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karmicsky · 1 year

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blackintrovertpodcast · 2 years

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Bow + Tied Today, I felt like Malcolm X walking to the hospital to advocate for Brother Johnson (iykyk). A brimmed hat and bow tie is an empowering look in both color and black and white. _________________________________ #theblackintrovertpodcast #blackwriters #blackauthors #blackauthor #blackwriter #blackwritersmatter #blackcreatives #blackbusiness #blackbusinessowner #blackleaders #blackpeople #blackleadership #blackowned #blackownedbusiness #blackcreatives #blacklivesmatter #blackinfluencers #blackchildren #blackteachers #blackteachersmatter #blackteacherloop #blacklibrarian #blackmalefashion #blackwomenmatter #educators #bow tie #blacklivesmatter #influencer #music #blackmenfashion #monday #thursday (at Ohio State University) https://www.instagram.com/p/Ci0sA0UP-p1/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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sistahscifi · 2 years

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The Memory Librarian debuting on the New York Times Best Sellers List is history in the making. 98% of authors on the best sellers lists are White* In the 50 years between 1970 and 2020, less than ten speculative fiction titles by Black and Indigenous authors made the New York Times Best Sellers List** As a participant in @brit @beselfmade pitch competition in December, Sistah Scifi crystalized the vision is to double that number in the next ten years. The success of The Memory Librarian is proof that we - as a community - can do that!!! * From Redlining Culture: A Data History of Racial Inequality and Postwar Fiction by Richard Sean So #RichardSeanSo and Just How White Is the Book Industry? By Richard Sean So in the New York Times December 11, 2020 ** @IsisAsare manually culled this data by reviewing weekly New York Times Best Sellers List on @Wikipedia. If you have a better data point, please let us know!! Reposted from @janellemonae Um wow. “The Memory Librarian” made the #NYTbestsellers list! With this being my first time in the literary world I am very humbled. I wanted to say THANK YOU to every single fandroid who found #TheMemoryLibrarian, who read or listened, who attended the tour, who posted or wrote about this labor of love. None of this kinda stuff happens without your support. It's been such an honor to create with my community of collaborators familyyyyyy @alayadj, @weredawgz, @eve.ewing, @yodelnyc, @shereereneethomas. 🥹 Thank you to @harpervoyagerus for believing in our IMAGINATIONS and the collection of stories I was passionate about putting out. To the booksellers and librarians for making THE MEMORY LIBRARIAN available to readers, THANK YOU. You are NOT forgotten. And to my communities I hold close and constantly rep, you know who you are, I love you. This one’s for you! If you haven’t gotten your copy come join us🙏🏾🤖🤍 #NYTbestseller #afrofuturism #scifi #DirtyComputer #JanelleMonae #BlackAuthorsMatter #BlackWritersMatter #BlackReadersMatter #SistahScifi // @wondaland @monaedroid @harpercollins @free_kgd @nytimes https://www.instagram.com/p/Cc5WpjdrXJN/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#richardseanso #nytbestsellers #thememorylibrarian #nytbestseller #afrofuturism #scifi #dirtycomputer #janellemonae #blackauthorsmatter #blackwritersmatter #blackreadersmatter #sistahscifi

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mybroth3rsk33p3rinc · 4 months

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Welcoming 2024

In these final moments of 2023, I’ve learned that family is the most important thing. It matters not what you have if you have no one to enjoy your accomplishments with. Never jeopardize losing the only constant variable in your life. Blood means nothing. Familial surnames mean nothing but those who choose to be in your life, those who choose to love you without an intent of personal gain ,…

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#BlackGirlWhoBlogs #BlackWritersMatter #CalledNChosen #ChrisitanBlogger #Family #Jesus #Love #NewBeginnings #NewYear

