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Of course I had trepidations. Why do I have to play the mammy? But what do you do as an actor if one of the most multifaceted and rich roles you’ve ever been given is a maid in 1962 Mississippi? Do you not take the role because you feel like in some ways it’s not a good message to send to Black people? No. The message is the quality of the work. That is the greater message… As Black women, we’re always given these seemingly devastating experiences - experiences that could absolutely break us. But what the caterpillar calls the end of the world, the master calls the butterfly. What we do as Black women is take the worst situations and create from that point.
Viola Davis ; Essence magazine August 2011 cover feature. (via reroutedreams)
obligatory reblog of self in honor of tonight’s wins.
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thank you for keeping my secrets, tumblr
and then i saw a commercial for this with the caption “they will make you believe in love” and i almost burst into tears.
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Chairlift capture the bubbly feeling of sudden infatuation with “I Belong in Your Arms”, our latest Best New Track.
this song.
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v: how are you?
me: listening to frank ocean on a loop.
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it will get sappy right nnnnow.
