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[10 - 20/100 days of productivity] although i was super productive finishing four assessments in the last few weeks, i didn’t have a chance to take pictures everyday :-( but, i’m on break for a few weeks now and then back in for summer school! lots of organising, internship finding, and random stuff to do!

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it could be weeks

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It could be months

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^ reblogging for the weeks & months part bc it really does get to that point sometimes

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petergrantkavinsky

Blake Lively shares daughter James’s ideas for her baby sister Ines’ Halloween costume

bideogaymes

and that’s that on THAT.

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facts.

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ninfanaiade

♡

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reblog if ur mom is smart and beautiful

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I scrolled passed then I felt guilty

ericazcrown

Same.

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My mom is the greatest to ever do it all tbh

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Reblog in 40 seconds and you will be put on the path to achieve your dreams and find your fortune

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WELP.

xanadontit

Can’t hurt.

mustangsally78

may as well

blackourstory

You’ve heard about it before but… here it is. In your face. It was REAL. Black people don’t make this stuff up.

thereasonforthewordbitch

white ppl are the devil

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Never forget this fuckery.

thechronicleofshe

If you don’t know what this is, its The Tuskegee Experiment.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuskegee_syphilis_experiment

“An infamous clinical study conducted between 1932 and 1972 by the U.S. Public Health Service. The purpose of this study was to observe the natural progression of untreated syphilis in rural African-American men in Alabama under the guise of receiving free health care from the United States government.”

“ The study was continued without informing the men they would never be treated. None of the men infected were ever told they had the disease, and none were treated with penicillin even after the antibiotic became proven for the treatment of syphilis.”

The Tuskegee Syphilis Study, cited as “arguably the most infamous biomedical research study in U.S. history"led to the 1979 Belmont Report and the establishment of the Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP). It also led to federal laws and regulations requiring Institutional Review Boards for the protection of human subjects in studies involving them.

thechanelmuse

Hazel Scott playing two pianos at the same damn time with ease

erinbowbooks

Hazel Scott was a musical sorcerer and a civil rights hero. She:

was admitted to Julliard at 8.

was performing in top venues by 16.

pioneered “swinging the classics” and made the equivalent of a million dollars a year doing it.

was the first person of color to have their own national TV show.

went to Hollywood but refused to be cast as a “singing maid.” Demanded and got control over her casting, her wardrobe, and how footage featuring her was cut.

refused to perform in segregated venues and led charges for integration in several northern cities, notably Spokane.

She was brought down by the House Committee on Unamerican Activities, and has been largely forgotten. But she was a sorcerer, and a hero.

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@theladyragnell

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Let’s un-forget her.

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Black Women Are

Pioneers: Harriet Tubman

Educated:

Dr. Hadiya Nicole Green AKA The Pioneer in the fight against cancer

Michelle Obama

Beautiful: Jackie Aina (She’s also artistic, intelligent, funny)

Uzo Aduba

Soulful: Chargaux

Nina Simone

Phenomenal: Oprah

Beyonce

Hilarious: Leslie Jones

Gabourey Sidible

Poetic: Maya Angelou

Lauryn Hill

Confident:

Marsai Martin

Solange Knowles

Yara Shahidi

Fearless: Assata Shakur & Angela Davis

Unwavering: Lezley McSpadden, Gwen Carr, Wanda Johnson, and Sybrina Fulton aka Mothers of The Movement

Fighters: Alicia Garza, Patrisse Cullors, and Opal Tometi aka founders of #BlackLivesMatter

Visionaries: Ava Duvernay (Director)

Shonda Rhimes (producer, screenwriter)

Determined: Ilhan Omar (Politician)

Olympians:

Gabby Douglas

Simone Biles

Serena and Venus (and someone asking them a dumb question)

Allyson Fellix

Ibtihaj Muhammad

Some Bonus Awesomeness:

Amber Riley

Kerry Washington, Taraji P Henson, and Mary J Blige

Janelle Monae

Despite being one of the most disrespected demographics, black women remain to be an integral part of America’s (and also global) history, present, and future. Validate, and humanize them. And take note of all the badassery and awesomeness.

thetownwitches

i don’t like texting because it fosters this idea that we have to be accessible to others and to interaction 24/7??? stop that!!! if im not texting back, it’s not bc i i hate you, it’s because im just chilling, ok? and interacting is draining. i don’t think every person should have to be accessible to everyone that has their number literally every second of every day. stop apologizing for not texting back “on time.” do you, live ya life on your own time okay????

thestudyaesthetic

I’m looking forward to the day where I can be that cliche girl that studies and gets shit done in a coffee shop or library, with my head always in a book and daydreams filling my head. Just imagine. A cup of coffee to the left, books stacked high beside you, knowing you’ve accomplished so many things, and that feeling that you’re finally getting somewhere. And you’re okay for once in your life. You’re okay.

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Update: When I made this post about two years ago, I was in a terrible spot in life. Things were bad, things were rough, and I didn’t know if I would make it to graduation. And now, two years later, I’m in my freshman year of college. And things are great, and things are smooth, and I know I’m going to make it far in life.

I’m finally the girl in this post. I’m the happiest I’ve been, studying my little heart out, knowing that I’m trying my best and sometimes that’s the best and only thing I can do. Life can get better, even if you don’t believe it will. I’ve become who I want to be. And I know you can too.

You’re okay, beautiful. You’re okay.