Joshunda Sanders's Blog, page 28

Keep your talent for survival, kids.

Keep your talent for survival, kids.

Lupita Nyong’o in her first basketball game! adorable

Lupita Nyong’o in her first basketball game! adorable

Lupita works it for Vogue, January 2014.

Lupita works it for Vogue, January 2014.

Her: A Spike Jonze Love Story

**Spoilers follow**

The brilliance of Her is that it gives the impression of operating in a future...

"The most obvious gift of perpetual doubt is that it can drive you back to the page, back to trying,..."

“The most obvious gift of perpetual doubt is that it can drive you back to the page, back to...

thesmithian:Drake and Blake and LeBron and Jay Z aren’t...

thesmithian:

Drake and Blake and LeBron and Jay Z aren’t endorsing brands; they’re helping brands exist via the stars’ stated or assumed core beliefs and surrounding aura. This is possible now because hip-hop’s influence is at last a true and not merely an ancillary currency. It’s not just the Grammys, and it’s not just the games—life itself is to be touchdowned and home-runned, slam-dunked and Spotified. The game is always on. And it’s to be won.

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disclaimer/proclaimer: written by me.

for he who has helped us read silence.

for he who has helped us read silence.: one-offs-from-slb79:

we hear you now
but in truth, you were...

thesmithian:theladybadass:Scenes from 1963 March on...

thesmithian:

theladybadass:

Scenes from 1963 March on Washington. The march was documented by James Blue and restored by the US National Archives. The *entire film can be seen on the US National Archives Youtube Channel.

*The audio from 23:13 to 29:44 in this film has been redacted due to a copyright restriction by Dr. King’s family

[look of the day]

"[Do What You Love] … is the secret handshake of the privileged and a worldview that disguises..."

“[Do What You Love] … is the secret handshake of the privileged and a worldview that...

"Art has to be a kind of confession. I don’t mean a true confession in the sense of that dreary..."

“Art has to be a kind of confession. I don’t mean a true confession in the sense of that...