#dark girls

[darkskinwomen]

A little commotion for the dress 🩷🫶🏿 #iza

[ninetiesvanity]

Nourishing your soul.

[afrodesiacworldwide]

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[8universosen1]

VAMPIRO: el nuevo single de Merlina So Sad, disponible este 14 de octubre en todas las plataformas.

[el-azul-de-tus-mares]

the devil is also an angel

[girl4music]

Dark Girls in Art/Entertainment / Identity VS Nature

What does hiding, disguising and performing all have in common? They’re all about putting on a show of being someone you’re not. Someone you don’t want to be for whatever reason that may be. Perhaps you’re ashamed of or insecure about your true face - true self - and so want to cover it up and hide yourself behind a blank slate. Or maybe you feel like hiding yourself isn’t enough. You have to fashion yourself a whole new persona - a character to play and perform as to distract your perceivers - your audience - from the real deal. And so your disguise - your costume - if you wear it long enough eventually becomes your identity. It’s all people ever see of you now and so it’s more natural to you than authentically being who or what you are.

The only thing is - just how long can you keep it up? And if you can’t keep in character - how is that going to effect you when you’re so desperate to disappear and crawl out of your own skin? How are you going to react when you realize it’s over and there’s no fooling them anymore? They can’t be convinced of your act and you no longer have control over their perception.

Dark girls (or guys I guess) are all about this. It’s what makes them such compelling characters. Because they’re so unpredictable. You don’t know what they’re going to do next or who they’re going to be next. They keep you guessing and therefore keep you enthralled. They never show up authentically. May not even be aware of who they authentically are in the first place. Yet they play the part as if they know who they are. And perhaps it’s because they’ve played it too long why they aren’t aware of their authentic selves. And so they go on an existential journey of discovery as if who and what they are already isn’t them and isn’t enough. As if parts of them are missing and they have to search those parts out and retrieve them. It’s like a dog trying to play fetch with its own tail in a way. At some point they will stop circling around themselves and catch whatever it is that they believe they’ve lost.

But I think the thing that’s most intriguing about this characterization is that the person they are and want to be is always one in the same anyway, and so there was never really any need to go looking for it. But it’s always in the looking for it that is what shows this to be true. That is what tells that character that it is true. And that’s always more compelling if that character happens to be a dark girl (or guy) because it often comes with a shift in tone as well as perspective. Hence the term “dark” as the adjective for them. You’re not merely watching some character development of consciousness. You’re getting the whole fucking package all in one. All their evolution emotionally, mentally, physically, spiritually at once. And that’s why they’re constantly changing identity. Because they’re the embodiment for CHANGE itself.

They’re not ever authentically who they are precisely because they’re ALWAYS authentically who they are. And I know that’s contradictory. But somehow - when it comes to art/entertainment - it just fucking works! To have a character who’s entire characterization is essentially identity vs nature hot potato - in a constant fluctuation that they never settle on any one solitary specific identity in their entire character arc - that’s honestly the most authentic a person can be because what it represents is that identity isn’t solid or isn’t a permanence. It’s just a costume that we wear for the time being until we find something else that is more appropriate or better fits us. And sometimes that “something” doesn’t even exist and therefore has to be created. What we eventually come to realize through the journey is that what we believe is “missing” or “lost” in us is always with us as part of us. But you can’t ever come to that realization without going on the journey and believing that it isn’t and never will be. Thus the journey is important to go on even if pointless because the journey of going missing or getting lost is what brings us the realization that nothing was ever missing or lost in the first place.

When characters in art/entertainment go on that journey either out of their own volition or they’re forced into it - there’s something profound to be learned from it that’s akin to that old but effective method of spiritual masters advising you to seek enlightenment. All ways are the right way always.

Even if they’re wrong. Especially if they’re wrong.

[vikenstein]

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[darkskinwomen]

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[ninetiesvanity]

Honeycomb.

[umor-nero]

me, enjoying life as my usual. back to 2016

[thereisasunnydaywaitingforyou]

On “Brown Girl”, Aaradhna addresses the issues we have in the world regarding discrimination towards others, and being happy in your own skin. Every day different walks of people are looked down upon, all because of their physical appearance. People still haven’t grasped the concept of ‘not judging a book by its cover’. This song encourages people to be true to themselves no matter what anyone else thinks or says, regardless of what race, skin colour or gender they are.

[Verse 1] I'm more than the colour of my skin I'm a girl that likes to sing All I know is what's within Not just a brown girl in the ring Go to school and learn their ways Told how to think and what to say While my mother says to pray I pray for better days God please help them see They ain't no different from me Not above, not beneath Teach them equality

[Chorus] I'm not just a brown girl In the ring I'm a girl That likes to sing I'm not just a brown girl In the ring I'm a girl That likes to sing

[Verse 2] I'm more than what they think of me More than the colour tones that they see More than urban, R&B More than the slang that I speak Close your eyes, don't say a word Don't speak about what you seen or heard Let's pretend that it's okay Just the way the devil likes to play Look in my eyes, look in my eyes I can't lie, I can't lie All these years of my life I'm judged from the outside

[Chorus] I'm not just a brown girl In the ring I'm a girl That likes to sing I'm not just a brown girl In the ring I'm a girl That likes to sing

[Verse 2] I'm more than what they think of me More than the colour tones that they see More than urban, R&B More than the slang that I speak Close your eyes, don't say a word Don't speak about what you seen or heard Let's pretend that it's okay Just the way the devil likes to play Look in my eyes, look in my eyes I can't lie, I can't lie All these years of my life I'm judged from the outside

[Chorus] I'm not just a brown girl In the ring I'm a girl That likes to sing I'm not just a brown girl In the ring I'm a girl That likes to sing

[Bridge] And if you don't know by now (if you don't know by now) Time will show you what I'm talking 'bout Said if you don't know by now (if you don't know by now) Time will show you what I'm talking 'bout I'm talking 'bout

[Chorus] I'm not just a brown girl In the ring I'm a girl That likes to sing I'm not just a brown girl In the ring I'm a girl That likes to sing

🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳

[el-azul-de-tus-mares]

the devil is also an angel

[girl4music]

The thing with dark girls being lead protagonists though is that you have to be very careful and conscientious how you write her if you want her to relate to and resonate with real human people. If you want people to identify with her she has to be realistic. She can’t just be some figment of the imagination that throws out shocking one-liners. And I was very frightened that this is what they would do with Ortega’s Wednesday when the original portrayal was very much that of what I’ve just mentioned. Not that the character isn’t iconic for being over-the-top fantasy and comedy. It’s just for me to really feel for and through this character, there has to be realistic elements to her. That’s what Ortega’s Wednesday is and exactly what sets her apart from Ricci’s Wednesday.

And as for who my favourite dark girl is… I’m gonna have to say Dark Willow. Or I guess Willow in general since she can be pretty dark even without the turn.