This the one.

The people who make it up the ladder often want to cut the rungs below them to maintain their sense of exceptionalism. "I did it. Why can't you?" And the rung they cut is usually connected to a network or services that made their growth possible. Individualism kills.

The thing they don’t want to voice is that racism is authenticity to them.

I always think of this quote I’ve seen in the emails of one of my fellow alums: "The person who forgets the language of GRATITUDE is NEVER on speaking terms with HAPPINESS."

Being in your 30s means adjusting to your body violently rejecting foods you’ve eaten your entire life.

Happy birthday to 3-time Emmy nominee Natasha Rothwell!

This moment. I always feel it deep in my soul. 😭💜

And then this pops up on Instagram from a day ago… 🧐 Family History is essential. Where you come from is important.

“Black Africans knew God before we were ever enslaved.”

literally just watched this the other day

If you’re getting off the rack booty hole and that doesn’t work for you, you have to ask if you put in the effort for couture.

Folk really have to come off this "the customer is always right" attitude when they defend the American voter. Voters often make shitty, uninformed, even selfish choices on election day and the country continues to suffer because of it.

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It is quite LITERALLY why so many men think everything is “gay”.

I like this little bit of comic book history

This is a very big deal. The top military commander in the region is quitting because he knows that Trump's airstrikes on fishing boats in the Caribbean are war crimes.

Been saying this for years i love that other people are having this reaction. Like straight people are weird and be going through it bad

#castlevania Accurate except for Hector he can go in the trash!!

“We are building the most powerful, inscrutable, uncontrollable technology ever invented—one that is already exhibiting the rogue behaviors seen in bad sci-fi movies—faster than we’ve deployed any other technology in recent history, under maximum incentive to cut corners on safety.” — Tristan Harris

I wish some of yall had this same energy when yall say "slavery was so long ago"

I like hanging out with ppl who don’t mind sitting in silence sometimes. The air doesn’t have to be filled with words all the time. Let’s stfu together.

They're forcing it on us because AI works concomitant with surveillance. The government and the billionaires want to be watching and listening to us at all times, and a bunch of people are going to volunterily be surveilled via their use of AI

Being a good person >>>

I would make it clear to the President that I'm willing to work with him on lowering the cost of living. But if he comes for New Yorkers, he'll have to get through me.

Zohran came out swinging! IKTR!!!

I've said it a million times and I'll say it again: Your dating pool is not who you like, but who likes you. That's it. That is all you have to choose from. If they don't like you back they were never an option for you. And that's ok.

You can manipulate the vibe around you to make you feel better.

At first I was laughing, but then it started to hurt 😭😭😭

when i tell you anok yai got a NASTY walk i mean damnnn #vsfashionshow

No, but for real… 🗣️LEAVE US ALONE!!!

AOC: And they are able to radicalize a generation of young boys in particular, away from healthy masculinity and into an insecure masculinity that requires the domination of others who are poorer, browner, darker, or a different gender than them.

Omg, I love it. The Civil War ended 1865. African American newspaper the Freedom's Torchlight, was teaching folks to read. 🥹 "To Make Negro Literature" by Elizabeth McHenry Read free #OpenAccess #Blackademics #BlackSky library.oapen.org/handle/20.50... (Also The Emancipation Circuit, T. Davis)

AOC: The problem is that the Trump administration, they think that destroying our health care, making sure that housing is too expensive to live in, that jacking up the cost of our groceries—they think all of this is about hurting Democrats. What they are doing is hurting Americans

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men are not socialized to be equitable partners. They are socialized to believe they are dominate partners

The Trump administration is planning to change the US refugee system to favor white people. At the same time, they’re in the Supreme Court fighting to gut the Voting Rights Act. It’s no wonder young Republicans are sending racist messages. Racism is the official policy of the Republican Party.

WE NEED TO NORMALIZE TO STOP SETTLING FOR PEOPLE WHO WOULD RATHER DISRESPECT US NOR LIKE US AS MUCH AS WE LIKE THEM!!!

She gagged. 🤷🏽‍♂️

Jewish law & Bible scholarship don't think the word in the 10 Commandments for "steal" is about, like, shoplifting. Look at eg Genesis 40:15, Exodus 21:16 , Deuteronomy 24:7-- the commandment is not to steal people. Don't kidnap. Though you shouldn't need the Bible to teach you that. #AbolishICE

Niecy Nash-Betts has been named the Out100 Icon of the Year 2025

me on a daily basis. 😭

been that girl been for the girls

Talk Yo Shit!

listen... you do not have to be smarter than your intimate partner you dont have to make more than them or have a greater social status The purpose of the relationship is not to reinforce your ego The purpose of the relationship is care

Vic Mensa, an American rapper born and raised in Chicago, breaks down ICE raids and the politics of division.