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userblaney · 10 months

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The mandem too inconsiderate Five-star hotel, smoking cigarette Mixin' codeine up with the phenergan She got thick but she wanna get thin again Drinkin' apple cider vinegar Wearin' Skim 'cause she wanna be Kim and 'em Uh, alright I know that you're bad, stop actin' innocent

We ain't got generational wealth It's only a year that I've had these millions My whip could've been in the Tokyo Drift 'cause it's fast and furious I went from the Toyota Yaris to Urus They had their chance but blew it Now this gyal want me in her uterus Fuck it, I'm rich, let's do it (fuck it)

Take a look at these diamonds wrong It's a life of squitin', can't just stare With bae through thick and thin She already thick, so I'm halfway there Brown and bad Couldn't change my mind, I was halfway there One hundred meters, huh I just put nine gyal in a Sprinter (uh)

One hundred eaters They won't fit in one SUV (nah) S-O-S, somebody rescue me I got too many gyal, too many-many gyal, I got They can last me the next two weeks (uh, huh) Alright, like send the address through please

SUV, the outside white The inside brown like Michael Jack More time man build a line and trap Spend like I don't even like my stack Pistol came on a Irish ferry Let go and it sound like a tap dance The way that I ball No yellow, the ref have to give me a black card Who did what we're doin' with rap? Man couldn't sell out his show after all them years of doin' the cap Sprinter, two gyal in a van Inter, two man in Milan Heard one of my tings datin' P. Diddy Need twenty percent of whatever she bags Outside, my head in my hands

I told her my name is Cench She said "no, the one on your birth certificate" Your boyfriend ran from that diamond test 'Cause they wasn't legitimate (nah) She Turkish-Cypriot but her curves Brazilian I want her and bro wants her affiliate I'm cheap, still hit a chick like "yo, can I borrow your Netflix?" She a feminist, she think I'm sexist Twistin' my words, I think she dyslexic Give me my space, I'm intergalactic Before I give you my Insta password I'll give you the pin to my AmEx Huh, alright This ain't stainless steel, it's platinum Dinner table, I got manners, huh T-shirt tucked in, napkin "Still loadin'" that's the caption I've only amounted a minimal fraction Eat good, I got indigestion Bare snow in my hood, no Aspen Can't get rid of my pain with Aspirin Dave just came in a Aston, I'm makin' that Maybach Music (Maybach Music) They're tryna insult my intelligence, sometimes I may act stupid I never went Uni, I been on a campus selling cocaine to students If bro let the drumstick beat Then something gon' leak, we ain't playin' exclusives

Fire for a wife beater Can't rock with that, I ain't wearin' a vest Man have to send her therapy She got a E cup bra, a lot on her chest I'm in Jamaica, Oracabess' Hit a lick, went Cash Converters That don't work, it's pawn, no chess I'm doin' more and talkin' less I love chillin' with broke bitches Man book one flight and they all impressed I'm in the G63 The car hug me like a friend through twist and turns Man livin' for nyash and dyin' for nyash, it's fucked Don't know which one's worse, I'm fucked Bags in his and hers What's hers is hers, what's mine is too Heard that girl is a gold digger It can't be true if she dated you AP baby blue, paper's pink I'd probably hate me too You ever spent six figures and stared at bae like "Look what you made me do"? Yeah, (alright) started with a Q, didn't wait in line Weird, I'm askin' my Blasian one "Why you so focused on your Asian side?" I know that the jack boys pray that they get to the clubs and Dave's inside

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cosmicanger · 1 year

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Akeem Smith, speaker des. Rainstick, “No Gyal Can Test”

2020

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dreamssomethingsomething · 1 year

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Akeem Smith No Gyal Can Test

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ourselvs · 2 years

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No gyal can test me

#dancehall #afrobeats #bantuknots #pink hair #fashion #art #style #black fashion #Mississippi #new york #jamaica #artist #black beauty

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the-good-projxct · 11 days

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Beyonce Country Music Theory

Feb 2024

I believe Beyonce is about to break the US dollar via music. Wild theory but here goes. Taylor Swift is the highest grossing country music superstar all american darling right now. She is dating a white all american football player. She is the epitome of the white American dream. Achieve any success as a woman but society still dictates that you must have the tough, strong man of your dreams by your side. But ENOUGH about Tay Tay and her colonizer fantasies...

