Playlist: 10 Lyrics to Help Your #BlackGirlMagic Shine
Maintaining your #BlackGirlMagic can be a struggle, but these tracks will help you maintain your daily practice.
Maintaining your #BlackGirlMagic can be a struggle, but these tracks will help you maintain your daily practice.
“It is the weekend Beyoncé releases her “Formation” single and a bad queen has just performed it without breaking a sweat. I am watching the queen and learning that the way not to sweat is to move so little that every move seems like drama. I’ve got the not moving part down, which is how I am here at a club with a roommate whose friends want to meet the Black girl she let live in her house.”
The sexist coverage in Rio joins a rich tradition that dates back over 100 years.
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“Remember when you started crying when that girl won air rifle? We didn’t even watch air rifle.”
“First comes Twitter, then comes Snapchat, then comes texting nudes to a complete and total stranger.” Patty-cake to that one, kiddos.
So you want to break up? Don’t be mean. Be honest.
Kristen Stewart has been hiding a private Instagram account from me THIS ENTIRE TIME.
As a woman don’t work at night but also don’t be home at night but also don’t be out at night.
Okay QTPOC, you’ve got until August 25th to apply! We want each and every single QTPOC who wants to be at Camp to be there, and maybe it’s you! Seize the day! Catch the worm! Apply! Apply!! Apply!!!
“I realized I’m gay. And worse than that, it’s not going away!”
We’ve come far. But there’s a long way to the promised land, and if we’ve learned anything in Rio it’s that the literal century-old fight for women’s full inclusion in a historic event isn’t over yet.
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We’ve all seen headlines that say Donald Trump’s poll numbers are dipping, but it’s also hard to put stock in anything this election cycle. How heartened does it make sense to feel by that news?
“For a moment, I forgot about the summer of 2015. I forgot about the panic I experienced, the insomnia, the depression. We watched the new season of Orange is the New Black together and by the end of episode 12, it suddenly all came back.”
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Museum display or lesbian bed and breakfast?
Giving orders is more than the words coming out of my mouth. It’s the tone of voice I use, the eye contact, the confidence, the ease with which I speak.