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thisbrownteacher · 1 year

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Get this book in your traditional and home school classrooms and libraries. Cool Fam. Dope Author. Excellent Book(s). Follow him! #blackwriters #blackwritersmatter #blackauthors #blackauthorsmatter #blackfamilies #blackfathersmatter #teenbooks #youngadultbooks #youngadultfiction #elementaryteacher #middleschoolteacher #highschoolreading #highschoolbooks #homeschool #homeschoolreading #homeschooling #homeschoolmom #homeschoollife https://www.instagram.com/p/Codjtv9tso-/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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scribesandvibes · 2 years

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#futurefavorite alert: #heyyoungworld, #BOOKSCOMEINALLCOLORS when you #shopscribesandvibes! Take 10% off of this beautiful display of #athleticism and #protest with promo code FINDYOURTRIBE.⁠ ⁠ #scribesandvibes • #picturebooks • #weallneeddifferentbookstolove • #blackwritersmatter / #blackillustratorsmatter • #findyourtribe ⁠ ・・・⁠ #blackpowersalute #bookcrush 📚😍: #VICTORYSTAND: #RaisingMyFistForJustice written by #TommieSmith [ig: @tommiesmith68] and #DerrickBarnes [ig: @authorderrickdbarnes], illustrated by #DawudAnyabwile [ig: @dawud_anyabwile] (at Conyers, Georgia) https://www.instagram.com/p/CiAzHjrg2aG/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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devotionsbywhitnee · 2 years

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Good morning I pray you rested well and will have a Fantastic Friday, Have some time on your hand this morning? Read today's devotional! It's entitled Raising Kings and Queens: https://inspirationallaroundme.org/index.php/2022/05/27/raising-kings-and-queens/ Check it out and tell me what you think in the comment section of my website. Be share to like the post before you leave. Thanking you in advance for your support. Giving it my all going forward to use the gift of writing that God gave to me, with the purpose to encourage and spread God's love. #blackworkers #blackwriters #blackwritersmatter #blackwriter #bible #scripture #bloggerlife #bloggerstyle #womensupportwomen #womenempowerment #writer #writerscommunity #writers #writerslife https://www.instagram.com/p/CeDuAYZuL_d/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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lizzstraight · 1 year

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Feeling good today 🧡 #blackstories #blackhistory #blackstoriesmatter #blacklivesmatter #shareblackstories #blackculture #representationmatters #blackvoices #blackauthors #blackwriters #blackexcellence #black #storytelling #bookstagram #blackcreative #blackactors #blackisbeautiful #blackhistorymonth #blacklove #blackcommunity #blackwritersmatter #books #writer #blackbooks #blackcreativesmatter #racism #diversitymatters #blackboyjoy #celebratediversity #blacktheater https://www.instagram.com/p/Coe98wOLPiE/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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loveblackculture · 2 years

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"Single Mother"

So, it’s my fault? My fault that he left.

Left me? Eight months pregnant, holding the bag and the baby.

Holding my belly, guarding my safety.

Void of protection, void of love but full of responsibility.

But I keep trudging along, thugging it out

Because that’s all I know.

My Momma raised me alone

and look at me!

I turned out just fine.

At least I got a job and a degree.

And now I’m a mother.

Between a little help from the government,

my solid salary and my two side hustles

I’m doing alright.

My two sons are well mannered,

and my daughter is beautiful.

At least her Daddy helps out.

One out of three is better than none.

Don’t you see?

I could be

Like my best friend Daria with five kids

and no help whatsoever.

Four hard dicks, and tons of mischief.

At least I was in a relationship

with each one of my baby daddies prior to getting pregnant...

Excerpt from For Every Black Woman's Soul Download the #1 Bestselling in Black & African American Poetry.

