The Dreamer

vogue:

Katy Perry in a Zac Posen red duchess-satin strapless dress over a cream Blumarine dress with lace detail.
Photographed by Annie Leibovitz
See all of the photos from her Vogue cover shoot here.

"the
softness
of
black people
people of color across the world
is
what keeps the earth on it’s axis."

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our softness not only exists, it’s also a science, and a magic, nayyirah waheed (via nayyirahwaheed)

"If you let judgments from the people in this world run rampant in your soul you will lose your mind."

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Alex Elle (via alexandraelle)

humansofnewyork:

“When my husband was dying, I said: ‘Moe, how am I supposed to live without you?’ He told me: ‘Take the love you have for me and spread it around.’”

vintageblackglamour:

Arturo Alfonso Schomburg: “We have been instructed to look at the Negro as idle, worthless, indolent and disloyal, but a careful examination of the West Indies and South America does not show this to be true…. There is not a single field of industrial activity in which the descendants of the African have not contributed their mite….” Arturo Alfonso Schomburg at the annual meeting of the American Negro Academy, December 1915

giantpandaphotos:

© Joseph Hixson.

“Marigold” wallpaper design, William Morris, 1875

blackfashion:

Oroma R. R. / 18 / Nigeria
Submitted by http://nevinovatie.tumblr.com // www.orrblog.net Instagram: @roxellaaa

"when i am afraid to speak
is when i speak.
that is when it is most important."

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the freedom in fear, nayyirah waheed (via nayyirahwaheed)

proprpostur:

Erixa.