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dark feminine habits

1. masterbate. give yourself permission to feel pleasure. it release stress from your body.

2. get naked. dance naked. sleep naked. look at you body in the mirror. soak in a bath. moisturize your skin. get a massage.

3. tell people no. if it’s not a hell yes, don’t waste your time. you have free will to do as you please. you are not a slave.

4. have pride in yourself and your achievements. set goals. accept compliments. own your confidence. shine.

5. flirt. it’s fun.

6. do shadow work. at the end of your day, take time to reflect on your mistakes and write down ways to make progress. this helps you understand your fears and guilts. journal. introspection.

7. don’t go along with anything that feels wrong to you. be assertive and don’t be afraid to cut someone off or cause a scene when your boundaries are crossed.

8. work your brain. do puzzles. reads books. learn about seduction. develop a skill. take time to daydream. visually manifest.

9. be daring. wear a sexy outfit or bold makeup look. show cleavage. follow your dreams. break routine. speak your mind. shock the people around you and ignore their judgements.

10. release timidity. stop overly apologizing, stuttering and overthinking. say exactly what you mean. feel exactly how you feel. banish all forms of guilt and shame.

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Soft Life 🤎

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Life of a Customer Service Rep.

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Lmfao the pause

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Love her frames and braids… Aye she pretty

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I'm proud of you..

If people really knew your story and all the things you have been through, they'd probably wonder how you are still smiling. So if you don't hear from anyone else, I'm proud of you.

-@ lipikkastuffs

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Amplify BIPOC voices ✊🏻✊🏼✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿

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Caption for “How to be well-read without ever having to read anything by a white man again; an incomplete list”, with source to read the ones in the public domain and buy the ones that aren’t. Also remember: libraries.

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings - Maya Angelou (x from Bookshop.org) The Bluest Eye - Toni Morrison (x from Bookshop.org) The Namesake - Jhumpa Lahiri (x from Bookshop.org) The Joy Luck Club - Amy Tan (x from Bookshop.org) Go Tell It on the Mountain - James Baldwin (x from Bookshop.org) Between the World and Me - Ta-Nehisi Coates (x from Bookshop.org) One Thousand and One Nights - Anonymous (I II III IV from Project Gutenberg) The Count of Monte Cristo - Alexandre Dumas (x from Project Gutenberg) Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass - Frederick Douglass (x from Project Gutenberg) Narrative of Sojourner Truth - Sojourner Truth (x from Project Gutenberg) Twelve Years a Slave - Solomon Northup (x from Project Gutenberg) Our Nig - Harriet E. Wilson (x from Project Gutenberg) Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl - Harriet Jacobs (x from Project Gutenberg) The Curse of Caste; or, The Slave Bride - Julia C. Collins (x from Bookshop.org) Behind the Scenes; or, Thirty Years a Slave and Four Years in the White House - Elizabeth Keckley (x from Project Gutenberg) Life Among the Paiutes; Their Wrongs and Claims - Sarah Winnemucca (x from Bookshop.org) Wynema: A Child of the Forest - S. Alice Callahan (x from Bookshop.org) Jubilee - Margaret Walker (x from Bookshop.org) Black Rain - Masuji Ibuse (x from Bookshop.org) Hawaii’s Story by Hawaii’s Queen - Queen Lili'uokalani (x from Bookshop.org) Up From Slavery - Booker T. Washington (x from Project Gutenberg) The Souls of Black Folk - W.E.B. DuBois (x from Bookshop.org) The Autobiography of Malcolm X - Malcolm X (edited by Alex Haley) (x from Bookshop.org) The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man - James Weldon Johnson (x from Project Gutenberg) The Weary Blues - Langston Hughes (x from Bookshop.org) Some Prefer Nettles - Jun'ichirō Tanizaki (x from Bookshop.org) My People the Sioux - Luther Standing Bear (x from Bookshop.org) The Blacker the Berry - Wallace Thurman (x from Bookshop.org) Crusade for Justice: The Autobiography of Ida B. Wells - Ida B. Wells (x from Bookshop.org) Love in a Fallen City - Eileen Chang (x from Bookshop.org) The Living is Easy - Dorothy West (x from Bookshop.org) Invisible Man - Ralph Ellison (x from Bookshop.org) The Sound of Waves - Yukio Mishima (x from Bookshop.org) Memoirs of a Woman Doctor - Nawal El Saadawi (x from Bookshop.org)

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If you’re just barely holding yourself together and you’re delicate right now, that’s okay. Great job on keeping yourself together, and keep going. Things will get brighter.

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“Jazz is a white term to define black people. My music is black classical music.” — Nina Simone

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Happy Birthday Nina.

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Writing Native American Characters: How Not To Do A Rowling | On Demand Master Class

J. K. Rowling drew negative attention from Native people for what she did in her work Magic in North America. The mistakes she made were common–very common–and also easily avoidable. In this seminar, Native scholar and activist Debbie Reese talks about the missteps Rowling and many other authors have made, why they are a problem, and offers writers strategies for avoiding them and doing better.

Topics Include:

Native Nationhood and Sovereignty

History

Representation and Impact

Cultural Appropriation

Language and Naming

Spiritual Traditions

Stereotypes and Tropes to Avoid

Researching Native Americans for Fiction

Worldbuilding for Speculative Fiction

Price: $50

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