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@williamcson

[Until the moment you expire] “Everybody has to die Firdaus. I will die and you will die. The important thing is how to live until you die.”— Nawal El Saadawi

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Joined August 2010

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  1. "Every evening, I have a by myself meeting"–– Cappadonna

  2. Tfw you go outside & see it's gonna storm but still don't get a jacket, get rainedt on, then walk around looking like melting chocolate. 🙄

  3. This building caught fire today and is mostly destroyed. I am very sad.

  4. Don't take people, archives, buildings for granted like they will always exist. They won't. Make the most of it now.

  5. "Kenya first burned ivory..as a symbol of its determination to protect its remaining elephant population.." which has fallen 90% in15 years.

  6. "On Saturday about 105 tonnes of elephant ivory and 1.5 tonnes of rhino horn will burn in 11 large pyres..."

  7. "The pair of Republican political consultants..were paid to advise Baldízon by what Clark elliptically refers to as “business interests”."

  8. "A senior officer, Army General Joseph Votel, said it was “not a war crime” because striking the hospital was not an “intentional act”."

  9. from behind my eyelids as I go to sleep rn tbh.

  10. 20 Tracks? Yeah, I’m going to bed.

  11. lorna simpson

  12. adrian piper

  13. faith ringgold

  14. of course Alice Walker:)

  15. latasha nevada diggs

  16. pearl cleage, "mad at miles"

  17. octavia butler

  18. renee cox

  19. carrie mae weems

  20. Xaiveria Simmons

  21. Bessie Smith, Billie Holiday, Sarah Vaughn, Shirley Horn, Jeanne Lee, Ma Rainey, betty davis,

  22. Ntozake Shange, "somebody almost walked off wid alla my stuff" – Lady in Green( really the whole play)

  23. Julie Dash,Daughters of the Dust

  24. this is a temp+it is nt at all a critique,bt i love history+dont like it when important artists go unnoticed in influence

  25. in category of possible i am starting .nt throwing beyonce under bus bt needs art annotations.sorry

  26. I see the Alabama Shakes & I raise you Beyoncé performing 'Daddy Lessons' with the Carolina Chocolate Drops instead.

  27. Am I predestined/ biologically determined to be bitten by mosquitos or do I need to stop wearing my Black man oils when I'm outside?

  28. Why me? People around me were not chosen, but it was open season on ol' William.

  29. I do wear fragrant oils of a good smelling nature.

  30. I got bitten at least 6 times today by mosquitos & yes, I'm taking it personal. I did nothing to deserve this.

  31. Do y'all think mosquitos are racist or have racial preferences for blood? I got lit up today & I wanna know why. 🤔

  32. "They claim they were repeatedly passed over for promotion by younger white employees despite their greater experience."

  33. Let's be real, Black people will get shot holding: sandwiches, wallets, nothing, etc. The problem is THE POLICE.

  34. Mosquitoes out here killin' me! Damn! 😣

  35. Another child is killed. Another earthquake. Another celebrity drama unfolds. Someone died. Mostly, the cycle continues undisturbed. Numb.

  36. Empty death, empty trauma, & empty tragedy. Nothing is shocking. It's all standard numbing senselessness on repeat. Now what?

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