iamword(c)

I am Woman of Royal Destiny "An ounce of performance is worth pounds of promises." Mae West iamword is the essence of encouragement, revitalization, self worth, knowledge, royalty, dignity and to let young women know “You will not be cornered as a statistic nor will you remain as one, for you are made in HIS image; that’s all that matters”

[daisyein]

Day #1 of Drawlloween - Ghost!  I had a lot of fun with this one. :)  Onward to day #2! 

[rorinda]

[iamword]

Yourself x The World

Literature was created to enlighten. People need other people to survive, love, create, entertain etc. and  noone likes to be alone. If one is alone they go mental. Well not totally, but you get my point. I believe we all are made for someone… to be continued

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[iamword]

In my feelings... It has to be the most wonderful thing to be wanted by someone and then it hurts to be played later on.

[iamword]

Enough!

I currently reside in my parents home and one thing I’ve realized is that I have got to get the hell out of here! Haha I’m laughing because its true! Every time my mother is upset with something or someone, she takes it out on a me or someone at the current moment who is around her. She is never wrong and she feels she is always right . I’m starting to believe she has a problem mentally that she…

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[iamword]

Starting from the Bottom (This ain't no Drake Song either)©

Starting from the Bottom (This ain’t no Drake Song either)©

I don’t believe this life is for me? I have been through things others don’t think a woman like me could have gone through thus far. You probably are wondering what that could be? I am currently homeless, but in laments terms I’m in between housing. I have not had stable living since I was kicked out of my home of birth at the age of 19. I lived in Boston, MA for 5 years before coming back to the…

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[iamword]

Coney Island x Cotton Candy

I don’t know what it is about cotton candy but I feel like a little girl swinging her feet to and fro on a swing as the sticky sweetness takes over my fingers and becomes sharp sweet melted rocks in my mouth. Today my sudden freedom for the weekend lead me to Coney Island. I enjoyed the boardwalk full of people from all parts of the globe. I also witness a mother become frantic once she realized…

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[iamword]

Welcome to Brooklyn...

Welcome to Brooklyn…

The sad thing about gentrificationare the ideals, judgements and misconceptions people have of other races. I watched tonight on the C train as a Caucasian couple tight themselves together when an African American male entered the train car hustling nutcrackers (alcohol), bootleg DVDs, and cigarettes (Lucys). The Caucasian male tightened his grip on his woman’s knee and began to caress her more,…

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[lostinurbanism]

[iamword]

Old times

[nubian97]

What inspired you to make Brenda’s Got A Baby?

“I was reading the New York Post when I was doing the movie Juice and it was this story - it started out to be this big story about this family who died because they didn’t have heat and they left the gas on. Everybody died except for this this girl who moved in with her cousin. (Second cousin.) She started dating her second cousin. He got her pregnant. Nobody knew that she was pregnant, and I was like “dag!” And it was over a week, but the story kept getting smaller and smaller and smaller. And I was like, “This is very important. More important than Juice, to me! It was a bigger story than Juice!

And right now, nobody talks about that. No young black male… No black males talk about black females like we should. We need to take more responsibilities for our sisters because if we don’t, who will? Because if you look at it now, black females are held lower of the totem pole than anybody.”

[manif3stlove]

Ain’t nobody hearing you though.

[jodywatleyseyebrows]

He said this in 92, literally nothing has changed.

[iamword]

Truth, miss his knowledge

[blackhistoryalbum]

In Living Color…….Dorothy Dandridge.

[afroboheme]

What a beauty

[iamword]

Dorothy Dandridge

[stereoculturesociety]

BILLIE HOLIDAY

[bunitv]

These are some Filmmakers of African descent we loved in 2013!

1. Steve McQueen for his behemoth 12 Years A Slave. So many things we love about him, but our favorite is his side eye. 

2. Ava Duvernay, award winning filmmaker extraordinaire. From publicists, to black film activator, distributor and director. She even broke Twitter with her Scandal episode. Girl crush!

3. Bradford Young, cinematographer that makes everything look amazing. Mother of George and Ain’t Them Bodies Saints this last year. How can a machine make so much poetry? Someone give this man an award. 

4. Andrew  Dosunmu, photographer turned director, with Mother of George this year. An auteur, leading us into the philosophy of the African aesthetic in film. Everytime, he, without visual effects, turns Brooklyn into an unbelievably gorgeous African city…How?

5. John Ridley, Screenwriter. 12 Years A Slave. Period. 

6. Jahmil Qubeka, director, Of Good Report. This guy burned his passport when his film was banned. The world paid attention, and were not disappointed. What a great little film. Gorgeous black and white picture, and a story that is difficult to ignore or forget.

7. Chika Anadu, Lawyer turned director, winning awards for first feature ’B for Boy’. A grown up, female-driven drama that challenges archetypes for African women and female (mother/daughter) relationships on screen.

8. Frances Bodomo, for the short film that stole our attention ‘Afronauts’. A scifi short with a distinctive visual aesthetic based on the African space race. We can’t wait to see more!

9. Kibwe Tavares, director, Jonah. If you’ve seen this scifi short, set in Dar Es Salaam, and partial commentary on tourism and the environment without sacrificing the entertainment factor. Such great visual effects, notably the whale!!! I cannot wait to see what he does next!

10. Akosua Adoma Owusu, director, Kwaku Ananse. Currently rebuilding and opening the Rex Cinema in Ghana, Akosua’s body of work has the mark of a cinematic force to be reckoned with. All of it thoughtful and deliberate, with a distinctive artistic intention and style, we loved Kwaku this year and can’t wait to see her helm a feature length script.

There are many more filmmakers that made 2013 interesting, including those from the Carribbean, and other diaspora…Reblog with your additions!

Monica

[iamword]

Amazing

[newwavefeminism]

I seriously consider just getting off the internet today…

[iamword]

Smh

[think-progress]

[hawtistic-blog1]

And before people are like “lololol North Dakota who lives there anyway?”

You know what particular population North Dakota is higher than most in?

Native Americans.

And Native women have astronomical rates of violence and rape against them.

So basically people who dismiss North Dakota don’t give a fuck about these women.

[arthistamine]

this is actually so unconstitutional like what???????????????????????????

[holyfuckmeinthemouth-deactivate]

a federal judge said this shit was unconstitutional

the state’s ONLY clinic that performs abortions is STILL OPEN

but most women just assume that abortions are illegal because of shitbags trying to fuck everything up

[2brwngrls]

update!

[iamword]

Deep

[newwavefeminism]

Things I never thought I would see…

[iamword]

Whoa!

[madredenutrias]

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