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Politics Reflections

Black People Don’t Have to Inherit Their Ableism

By ImaniApril 24, 2018May 15, 2018

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The Women of #BlackPanther and the Gospel of Doing It Yo’ Damn Self

By ImaniFebruary 20, 2018February 20, 2018

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🖤2006 me is so happy right now.🖤 #blacklipstick

💵Smile like your next paycheck is watching. 💵 📸 | @oxymor.on

🎤 I’m not a playa, I just crutch a lot. 🎤 📸 | @oxymor.on

Posted @withrepost • @oxymor.on Imani • 28 • Cerebral Palsy • “When it comes to being born disabled the world will try to play the comparison game constantly trying to make you think of where you are versus where you’re supposed to be. It would be bad enough if that was merely external, but you can find yourselves internalizing some of these ideas and judging yourself with measuring tape that doesn’t belong to you. It can be a task to unravel all of these feelings, but it is entirely necessary. Try to figure out what you want aside from what others seem to want to force upon you. Its how you separate yourself out from the race you didn’t sign up to run.” . . . . . . . . . . . #tellingyourstoryportraits #adolescentcontent #girlgaze #igers_philly #portraitpage #photooftheday #createexplore #discoverportrait #flawlessstills #localwolves #eccreativecollective #teenvogue #lookrookie #likeforlike #justgoshoot #pursuitofportraits #artofvisuals #myphillyphoto #buildandbloom #disabledpocday #mentalhealth #disabled #cerebralpalsy #representation #philly #portrait #instagood #endthestigma #creative_portraits #theportraitpr0ject

Posted @withrepost • @we.definebeauty cw: self-harm ⠀ “I have 22 scars on my legs, countless others I put there myself and 12 tattoos. I had my first surgery when I was four and 3 others during middle school. I’ve always been at odds with what my body looked like and what the world told me it should be. In quiet ways I was encouraged to constantly compare myself to others. It cut away at me so I started cutting away at myself. My legs never worked like everyone else’s, I couldn’t go fast enough to run alongside my peers and every assessment told me what my weight was compared to what it was supposed to be. ⠀ Everyone told me I just needed to “love myself” like it was the easiest thing in the world. I hated it. Why would someone drop something so difficult in my lap and walk away like they told me to just drink a glass of water? I’ve learned over time and through trial and error (a lot of error) that loving who you are isn’t a constant. You’re in a relationship with yourself and you’ll go through rough patches you’ll constantly have to work on. I started getting tattoos because not only were they cool, they were just for me. Unlike the scars, which were associated with surgeries I couldn’t be promised would succeed or that outright failed, I could go through a procedure and mark my body and get some control. And, in comparison to the scars I had always battled to accept, they showed a side of me no one could make assumptions about. ⠀ I still have to work on these things, but I’ve come to appreciate all of me. And I’ve noticed that sometimes when the sun hits the scars on my black skin, they glow rose gold.” (Imani - Philadelphia, USA)

TW: suicide mention Today is the seventh day of #BlackHistoryMonth, so I want to talk about a kid named #SevenBridges. Last month, it was reported, that a black disabled kid named Seven killed him self because of bullying that targeted his colostomy bag. As someone who attempted suicide herself, I know what it’s like to be black and disabled and completely alone. So rarely do we get to see instances of ourself ever. So, I asked some friends I know who have encountered some of the same emotions to talk to Seven and the kids who may feel like him. It seems appropriate on #disabledpocday and #childrensmentalhealthweek to reach out into our community to tell the black disabled kids feeling alone, that someone out there understands and cares. This is #OneForSeven.

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