Kdotfann - Black Beauty

Whoa. For the first time ever, a Victoria’s Secret model walked the runway with natural hair. Rather than bending to VS’s traditional beauty standards, 23-year-old Angolan model Maria Borges rocked the runway sans wig, weave or even extensions. For Borges, it was a history-making in a personal way.

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1446. dirty laundry

Have you ever: 1. Skipped class? - yes, i started doing that a lot in high school.  2. Done drugs? - nah, you know. 3. Self harmed? - yes, i have never self harmed as much as i have been lately, unfortunately. 4. Drank? - sure. 5. Shoplifted? - never, i’m a wuzz. 6. Gotten a tattoo? - nope. 7. Broken up with someone? - all my breakups have been mutual pretty much.

What’s your favorite: 8. Show? - my all time favourites are the office and friends. lately i’ve been loving american horror story and lie to me. 9. Movie? - american psycho maybe. 10. Song? - my all time favourite is this must be the place by talking heads. my current favourites are dirty laundry by all time low and the mack by nevada. 11. Tumblr? - meh, i don’t do tumblr as much these days. i just come here to fill in surveys. 12. Singer/Band? - i don’t really have any favourites at the moment. i used to be craaaazy about good charlotte, simple plan and blink-182 though. i also love say anything. 13. Memory? - i tend to only remember bad ones. 14. Book? - my favourites are all about either mental illness or music.

This or that: 15. Invisibility or Ability to fly? 16. Cookies or Cake? 17. Twitter or Facebook? 18. Movies or Books? 19. Coke or Sprite? 20. Blind or Deaf? 21. Tea or Coffee? 

What’s your: 22. Age? - turning 22 this year. 23. Sign? - gemini. 24. Height? - about 170 cm. 25. Sexual orientation? - pansexual. 26. Shoe size? - 38. 27. Religion? - none. 28. Longest relationship? - my current one will soon be two years.

Opinion on: 29. Gay rights? - any person’s rights shouldn’t be something to have an opinion on. 30. Second chances? - usually good. 31. Long distance relationships? - cool if it works, respect. 32. Abortion? - i have had an abortion and i never thought twice about it. it’s nice that people are allowed control over ther own lives. 33. The death penalty? - i’m against it. 34. Marijuana? - i don’t really care. if making it legal would take away the hype, then please yes.  35. Love? - love is all.

Do you: 36. Believe in ghost? - definitely not. 37. Shower facing the shower head or turned away from it? - i always shower with the shower handle. 38. Sleep with the door opened or closed? - closed. 39. Love someone? - yeah. 40. Still watch cartoons? - i don’t. 41. Have a boyfriend/girlfriend? - yep. 42. Like yourself? - nope.

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One act of kindness can change your whole life.

Life Without Black People A very humorous and revealing story is told about a group of white people who were fed up with African Americans, so they joined together and wished themselves away. They passed through a deep dark tunnel and emerged in sort of a twilight zone where there is an America without black people. At first these white people breathed a sigh of relief. ‘At last’, they said, ‘no more crime, drugs, violence and welfare.’ All of the blacks have gone! Then suddenly, reality set in. The ‘NEW AMERICA’ is not America at all - only a barren land. 1. There are very few crops that have flourished because the nation was built on a slave-supported system. 2. There are no cities with tall skyscrapers because Alexander Mils, a black man, invented the elevator, and without it, one finds great difficulty reaching higher floors. 3. There are few if any cars because Richard Spikes, a black man, invented the automatic gearshift, Joseph Gambol, also black, invented the Super Charge System for Internal Combustion Engines, and Garrett A. Morgan, a black man, invented the traffic signals. 4. Furthermore, one could not use the rapid transit system because its procurer was the electric trolley, which was invented by another black man, Albert R. Robinson. 5. Even if there were streets on which cars and a rapid transit system could operate, they were cluttered with paper because an African American, Charles Brooks, invented the street sweeper.. 6. There were few if any newspapers, magazines and books because John Love invented the pencil sharpener, William Purveys invented the fountain pen, and Lee Barrage invented the Type Writing Machine and W. A. Love invented the Advanced Printing Press. They were all, you guessed it, Black. 7. Even if Americans could write their letters, articles and books, they would not have been transported by mail because William Barry invented the Postmarking and Canceling Machine, William Purveys invented the Hand Stamp and Philip Downing invented the Letter Drop. 8. The lawns were brown and wilted because Joseph Smith invented the Lawn Sprinkler and John Burr the Lawn Mower. 9. When they entered their homes, they found them to be poorly ventilated and poorly heated. You see, Frederick Jones invented the Air Conditioner and Alice Parker the Heating Furnace. Their homes were also dim. But of course, Lewis Lattimer later invented the Electric Lamp, Michael Harvey invented the lantern, and Granville T. Woods invented the Automatic Cut off Switch. Their homes were also filthy because Thomas W. Steward invented the Mop and Lloyd P. Ray the Dust Pan. 10. Their children met them at the door - barefooted, shabby, motley and unkempt. But what could one expect? Jan E. Matzelinger invented the Shoe Lasting Machine, Walter Sammons invented the Comb, Sarah Boone invented the Ironing Board, and George T. Samon invented the Clothes Dryer. 11. Finally, they were resigned to at least have dinner amidst all of this turmoil. But here again, the food had spoiled because another Black Man, John Standard invented the refrigerator… Now, isn’t that something? What would this country be like without the contributions of Blacks, as African-Americans? Martin Luther King, Jr. said, 'by the time we leave for work, millions of Americans have depended on the inventions from the minds of Blacks.’ Black history includes more than just slavery, Frederick Douglass, Martin Luther Kinbg, Jr., Malcolm X, and Marcus Garvey & W.E.B. Dubois. Reblog!!!