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fictionalfantasies · 2 years

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ok that's fine ok, i'll go easy on you this time around bc its been a long time, should've been writing since but nope. wanted to but nope. but a new chapter of #capricorn starring babygirl has dropped. so make sure to get your asses over to the link in my bio. no smartass comments this time lol. also i revived my #justintimberlake #fanfiction too. check that out as well. tell me what you think and i'll just wait over here, whatever. its fine. 💙🦋😉 #aaliyah #wattpad repost • @motorcityb_ #aaliyahhaughton #aaliyah👑 #aaliyahforever #aaliyahdanahaughton #aaliyahformac #aaliyahnation #redalbum #aaliyahstory #fanfic #chicklit #romcom #writersofinstagram #wattpadstories #ripaaliyah #blackwriters #blackwritersofinstagram #blackwritersmatter #2000s #2000smusic #rnb #linkinbio #craigdavid (at Wattpad) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cf8BSlJMDl7/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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bootiesbooksandtheblues · 3 years

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY!! - JAMES BALDWIN (RIP) #BlackWritersMatter #beautifulisBLACK https://www.instagram.com/p/CSEpOaYrHn8/?utm_medium=tumblr

#blackwritersmatter #beautifulisblack

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karmicsky · 3 years

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My Toxic Sister

Why do you repeatedly call me ugly?

Why do you say I’m darker than you constantly?

Like my complexion is something to be ashamed of. I am not you nor do I want to be you.

Why aren’t you happy for me when I succeed?

You never spent time with me as children. You abused me as a child. Both physically and emotionally.

The envy and jealousy you emit is suffocating.

It brought me down to a level of self-hate. So much so I tried to end my life.

Why can’t you be happy for me?

Why is it always a competition between us?

Shouldn’t you raise me up the way I do to you? You are the second oldest and I the youngest.

Aren’t you ashamed of your behavior towards me?

Now you don’t speak to me as though I did something wrong?

You told me your dreams. I was excited for you. Encouraged you...

I told you my concerns. You got upset with the truth.

You want to be a great performer. But you don’t practice your craft.

How do you expect to be your best when you don’t put in the time or effort.

Yes there is natural talent, but in order for you to be the best you have to work harder than everyone around you.

Now I got something for myself that I am striving for and your jealousy almost broke me.

But I know now, I cannot trust you with my dreams or aspirations.

I hope one day you will see your faults. But as for now I will be happy for myself.

I will succeed without you. Because I never needed you I wanted you.

#black writers #blackwritersmatter #blacklivesmatter #blackpoetry #black poets society #my writing #my thoughts #my poerty #blackgirlswhowrite #newwritersclub #black tumblr #toxic people #toxic sister #toxic situation #blackpoet #blackgirlpower #blackgirlblogger

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sistahscifi · 2 years

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Winners were selected for The Final Strife, and we will mail their prizes this week! We have just 100 pages left in the book, and we are excited about the possibility hosting a book club discussion of the book! Have you read it? What did you think of the book? Reposted from @saaraelarifi BOOK CLUB KIT NOW AVAILABLE Check out the link in my bio: @saaraelarifi to download #TheFinalStrife book club kit, including: author letter, bespoke art, suggested questions, map art and a guild quiz! @delreybooks @penguinrandomhouse // #SistahScifi #SaaraElArifi #BlackFantasy #WestAfricanYAFantasy #YAFantasy #BlackWritersMatter #BlackAuthorsMatter (at Sistah Scifi) https://www.instagram.com/p/CghpPvePviW/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#thefinalstrife #sistahscifi #saaraelarifi #blackfantasy #westafricanyafantasy #yafantasy #blackwritersmatter #blackauthorsmatter

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ambitiousblackfeminist · 3 years

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Post 27, Write Here

#3amblackpoetry in July (August) Post 27: Write Here Post 27, 2020: Dichotomous Dictums

#3amblackpoetry in July? On August 1?! As I said in yesterday's #3amblackpoetry in July post, a promise is a promise, and I promised myself I'd hit 30 posts and 30 days of writing activities in/for July. With this being 27, there are only 3 more left, and I'm not giving up just because publishing the remaining posts don't align with Western, linear concepts of time. No matter how many instances I appear to comply, know that there is no external clock or calendar determining my destiny; I set, stop, and reset the stopwatch of my life. Now, call this cocky, call this bravado, or call it presumptuous, but I articulate this otherwise private belief because it mirrors my approach to writing, and reminds me of today's prompt: "Write Here."

