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I'm not really on here very often but I'm always on Instagram @obsidianbrat

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Lately I've been feeling nice

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Hello friends! I'm back from a long hiatus. Spent some time healing from multiple traumas, getting back into my art, and writing 3 poetry chap books. How are you?

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My band just dropped a new ep and I'm making hella tips at work! Great day I'm having! novelastheband.bandcamp.com

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Company party for my work was actually pretty fun//This look was everything

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Doubt//Faith

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Work selfie

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New pants who dis?

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The back hall of my work is great for selfies

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Hello! Hi! Hey!

I am back from a very long hiatus! I have been doing lots of community activism, working on a website for my Brat Collective project, practicing a lot of self care, and getting my band back together!

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For people who still don’t see anything wrong with cultural appropriation, who still call cornrows “boxer braids”, “Kim K braids” or whatever - our cornrows symbolize liberation and freedom, it’s not your trendy hairstyle, it actually does have a history.

Since slaves were never taught to write and drawing directions was dangerous, because they could lead to them being discovered, captured, sold again or even killed by their master.

To reduce the risk of being discovered, women started weaving the maps in their hair, carving out paths with their cornrows. Some of the patterns even had hidden messages!

Yes, braiding existed in Africa way before, but it got a whole new meaning when Europeans enslaved millions of people. So next time you decide to go for a “Kim K look”, do a little research before you end up disrespecting someone’s culture and just, in all honesty, looking silly.

#AppreciateDontAppropriate

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My friends are sooo great!

A little silliness for your day featuring yr fav squad

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@ahsantearistophoria You are literal magic! I love you so much <3 

I had the pleasure of documenting literal magical entity Ahsante Sankofa Foree at Basic Rights Oregon’s Front and Center show in Portland,Oregon. 

Pardon my excited banter at the beginning. I literally couldn’t contain myself!

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“I have always always Been calling on you To see me Really see me Not as some small thing Meek and reserved But larger than life Unabashed I afraid”

-creation//daughter

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Playing catch up and making prints for the babes that have been waiting forever for their packages from my etsy shop. Printing resources have been slim/non existent. The shop will be back in full swing soon! For those of you who are interested in my "Knit" print, I'll be listing these in my shop soon. Thank you all for being so patient with me and my easily overwhelmed brain. It really means a lot

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Follow my art and poetry blog for this months 30 day poetry challenge and other things

“The trick is to rub your eyes hard For as long as you can stand Push in the good that is the darkness Make friends with the darkness So that when you open those sore eyes You can see the magic that the world had kept from you”

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