oohhh! kendrick’s collaborating with all our favorite ladies! first we had him performing “bitch don’t kill my vibe” with emeli sande, then we had him being interviewed by erykah badu, and now he’s being featured on solange’s “looks good with trouble.” we looooove it! wonder who kendrick’s gonna collab with next?! check out the song here.
#keepitQUEEN. #keepitKING.
posted by @traemili.
so much knowledge and beauty! rest in power Bob Marley.
#keepitKING.
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“if you’re a white person, it may come as a surprise to you that the rest of us are thinking a few things about you we choose not to say. kamau helps by finding a white guy who’ll listen— we’d say it’s about dialogue or whatever, but it’s really just for fun.”
totally biased with w. kamau bell is a show on fx in which standup comedian, w. kamau bell, discusses politics, pop culture, race, religion, and sex. in this clip he has people say whatever they want to a random white man. lol love it! catch totally biased with w. kamau bell monday-thursday at 11pm.
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“happy mother’s day? the U.S. is still the only industrialized country not to mandate paid leave for parents of newborns.” read more here.
posted by @traemili.
ohhh i like this song! lol watch “colours” by nia andrew! in case nia is new to you like she is to me, here is a quick bio (from her official fb page): “i am an LA based singer/songwriter who has written for, recorded, toured and/or performed with blu, common, janelle monae, joistarr (kanye west), lauryn hill, marie daulne (zap mama), mark de clive-lowe, mary j. blige, shafiq husayn (sa-ra creative partners)…” check out her ep, also entitled “colours,” here.
keepitQUEEN.
posted by @traemili.
Track:
Assata Shakur in Her Own Words (1998)
INCYMI: as of yesterday, assata shakur became the first woman added to the fbi’s mosted wanted terrorist list and the award for her capture was doubled to $2 million dollars. as a result democracy now released this recording of her open letter to the united states of america, listen to assata shakur in her own words. read the full transcript here. #keepitQUEEN.
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LOVE: clair huxtable was an epic woman! quite possibly the greatest television mom in the history of television moms! and this spoken word ode, entitled “for #clair” by @QueenGodIs is just as awesome as the character it honors. woooord to phylicia rashad! check out more from Queen GodIs here.
keepitQUEEN.
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HAIR: @chescaleigh & @traceeellisross give you the scoop on wrapping their crowns at night & natural hair in hollywood. I love them!!!! Look at this freeze frame! it’s epic.
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Fola, Her Religion 2013
“This has to be one of my favourites so far. It’s called Her Religion, because I was going back to The Bible, thinking what if Mary was a black woman – who says she’s not, let’s just say… What if God was actually Mother Nature, and the baby that came out of that union wasn’t Jesus [as we know him] but a woman who’ll become a mother. I say this because our mothers are willing to go on that cross for us, they’re willing to give us everything, they’re willing to forgive us and that’s what Jesus is all about. So I placed this little baby in black Mary’s arms. She’s Jesus and she’s nurturing. You see, she’s already given birth to flowers and she doesn’t even know it: that’s how powerful she is about to be.”
i saw this interview with folasade adeoso, also known as fola, on www.okayafrica.com and was immediately drawn to this image. isn’t her description just as epic as the picture? fola is a nigerian canadian model, “online sensation,” and artist. check out the rest of the interview and more of her work here.
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“the central park five tells the story of the five black and latino teenagers from harlem who were wrongly convicted of raping a white woman in new york city’s central park in 1989. the film chronicles the central park jogger case, for the first time from the perspective of these five teenagers whose lives were upended by this miscarriage of justice.” if you’re like me and you didn’t catch this documentary when it aired on pbs the other night, watch it here.
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i’m totally having deja vu! because we just had this conversation not even 2 months ago! why, why, why is blackface still a thing in 2013?! why instead of getting white people to mimic black beauty, don’t you just employ a black model?! let’s be clear and i feel like a fashion magazine should know (and does know) that blackface always looks bad. like the aesthetic intentions are completely overshadowed by this fuckin ridiculous makeup! so who is the culprit this time? vogue netherlands. the spread is intended to honor the work of marc jacobs and is inspired by black style icons like grace jones and josephine baker. the model even wears a wig to imitate the texture of “black” hair. some people argue that this is art, therefore open to artistic license and that this sort of thing is acceptable in dutch culture. i think that’s bullshit and an easy way to ignore the fact that the worldwide fashion industry has an aversion to not only black models, but to all models that aren’t white. what do you think? read more here.
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remember haiti? photographer giles clarke recently completed a photo essay documenting how people are living 3 years after a massive hurricane hit the country. despite the 12,000 NGO groups currently registered in haiti, it still remains the poorest country in the western hemisphere. check out the rest of the pictures and commentary here.
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WATCH: the queen, sevyn streeter, speaks to ablacktv about music, fashion and success! #KIQ
posted by @knimi.
trill but conscious. pop'n knowledge.
![Fola, Her Religion 2013
“This has to be one of my favourites so far. It’s called Her Religion, because I was going back to The Bible, thinking what if Mary was a black woman – who says she’s not, let’s just say… What if God was actually Mother Nature, and the baby that came out of that union wasn’t Jesus [as we know him] but a woman who’ll become a mother. I say this because our mothers are willing to go on that cross for us, they’re willing to give us everything, they’re willing to forgive us and that’s what Jesus is all about. So I placed this little baby in black Mary’s arms. She’s Jesus and she’s nurturing. You see, she’s already given birth to flowers and she doesn’t even know it: that’s how powerful she is about to be.”
i saw this interview with folasade adeoso, also known as fola, on www.okayafrica.com and was immediately drawn to this image. isn’t her description just as epic as the picture? fola is a nigerian canadian model, “online sensation,” and artist. check out the rest of the interview and more of her work here.
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