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10k+ Club: Can You Really Make That Much with Digital Products?

Hey #MelaninMarketers! Ever dreamt of escaping the 9-to-5 grind and building a passive income empire?

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Identify your niche: What are you passionate and knowledgeable about? Building websites? Personal branding? Help others master that skill with a killer digital product!

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[serialreblogger]

the thing about the joker

is that - well, even canonically, he’s not actually “insane.” in the most canonical version of his backstory (bc there are many conflicting incarnations, but this one is the touchstone for a lot of later canon), he was part of a street gang before falling into a vat of Nondescript Toxic Waste that damaged his melanin production and That’s It. he supposedly “lost his mind” after seeing his reflection, which is absurd on many levels. no. he’s not “insane.” what he is, is an angry white boy.

the thing about the joker is that he exults in his own uncontainability. He laughs, because all of gotham - all the world - is built to be his playground. the only lunatic thing about him is the lunacy of ~Society~, to borrow from the joker’s own playbook; the lunacy of the joker lies in the world that grants him power: in the inheritance of loss: in white privilege, and what it means for everyone else.

“to prove a point.” those were the joker’s exact words, when he shot and paralyzed Barbara Gordon. she asked why: he laughed. “to prove a point.”

because that’s all he ever does. he hurts people because he can. and because all the power in the world can’t save him from getting hurt - and isn’t that just peachy?

because the thing about the joker is that he can get hurt. he has been hurt. but he has so much more capacity to harm than to be harmed. he is immortal. he and he alone will never have to face the consequences of the hurt that he inflicts on other people.

so then: why not hurt them? misery loves company, after all.

the joker is the embodiment and end result of our own social system: the madness of the exception: the laughter of the white man: the imprecation to smile, as he kills you.

(no one ever says it, i find, but it’s still true: barbara deserves to kill him.)

and who, then, is the batman? if the joker is the yin to his yang? if they’re two sides of one irredeemable coin, if they represent the “balance” of an unjustifiable system - who is he if not another white man?

because he is. Bruce Wayne is a white boy born into unspeakable privilege and forced to endure suffering anyway; who copes with his suffering by taking it out on others; who copes with his suffering, not by taking advantage of the world as it is, but by attempting to reshape it. to make it in his own image - as if it isn’t already his, as if claiming it further will crush out the pain.

the batman is the benevolent oppressor to the joker’s malevolent one. he changes nothing, in the end. two privileged white boys with their own respective navel-gazing grudges - where, after all, lies the difference between benevolence and malevolence?

because they are not “chaos” and “order.” not really. They are laissez-faire laughter and law. Joker exults in the disease of the system, Batman seeks to treat its symptoms, but neither of them will ever change anything about the root cause. because they may have suffered the faults of this system, but they still benefit so much more from it as it exists. Uphold it or break it, neither of them wants to change the law.

but the law is only as good as the people it’s made to protect. and who does that law protect, really?

waylon jones is, in one issue, explicitly depicted as Black. between that and his skin disorder, there has never once been room for his character to be any more than a monster: king croc is, always, a character to be violated and brutalized, over and over and over and still - always - written as the villain. (he tried so hard to scrape out a place for himself, so many times, in so many incarnations, and each and every time he finds himself relegated once more to the sewers. he will never be anyone’s king. there is no place under the sun for people like him.)

victor fries only ever wanted to save his wife, and a capitalist mogul decided a few extra numbers on his eight-digit paycheck were more important than the people whose lives depended on that money. fries’ body was damaged to disability by that choice, left without the resources to find a cure for his wife, and he robbed banks because there was no other option available to him. we seem to have forgotten, or maybe never really understood, why that matters. why a desperate man trying to save his life and that of his loved ones under the crushing gears of capitalism is a villain, and the one who stops him is our hero. why, under the law batman upholds, a bank vault and a CEO’s hoard is worth more than a life.

poison ivy just wants to live, too. wants a life not defined by the devastation of her body, of the beings that exist as extensions of her, a life where green and growing things are not commodities to be plowed up and poisoned and destroyed for the sake of another man’s profit. these are villains; they are written as such. these are their motives.

who does batman fight for, really? who is our hero, this emblem of our law?

is he our hero? ours, the broken and bleeding members of the world he claims to protect?

who does the law protect, except him - him, and the joker?

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Black billionaires Tyler Perry, Byron Allen and Diddy weren’t demanding reparations or special treatment when they sought majority control of BET. They simply wanted to make it Black-owned for the first time in over 20 years. So, why did Paramount suddenly withdraw its offer to sell majority stake in the company?

Like Bugs Bunny teasing Elmer Fudd, Paramount dangled a carrot and snatched it back.

Months after Paramount opened up a bidding process seeking $3 Billion for a majority stake in BET Media Group, it backtracked on that decision. On Wednesday, August 16, the company announced it was closing the bidding process.