Yeezy take the wheel.

This is about Yoncé.

Beyonce is the Black American dream. She is the African American global darling highest grossing pop star. She is dating a once upon a time drug dealer turned entrepreneur/billionaire Black man with Blackity Black Black Black features. She has three kids and a tight knit family. She is the epitome of AMERICAN Black girl magic. She represens the hustle of America. The you can do it all and have it all if you want. Black capitalism at its highest.

Bow down broke minions.

So, now Queen B has skidaddled over to country music. I bet you Tay Tay is shooketh in her lil’ cowboy boots. Because we know, anything that white women do well, Black women do it better. Bey is from Texas so she has every right to country. And country music is Black As Hell so, any one of us can do country, hello Lil Nas X. It is OURS first. Stake the claim in it niggas.

Anyway, now that the Queen has chosen to terrify likkle white gyals and Dolly has approved of this transition. It is time to watch the numbers and the charts talk.

Taylor Swift is supported by the white dollar. It is a very niche group of white women and girls that love Taylor Swift. The ones that call themselves feminists but will date a racist. Taylors fans don’t cross demographics and age groups, they are a very niche group of ages 6-40 year old white girls and women.

Beyonce on the other hand, her fandom includes all races of women globally, Queer and Trans folx. But the key thing is that, Black folx will ride for Beyonce because of what she represents for the new American capitalist dream. Black folx showed up and showed out for renaissance. I do not align with a lot of Beyonce’s politics but yo, I know what her image, her brand, her artistry has done for Black girls and women in America. It has uplifted. And wherever Black people go, physically, emotionally, spiritually, financially…white people will follow.

So, if this is a test of whose dollar is worth more. Beyonce is about to show us that when she is put in the same music genre as the all white american sweetheart with the faux fade footballer, Beyonce and by association, Black folx will win. It will show that our dollar has more value. That we will buy out, listen to, attend shows, blow up charts in a way white America cyannot. And I am here for this. I am here for this awakening in Black spaces. For us to see that our support and our dollar is unmatched. I want the world to see that Black folx will support and financially blow up what they believe in. I want to see global markets start to chase the Black dollar. I hope Beyonce breaks the American dollar, splits it in two markets. The Black American dollar and the white dollar as other. We’ve always lived in a split America and I’d love to see that reflected financially.

Anyway, maybe then and only then can she walk away from being the Queen of Black Capitalism/wealth hoarding. Maybe then she will actually choose being a Black Panther instead of being a performative one. Maybe then she will choose collective collaboration/liberation.

But until then,

go ahead Mrs. Carter. Destroy the white dollar.

Pull a Mansa Musa.

Destabilize the colonizer.

... if that's your revolution, I'm here to see it.

... from the sidelines or VIP like TayTay.

Happy Black History Month.

#feb 2024

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rainsmediaradio · 3 months

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Patoranking & Wizkid - This Kind Love Lyrics

