Misconception of a Blogger..

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Every single person should reblog this

R.I.P. Trayvon

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kushandtumblr:

Every single person should reblog this

R.I.P. Trayvon

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peculiarpoet:

and people want to know why hold the right to be angry…

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poeticfortune:

No other group in America has so had their identity socialized out of existence as have black women… When black people are talked about the focus tends to be on black men; and when women are talked about the focus tends to be on white women.
bell hooks

Let’s talk black women in relation to beauty and American society.  I’ve been pondering this bell hooks wisdom for about twenty-four hours in search of what it means for me to be socialized out of existence.  

I’m still processing the depth and gravity of that statement, so as a woman who processes out loud, I struck up a conversation with my best friend and her wife (yes I support gay marriage!).  We are all African American womyn who battle with the black aesthetic and it’s position in society.

As we processed the idea of our existence dissipating into the gray area between black men and white women our focus situated itself on the reality that white America/the system/the reality is we have our own ground to stand on, it’s just not acknowledged as ground.

Many African American women find their footing in labels and the standard of beauty that can be purchased, but there is a new thing happening.  Many black women are going back to their natural hair and celebrating the beauty of their blow outs, curls, and mini afros.  This revolution in natural hair has become the new black aesthetic, for women.

We’ve found a way to celebrate what is authentically ourselves, without purchasing something to give us status.

This is the new black aesthetic (contrary to popular belief): celebrating who we are without typical white American standards, finding our beauty in the naps at the back of our necks and the depth of melanin in our skin.

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