forever BEcoming

Like the story of David and Goliath, I still place credence in the power of one stone. Like that, this blog will share music, beautiful people, fashion, thought-provoking statements, and all that inspires me to courageously embrace growth and change. Hope, Love and JOY.

[mininaturals]

[thechanelmuse]

These middle schoolers talk race/ethnicity and racism.

[lastrealindians-deactivated2015]

[curating-africa]

The Mozambican shopkeeper - Vilanculos, Mozambique (2011)

Hennie Niemann Jnr

[nahhnotreally-deactivated201809]

VOCATION; A New Web Series

EPISODE 1 || Writer

The homie, Shelby has a webshow that is hysterical. It’s early on but has soooo much potential and is so right now and shit. This needs to be seen. This character, Serie, needs to be seen.

[blackartvoid]

FACTS!

[fuckyeahginatorres]

When I became an actress I quickly realize that the world liked their latinos to look Italian. Not like me. So I wasn’t going up for Latina parts. I was going up for African American parts. […]

Regardless of the fact that I spoke the language better and understood the culture better, those [stereotypical latina] weren’t the parts that…I could take seriously. Suddenly you have to explain why I look how I look. And then it gets complicated. And nobody wants complicated.

[fuckyeahginatorres]

Gina Torres | Black Latino

[nappturalmystic-deactivated2013]

and THIS is how diverse black culture is. It’s not just one thing.

[brownfatfemme-deactivated202104]

^^^^love her

[6dogs9cats]

[moreleftthannot]

I have yet to hear it explained more succinctly.

[zukkah]

Untitled em We Heart It.

[sciencefriday]

Our ignorance of mathematics is our weakness. It opens us up to manipulation by the powers that be.

Mathematician Edward Frenkel believes that learning math is essential to participating in a democracy. (via sciencefriday)

[jollygreenstoner]

My daily learning…..no words

[fogo-av]

I guess white people need the receipts for the things we’ve been saying…

[kny111]

white people will only hear it if it’s coming from their own white media.

[chescaleigh]

Ciara Debuts Crazy Long Dreadlocks: Should She Keep Them?

Oh, so since Ciara’s having an “elegant” wedding she can’t possibly keep her loc extensions…Right? Cause locs can’t be elegant? I’m so sick of this shit. 

[dynastylnoire]

Headline should read: 

"People magazine astonishes no one with their brazen racism in calling Ciara’s dreadlock’s "crazy" while continuing to praise white women for their various appropriated clothing and hair style choices."

[postracialcomments-deactivated2]

But we must support white women in the natural hair movement!!!!

[winefinedarkchicks]

This is a HUGE part of why white women in the natural hair movement makes 0 sense. They wanna be in the movement because they have some frizz and tangles, but wouldn’t EVER want dreads on their shoulders…

[deteitte-blog]

you know, i’m a raging lesbian and i was never distracted by what other girls in my classes were wearing in high school. this is a male problem, not an “attracted to women” problem.

[untruc-deactivated20131026]

This is an “inability to respect women” problem.

[deteitte-blog]

Which is a male problem.

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[rosalarian]

Gonna keep a tally of messages I get from a) white feminists completely proving my point and b) people who think this comic proves feminism is worthless because I criticized one part of it. (Even despite me writing these words underneath the comic.) Then I’ll add them all up, see which column has more, and then drink myself to sleep either way.

Haha… this is why we can’t have nice things.

[natural-lifters]

Don’t think about what can happen in a month. Don’t think about what can happen in a year. Just focus on the 24 hours in front of you and do what you can to get closer to where you want to be.

Eric Thomas  (via bl-ossomed)

[dime-store-boy-deactivated20150]

[2damnfeisty]

Nobody gives the black girl mob credit for being smart as fuck. They clown but at the end of the day they are really intelligent.

[darkwingdux-deactivated20150119]

And it’s not subtle at all. Taystee is a math prodigy in addition to being well-read, Poussey is multilingual, Cindy just knows shit, Suzanne studies Shakespeare, Watson was a good student in addition to being a track star, Vee is basically an evil genius. Piper often learns the most from them; they taught her how to fight and helped translate Pennsatucky’s biblical threat. The show flat out acknowledges the (academic) intelligence of the black inmates time and time again, but the audience collectively ignores it.

[2damnfeisty]

ALL OF THIS