Intro: WizKid Whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa, uhh Beats by Sarz! (Really) Eh, eh Refrain: Wizkid I get money l'apo, mo tun gbe de E ba mi pe Modupe, mo tun gbe de o O gbe gele s'ori se, mo tun gbe de Ba mi jo, no shakara, mo tun gbe de o I get money l'apo, mo tun gbe de E ba mi pe Modupe, mo tun gbe de o O gbe gele s'ori se, mo tun gbe de Ba mi jo, no shakara, mo tun gbe de o Chorus: WizKid Baby girl, I want this kind love (this kind love) This kind love, e dey do me like Gbon bon bon bon bon-onn-uuhh, aro Baby girl I tell you, this kind love (this kind love) This kind love, e dey do me like Don don don don don-onn, eh Baby girl mo ni Verse 1: Patoranking I don't know why your love ah di ting wey me think 'bout 5 star treating you gimme gyal, me nah don't Unto you me time, yes, mi gonna devote L-O-V-E, me love you gyal full pot Anything you want, girl you can order Me love you, me nuh need another So tell the girl 'em not to bother (Across the ocean, across the border) You worth more than a billion dollar Straight down to Addis-Ababa This kind love has taken us further Nobody test gyal, no badger Chorus: WizKid Baby girl, I want this kind love (this kind love) This kind love, e dey do me like Gbon bon bon bon bon-onn-uuhh, aro Baby girl I tell you, this kind love (this kind love) This kind love, e dey do me like Don don don don don-onn, eh Baby girl mo ni Verse 2: Patoranking They can say what they wanna say (say what they wanna say) They can do what they wanna do (do what they wanna do) No matter what the haters say I still get my eyes on you They can say what they wanna say (say what they wanna say) They can do what they wanna do (do what they wanna do) But, each and everyday-ayy Gyal, mi got mi eyes on you Gonna be with you, if they say na taboo (taboo) All my skin, I go draw your tattoo (Girl, you make my life turn brand-new) If mi have to choose, me gwan choose another you (Gonna be with you even if they say na taboo) (All my skin I go draw your tattoo) Girl you make my life turn brand-new (If mi have to choose, me gwan choose another you) Refrain: Wizkid Eh, I get money l'apo, mo tun gbe de E ba mi pe Modupe, mo tun gbe de o O gbe gele s'ori se, mo tun gbe de Ba mi jo, no shakara, mo tun gbe de o I get money l'apo, mo tun gbe de E ba mi pe Modupe, mo tun gbe de o O gbe gele s'ori se, mo tun gbe de Ba mi jo, no shakara, mo tun gbe de o Chorus: WizKid Baby girl, I want this kind love (this kind love) This kind love, e dey do me like Gbon bon bon bon bon-onn-uuhh, aro Baby girl I tell you, this kind love (this kind love) This kind love, e dey do me like Don don don don don-onn, eh Baby girl mo ni Read the full article

#Patoranking #Wizkid

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blackleopardgirl · 6 months

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They're getting tired of them already-

11/23/23

They’re honestly getting tired of them on Tik Tok. This is an interaction that I don’t see often, however, I knew was going to play out this way because, given history and how many Latinos are treated in the states, how can it not? So I watched this tik tok video last night of two white women wearing matching outfits- one in all white, the other in all black. The title was, “Lets see if my Alb@nian friend can pass the Latin vibe” Most people obviously believed that one of these women were a Latina, the famous song, by Elvis Crespo comes on, ‘Suavemente’ a merengue song by the Puerto Rican artist. Merengue is a Dominican genre of music that fuses Tropical, dance hall, and fast tempo beats with the usual Caribbean Latino instruments and themes. It is not the same genre as, Bachata, another but more famous Dominican genre of music. The girls used a Merengue song and started Bachata by themselves (which was odd because there were two of them? Which leads me to believe that they probably can’t dance real bachata besides the 4 step basics alone.) the girls weren’t exactly dancing on the beat because Bachata of course is not the same as Merengue, and thus, to an experienced eye, it looked odd. Obviously this didn’t look different to any of the Alb@nians, as they commented not knowing what the big deal was sentences such as, “we are the Latinos of Europe” and “Of course we do, we can dance to any genre of music” which of course isn’t true, and it’s perhaps why we don’t see many Alb@nians dancing to any other genre of music unless they’ve had training first. This is because their own style of music is incredibly simple and is European folk dancing. It isn’t complex like most Latin, African, or Caribbean dances.

The Latinos in the comments were quick to tell her she and her friend danced the wrong genre of music and that neither one of them is a Latina so they aren’t sure why she’s even “trying to see if she can pass the test” like you can’t even pass the test, you used the wrong song for bachata. They also dispelled that foolishness that Alb@nians are the Latinos of Europe. What does that even mean? Being a Latino is more than stereotypes and it’s obvious from that tik tok.

