Autumn Elise

Stuff I think, stuff and people I like.

[kehlanifenty]

[pro-royalty]

Kehlani x Teen Vogue

[eliseiam]

So, the site I use to create my music is shutting down in January. I just went on to find one of my favorite producer’s beats to write to, only to find out this horrible information. This is such a big deal, because I’ve literally had a working relationship with an app for a little over five years. Lol! This is an app I that has helped me build my confidence when it comes to recording, given me total control of my sound and content...not to mention, the gift of instant gratification. When I have an idea, I have access to a recording studio in the palm of my hand. It has completely taken the guesswork out of the sometimes frustrating at-home AND professional studio process. I have been free to create QUALITY content from the comfort of my living room for the free, with no pressure, or time restraints and now that’s all about to be gone. Five years of rough drafts and finished work, five years worth of relationships with (super talented) artists and producers from all corners of the world... I’ve been here from the “start” (lol) for every technical improvement, and update. I literally feel like someone just broke up with me without telling me what I did to upset them. 😂 As great as it’s been, it’s also been a crutch, a safety blanket and a handicap. Life just shook me out of my nest. I’m now being forced to level up, GO OUTSIDE and form strong working relationships with people whom I respect, people that respect me, GET me and what I’m trying to put out to the world. I want to laugh and cry at the same time. Life is hilarious. It will move right on along without you, without taking a second look to see what you’re gonna do with yours. I’m not 100% sure what the moral of this long story is, but all I’m getting right now is that more is required of me and nothing great gets done when you’re too comfortable. I don’t FEEL ready for the next chapter and quite honestly, I’m terrified of my own success. But I know God has already equipped me with the tools I need for what’s to come. So I’m gonna go scared, but I’M GOING. #itsstillSAVEALLIHOOPAtho 😩😂

[eliseiam]

(via Merchant Lane [rough draft]) #music #rnb #hiphop #pop #soul #indie #listen 

[thepowerwithin]

Those negative thoughts that you’re having right now?

Ditch them.

Those thoughts that you’re not good enough, smart enough, or talented enough?

Let go of them.

You only deserve to reside in thoughts of beauty and empowerment. Don’t allow for toxic ones to hold you back.

[brian4rmthe6]

[worshipgifs]

“Even to your old age and gray hairs I am he, I am he who will sustain you. I have made you and I will carry you; I will sustain you and I will rescue you.”

— Isaiah 46:4

[m--ood-deactivated20181217]

[aurric]

Holy shit.

In the fourth grade, we had to pick an inventor, dress like the inventor, and explain our invention. I decided to pick something off the wall (instead of, like, a light bulb), so I ended up doing my little presentation as George Crum. I remember reading about his work as a chef, learning about his shortness with customers, and the interaction (possibly apocryphal, although Crum certainly invented the potato chip) with the diner who kept complaining about his home fries being too thick.

I literally made a presentation as this man, and used a few websites and a couple encyclopediae (yeah, I’m old) to source all the data. I certainly know more than most people do about George Crum.

The point of all this is that, until I came across this post on Tumblr, I had absolutely no idea he was black. I’ve known who Crum was for over twenty years and never knew his race, because no website or encyclopedia thought it was worth mentioning.

Erasure is a fucking disease.

[gecsplaining]

Wait @aurric if you had to dress like him for the presentation, wouldn’t you have had to look up a picture reference? How would you not know he was black?

[aurric]

It was 1995. I found encyclopedia articles and some old websites that referenced him as a chef, but never as a Black or Native man.

I dressed up like a chef.

[crissle]

i grew up before computers were common in libraries and kids were still taught the dewey decimal system and i also had no clue george crum was black til maybe five years ago. the world before internet was way different.

[scorpioschemes]

https://www.instagram.com/p/BnEvxMMnImC/

[eliseiam]

SKIN! 😍

[brownsuga-bae-deactivated201911]

Being body positive is a daily journey.

Some days I feel like a whole snack

Others I feel like I ate all the snacks

But growth is knowing regardless of how I feel

[briedanvrs-moved]

𝚆𝚊𝚔𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚊 𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛

[stankyleg-deactivated2918973]

This gif set is so well made wow

[dankmemeuniversity]

[al-firdaus]

Forgive everyone and sleep with a clean heart.

[miraxmind]

🌹

[hilmm]

What’s not written for you, even if it stays right next to you for your whole life, it still won’t be yours.

[sunflorally]

so you dated the wrong person and learned a hard lesson. you chose the wrong major and had to start over again. you cherished a friend who backstabbed you. it sucks, but it’s also going to work out. that’s life; you learn, hurt, love, cry, laugh, and keep going. you experience setbacks and you grow and it’s all okay.

[bellamyblork]

you know what we need to talk about more

first of all we’ve got these four talented and racially diverse ladies with healthy body types singing and dancing to songs about female friendships 

and empowering women

they literally have a song called “cinderella” about not needing a man

and in the movie sequels they travel to spain and india 

where supporting characters have actual character arcs and aren’t just “cultural decoration”

oh look bilingual songs

it doesn’t hurt that the whitney houston produced the first two movies

it’s so important that we had something like the cheetah girls to be primarily targeted towards young girls on disney channel

[pedahls]

Do you ever just get turned off by how people think? Like ya u a no for me