the60livehere:

Eatha Kitt pothographed by Gordon Parks, 1952


Fragrance Free Femme of Colour Realness by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha

One small (and huge) thing you can do to ensure access is to work towards being scent/fragrance free.Folks who have chemical disabilities need  to be able to participate in the worlds outside our bedrooms- in our parties, queer/trans of color cultural events, the subway, the grocery store, etc. It’s easy to get inexpensive scent/fragrance free products at Trader Joe’s, Walgreens, Whole Foods (they suck, but they make $3 scent-free shampoo, conditioner and lotion), independent health food stores and co-ops, and you can also just get some cocoa butter, coconut oil or shea butter in the raw and make your own products, which is cheap and fun. Cutting out scents may seem like a pain in the ass, but it means that awesome, ass-kicking community members you love can attend events you’re at and make out with you without having seizures, throwing up or otherwise getting really sick.

Are you curious about going scent-free but totally overwhelmed by the prospect of having to replace your whole product line of fiercely researched POC body care products? You’re not the only one. Fear not! When I started performing with Sins Invalid in 2009 and had to give up my Carol’s Daughter Hair Milk addiction in order not to give co-performers seizures, I started a multi-year process of exhaustively researching every god damn fragrance free hair, skin and facial care product I could find, with a focus on looking at POC products. A brown mixed curly girl who grew up with white mama hair damage, I was determined that my curls were going to continue to look good. I am here to bring all my Taurus chronically ill femme of colour skills to your product line!


non-rhetorical question: does anyone still read this? thinking about putting out an emergency tumblr call, but would it even be heard?

*ANGSTING ALL NIGHT ALL DAY*


I like certain aspects of Pinterest, but at times it reads like a giant spread of stock photos.

Also, it is HELLA dominated by white people. My interest is definitely waning. 


there’s a special place in hell for artists that whitewash Storm.

withrevolutionarycries:

amen.

They are stuck in that place with people who talk during movies. 




cwnerd12:

mimisaurus:

HARSH METAPHOR.

OLD AS BALLS


gofuckingnuts:

Enjoy the little things on We Heart It. http://weheartit.com/entry/23216232


withrevolutionarycries:

spaceforoldat:

verybusyandimportant:

anniegee:

(via rosalarian)

flawless woman is flawless.

FLAWLESS.

FLAWLESSSSS

the outfit top right/bottom left .. *drools*

*cough*using dudes at human furniture.*cough*

i love these looks for her/me.

GAH LOVE HER.