Lastly, I believe that it highlights a bit of an issue I see with Alb@nians again, which is their need and want to be another ethnicity so badly, that they don’t just dabble in, and have appreciation for another culture, that they must call themselves another ethnicity to gain some cool points. It’s cringe of course as an American watching this, especially since as another Latino pointed out, why is it that they never want to engage in their own culture on social media? Even they get tired of doing their own dances and wearing their own traditional clothes. Obviously, this is because they want to do what’s deemed as cool, and their conservative culture and clothing makes it so they can’t really show it off on social media in a way that’s seen as that.

Why else do their own artists have phases where they want to be ‘island gyals’ and pretend to be from Medellin? (That’s a city in Colombia for those that may not know) It’s because it’s what’s seen as cool, they want to imitate the style of music, dance, clothing, and say all the ‘cool’ words that they hear other people say. It’s truly an honor to inspire so many people, especially since they aren’t the only ones who do it. They’re just one example of people who do. (Honestly, a lot of the balkans do this, the woman from 90 day fiancé who’s from Serbia comes to mind.)

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arcnfdnt · 2 years

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disposableteenz · 3 years

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Akeem Smith “Queen Street”, 2020.

#Akeem Smith #No Gyal Can Test #Dancehall #my post

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rawtings · 7 years

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#dancehall queens #no gyal can test #jamaica #dancehall

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hoodoobarbie · 3 years

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The mythology of the Siren, Mermaid, Water Spirits & Mami Wata and it’s origins within black feminity.

Today I had to listen to other another black woman rant about how mermaids/sirens/mami wata are evil low key. So this educational post was born in response.

Did you really think the divine essence of the black feminine wouldn’t protect itself ? That energy exists for a reason. Suddenly it’s evil, to have teeth and protect yourself from predators. Water is a precious resource. You will be tested to see if you are deserving of it or not. Also these spirits will defend natural resources so they don’t get fucked up by human greed.

It’s common for some places in Africa for people to offer the Sirens/Mami Wata/Water spirits or make an offerings/contracts with them in order to use the resources on their land. It also keeps the white ppl away too because they cause so much trouble.

Sirens are also associated with being the killers of children and men, but often this is completely misrepresented intentionally.

Men fear the power of the siren because she can override the patriarchy at core and can completely unravel them. The orgins of many water spirits lie in matriachal societies, temples divine feminine and motherhood. This is why temples and sacred magikal knowledge was intentionally destroyed and stolen, especially to empower the white patriarch.

Sirens are also described as thiefs of children and child killers. Sirens have been known to kidnap kids who were being abused or have were murdered near water and take them to their kingdom to restore them.

Sometimes the child returns, sometimes they are not. However in general they are big on kidnapping people, mostly women and giving them powers, if they decide to return. The idea of them eating and killing children, was a lie perpetuated by Greeks to cover up some truly horrific acts. Unfortunate these false accusations have been allowed to continue to perpetuate.

If a siren is acting in a predatory way, there is a reason why as their energy as been disturbed. Sirens are natural guardians.

So the real question is . . . what did you do ? Did you destroy their habitat ? Abuse a child or a person ? Commit an egregious act against a woman ie rape/murder etc ? Disrespect a sacred place, the land, the seas or rivers ? Steal precious resources that weren’t yours to take ?

These sacred traditions are more than just deities, spirits and our ancestors. All forms of ATR are access to our spiritual mind state as an entire community. When you move in Vodou, you can sense the whole of black consciousness and all of our problem spots, specifically areas that need healing.

Oxum-Oshun, Olokun, Yemaya, the Mami Wata, La Baliene, La Siren, Met Agwe, The Simbi - these are all spirits with a connection to waters. Water is life and has always been inherently associated feminine energy. I’m not going into detail about all these cross connections but let’s chat about La Sirene, specifically.

La Sirene, Queen of all Mermaids is more than just a powerful sorceress and queen of song/music and dreams, she is also a keeper of secrets an a guardian of sacred memories & knowledge.

Many of the souls of slaves, from the Transatlantic slave trade that were thrown off the boats into the ocean are her children, citizens and warriors now. She comforts them eternally & they live in paradise. That doesn’t mean all of these souls are at rest, plenty continuously ask their mother if they will be avenged, especially the young children. She also has a close connection with the Indigenous Taino. The isle of Hispaniola also known as Haiti (Ayiti) & the Dominican Republic is her most known domain.

