oakie writes, tew!

Put yourself first, black woman. 💛💛

something about smoke being rejected since childhood because everyone was certain his father's evil lived on in him. something about annie being the only one to call smoke 'elijah' and how that makes him soften. something about how just before they're truly reunited, annie says 'i dont want any of that smoke on the baby'. something about annie being the one who sets smoke free from his past and his sins and lets him be human instead.

no ai usage over here. you’re gonna get my shitty authentic writing whether you like it or not

Black woman invents or popularises a phrase -> it enters the vernacular and circulates widely amongst Black and nonblack people -> people removed from the phrase's initial context read it too literally, do not interpret it with sensitivity, assume that the ideas expressed when people use it are shallow / "over"-sexualised / problematic in some way or another that mirrors their feelings about Black people as a whole -> there is a backlash where a supposedly more 'thoughtful,' 'subversive,' etc. alternative to the initial phrase is offered, implying that the initial phrase contained none of that complexity within it -> rinse & repeat

I hope Black girls with anxiety have a good day today.

I hope Black girls with depression have a good day today.

I hope black girls with PTSD have a good day

I hope black girls with body dysmorphia have a good day

I hope black girls with verbally abusive parents gave a good day

I hope autistic black girls and black girls with ADHD have a good day

I hope black girls with schizospec and/or personality disoders have a good day today

i hope all mentally ill and or disabled black girls have a good day

I hope chronically ill & people pleasing Black girls have a good day today 🫂

so you can shoot a black child in the back as he's running away and get away with it with zero consequences, but god forbid a black child defend himself, because that'll land him thirty-five fucking years in jail—which is basically a life sentence. half of his life will be over when his sentence is up. all the fake talk of progress in this country has just been a way to silence black people for speaking out against the countless horrific injustices we're forced to experience, from microagressions to outright murder. you literally cannot go a day without hearing about another black person falling victim to systemic racism and then having to listen to people justify why they deserved it. and we're supposed to hold no animosity whatsoever as we grin and bear it.