africanarablatinahispanicmediterraneanindiancaribbeanvisionary. Zero-waste. dark academia. Equestrian. Fencer. Yūgen. Chelo Alonso. enchanting. Dream pop. Trapsoul. “Close your eyes and open your third eye.” underground. Carmen Jones. café society. Breakfast at Tiffany’s. cultured baddie. Al-Lat. Andalusia. Ikigai. Turkish baths. Hygge. The distance between insanity and genius is measured only by success. Nile Valley beauty. Ikigai. “There’s beauty in the struggle...” Assassin’s creed. amaranthine. tropikilla. Nintendo. Black Society. Nubian. “You are mysterious…You’re beautiful, intelligent, and virtuous, and that’s the rarest known combination.” Game boy. Eloquent rage. the holy trinity: beauty of the mind, richness of the spirit, tenderness of the heart.
“I am homesick for a place I am not sure even exists: one where my heart is full, my body is loved, and my soul is understood.” Melissa Cox. "The secret to living well and longer is: eat half, walk double, laugh triple, and love without measure." ~Tibetan Proverb
free-spirit. Sailor moon. pretty brown girl. muditā. BLACK AMERICA. Beyonce. Sufi. Babylonian assassin. “Your crown has been bought and paid for. Put it on your head and wear it.” -Maya Angelou heliophilia (n.) the desire to stay in the sun; the love of sunlight. accountability without judgement. child of the sun. afro-futurism. tadow. African aristocrat. fika. “Somewhere inside all of us is the power to change the world.“
“Any woman who has a great deal to offer the world is in trouble. And if she’s a Black woman, she’s in deep trouble.” –Hazel Scott sentinelese. raqs sharqi. girl from ipanema. tigress. queen of sheba. “A young girl with full painted lips and magnificent almond-shaped eyes. The air all around her smells of the sea.”
-Nikos Kazantzakis, from “Journeying: travels in Italy, Egypt, Sinai, Jerusalem and Cyprus”
“There is reason, after all, that some people wish to colonize the moon, and others dance before it as an ancient friend.” -James Baldwin
I love this. slim thick. island vibez. cleopatra. naomi campbell. slim-thick. Pro-love. Knowledge seeker. “No person is your friend who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow.” —Alice Walker. Black is not just a color. It’s a frequency. I am because we are. scary spice. lock up the culture vultures. A wise man used to say, if she's amazing she won't be easy. Macadamia Nut Cookies. apple pie. God created black people and black people created style. the jungle is the only way out. “If the full moon loves you, why worry about the stars?” Adriana Lima. sailor moon. taarab music. cyberpunk. Sahara oasis. vibranium. lo-fi hip-hop. classical. praline pecans. The sun watches what I do. But the moon knows all my secrets. “I’m not trying to get by, I’m trying to get free.” librocubicularist. Silk Road. lemonade. jhene aiko. child of the sun. ashenda. I got hot sauce in my bag. sapiosexual. garden of eden. public intellectual. mangoes. Tropicália. curly fros. shakira. techno. spiritual. SOUL. forbidden fruit. summertime fyne. persia. rastafari. exotica. erykah badu. black nation. Do it for the culture. kali. kidagakash nedakh. soul sista. sade adu. The urban monk. lisa bonet. esmeralda. angelina jolie. Neorealism. tsundoku. New wave. honey wine. lara croft. house music. art of science. afro-asiatic. Zanzibar. Swahili. pronoia. fencer. equestrian. violinist. clarinet. sax. tropical entropy. temptress. catherine zeta-jones. zorro. selena. keep it colorful. black [girl] magic. infinite. hijabii. kente cloth. DETROIT. veggie pizza. laughing. Yoruba. Tuareg. Afar. dashiki. vodka. Timbuktu. masala chai. sufi. m.i.a. coconut oil. braids. your friendly neighborhood anthropologist. pyramids. nubia. trap music. mythology. fake eyelashes. hot and spicy. shea butter. imagine. voluptuary dreams. zohra sehgal. cafes. tea and coffee. kush. Ethiopian coffee. princess jasmine. revolutionary. the motor city. dark humor. essential oils. Queen Anna Nzinga. sparkles. havana. hibiscus. bird-of-paradise. adventuresome. Rasta girl in a Babylon world. p.y.t. the cuban brazilian. egypt. ebony. your girlfriend’s eyeliner. BLACK. dominican republic. college graduate. library of alexandria. female friendly porn. matriarchy. ma'at. daughter of Ra. eskista. sudan. carefree black girl. grab life by the booty. ai weiwei. opia. abendrot. master of lovemaking. black panther. West African Queen. kama sutra. all black everything. princess yennenga. food. peace. adult swim. dorothy dandridge. mae jemison. black is beautiful. unfriendly black hottie. goddess. ethereal. aïda. soulection. mother nature. summer zephyr. vashtie kola. cape verde. fcuk the slave massa. indigenous. anthropology. brown sista. decolonize your mind. traveler. lana kane. passion. romance. frida kahlo. samba. existentialism. frantz fanon. garden of eden. meditate. breathe. Pan-African. sista souljah. flamenco. lost and happily not found. warrior. afropean. eclectic soul. counterculture. fernweh. lola bunny. NO SELLOUT. petrichor. caramel. afropunk. serial lover. FKA twigs. tease. 199X. sza. sultry. lauryn hill. ... dat shady shit. cultural critic. princess nokia. bantu knots. cinnabun. brown suga. spice. everything nice. circassian beauty. xochiquetzal. india.arie. angela davis. salsa. tango. celestial. miami vice. colorful. bachata. kizomba. musician. black mixed with black. amazigh. moorish woman. black gold. diamonds. supreme. Star gazer. "You have to learn to get up from the table when love is no longer being served" -Nina Simone Pyramid builder. the lost empire. shisha. melanin. soul sista. roma life. henna. black by popular demand. bangles. silk. sahel. mysterious. student of life. baddie. multiracial. milk and honey. cocoa butter. AFRICAN NOMAD. He who controls Africa controls the world. the revolution will not be televised. I am not your negro. do it for the culture. “Please don’t disturb my peace if you’re at war with yourself.”
“Find the good. It’s all around you. Find it, showcase it, and you’ll start believing in it.” — Jesse Owens
“here you are,
black and woman
and in love with yourself.
you are terrifying.
they are terrified.
(as they should be)”
“Don't let schooling interfere with your education.”
-Mark Twain
Räquel: Spanish, Portuguese, Hebrew, Moorish Arabic. Innocent. Jacob's favorite wife from the Old Testament.
Alexandria: Greek. Protector of men. City in Egypt.
“The kingdom of heaven is within you, and whosoever shall know himself shall find it.”
