Dear Dier: Love letter to a sensitive thug

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March 14, 2003

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Naomi Campbell by Luigi + Iango for Vogue Brasil – December 2019

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Fenty Trouble Sunglasses, 2019

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BBC News Africa | 1619 marks the year of the first documented arrival of enslaved Africans in what’s today the United States of America. The West African country of Ghana – which was a major hub during the transatlantic slave trade - declared 2019 the year of return and is encouraging the African diaspora to visit the country. According to the country’s tourism board from January to June this year, there was a 20 per cent increase in the number of Americans visiting the country and an 11 per cent increase in visitors from the UK. But some young African Americans have decided to return for good.  Video journalist: Efrem Gebreab  Producer: Elaine Okyere

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ajuma nasenyana @ vivienne westwood fw07

[modelsof-color]

Beverly Peele by Tiziano Magni for Elle France Magazine , March 1992

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They say a black cat is bad luck, but we have our doubts. Wishing you and your feline friends a purrfect National Cat Day! 

“Siamese Cat, Paris,” 1928, by André Kertész 

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Some friends don’t understand this. They don’t understand how desperate I am to have someone say, I love you and I support you just the way you are because you’re wonderful just the way you are. They don’t understand that I can’t remember anyone ever saying that to me.

Elizabeth Wurtzel (via purplebuddhaquotes)

[yourbigsisnissi]

“The favor of God in someone else is never at your expense. What God is doing with them will never cost you what God has planned to do with you. You don’t have to be jealous, you don’t have to be envious, you don’t have to be insecure, you do t have to be threatened. Because what God does in them will not jeopardize what God wants to do in you.”

- Pastor Howard John Wesley

[purplebuddhaquotes]

She was beautiful, but not like those girls in the magazines. She was beautiful, for the way she thought. She was beautiful, for the sparkle in her eyes when she talked about something she loved. She was beautiful, for her ability to make other people smile, even if she was sad. No, she wasn’t beautiful for something as temporary as her looks. She was beautiful, deep down to her soul.

F. Scott Fitzgerald (via purplebuddhaquotes)

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Loie Fuller, originator of the Serpentine Dance, depicted by Koloman Moser (1901).

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“Beware of those who seek constant crowds; they are nothing alone.” - Charles Bukowski

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“Beware of those who seek constant crowds; they are nothing alone.” - Charles Bukowski

[relatablepoetryandquotes]

“Beware of those who seek constant crowds; they are nothing alone.” - Charles Bukowski

[tasteslikemaraschino]

MOOD

[purplebuddhaquotes]

Maybe the journey isn’t so much about becoming anything. Maybe it’s about un-becoming everything that isn’t really you so you can be who you were meant to be in the first place.

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[betweenheroesandvillains]

“My panic is rising again. My sense of isolation and worthlessness. And no other senses worth mentioning apparently. It’s not nice being inside my head. It’s a nice place to visit but I don’t want to live in here. It’s too crowded; too many traps and pitfalls. I’m tired of it. The same old person, day in and day out. I’d like to try something else. I tried to neaten my mind, file everything away into tidy little thoughts, but it only got more and more cluttered. My mind has a mind of its own. I try to define my limits by seeing just how far I can go, and I find that I passed them weeks ago. And I’ve got to find my way back.”

— Carrie Fisher, The Princess Diarist (via lesbiancarriefisher)