Let’s not act like slavery and colonization was a cake walk. Rape was common place and mermaids, water spirits offered African and Indigenous women protection and power over men. They became demonized overtime for their hypnotic powers and killing men, who often overstepped their boundaries. Women could leave offerings to these spirits, work or commune with them and be quickly avenged or gain great power and wealth. All of this was threatening to the white patriarchal standard.

La Sirene’s presence in Haiti and other merfolk tales that float around the Caribbean/West Indies, is not without purpose. She has ties to many people and many different cultures. Her sacred symbols are global. This is why I speculate she is much older than people think. La Sirene, is a fairly young evolution. She clearly has ties to much older things. Her older names might have been lost but she has evolved, to save her self and also document other forgotten elements of history in the process. There are those who speculate that La Sirene is the embodiment of a cross mixed culture, the evolution of Indigenous & African water spirits combined, due to the excess trauma of colonization and so the Mermaid Queen was born. Others will argue that she is the Orisha Yemaya but a newer avatar of her. I hate to argue semantics but I will say this, she exists and her presence is felt to this day, all around the world.

La Sirene is often depicted as a mulatto woman with eyes like the sea but if you have been blessed to see her in dream state, she does appear sometimes as a brown or dark skinned skinned woman of possibly mixed Indigenous/African ancestry with glowing hypnotic eyes. Alot of her older depictions, deal with colorism and slavery, but as things have grown in the modern world this imagery has begun to change. However mermaids, are known for their shapeshifting powers - to truly behold her true form, is a gift reserved for the rare few.

As a keeper of the mysteries, La Sirene also access to many forgotten things in the black subconscious. The element of water is an intensely psychic sign. Water is her domain, and what is the human body 80% of? WATER! The truth does not hide from her hypnotic eyes. This sacred connection to water and her essence, also means you can track forgotten elements black history and connect to other deities/cultures who’ve had contact with her & her whole court or other black water spirits as a whole. So let’s take a short historical trip down memory lane.

The Greeks & Black women. Sirens, Aphrodite, Sibyls and other Children of Water 🧜🏾‍♀️

The deity Aphrodite/Venus is of Grecian and Roman legend.

A little known magikal fact is that Aphrodite/Venus is half siren. She is a child of the water, she was literally birthed this way after Uranus got his balls cut off & thrown into the sea. Much of her Venusian influence and powers of love and beauty come from this element. Now my Mambo doesn’t like mentioning it but Aphrodite, is tolerated by the oceanic court of sirens/mermaids. Any child of water, falls under the domain of the queen. La Sirene has a sort of strange fondness for her and so does Aphrodite for her. However this doesn’t mean they are best friends. It’s tentative friendship at best and comes with some perks. Aphrodite works quickly for children of water sirens and often will send mermaids to her devotees who misbehave. She has deliberately placed me around her people have pissed her off, to cause mischief. She’s quite petty but also very generous. I won’t go as far to dare and say she is in the queen’s court, but she does curry favor with the queen. Being born of water, her half siren/mermaid influence has definitely attributed to legends of her beauty in myth but also her treachery with men 🧜🏾‍♀️😂. She clearly also has some sort of homesickness for the world underneath the water, because many of her offerings are gifts of pearls, kisses, sea shells, beauty products etc. Anyone who serves the Mermaid Queen knows the meaning behind those gifts. If you’re a black gyal with water or siren energy and decide to work with Aphrodite, do it! If you ever irritate her, the least she’ll do is give you pimples and fuck up your skin, she won’t have the full power to completely fuck up your love life like she does with the white girls. And let me tell you, she has completely ruined some white girls lives by giving them terrible lovers or men.

The trident 🔱 is known for its connection in Greek and Hindu cultures. However La Sirene or other African water spirits are depicted carrying it, which is largely ignored in the occult world.

