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Black Lesbians from the 1930s.

This ain’t nothing new!

I had an aunt who dressed like these ladies and she identified herself as a “stud” , a word used in the lesbian community to identify a level of masculinity. My aunt had to endure sexism, racism and scrutiny more than I can imagine. She was “out” during the 50s and 60s, waaaay before the famous LGBT Stonewall riots that took place in NYC.

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Black palestinians defending their land in the 1930’s

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RAVEENA x WLW

Temptation (2018) Dir. Raveena Aurora & Jackson Tisi

Headaches (2020) Dir. Raveena Aurora

Love Overgrown (2022) Dir. Raveena Aurora

Love Interests/Girlfriends played by:

Giannina Oteto (Temptation)

Hitomi Mochizuki (Headaches)

Salem Mitchell (Love Overgrown)

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Art by @ladyegcake on Twitter

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"nobody in the world, nobody in history, has ever gotten their freedom by appealing to the moral sense of the people who were oppressing them" Assata Shakur

FREE PALESTINE.

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Luv 4 rent

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thee scene to ME

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Miles’ dad was chased out of stores when he was younger. And now he is protecting those same people so much so that he eventually becomes police captain. From black kid feared to black cop respected. He still protects those that hated him. It is so sad that that is ultimately what is supposed to get him killed.

The majority of Miles’ story is about feeling like he doesn’t fit in and there’s a script already written for him that he doesn’t want to follow. His mum tells him he should be able to go anywhere do anything even if others don’t want him there which he knows. His teacher tells him to lean into a story of struggle that black boys are expected to have. Then to have Miguel pin him down and tell him he’s an anomaly, someone that never was supposed to be, supposed to win. And on top of that he has this confirmed by meeting his alternate self who has fallen through the cracks and is making bad choices (or the only choices he has). All these expectations and assumptions falling on his shoulders are what black kids really feel every day.

While this film doesn’t explicitly talk about race I think many black viewers can recognise parts of miles story, the references, the double meaning in the speeches etc. Anyways I just really wanted to share my thoughts on this amazing film.

#across the spiderverse #across the spider verse spoilers #miles morales #spider man

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Black women: this is my experience growing up and moving through the world as a black woman. I experience both racism and sexism often at the same time. It is hard and I am less likely to be believed when I report any gender or race based violence/harassment.

White people and men: do you have any proof?

Black women: no but I’m telling you very personal traumatic experiences so I’d appreciate it if you listened

White people and men: where are your facts, your statistics?

Black women: well all the black women I know have been through this. My friends, sisters, aunts and mother could all tell you about similar experiences that they’ve had. But I could show you a survey from—

White people and men: But it’s not all white people or all men!!!!

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the ladies reading and relaxing

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stills from “Same Size Shoe” by serpentwithfeet.

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keke palmer as emerald haywood.. yea😮‍💨

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you gotta dance with me before you leave. oh i gotta dance with you? sorry, it’s the rules.