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koicrimes · 14 days ago

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literally only 16 minutes into megan's documentary and im already on the verge of tears.. hell, I was on the verge of tears by the five minute mark. lol I don't usually care for celebrity docs but I am just soooo fucking proud of her. I mentioned before I only recently got into rap fr fr and she's one of my reasons. I love the persona she plays. I love her confidence, her work ethic, her ability to rose above when people try to tear her down and I love that she's one of the faces of black American culture rn and she's a fucking proud nerd.. like, the shit I used to get made fun of and told horrible shit for loving is part of HER BRAND and there's just something so fucking motivating about a beautiful, young black woman being this successful and still being herself. no matter what people have to say about it.

she represents an image of something that i was made to feel was impossible growing up. and it warms my heart so much.

#tbh- i love her and i find her motivating but i dont claim to know anything about her that she hasnt made public knowledge #but it's her persona and her character- her symbol that i adore so much #same thing with bey #like. there is something so fucking beautiful about seeing amazingly talented black women #who are at the top of their respective games #who are symbols #who are household names #who are successful and powerful and inspirational #and it reminds me that that outdated logic forcefed to me by my mother and my peers as i grew up #is a hunk of bullshit #and if you have the motivation and drive you can do anything you set your mind to #even if you're not wildly successful there's not wrong with just trying #black women and girls are allowed to have aspirations and goals just like everyone else #regardless if it's hard and the systems are rigged against us from birth #we dont have to sit around and follow the status quo because people want us to be a monolith #i used to be sooo ambitious #and i allowed all that garbage destory my self esteem and it's stifled me and set me back so far #but im learning #characters/personas or not it's nice to have people i can point out that look like me and allow myself to just... have dreams #even if those dreams aren't similar to theirs #lifenonsense

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