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A woman is woman, no matter the lines her body creates. A smart partner will always know where to put their hands anyway. ;)

A woman is woman, no matter the lines her body creates. A smart partner will always know where to put their hands anyway. ;)

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Today in “I didn’t know they were Black!!”: Ludwig Van Beethoven

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The true identity of Ludwig van Beethoven, long considered Europe’s greatest classical music composer.  Said directly, Beethoven was a black man. Specifically, his mother was a Moor, that group of Muslim Northern Africans who conquered parts of Europe—making Spain their capital—for some 800 years.

In order to make such a substantial statement, presentation of verifiable evidence is compulsory. Let’s start with what some of Beethoven’s contemporaries and biographers say about his brown complexion.:

” Frederick Hertz, German anthropologist, used these terms to describe him: “Negroid traits, dark skin, flat, thick nose.”

Emil Ludwig, in his book “Beethoven,” says: “His face reveals no trace of the German. He was so dark that people dubbed him Spagnol [dark-skinned].”

Fanny Giannatasio del Rio, in her book “An Unrequited Love: An Episode in the Life of Beethoven,” wrote “His somewhat flat broad nose and rather wide mouth, his small piercing eyes and swarthy [dark] complexion, pockmarked into the bargain, gave him a strong resemblance to a mulatto.”

C. Czerny stated, “His beard—he had not shaved for several days—made the lower part of his already brown face still darker.”

Following are one word descriptions of Beethoven from various writers: Grillparzer, “dark”; Bettina von Armin, “brown”; Schindler, “red and brown”; Rellstab, “brownish”; Gelinek, “short, dark.”

Newsweek, in its Sept. 23, 1991 issue stated, “Afrocentrism ranges over the whole panorama of human history, coloring in the faces: from Australopithecus to the inventors of mathematics to the great Negro composer Beethoven.”

And yet Western “scholars” want you to believe that Beethoven looked like:

 

Well…

This is definitely something that I didn’t know.

I DIDN’T FUCKING KNOW THIS.

IS THIS REAL FUCKING LIFE.

GOD FUCKING DAMMIT HOW MANY MORE PEOPLE DID THIS FUCKING HAPPEN TO.

I THOUGHT HE WAS WHITE.

i hate everything. 

I really had no idea of this. We are about to talk about him in my Music History class on Wednesday. Guess who’s gonna bring this up??? THIS GIRL.

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gloria-swanson: sapphrikah: dingane1: auradacity-of: thedolo: sincerelyabitch: WTF!? Christina Aguleria, You’re Too Old For This Here… The industry mourned the loss of legendary singer Etta James today. Many came out to pay their respects including Stevie Wonder, Reverend Al Shaprton, and singer Christina Aguilera, who seemed to be having an issue with Mother Nature in plain sight. When I was sent this pic, I seriously thought it was photoshopped because there is no way in hell a grown ass woman has accidents like THIS in public. But then I got my hands on the video below, and it’s clear she is aware that she’s having a situation from the moment she walks out on stage.  Once the camera crew got wind of what was going on, they started to zoom in real close and zoom out really far… Still, I can’t believe she didn’t tell them to hold the fuck up while she got herself together. We women have to go through a bunch-o shit when it comes to our bodies, but by 31 you should have the have the monthly thing WELL under control. Um… On a postivie note, she completely kills Etta’s “At Last” and in true entertainer form she kept the show going. Christina’s  voice still gives me goosebumps. Bitch can sing. but fuck all that. You get yourself some Always with wings and make sure your not bleeding across stages. usually wouldnt do this but…really tho? really?? your feet aren’t the only thing with red bottoms dearest… she just can’t seem to snatch together when it really counts. In my Joan Crawford via Mommy Dearest voice, “DAMNIT CHRISTINA!” as many memes and jpegs as i have seen regarding the unpredicatiblity of one’s cycle and the ensuing paranoia about checking, in addition to the myriad of things that can mess with the regularity of ones cycle i would think more folks would be sympathetic to getting snuck up on. I am both tired and bored by everyone’s routine womyn-hating show. Periods are gross and evil and she should be ESPECIALLY ashamed for this, clearly. Come off it, she had an accident. The heckling in uneccessary. I stared at the photo for five minutes trying to figure out what everyone was talking about. I finally noticed the blood and thought, “oh, just that? I figured they meant her blouse had popped open by accident.” Shit happens, lay off her menstruation. Seriously? Some women’s cycles are unpredictable, and you really don’t know when you’re going to get it. Everyone saying “you should have it together at this age” can go screw themselves. Women bleed from their vaginas. GET OVER IT.Miss. Aguilera always kills it, no matter the situation. 

