Kendrick Lamar's 'ELEMENT.' (2017) music video referencing Gordon Parks' work. A thread.🧵

My favorite way to affirm myself is to reassure myself that I have the tools, talent, and support to attain anything I want. Nothing is off the table.

Professor Ruha Benjamin (Ruha Benjamin) using her honorary degree address at Spelman to denounce Atlanta’s Cop City, the ongoing genocide of Palestinians, and the repression of student activists 💜

morning.

All day I’ve been thinking about how beautiful Lana looked last night I’m so emotional.

i’m going to be 100% honest and say i’m trying. i’m trying to show up. i’m trying to maintain my morning routine. i’m trying to pour into friends. i’m trying to workout. i’m trying to eat well. i’m trying to keep up to date. i’m trying to be super aware. i’m trying to remember.…

a giggly dinner in the West Village.

morning.

❤️🥲

The best evening with the best company fell in YSL 💡 ❤️

I can’t wait to shower and hop under the covers and wake up as late as I please tomorrow. This has been the longest week.

I feel overwhelmed with gratitude tonight: I have a roof over my head, food to eat, I have a body that allows me to go about my day, and a bed to sleep in.

I take so much for granted, because we're conditioned to strive for more. But tonight, I'm content with all I have.

rip to roberto cavalli — one of those inimitable creative minds who eschewed minimalism, understood fashion as an emotional canvas as much as an aesthetic one, and just had fun with it. the landscape will be dimmer without his light

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