Octavia Butler, Science Fiction Author
Had the pleasure of meeting and learning from her when I attended Clarion West in 2003. Her book, Kindred, was the the first novel that put its fist right into my chest and yanked me in without warning.
Janelle Monáe, Grammy-nominated singer
Submitted by April Q.
The Real Riveter (Her Name Might Be Rosie…)
therothwoman:
coelasquid:
Rare Library of Congress photos from the Great Depression, for those times that you forget history wasn’t really in black and white.
There’s a fascinating surrealism to pict…
Yoruba Women
via earthbody and Oyin Handmade
Old School, Havana Style
Submitted by grrspit: For your pictures of beautiful black women: My abuelita, taken in Havana sometime in the 1930s or 40s, not sure.
Corvida Raven, She Geek, Social Media Maven
“I Am A Technologically Inclined Artist.”
Mitsouky, Who Is Cute As Hell
Submitted by mmcelhaney: My beautiful and wonderful wife, Mitsouky
Michaëlle Jean, Canada’s 27th Governor General
Submitted by April Q:
Michaëlle Jean was born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. She immigrated to Canada with her family in 1968, fleeing the dictatorial regime of the time.After studying comparative literat…