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With over 190 pages of terrorizing material, the anthology is filled with stories from a range of award-winning Black writers and artists.
Stemming from a love of Southern gothic horror, this anthology boasts a cadre of award winning or nominated writers representing awards such as the Will Eisner Awards, the Ringo Awards, the Hugo Awards, and is the largest collection of Glyph Comics Awards winners and nominees in a single publication. Including work by David Walker (Bitter Root, Black Panther Party), John Jennings (Kindred, The Blacker the Ink), Rodney Barnes (Killadelphia), and more!
MY SWEET BEAUTIFUL 29 YEAR OLD DAUGHTERRRR I JUST LOVE HERRR AAAAA
I like to think riley would help her dress up and look cutey
I low-key haven’t really finished rendering this but like 🙄🙄 I finished the face it’s whatever I’ll revise the piece another day I need to feed the ata community
I’m so maternal over her guys I feel like a mom seeing her beautiful daughter dressed up for prom or s9mething 😭😭😭😭 baby is so dressed up
its like people need you to be their momma im tired man. "ah ah ice these people are being antiblack in other people's comments sections!" if you don't get the fuck off your ass and call it out when you see it i swear to gods above.
Tbh, I think it was meant to cause drama. I think I was expected to go "who is it??? Where???" And it's like. I'm not about to go digging in people's blogs to start fights that other people wanna see. It's one thing when the fight gets brought to me, or it's something I'm passionate about anyway. But otherwise, I'm not an attack dog 😅 This isn't a colosseum where Ice has to fight EVERY battle for everyone else. If people are being antiblack ofc I don't like that, but I also teach people that THEY can do something about that too!
I had a friend who would do this about right when I left them out of things. (Well, she would ask me what she should say). And she's Korean, Black and Hawaiian with a Black and Korean son and a white husband.
And one of these times where I was guiding her through how I would respond to a thing, she mentioned that she leaned on people like me for guidance because I'm "really good at this."
And I told her that I'm not "good" at it, I just have to do it more than a lot of people who never have to think about it. And in the course of the conversation, I said that I was tired of it and really was ready not to say nothing at all and just disengage with certain people.
And this woman's ugly white husband had the audacity to tell ME, the fully Black person in the conversation, "Well, I don't have the option of not saying anything because I have a Black wife and child."
SIR. You actually DO have an option and I'm glad you will continue to speak, but who the fuck are you talking to? Your wife is asking ME how to handle this bitch in y'all's life. I don't even know that fucking person she tagged me in to address. Why she ain't cone to you, Mr. No Choice?"
Anyways. I'll watch somebody fight for they life and blacklist a tag before I come rushing in to come see bout anybody that didn't organically cross my path. Fuck them people. Lol. Give a shit what they doing in a room I wasn't tryna enter.
WE RUNNING IT BACK!!! Melanin Beam Challenge 2026!!!
There's only TWO DIFFERENCES in the rules this year:
1) instead of only posting on August 8th (we hit post limit last year!!!) we are going to post them between August 7th and August 9th!!
2) tag your pieces with #melanin beam challenge AND #black character design - we got #melanin in the top Tumblr tag for 15 minutes last year, let's see if we can do two 👀
I think the topic was more "This character doesn't have to specifically be white" because that's generally the argument. I don't recall ever hearing any arguments that Mulan or Moana needed to be cast as white people or the generic knee jerk reaction of "What if they made (Black character, Tiana) white?"
its like people need you to be their momma im tired man. "ah ah ice these people are being antiblack in other people's comments sections!" if you don't get the fuck off your ass and call it out when you see it i swear to gods above.
