Hi!

excentricyoruba:

ai-yo:

excentricyoruba:

thegoddamazon:

badgrlmeat:

saw this on facebook. =|

This makes me kind of upset…

I’m yet to find the words to explain why I find this image so wrong

Cultural appropriation.

I’m going to look at this from a different angle right now.

Earlier today, my friend sent me an email asking me what I found wrong with the above image and I replied;

‘The fabric looks ugly and of low quality’

His reply was a simple ‘LOL’.

If you’ve known me for a while via my blogs then you’ll know that I have a serious soft spot for West African fabrics. It took me a while but these days I can tell brands by looking at fabrics (‘Are you wearing Vlisco?’, ‘That looks like Da Viva.’)

I’ve seen oyibo wearing ankara in Abuja and most if not all of them are not wearing the attractive fabrics. I think this may be because they buy the fabrics themselves. I cringe at the thought of these women returning home and proudly showing off their ‘African attire’.

On a side note, there was once Christian Purefoy had to wear aso-ebi for a wedding in Lagos on Inside Africa. I watched that episodes with my cousins and we all agreed that he wore it well, I guess this may have been because we knew the background to him wearing the fabric, i.e. the wedding.

I wonder what the story behind the above image is.

I’m going to need some Africans and black folks in general on Tumblr to calm down. I swear, Tumblr is like a breeding ground for folks to get offended at any and everything.

This picture looks virtually identical to the one that was taken of my fellow (white) Americans who visited the clinic my dad built in his village in Naija. They were just as excited to dress up and get their picture taken as these ladies seem to be.

I take images like these as a complement. Same as that video that is going around of the white American man that can FLUENTLY speak Yoruba. I believe he was motivated by his gf or wife that is Yoruba :) How many Nigerians or Africans born in Africa or the diaspora can say the same thing about their family’s language (i’m still learning mine)??

People are curious about your cultures!! That’s a good thing! :)

Seriously, they look nice. That material looks like it could be found in the local markets which we know LOCALS WEAR so cut the bs about the fabric not being authentic. The hate from some of y’all is not a good look and it’s very disappointing.

I want more tourists to venture into various African countries and I think images like this can help with that :)

Agreeing with the above statement, ya’ll need to just chill out. I mean, if this isn’t okay, then neither is “Wafrica” (incorporating African women wearing kimonos with African accents).

I think it’s uniting when people wear traditional clothing of other cultures. It’s beautiful c:

eastafricaart: Intore dance (dance of heroes), Rwanda the way...

Sat, 13 Apr 2013 23:57:44 -0400

eastafricaart:

Intore dance (dance of heroes), Rwanda

the way they flip their hair. I just…

I had to reblog this

eastafricaart: Shield; Amhara peoples; 19th century; hide,...

Sat, 13 Apr 2013 22:29:22 -0400

eastafricaart:

Shield; Amhara peoples; 19th century; hide, metal, cloth, leather

Gallery note

While this shield’s thick tough hide and round form are typical of shields from a wide region in east Africa, the silver and cloth embellishments are unique to the courts of Ethiopia. The conversion of utilitarian objects into high status objects through embellishment or changes in materials is one of the basic characteristics of African art.

According to the Ethiopian family history, this shield was used at Battle of Adowa in 1896.

eastafricaart: Woman’s (breast) ornament made of silver in the...

Sat, 13 Apr 2013 22:29:04 -0400

eastafricaart:

Woman’s (breast) ornament made of silver in the form of two crescents, one above the other, linked with chains and decorated with silver filigree, chains and bells. From Somalia (Berbera)

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Sat, 13 Apr 2013 16:01:53 -0400

the-absolute-funniest-posts:

This post has been featured on a 1000notes.com blog.

mobybat: upperstories: getinloseritsturbotime: wreckitralphcon...

Sat, 13 Apr 2013 16:00:58 -0400

mobybat:

upperstories:

getinloseritsturbotime:

wreckitralphconfessions:

I really don’t think Wreck it Ralph deserves such a large fandom. Not only that, they seem too obsessive and try to insert this mediocre movie into everything. It was good, but it’s something that is going to be forgotten very soon. It isn’t and it will never be a classic disney movie. It’s not something that deserves this overly crazy praise it’s been getting.

//to whoever sent in this confession, fuck the shit outta you

there is more to this movie than there have been in the last couple movies Disney’s put out and let me explain a thing to you about why this movie is going to be a classic

1.) It’s a beautiful, wonderful original idea that doesn’t rely too heavily on previous knowledge of the audience—many of other Disney movies, bless them, are based on well known fairy tales. This movie follows the same line of thought as Toy Story, UP, Meet the Robinsons, and many other 3D animated movies that were scratched out in stone as their own original plotlines. In a world that is turning more and more toward remaking old movies as a form of entertainment instead of relying on imagination to give us new material to enjoy and love, movies like Wreck-It Ralph have become a rarity and a distinction to their genre.

