Eunice Kathleen Waymon...

Picture 3, originally uploaded by Devanity.

AKA Nina Simone. I really admire her career and her contribution to our culture. She was dark-skinned, not traditionally beautiful, highly talented and opinionated but was CELEBRATED for these things. She orchestrated her career on her own terms, and forced the masses to respect both her talent and her mind. I don't remember where I took this photo from (it wasn't another blog), but it's a sweet shot of her and her daughter Lisa Celeste Stroud (who now performs as Simone).

Little Cookie!

free, originally uploaded by Devanity.

Awwwwww...to be a little crumbsnatcher again!

via Jak & Jil

Earring Mania!

The lovely lady on the far left is my inspiration for the summer! Smooth, shiny skin, simple hair, and gorgeous earrings. These are looks from Lanvin.
via Karlas Closet


Here are some of my affordable pics:

1) Pink Hoops
2) Orange Teardrops
3) Colorful Doorknockers
4) Metal Chandeliers

GOLD!!!

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I've had an ongoing love affair with metallic gold for about 6 years now. Not any gold but silvery gold shades. Some gold tones are too yellow, brassy, and cheap looking. This dress is perfect! I'm going to make it my business to find a pair of sandals (flat and heeled), ballet flats, and a clutch in this tone. They work well as a neutral and instantly jazz up a cute little dress or denim shorts.

Chris Brown and Rihanna...Enough Already!

Opinions are like assholes…everybody has one. I’m so sick of this whole business. When Mike Tyson was kicking Robin Givens’ ass, nobody gave a shit. When Ike Turner was beating the living daylights out of Tina Turner, people looked the other way. Now these two young people are in this situation and people are branding him a life-long abuser. “He probably has hit her before”…how the fuck do you know that? How can someone who has been fairly even keel up until this point, blow up in an instant, and NOBODY wants to question WHY? No, it’s not right for a man to beat on a woman. But if a woman is beating on YOU, then you have no right to defend yourself because you have a penis? That makes no sense whatsoever. And I’M a woman. If I can raise my hand to a man, then I expect us to be fighting. They’re 19 and 20! They have a LOT to learn…