ValerieJC
@ValerieJC2
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Comms-obsessed. A Haitian Flatbushian trying to navigate DC. All tweets mine.
Washington, DC
Joined April 2019
I think what bothered Chris the most about the slap is how members of Black Hollywood immediately rallied around Will the auditorium, and he still got to walk out with his Oscar.
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I used to judge these too until I learned that there are a lot of adults who were not taught proper hygiene as kids.
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And what does Chris get? A bruised ego and anti-Black jokes to console himself in front of a white crowd. You really do hate to see it.
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But you know…my take? If people got yoked up every time they tried to come for a BW, the world would be a better place. But that’s just my philosophy
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As a BW, any attention or spotlight you receive becomes a tricky thing. You really gotta stay prayed up out here. You don’t know whose looking at you, whose rooting for you and who wants to see you fall. I really feel for that lawyer girl.
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It’s pure bliss. I genuinely feel for ppl who’ve never lived alone - especially women.
single people who live alone and don’t have pets really be comin home to silence, nobody excited to see them, nothing.
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@Jazzyrae6 Jay Z walking over in his wig to smooth your back and give you a shoulder nudge. Omg.
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Ok, but seriously, the Rafah bombing is a level of evil I don't think we could even have fathomed despite everything we've seen.
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I will not be purchasing anything from brand and business owners telling Blk ppl to continue buying from mega corporations who are going to ramp up their discrimination efforts.
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Why would you even set up Kammie to fail like this?!.
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Watching women get mad at the lady in this scenario proves to me many of us don’t know how to date.
he really thought he ate that… F for effort in asking me to travel an hour to have a drink with you at a place 2 blocks from your home. drinks is so he can spend less money but it’s nighttime so he can ask me back to his place after. & as if Manhattan doesn’t have patios?!
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My timeline has been full of WM pulling wagons lately. Where did y’all find all these sons of Chris Meloni??.
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Remember when Oprah did that Tina special and wore her own Tina-style wig?? Miss Winfrey was STANNING 😂.
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You gotta ask yourself why would you be so willing to take 2-3 trains for a stranger. Why is she wrong for calling out an obvious coercive move. Why is it wrong for your safety to be prioritized. Sisters, come on now.
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I don’t think it’s even Tina’s views (alleged and reporter) views that bother some, but rather it’s having a real life example of a BW choosing herself over the feigned idea of community.
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Another one: a man needs to come to the door when he’s picking you up for a date. None of that walking to his car nonsense.
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At this point, Oprah needs to take the stand.
Nathan Lane recounts memory of telling Robin Williams he wasn’t ready to talk publicly about his sexuality:. “Robin was just the greatest person, just such a beautiful, sensitive soul and so kind and generous to me,” Lane said.
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Y’all are too willing to provide attachment and access to people who’ve given you no reason to be so generous.
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One thing I enjoy about this age of celebrity is that a subject can do absolutely nothing to get stans.
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@thelonelydemi No apologies necessary. I’ve heard this from other ppl in your field and adults who grew up in the system, as well.
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Once you know joy within yourself and with yourself, man. It’s really divine. And it makes you a better friend/relative/companion to others.
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I remember this plastic surgeon said so many women clients coming in are getting work done to appease their men. Then, when the relationship is over they come for downgrades or to get their work reversed completely.
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Not only are these women paying for everything in their households, they’re still doing chores.
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“Why didn’t y’all say anything?” . Usually comes from people who would’ve attacked anyone coming forward with primary or secondary accounts of abuse from their fave. Don’t take the bait.
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Bc what ppl like Tabitha aren’t saying or maybe she doesn’t know, is this anti-DEI backlash is moreso about eroding worker protections for Blk and Brown ppl, women, those with disabilities, seniors etc. And no amount of buying spatulas or mousse is going to change that.
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I think ppl shame women for living alone bc it genuinely creates super powers in you.
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That man is going around loving and robbing the fashion dolls of NY. She was definitely not his first victim sksksk.
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I remember Oprah said Stedman had to pull her to the side and be like “baby, you are NOT Tina” 😭.
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Like, B performed with and for T, stressed how she was inspo for her only to end up releasing a song where her husband references an abusive moment in WLGTDWI.
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I mean, he’s been in office than most of his life and has publicly feuded with Liz Warren over the country’s bankruptcy laws, backing lenders. 🤷🏾♀️.
