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TEXAS ISAIAH

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ATLANTA: I may be returning at the end of May and offering some sliding-scale portrait session slots. Would anyone be interested? If so, reach out. I'm trying to see something. texasisaiah @gmail .com

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@TexasIsaiah

3 years

My mother came up to me and said, "You know what happens when you are too hard on yourself? Doubt begins to tear you away from the spaces love has provided. You owe it to yourself to revel in the love you have. Isn't it one of the many reasons why you exist? To be better at love?

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4 years

Forever we stan.

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2 years

Please be mindful of how you speak of reproductive justice because it’s for everyone — not just cis women.

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I recall a peer telling me that they applied for a thing directed toward Black women AND non-binary folks, and they got denied because folks perceived him as 'masculine'/'male' and didn't believe they were non-binary.

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@TexasIsaiah

4 years

A pop culture icon.

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@TexasIsaiah

3 years

Lena Waithe and Lil Nas X by me + and the crew for Entertainment Weekly’s Pride covers.

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@TexasIsaiah

4 years

It's fun to imagine more Black Trans people on the cover of magazines. It's even more fun to think of magazines hiring Black trans and gender-expansive visual narrators to do the work. #VogueChallenge Tashan Lovemore on the left. Dash and Devin N. on the right.

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Mind you ~ this person is trans masculine/non-binary. That tells me that most people don't know what non-binary really means. So, before you reach out to the community, it's wise to be very specific about who you want to support with the resources you offer.

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@TexasIsaiah

3 years

A NY legend. Rest easy. 💔

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@TexasIsaiah

3 years

I want to specify that genuine friendships involve investment, shared values, reciprocality, accountability, radical communication, and honesty. This world is dangerous, and we should all have proximity to safe and expansive relationships. 🤞🏾

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@TexasIsaiah

3 years

One thing is clear: no matter what age you are, developing genuine friendships is difficult. 😭

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@TexasIsaiah

3 years

Print is different. @LilNasX imaged by me. My plants are also thriving. 🪴🌱

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@TexasIsaiah

3 years

I imaged Keke Palmer ( @KekePalmer ) for the cover of Grazia USA ( @graziatweets ) Thankful for the team. Check below for more credits.

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@TexasIsaiah

1 year

It'd also be helpful for you to access some educational resources re: trans and non-binary folks. I understand and support resources more directed toward femme folks, but if that is your interest please remember femme is not automatically tethered to cis-centric womanhood

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3 years

It’s a shame folks were mostly lensed by white people. Things are shifting now but I hope we continue to prioritize how important it is for Black trans people to be imaged by other Black, trans / non-binary, gender expansive folk.

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Photographer: 📸 Diane Arbus Look black transgender women in 1959

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I wish people would extend friendship to trans masculine people like they do with cis men. Sometimes, I feel like I’m on the outskirts with folks unless they want to date me, and that can be fine. But, friendship matters too.

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@TexasIsaiah

2 years

A lot of you refuse to acknowledge who and what informs your taste re: attraction. So, you choose to be entangled in anti-Blackness, colorism, homophobia, fatphobia, transphobia, etc. — then get upset when people point it out.

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@TexasIsaiah

3 years

Love can be humbling because it offers a constant reminder that you *still* have work and healing to do.

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@TexasIsaiah

3 years

The queer and trans elders in this world need their flowers too. They’ve gone through so much to arrive at themselves, and without them we wouldn’t be as young and free as we are now. 💐

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@TexasIsaiah

2 years

ready for tonight 💦

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3 years

My mother's graceful way of saying, "Don't fuck it up." Ha. I'm thankful she always knows the right thing to say to get my inner children together when they run amuck.

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Trans masculine folks do not need to be thin, have muscles, be on mones, have facial hair, be 6’2, or obtain any “features” related to your toxic aesthetic belief concerning how we should be in the world. We are already beautiful.

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2 years

📸 : Kerry Washington for L’Officiel Italia

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@TexasIsaiah

4 years

I had the honor of photographing @DwyaneWade and @gabunion for the cover of @TIME / #TIME100 . What a force. This was a special one. Thank you both. ✊🏿 Assist by Zac | Retouching by Dom of Dom Studios.

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If you are afraid to show me affection or love me then I will meet you with distance because your fear isn’t mine to hold. I wish you luck and ease with that journey.

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I’m looking forward to fully witnessing trans masculine people being loved and cherished outside of fetishization and society’s toxic infatuation with cis masculinity.

