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Man Candy Monday: Arabesque, Allongé! The Beauty ...

Dance is one of the most sensuous and expressive things one can do with their bodies. Dance allows the viewer to witness a body in its full range of m...
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Active Voice…..

Voice. Diction. Structure. Restriction. Nouns. Verbs. Adjectives. Words. Don’t pretend u can’t understand me at all. Pakistani Haitian Pat...
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Dear Black People, Can We Support More Songs Like ...

Okay I’m loving Pharrel right now. He killed it at the Oscars last night, and I loved how Lupita jumped in to get her grove on! Yes; Pharrel loo...
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Stop Telling Women to Smile comes to Oakland!

  I am very proud to share that the Stop Telling Women to Smile campaign that I backed continues to roll along. Tatyana Fazlalizadeh, the artist...
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The Sad Story of Sandra Laing: A tale of White Pri...

Have you heard of Sandra Laing? Her story, though originating in apartheid South Africa, will likely resonate with us here.  From the Guardian: The b...
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Butt Naked While Brown: Perfection, Normalcy and T...

Does Black Skin Equal Dirty?...
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Sometimes the Words Don’t Fit in My Mouth...

Sometimes the words don't fit in my mouth, and so I throw them at people instead. But I've recently had to ask myself, 'Why fucking bother....?"...
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