Y’all blaming Biden for shady ass bank practices is crazy? It’s these same nasty ass bank practices that landed us in the last fucking recession.
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Nah. This Buzzfeed story got me pissed. God will not shine his face on us if grown women are struggling through med school to give their husband’s a sugar baby lifestyle.
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A likkle life lesson: Do not make excuses for someone they do not make for themselves. Until Justin comes out and says he was a young man who did not know better, don't be the BW writing talking points for him for free.
The internet has created this flat time where people judge the adult, current age version of ppl for actions they took when they were young or in entirely different positions of influence, and that's not any form of justice or setting things right, IMO.
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IYKYK. Stormed the NY scene, gagged the girls then gave it all up. My queen fr fr
Who’s your favorite OG ItGIRL ?.
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Another one: you need to greet people before making requests. Especially in the morning! ☝🏾.
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Plenty of male rappers are fathers but you wouldn’t know by their music 🙃.
How come female rappers never rap about Motherhood? Or Being a good Mother? Or loving their Children? 👀😂😂.
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I hate to say this but usually when women learn that there’s another woman enjoying the things she feels entitled to without half of her programming or conforming, this is what happens.
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It’s actually a love story about caretaking and disability, but alright.
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I have so many but one of my mains (and don’t fight me girlies bc this is a lil patriarchy coded) is that you don’t need to be the girl still at the party when they turn on the lights. Go home, sister ☝🏾.
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I miss my auntie so much. I will never forgive y’all for praying over her downfall over that fake ass vegan lady!.
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Do we want to be free or do we want to be white?!.
two things can be true at once: .1) Jonathan Majors needed to be dropped from his contracts for his behavior .2) It's not lost on me that these agencies and production companies never move this swiftly for white men who have sexually assaulted women.
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A person who gets married on a plantation -- where incredible acts of sexual violence was the norm -- doesn't have to get your support. You can just nod and keep it moving.
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Told that lady she is a mark to her face.
Ziwe: What can we do to get you to go away?.George Santos: Stop inviting me to your gigs. Ziwe: The lesson is to stop inviting you places?.George Santos: But you can’t cuz people want the content.
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Baby, ozempic needs to be regulated because WHY?.
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I’m always tickled on what brings out the anti-BW sentiments.
and you got fake locs.
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This would be meaningful if we, as constituents, didn’t have to deal with legalized disenfranchisement, lack of quality candidates and lack of resources to wage accountability campaigns when elected officials walk back their promises.
Not voting is not a protest. It’s disenfranchising yourself. Folks out here literally doing the work of white supremacists. Vote for candidates who support policies that will improve your communities or watch as fascists and racists rip our rights to shreds. Your choice.
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This tweet is how I knew we were close to getting the vaccine.
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She identifies as biracial and that’s ok.
Meghan Markle was carried, birthed, and raised by a Black woman in Crenshaw. She’s Black.
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Believe it or not, there are people who are more down and bad who wouldn’t steal from others even if they were given carte blanche.
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30 and up: drop a picture with your age . 34.
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Another season of Indian Matchmaking. Problematic Auntie Sima is baaaacccckkkk
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Y’all are now using this joke to explain and cover up your envy and I wish it never started.
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You know how we tell ppl to stay home when they’re sick? We need to be more forceful with that messaging when it comes to travel too.
-Content warning-. For those asking what “all the way through” the plane means: .
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I don't know how many times it has to be said that that lady won the popular vote. I think if y'all really care for democracy as claimed, her loss should spur a movement to fight gerrymandering and call for the abolishment of the electoral college.
I'm old enough to remember 2016, when a lot of millennials got suckered into believing that Hillary Clinton was just as bad as Donald Trump and didn't vote. That's why millennials are chewing Chappell Roan's ass up. They remember how we ended up with Trump the first time.
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Bc at the end of it - she chose herself. Musically and personally. That’s it. That’s the lesson.
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These are the same people mixing tears and snot when no one comes to their aid.
I’m a firm believer in NOT getting to know your neighbors. What, are we supposed to have some kind of a connection because we live closer to each other? Nah I don’t eff with people like that homie. GTFO with your nasty ass apple pie, Gertrude.
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Because I need BW to think about why centuries-old proven ways of caring for ourselves are getting “debunked”.
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Ok Jackelina doesn’t need to be on this show, she needs mental health services #loveisblind.
