It's 2AM Here

Joaunte. College Grad. 757. Be less concerned with the person I pretend to be at 2 pm and be more concerned with the monster I am at 2am

[jnjeri]

My aunt got married yesterday! The weeks leading up to that day just gave me a greater love and appreciation of my family. My aunts are my mom’s half sisters. My grandfather and his wife ( who I still considered my grandmother) passed away while I was in high school and college, respectively. Without her parents, my aunt had a sister dance instead of a father-daughter dance. Watching them practice came with laughs and with only myself, my sister and my dad knowing about the dance, we were excited to see how everyone would react. This was a highlight during the reception and seeing my aunt so happy warms my heart

[captainpikeachu]

i love the way the black panther film pretty much uses its female characters to also tell a story of the dangers of toxic masculinity 

i love that t’challa is a hero free from the constraints of toxic masculinity, that he is surrounded by and ultimately held up by female influences from his mother, his sister, Nakia, and the Dora Milaje - he is not stilted in his emotions or somehow is embarassed to show them -  one could greatly argue that the reason t’challa is such a well-adjusted person is because he has such well-rounded women in his life, he has a balance

even ross, the american/white guy in the story, falls outside of the normal toxic masculinity constraints - he, like t’challa, spends much of the film in the presence of female characters and taking directions from them, yet not one moment does he belittle them just because they’re women - he follows nakia’s orders without question, he wakes up from nearly dying yet doesn’t question why a teenage girl could heal him and he just goes along with everything that shuri says, at no point does he question their abilities to make himself seem the hero

if any character is perhaps the victim of toxic masculinity, it’s killmonger who we see basically fridges his female love interest for the sake of his own plans, who seem to take pride that he’s about to kill shuri - killmonger who grew up with nothing, whose mother is dead and not in the picture - one could argue the lack of female influences in his life made it all the more easy for the hatred and anger to grow

but more than all of that, the women are allowed to be women, not stereotypes of women, especially stereotypes for black women - here they are allowed to have unique personalities and wants and desires and dreams, they are allowed to be three dimensional characters just as real women are, they’re not pigeon-holed into any boxes - they’re all strong and powerful and vibrant and compelling in their own way and they can all co-exist in the same story without it being a competition or one belittling the other.

[jnjeri]

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[jnjeri]

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[jnjeri]

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[jnjeri]

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[jnjeri]

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[jnjeri]

🚨🚨Featured Friend Friday🚨🚨 Swipe ⬅️ to learn more about this week's featured friend, Graphic Designer and Blogger, Christina Royster(@MissChrisDee). ~ ~ ~ ~ #FeaturedFriendFriday #helpafriendsupportafriend #friendssupportingfriends #creative #graphicdesign#blogger #nj #newjersey #jersey #rideruniversity #rideru #young #black #opinionated #issarae #daniellebrooks #webdesign #advertising #cdrdesigns #write #paint #draw #design #beyourself #doyou #blackgirlmagic #blackblogger

[jnjeri]

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[jnjeri]

[jnjeri]

***Featured Friend Friday*** This Friday's Friend spotlight is on New York-based writer and host J'na Jefferson! ***LINK TO PODCAST IN MY BIO*** * J'na was a Journalism major at Rider University and has had her work featured with VIBE, Billboard/Billboard Hip-Hop, Paper.com and CollegeHumor. Her aspirations are to become a lauded music and culture journalist and to continue that skill as a personality on radio and/or television. * Recently, J'na launched her biweekly podcast, #AndFriends w/ J'na Jefferson. She hopes that through her podcast she will be able to continue building connections within the industry, as well as gain practice as an interviewer while also having a lot of fun! * Check out this week's podcast in my bio! * * * * * #FeaturedFriendFriday #helpafriendsupportafriend #PodsinColor #AndFriendsPodcast #journalist #writer #nycwriter #host #vibe #billboard #billboardhiphop #papermag #collegehumor #music #radio #television #dancer #friendssupportfriends #RiderUniversity #RU #broncs #blackgirlmagic

[jnjeri]

***Featured Friend Friday*** This Friday's Friend spotlight is on New York-based writer and host J'na Jefferson! ***LINK TO PODCAST IN MY BIO*** J'na was a Journalism major at Rider University and has had her work featured with VIBE, Billboard/Billboard Hip-Hop, Paper.com and CollegeHumor. Her aspirations are to become a lauded music and culture journalist and to continue that skill as a personality on radio and/or television. Recently, J'na launched her biweekly podcast, #AndFriends w/ J'na Jefferson. She hopes that through her podcast she will be able to continue building connections within the industry, as well as gain practice as an interviewer while also having a lot of fun! Check out this week's podcast in my bio! * * * * * #FeaturedFriendFriday #helpafriendsupportafriend #PodsinColor #AndFriendsPodcast #journalist #writer #nycwriter #host #vibe #billboard #billboardhiphop #papermag #collegehumor #music #radio #television #dancer #friendssupportfriends #RiderUniversity #RU #broncs #blackgirlmagic

[jnjeri]

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[radicalmuscle-deactivated-2019]

Sloane Stephens visits Central Park after winning Grand Slam

[Don’t delete the link please]

[sseureki]

#an actual scene in insecure

[foxxyroxyy]

Here it is! Best moments courtesy of Angela Rye.

[boomsaidtheshotgun]

The Smith Kids. Jaden, Willow, and Trey.

[blexicana]

So much soul in one gif

[big-lil-eonni]

the fucking footwork

[thehighpriestofreverseracism]

I can’t believe I forgot about this gif

[queenstravelingdarling]

And then there is their daddy 😂

[kingharlevigilante-deactivated2]

💀💀💀

[thathighguy]

I needed this with the Will add on