JE SUIS L'ARRACHE COEUR

I'm a lover of art in every form,

[frankocean]

Ok Ken (and David). As much as I hate to make you guys famous or even respond to you directly. We all die one day and you're old so fuck it. Yea yea my 2013 performance at the Grammys was absolute shit. Technical difficulties, blah blah. Thanks for the reminder. Very much appreciated. Fuck that performance though. You think that's why I kept my work out of the Grammy process this year? Don't you think I would've wanted to play the show to 'redeem' myself if I felt that way? In reality, I actually wanted to participate in honoring Prince on the show but then I figured my best tribute to that man's legacy would be to continue to be myself out here and to be successful. Winning a TV award doesn't christen me successful. It took me some time to learn that. I bought all my masters back last year in the prime of my career, that's successful. Blonde sold a million plus without a label, that's successful. I am young, black, gifted and independent.. that's my tribute. I've actually been tuning into CBS around this time of year for a while to see who gets the top honor and you know what's really not 'great TV' guys? 1989 getting album of the year over To Pimp A Butterfly. Hands down one of the most 'faulty' TV moments I've seen. Believe the people. Believe the ones who'd rather watch select performances from your program on YouTube the day after because your show puts them to sleep. Use the old gramophone to actually listen bro, I'm one of the best alive. And if you're up for a discussion about the cultural bias and general nerve damage the show you produce suffers from then I'm all for it. Have a good night.

[damourkrist]

TELL THEM!!!!

[larueourien]

[sonofbaldwin]

(H/T @cocoapopps)

[camille-bee]

The finale felt rushed and underwhelming and….yeah. At least the brothers are still together and Kate is with them!! But why didn’t she go with Scott? Three seasons of either Kate trying to save Scott or Scott trying to save Kate and for what? To go their separate ways? As much as I love the threesome of Seth, Richie and Kate I don’t get why she stayed. At least the acting in the show never disappoints.

[damourkrist]

This is me right now

I wanted more Kate and Richie, at least a closure

[oberelias-deactivated20201114]

there’s a difference between wanting fanservice and wanting what richiekate were entitled to and rightfully deserved

like some acknowledgement?? or like a “hey welcome back btw thanks for pulling me outta hell” or even a random ass joke or comment would’ve been nice

just something that could’ve balanced richie’s persistence in getting kate back in the previous episodes or something that could’ve matched with kate’s guilt over what she did, when amaru took control of her (since there was a whole ep dedicated to amaru screwing with richie’s head) maybe a “sorry for what i did richie” but naaah let them be strangers and erase everything that’s happened between them

these things are literally the bare minimum and ur stupid if u don’t think they were robbed of a proper interaction bye

[lamusenoire]

Actress Lupita Nyong'o

[osikapa]

[yagazieemezi-deactivated2022030]

In which Mariona Lloreta, a white filmmaker, stole my work. The top image is from my film UDUDEAGU (2014) + bottom image is from her film AMENZE (2016), as I’ve helpfully labeled. That bottom image is her film poster, her main promotional image, and her cover photo on Twitter at the time of this post. This is someone who is apparently well ensconced in the Black + African art communities, screening her work at festivals for people of color, while stealing work from a Black/African artist.

Please share + boost this widely. The image will be available on all my other social media. This is something I am bringing to the attention of the community because y'all need to know who are dealing with in her, who you are screening and supporting. And please, do let me know if you keep dealing with her, so I know not to deal with you. Bless tf up. - Akwaeke Emezi

[edenliaothewomb]

Lupita Nyong’o, photographed by Mario Testino for Vogue, Oct 2016.

[casualresonance]

Man I love Black Panther comics. Unlike most comics, they don’t hold back. Glorious.

[natalia-james-deactivated201807]

Marvel’s Black Panther confirms additional cast [x]

[damourkrist]

(via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDSapcbf3_I)

[maddys]

#BOOM

[yagazieemezi-deactivated2022030]

This is the story of Kenya’s LEAGUE OF EXTRAVAGANT GRANNIES who were once corporate and government leader in the 1970’s but are now retired. 

MRS. KAMAU NJUGUNA - FORMER GOVERNOR, CENTRAL BANK OF KENYA (1980-1985)

MRS. S WERE - FORMER ECONOMIST AND PERSONAL ADVISOR TO THE PRESIDENT (1972-1992) 

MS. M ADHIAMBO - FORMER MINISTER OF TRADE & INDUSTRY (1972-1980) 

CONCEPT & PHOTOGRAPHY: Osborne Macharia

[amultitudeintransportsofjoy]

Afro-Surrealism and how The Prefix ‘Afro-’ May Arrest Imagination & Manifesto Salesmanship

[abstrackafricana-x-deactivated2]

Krista Franklin is hip hop’s Romare Bearden…

[neoafrican-deactivated20190922]

Thinking of Lil’ Kim this morning…there was definitely a period in my life where I constantly thought of how different my life would be if my skin was lighter and my features were softer. Why? Because these Western/European beauty standards and beauty hierarchy are real, with reach and influence that is far and wide, and nothing is more painful than your own people telling you that you aren’t good enough. I don’t know the sistah personally but having listened to and read through her interviews and growing up with her music, I can understand how the toxicity that is beauty politics (largely informed and rooted in white supremacy) could have seeped into her entire being and drove her to change her physical appearance so drastically. It ain’t easy being a chocolate girl/woman in this country and sometimes the people that look like you can be the worst.

[jessehimself]

D'Angelo ft. Princess: Sometimes It Snows in April

D'Angelo pays a moving tribute to Prince by covering his classic “Sometimes It Snows in April” with help from Maya Rudolph and Gretchen Lieberum’s cover band, Princess

[lifeinpoetry]

She sleeps all day dreams of you in both worlds, tills the blood and and out of uterus, wakes up smelling of zinc. Grief sedated by orgasm, orgasm heightened by grief. God was in the room when the man said to the womanI love you so much wrap your legs around me pull me in pull me in pull me in pullme in pull mein pullmein. Sometimes when he had her nipple in his mouth she’d whisper                 Allah – this too is a form of worship. It smelt like flowers the last time she buried the friend with the kind eyes. The last time she buried her face into his mattress, frangipani. Her hips grind, pestle and mortar, cinnamon and cloves. Whenever he pulls out:                  loss.

Warsan Shire, “Grief Has Its Blue Hands In Her Hair,” Her Blue Body (via lifeinpoetry)