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Yes this is her real natural hair grown from her scalp! More proof that black girls/women with natural hair can have long beautiful healthy hair! BLESSED! Love yourself.  (Her insta: njb7nyc)

Reblog if you think it’s important to teach young black girls that their hair is unique, and beautiful because it is unique and versatile. Because it’s true. 100% TRUE

OMG so adorable!

Quick everyday makeup tutorial for the busy black beauties.

Easy beautiful curls

MOVIE OF THE WEEK #1: Rosemary’s Baby

Rosemary’s Baby (1968), directed by Roman Polanski and adapted from Ira Levin’s novel of the same name, is the story of… well, Rosemary (Mia Farrow), a quiet housewife who finds herself in for a hellish nine months when she learns that she’s pregnant. As the weeks roll on, she begins to notice dramatic, concerning changes in both her health and the behavior of the people around her, causing poor Rosemary’s world to spiral slowly into madness as she starts to suspect that something diabolical is afoot…

A movie that must be seen to be believed, Rosemary’s Baby plunges its victims into the deepest depths of an ocean of paranoia. Nothing is ever quite as it seems and not one person Rosemary encounters ever seems totally on the level. Everyone is fair game as the film twists and turns, contorting itself and its characters in just the right ways to keep you on your toes. It’s a horror movie that challenges its audience not simply to endure but to think, instilling viewers with a wicked sense of uncertainty that just builds and builds until it reaches a fever pitch when the film finally lets you in on its sinister secrets.

Simply put, you won’t find many horror movies that get under your skin like Rosemary’s Baby. Great writing, direction, and acting all conspire to make this gem feel delightfully evil. It’s required viewing for any horror fan.

Gothic, Horror, and Haunted Houses, Part 2: Psycho (1960), The Innocents (1961), The Haunting (1963), Rosemary’s Baby (1968), The Legend of Hell House (1973), Suspiria (1977), The Sentinel (1977), The Changeling (1980).

I want to take an unofficial Tumblr census. Horror loving ladies, scream queens, wicked women, gore-geous girls, witches and bitches of all kinds…. reblog this if you’re out there.

Past To Present [Jimin Smut]

Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5

The Punishment

“Which room would you like to book ma’am?” The receptionist asked me.

“Um, room 304 please.” I said.

“Just a moment please.” Said the receptionist in rather fake but polite tone, “Here is your key, ma’am…enjoy your stay.”

“Thank you” I said and walked towards the elevators.

The elevator was about to close, when suddenly I saw someone holding the doors, so I could get in…how nice of him, I thought as I got in the elevator.

As I turned around to thank this nice gentleman, he was already staring at me.

Feeling kind of intimated, I said a short thank you and turned away. Oh well I thought, creepy people everywhere.

“Which floor?” he said with a husky voice.

Damn, I thought. “Umm 7th.”

“Oh same as mine..” He said silently.

It was an awkward elevator ride, but oh well, as if I am ever going to see him, I said with a small laugh, which was rather a louder one. Shit, why am I so weird I thought..

After the door opened, I rushed out so I didn’t have to deal with the awkwardness anymore.

“Wait” he said

I turned around and he handed me the key, which I didn’t even realize I had dropped.

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Sweet love…

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French kissing whilst making love is just…

- My absolute weakness!! You may as well have my soul! (via ares-papi-88)

My absolute weakness>

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I love you every step of the way…

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So true... so real...

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We never go out of style ~

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♡ I love you .

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I AM WITH YOU

I usually reserve all my feels for my personal social channels.

I don’t want to bring you down with the emotions of hurt, angry, and pain that I carry every time another brother or sister is killed by the police.

But I hurt… I can’t help but let the tears that well up in my eyes every time I look at my sons, fall.

I am with you.

I know the frustration of feeling hopeless, powerless, and unheard.

I am with you.

I was here before Trayvon Martin, Micheal Brown, Sandra Bland, Tamir Rice and the 500+ others…

I am with you.

Know that I sympathize and empathize. I’m afraid for my son’s future. I stand with you.

I am with you.

I couldn’t stand by and let another moment go by. While others are silent, I need you to know that I’m with you.

#BlackLivesMatter

~Tamara Founding Editor of Natural Hair Rules

Kudos Nick De Spain.

Demon concept by Nick De Spain

Such a f*#king shame....another poor black brother!!😔😔

I’m torn about the photo choice. But those monsters should see what they’ve done. #Hate it!

Great list of artists.

THC found to remove plaque-forming Alzheimer’s proteins, reduce inflammation, and protect nerve cells

Salk Institute scientists have found preliminary evidence that tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and other compounds found in marijuana can promote the cellular removal of amyloid beta, a toxic protein associated with Alzheimer’s disease.

While these exploratory studies were conducted in neurons grown in the laboratory, they may offer insight into the role of inflammation in Alzheimer’s disease and could provide clues to developing novel therapeutics for the disorder.

“Although other studies have offered evidence that cannabinoids might be neuroprotective against the symptoms of Alzheimer’s, we believe our study is the first to demonstrate that cannabinoids affect both inflammation and amyloid beta accumulation in nerve cells,” says Salk Professor David Schubert, the senior author of the paper.

READ MORE ON SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES

Ref: Amyloid proteotoxicity initiates an inflammatory response blocked by cannabinoids. NPJ Aging and Mechanisms of Disease (23 June 2016) | DOI: 10.1038/npjamd.2016.12 | PDF (Open Access)

ABSTRACT

The beta amyloid (Aβ) and other aggregating proteins in the brain increase with age and are frequently found within neurons. The mechanistic relationship between intracellular amyloid, aging and neurodegeneration is not, however, well understood. We use a proteotoxicity model based upon the inducible expression of Aβ in a human central nervous system nerve cell line to characterize a distinct form of nerve cell death caused by intracellular Aβ. It is shown that intracellular Aβ initiates a toxic inflammatory response leading to the cell’s demise. Aβ induces the expression of multiple proinflammatory genes and an increase in both arachidonic acid and eicosanoids, including prostaglandins that are neuroprotective and leukotrienes that potentiate death. Cannabinoids such as tetrahydrocannabinol stimulate the removal of intraneuronal Aβ, block the inflammatory response, and are protective. Altogether these data show that there is a complex and likely autocatalytic inflammatory response within nerve cells caused by the accumulation of intracellular Aβ, and that this early form of proteotoxicity can be blocked by the activation of cannabinoid receptors.

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