Profound Menace.

khawlabentalazwaar: cleophatrajones: yannickbrouwer: This...

Mon, 20 May 2013 04:48:24 -0400

cleophatrajones:

yannickbrouwer:

This little company from Kenya makes toys from slippers that wash up on the beach. Pictures by Ben Curtis

How glorious is this?! Upcycling at its finest…

The FlipFlop Recycling Company (in the process of being renamed/adding into) Ocean Sole website

A young and intense Phylicia Rashad in a still from a Negro...

Sun, 19 May 2013 19:12:25 -0400

A young and intense Phylicia Rashad in a still from a Negro Ensemble Company production.

1 year later and I still don’t know. Cool.

Sun, 19 May 2013 14:24:26 -0400

1 year later and I still don’t know. Cool.

iMust.

Sun, 19 May 2013 09:36:08 -0400

iMust.

“I Want You / I Get So Lonely” Medley - Luke James

Sun, 19 May 2013 04:48:08 -0400

“I Want You / I Get So Lonely” Medley - Luke James

Video

Sun, 19 May 2013 01:37:23 -0400

Photo

Sat, 18 May 2013 19:12:20 -0400

“New Slaves” - Kanye West

Sat, 18 May 2013 14:17:49 -0400

“New Slaves” - Kanye West

"Do not settle for less than exactly what you want. Your heart’s desires are there for a reason...."

Wed, 15 May 2013 19:14:37 -0400

“Do not settle for less than exactly what you want. Your heart’s desires are there for a reason. Chase them. Pursue them relentlessly. Do not lose sight of your goals. They are your very reason for being.”

- Franki Durbin (via perfect)

“You Should Be Here” - Raphael Saadiq Happy 47th...

Tue, 14 May 2013 17:25:54 -0400

“You Should Be Here” - Raphael Saadiq

Happy 47th birthday!

swiftreality: Swift Pics: Solange Knowles covers the June/July...

Tue, 14 May 2013 13:39:36 -0400

swiftreality:

Swift Pics: Solange Knowles covers the June/July issue of Complex Magazine

Check out Complex.com for the full photo shoot and interview.

fitnessluvr: unknownelandes: SO THAT’S HOW THEY DO IT Now it...

Tue, 14 May 2013 09:36:17 -0400

fitnessluvr:

unknownelandes:

SO THAT’S HOW THEY DO IT

Now it all makes sense ^.^

Photo

Tue, 14 May 2013 04:48:15 -0400

tyndall-blue: riskycuriosity: artemisiumabsinthia: Josephine...

Mon, 13 May 2013 19:12:14 -0400

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.

“#Beautiful” - Mariah Carey feat. Miguel

Mon, 13 May 2013 14:24:14 -0400

“#Beautiful” - Mariah Carey feat. Miguel

Photo

Mon, 13 May 2013 09:36:04 -0400

thescienceofreality: Microscopic Photos of the Elements [Click...

Mon, 13 May 2013 04:48:30 -0400

Sulfur (S), Non-Metals. This is a false color image taken with a polarizing microscope.

Thallium (Ti), Other metals

Iodine (I), Non-metals

Lithium (Li), Alkali metals

Gold (Au), Transition metals

Palladium (Pd), Transition metals

Phosphorus (P), Non-metals

Silicon (Si), Semimetals

RYOJI TANAKA Bismuth (Bi), Semimetals

Silver (Ag), Transition metals

thescienceofreality:

Microscopic Photos of the Elements

[Click images to enlarge & read descriptions.]

“Ryoji Tanaka’s photographs may look like alien landscapes, but they are very much of this world. The organometallic chemist at Sagami Chemical Research Institute in Kanagawa, Japan, snaps pictures of everything from iodine to silver using a system of Nikon digital SLR cameras with macro and ultra macro lenses.

To see more of Tanaka’s work visit his website and Flickr.”

20down40togo: foreverqueird: abigabby: thechanelmuse: Photos...

Sun, 12 May 2013 19:12:31 -0400

20down40togo:

foreverqueird:

abigabby:

thechanelmuse:

Photos that speak: Fuck your fountain. Fuck your tree. Fuck voter suppression. Fuck your labels. Fuck your stereotypes. Fuck your hatred. Fuck your restaurants. Fuck that dude. Fuck police brutality. Fuck white supremacy.

Resistance.

Probably one of the best photo sets on tumblr.

The kkk are some scary shit

Young The Giant - Cough Syrup

Sun, 12 May 2013 14:24:22 -0400

Young The Giant - Cough Syrup

harriettumbles: vintageblackglamour: Diana Ross on the July...

Sun, 12 May 2013 10:27:34 -0400

harriettumbles:

vintageblackglamour:

Diana Ross on the July 1973 cover of Ebony with daughters Tracee and Rhonda.

Look at baby Tracee!