@mellow\_saa](https://twitter.com/mellow%5Fsaa?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw) sit down. I'm not for male consumption. — Janelle Monáe👽🚆🤖🚀🪐 (@JanelleMonae) [April 13, 2015](https://twitter.com/JanelleMonae/status/587499279217885184?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw) The tweet has racked up more than 2,200 retweets in 24 hours. ### Go Inside Starbucks' Wild New 'Willy Wonka Factory of Coffee'  On Dec. 5, founder Howard Schultz debuted part of his new strategy for Starbucks: his first flagship “Roastery,” a 15,000 square foot space that is both a coffee roasting facility, and a consumer retail outlet. The place is to coffee what FAO Schwartz is to toys or Dover Street Market is to fashion—retail theatre. 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