Court Nation

Writer. Photog. Magical Black Girl. 5’4” giant. Philly born and bred. Univ of Penn/ Univ of So Cal Double Master. East coast kid with a West coast soul. “Terror since the public school era."

[thewolveswithin]

Ryan Coogler wins his first Oscar ever for Sinners (Best Original Screenplay) 🏆💌 and thanks his ‘SINNERS’ cast and crew:

“All my cast and crew, please stand up! You guys are amazing! You all are winners in my book.”

[luckydiorxoxo]

Autumn Durald Arkapaw becomes the first woman ever to win Best Cinematography at the #Oscars 

She wins for her work on ‘Sinners.’

[courtnation]

Exactlyyyy.

[sevenincheels]

[courtnation]

that gurl.

[aidashakur]

[thelondonzhiloh]

[chanteshanice]

I understand Lisa Left Eye Lopes more everyday.

[shelavish]

Lil Kim Grammys✨🖤

[courtnation]

"I pull up in these clothes, look so good 'Cause I'm in that, hoe"

[urbanubiquity]

SAMPLE OF THE DAY! 

 Kendrick Lamar, ‘Chapter Six’, sampled from ‘Hey’ by KING.

[happinessasthebaddest]

James Baldwin

[odellbeckhamjr-13]

J Cole wearing Kaepernick’s jersey ✊

[courtnation]

Thissssssssssss

[weloveshortvideos]

[courtnation]

Look at my baby Cardi tha God.

[goodblacknews]

(via Issa Rae’s ‘Insecure’ Series to Debut on HBO October 9 | GOOD BLACK NEWS)

[lyjerria]

I hate feeling like I’m not living enough. like I’m not experiencing enough

[samspratt-deactivated20200724]

Gabourey Sidibe - Portrait by Sam Spratt

A while back, I asked Gabby to come to my studio. Work immediately began and the beginnings of several sketches and pieces started to come together, but I didn’t want to rush the main painting so I shelved it while the usual pattern of clients interrupting personal work took over. Many paintings never get finished or see the light of day, both personal and professional, but Gabby was special. I wrote these notes back during her visit:

Her time in my studio was mostly light, filled with her bubbly energy as we cracked open some beers, exchanged embarrassing drinking stories, taking group photos as if we’d known each other for more than the actual hour we had, and her trying to convince me that she has an actual medical condition where she finds everything adorable. You’d be fooled too if you were lied to by an Oscar-nominated actress with her talent. But when I asked her, stripped of any pretension, that if I were to paint her, how she’d like to be portrayed, she said “I don’t really care about how I’m portrayed” and then she paused and continued “I guess … did you ever watch the show Community? Ya know how the school’s mascot is the human being? I mean, I don’t want to be a grey faceless spandex blob like that, but I’d like to just be a human being. Not someone’s message or idea of what I stand for because of what I look like, just a human, how you’d paint me if I were anyone else".

[dysfunctunal]

this is just beautiful, hope it spreads!!

[thehighpriestofreverseracism]

when you hate clinton but you hate trump even more so you give your vote to hillary like