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Nigerian-American going to teach English in Japan. 22. MV Reaction Vlogger youtube.com/channel/UCj8wW5kSV4iUDc5_2zAm-9QTwitter @STephany Instagram @SeriouslyStephany

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#happymorthersday Mommy! 😆💖Sorry I can't be there to celebrate it w/ u😢

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#ricepaddiesfordays #ricepaddieseverywhere

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So happy my buddies could make for my #bday🎂 #24🙌🏾 #thewalkingdead #amcthewalkingdead

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Birthday meal for champions #24🙌🏾 surprisingly filling #veganoptions #veganoptions

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#24🙌🏾💖🙏🏾 ともさん&えみさん&モリタ家ありがとう〜

[thepowerofblackwomen]

dear white people, a show about black people, written, produced, and directed by black people and the fifth episode was directed by oscar winner barry jenkins

[curlsbraidsandafros]

melanin!

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@destinylashaemakeup

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pretty

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LMAO

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😂😂😂

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☀️ (Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan)

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[thepowerofblackwomen]

dear white people, a show about black people, written, produced, and directed by black people and the fifth episode was directed by oscar winner barry jenkins

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@ NTV getting an early sneak peek of the Japanese version of #ConfessionOfMurder 😝😖😡😎😆

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#womeninbusiness photoshoot💪🏾✨💖 @electra_vk

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Modern Romeo&Juliet Story: Fav Scene

Modern Romeo&Juliet Story: Fav Scene

I`ve started a new screenplay and I plan on making it into a movie (eventually). As I re-read over it the other day, a particular scene that resonated with me so strongly, it resonated with me when I wrote it as well. It is a powerful scene and it quickly became my favorite. So here it is! Enjoy!! ************************************************************************************* INT.…

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[sourcedumal]

Black women portrayed as damsels in distress is progressive and feminist

Fuck anyone who thinks otherwise

[sorchaception]

This is a really intriguing statement to me, and I’m thinking it through trying to figure it out, but my brain’s not making the connection. What am I missing? I can see the “progressive” part, I think, since it tends to mean the central female character is black. But how is it feminist? I’m not meaning that in a challenging or confrontational way. I am genuinely interested.

[acceber74]

Kerry Washington, on her role as Bromhilda in Django Unchained

On playing the damsel in distress: Look I can see how it’s not particularly feminist [for white women] to play the princess in the tower, waiting to be saved. But as a black woman – we’ve never been afforded that luxury. There was no man coming to save you; it wasn’t part of the story. In some ways, this telling is a statement of empowerment.

It’s feminist when it’s viewed through the intersection of race because all women aren’t treated the same and never have been.  Things a white woman views as empowering (like being a “strong independent woman who doesn’t need a man”) isn’t empowering for black women, as we’re expected to always save/protect/defend/care for ourselves (and everyone else) and never have anyone saving/protecting/defending/caring for us.  

[sourcedumal]

Exactly. We don’t get to be saved. We’re too busy being portrayed as saving everyone else. In EVERY. FORM. OF. MEDIA.

Even in the supposed fairy tales, we save ourselves *glares at PATF*

Note how the fandom SCREAMS AND HOWLS when Black women are romanced. They whine and cry about ‘ruining the character’ because they ‘wanted a female character who was badass and didn’t need a relationship’

That  character is always black. ALWAYS. We are expected to be devoid of any and all sexuality and feelings. We dont get love. We don’t get affection. We don’t get to be vulnerable and saved by a knight in shining armor.

And because Blackness is the polar opposite of whiteness, and whiteness has sole control over womanhood, we are denied femininity, delicacy, and fragility.

Black women being saved is EMPOWERING because having to save my damn self from white supremacy is not a selling point.

We are

[kathereal]

Loving this concept

[seriouslystephany]

I've said these same things to my self... I feel like this everyday