February 2012
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You know what I want for black history month?
I want lingerie sites to have more brown models so that when I go looking for stockings with a back seam I can tell what that “nude” will really look like on me.
Your sheer and my sheer are two different things but I have to sit here and do all the color mathematics in my head to figure out what that pasty ass beige/ sheer is actually gonna look like on my dark brown skin.
I...
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dani-2010 asked: Hey is the top half of your dreads burgundy ?
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Watchblacklooks:
Questions on visibility in Queer Communities of Colour
“Dream Hampton explained to me about how this is a time when women are fighting...”
– Rapper Too $hort being accountable to the backlash surrounding his “fatherly advice” in XXL Magazine.
#Babysteps
(via unapproachableblackchicks)
Woooooow. Is this really where the average dude is at in terms of awareness? This is scary. But I guess it’s good folks are learning? (via liquornspice)
A Kiss →
julianplowden:
it’s like in that instant the world ceases to matter and all i can focus on is the feeling of bees in my head buzzing and butterflies in my stomach nudging my chest, which feels like it’s sinking in so i have to take deep breaths in between each and every time i touch her lips. my hands are clumsy but all they do is fumble over this amazing gift in front of me. somehow i’ve never...
How to Remove Your Google Search History Before... →
kemetically-ankhtified:
On March 1st, Google will implement its new, unified privacy policy, which will affect data Google has collected on you prior to March 1st as well as data it collects on you in the future. Until now, your Google Web History (your Google searches and sites visited) was cordoned off from Google’s other products. This protection was especially important because search data...
When do boys meet girls?
ethiopienne:
vagabondaesthetics:
I was talking to one my homies and she was talking about how she no longer finds Dave Chappelle funny because she believes misogyny permeates through far too many of the sketches that involve women. I can’t really offer any sort of rebuttal to that because I haven’t watched the series in years and the only ones that come to mind pretty much exclude women except...
If I text a person in the same room as me, I stare...
Oscar-nominated ‘Chico & Rita:’ A tale of love and...
univisionnews:
Directed by Fernando Trueba, Chico & Rita is nominated for Best Animated Feature at this Sunday’s Academy Awards. (Photo courtesy of Estudio Mariscal)
By AMARIS CASTILLO Channel: Entertainment
It’s a tale of obstructed love – permeated by music.
That’s one way to describe Chico & Rita, an animated film helmed by Spanish director Fernando Trueba. The film, also a result...
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Stephen A. Smith & Skip Bayless Talk About Racial And Ethnic Sensitivity With The Emergence Of Jeremy Lin! “Black Population Is In Danger Of Becoming An Endangered Species”
Dare I say that Skip is making more sense than Mr. Smith here… please comment. I ebb and flow with my agreement with Stephen Smith’s argument.
"typical drake song"
alesreno:
Drake
Awwwhhng
Drizzy
Ackhk…………
a red plus a blue makes a purple…..
Two wrongs don’t make a right, but two broken hearts make a circle
Can a hamster find mafuckin love witta gerbil?
Do two cancers make a virgo?
Think I needed to find out…ergo…
I carry errything on my own back……………..turtle
Carry my own baggage with me…..what a fuckin purseload
I been airin out my laudry n I’m...
Janet Hubert to Wendy Williams: 'You crucified...
fuckyeahfamousblackgirls:
Actress Janet Hubert, the original Aunt Viv from “The Fresh Prince of Bel Air,’ has written an open letter to TV talker Wendy Williams. Auntie Viv is castigating Wendy for her past treatment of Whitney Houston. So where did all this come from all of a sudden? read on and see for yourself.
Dear Wendy, This past weekend was a very difficult time for so many of us....
the pain in my chest is winning right now.
so are the muscle aches
fever and headache spiking and subsiding
stuupse i really hate being sick
re the notion of white female privilege used by...
daniellemertina:
I think I’ve always lowkey knew about white female privilege in relation to black men (even before I knew about my own oppression as a black woman). Even without any theory or real knowledge to back it up.
Probably because being taught this is cornerstone to one of the ways in which black patriarchy justifies itself. Black men are ready and willing to talk about how white women...
