basically.
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“I disconnected myself to shield myself from people who would sway to my songs in the club and call me ‘nigger’ in the street. They were too busy seeing their own preconceived image of a Negro woman. The image that I chose to give them was of a woman who they could not reach and therefore can’t hurt.” —Lena Horne
she died on this day in 2010.
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art: photo of Horne by Charles “Teenie” Harris, 1944
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![thesmithian:
[look of the hour]
this happened.](http://25.media.tumblr.com/ee6ca637bf31641cf73ba34609adbc6b/tumblr_mmjgqy7Kj21qcwnv4o1_1280.png)
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How I feel about most of my writing
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I couldn’t not post this. ( via @BlackGirlNerds )
Was my screensaver for a minute.
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Always reblog. Charlotte ain’t NEVER lied.
Look at Charlotte speaking truth. LOOK.
(via gunsontheplayground)
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This is a brilliant illustration by Noma Bar
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So you’re waiting, even if you don’t quite know it, waiting for the moment when you realise that you really are different to them; that there are people out there, like Madame, who don’t hate you or wish you any harm, but who nevertheless shudder at the very thought of you—of how you were brought into this world and why—and who dread the idea of your hand brushing against theirs. The first time you glimpse yourself through the eyes of a person like that, it’s a cold moment. It’s like walking past a mirror you’ve walked past every day of your life, and suddenly it shows you something else, something troubling and strange.
— Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro (via lowerfrequencies) -
Janelle turned 106 & Park Owwwwtt!
The fact that Bow and the other host didn’t know what to say after awhile… »»
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[ANTHEM of #freeblackgirlnation]
Q.U.E.E.N by #blackgirlvisionaries Janelle Monae & Erykah Badu
“We rising up now, you gotta deal, you gotta cope/Electric Ladies will you sleep or will you preach?”
(Source: blackgirlrevolution)
