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the book is forthcoming. by Danyel Smith. a history of black women in pop. from It Books/HarperCollins (2014). now writing. tumbling this stuff keeps me inspired, and keeps my brain sane.
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yivialo:

BIC

i love how they aren’t over accessorizing blue. Beyonce knows to let her kid be a toddler and not make her worry about her image. Plus, she’s cute like this. 

(via gotmelookingsocrazyrightnow)

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milkandheavysugar: Maria Hawkins Cole and daughter, Natalie Cole

milkandheavysugar:

Maria Hawkins Cole and daughter, Natalie Cole

foodmusiclife:

!!!!!!!!!!

“ About two years ago, I was pregnant for the first time. And I heard the heartbeat, which was the most beautiful music I ever heard in my life. I picked out names. I envisioned what my child would look like…I was feeling very maternal. I flew back to New York to get my check up—and no heartbeat. Literally the week before I went to the doctor, everything was fine, but there was no heartbeat. [And then] I went into the studio and wrote the saddest song I’ve ever written in my life…
”
Beyoncé

'It would certainly provide a reason for why Whitney never came out—never could come out. Cissy is formidable, controlling, and though she repeatedly describes Whitney as hot-headed, hard-headed, and as doing what she wants to do, one cannot underestimate the power a domineering mother lords over her only daughter. Oprah, who is herself no stranger to Sapphic rumors, which have swirled around her and best friend Gayle King for years—pressed on. “Would it have bothered you if your daughter Whitney was gay?” she asks. Cissy responds without taking a breath, “Absolutely.” 

thesmithian: “Was I a good mother? ‘I still wonder if I could have saved her somehow.” #sheiseverywoman

thesmithian:

“Was I a good mother? ‘I still wonder if I could have saved her somehow.”

#sheiseverywoman

xbubble: Tracee Ellis & Diana Ross #sheiseverywoman

xbubble:

Tracee Ellis & Diana Ross

#sheiseverywoman

(via afrocentricmiss)

'First...is a...documentary, "Remembering Whitney," a one-hour special. Due to premiere...October 17...the program features interviews...private home videos...family photos...Following "Remembering Whitney" is Lifetime's...docu-reality series "The Houstons: On Our Own."' 

+++++ art: photo by Ronnie Wright

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art: photo by Ronnie Wright

#sheiseverywoman

#sheiseverywoman

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