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Almost every African leader who was unmovingly focused on the interests of their ppl over western interests was violently removed with the help of western govts and companies. The same

I've been thinking about that tweet that claimed continental Africans just "don't listen" to Blk Americans and I'm still so annoyed at how wrong and condescending it was We can

And well-meaning ppl send these lists of therapists but those lists are overwhelming cos you gotta contact/research all of them to see who is 1. in your network 2. accepting

I don't know much about who makes Rihanna's products but I accepted she was a capitalist a long time ago. Folks don't talk about it as much cos she's beautiful

I actually don't think it's the cost that's an issue necessarily. I think we are collectively not paid enough. Wages have not kept up with inflation and we've managed to

I remember tweeting about being okay with my dark spots and how I was no longer gonna wear full coverage foundation and people still DMed me to give me "tips".

Those of us who have shifted along the scale of size can tell you that this skinny shaming thing is nonsense. And when we have this "dialogue", all we do

Fat women also shouldn't have to be considered extremely pretty or sexually desirable to be afforded humanity. We shouldn't have to keep reminding ppl that Lizzo is *pretty* to convince

Whenever we talk about conscious men rappers, we just gloss over how harmful they are/were to women. Men building careers and platforms off consciousness while treating women like worthless objects

I tweeted once how it made me uncomfortable that first gens so openly make fun of their parents' accents. Particularly their moms. Cos of the ties to colonialism, etc. And