@sassy_latte

This self taught make-up artist’s radical approach to body politics and racism is quite simply bad ass.

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So for new faces, here are some things to know about me. . . I am a queer nonbinary black person. I am not a woman, a girl, YO GIRL, or any version of those things. I choose my content with the specific intent of pairing hyper glamorized photos with political discussions, because in the real world, the two seem to not co-exist. Hell, if I wanted to grow a faster following or if I wanted to turn this into a full time profitable gig, I’d separate the two entirely and watch this account take off. But no. I am INTENTIONAL in being hyper glam in this space. While I respect with my entire being those who PERFORM GENDER AS AN ACT OF REBELLION, I am not one of those people. My creative choice for this content defines neither my gender, nor my pronouns. You can ASK for either, rather than assume. . . Just because I am not a woman, it doesn’t then follow that I’m a man… or that I want any sort of affirming surgeries or bodily alterations. In other words, visually, in a binary construct regarding gender, you’ll understand me to be a woman, and you’ll want to use she/her pronouns, which don’t anger me, but my pronouns are neutral. Just because I don’t correct every person who gets it wrong, it doesn’t follow that I’m okay with people disregarding my identity, especially those who show up to otherwise be violent in the first place. . . When I discuss issues of “womanhood” or “being a woman”, I am NOT referring to or signaling ciswomen. I am politicizing the term to encompass the overall EXPERIENCE of those who experience womanhood + violence associated with being a woman and/or trans misogyny. In other words, when I use that term, it applies to anyone who identifies as and/or in any way aligns with marginalization based on gender outside of cis-manhood. . . Do not enter my space, yelling about LGBTQIA+ rights as though I’m not queer. Or as though you have to teach me something about your privileged experiences within the community. It’s offensive and unnecessary in this space. . . Lastly… I will always and forevermore protect Black femmes as a priority and hold space for systemically oppressed people. But don’t come up in here on no bullshit! 💜💜💜

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The other day, someone’s teenager took time off from homework, chores, whatever to send me a message about how my post about vegans’ interactions with non-vegans was inappropriate, angry, and how my attitude somehow made the hateful messages I get understandable because my “aggressive tone” just brings more violence my way. They then instructed me to stop going after ppl. . . Listen… i DONT GO AFTER ANYONE. Periodt. People come TO ME. Y’all come here. By choice. Engage out of free will. Follow of your own volition. I’m not hunting ppl down. I follow hundreds of vegan accounts and I’ve only commented ONCE because they were explicitly fat phobic in their caption. So yea… if you show up here to hear MY truths in MY space, you came for me. Not the other way around. Be responsible, folx. . . Disagreement is welcome… bigotry, violence, unsolicited advice, tone policing aren’t. I don’t respond too kindly to the latter, FYI . . Also, people raising vvhite children- GIT YO KIDS!!!!! For real! Snatch them up, sit them down, and discuss things like tone policing, spiritual bypassing, misogynoir, ableism, and racism. Monitor their time and actions online if they’re under the age of 18. Hold your children accountable for the bigotry they commit in your name, under your lacking supervision. My page isn’t for kids under 18. Hell, I’ve lost count of how many rich, vvhite 18yr olds have spent hours being racially violent and fat phobic in my DM. GIT👏🏾YO👏🏾KIDS👏🏾 . . Lastly, just an FYI because some of y’all are new… I DO NOT PRIORITIZE KINDNESS, LOVE, or LIGHT. Period. The world isn’t kind and trying to make it that way by colonization and vvhite violence doesn’t make sense. I don’t have to be nice when describing experiences with systemic oppression. I don’t have to love or hold space for my abusers or oppressors. I don’t have to prioritize vvhite mental health needs over my own. I don’t need advice unless I ask. I don’t need to be scolded into submission, and And I AM A LIGHT. I don’t need vvhite light. I am a sparkling black diamond, shining brightly enough in my community and in this world just fine on my own.

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