Mia Rawls

Flying. 💜

[black-bold-beautiful]

Time for bed. 💖

[black-bold-beautiful]

Black & white

Look at us. Look at our magic. Look at our resilience. Look at the way you robbed us of our resources, land, bodies, humanity, and culture and how we still flourish regardless of the circumstances. Look at our hair. Look at my ass. Cellulite and all. Look at my skin. Look at her dark skin before you look at mine. Listen to our song. Songs. Watch us move. Watch us thrive. You did all you could to kill me but I multiplied my genius and created a monster you couldn't destroy if you tried your absolute hardest. Look at me. Look at me. Are you scared? You should be.

[blackgrlsaremagic]

@daraowusu @iamzetamorrison @yvettecorinne @loveeeco @juschardell

[blackgrlsaremagic]

@warda_o_

[prettywangs]

[blacknaturals]

♕ me1encia

[7mangoes]

no but there’s actually a difference

[niqabisinparis]

how do they not see it

[beyonslayed]

i’m the girl

[baetology]

It sounds crazy but there is a difference lol

[thetallblacknerd]

Explain the difference then and I hope it not reliant on semantics

[baetology]

Let me preface it by saying I am fully aware of how absurd it is. I get it. But sometimes, in an attempt to not seem like a bother, you want it to be explicitly stated that your company is wanted. You’ll say “clearly he wants you to come because he just asked”. But “are you coming?” and “I really want you to come”. Sounds entirely different. It in the nuance and yes, the semantics. Also, sometimes it just sounds nice to hear. It’s reassuring.

[suzyycarmichaelll-deactivated20]

Are men really so disconnected from their own emotions that they can’t understand why a woman would want to hear this? Or do they just play stupid because they think they’re too cool to admit that they’ve craving a romantic presence? This isn’t rocket science. Also he never said he wanted her to come, he asked if she was coming. It costs $0.00 to tell a woman you want her around and it isn’t gonna kill you.

[blackmodel]

tea

[lagonegirl]

Honestly.. I hate how black grown folks view depression. We gotta change this. #BlackHealthMatters

[sobeitjayt]

It’s crazy how alot of people in the black community dont really believe in depression like you be telling ya parents how down and suicidal you be and they just be like “It’s cool you gone be aight tomorrow” ,“Suck it up” , “pray it away” , or “if you kill yourself you gonna go to hell cause its a sin”

[sugarmacaron]

“That’s some white people shit”

[kode-name-warrior]

My favorite “ain’t nothing wrong with you anyway”

[lagonegirl]

[thechanelmuse]

Hazel Scott playing two pianos at the same damn time with ease

[erinbowbooks]

Hazel Scott was a musical sorcerer and a civil rights hero.   She:

 was admitted to Julliard at 8.  

was performing in top venues by 16.  

pioneered “swinging the classics” and made the equivalent of a million dollars a year doing it.  

was the first person of color to have their own national TV show.  

went to Hollywood but refused to be cast as a “singing maid.”  Demanded and got control over her casting, her wardrobe, and how footage featuring her was cut.  

refused to perform in segregated venues and led charges for integration in several northern cities, notably Spokane.  

She was brought down by the House Committee on Unamerican Activities, and has been largely forgotten.  But she was a sorcerer, and a hero.  

[domduongart]

@theladyragnell

[violent-darts]

Let’s un-forget her.

[with-practice]

[hollywoodpasta]

We literally just watched the baby learn how to moisturize his skin and hair. 😍😍

[bando--grand-scamyon]

MY HEART IS SO FULL RN

[beautyisopinion-deactivated2021]

God please bless me with all darkskin kinky haired babies its all I ask!!! 😭😭

[dandelionkicker]

Same^ 😩😍

[kinkynproud1]

😍😍😍😍😍😍

[oldfilmsflicker]

Phat Girlz, 2006 (dir. Nnegest Likké)

[banana-cake-deactivated20201028]

Okay so this movie is so important

[naturalhairqueens]

this came out so nicely!

[prettyandmean]

HOWARD🔺🔹

You guys dont know how much pride I just put aside to do this. I created a go fund me to help me pay my enrollment/housing fee at Howard University. I got in and everything but this is the last hurdle I have to jump to get there. I do not have a very supportive mom or father. I’m not asking nobody to put me through school, I just need to get there. The fee is $350. I need it by August 1st. I dont have much time to pull a miracle off so here I am swallowing my pride. I just wanna go to school yall. Thats all I got going for me to be completely honest. If you donate, please know I love you. No seriously tho. Heres the link:

https://www.gofundme.com/43xeyzk

[black-bold-beautiful]

I donated.

[prettyandmean]

HOWARD🔺🔹

You guys dont know how much pride I just put aside to do this. I created a go fund me to help me pay my enrollment/housing fee at Howard University. I got in and everything but this is the last hurdle I have to jump to get there. I do not have a very supportive mom or father. I’m not asking nobody to put me through school, I just need to get there. The fee is $350. I need it by August 1st. I dont have much time to pull a miracle off so here I am swallowing my pride. I just wanna go to school yall. Thats all I got going for me to be completely honest. If you donate, please know I love you. No seriously tho. Heres the link:

https://www.gofundme.com/43xeyzk

[hoodmao]

Help this Black woman make the best decision you could make!

[fuckyeahmarxismleninism]

July 6, 1907: Birthday of Comrade Frida Kahlo, Mexican communist revolutionary, epochal artist, champion of Indigenous culture, international symbol of feminism, queerness and disabled activism.

[black-bold-beautiful]

I am not (Beyoncé)

Our stories are similar. We met young. Moguls (in the making) Children (that you have, I do not.) We are in love. But I am not (Beyoncé). I am not so in love with you that (I would put up with all of your shit and exhaust myself and my body and my mind and my spirit). I am not so in love with you that (I would romanticize the hurt he put her through just because you're hurting me in hopes that all will be well). I am not so in love with you that I'm willing to wait (just because that's what she did). No disrespect to Beyoncé. Bitch I'm IN the Beyhive. The difference is...she is BEYONCÉ. And he is Jay-Z. They have a (story), a (destiny), a (journey). They have [babies]. They have love. They have (trust). They have (truth). They have (healing). We...are us. I am me and you are you. This is a self reminder because I really had both of us fucked up. (Amen).