All Cried Out

(Source: black-culture)

“She’s my friend because we both know what it’s like to have people be jealous of us.”

(Source: crackjuice)

gradientlair:

Alice Walker defined colourism (also spelled colorism) as “prejudicial or preferential treatment of same-race people based solely on their color” in In Search of Our Mothers’ Gardens. Colourism prevails intraracially and interracially for Black people because of the same reasons; the dominance of Eurocentric beauty myths via White supremacy, external racism by Whites and internalized racism by Blacks, and rigid notions of femininity and masculinity as it pertains to race and complexion. Though these 6 reads above present a plethora of topics, revealing the intersectional experiences of Black women, all of them elaborate on colourism quite well and are critical reads. The first two are non-fiction, latter 4 are novels. MUST READ.

I’ve also written a few essays that elaborate on colourism and its impact on beauty and more (and some of these essays on natural hair also touch on the topic):

• Black Women Do Not Have To Reject Any Mention Of Beauty To Be Womanist/Feminist
• Black Couples In Television/Film - Casting and Colourism
• “Keep That Talk On Colourism Quiet!”
• F*CK Nude And Flesh-Toned
• Hierarchy amidst the WoC Label?
• Black Women and Erasure
• Before Whites Wag Their Fingers At Colourism and Black Hair Politics…
• Politics and The Blackness Police
• Bigotry Aside, Why Not Go For Aesthetic Truth? (In Reference To Zoe Saldana Portraying Nina Simone)
• Black Girls, Black Women and TV Commercials

cunt-lyfe:

2damnfeisty:

This video was so awesome. Erykah always pays homage in her videos.

I feel like she would be a great person to have tea with and just talk for hours

(Source: nerjj)

thirstingaintdead:

becuzbacon:

kyssthis16:

areohdoubleb:

Lmaoo i wish i could use microsoft paint this good

I’m crying.

Done

That last one tho

HA!