MaMnguni

@siwemfeka

[anxious-black-hottie]

[smargiela]

custom Mugler by Casey Cadwallader for Beyonce

[apennyforurthots]

The energy I give off

[dreams-in-blk]

[theworldisyonces]

Beyoncé for the Renaissance Album booklet

[lamusebrune]

So much of adulting is unlearning and reshaping your understanding of who you are and what you want and need.

[cwote]

“Don’t lose yourself while caring for others. The most important relationship is the one you have with yourself.”

— Cwote (via cwote)

[localwifipoacher]

“They made us believe that each one of us is the half of an orange, and that life only makes sense when you find that other half. They did not tell us that we were born as whole, and that no one in our lives deserve to carry on his back such responsibility of completing what is missing in us: we grow through life by ourselves. If we have good company it’s just more pleasant.”

—

John Lennon

(via

themindmovement

)

[black-culture]

[naturalhairhow101]

Just some info

[thepowerofblackwomen]

uzo aduba deserves an oscar just for this scene alone

[magicalgirlpropaganda]

The whole self love thing is good and all but some people can’t fathom being loved. They can’t imagine there being anything good about them. So they can’t simply just stop doing unhealthy things, there’s a process.

[sandersstudies]

Before self love you have to invoke self tolerance and self neutrality.

[sandersstudies]

If you can’t say “I love my body!” say “my body gets me from place to place.”

If you can’t say “I’m beautiful,” begin by shutting down the “I’m ugly” thoughts and saying “I’m a person.”

If you can’t say “I’m valuable” begun by shutting down the “I’m worthless” thoughts and say “all people deserve basic respect, and I’m a person.”

If you can’t say “I’m important,” or “I’m kind” say “I am the one who waters my plant every week” or “I am the one who tips the kind barista down the street” or “I am the one who makes sure my dog does not eat plastic” or “I am the one who leaves long comments on people’s fan fictions.”

[teratomarty]

This is so useful. If you’re in a mental place where 1. people are telling you to do Affirmations and 2. these Affirmations all ring trite and hollow, it’s because you’re not ready for that degree of sunshine shooting out your ass.  Try the bunny slopes of self-validation, first.

[somecutething]

[silentauroriamthereal]

I love how the second lick drags the kitty right across the floor, lol

[tinymiblog]

I so loves this 

[noircommejesuis]

the president of nigeria is about to fuck boko haram up and cut his own salary in half and criminalized female genital mutilation

the president of guinea built/is building infrastructure and school and wells all over the country and is decreasing youth unemployment exponentially

the president of cote d’ivoire made school mandatory of children ages 6-16 and banned plastic bags while also building ultra modern trasportation infrastructure

the future is for real in africa 

[incandescent-justice]

I think this should have a hell of a lot more notes on it than it does. This is what good news looks like folk, and the continent of Africa surely deserves a shed load of it.

[houseofhaleth]

Today (April 7th) is Remembrance Day for the Rwandan genocide. While Rwanda still faces challenges, their recovery has been incredible. They now have the highest percentage of women in parliament around the world (one of only two countries to have over 50% women), their gross national income has risen each year, and life expectancy has risen from  48 in 1990 to 65 in 2013.

[lupitasource]

lupitanyongo: I wrote a book! It’s called #Sulwe! This is the cover! I’m thrilled to share it with you. Sulwe is out October 1 and is available for pre-order today at the link in bio! The extraordinary @VashtiHarrison illustrated the story. I wrote #Sulwe to encourage children (and everyone really!) to love the skin they are in & to see the beauty that radiates from within.

[haunted-melancholy]

Hegia De Boer

[iwannagotoparis]