Once again, here I am begging Black women to actively rest.
To say no. To voice when you are stressed. To ask for help. To accept help. To take your vacation and sick days. To take time to do nothing at all.
Netflix seems to have an issue with dark skin Black women and that issue might just be hatred.
The fact that Stagecoach Mary was a dark skin Black woman and just like almost every other film she is being erased with a light skin mixed race woman… but all the men stayed DS
Whenever these men make it big, a Black woman is never in sight.
Whenever these men are failing, washed up, losing momentum, and need some sales, they jump on the “We love Black women” train.
Black women deserve better.
I’ll never forget how dark-skin Black women were the butts of colourist, dehumanizing jokes but I’ll always highlight how so many were able to overcome this and love their skin colour unapologetically.
Via @/doraowusu on IG
Isn’t it strange how Euphoria has no Black girl representation that when we finally got one who had like 3 lines we are so amazed and stunned?!?!
Black female representation in Hollywood is in the trenches…
You don’t need to fit the European standard of beauty to be beautiful.
You are your own standard. Your own muse. Your own beauty.
Stand in your uniqueness, surround yourself with women who look like you.
“It’s exciting to start showing a different facet of Black femininity,” Diop says, “one that’s soft and sexy and sensual, and not always trauma-induced.” - Anna Diop for Vogue
Dear Black women,
• Buy that house
• Buy that land
• Start that business
• Do that professional development course
• Take the risks needed to invest in yourself and your future.