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Is gun violence a socio-economic issue? I think so - and so do some others. Check out my new op-ed where I take a close look at this issue through a racial wealth inequality lens.
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Hooomahgawd grand opening grand closing.
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He wants to be a 2008 socialite/scene girl so bad.
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Oh you definitely can. Life is full of ppl singing their “shoulda coulda wouldas.” These are just the things ppl say to guard their egos from regret.
I’ve been chewing on something Tracee Ellis Ross said on a podcast. She was talking about being worried about making wrong decisions in life and messing up the course of her “destiny,” and eventually realized you can’t mess it up. YOU CAN’T MESS IT UP!.
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She loves a conservative lightskin man.
Yall apparently this man is an extreme right winger? What’s wrong with this babe?.
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Baby, the folks want the attention more than the $ quiet as it’s kept.
We need living wages so bad. Cause everybody ain't got what it takes to be a content creator. And it's sad seeing all y'all try.
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I mean they’re literally tweeting rn about hoping the victim isn’t yt so this tracks.
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Whose to say he didn’t steal the dust bag from another tinder girlie? 😂.
Used LOOSE shoes. No shoebox, no dust bag, just a pair of scuffed up Mary Janes in hand.
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It’s insane how much the world hates Black people for no reason.
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Oh no. We be fighting offline too lmfao.
It brings me immense joy to know it only exists online. Outside of the occasional micro aggression from a select few, Black Americans and Africans have been getting along/living together for decades.
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I cannot believe we’ve made it back to Coke/heron chic in my lifetime!.
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One day, I really wanna share my theory of why advice like this has started popping up.
Oils do not moisturize. Oils to not seal in moisture. Oils do not promote or aid in hair growth. Oils do not help with dry scalp or other scalp concerns. This applies to locs as well. The sooner we learn this, the sooner we’ll all be free.🙏🏾.
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Shall we explore how no one from a country where mass shootings are considered the norm has room to preach to others about safety?.
Imagine traveling to a place the State Dept has issued a Do Not Travel warning for to go to a festival.
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Haiti and DR, Haitians in the US, (Haitians anywhere really lmfao) Nigerians and Zimbabweans in South Africa, the history of Liberia, Caribbean students/expats on the African continent from the 60s to the present. We be fighting babe 😂.
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I definitely read this as “Chile, Colorado is the only stew…” 🤣🤣
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@shannonrwatts @SophieYan Could have gone my whole life without seeing "tuna salad with blueberries" in a sentence.
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This looks like a hair challenge 😂
what’s your favorite pic you took in 2024?.
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Zeus producers should send some cameras to the Hill. Baddies East: Congress Edition.
A near brawl at a Senate hearing. GOP Senator Markwayne Mullin tried to fight Teamsters President Sean O’Brien. After Mullin resurfaced a back and forth they had on Twitter, he stood up and challenged O’Brien to a fight. Bernie Sanders breaks it up.
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The relationships and ties are all over the place. Yes we’ve co-habituated, created families and communities but we also fight a lot. It’s actually ahistorical to try to sweep great acts of xenophobia under the rug all in the name of surface Pan-Africanism.
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At least MAGAs are honest. We watched Black migrants be whipped under the last administration while they simultaneously talked about keeping promises to Black voters. I appreciate it when racists and xenophobes wear their hoods in the daytime.
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Compassionate and empathetic adults do not put the onus of responsibility on those who fear possible backlash from speaking out.
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A lot more people would be more content adults if they’d just curse out their parents one good time.
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This hair. This dress. Yes La Lopez.
Jennifer Lopez at the Sundance premiere of ‘KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN’.
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I’m so grateful that in each iteration/level of my career I have had enough self-respect to show up authentically as myself, even when it meant I was risking something “big” or whatever assumed proximity to power. You can’t risk your dignity bc you might lose your “cornbread”.
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I really can’t believe grown women are hitting Angel Reese with respectability politics bc the girl is willing to stand on her convictions.
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C’mon Meghan Stewart.
Love is in the details. ✨ With Love, Meghan, a new series, premieres January 15.
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Lol it’s not coming from a place of care.
being aware of the (negative) thoughts that ppl have about your ~alleged~ pregnancy must not be easy. i know it’s coming from a place of care for her and a dislike for That Boy but i think we should be mindful of how we react and talk about this publicly lol. she’s literally 23.
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Intentionally coupling up with a WM who makes less than you?? ON THIS LAND?????.
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