#her beautifulness is beyond of words

[sleepynegress]

Love this interview... I have been semi-checking in on Zawe's journey since before certain stans were feeling some kinda way about her recent familial additions. I do for certain Black actors/creators especially, who seem to be moving in interesting ways in entertainment/film media...

-A remnant from a period when I used to go to screenings and blog about films (and was published a few times in a major national newspaper)... So, I knew of Zawe through the grapevine of her mentorship, i.e. she is the reason why Rege Jean Page of Bridgerton fame got to work in U.S. markets, as she sponsored him. And she is known, as one of those "good eggs" who will be accessible and help/advise especially young actors of color. ...But, I have some other stuff to say. This isn't about proving that she's an amazing human being. It's about a certain brand of misogynoir that some of these people far beneath her in self-knowledge, self-love, and just plain grown-ass-woman-personhood...keep letting fly in what they *think* are compliments, but actually are just trite microaggressions. Saying things like "as long she makes [T-blank H-blank] happy then she's alright" as if he's the centered human and her attachment renders her worthy somehow. Babies, as long as SHE'S happy. Yall. He's marrying up.

WAY UP and the fact that he knows this? Actually elevates him. She's been there.

She tells a story in the above interview that reminds me of Uzo Aduba's anecdote about her name , - of an incident when she was called to an early job (at 6!) and someone there said she wasn't pretty because of her gap and her Ugandan mother took her on past this person and into the room, ANYWAY.

... She learned a specific self-knowledge and self-love, that is necessary in very white western spaces that constantly pressures a narrow sense of worthiness and beauty, especially from Black women, something a lot of these small-minded stans don't even have a notion of seeing beyond. Zawe is biracial, and her features, aside from her skin tone are very African. So while she benefits from colorism, featurism is something I've seen those bigoted stans, pick on as well. She knows those features are what makes her beautiful and knew that, w/o and before her partner saw that too. And people who aren't blind narrow-minded ignoramuses can *also* see that. This is why I assert the fact of featurism needing to be in the conversation of light/dark privilege conversations. Lips, nose, gap, and even the set of her eyes are ethnic beauty markers within quite a few spaces in the Black African diaspora... My mom was an absolute stunner because of her gap.

Even the old school white model Lauren Hutton got there because of her gap. Uzo Aduba, who I have already mentioned has a deeper skintone and has similarly large round striking eyes, gap, and a non-pinched-nose *rightly* played Glinda in NBC's production of The Wiz a few years back, with Dorothy saying she's so beautiful *because* of those features, not despite them as a very narrow white-washed gaze would wrongly assert.

And while we're here that includes sizes and shapes too. I'm saying your boy is enjoying all that plush. A lot of yall need to read or reread Maya Angelou's Phenomenal Woman, for comprehension.

Anyway... All this to say I know Zawe is and will be fine regardless.

P.S. Maya Angelou *also* had height, and gap and was very much known for her beauty/magnetism as a woman when she was alive. :

#she's as steady in herself as ms. whoopi goldberg is and was back when ALL the comedians even some Black men were picking on her #for her African features meanwhile she pulled whoever she wanted and kept working and has her EGOT #I could also get into the notion that particularly worldly white folk with redhair are more inclined to understand #being picked apart or fetishized for a feature... and can have a leg up on empathy #especially I think when also in the spotlight #she also mentions sinead o'connor who also subverted standards and being an irish woman with her oppressive history pushed back with her ar #zawe ashton #interesting watch #meta #blah #getting ish off my chest #some of yall were comforted by the lie of a certain standard beauty being the only milkshake bringing them to yard #even beyond the misogynoir #grown ups in partnerships and marriages etc value other things and see beauty much differently when they mature. #I'm talking about grown ups some folks never grow to that point sadly #Youtube #I'm so glad she didn't quit acting #and I see TH giving his old theatre school buddies and Black women a word or boost or whatever he did. #...if he had a hand in that #love yourselves because of & not in spite of what you have going on

[g-gyuutaros]

@obsidianne-art is actually incapable of disappointing < 3 her comms are open so find out for yourself!!

