#blackgirlmagic

Carefree Black Girl Spotlight: Khaleya Graham (Dancer) by *nickels*

"And the soul shall dance" as they say. This post... is about getting your life from dance. Phil Wright is a pretty solid choreographer. His vocabulary and musicality is interesting and textured. He creates routines that support the music and music that elevates his dance. He makes the kind of choreo that I love because it allows enigmatic dancers to put their own brand of stank on it without feeling clunky. Kendrick Lamar ain't too bad either. I think we can all agree that the song "Humble" is FIRE! 

But let me be clear, the only thing I really care about in the video below is Khaleya Grahamthe resident #CarefreeBlackGirl dancing in the first group,  and how triflin' she is by basically annihilating this choreography and putting all the other dancers to shame. I mean... why keep watching? (You can because people are artists and they worked their butts off dancing.)

But she kiltttttt it.

 I mean, I threw my shoe at my computer while watching it.  

I was yelling at the computer screen. Yes, yelling "yaaaasss!" The digital age is really fascinating.

Then I felt shame that I was literally getting my life while sitting at a laptop so I did a shimmy real quick so that God knew that I appreciated having a body. Then I hit replay. And screamed again. I've watched this video so many times I've lost count and I was having a particular kind of day where I needed to encourage myself and low and behold, Youtube and all of it's algorithmic stalker tendencies said "I gotchu boo" and dropped the video into my suggestions. (What, youtube doesn't talk like that to you?) Here's a clip that features just her bit.

Enjoy.





#lifegot #humble #humbled #wheresmydanceclass #thelordknowsmyheart

Culture Points: 1000

Even watching it now I'm like.....




Serena Williams is Pregnant & Black Girl Magic Continues To Be A Thing by *nickels*

Serena Williams is with-child and #blackgirlmagic continues to be a thing. Yes, ring the alarm. BLACK GIRL MAGIC IS A MUTHAF*CKIN THING. And not in the magical negro way. Or in the way that black women have always been superheroes without a capes a la "yes massa, I shall rear your children, bear your weight (forcibly), cook your meals, hide my crown and glory, and brace the whips and scorns of th'opressor's wrong. No, in the way that she was pursuing her purpose while creating life kinda way. 

Yeah, she did the damn thing. She won the Australian Open when she was 8 weeks pregnant against her #blackgirlmagic sister Venus Williams while being 35 which many medical field would rudely consider a "geriatric pregnancy."

Yeah she did the damn thing.

So now we're at a quandary of sorts. On the one hand, I'm not okay with people thinking all of us are superhuman beings who can bear the weight of the world while slaying dragons that are imagined and real. On the other hand, I'm reassessing my goals and thinking that 

A. There is nothing that I can't accomplish and B. What am I doing with my life? 

I've got to get to work.

Yeah, she did the damn thing.

This, in my opinion is a glorious thing and I am oh so happy for her. And she's got a supportive (by all public accounts) partner in Rreddit co-founder) and they do cute things together like getting pedicures where fishies eat their feet, or going bowling, or walking on the page. Sigh. Le sigh. Le all the sighs. The romantic in me that watches J-LO movies and doesn't completely despise the move "Pretty Woman" is having all the feels and here for all the things. Not to mention, this means that Beyonce's twins and Serena's future nugget get to play and make future music videos about being the baddest!

Serena Williams - Living Her Best Life

Serena Williams - Still Living Her Best Life
Serena Williams - Always Living Her Best Life