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@TexasIsaiah

4 years

Please do not refer to me as POC. I am Black. In the morning, throughout the day, and into the night. BLACK. - Management

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5 years

My mother saw me shirtless for the first time since surgery and said, ”I can't believe I created such a beautiful man to carry on my legacy.” 😭

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@TexasIsaiah

4 years

Lynette Yiadom-Boakye is a blessing. ✨

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@TexasIsaiah

1 year

I feel sorry for the person who told me I was beautiful last night and then proceeded to ask me if I am a “boy or a girl.” I wish y’all didn’t allow gender to dissolve your ability to simply bask in someone’s beauty.

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@TexasIsaiah

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It's pretty disturbing that people aren't interested in de-escalation rituals that don't involve popo and are showing no remorse or care for the fact that someone accused a Black trans woman of something she did not do.

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@TexasIsaiah

3 years

I repeat: a conversation about redefining masculinity will never be well-informed if cis men (straight, gay, or queer!) are the only ones allowed to be in the conversation.

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@TexasIsaiah

4 years

My partner reminded me today that when you hit new levels — you’ll have to deal with new devils.

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@TexasIsaiah

3 years

What a beautiful opening day. I’m grateful for my parents who continue to remind me that I come from a beautiful and powerful lineage of workers who cater to dreams and matters of the heart.

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@TexasIsaiah

4 years

My first official story for The New York Times. Words and reflections by the amazing @azemezi Thank you to everyone involved.

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@TexasIsaiah

11 months

RETURNING TO OUR FLOWERS, 2019 ♾️

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photographers: what was the photo where you knew as you were taking it that you got The Shot™️ ??

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@TexasIsaiah

4 years

My second cover. 🙏🏿✨ I had the honor of photographing Janelle on my birthday, and I got to work with a fantastic team.

Janelle Monáe👽🚆🤖🚀🪐

@JanelleMonae

4 years

THANK YOU @Cultured_Mag for a whimsical day. Photos: @TexasIsaiah Sculptures: #RoganGregory #RandCompanyNYC Text: @DarnellJamal2 Styling: @amandelkorn Photo assistant: @TrevellAnderson 🖤🤍🔙🔚☑️🔲🟥

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@TexasIsaiah

2 years

We need to normalize experiencing jealousy instead of forcing people to be humble on sight. We live in a world that doesn’t provide us safety, and that’s what most of us would like to experience. We can’t run away from our emotions. We have to deal with them.

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@TexasIsaiah

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I am preparing to continue Flowers at Your Feet for the following year. If you are a Black trans masculine individual in Los Angeles or NYC (for now) // please email flwrsatyourfeet @gmail .com

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@TexasIsaiah

2 years

You can't pull Black trans women into your visions without caring, compensating, and accommodating them properly.

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@TexasIsaiah

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I want a love that is sweet, generous, tender, and soothing. I want a present love— a love that chooses me.

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@TexasIsaiah

1 year

Black trans men / Black trans-masculine people continue to make massive and pioneering contributions to science, arts, entertainment, technology, activism, gender/sexuality studies, sociology, agriculture, and so much more.

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@TexasIsaiah

3 years

DMX pulled some of us off the edge of the cliff because he was stunningly vulnerable about his experiences and applied those truths to his music. 🌹I hope he can finally find the rest and ease he deserves.

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@TexasIsaiah

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I wish it didn’t take Black trans men/trans masc folks to be beaten up and sexually assaulted for people to believe that we have those experiences.

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@TexasIsaiah

3 years

It seems like folks always forget to think about trans people and gender expansive folks within your conversations regarding abortion. It’s not only disappointing but NEGLIGENT.

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@TexasIsaiah

1 year

i’m fucking sick 💔💔💔 please donate if you can. this is so heartbreaking.

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@TexasIsaiah

3 years

Grand rising. I had to share because this is 🔥. A cover image I captured of @DwyaneWade and @itsgabrielleu for the cover on TIME on a sweater made by / @daviidminor 😤

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@TexasIsaiah

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I am feeling very fucking hollow and angry this morning. Three Black trans women have been murdered within the last few days, and it feels like we are screaming into a void and no one is listening. I'm sick to my stomach.

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Love Me In Whatever Way (Reprise), 2024 featuring Mayson and Kevar. Taken in Baltimore, MD. Opening tomorrow: April 6th, 5PM-9PM; Residency Art Gallery — 1245 District Dr Suite 945, Inglewood, CA 90303. #T4T

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@TexasIsaiah

3 years

Cicely Tyson by Jack Mitchell December 19, 1924 - January 28, 2021

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Sometimes, I feel like folks think being queer and trans automatically dissolves all of our proximity to capitalism, anti-Blackness, transphobia, etc, and how we can perpetuate these terrible and harmful ideologies.

