Let-Me-Live-My-Life!

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riotingfeminist: fuckyeahdementia: Mrs. Doubtfire recut as a...

Tue, 04 Jun 2013 18:42:27 -0400

riotingfeminist:

fuckyeahdementia:

Mrs. Doubtfire recut as a horror movie.

jesus christ

eastafriqueen: manuxinhace: Fox News talks about working...

Tue, 04 Jun 2013 18:36:46 -0400

eastafriqueen:

manuxinhace:

Fox News talks about working mothers’ negative impact on their children. AKA “When Fox News gets so misogynistic that their own anchor is 1026% done with them.” [x]

She was too chill I would’ve cut him

beauty-of-africa: Eritrea

Tue, 04 Jun 2013 16:30:12 -0400

beauty-of-africa:

Eritrea

b-rookelyn: werepthemsfts: Like father like son this picture...

Fri, 31 May 2013 06:32:55 -0400

b-rookelyn:

werepthemsfts:

Like father like son

this picture is the best picture.

milesjai: What if Cady in Mean Girls went to an all black...

Fri, 31 May 2013 06:30:18 -0400

milesjai:

What if Cady in Mean Girls went to an all black school? WELL FANTASY JUST BECAME REALITY.

carcat: forever wondering what my language sounds like to people who can’t speak it

Mon, 20 May 2013 05:31:20 -0400

carcat:

forever wondering what my language sounds like to people who can’t speak it

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, 1953.

Mon, 20 May 2013 05:11:59 -0400

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, 1953.

heyfunniest: Hahahahaha

Mon, 20 May 2013 05:10:33 -0400

heyfunniest:

Hahahahaha

thegoddamazon: hamdoullahcava: Muhammad Ali on the Vietnam War...

Mon, 20 May 2013 05:08:42 -0400

thegoddamazon:

hamdoullahcava:

Muhammad Ali on the Vietnam War Draft

The fact that this is STILL relevant should be very telling.

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Sun, 12 May 2013 15:13:48 -0400

raichurocks: heyitsjanesdiary: After changing to fit into...

Sun, 12 May 2013 14:50:22 -0400

raichurocks:

heyitsjanesdiary:

After changing to fit into society, you are eventually going to want your old self back sooner or later

This. This is powerful.

And it makes me feel sad

dripping-adorableness: mpr1m3: “R.I.P. I just killed the...

Sun, 12 May 2013 14:49:18 -0400

dripping-adorableness:

mpr1m3:

“R.I.P. I just killed the club!”

CRYING.

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Sun, 12 May 2013 14:42:44 -0400

Reblog if your mom is beautiful.

Sun, 12 May 2013 14:34:36 -0400

navigatethestream: scarletdeflankers: karnythia: theotheryang:...

Sun, 12 May 2013 14:29:44 -0400

navigatethestream:

scarletdeflankers:

karnythia:

theotheryang:

karnythia:

tyndall-blue:

riskycuriosity:

artemisiumabsinthia:

Josephine Baker, later known as ‘Bronze Venus’, ‘Black Pearl’ and ‘Créole Goddess’ was born in America in 1906 and later moved to France to become a singer, dancer, and actress. She was the first African-American woman to star in a major motion picture, and became famous worldwide.

Though she grew up as a maid in wealthy white households she eventually became an exotic dancer in France, famously appearing in next to no clothing, and became a French citizen in 1937.

Ernest Hemingway referred to Baker as ‘the most sensational woman anyone ever saw’ and she received approximately 1500 marriage proposals in her life time. She became a muse for Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Pablo Picasso, and Christian Dior. She had a variety of exotic pets including a cheetah named Chiquita, a chimpanzee named Ethel, a pig named Albert, a snake named Kiki, a goat, a parrot, parakeets, fish, three cats, and seven dogs.

When WWII broke out, Baker became a volunteer spy for France, and assisted the French Resistance by smuggling messages written in invisible ink on sheet music. She made great efforts to aid those in danger of enemy attack, sent Christmas presents to French soldiers, and smuggled information she gathered in Spain back to France by pinning notes containing the information on the inside of her underwear. She was awarded the Medal of Resistance with Rosette and later named a Chevalier of the Legion of Honour.

Baker also aided many civil rights movements by refusing to perform to segregated audiences and storming out of a club in Manhattan with actress Grace Kelly after she was refused service. She worked with the NAACP and spoke at a Washington march alongside Martin Luther King Jr. as the only official female speaker. Baker was actually asked by Martin Luther King Jr.’s widow to take his place as leader of the American Civil Rights Movement, but Baker declined on the grounds her twelve adopted children ‘were too young to lose their mother’.

Baker died in 1975, four days after her final show, attended by such names as Mick Jagger, Shirley Bassey, and Liza Minnelli.

Oh and she was queer and had a relationship with Frida Kahlo. All around badass.

Still waiting for her movie. And appearances in period dramas.

I heard there was a movie in the works[http://www.inquisitr.com/658074/rihanna-to-play-josephine-baker/] and that they were eyeing Rihanna for the role.
Imo, that’s a no.
And I’ve only ever seen her in Midnight in Paris, but I don’t think they said her name.

I will fight them if they try to cast Rihanna. Not just no, hell no.

a movie has been made about her, i see it BET from time to time. ‘the josephine baker story,’ the lead actress did a great job.

The Josephine Baker story has been out for YEARS

i grew up watching it. get yourself a copy or go stream it

its because of that movie that i got interested in black dance history as a child

i’m sorry but there is NO WAY Rihanna can top Lynn Whitfield’s performance as Josephine Baker

just none

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Sun, 12 May 2013 14:27:51 -0400

the-absolute-funniest-posts: mackelicious: I CANT STOP LAUGHING...

Mon, 06 May 2013 05:21:59 -0400

the-absolute-funniest-posts:

mackelicious:

I CANT STOP LAUGHING XDDDD

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dkdahypeman: Mobbin

Fri, 03 May 2013 05:48:49 -0400

dkdahypeman:

Mobbin