You can track the trident in Hinduism, with the serpent spirits, the nagas or Lord Shiva but let’s focus on it’s Grecian connection. The usage of the trident and Poseidon, even in mainstream society today is associated with him. This lets us know there is a connection between the mermaids, merfolk and La Sirene/African water spirits. Poseidon’s trident was rumored to made in Athens by the Cyclops - this is the city of Athena. So now we can track an element of black history all the way to Poseidon & Athena. Keep that in your thoughts we’ll come back to that later.

Tridents were also used ceremonially in Africa & India as well, as scepters, tribal weapons and religious symbols.

They were also associated with the sea faring people and fishing. It’s highly likely the origins of the trident are cross mixed between these two societies. Indo-African relations, go back to the Bronze age and the Indus Valley civilization. Which means traveling over by sea to reach each other was necessary. There is historical evidence of African millet being found in a Indian city Chanhudaro, including a cemetary or burial ground for African women. Maritime relations between these two groups existed before Grecian & the Egyptian Ptolemaic dynasties.

Now of course there are some deranged historians that will try to whitewash history and say the trident has its origins from the labyrs but the Ancient Greeks & Africans/Indians interacted regularly. The trident also looks nothing like a labyrs, which is quite literally a double sided axe. This is one of the more painful obvious pieces of white washing and historical revisionism.

Regardless, the trident is associated with water, ceremonial/religious purposes, fishing, battling in the coliseum and the symbol of power for a few African, Black diasporian an Hindu deities.

🧜🏾‍♀️ Oracles & Sibyls

Some sibyls/oracles were known to be African prophetesses/Mamissi to the Mami Wata/Sirens in Africa, some were stolen or captured by Greeks or Romans, sold into slavery and made to be oracles, some of whom became quite famous in legend. Their connection to these water spirits, is what gave them their gift of prophecy. Not every sibyl or oracle was African but SOME were. This lead to the sharing and theft of sacred knowledge. It’s likely these women shared this sacred information, with their colleagues, some whom may or may not have been enslaved or kept in these temple and likely this information was traded, for their freedom, power or money etc. This gave way to the usage of sacred spirits and magick being used by men. A great example of this is the snake spirits of the genii, genius spirits (not to be mistaken with genies) and which then evolved into a diluted lesser energy in Greek society being known as daemons (not to be confused with goetic demons) Instead of a woman commanding these specific energies/spirits, the patriarchs decided that these specifics powers were only worthy of being used by men. These spirits were whitewashed, adopted into their religious practices and said to only be given to men at birth. No woman was allowed to possess them anymore.

🧜🏾‍♀️ The whitewashing of Medusa & Lamia.

In mainstream society these two women stories have been white washed but also to hide a very shameful history and narrative. These two were beautiful women, in older stories of black black mythology were known to be black and they were children of water & daughters of the powerful water spirit/snake/siren divine mother/feminine goddess.

Medusa was raped by the GREECIAN GOD OF THE SEA, POSEIDON and Athena covered it up, refused to avenge her and punished her by making her ugly to everyone. It’s speculated in several magikal circles that the snakes in her hair were actually dreads, due to their lack of understanding of black hair and also allegorically might have been a reference to her devotion to the fish or water snake, great mother goddess. A child of the divine feminine, mother goddess was assaulted in a temple by a man and a woman covered it up & celebrated it.

Let’s start there ... cuz this story says a lot! It’s one of the first historical cases in myth that really documents the issues that surround the black feminine specifically and it was intentionally whitewashed. Then to add insult to injury, Athena made her hideous to all men and her chopped off her head and used as a symbol of protection but also a subtle sign of disrespect to the fullest. This still goes on to this day.

In fact ALGOL, the demon star, which is considered to be strongest protective magick talisman in the occult world today is the HEAD OF MEDUSA. The child of water! BITCH! This energy is invoked constantly and the spirit of medusa is never allowed to rest.

However these egregious acts did not come without a price. Athena at time was a goddess of fertility. However desecrating a child of water or the sirens, is seen as an attack by the divine feminine and can will cause people to be afflicted with fertility and other mental health issues as well. This is speculative but it’s also likely that after this they were constantly visited by droughts, floods or repeating issues with water sanitation & purity after this. Lowered fertility rates and miscarriages might be more prominent, for Athenians and Athena devotees & likely continues to this day.