I know that in previous posts I've urged and shared reminders to stop second-guessing oneself while in the middle of writing - or before even starting. But like the tips I share with other teachers and community organizers, I want to make sure I include not just the negative framing (don't do this, stop doing this), but also the affirmative and action-centric framing (do this, try this, include this)? "Write here" is one solution or strategy of mine - and somewhat of a mantra. Where are you jotting your notes? They can be anywhere and everywhere, but they should be somewhere! Are you reacting to something or overflowing with some kind of sentiment? Is your cellphone with notes app handy so can you jot it down there, or can you compose an email draft? Yes, the brain is a powerful and often reliable place to store information, but somehow the fingertips are too!

However, I don't just want to talk about process; I want to elaborate a little on the topic of content and idea generation. More specifically, I need you to stop erasing ideas and first sentences. I'm not saying don't proofread or edit; what I am saying is that where something goes, how wide something reaches, and writing "The End" simply cannot happen without staying the course on an idea, word or sentence.

For inspiration, consider a piece I wrote called "Badly Boujee," the link for which is included as part of today's post. Badly Boujee is now also a SONG with beats and engineering by Mike Delick, and lyrics AND VOCALS by me! It all started with the song "Bad and Boujee" and realizing how much I loved the syncopated and staccato-style rapping the performers (Migos and Lil Uzi Vert) display on the track. I mean listening even today, I dig it! One day, during a writing challenge like this, I tapped into my feelings of admiration and decided to write a poem that was partial tribute and partial (respectful) mimicry - embracing the dichotomous dictums that freed me up to not second-guess the presence or source of my zeal (commercial rappers sharing the same type of lyrical content that raises concern for many, as far as women, proximity to crime, etc.). I had no intentions of actually making it a song, but that's not my point. There wouldn't be a song, or poem to turn into a song, if I hadn't tapped into what was inside, and said, "let me go ahead with this idea, and just write here."

Happy writing y'all!

Badly Boujee https://soundcloud.com/rezaclif/badly-boujee

Bad and Boujee youtu.be/S-sJp1FfG7Q

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scribesandvibes · 2 years

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📚😍 #bookcrush / #tbtreads: Are you looking for #somethingnewtoread? Add this #classicbook to your #TBRlist: #THEOXOFTHEWONDERFULHORNS And Other #AfricanFolktales by #AshleyBryan [ig: @ashleybryancenter] Tap the #linkinbio to #ADOPTABOOK for the @popupstorytime #bookdrive then #shopscribesandvibes for your #throwbackthursday suggestions. 📚😍 curated by #theblerdandthebeautiful for the #scribesandvibes #tbt collection. ・・・ #bookscomeinallcolors • #middlegradebooks • #weallneeddifferentbookstolove • #blackwritersmatter • #findyourtribe https://www.instagram.com/p/ChtNDHtA_5k/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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samdelthepoet · 4 years

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Picking Up The Pieces

Too often we tell ourselves that we are not good enough for the task at hand. We diminish our own talents, and make our self feel so small, that even the mole hill looks like a mountain.

As of late I have found myself on yet another journey of self discovery. It seems as though each year that passes brings bigger obstacles, and scarier realities. 2020 has not been a year for the weak of heart. Between COVID-19, being a new mother, and the daily ups and downs of life, sometimes I want to throw the towel in. However, as I sit in my first art gallery showing, watching patrons come and go, reviewing my work, I cannot help but use that towel to wipe my sweat.

Sometimes I am far too hard on myself. I finally made it to one of my goals, an art gallery. It is an honor to be a part of this experience. This post is merely a reminder to #BeYourOwnPinnacle. It’s hard enough having others tell you who you can and cannot be. Give yourself permission to be exactly who you are.

Peace, Love, and Sunflower Dust,

SamDel

#BeYourOwnPinnacle #FindYourPeace #SaveYouForYou #Poetry #Blogs #writing #BlackWritersMatter #FemalesRule #BlackGirlMagic #Motivation #art #Love #SelfCare #Selflove #sunflowers

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