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It’s Black History Month, that means the next time you come across a funny internet lingo take a moment and ask yourself “where did this come from?” 8/10 it’ll be an AAVE original

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Melyssa Ford at 2005 Fashion Rocks!

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Hick (2011)

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love this review a lot

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“The day of Lidia’s funeral was overcast, the city seemed tranquil, I felt tranquil, too. Then Nino arrived and all he did was talk loudly, joke, even laugh, as if we were not at his mother’s funeral. I found him large, bloated, a big ruddy man with sparse hair who was constantly celebrating himself.”

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The Story of the Lost Child, “Epilogue: Restitution,” Chapter 1

I know it seems impossible, since he was already the worst person in the world, but I think Nino has gotten worse with age.

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As a leftist from a southern Mediterranean European society, I have to say I’ve never hated a character as much as I hate Nino Sarratore. He genuinely triggers me so much—he’s literally every single fuckboy I met back when I was involved in activism at university. He’s so, so, so real that I actually despise him more than Stefano or Michele. I need to talk about how Nino represents violence and abuse towards women in its most subtle and insidious form, contrasting with other male characters whose misogyny and violence are much more blatant and obvious. But I’ll do it when I’m calmer, because I can only talk about Sarratore without losing my cool if I keep some distance—and until the season ends, I don’t think I’ll have a clear enough head to do that.

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no one has ever described girlhood like elena ferrante. the expectations. the inherent dissatisfaction, with your body, with who you are, or rather who you’re becoming. the competition. being the centre of your universe, viewing everyone pretty much exclusively in relation to yourself. learning not to. beautiful and in sparkling prose and not overly romanticised. i am so emo abt my brilliant friend rn. Elena Ferrante the woman you are.

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DOECHII Denial Is A River Show

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A page from the wallpaper notebooks of William Morris & Co. c. 1860s

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me

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Backstage at a Berlin cabaret, 1920's

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Sesame Street, 1978 ♡