#I come to her with my lunacy #and she gives it beauty and life beyond words cries #okay goodbye again I’m gonna go obsess about this #like in my head because writing ain’t happening

[the-darklings]

Only answer to a groggy Dream? is cold, wet nose poking Wanderer's cheek and louder purring. Little heated motor, keeping Wanderer warm and safe.

Screaming, crying and throwing up about this oh my god!!!! That feeling when something is so warm and sweet it makes your chest hurt? Yeah that’s this. I couldn’t get this out of my head all day so have a little funky sketch of what I imagine in my head. Wanderer low key based off my bedhead 😅

MY HEART 😭🤧

#I’M GONNA SOOOOB #LOOK AT THEM #YOUR STYLE IS NEXT LEVEL LOOK AT THIS SKETCH #““SKETCH”” #I COULD NEVER. INSANE. UNREAL. #I’m holding this close to my chest for rainy days ahhhhhhh #MY HEART IS SO FULL #imagine Wanderer waking up and just finding a purring motor on her chest just 👁👁 at her #slowly blinks and the cat does the same #she just pulls it more snugly closer and gives it chin scratches 😭🤧 #gets hissy if anyone else tries to do it. appears at random spots all regal and judging just 👁👁 #in love with this omg #thank you so much it’s beautiful beyond words ahh #fic: today i bury you in me #dream/wanderer

[altschmerzes]

LEARNING THAT THE HOMOPHOBIA ABUSE-FETISHIZATION MISOGYNY TERRIBLE 'SPORTS FICTION' BOOKS ARE STILL BEING WRITTEN/PUT OUT???? PLEASE FREE ME

#I CANT DO THIS GANG I CAN'T DO MORE FROM THIS LADY #I CANT DO MY WHOLE DASH BECOMING OBSESSED W THIS GARBAGE AGAIN #I CAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANT #gav gab #NOOOOOO #SOMEONE PUT AN E N D TO THIS #i cannot comprehend how anyone can enjoy this shit it's straight up vile lmao #the homophobia is violently disgusting the misogyny is overpowering #the racism is bizarre the abuse and trauma fetishizing is beyond fucking insulting #etc etc #also theyre just. bad. they're just Bad. #this woman can't WRITE come on!!!!!! #in the words of the shrieking shack READ ANOTHER BOOK #the fact that this woman's dogshit series has such a rabid fandom makes me insane #you really can write the most poorly written #bigotry riddled nonsense alive #and as long as it stars Beautiful Broken Emaciated White Boys #Who Brood And Smoke And Have Trauma But Only In A Sexy Mysterious Way #especially if they kiss #tumblr will fall over itself to fawn at your feet #it's insane lmao #i may take this woman's success a little personally #given how often my work has been compared to hers but also it's just #it's disgustingly homophobic and misogynistic and everything else #plus it's just fucking Bad

[maslimanny]

She often gets to a place where she’s out of words, out of patience, out of all the things that make her speak her mind.

When she finds herself there, she knows it’s a tenuous place to be.

After all, it’s not what she says when she’s upset, fiery or passionate that truly defines her..

It’s those moments of silence, when she has run out of words that will tell you everything you want to know about her.

Whether she’s too tired, doesn’t care or just can’t muster up the energy to talk anymore..those are the times that you’ll truly begin to understand her if you pay close attention to the parts of her that cry out to be heard.

Her eyes will reveal things about her soul that words can never tell you about her.. who she is, her deepest meanings and secrets lie beyond the windows that guard her truths.

She’s had many people that have crossed her path that never truly understood her, because they didn’t pay attention to the things she didn’t say, the messages from her heart and soul that she protects from the world.

The most beautiful creatures are the ones that have been hurt the deepest, fought for who they’ve become and love the hardest when the opportunity avails itself.

She’s not the easiest mystery to unravel nor the least complicated person to understand, but once you’ve dived deeper into her depths and begin to witness her innermost places..

You’ll soon begin to understand why she’s a treasure that is without measure.

She’s not easy to love and she protects her heart with fierce courage, because she refuses to allow anyone to disrespect, easily hurt or waste her time anymore.

#Look beyond her words into her eyes #and you’ll discover the true beauty of a woman lies deep within.

