Aikos Modern Lyfe

When I walk into the law library with my Starbucks coffee and the security man glares at me.

Sat, 27 Apr 2013 17:32:09 -0400

wheninlawschool:

I’m like:

badbilliejean: 80s-90s-supermodels: Benneton S/S...

Fri, 29 Mar 2013 22:30:25 -0400

badbilliejean:

80s-90s-supermodels:

Benneton S/S 1994
Model : Brandi Quinones

In love

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Fri, 29 Mar 2013 22:28:19 -0400

cacestlavie: The evolution of a wise man

Fri, 29 Mar 2013 22:23:12 -0400

cacestlavie:

The evolution of a wise man

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Fri, 29 Mar 2013 22:21:52 -0400

bad-dominicana: so-fresh-so-thick: Amara La...

Fri, 29 Mar 2013 22:21:34 -0400

bad-dominicana:

so-fresh-so-thick:

Amara La Negra

#fuckyeahdominicanas

omg.

jocelynchew: Cigarette muffin photo by @nicolaspadron

Fri, 29 Mar 2013 22:17:38 -0400

jocelynchew:

Cigarette muffin photo by @nicolaspadron

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Fri, 29 Mar 2013 22:16:50 -0400

overdoseone: Ether

Sat, 23 Mar 2013 07:19:52 -0400

overdoseone:

Ether

dustjacketattic: photo sharyn cairns

Sat, 23 Mar 2013 07:15:57 -0400

dustjacketattic:

photo sharyn cairns

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Fri, 22 Mar 2013 22:41:28 -0400

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Fri, 22 Mar 2013 13:37:23 -0400

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Fri, 22 Mar 2013 13:34:17 -0400

dynamicafrica: Ugandan model Kiara Kabukuru in an editorial...

Sun, 17 Mar 2013 15:21:39 -0400

dynamicafrica:

Ugandan model Kiara Kabukuru in an editorial for Elle (US) in June 1994 titled ‘Field Of Dreams’ and photographed by Gilles Bensimon in Marrakech, Morocco.

This is one of my most favourite fashion editorials as rarely do we see these carefree ‘shoots involving dark-skinned black women, and whenever Western magazines shoot in foreign locations involving local subjects in the ‘shoot, they are often merely used as agent-less props which is not the case in this spread.

There’s also the inclusion of Africans of different hues in an African location, which I love.

However, I’m yet to discover the name of Kabukuru’s photoshoot partner.

"I want you. I want your sleepy confused look when you wake up. I want to be the warmth that fills..."

Sun, 17 Mar 2013 11:04:45 -0400

“I want you. I want your sleepy confused look when you wake up. I want to be the warmth that fills the space in your bed. I want to be the sheets your fingers crave at night; the blanket that wraps around you all night. I want to drink tea with you, share some records we find. I want to talk about everything in the world newspapers. I want to discuss with you, to be stubborn and quick-witted with you. I want to have differences between us. I want your flaws. All of them. I want go into the deepest corners of your mind and never get bored of you. I want to be surprised by the new all the time. I want to look at you like a movie, a living piece of art; always trying to chase what you crave … and capture you.”

- Elay Neal Moses (via muttermanor)

blackfashion: blackfashion: Kerry Washington featured in Vogue...

Sun, 17 Mar 2013 03:38:02 -0400

blackfashion:

blackfashion:

Kerry Washington featured in Vogue Italia July 2012, photographed by Mark Seliger.

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vintageblack2: Debutante Ball In Harlem

Sun, 17 Mar 2013 03:36:27 -0400

vintageblack2:

Debutante Ball In Harlem

Junot Diaz on Men Who Write About Women

Fri, 15 Mar 2013 19:41:23 -0400

The Atlantic: It sounds like you're saying that literary "talent" doesn't inoculate a writer—especially a male writer—from making gross, false misjudgments about gender. You'd think being a great writer would give you empathy and the ability to understand people who are unlike you—whether we're talking about gender or another category. But that doesn't seem to be the case.
Junot Diaz: I think that unless you are actively, consciously working against the gravitational pull of the culture, you will predictably, thematically, create these sort of fucked-up representations. Without fail. The only way not to do them is to admit to yourself [that] you're fucked up, admit to yourself that you're not good at this shit, and to be conscious in the way that you create these characters. It's so funny what people call inspiration. I have so many young writers who're like, "Well I was inspired. This was my story." And I'm like, "OK. Sir, your inspiration for your stories is like every other male's inspiration for their stories: that the female is only in there to provide sexual service." There comes a time when this mythical inspiration is exposed for doing exactly what it's truthfully doing: to underscore and reinforce cultural structures, or I'd say, cultural asymmetry.

raw-r-evolution: That dude represents millions of americans.....

Wed, 13 Mar 2013 17:36:08 -0400

raw-r-evolution:

That dude represents millions of americans.. -_-

THE "RACE" PROBLEM: karnythia: notesonascandal: theraceproblem: One of my biggest pet...

Wed, 13 Mar 2013 17:32:43 -0400

THE "RACE" PROBLEM: karnythia: notesonascandal: theraceproblem: One of my biggest pet...:

karnythia:

notesonascandal:

theraceproblem:

One of my biggest pet peeves is when some of my fellow immigrants of African descent use their experiences to try and invalidate the systemic and institutionalized racism that Black Americans face in the United States. I will still…