Why did Paramount change its mind, really?

The company claims the proposals were less than the value of keeping majority control, but is that all there is to it? Aside from Tyler Perry, who built his career with the help of BET’s programming, no one in recent years has appeared interested in bringing major investments to the cable channel.

Did the rush of excitement after three well-known billionaires threw their hats in the ring cause Paramount to rethink how much money they could squeeze out of BET? Clearly, Paramount’s executives have decided their bottom line is more important than the cultural significance of placing a Black network back into Black-owned hands.

The decision ends an effort by Byron Allen, a media mogul, Diddy, a music producing legend and Tyler Perry, a writer-director who already runs several successful shows on BET. Perry reportedly refused to go above his offer of $2 Billion for majority stake in BET, though he currently owns a minority stake.

Despite being a temporary competitor, even Diddy acknowledged that Tyler Perry already runs much of the programming on BET.

“He’s done enough work there to dominate that. And not even only dominate — I don’t think they’ve explored what it would be like not having a Tyler. And he’s created enough content that if they didn’t sell the company to him, he could go across the street and say, ‘I’m going to start my own.,” Diddy told Vulture in June.

BET stays out of Black-owned hands

Paramount’s decision comes as a setback for not only three Black billionaires and others who sought to get in on the potential deal, but it deals a blow to millions of Black Americans who remember the days when BET was Black-owned.

In 1979, Robert Johnson and his then-wife Sheila founded BET with a $500,000 loan to provide programming catering to Black Americans. It became the first cable news channel devoted to melanin-rich viewers that was listed on the New York Stock Exchange in the 1990s.

In 2001, the pair finalized the selling of the company to Viacom, which later changed its name to Paramount, for $2.9 billion in stocks, according to Forbes, making them the first Black billionaires. Johnson stepped down as CEO in 2006.

Since then, shows focused on political news and informing the conscious of Black Americans were ultimately scrapped. Although shows like 106 & Park gave rise to a new generation of musical artists, along with the annual BET Awards.

While Perry’s years-long partnership with BET has given rise to fresh content, the company has seen a steady decline in profit and viewership. In 2014, 89.5 million people subscribed to BET. By 2022 that number had fallen to 66.3 million, according to S&P Global. The network’s annual have also taken a hit, falling from $319 million in 2013 to $188 million in 2022.

BET+ and BET News remain popular, yet with Paramount refusing to put a Black network back into Black-owned hands, the future of BET remains to be seen.

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RIHANNA FOR HARPER'S BAZAAR UK/INTERNATIONAL SEPTEMBER 2020

Photography: Gray Sorrenti

Creative Direction: Jen Brill

Hair: Ursula Stephen

Make-Up: Priscilla Ono

Manicure: Kimmie Kyees

Set Design: Spencer Vrooman

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Show6 backstage’n.

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Can you feel the good energy.

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Be the Abundance You Seek: A Melanin Mogul's Mantra

#MelaninMarketers, let's talk about manifestation! ✨

Remember that old saying, "You attract what you are"? It's absolutely true! If you want abundance, wealth, and success, you've got to embody those energies.

Repeat after me: I attract abundance and wealth.

This isn't just positive thinking; it's about aligning your mindset with your goals. When you believe in your worth and capacity to achieve, you open doors to endless possibilities.

Let's break it down:

Self-belief: Trust in your abilities and potential.

Positive Affirmations: Speak prosperity into existence.

Visualize Success: Imagine your goals already achieved.

Ready to level up your manifestation game?

Join our community of like-minded entrepreneurs and share your affirmations! Let's uplift each other and create a wave of abundance.

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I know I'm super late but my change of address just went through so I just got mine and I am STOKED. Y'all know I LOVE & LIVE to see us on the cover of a magazine. Do that @zendaya. The styling is superb too 👏👏👏👏. Proud black girl moment. #ilovebeingblack #inclusion #representation #beautiful #icons #blackgirlsrock #melaninpoppin #intelligent #generation2generation #support #success #recognition #wethebest #blessed #mogul #mindsetofgreatness #beautiful #supportblackpeople #favour #blackbusinesswoman #melanin #myblackisbeautiful #talented #melaninqueen #blackgirlmagic https://www.instagram.com/p/CEWQni2B4QD/?igshid=ljd6p9b4aos9

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Rihanna for VOGUE Magazine US — June 2018.

Photographer: Mert&Marcus

Stylist: Tonne Goodman

HairStylist: Yusef

Mua: Lisa Eldridge

Manicurist: Maria Salandra

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Is Annie.. okay.

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She TRUMP all y'all. #ShowMeYourHand 🃏 . . . #Models #Moguls #Media #Fashion #VIModels #CaribbeanModel #Melanin #BlackIsBeautiful #Marketing #SmallBusiness #PodcastRadio #mnmmediagroup🔥🔥🔥 . . . Hair by @librastarr_4