[christophernolan]

Have you ever watched a show portraying your own religion in two different lights from the POVs of those who zealously worship and convolute the faith with their bigotry and misogyny and amongst the same people is a person whose beliefs are purely based on logical reasoning, philosophy and Sufism and felt such profound feelings of being seen.

#I’m beyond obsessed with this Turkish drama where different versions of Muslims are shown and way it’s such an accurate portrayal #of the misogyny with which the religion has been convoluted with #It takes place in a sect like cult of Muslims so oppressive and pathetic I wanna k!! them all #and then among the same ppl in the same evil cult is a melancholy and mentally ill man whose entire existence is based on philosophy #and asking questions his conversations with therapist are so beautiful it makes me cry #and he’s forcefully married to this young intelligent girl both are forced to marry but she’s just like him #she’s a match for with her intelligence and philosophy and compassion and the way the converse in metaphors and words make me sanity #lose* my sanity #the way she encourages him and how their relationship/marriage/ is so pure she’s so young and he knows that she’s 16 hes 23 #the purity of their relationship has my whole heart can’t physical contact bc his hold committed s@uicide by jumping off a building while #holding his hands ever since he hates that #and it unlocks his truma so their marriage is nothing more than on paper but they’ve fallen in love but it’s not right #and everyone wants them to divorce so he gave HER the choice to divorce since she was robbed of a choice when she was forcefully married #AHHHHHHHHHH I CAN GO ON FOREVER #ignore my typos I’m so in love

[drivemysoul]

good morning my girlfriend sent me selfies and now i can’t stop blushing

#taylor.txt #she’s beyond beautiful i don’t even have a word for her

[kitsuragied]

i loooove languages i love learning new alphabets i love the feeling of accomplishment and deep satisfaction of making concrete progress i love puzzles and challenges i love arabic

#honestly i have no idea whats pushing me to do this #but for the past couple months ive been doing duolingo arabic #because it hit me how vital communication is and how even with mandarin and spanish i cant communicate with so many people #it freaked me out even though its unlikely to ever actually affect me #so. duolingo arabic #also my friends mom speaks farsi to her so she encouraged me to do it #i started korean too and youd think id be more motivated to learn that because so many of my friends speak korean #but i just like. fell in love with arabic for reasons beyond my comprehension #and ive been keeping it up?? i really love learning it for some reason #it looks beautiful but also just. idk!! #who knows #im just starting to learn Words now and it hit me how much ive learned #personal log #shifttalks #<- linguistics/languages posts anyone?

[mer-se]

Solstice and falling stars

#solstice #mount auburn #prettiest place #add lights and visible shooting stars and it’s the most perfect place #caught a few unknowingly that made me smile #the sky was so clear I’ve never seen that many stars in cambridge especially with so many lights #some parts weren’t lit up and had little lanterns to walk with #the light show on bigelow chapel was insane #everyone was so quiet was actually beautiful beyond words #I imagine that’s what it feels like to see the castle at disney at night but better sry #love that chapel and cemetery so much #I’ll never forget how it felt seeing it the first time #anyways lol #gotta see her in the snow too #I have a long video of the lightshow maybe I’ll post it here too #was so meaningful and special though #the whole night actually #even sitting in my car for hours eating tb and freezing out my sunroof #saw some deer and possible skinwalkers too #always eventful #and definitely needed #mine #eclipse

[webtoon9715]

Her beauty is beyond words (๑ơ ₃ ơ)♥

Webtoon name: The way to protect the female lead's older brother (How to protect the heroine’s older brother, 여주인공의 오빠를 지키는 방법)

#webtoon #korean webtoon #manhwa #roxanna agriche #the way to protect the female lead's older brother #pretty #how to protect the heroine’s older brother #beautiful art #여주인공의 오빠를 지키는 방법 #fl #(๑ơ ₃ ơ)♥ #beyond words #she is so gorgeous #love her so much #butterflies

[rebekahgaveup]

If anyone knows someone selling Seattle tickets at face value PLEASE DM me

#still in denial that taylor is coming to my city and i won't be able to see her #i saw the tour poster and it was so beautiful #i know it's silly but also i am sad beyond words

[ash-etherwood]

got into creepypasta readings on youtube again thinking "maybe this time the blatant misogyny wont be as infuriating!!!! :3" you'll never guess what happened next .......