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Fuck yeah!

Do not try telling me melanin don’t got a play in this

America is fucked up

What happened to Christina Grimmie (the singer who was shot dead at her own concert) infuriated me this morning. What the fuck is wrong with your government? Why can’t they see that THEIR FUCKING PATHETIC GUN LAWS ARE A PROBLEM?! This amazes me. Are they blind or smtg? I looked up this shit on the Internet and the data I’ve encountered is INFURIATING! “On an average day, 91 Americans are killed with guns.” LIKE EXCUSE ME?! 91. LIFE. ENDED. BECAUSE. OF. YALL!! “There are 12000 gun murders EVERY YEAR in the United States.” WHAT THE FUCK ?! HOW MANY MORE PEOPLE HAVE TO DIE BEFORE YALL OPEN YOUR EYES? “7 children or teens are killed with guns on an average day.” 7 FUCKING LIFE THAT HADNT EVEN REALLY STARTED YET. PER DAYS. DAYS!!! “AMERICA’S GUN MURDER RATE IS MORE THAN 25 TIMES THE AVERAGE OTHER DEVELOPED COUNTRY.” WHAT MORE DO YOU NEED TO SEE ITS FUCKED UP. CHANGE YOUR FUCKING LAWS. START PROTECTING YOUR CITIZEN. HOW ARE THEY EVER GONNA FEEL SAFE ANYWHERE IF YOU DONT DO SOMETHING??!! Oh and don’t give me the “guns don’t kill people, people do Etc” excuse CAUSE IF YOU DIDNT GIVE THOSE SAME PEOPLE THE MEANS TO END A LIFE SO EASILY, those gun murder rates wouldn’t be that high and some people would still be alive. GET YOURSELF TOGETHER AMERICA, YOU’RE KILLING YOUR OWN CITIZENS.

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This Girl Was Kicked Out of Class for Having Cornrows

Her mother is not happy.

A 13-year-old girl in Britain is the latest student to be removed from class because of her hairstyle. Amanda Sutcliffe was put in “isolation” after she showed up with her hair in cornrows.

Before the teen had her hair done while on vacation with her family in Turkey, Sutcliffe checked to confirm that the hairstyle was not listed as banned under the school’s dress code. When she returned to class, the teachers found that the style did violate the code because it was “extreme,” reports The Mirror….

I want you to know how glad I am that you are running this blog, especially after what has happened. This is my message of support. I hope you get many more and I hope that you are safe.

Thank you, but I’m not safe. Myself and almost everyone I know have been hiding in their houses, even calling in sick to work, afraid to go anywhere because people are getting harassed and attacked all over. The KKK is literally marching in the streets proclaiming their “victory”. The scant resources or protections that have been keeping me and my closest people alive for the last few years have been “promised” to be removed, and without medical care or a safety net, we will die. Regulations that are supposed to keep our drinking water clean and our working environments safe are being removed, even more than they already have. Discrimination that keeps people from having homes, educations, and jobs is going to be legalized.

I realize there’s a lot of “we made it through [___], we’ll make it through this!” going around, but I’m not “we”. I’m a multiply disabled, chronically ill qpoc with a mountain of student debt, who is living in poverty with a physically disabled partner who only has access to medical care through the ACA and is waiting on an SSDI hearing. There’s already no heat in my house or car, and we live hand-to-mouth when it comes to food. And that’s not even the only direct threat, it’s just the most immediate one.

And I see a lot of people invoking history, but how long ago is history? Because after “reforms” to disability supports to the British system in 2011, literally thousands died within a week of having been deemed “fit for work”.  TENS of thousands died under Reagan, and if it’s not clear, I was alive through his entire term and remember it well. This is likely to be worse than that.

I’ve had friends and family over, and we all have found there’s not much to say or do but stare at the walls in despair, and derive small comfort from each others’ presence. We’ll do the best we can, but we all kind of know we’re not the ones who “make it through this.” I’m usually a fairly positive person but I’ve…kinda got nothing here.