Black Female Nerd

💁🏾. Writer of black love poems.

[puppiestotherescue]

[huffylemon]

every other youtuber: *channel inevitably dies due to scandal* 

jenna marbles: “we found out that my dog has a soap fetish, so here’s him reviewing different soap brands + we made him bed out of soap bars”

[transastronautistic]

“I’m not like you and your friends — I can’t just let go of what happened to me!” - Lapis

a lot of the criticism I’ve seen for Steven universe surrounds the character Lapis Lazuli. Critics call her toxic, manipulative, unhealthy…..and she is unhealthy, but they don’t seem to realize she’s meant to be?

It’s so rare to see a character who went through trauma and doesn’t bounce right back, especially in a kid’s show — I’m glad to have a character like Lapis. Showing the uglier sides of trauma, how a lot of survivors aren’t “good” victims/survivors — how what they went through negatively affects their relationships with others so that they have to fight to keep from hurting others the way they were hurt.

“I’ve done so much because I was afraid: I left Peridot behind, i took the barn, and her morps…I was so sure the diamonds would destroy my new home that I did it myself. It’s like I’m back inside the mirror, but I put myself here.” She’s aware of what’s going on with her, in hindsight; but it’s still so hard to fight that fear! She knows loved ones are getting hurt in the process, so she distances herself, hides out on the moon. But Steven assures her that they want her back, that they want to help — that she doesn’t have to be alone.

When so much fiction these days puts characters through truly horrific things in one ep only to have them behaving as if nothing happened in the next, Lapis struggles to recover. Lapis relapses into self-destructive fear, lashing out at others, seizing control of the situation before it can seize control of her. It’s not pretty, but it’s real.

I think kids deserve a character like that: who struggles, but still is loved. Who keeps lashing out against and pulling away from people she loves — and then, when she comes back genuinely contrite, finding the door open to reconciliation.

She’s flawed, and messy, and sometimes she hurts people she cares about. She also recognizes this, and is working on it, and has loved ones in her corner who hold her accountable but also are patient with her, and having a character like that means a lot to me.

[bribrirock24]

*has depressive episode from being re-exposed to past trauma* This is all fine.

[henycavil]

[selkiesabovewater]

I’ve written “Me, too.” in my Facebook status at least five times, just to delete it a minute later.

[negrocops]

Me, after black panther premiers: Killmonger is precious and misunderstood and deserves so much better

Y'all: he’s a villain ?

Me:

[mulderscully]

happy bisexual visibility day 💖💜💙

[b0navid3]

[rihannafenty]

[bodyglitter]

[kristilynn]

Linkin Park's Chester Bennington Committed Suicide: Report

Linkin Park frontman Chester Bennington has reportedly committed suicide at age 41, according to TMZ.

Oh my god.

[bribrirock24]

When you realize you picked a man that doesn't show up for you and can't be there for you, just like your dad. And that a man physically not being there for you is okay cuz of trauma and internalized pain. This upsets me.

[jason-todds]

[booasaur]

Master of None - 2x08 - “It’s not like this was my choice. It’s just who I am.”

[ssweetener]

UPDATE: Ariana has reached out to all families that have lost someone in Manchester and has offered to pay funeral expenses.

[klubbhead]

It’s true

[the-real-stevie-nicks]

That’s so nice and noble. I wonder if she’s badly shaken up after that?

[kittyinhighheels]

Apparently she was in a hospital because she was hysterical and had a breakdown. There are pictures of her exiting her plane and she looks really bad. Her mother and her both wore black as a sign of grief

[silent-calling]

I’m not a fan of hers, but I have absolute respect for this, and I hope she, and all the survivors, find solace and recover quickly.

[faardyn00-deactivated20180523]

Why do people keep starting their posts with ‘I’m not a fan of hers, but-’. Who cares if you’re a fan of Ariana Grande or not, is your imaginary reputation so fragile that you have to make a point of not regularly listening to her music before you can say what you wanted to say.

She is a 23 year old girl who is blaming herself for the deaths and injuries of dozens right now. The bomb was detonated at a key time when there would be as many victims as possible. It was packed with nails so that the maximum amount of damage could be achieved. Among the victims were young girls, children, an off-duty police officer and parents who were waiting to pick their children up. A man who ran to the scene to help reported helping to pull nails out of a child’s face. There are people still missing, still in critical condition, still being treated for injuries.

Nobody cares if you like Ariana Grande or her music. What has happened is horrifying and upsetting, and you should be able to pay your respects and good wishes to Ariana and all of the people involved without feeling the need to start your post with ‘I’m not a fan of hers, but-’.

[bellamyyoung]

I, Melody Margaret Grant, do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States.