#my words of wisdom #first fucking story i listened to was another one of these fucking #'my extremely poorly characterized wife died and left me with a small child #and now im being haunted by an incredibly generic monster that symbolizes my grief and depression boohoo' #shut up matthew the babadook already did that!!!! #and no youre also not james sunderland fuck off #your wife was just some boring ass 'she was soo beautiful and energetic and the light of my life' cardboard cutout that no one cares about! #just ONCE i want a wife whose husband/bf dies or disappears and SHE gets haunted by the grief symbolism monster </3 #or just make it gay like COME ON #and then the next story will just have a gratuitous r*pe scene for shock value or whatever #god why do i even bother #because sometimes there are good ones.... sometimes..... #rule of thumb is if theres a woman in your creepypasta she will face horror beyond her comprehension #just so the male protag can say 'woah thats fucked up anyway;;' #i know this is true for almost all the media out there but god do i notice it here the most;;; #me when they introduce a female character: girl LEAVE 😬😬😬 #that was my rambling yeehaw bye

[lilidawnonthemoon]

Happy Eunha Day 🧚🏻‍♀️💜

#happy birthday to the loveliest girl on the planet 🥰 #my sunshine my lil meow meow my sugar plum fairy #love her beyond words #we’re the same age for 5 months from now on #Eunha #gfriend #VIVIZ #happy eunha day #kpop #kpop idols #ggs #girl groups #Jung Eunbi #beautiful #lovely #beauty #women #gorgeous #looks #cute #concept #makeup #styling

[panvani]

We’re talking about Catullus 86 and while it’s certainly true that the Ancient Romans were horrifically horrifically misogynistic and it’s safe to assume that Catullus was the same, it’s literally contrary to the logic of the poem to insist that Catullus had no interest in Lesbia aside from her physical beauty

#Like the word choice and metaphor is literally about the opposite. #Lesbia is more beautiful than other women because she has beauty beyond her looks. That is the point of the poem #He doesn't explicitly list her qualities. Because it's a 26 word poem #But the point of the poem is. That . He likes her personality #logxx

[azgedaspy]

ECHO'S RELATIONSHIPS + NPCS

pre-military:   age 0-8,  year 2126-2134.

diana kom azgeda: 2126-2134. echo’s mother. an azgedan warrior killed by trikru radicals. looks like alyssa sutherland.

akron kom azgeda: 2126-2134. echo’s father. an azgedan warrior killed by trikru radicals. looks like travis fimmel.

dayton kom azgeda: 2126-2134. echo’s father. an azgedan farmer killed by trikru radicals. looks like rodrigo santoro.

military and pre-series:   age 8-23,  year 2134-2149.

queen nia kom azgeda: 2134-2150. echo’s leader, mentor, and projected mother figure. an azgedan queen killed by heda lexa kom trikru.

prince roan kom azgeda: 2134-2150. echo’s leader, friend, and colleague. an azgedan prince and king, a former outlaw, and a protector of the flame killed by luna kom flokru in the final conclave.

robyn kom azgeda: 2134. echo’s friend, mentor, and first kill. an azgedan warrior, archer, and spy killed by echo in forced combat.

heda ontari kom azgeda: 2134-2150. echo’s leader and colleague. nia’s prodigy, a nightblood, and the commander of the thirteen clans killed by jaha kom skaikru and alie.

north (kom azgeda): 2134-2150. echo’s horse and best friend.

kairo kom azgeda: 2134+. echo’s friend, first crush, and sexual partner. azgedan warrior. looks like alex høgh andersen.

reed kom azgeda: 2134-2150. echo’s friend. azgedan healer. looks like nathan parsons.

andria kom trikru: 2149-2150. echo’s ally and ex-lover. killed by bellamy and pike kom skaikru in the trikru massacre. looks like christian serratos.

series timeline:   age 23-29,  year 2149-2156.

belomi kom skaikru: 2149+. bellamy blake. ally, enemy, and boyfriend.

spacekru: 2150+. bellamy blake, raven reyes, monty green, harper mcinytre, john murphy, and emori. found family.

erika kom wonkru: 2156+. adoptive daughter. looks like danielle rose russell.

