Hell was full SO Im come back

namrekeya:

me: I don’t like sharing anything about my personal life with strangers.

someone on the bus bumping into me: oh, sorry.

me: it’s okay, I’ve been hurt before. it all started at the onset of 2015 and

aphroditeinfurs:

my mom: you don’t need to wear that much makeup we are only going to the grocery store no one is looking at u

me: well if you’ve heard of Foucault’s concept of the Panopticon u would realize that as citizens of a capitalist western society we are all surveilled and constantly viewed and judged 247 and even when we are not in a public place, privately we subconsciously monitor our own selves, our appearances, our social interactions, we discipline ourselves and conform this is how the modern day surveillance state works someone is always watching or else u are always constantly painfully aware of ur own self. also can u buy me $50 foundation

thatadult:

Beyoncé is extremely talented, works extremely hard. Her art, visuals, music, lighting, hair, dancing and dancers– everything she does is impeccable. She is critical of minute details in everything she does and everything that is done to represent herself and her branding. She is constantly pushing the envelope and trying to move culture forward and reflect culture with immediacy. She has had a massive impact on culture as well. The fact that anyone can dismiss her as overhyped and unfairly emphasized is really really often rooted in anti-Blackness and misogyny. To suggest that what she does is frivolous or easy or silly is really just like blatant misogyny. Like, it’s just objectively absurd for anyone to suggest she doesn’t deserve all the accolades she has, and more. All you would have to do is watch one performance and understand. You don’t have to enjoy her or what she does (I don’t know why you wouldn’t but) she’s an incredible performer and artist and musician. When she adds her own creative ad-libbing to her music, even– it’s unmatched by her peers. She has an incredible ear and ability to anticipate hits, she has great creative vision and selection. It’s really just rubbing me as racialized misogyny to see the way people have minimized her efforts and suggested she was overhyped. She’s really doing the work we deserve from other equally famous artists and we aren’t getting it.