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This was a “get back” year for me. In Q1, Succubi tried to kill my spirit, steal my light, and sow my divinity. I faced so much loss and hate that the only answer was to cut out all the noise and pour everything into myself. I was blessed to spend six months without distraction restoring —mind, body, and soul. It’s what I needed—to hit rock bottom and embrace change without reservation, excuses, or fear.

A fact of life that took me 30 years to get is that being radically myself will repel those afraid of their mirror; they will see me as an enemy. It isn’t my job to miraculously survive a war I didn’t ask for. As soon as it is unsafe, I will save myself and find my center.

I constantly face adversity because I can survive it. Every time something has tried to end me and failed, I’ve grown stronger and wiser, received the life experience to do it differently, and evolved. I’m the Phoenix Princess: the fire nurses the soil, and she rises again and again.

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endangered-justice-seeker

Cudjo Lewis, the last surviving captive of the last slave ship to bring Africans to the U.S.

https://www.history.com/news/zora-neale-hurston-barracoon-slave-clotilda-survivor?utm_campaign=Echobox&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#link_time=1525373347

revolutionarykoolaid

It’s so significant too that this narrative was collected by Zora Neale Hurston, one of the greatest authors and anthropologists of her time. She was shunned by the “gatekeepers” of both of these professions, largely because of her Blackness, her womanhood, and her uncompromising commitment to honoring and showcasing both in her works. She died penniless and alone in a state-run institution in 1960. All of her works had gone out of publication by then. It took more than a decade before she was rediscovered. A young author by the name of Alice Walker had come across her work and was deeply inspired by it. “In 1973, after an exhaustive search, Walker came across Hurston’s unmarked grave in Ft. Pierce, Fla. She purchased a headstone for Hurston’s tomb and had it inscribed “A Genius of the South.“”

It is through Zora Neale Hurston’s pioneering sacrifice, and the acceptance of that inheritance by Alice Walker that we have found this missing piece of our history. Without the courageous and unfailing work of Black women, we wouldn’t have Cudjo Lewis’s story. We are slowly regaining a narrative that’s been hidden from us, one that continues to be lied about. Trust Black women to lead the way.

kristian--cloud-deactivated2021

Im naming my son Zora.

Imagine how many other geniuses are unrecognized today.

fetsey

The book is really good. It’s directly from the mouth of Cudjo. I’m naming my son Hurston.

angelsontheground

🔥 she is ~that girl~ @femalerappers

angelsontheground

you don’t want no beef @frankocean

highlyannoyed

I hate men

highlyannoyed

I take it back he apologized

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I don’t think I’ll ever be as real as you. No one questions you or looks at you like they do me.

#Blanca from the bronx is everything

geminitaurus

the trust of a scorpio sun, moon or rising is sacred they will ride or die for you so long as you don’t fuck it up

#scorpio moon #scorpio sun

evilrashida

Angelica Ross as Candy Abundance on “Pose”

surra-de-bunda

https://www.instagram.com/citygirls/

fetsey

CITY GIRLS FROM THE 305.

keri-russell

corporations at 12:00:00am on july 1st

monica-geller

favourite childhood movies → life size

#this was my shit

chauiee

Feinstein: You’re a big, powerful man. Why didn’t you [gestures pushing motion]?

Crews: Senator, as a black man in America [sigh]…

Feinstein: Say it as it is. I think it’s important.

Crews: …you only have a few shots at success. You only have a few chances to make yourself a viable member of the community. I’m from Flint, Michigan. I have seen many many young black men who were provoked into violence, and they were imprisoned, or they were killed, and they’re not here. My wife for years prepared me. She said, “If you ever get goaded, if you ever get prodded, if you ever have anyone try to push you into any kind of situation, don’t do it. Don’t be violent.” And she trained me. I’ll be honest with you it was the strength of my wife who trained me and told me, “If this situation happens, let’s leave.” And the training worked because I did not go into my first reaction, I grabbed her hand, we left, but the next day I went right to the agency. I have texts, I have phone conversations, and I said, “This is unacceptable!” And I told them how -you know- I almost got violent, but I didn’t. And I said, “What are you going to do about this predator that you have roaming your hallways?” And -you know- I was told, “We are going to do everything in our power. We are going to handle this Terry. You’re right. It is unacceptable.” And then they disappeared. Nothing happened.

fithoneys

https://www.instagram.com/p/BisFgysgwC0/

t-woodsmith

I reblog evertime I see this ! 😂😂😂😂

iminyjo

Haha! It wasn’t until Crush On You that he got me either….DAMN!😂😂😂

“Get your stones set/ I got my own baguettes/ And I’ll be doin’ things/That you won’t regret….”

adorkable-blackgirl

He got my ass too 🤣🤣🤣

insertepithethere

NOOOOOOOOOOOO

xemsays

it fills my heart with love & satisfaction to finally see two openly gay black males on mainstream television who are flirting, dating & trying to figure things out together.

one isn’t “on the dl” while the other presents as a physical stereotype who is trying to convince the closeted one to “come out”.

i am so excited right now to see where their storyline goes!

…cause isn’t it always the case that the innocent, naive, eyes-wide-open Damon’s of the world fall for your slightly bad boy, street wise, charming as fuck Ricky’s of our community?

LOL! it’s super cute watching young love unfold.

takes me back to when i was 19 & kissed another guy for the first time on the campus of temple university. you feel so FREE and ALIVE to really be acting out the desires of your heart – feelings that have remained caged for teen year after teen year.

but what i love most right now, is the fact that the writers are developing Damon’s character as a dreamer who chose the ballet over giving up his bussy to a cute boy he just met. RIGHT?

Damon represents those of us who see the world beyond our bodies & the physical exploration of our sexuality. Damon is traveling a journey of self discovery right now & while he clearly wants Ricky to be a part of these coming of age moments, he isn’t willing to sacrifice his passions for a romantic relationship.

black gay men on television who are actually layered & three dimensional – the possibilities are endless when executives like Ryan Murphy actually hire LGBT writers who have lived & experienced the narrative being put on display.

KUDOS to the creative team bringing these tales to light.

POSE F/X is giving me exactly what ive wanted in media for the past 10 years!

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