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me drunk in the club bathroom mirror

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legitimately my fav young celeb couple 

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Nakia (Black Panther Fan Art) by Cara Stratton

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GARNET by SOZOMAIKA

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Black Panther and his Dora Milaje by EddieHolly

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Wakanda Forever!

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Pretty For A Black Girl. © 2015 By / / iamhannalashay “ Pretty for black girl ” I can’t help but feel degraded every time those words roll off a ignorant one’s tongue. Saying it as if it is some prize or that you are the chosen one. It has been encapsulated in our minds that if our skin decides to take a walk and surpasses the color of peanut butter, we are not granted to consider the thought of us ever being beautiful. After being told that you are worth nothing so many times you start to believe it. Now yes, you can sit across from me, jot down your notes and drink your tea Ms. Therapist. But if the tables were turned, you were black, and I was white is that still how you would perceive it? I am tired of leaving the house with the fear of becoming someone’s personal dartboard. But instead of darts they throw insults, insults that sting like the vinegar I’ve poured on my cuts numerous times to numb the pain from the bruises of the words they’ve told me. Pretty for black girl? Why not, Pretty for a White girl Pretty for an Asian girl Pretty for a Gay guy Pretty for an Indian girl Pretty for a Transexual You will never hear those words cascade out of anyone’s mouth for the simple fact that we are still stuck in 1619 except Jamestown is America and the slave-masters is the government We are the most imitated culture known to man and yet we still walk around with targets on our backs You call this complaining I call it being fed up. Society portrays black women to be nothing more than the butt crust on wheat bread Undesired. We originate from generations and generations of kings and queens Back then we were proud of our brown sugar cocoa butter latte kissed skin But now we are trying to bleach it We’re overdosing on Instagram filters to the point where at times we aren’t even recognizable by our peers What are you running away from, your fears? I realized a few days ago there is no cure to insecurity So I began writing my own prescription the next time someone comes to me and says; “ You are pretty for a black girl ” I’m going to look them dead in the eye and say, “ Don’t limit me.”

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Artist: @tycheriee

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Street style at the Africa Now Festival in Paris, 2017

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Voltage Fluctuation Vol1 by Mark Broyer

Is it just me or is there some flickering?

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