Adiba Nelson

Give me a minute please. I’m a little busy trying to decide if I should throw something, burn something, take my eyes out and dip them in bleach after reading that shit, have a woosa moment, or just. fucking. drink.

This book is real, folks. As well it should be –– it was written by one of the realest women on the planet.

Nicely done, MAC. Nicely done.

I don't love this. I don't love any part of it. I don't love the fact that a life is in my hands every moment of every day.

“Why would you do that? You have a daughter. Why would you put yourself in that position?”

If 93% of the Academy is White, but as of 2014, only 62% of Americans were White, and art is supposed to imitate life...

Black women were branded as sexually promiscuous and immoral, which in turn was used as justification for sexual trauma/rape.

"When the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, they were signing a promissory note to which every American was to fall heir. This note was a promise that all men, yes, black men as well as white men, would be guaranteed the unalienable rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.It is obvious today that America has defaulted on this promissory note insofar as her citizens of color are concerned."

Where did you even get that statistic from? Did you make it up?

Want to go on a carbs and wine tour of Italy? Break out the leggings and go for it. This time is yours.