February 2012
heartfulpenguin:
radishbrand:
windytier:
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#Senegal election: Crowd boos Wade as he casts his... →
dynamicafrica:
A crowd at a polling station in Senegal booed incumbent leader Abdoulaye Wade as he cast his vote in a controversial re-election bid.
The crowd in the capital, Dakar, could be heard shouting “Get out, old man!” at Mr Wade, 85, who is seeking a third term in office.
Several people were killed in protests against Mr Wade’s candidacy, allowed by the top court despite a two-term...
Things I learned on tumblr today:
ladyatheist:
Black women are “sassy”.
You can put on and take off the identity of Black woman at will.
If a Black woman chooses to relax her hair or wear a wig, she obviously hates herself.
Famous Black women who choose to wear wigs and/or relax their hair are terrible role models.
Whenever a Black woman does something, she is representing her whole race whether she wants to or not.
All...
heartfulpenguin:
radishbrand:
windytier:
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One of my friends just came out to me. Happiness!
The life of a Nigerian sex worker in Italy
iheartchaos:
In Italy, as in so many countries, prostitutes generally aren’t home grown women in it for the love of the profession. Too many prostitutes in the first world are women that are kidnapped from poor countries and forced into slavery or are tricked into prostitution to pay back their passage to another country. For Nigerian women in Italy however, life is particularly dire.
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“Her blackness is fine, the blackness of her skin; the blackness of her mind....”
– Me’shell Ndegéocello (via blklght)
