Am at #Fespaco2019, #BurkinaFaso. 165 films in 7 days. The opening ceremony is fun. My school girl French is holding up. If I plan it right I might get to see the excellent #aKasha by @hajooj again. #BucketList item fulfilled.
@KewMobileMuseum Need to consider the saying: "there are no countries without #abortion, only countries without legal abortion." According to this article women will try anything, incl this weird list, to dilate the cervix. The mind boggles. #HistSex#WomensHealth
'A Super Black Cookout' 🥘
A collection of some of the most popular black superheroes and villains enjoying themselves at a cookout.
Had a really fun time doing this piece!
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@WhoresofYore Heard it regularly as a child, less popular now. For a person who is a parasite or a waste of space. Didn't know its origin was gendered or its association with sex work. #LiveAndLearn
@ShowFilmFirst what would it take to get a seat for 'the boy who harnessed the wind' tomorrow? By the time I checked my email, all seats were gone 😥 any spare l spare let me know, pretty please!
A lovely page from a Qur'an written in Sini script- an Arabic style particular to Chinese Muslims- completed in 1643 in Beijing (right before the end of Ming control of the city!) by the female calligrapher Ama Allah Nur al-Ilm bint Rashid al-Din (Dav. Coll. Inv. no. 53/1999):
STORY TIME 🗣
So I walked in my moms house with my sister to get food ...I guess there’s was a small odor of marijuana still on us . I guess spraying before we got out the car didn’t work so she caught a whiff...this was the outcome . Yes we were trying to hide in the bathroom
Decided to try #OatMilk. Bought @Alpro and @OatlyUK for comparison. Alpro is disgusting & leaves a funny taste. Oatly is so yummy I can drink it in a glass on its own! #SmallSteps#MoooveOver
Twitter: "Jussie Smollett's story is suspect. Who just walks around trying to beat up a random Black dude."
Liam Neeson: “I went up and down areas hoping some ‘black bastard’ would come out of a pub and have a go at me about something, so I can kill him."