2.) It’s a movie that teaches us something integral about ourselves, and yeah, this is probably going to sound cheesy, but guess what, that’s what these kids’ movies aim to do. In a world where society insists on judging people based on their appearances, where little girls are told they have to wear pink and eat healthy to stay thin and beautiful so someone will love them, where little boys are told they can’t cry because it makes them sissies, you’re going to tell me a movie that basically shows us that people are not always who they seem to be is not going to become a classic? Yeah, this is a concept that has been done before, I’m sure, in part by Beauty and the Beast (but which is also an old Grimm’s Tale), but look at how this movie took the concept and turned it into an entire plot of someone who no longer feels comfortable in the role he;s been programmed for. In this movie we find not only the courage to take risks and try new things, but also the strength to accept that which cannot be changed and the optimism to approach the problem from a different angle.

3.) The characters were lively, colorful, and dynamic, from Ralph, to Felix, to Vanellope, to King Candy, to Calhoun. The most obvious character change is Ralph, who eventually realizes that while he may be a bad guy, he is not a bad *guy*. Here we have someone who is not simply a victim, but a guy who’s honestly a bit of a grouch, nonconforming, testy, passionate, but who desperately wants to be recognized for all the hard work he does. Throughout the course of the movie he comes to realize that he doesn’t need to prove through great deeds that he’s actually not all that bad, but it’s the strength of his character and the goodness in his code/heart/what have you that make him a hero in Vanellope’s eyes.

Even Felix, who passes through the movie as a seemingly goody-two-shoes whom I’ve seen some people mistakenly refer to as a Gary-Stu, even he goes through changes. You can see it in the way he first refers to Ralph as his colleague, then as his ‘friend’, and eventually, by the end of the movie, ‘brother’. It’s the simple, heartfelt scenes like that which show that even the best of people, who are most popular and well-loved, that even they aren’t perfect and may need to change their perspective every now and then.

Calhoun is wonderful because she’s a very tough female character, but she doesn’t let that rough exterior define her every waking action. When Felix tells her to hit him, she refuses on grounds that he’s a nice guy; just because she is a strong female character, she doesn’t allow violence to dictate her way of life. At the end, her marriage with Felix is honestly one of the sweetest side atories about this movie, as it also goes to show that it doesn’t matter what shape or size you are, someone will still love you in the end.

King Candy was my personal favorite because he’s a prime example of how not to judge people by what they look like: he is, of course, the worst case scenario. Some people are just out to get you; they can wrap themselves up all nice and present themselves as a friend. They can claim to have nothing but good intentions for you and say they’re doing this for your own good, and they’ll try to tell you that you should be grateful they care so much, but don’t let these people fool you.

Finally Vanellope. Who doesn’t love a brat with dirty hair? She comes across as bratty and inconsiderate. I definitely hated her in her first scene, but like a lot of other people, her story struck me right in the heart and by the end I was just rooting for her to win. Here’s a little girl who isn’t afraid of Big Bad Ralph, who sees in him more than he sees in himself, and who KNOWS that he doesn’t need a big shiny medal to prove he’s a hero, because in her eyes he’s already one of those. She’s also another great female character who doesn’t conform to the preset standards she was programmed to. She blazes her own trail and sets her own standards, and doesn’t let anything, even coding, tell her how she’s supposed to act.

4.) The design for this whole movie was simply beautiful. If you’re able to get into the extras section of the DVD or Blu-Ray, I suggest doing so. The animation sequences where the worlds are explained is fascinating, and so are the scenes of the evolution of the character and landscape designs. There was seriously so much love and thought put into this movie, you simply can’t sit and say it’s mediocre without knowing HOW MUCH TIME AND THOUGHT WAS SERIOUSLY PUT INTO EVERY LITTLE FUCKING DETAIL.

5.) Basically, if you thought this movie was anything less than spectacular, and deserving of its Nicktoon Award, deserving of its VERY loving fandom, then you’re wrong and I don’t have time for someone whose imagination refuses to have fun with such an amazing movie.

f UCK YEEEEEEEEAHHHH

“…just because she is a strong female character, she doesn’t allow violence to dictate her way of life.”

Just wanted to repeat that because it’s really fucking worth repeating.

deerstalkingdeathfrisbee: s-kinnydip: itsapplauding: I have...

Sat, 13 Apr 2013 15:55:08 -0400

deerstalkingdeathfrisbee:

s-kinnydip:

itsapplauding:

I have reblogged this an innumerable amount of times and I won’t stop. The media spreads this false image to its viewers and we wonder why our self esteem as a whole is so distorted. It’s because the images so constantly shoved down our throats is.

This is crazy

what the hell it’s not even just at photo shoots that chick’s on the red carpet seriously this is so fucked up

yes-want: China has peelable banana popsicles.. Our technology...

Sat, 13 Apr 2013 15:54:07 -0400

yes-want:

China has peelable banana popsicles.. Our technology is inferior.

Photo

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I dreamed a dream cosplay was cheaaaaap

Sat, 06 Apr 2013 16:01:38 -0400

flyingninjapig:

hubedihubbe:

diamond1095:

When sales were high and cons worth going

I dreamed that prices would never riiiiiise

I dreamed someone else could do the sewing

And the hours tick awaaaay

Oh god what time is it I’m not done yeeet

The con was tomorrow- now it’s today

But the mod podge is still weeeeeEEEEEEEEETTTTT

ROLLIN’ SAFARI - ‘The Chase’ - Official...

Mon, 28 Jan 2013 01:44:47 -0500

ROLLIN’ SAFARI - ‘The Chase’ - Official Trailer ITFS 2013 (by ROLLIN’ WILD)

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