be a care free black girl 2k15.
Month: March 2015
Check it out, parents-to-be! This amazing androgynous pregnancy line is about to open, so you don’t have to compromise your look, your gender presentation, or your comfort.
butchbabyco is founded by two awesome people, Vanessa Newman and Michelle Janayea:
“The story of Butchbaby & Co. began with two best friends and a dream. I met my best friend freshman year of college. It was bromance at first sight, and after we hit it off on the first week, we knew we’d be friends forever. We dreamt of growing old together, getting married not too far apart from each other, and having children at the same time so that they too could repeat the cycle of friendship. The thing was, the both of us are butch. Whenever we envisioned our future together, the dream always stopped short at carrying children. We both knew we wanted to, but we could never imagine what we’d wear. And when we did imagine ourselves in pregnant butch attire, that’s exactly what it was— only a figment of our imaginations because these clothes didn’t exist. Then one day, it hit me: I could change that. I could create more androgynous maternity wear not just for me but for every masculine identified individual who dreams of carrying a child and looking handsome doing it. And that’s how Butchbaby & Co. was born. Out of a dream and out of a necessity for all child bearing parents-to-be to have a more comfortable alternative to the current maternity wear we are provided.
—CEO/Founder, Vanessa Newman”
You look so beautiful and the rope is colorful! I love everything about this!
Those eyes :).
So today is about sharing beautiful black people and stand together .. My daughter ( who for her age is well aware) has been saying some really upsetting things.. I do the best I can to help her embrace who she is, I’m hoping to show her this post later tonight with a bunch of support so she can understand how beautiful it is to be black !! Please tumblr help me help my bby embrace her beauty ! Lots of reposts , lots of love! Please
Please share this! This is why days like blackoutday are important. We have a world out here telling baby girls and boys that they aren’t beautiful enough. There aren’t enough magazines, TV shows, A list actors, and advertised influences for little black/brown children to look up to on an everyday basis. They need to know that there is someone out there that looks like them that is accomplished, and loved, and beautiful, and powerful, and everything else. Advertisements are killing self-esteems out here. Stop pretending that it is not a problem.
-Tie
I wish our efforts were enough.
This child is so beautiful just like all Black children but antiblackness and white supremacy is sooo powerful. We try to teach our younger fam how to decolonize but sometimes its fumbling in the dark because we ourselves are having these problems. This is why media representation and self love is SO VITALLY IMPORTANT. This hurts my heart and I only hope and pray that one day she’ll be able to see how Blackness is not something to entrap her in self hatred but instead something that will help set her free. And how truly wonderful, blessed, and beautiful she really is as a Black girl.
Right. And she’s lucky her mom is doing such a great job. I’m just saying I wish our words/representation was enough because like you said anti-blackness is that powerful. There’s only so much we can believe/know as the world systematically tells us otherwise.
(Source: http://be-blackstar.tumblr.com/)
