#woclovingwoc

[blackberriesandbullshit]

A story: save me.

[nobodyspecial-ghost]

Believe it or not, I’m just trying to keep my heart clean.. SC/IG: @mesodifferent

[blackgirlswholikeblackgirls]

Hello,

This is your friendly reminder that submissions are essential to the life of this blog

-Have a great day!

[dvnwild]

Moodboards: Walk on the beach

[bubblinelscanon]

Another month another beautiful blackout ✨

[stefi-delly]

Initially, I wanted to get something small and simple as my first tattoo, but every time I tried to find or come up with a design, none of them felt right. They felt forced and just an excuse. I ultimately decided to just go for what I actually wanted and coming up with this design with my artist felt right. It took several tries but once she came to this one, I just KNEW this was it.

Now, anyone who's known me a while knows that FIRE is my ~element~ and I am drawn to the power and energy that fire comes with and lol I've evolved to have red and gold as my favorite colors. But yeah, back to the subject- phoenixes are tied to fire as well. They go up in flames and are reborn in the ashes.

That brings me to my second, deeper reason. The phoenix is a symbol of rebirth.

I've struggled on and off with demons inside my own head trying to drag me down and I've had a pretty intense couple of years. 2012 until around 2016, I had a couple of low points, breakdowns and broken bridges. There were moments when I was a toxic person and a terrible friend. I saw negativity in everything. I always managed to find something to be sad or upset or angry about.

But those years also had some big decisions and major leaps I'd managed to make. When I lost a lot of friends in college, I finally accepted I had a problem and sought help. When I was frustrated with my lack of direction, I got up and got a job. When I was losing myself and slowly crashing back into the unhealthy mindsets I thought I'd left behind, I dragged myself out of the void and switched careers.

Now, I'm still a little lost sometimes. I still have disagreements with friends sometimes. I still have close calls and bad days sometimes.

But I'm happy. I'm in a good place. I feel like I am where I am meant to be for now, and that's okay, and I still have energy to climb towards more and more goals I set for myself.

I'm happy.

Every time I found myself crashing and burning, I fought to rise up from the ashes, reborn a stronger and more driven person.

That's why a phoenix. The next time I find myself going up in flames again, I know I'm going to come out of it all the stronger, all the wiser, all the healthier, all the better.

I'm happy.

[aikaleegrave]

✨ local potato takes good selfie for the first time in ten years ✨

[fluent-in-body-language]

Disasters in Love

Her words fell in unexpected hurricanes The floods poured down her love's brown skin Wildfires raged in wide eyes An earthquake fashioned of confessions Yet, through disaster, they found fingertips They found knuckles, hands intertwining She found the other, found her black skin Found the earthy smell of her They found love

[nueroticwife]

goodnight i look cute tonight and just want to be gay with someone

[suteki-momo]

@lgbtqreads

Jam! On The Vine is a great pick! It’s a historical fiction wlw about two black women, written by Lashonda Katrice Barnett, a black lesbian.

do you have wlw book recommendations that are written by lgbt authors of color?

I do, but I also definitely wanna point you to some great resources for this - @wocinromance has a page on their site for LGBTQ books: http://www.wocinromance.com/themes/lgbtq/ (and it’s run by Rebekah Weatherspoon, who has a bunch of books that fit your request, including Treasure, Better Off Red, and At Her Feet), and Sistahs on the Shelf is a great site for Black lesbian books: http://t.co/gnjXQQWB5w

That said, I’d add Not Your Sidekick by CB Lee, Juliet Takes a Breath by Gabby Rivera, and When the Moon Was Ours and Wild Beauty by Anna-Marie McLemore (the romances are m/f but the MCs are queer) to the titles you’ll undoubtedly pick up from those sites!

[irul]

GOD i cant believe im following someone who’s reblogging thomas sanders’ aces are lgbt post with no fucking comment

[blackberriesandbullshit]

Best dating apps for qwoc?????

[soft-sapphic-love]

Hello! Can you suggest some wlw accounts that are like yours? Thanks a bunch!

Oof, I don’t know, anon, I haven’t been around very long in the positivity blog community :). I’ll do my best!

@wlwpositivity​, they also have a great list of recommended blogs in their FAQ

@ace-and-aro-wlw-positivity for aro/ace sapphics

@this-user-is-sapphic posts lovely things

@wlwbeauty for all sapphics

@muslimandsapphic for muslim wlw

@sapphicjudaism for jewish wlw

@wlwoffaith​ for any religious sapphics

@tresapphic is a sapphic safe space

@woclovingwoc for women of color only

@softwlwsuggestions gives nice little thoughts about being a wlw

@wlw-affirmations has cute affirmations as per the name

I checked out all of these and as far as I can tell, they’re all safe and welcoming spaces for trans and nonbinary sapphics as well. Let me know if I need to edit, add, or remove anything!

—Mod Penny

[blackgirlswholikeblackgirls]

If you are a black woman who likes women and is looking for a black girlfriend or another black wlw to be friends with then please submit to my blog

[rootfauna]

Hey, @woclovingwoc I see you haven’t done anything about your Lakota themed wlw moodboard, which features a Dutch woman in red face in its very center, despite multiple people calling you out on it. I made a new moodboard for you to share which I’m SURE you’ll love! It’s African American wlw. Really fits with your theme!

[venus-dyke]

hi love got any sapphic blog recommendations? I really need to follow more😅

hmmm my blog is pretty new as well so I’m always looking for new blogs to follow, but so far this is who I’m following:

@softwlwsuggestion, @stormysapphic, @positivelysapphic, @wonderfulwlw, @allthingssapphic, @dawnnn-n, @flowersapphic, @fleursapphic, @sapphicsuggestions, @soft-sapphiic, @roses-for-wlw, @ravioligf, @positive-lesbian-vibes, @sweet-sapphics, @femmepositivity, @wlwaes, @artsy-sapphics, @sapphic-and-young, @romanticwlw, @wlwpositivity, @violetwlw, @butch-pride, @rubyfruitandmarigolds, @flowerslesbian, @stardustsapphic, @rainydaysapphic, @wlwlovemlm, @sapphicbigsister, @sapphicplanet, @sunnysapphicstuff, @sapphicwander, @moonlitsapphic, @oh-sweet-sappho, @sapphicmoon-sapphicsea, @sxpphic-aesthetic, @wlwdo, @spacey-sapphic, @poetrylesbian, @southofsappho, @tinyrosegrl, @sapphic-stardusts, @dreamielesbian, @pulchrosflores, @floweryem, @sxpphicsol, @woclovingwoc, @flowery-sapphic, @gardenwlw, @floral–sapphic, @moonfiresapphic

nsfw blogs: @nudesappho, @lesbiansfw, @gaynsoft, @grlnsfw