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Patricia Hill Collins (1990) locates four major themes in the construction of Black feminist thought, all of which are generated from a Black woman’s “standpoint.” First, Black women empower themselves by creating self-definitions and self-valuations that enable them to establish positive, multiple images and to repel negative, controlling representations of Black womanhood. Second, Black women confront and dismantle the “overarching” and “interlocking” structure of domination in terms of race, class, and gender oppression. Third, Black women intertwine intellectual thought and political activism. Finally, Black women recognize a distinct cultural heritage that gives them the energy and skills to resist and transform daily discrimination. Collins sums these four themes up by saying that Black feminism is “a process of self-conscious struggle that empowers women and men to actualize a humanist vision of community.

Ula Taylor in “The Historical Evolution of Black Feminist Theory and Praxis” (via daniellemertina)

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kinglers:

Baby elephant trying to climb on top of its mother
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Reblogging this twice because this is the cutest thing I’ve ever seen

Oh look, it’s my son and I everyday.

It’s so awesome to know my son acts just like a baby elephant and vice versa! :-)

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Why I almost defriended everyone who had an HRC logo as their profile photo this week

agnesgalore:

It’s becoming increasingly clear to me that, though I didn’t think about this at the time, I probably started a blog because I need somewhere to vent my boundless rage that is not random people’s Facebook walls. I mean, one thing among the many thousands of things that are guaranteed to raise my blood pressure is when folks get all “the internet isn’t real, and it’s not a viable platform for communication,” but also like, Facebook fights are dumb, I’m supposed to be an adult now.

So here’s the thing that got me all het up this week: gay marriage.

Specifically, these goddamn things:

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Check out Brittany Howard of Alabama Shakes in our Planchette Skater Dress in the April/May issue of BUST magazine!

This woman:
- has a voice that can both kill and save lives
- is my closest celebrity doppelganger

She is beautiful

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Who said age defines your looks….she’s 73 btw

TINA IS STUNTING ON 5 DECADES OF ADULT WOMEN.

Gorgeous.

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2 months ago

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Theme: Cavalcade

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This might just be the highlight of this 26 trip!!

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The Definition.: i get low key annoyed when people are so surprised that afro textured...

curvellas:

i get low key annoyed when people are so surprised that afro textured hair is actually really soft and pleasant to the touch. our hair feels like soft, springy cotton. idk why people think it feels like tiny slivers of sandpaper liable to cut you the minute you stroke your hand against it. that…

I just had to educate a teenager & her mother today and the beauty supply store. I think the mom was more grateful that the daughter who’s still got a lot of kinks in her MIND

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praisethelorde:

“Kiss Proof” ( Feb.1970. Archie Giant Series Magazine, Issue #171.)

oh hey, that’s me. Leaving lipstick all over your life since the early nineties.

2 months ago

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26’d. Feeling blessed beyond belief.

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