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WTF!? Christina Aguleria, You’re Too Old For This Here…

The industry mourned the loss of legendary singer Etta James today. Many came out to pay their respects including Stevie Wonder, Reverend Al Shaprton, and singer Christina Aguilera, who seemed to be having an issue with Mother Nature in plain sight.

When I was sent this pic, I seriously thought it was photoshopped because there is no way in hell a grown ass woman has accidents like THIS in public. But then I got my hands on the video below, and it’s clear she is aware that she’s having a situation from the moment she walks out on stage. 

Once the camera crew got wind of what was going on, they started to zoom in real close and zoom out really far…

Still, I can’t believe she didn’t tell them to hold the fuck up while she got herself together. We women have to go through a bunch-o shit when it comes to our bodies, but by 31 you should have the have the monthly thing WELL under control.

Um… On a postivie note, she completely kills Etta’s “At Last” and in true entertainer form she kept the show going. Christina’s  voice still gives me goosebumps. Bitch can sing.

but fuck all that.

You get yourself some Always with wings and make sure your not bleeding across stages.

usually wouldnt do this but…really tho?

really??

your feet aren’t the only thing with red bottoms dearest…

she just can’t seem to snatch together when it really counts. In my Joan Crawford via Mommy Dearest voice, “DAMNIT CHRISTINA!”

as many memes and jpegs as i have seen regarding the unpredicatiblity of one’s cycle and the ensuing paranoia about checking, in addition to the myriad of things that can mess with the regularity of ones cycle i would think more folks would be sympathetic to getting snuck up on.

I am both tired and bored by everyone’s routine womyn-hating show. Periods are gross and evil and she should be ESPECIALLY ashamed for this, clearly.

Come off it, she had an accident. The heckling in uneccessary.

I stared at the photo for five minutes trying to figure out what everyone was talking about. I finally noticed the blood and thought, “oh, just that? I figured they meant her blouse had popped open by accident.” Shit happens, lay off her menstruation.

Seriously? Some women’s cycles are unpredictable, and you really don’t know when you’re going to get it. Everyone saying “you should have it together at this age” can go screw themselves. Women bleed from their vaginas. GET OVER IT.

Miss. Aguilera always kills it, no matter the situation. 

(Source: sincerelyabitch)

thedailywhat: Stereotype-Challenging Study of the Day: A British study billed as “the most comprehensive ever conducted on gender driving differences” has concluded that women are better at parking cars than men. The study, which relied on surveillence camera footage of over 2,500 drivers across 700 parking garages, was devised by professional driving instructor Neil Beeson, and produced by car park firm NCP. Among its findings: Women are better than men at tracking down spaces, lining up with the parking space, and reversing into spots “by the book.” Meanwhile, men are better at entering spaces while driving forward, and exhibit more confidence than their female counterparts, leading to quicker parking decisions. “The results also appear to dispel the myth that men have better spatial awareness than women,” said Beeson. “It shows that us men need to give our partners more respect when it comes to parking. The facts don’t lie.” [telegraph.]

thedailywhat:

Stereotype-Challenging Study of the Day: A British study billed as “the most comprehensive ever conducted on gender driving differences” has concluded that women are better at parking cars than men.

The study, which relied on surveillence camera footage of over 2,500 drivers across 700 parking garages, was devised by professional driving instructor Neil Beeson, and produced by car park firm NCP.

Among its findings: Women are better than men at tracking down spaces, lining up with the parking space, and reversing into spots “by the book.” Meanwhile, men are better at entering spaces while driving forward, and exhibit more confidence than their female counterparts, leading to quicker parking decisions.

“The results also appear to dispel the myth that men have better spatial awareness than women,” said Beeson. “It shows that us men need to give our partners more respect when it comes to parking. The facts don’t lie.”

[telegraph.]

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