becoming

Black woman baad woman 32921442 she/her ig:

[westendblues]

Reading Alice Walker’s journals and finding even more reasons to be confident in my decision not to have children

[bonivers]

And Now That You Don’t Have To Be Perfect You Can Be Good 2026

[achillesinhighheels]

cotton comes to harlem , 1970

[forever70s]

actress Judy Pace

[pure]

i’m not really a fan of the idea that “you can’t buy consent.” i think we can observe where consent is purchased everywhere in our economic system. the problem, i think, doesn’t rest in delineating what “real” or “fake” consent is. the problem is that, as a culture under free market capitalism, there is a belief that consent precludes exploitation or harm. if i am cut with a knife for a sexual thrill, i will bleed and require some manner of medical attention/intervention, even if i provided “enthusiastic consent.” people who, like, buy into the ideology of kink, for example, tend to believe the presence of abuse or harm is negated by consent. the act of being cut by a knife for a sexual thrill is no longer harmful, despite the blood drawn, despite the necessary medical intervention, because i agreed to be cut. we are being asked to ignore harm, violence, abuse, and power dynamics if both parties like or agree to the act. drawing a line between what “enthusiastic consent” or “coerced consent” is doesn’t provide a path out from this trap, i think.

to me, this is a glaring philosophical failing that does a disservice to how violence and abuse are addressed. and make no mistake, among radicals, it is very suspicious how most leftists apply libertarianism to matters that primarily affect women, and communist principals to matters that affect men. the presence of consent to an employment contract has never stopped a male communist from speaking out against the exploitation of wage labor, but matters of sexual subordination or sexual exploitation are not addressed with the same political sophistication, consistency, and rigor. this has to change!

[maryoliveoil]

Nikki Giovanni (7 June 1943 - 9 December 2024)

[tinydropsofperfumedtime]

Liv.e | Ghost

[westendblues]

Kelela and Liv.e this summer in Brooklyn

[westendblues]

Learning

[westendblues]

the world stopping for almost 2 years was a reset in my life that was probably needed, but I’ve developed a certain lack of discipline during this time that’s starting to scare me

there are changes I need to make now that wouldn’t have been an issue years ago that I’m truly struggling to accept and integrate into my daily life

unrestricted hedonism doesn’t look good on me

[3rdeyechakra]

https://www.instagram.com/p/B4Ax38iF3GP/?igshid=7516wy41awkf

[westendblues]

Experimenting with only listening to instrumentals/music without vocals this weekend

[quotemadness]

“I can say with great certainty and absolute honesty that I did not know what love was until I knew what love was not.”

— Unknown

[westendblues]

Got my annual end of the year aura reading and got told I was holding onto certain things and to let go

Coincidentally my ex’s store announced its closing the same day and ngl I had a petty feeling in response

Letting go I’ve realized is something that happens over time for me, I can’t rush no longer feeling a certain way when I’ve been done a certain way

Only time helps

[westendblues]

4/20 really feels like a holiday, wow…

[forestgreenlesbian]

Greens, Denisse Ariana Pérez

[westendblues]

If Atlanta came out when Donald Glover was Childish Gambino Zazie wouldn’ta been his love interest 🌚

[westendblues]

The most empowering and terrifying thing about life is when you realize you gotta actually figure this shit out day by day

And that this process is internal, no one has the answers for you