The Love Of A Free Man Is Never Safe

“Love is never any better than the lover. Wicked people love wickedly, violent people love violently, weak people love weakly, and stupid people love stupidly, but the love of a free man is never safe.”
-The Bluest Eye

Artist: Mike Willcox

Equating Physical Beauty With Virtue

“Along with the idea of romantic love, she was introduced to another- physical beauty. Probably the most destructive ideas in the history of human thought. Both originated in envy, thrived in insecurity, and ended in disillusion. In equating physical beauty with virtue, she stripped her mind, bound it, and collected self-contempt by the heap. She forgot lust and simple caring for.”

-The Bluest Eye

Artist: Ebonic Embrace

More Than His Black Concubine

“You gave him a daughter white as snow. His allegiance is to you. Sissy is nothing more than his black concubine; all men have one or two. Even though white men do not consider us women fully human, they cannot stop lusting after our flesh.”

-Yellow Wife

Artist: Ebonic Embrace

Reminder: Allow Yourself Happiness

Our minds are often in the future or the past, preventing us from experiencing happiness in the present. Take a moment to ground yourself in the now. Don’t worry, be happy. Artist: Sarah_Akinterwina

“Pets” By Alison Rodrigues

Is this me? Literally I’m wondering if the artist knows me. My initial thought seeing this painting for the following reasons: the banter knots, love of gold jewelry, love of Whitney Houston, the joint she’s holding, the halo symbolizing divinity, how my cat Jagger saw herself and how I treated men, especially the white men who were obsessed with me. Lewis Dvorkin is legitimately the only man I ever treated right. Makes senses. Also her skin tone is how dark I aim to be every beach season. Like…have you ever come across yourself in art? Via: CateCismo_

Happy 4/20 To The Ancestors

This is for those who carried the load of smoking weed when it was illegal, such as myself. We searched for safe havens, kept the industry thriving, and most importantly ran from the DT’s so everyone else could walk…out of a cannabis shop with legal marijuana. We set the tone and are the ancestors. I’m proud. Artist: BambashkArt

Dear America…

“Go read a book you illiterate son of a bitch
and step up yo vocab.”

Artist: Simon Maris “Isabella

**52% of Americans can only read at a 6th grade level**

Your Understanding Of Moral & Right

“What you’re saying is that if someone pays you enough, it’s okay to abandon what you have claimed to understand as moral and right.”
-James: A Novel

Artist: Guillermo Marti Ceballos

Current Drink Prices Are Criminal

Clock out, then clock in to pleasure. Whatever that means to you. Take the necessary break to prevent burnout from the work week. FYI, Gen Z isn’t drinking, because it’s completely unaffordable. $20 is the average price for an adult beverage, the fuck. Price that at $7-$9 and watch how fast their stressed out asses chug. Legit to charge that much is criminal. Everything’s gone up, except the minimum wage. Artist: Where_Is_Frances