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Ancestry Moodbood

Chic, classy, and elegant ✊🏾✨

1) ??? 2) Mandika woman (The Gambia) 3) Fulani woman (Niger) 4) Sudanese woman 5) & 6) Zulu women (South Africans) 7) Burundi woman (Rwanda)

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Selena Quintanilla Pérez

April 16th, 1971 - March 31st, 1995 🪽♥️

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R.I.P QUEEN 😢😢😢😢

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mati klarwein, annunciation. oil on canvas. 1961

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angela bassett for essence magazine, december 1992.

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Donyale Luna photographed by her husband Luigi Cazzaniga, sometime in the 70s.

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Rest peacefully Nikki Giovani

“When you wake up in the morning, say I love you, to yourself “

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what oppressors don’t want women to know

1. your life should be centered around yourself.

2. you are not required to compromise.

3. parenthood is a choice.

4. princesses get all the gifts.

5. bitches get respected for having standards.

6. you don’t have to give anyone a chance or the time of day.

7. you don’t need to smile or laugh at anyone’s lame jokes.

8. you don’t need to explain yourself. your no is enough.

9. never accept what you don’t want. keep your standards.

10. if a man threatens/disrespects you take it seriously. don’t brush it off.

11. having and keeping your standards is reflective of your self worth.

12. don’t silence yourself because of the fear that someone will get angry. you aren’t responsible for anyones feelings but your own.

13. it’s not your responsibility to take care of and nurture everyone.

14. assertive women are attractive.

15. never center your life around men.

15. when you’re being courted, they must to prove themselves to you.

16. you don’t have to act fake satisfied when you’re not impressed.

17. staying in a relationships that’s toxic is self sabotaging and abusive.

18. you’re not required to please others to prove your value.

19. finacial literacy is not just for men to know. ladies learn how to handle your money independently.

20. you must put yourself and your goals first.

21. be confident. always walk with your head high.

22. you are worthy. you instantly become more worthy once you remind yourself of this!

23. always speak your mind. those who don’t speak up get nothing.

24. never settle.

25. not a single soul has the right to judge you. opinions are just opinions and have no value unless you give them value.

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Photographed by Solène J

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Jean-Paul Goude, Hispaniques, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, 1975

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Giving the girls Diana Ross.

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Vampires of the Eve Bloodline

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Olaide Zainab , Michele Opiyo , Mary Maguet , Ottawa Kwam , Bibi Abdulkadir i & Xalan Xalane by Campbell Addy for Love Magazine -  August 2020

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Hathor Mistress of the West as a cow