Tbh, I think it was meant to cause drama. I think I was expected to go "who is it??? Where???" And it's like. I'm not about to go digging in people's blogs to start fights that other people wanna see. It's one thing when the fight gets brought to me, or it's something I'm passionate about anyway. But otherwise, I'm not an attack dog 😅 This isn't a colosseum where Ice has to fight EVERY battle for everyone else. If people are being antiblack ofc I don't like that, but I also teach people that THEY can do something about that too!
beautiful women will be like “i baked a cake” and you will say “oh ? what flavour is it” and they say well its a honey rosewater apricot pistachio cardamom vanilla fig jam earl grey poppyseed orange blossom extra virgin olive oil chiffon sponge soaked in raspberry elderflower champagne lipgloss pomegranate matcha ginger blueberry cherry blossom magnolia petal almond passionfruit persimmon syrup with whipped amalfi lemon limoncello ricotta goats cheese honeycomb black pepper bergamot lemon thyme lemon balm rosemary chantilly whipped cream cream cheese feta cheese italian meringue frosting . like ok. i want to spend the rest of my afternoons walking around inside your beautiful mind like a garden
History of Black Lesbian identities in traditionally white queer & sapphic spaces.
There is a lot of misinformation and false narratives being pushed on the history behind the term “Stud” and rather or not black, bipoc, latinx, and other lesbians of color have historically been accepted in “white queer & sapphic” spaces. Let’s get into it.
Tw: Racism, discrimination, inequality, systemic prejudices, and opression.
“In the 1920s, around 1919-1921, “bulldyking’ and bulldyke, both of which are considered to be dyke’s predecessor was heard and noted down by white professors to be AAVE, specifically used by black women with the first woman to use dyking around being a (black) woman from a Harlem prison. However, bulldyke has been recorded far earlier than that in the black community with Harvey Neal as it was their nickname and was mentioned in the 1890s as a woman won their affections.
In 1926, Nigger Heaven was released and written by a white man based around the black people of Harlem, specifically around the Harlem Renaissance and was the first time Dyke as a term was used to mean lesbian, coming from the shortening of bulldyke or more particularly, BD Woman (bulldyke woman). This was the true first instance of dyke ever being used to mean lesbian in any instance.
It was then recorded in the 1930s in the American Slang Dictonary as an alternate term for lesbian and during that era, wasn’t even considered a slur but simply black people slang.
Dyke became a slur during the fifties when white people and this unfortunately includes white sapphics of that era began using it as a slur against black lesbians (and other lower class lesbians but this often again mostly is black people of that era) and in the 60s, was used against all lesbians because of association of black masculinity and then merged to lesbianism as a whole.
It was ”“reclaimed”“ in the 1980s but with reclamation, came erasure. Most non-black sapphics in that era simply refused to acknowledge its history if they were aware and any connections we had as black lesbians were lost outside the black community because it meant acknowledging the origins. This is where the alternate etymologies began showing up.” - @bodiesbodiesbodiesx3
Throughout the period of slavery from approximately 1619 to 1865, black individuals were often dehumanized and compared to animals. Those who were taller and stronger were frequently chosen for labor-intensive roles due to their physical capabilities.
In the southern United States, this comparison was particularly evident, as black men were referred to as "studs," akin to male horses, while women faced the label of "stallions."
As we move to more contemporary history, it wasn't until the mid-1960s that black women began to gain access to the working class. Prior to this shift, many black women took significant risks to provide for their families by taking on jobs traditionally reserved for men. To navigate these spaces, they would disguise their femininity by binding their chests, donning more masculine clothing, and concealing their hair.
Unfortunately, black women continued to be subjected to comparisons with animals, with white cisgender heterosexual men often perceiving their features as overly masculine. This led to some black women managing to navigate male-dominated workplaces more easily. Black men within their communities were aware of these women's disguises and offered support, accepting them as they sought to forge their paths.
When suspicions arose regarding a woman's identity, black men would humorously dismiss the allegations by stating, “that’s a stud.” This became a shared understanding within the black community, acknowledging the deeper historical significance of the term "stud" and its origins.
Today, black lesbian women and nonbinary individuals from diverse backgrounds have embraced the term "stud" as a way to reclaim their identities. This reclamation is rooted in both a historical context of being marginalized within predominantly white queer spaces and a desire to define an identity that is unique and affirming to their experiences as black people.
In conclusion, it is important to recognize that while many individuals have the best intentions in creating inclusive safe spaces, the language often reflects the experiences of white queer individuals. This can undermine the goal of true inclusivity. To genuinely welcome all voices and embrace the richness of intersectionality, it is essential to deeply understand the historical context of the terms we use today.
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