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Kerry Washington Perfection

Tue, 26 Feb 2013 21:37:32 -0500

Kerry Washington

Perfection

Werk.

Tue, 26 Feb 2013 21:17:04 -0500

Werk.

Photo

Tue, 26 Feb 2013 21:16:45 -0500

Mo-to the e-to the… Moesha!

Tue, 26 Feb 2013 21:13:09 -0500

Mo-to the e-to the… Moesha!

teeshteeshpr: batmanliveshere: squidneyola: iraffiruse: Froza...

Tue, 26 Feb 2013 21:11:46 -0500

teeshteeshpr:

batmanliveshere:

squidneyola:

iraffiruse:

Frozach Submitted

OMG

literally the saddest thing ever

Nooooooooooo

Wasn’t expecting that… lol

Beautiful.

Tue, 26 Feb 2013 21:10:17 -0500

Beautiful.

normanbecile: brsis: lets talk about this fella here a...

Tue, 26 Feb 2013 21:08:58 -0500

normanbecile:

brsis:

lets talk about this fella here a moment

this baby is a ribbon eel, part of a group of fish called the moray eels. moray eels are basically hilarious because they are always fucking delighted (they can’t actually close their mouths so basically they’re grinning from ear to ear every moment of their lives).

wait i hear you say, if they can’t close their mouths how do they eat. pharyngeal jaws, my friend, pharyngeal jaws. don’t know what those are?

have you ever seen alien?

i shit you not, moray eels have a second set of teeth in the back of their throats that are spring loaded to jump out and grab things that swim into their mouths.

now if that wasn’t awesome enough, the ribbon eel is the only protandric moray. that means that although this little fella is clearly, by his colouring, a young adult male, give him a long enough lifespan and he’ll get bigger, turn yellow-brown, and become female.

that’s right, this is a species made entirely of young pretty men and powerful older women.

also if you put them into captivity they stop eating and die within about a month. the ribbon eel lives to be free~

That’s fabulous

fashionink23: Day 24: Black Female Models These women have...

Tue, 26 Feb 2013 21:07:40 -0500

fashionink23:

Day 24: Black Female Models

These women have broken into the modeling world and gave black girls something to relate to when they watched tv or looked at a magazine. Left to right: Beverly Johnson, Naomi Sims, Iman, Tyra Banks, Naomi Campbell, Alec, Chanel Iman

Chris Rock dropping knowledge.

Tue, 26 Feb 2013 20:55:15 -0500

Chris Rock dropping knowledge.

Every morning.

Tue, 26 Feb 2013 20:50:27 -0500

Every morning.

Kamille Upshaw - 2009 photo shoot with Norbert De La Cruz

Tue, 26 Feb 2013 20:50:13 -0500

Kamille Upshaw - 2009 photo shoot with Norbert De La Cruz

Celebrate Black History Month - Eunique Jones Click here to read...

Tue, 26 Feb 2013 20:44:13 -0500

Celebrate Black History Month - Eunique Jones

Click here to read story

A Love Letter to Quvenzhané Wallis

Mon, 25 Feb 2013 21:16:38 -0500

A Love Letter to Quvenzhané Wallis:

crunkfeministcollective:

The Amazing Quvenzhané Wallis!

give your daughters difficult names. give your daughters names that command the full use of tongue. my name makes you want to tell me the truth. my name doesn’t allow me to trust anyone that cannot pronounce it right. (via warsanshire)

Dear Quvenzhané,

Hi! My name is Moya. I am a big BIG fan of yours! I thought you were such a great actress in Beast of the Southern Wild. I planned to watch the Oscars and even started watching but I really hated to the jokes host Seth MacFarlane was making at your expense. You had the Oscar before the show even started in my mind.

He wasn’t nice.Some of the people who have interviewed you and are talking about you have been really disrespectful. You’ve done such a great job telling people how to say your name. It makes me mad that people still can’t get it. People think it’s funny to make fun of Black girls with names like ours. When I was little people would say my name wrong on purpose. Even now, people hear me say my name and think I’m saying something that’s more familiar to them. How folks hear “Gwen” from Moya, I will never understand.

Dog purse

You are great! I love your name! And your puppy purses! How do you find them?! I am so excited that you will be in more movies!

Anyway I just wanted to send you some love! You have so much greatness in store for you!

So much love to you!

Your friend,

Moya Zakia B.

P.S. I thought I’d include some books you might like below and some really cool folks on Tumblr looked up some puppy purses you might want to check out too! I hope you had fun last night!

Thank You, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.!

Cornrows

Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters

Cute dog purse

Cute dog purse #2

Thank you to So-Treu, Guyanapeace, Alexcess, Writeswrongs, Fyeahquavenzhanewallis, Afrikkana, and Quixxotica for your Tumblr commentary last night and reminding us that Black girls are in fact girls and should be honored and loved as such.

To Oscar Host Seth MacFarlane and to the person at The Onion who tweeted that horrible thing and deleted it,

Diamonds are Forever: Dame Shirley Bassey. Dame Bassey performed...

Mon, 25 Feb 2013 21:14:52 -0500

Diamonds are Forever: Dame Shirley Bassey.

Dame Bassey performed Goldfinger at the Academy Awards, as tribute of the 50th Anniversary of James Bond, the best moment of the night.

I’m waiting on a complete moment where I feel like this....

Mon, 25 Feb 2013 21:13:55 -0500

I’m waiting on a complete moment where I feel like this. When my money, career, spiritual, romantic and family life are just all jelling together just right. It’s coming. I know it is.

White folks will go out of...

Mon, 25 Feb 2013 21:07:40 -0500

White folks will go out of...:

sourcedumal:

iloveromances:

sourcedumal:

White folks will go out of their way to learn to speak, read and write in elvish, dwarvish, draconic and Klingon, but say that learning how to say ‘Quvenzhane’ Wallis’ is too fucking hard…

True. I can’t tell you how many times white…

lipstickandtoothpicks: iamnicoleelocin: yinx1: shereader: for...

Mon, 25 Feb 2013 21:06:10 -0500

lipstickandtoothpicks:

iamnicoleelocin:

yinx1:

shereader:

for you gif lovers.

(and yes, that’s the right quote y’all)

Just like the slave masters renaming the Africans. Know her name QUVENZHANE’ WALLIS

That’s rude as fuck yo!

I could slap a hoe

I’m glad Quvenzhané had the ovaries to tell her what her name was instead of rolling with it. Be proud of who you are!

Quvenzhané Wallis and Halle Berry. Let me say that one more time...

Mon, 25 Feb 2013 21:04:33 -0500

Quvenzhané Wallis and Halle Berry.

Let me say that one more time for the people in the back.

Quvenzhané Wallis (Best Actress Nominee 2013) and Halle Berry (Best Actress Winner 2001).

Yes!

That’s right Quvenzhané!

Mon, 25 Feb 2013 20:49:48 -0500

That’s right Quvenzhané!

So to get to 51% of the electorate the Republicans are...

Mon, 25 Feb 2013 20:47:09 -0500

So to get to 51% of the electorate the Republicans are going to have to pull some votes from previously offended demographics.

Intelligent, sarcastic, and hilarious. YES.

Jon Stewart. You’re brilliant. Let’s have a drink sometime.