October 2012
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September 2012
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This is an article I wrote about Dark, Lovely &... →
Big love to Thanu and Purvi for making this happen. And alllllllllll yall for supporting, contributing, all the feedback, and spreading the word. I honestly thought I was the only one who needed this space. It’s heartwarming and heartbreaking that I was instantly proved wrong.
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Jasmin’s note: If you have the financial means, please help support these folks to raise over $1100 in four days! http://igg.me/p/228324 <3
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We are Sureshi, Clarence, Chris and Dinah. The four of us are attempting to raise funds to present our research at the 24th Cheikh Anta Diop International Conference.
Each year, the Cheikh Anta Diop International conference...
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Anonymous asked: I don't know my ethnicity. I don't know my father and my mother was adopted. I've never had a group of people I was able to identify with. Where I live, if you aren't caucasian then you're considered dark skinned and 'exotic'. People constantly ask me what my ethnicity is and get frustrated when I say I don't know. I've never had a group of people I...
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9/11 by Neha Ray →
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Anonymous asked: How does one respond to posts?
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August 2012
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mylifeisahotassmess asked: Thank you for this. Every time I remember how many times my grandparents told me I was "so dark" or my cousins were fawned over because they were fairer than I was, I remember your page. This blog makes me feel so beautiful. Thank you. <3
mangoswithchili asked: girl, THANK YOU FOR THIS BLOG. I get so much goodness from looking through all the stories and beautiful pics and amazing. also, me and a few light-skinned friends were thinking of doing a pic where we hold a sign that says HELLA LIGHT SKINNED FEMMES OF COLOR WHO THINK SHADEISM IS BULLSHIT. there could be little sub signs that say things like "because I don't think the fact that my...
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thesuperrads asked: This blog is too beautiful for words and put a big smile on my face. god bless
suitablegirl asked: I am so proud to know you, to be connected to you, to be part of your family. Thank you for this labor of extremely needed love. You are making the world a more beautiful place. I wish this space had existed 15 years ago, when all the Punjabi aunties who came to my window at BofA in the bay used to insist that I couldn't be "Indian", that I had to be Fijian because I was so dark....
Anonymous asked: Do you think you can create a separate page for the videos that you post? Just so I could be able to watch them later thanks!
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WatchMelanie Fiona covers Alanis Morissette’s “Ironic” for Billboard Candid Covers (click the link for more videos from the session)
Catch Melanie Fiona as she opens up for Mary J. Blige & D’Angelo’s Liberation Tour
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Anonymous asked: are u from nyc, are u part of the jayee sisters in queens?
gadaboutgreen asked: JASMIN! It's Jayvin, I just wanted to say hello! YAY! :D
Anonymous asked: I'm not dark-skinned, but I'm South Asian and love that you created this blog. It's so true that there are very few places online to celebrate images of dark-skinned South Asians (and also very few places celebrating South Asians in general). So thank you!!
heyitsniji asked: I just want to say I love your blog very much! Not only do you encourage dark skinned people to love themselves, but you encourage me alot! I find it sad that even in South East Asian cultures that the women pressure themselves to look light, when I think they are very beautiful, I wish sometimes the guys would realize that its not about the shade of your skin that makes you beautiful, but the of...
Anonymous asked: I love this blog and I just want to mention that it's pretty disheartening when even colorism is seen in Americans for Indians and note how "dark" (said in a negative way) South Indians are as if we're not good enough for their fair skinned Bollywood ideals ( i hope this makes sense i just feel like dark South Indians are never portrayed in Western culture unless it's to...
Anonymous asked: Hello nice to see a fellow Malu who embraces their skin color light or dark? I was wondering what is your opnion on Amy Jackson portraying a Malu christian in the Bolywood film Ek Deewana Tha?
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Brown
She said I probably don’t use soap
which is why my skin is so dirty,
Brown.
Why can’t I just wash my genes clean,
wear my face, arms, back, legs
in the shade like forsha girls.
I learned to hate the sun at a young age,
and my skin long before then.
No amount of scrubbing and bleach
could fade this dirt, this hurt,
when I
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