I’m a fan of historical context, a lore whore, if you will, so I loved this. Please listen to @durandbernarr explain the history, and proper usage of “clock it,” the hand gesture most have been doing wrong, and the meaning behind it.
He stabbed her around the same place as in his animated music video. The finger with his name tattooed is missing. She had multiple linear abrasions on her hand suggesting she tried to defend herself. He dismembered her & left her to rot for 4 months in his car. Death isnt enough
this is for Candyman! this is for Blade! this is for Eve’s Bayou! this is for Get Out! this is for US! this is for MA! this is for Nope! this is for Love & Basketball!!
yeah this made me start crying like the AIDS crisis overall is not discussed as much as it should be, but information about how it impacted Black queer women specifically is even harder to find.
I walked by a man wearing a Manchester United jersey and he said "quick name 5 players on that team" I said "quick name 5 women that feel safe around you".
When I was 8yo.. I was misbehaving at dinner so my parents sent me to my room. I was dramatic af and cried out my window to the whole lneighborhood. Then the window screen broke and I fell 2 stories. I got up and rang the doorbell to tell my parents I fell out the window.
these are the type of privileges i randomly remember i have and then i burst into tears because we’ve have really come such a long way. forever grateful to all the women who shaped this path for me.
May we learn to speak gently to our mothers. May we stop demanding perfection from women who were never allowed softness. May we honour them not only on ceremonial days but in how we listen, support and protect their dignity.
If a home is still breathing chances are a woman made herself smaller so others could stand taller.
Give mothers grace.