#003. family ‚ is love a salve or just a deeper kind of wound ? #003. nia ‚ war makes murderers of us all. #003. roan ‚ there are oceans between us. #003. robyn ‚ there’s a dead girl inside me and i’m the one who killed her. #003. ontari ‚ you used to be alive‚ now you’re almost mythic. #003. kairo ‚ i know you’re not the one i’m looking for‚ but i am so cold and a fire is a fire. #003. andria ‚ i wish i could save you. #003. bellamy ‚ you’re in my veins and i cannot get you out. #003. erika ‚ the meek shall inherit the earth. #003. speiskru ‚ our ghosts will flicker and we'll be alright. #001. headcanon ‚ she’s beyond your archetype. #003. raven ‚ beauty is dangerous‚ intelligence is lethal. #003. harper ‚ she is the words that i can’t find. #003. emori ‚ you feel like home somehow. #003. monty ‚ he is the sunlight‚ the sun is gone. #003. murphy ‚ this is a place where i feel at home. #tbt #npc. #reed. #north.

[buggachat]

adrien never went to public school / adrienette have never met AU where Ladynoir are dating but Marinette has beef with Adrien Agreste™ on twitter, spurred by her interest in the fashion industry and her friendship with Mylene. ads are all over the place of Adrien promoting products like air in a bottle and NFTs and just generally so many products that are extremely poor taste/bad for the environment. Marinette tweets about beauty standards in the industry and all the shit Gabriel brand does to the environment and how Adrien Agreste perfectly encapsulates it all.

Adrien, of course, never responds to any of her tweets. her tweets are just white noise in the background. she is nowhere near on his level. one day Marinette tweets out something akin to "if I saw Adrien Agreste irl i'd punch him in the face" and her twitter gets banned for Threats of Violence, Alya draws attention to the injustice of it via the Ladyblog and suddenly "I want to punch Adrien Agreste in the face [gets banned]" becomes a bit of a meme. NOW people know who Marinette is and are listening to what she's saying (on her new account or whatever). Chat Noir also tweets that he wants to punch Adrien in the face

A hashtag trends. Marinette caves and starts tweeting about the scandals of the industry on her Ladybug twitter too. Adrien's twitter and instagram comments are flooded with both threats to punch him but also just generally critical comments like "nice pic and all but are you not going to address the sweatshop allegations?". Adrien still does not address it. At most he turns comments off. Marinette is gnawing at the wood of her desk.

Then a Ladybug and Chat Noir identity reveal happens.

Marinette is stunned. Absolutely mouth agape. Cannot form words. Chat Noi— NO, ADRIEN— ADRIEN FUCKING AGRESTE looks at her and is like "oh ha :) .... Marinette Dupain-Cheng, right? You're the girl who wanted to punch me hahaha"

after recovering from her world being shattered, she's like...... "hahaha...... um............... yeah...... uh..... so you... DO know who i am. and you're just. ignoring it then. hahaha... ok... thats....... fine..... anyway..... u-uh...... im not... gonna actually punch you. but. um. k-kitty do you um. maybe want to stop promoting deforestation and all that"

he's like "I don't"

she's like. "yes you do. literally in your newest ad you said to the camera 'who needs trees when bottled air is the way of the future'. like did you really read that line out loud and not see a problem with it"

"yeah, that wasn't me"

"what are you talking abou—"

"it's deepfaked"

"..... what"

"all of my ads in the past few years are deepfakes. I complained too much so my father fired me. turns out that i signed away all rights to my face and voice to him when I was 13 or something. he can just use my face and voice and name however he wants. he generates ads. i dont even have access to the 'Adrien Agreste' twitter or insta accounts. sometimes he makes me do runways but beyond that I'm not involved in all."

"... ... ... ... ... what"

"yeah haha... :") im sorry. i wish i could help you more. but he never listens to me. i don't like it either, i.... i've asked him to stop sooo many times. but he never listens to me. i hate seeing my face used without my consent but haha.... i don't... have any rights here so. sorry. i really wish i could help more"

and now marinette hates "Adrien Agreste"™ ads/posts EVEN MORE and is threatening to kill Gabriel Agreste himself. all while kissing the real adrien agreste silly