gothgirlsgotogivenchy:

suntoobrightinherlosingeyes:

futurastic:

UNLOCKING THE TRUTH  is two sixth-grade metalheads from Flatbush, Brooklyn

so good

its good seeing fellow black metalheads

cheekychip:

The World Cup and the world’s protest in Brazil

“Everything in Brazil is a mess. There is no education, health care — no security. The government doesn’t care. We’re a rich country with a lot of potential but the money doesn’t go to those who need it most.” - 26 year old Brazilian photographer Manoela Chiabai, speaking to the AP.

The pre-match pleasantries exchanged before each Confederations Cup match belie a dark reality: the people of Brazil are boiling over, and soccer fans and social media mavens worldwide are facilitating their distress.

Over $13 billion has been spent by the Brazilian government on stadium infrastructure and investments related to the World Cup; $13 billion in a country where the income of the average Brazilian hovers around $400 per month. Add in the destruction of historic favelas to make way for a safer Brazil, a dubious stadium bid process and misused government grants, and you have a World Cup more accurately defined by corruption, gentrification and a suppression of the real issues plaguing Brazil, than any sort of sporting spirit.

Brazilian scholar Fabio Malini told the New York Times that “The largest protests are happening in cities which will host World Cup games. Brazilians are mixing soccer and politics in a way that is new, and minority voices are making themselves heard.”

Of course, this isn’t to say that the nearing World Cup is at the root of the ongoing social and political concerns which have led to friction amongst the Brazilian population. Inflation and unemployment are high, the disparity between social classes is expanding, and the poor are bearing the brunt of a new-found focus on globalization and international image; the World Cup is just a spark to long-brewing frustrations. People are suffering, and nothing could seem further from resolving their ills than oppressive concrete stadiums and soon-to-be abandoned hotels.

Read More

queenpoetic:

blackinasia:

“We should all be feminists” TedxTalk by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

This talk is honestly just incredible. As a Nigerian and a fellow Igbo as well, it is beyond moving to see someone like Adichie so eloquently articulate and expound on sexism and the virulent power of patriarchy in the world at large and specifically in the context of her life as an Igbo woman growing up in Nigeria as well. She points out the problems we have in Nigerian and Igbo culture today without pulling punches, and links it into these larger systems of oppression that affect woman globally. Oppression being cast as  ”tradition” and a “part of our culture” is not excusable and is just wrong, and as she puts it so well:

“So what is the point of culture… culture is really about preservation and continuity of people… culture does not make people; people make culture. So if it is in fact true that the full humanity of women is not our culture, then we must make it our culture”

She also calls out the fuckery of MOC who blatantly ignore the intersectional experiences of WOC!

This is amazing, and Adichie takes you on a journey with her before hitting homerun after homerun in the second half of the talk.The only bone I have to pick is with her saying that men “should be feminists as well.” I feel like it’s very inappropriate for us as men to colonize female spaces, and a “male feminist” is a useless term for someone who should just say that he is a “man actually trying to be a decent human being” instead.

Besides that, though, and ending by talking about a “masculine male feminist” (cringe) which are points she touches on just right at the end, I absolutely love this and encourage everyone to grab some popcorn and watch it! She calls it like it is, and I’m so proud as an Igbo person as well. Adichie is just so incredible, smart, funny, witty and on point, and I’m going to have to look for some of her books to read now too!

I think it’s important for men to understand and distinguish that when women—specially women of color—say “men should be feminists”, we’re not saying ‘colonize’ and overwhelm women’s spaces, we’re saying embrace feminist ideals, practice feminist ideals. Patricia Hill-Collin’s talks a lot about this in “Black Feminist Thought”. 

So in that sense and in the sense Adichi, I believe, means it is in that respect.  

queenpoetic:

I had an encounter with this dude (mind you he’s like 30+) this past weekend who tried to hit me with that “there are queens and there are hoes” crap and I had to shut that shit down real quick. all this in front of the damn bar. 

Not only that, but he tried to say it’s ‘cause I was “a college girl”. Nah, it’s cause I got common sense. 

:/

my5tic41andshit:

Tim Walker

ourafrica:

“The Gentlemen of Bacongo” is a book Released in 2009, by Photographer Daniele Tamagni. The book features a subculture in the Congo where men express their creativity through their clothing. They are part of a cultural movement called Le Sape “a clique of extraordinarily dressed dandies from the Congo. Despite years  war and abject poverty, these men dress in tailored suits, silk ties, and immaculate footwear

This is Africa, our Africa

kokorouge:

Alexander McQueen 

(Источник: 66lanvin)