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Yasmin Wijnaldum for Anthony Vaccarello by Virginie Khateeb for Dazed, Fall 2016 

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Beyonce’s ‘Lemonade’ Turns A Somali-Brit Poet Into A Global Star

So now we know who Beyonce’s favorite poet is: 27-year-old Somali-Brit Warsan Shire.

Shire’s poetry was heard ‘round the world last Saturday in Lemonade, Beyonce’s latest album, dropped on HBO in the form of a 1-hour special — a sweeping series of songs and videos that look at romance, rage and redemption. Between the glossy cinematography and, of course, the music, Queen Bey recited excerpts of Shire’s works, launching the artist into the global spotlight:

“you can’t make homes out of human beings someone should have already told you that and if he wants to leave then let him leave”

Shire doesn’t just write about love, loss and infidelity. The poet also muses on many of the issues we cover on Goats and Soda: violence against women (“To my daughter I will say / ‘when the men come, set yourself on fire’ ”), refugees (“You have to understand / that no one puts their children in a boat / unless the water is safer than land”), war and the African diaspora.

Read the full story here.

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The New Yorker also had a nice profile of Shire – and her own music is on Bandcamp.

– Petra

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I want these

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I wonder why they put Harriet Tubman on a bill before a Native American 🤔

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Sacagawea has been on the dollar coin since like the year 2000 but okay 🙄

[reverseracism]

While I’m at it:

- Running Antelope, head chief of the Hunkpapa and advisor to Sitting Bull, was on the 5$ for 15 years. - The first woman (white or non white) to ever appear on the US Currency was Pocahontas in 1869.

The US Currency (just like every currency in the world) is forever changing. People seem to forget that the men who are on the currencies now haven’t always been there. Live and let live😒 tired of people running their ignorant mouths without any background on said subjects.

Xoxo, Susie The Moderator

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sighhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh every fucking time

why can’t black people just can’t do a thing without someone going

‘why doesn’t (insert POC) have the thing too/first”? and they might as well say

‘what do you mean the niggers get dibs?” 

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I pray that whoever reads this, God heals whatever is hurting you.

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When Harriet Tubman wakes you up out of your sleep to tell you y'all are leaving tonight

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This how I wish I looked. 

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Introverts (x)

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This helped me understand like all my friends

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This is 10000% accurate

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Finally someone understands me

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When you tell a girl you can cook

What they think you mean:

What you really mean:

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This is so accurate

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