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losed: Nabokov and his Butterflies

Sat, 18 May 2013 09:45:06 -0400

Nabokov and his Butterflies

I asked if she was my girlfriend now. She said ‘I’ll think...

Sat, 18 May 2013 09:44:38 -0400

I asked if she was my girlfriend now. She said ‘I’ll think about it’. But what she meant was ‘yes.’ We are now as one.

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Sat, 18 May 2013 09:44:17 -0400

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Sat, 18 May 2013 09:41:23 -0400

maddynorris: Nicolas Andreas Taralis AW 13/14

Sat, 18 May 2013 09:41:12 -0400

maddynorris:

Nicolas Andreas Taralis AW 13/14

vintagegal: French postcard c. 1927

Fri, 17 May 2013 11:20:37 -0400

vintagegal:

French postcard c. 1927

ethertune: steps to SAKURA (By teeco55)

Mon, 13 May 2013 12:46:47 -0400

ethertune:

steps to SAKURA (By teeco55)

galactic-vagina: mine

Mon, 13 May 2013 12:42:44 -0400

galactic-vagina:

mine

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Mon, 13 May 2013 12:42:32 -0400

sourcedumal: blackwithflowers: blackwithflowers: I think...

Mon, 13 May 2013 12:42:29 -0400

sourcedumal:

blackwithflowers:

blackwithflowers:

I think Black people are not afforded the luxury of existing without being pigeonholed into an aggressive state of being. Many times Black people are displayed as hyper-aggressive and because of this display we create a mentality that were stuck with hyper-aggressiveness.

That isn’t to say that being strong, tough, or aggressive are bad things, they come with our survival. But the vulnerability pain, and gentleness that Black people reveal are not present many times in the media or even in our homes. The luxury of intimacy with other people is so small in comparison to the thousands of images of us being strong and “animalistic” (by intimacy I mean without guards, barriers, being invested with other people without a facade to what you are or layers you create.)

Similar to the phrase ”carefree black girls and boys”, I wanted to give a safe space to vulnerablity of Blackness to be on display

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Genteel, Romanctic, Poetic, Ethereal, intimate and vulnerable imagery of Black people.

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Submissions are highly welcomed!

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1.Jourdan Copeland|Source

2. Men by Eric Nehr | Under The Influence Magazine | Source

3.Jessie Adore|Source

4. Solange Knowles by Dominic Hayden-Route for Oyster Magazine | Source

Signal booossttt ??

Yes.

Genteel.

A word never used for Black people.

We need this

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Mon, 13 May 2013 12:42:19 -0400

suicidewatch: Bikini Kill, 1992

Mon, 13 May 2013 12:41:54 -0400

suicidewatch:

Bikini Kill, 1992

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Mon, 13 May 2013 12:39:37 -0400

Geran Knol

Mon, 13 May 2013 12:25:29 -0400

Geran Knol

Kang SoYoung at Seoul Fashion Week shot by Kim JInyong

Mon, 13 May 2013 12:25:16 -0400

Kang SoYoung at Seoul Fashion Week shot by Kim JInyong

Patti Smith // Boy Cried Wolf

Sat, 11 May 2013 05:36:12 -0400

Patti Smith // Boy Cried Wolf

What’s Underneath Must Be Released and Examined to be...

Sat, 11 May 2013 04:40:40 -0400

What’s Underneath Must Be Released and Examined to be Understood (1998)

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Sat, 11 May 2013 04:40:26 -0400

billowy: Yoko, 17. Tokyo, 1964: Japanese Youth in Revolt

Sat, 11 May 2013 04:39:51 -0400

billowy:

Yoko, 17. Tokyo, 1964: Japanese Youth in Revolt

modelspersonal: Rachel Rutt

Sat, 11 May 2013 04:39:15 -0400

modelspersonal:

Rachel Rutt