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thefashioncomplex:

Kesh, graphic artist, photographed by Brandon Harman for Nasty Gal’s second issue of their magazine, Super Nasty.

Usagi head-canon. 

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A short list of mantras for Women of Color

gabbiegabstoomuch:

So tumblr user mcharrilennostarr asked me to come up with a list of things to help empower women of color. I took a bit of time to think about it and here’s what I came up with.

  1. I will hold my head high when people expect me to be looking down at my shoes
  2. I do not exist within the confines of your stereotypes
  3. I will fight against the status quo when the status quo alienates me
  4. I will not smile when I do not want to smile
  5. My body is mine and only mine If I share it with you that is a privilege and not a right
  6. I do not exist as your sexual fantasy
  7. I will recognize that those in power will never give me the tools I need to overthrow them. I will find those tools myself.
  8. I will not be your caretaker. Your mother, your mammy, your nanny. You will need to learn to take care of yourself.
  9. I will take care of myself first
  10. I will not listen when I’m told white people and men are more intelligent than I am. They aren’t and I’ll prove it.
  11. When I am tired I will say I’m tired. When I am sad I will say I’m sad. When I am weak I will say I’m weak.
  12. I will love who I want to love
  13. I will laugh in the face of my oppressors when they try to tell me it is me who is oppressing them by daring to speak out against them
  14. Sometimes I may be the damsel in distress. That is a right that I am entitled to. Sometimes I will cry for assistance and expect to be helped. 
  15. I will abandon eurocentric beauty ideals
  16. I am not your one-night-exotic-stand. You say you’re feeling feverish over me? I hope the illness kills you. 
  17. I will not submit to you because you do not own me
  18. I can be feminine if I want to. I can dress how I want to. 
  19. I am always on the team that protects and empowers women of color
  20. Decolonization is a daily struggle. When I feel like I am drowning I will reach out for help from my sisters. When I feel as though I can no longer stand I will ask for a shoulder to lean on. I know that I am not alone. There are millions of women who are standing with me.

Please add to the list if you think of more!

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15th
May
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supermodelshrine:

Tyra for Yves Saint Laurent, s/s 1995

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sophisticatedyouth:

slowly but surely, i’m starting to have a thing for guys with tattoos.

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I’m really okay with whichever hair team you’re on and everything but if you don’t even know what sealing and moisturizing is and you think i’m silly because I wrap my hair and sleep with a silk bonnet every night, I’m definitely side eyeing.

I’m on team healthy hair boo. 

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chvnged:

thedevilslapdance:

back by demand

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TELL A FRIEND TO TELL A FRIEND!

Omgggg

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only1dollar:

What is that?

you can slide on my ice like the escapades

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15th
May

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