Devotees of Athena may also develop severe issues when it to their mental health because of this connection. They completely lose touch with their feminine energy and become extremely misogynistic after continued work with her.

Not only did Athena, cause Medusa to be seen as hideous throughout the land but she celebrated when she was murdered and proudly wore Medusa’s decapitated head on her shield. From the feminist eye this virgin deity/woman was extremely male identified and adhered to the patriarchal standard. She was tested by the divine feminine and failed.

Even more strange, Athena’s birth allegorically proclaims her essential character: her wisdom is drawn from the head of a male god; the bond of affection between father and daughter; her championship of heroes and male causes, born as she was from the male, and not from a mother’s womb. A dreaded goddess of war, she remained a virgin and a servant of the patriarchal society and remains so to this day. She is the misogynistic cool girl and very asexual at the core. In fact if you explore more of her mythos, it becomes very clear she hates women. I’m bewildered at how she has become associated with lesbians and the feminine at large, when it’s been very clear that she was intent on transcending her gender from the very beginning, but never managed to escape it.

To top it off, I’ll leave you with this quote from Aeschylus’ Oresteia by Athena:

“There is no mother anywhere who gave me birth, and, but for marriage, I am always for the male with all my heart, and strongly on my father’s side. So, in a case where the wife has killed her husband, lord of the house, her death shall not mean most to me.”

Queen Lamia was a said to incredible beauty who seduced Zeus, (a literal man whore) which as made Hera jealous. Hera cursed Lamia with infertility and insomnia. She went insane and is said to have killed her own children and ate them. Zeus is said to be the one who gifted her prophecy and gave her the ability to take out her eyes, so she would not be irritated at the site of other happy mothers.

She became associated with a child eating monster who was half woman and half snake, which ties into the Libyan snake cults. She was associated with phantoms, the shapshifting laimai or empusai and the daemon spirits.

Medusa and Lamia were Libyan by heritage and came from a place in Africa where temples to the water snake mother goddess & divine feminine were common before they were destroyed by invaders intentionally. These women likely had extreme gifts of seduction, mind control and other abilities etc. It’s highly likely that Queen Lamia used her powers of seduction, at the behest of her people to save them from colonization and was demonized for it. Zeus’s temple was in Cyrene in Lybia, so this is far more than an allegorical story. This may be a real life story that was disguised in mythos. Unfortunately deeper research into this subject has turned up many dead ends for me. It’s highly likely Medusa was a priestess of the the matriarchal Mami Watas or water goddess/snake spirits and was likely raped intentionally in Athena’s temple, as a show loyalty to the rising patriarchy by descrating the symbolism of the great mother and the divine feminine. This was likely an attempt to lessen power and status of the matriachal societies that existed at the time. Rape was common war tactic amongst colonizers and news of such disgrace would likely spread like wildfire. This also solidified Athena’s place amongst the male gods and gaining her their respect. Athena and her devotees went a step further to show their allegiance to the patriarchy, by stripping Medusa of her beauty supposedly and exiling her, then parading her decapitated head on shields, when going into battle likely with Libyan enemies.

This is just a brief explanation of a few horrific acts in history, which were whitewashed & explain why the essence of the black feminine has evolved to become more protective, predatory and fierce. She learned to defend herself. Now she kills those who threaten her.

Fun history tip: Usually anytime you see a snake in Grecian mythology, just know something got whitewashed, because the truth was really fucked up, made them look really bad & a black woman was there.

🧜🏾‍♀️ The black feminine is capable of more than you know.

Yes, mermaids/sirens/snakes & the mami watas can be scary at times but that’s what stepping into mysticism of deep waters is like. Water is capable of many things, it is one of the most powerful elements on earth. It can nourish you and kill you, and that’s the beauty of it really.

We should all be grateful the black feminine is so beautiful, fierce & scares the living daylights out of everyone.

You would be dead if it wasn’t.

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