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@TexasIsaiah

4 years

what a beautiful thing it is to be loved by someone who sees you and holds absolutely no limitations on who you choose to be in the world. and, what a dream it is to love them back.

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@TexasIsaiah

2 years

Ms. Boogie in Cotuí, Dominican Republic for @Google . All images taken with #Pixel6 .

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@TexasIsaiah

2 months

@lNTERNETBBY lmao it’s too late to ask at that point

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@TexasIsaiah

3 years

My first @harpersbazaarus 📸 ✨

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@TexasIsaiah

2 months

I wish we could have one day a week in which it's a requirement for everyone to be quiet. A day of silence.

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@TexasIsaiah

3 years

I’m typically very bad at posting stuff, but I enjoyed photographing Kemp Powers ( @Powerkeni ), co-director of “Soul” and screenwriter of “One Night in Miami,” for @nytimes in November.

2 Major Movies and a Life Shadowed by Pain and Perfectionism (Published 2020)

Kemp Powers is the co-director of “Soul” and screenwriter of “One Night in Miami,” but his collaborators may not know just how much of himself is in those films.

www.nytimes.com

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@TexasIsaiah

3 years

If I see a dude imposing on a woman/femme’s space on the street, I ask him for directions to distract him and give her/them enough time to walk away.

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@TexasIsaiah

2 years

whether you are a non-binary person, transmasculine, a trans woman, etc., etc, etc doesn’t mean you can’t cause harm or hurt people. i see too many people believing they are exempt from causing impact. please stop.

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I’ve been privately writing about this, but the way y’all fetishize trans masculine people is yuck. Some of y’all are like this behind closed doors.

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@TexasIsaiah

3 years

It can be a big blessing to distance yourself from people who don’t contain the best emotional terrain. Everyone’s emotional landscape is shaped differently, but it’s helpful to understand your own needs and where someone can or can not meet you.

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@TexasIsaiah

3 years

I love Black trans masculine / non-binary niggas. Whew. I love us.

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@TexasIsaiah

3 years

Home is treating me well. 💐💐💐 Image by Wazi Maret 💖

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@TexasIsaiah

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I can not wait for people to look back on my archives in 50-60 years to witness Black trans, non-binary, and gender-expansive imagination and innovation. The retrospective is going to be something else.

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@TexasIsaiah

3 years

💖🌺 Happy Sunday 💐🌷

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@TexasIsaiah

4 years

I am thinking of the people who told me I couldn't exhibit at galleries/museums or sustain a career without a degree from a credible institution. This isn't to stunt, but its to say that I never felt like I needed a degree to be an artist, and neither should you.

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@TexasIsaiah

3 years

It's weird when people make you believe they want a friendship when they actually want access to information/data. The latter can be acceptable, but there is no need to conflate both motives.

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@TexasIsaiah

4 years

the first question that popped into my mind this morning at 5 am was, “are you ready for the blessings you manifested? because they are coming.” we must make space to receive. i’m learning this every day.

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One of my peeves is when people try to push me out of certain emotions when I perfer to walk through them. I’m fine with holding emotions that don’t feel great all the time, but I realize others do not and often project. Like, let me be sad. It’s only temporary.

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@mayonnnnnn_ thanks for this because it takes a lot of work to arrive and sustain the acknowledgment that you are a bad bitch/nigga for no other reason than who you are. (character/personhood)

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@TexasIsaiah

3 years

I will be featuring 12 new works at MoMA PS1 on Thursday, November 18th. I will be present from 4PM-7:30PM EST. Come by! ✨ “New World In My View”, 2021. Taken in Minneapolis, MN. Archival pigment print, 45x55.8 in. Sitter: Bearboi (Bear)

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@TexasIsaiah

4 years

I felt compelled to love on my partner, @TrevellAnderson , who brings me so much joy. A talented lioness who graciously shares their talent, fierceness, and wisdom with us. I am blessed and lucky to call this amazing person, my Love. 📸 for "Every Image is an Offering."

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@TexasIsaiah

2 years

Please remember to tag the writers who write about you and the photographers who image you. Y’all gotta remember how important it is to credit people.

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@TexasIsaiah

4 years

I’m tired of 5PM feeling like midnight.

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@TexasIsaiah

2 months

Too many are concerned with being popular instead of being good, intentional, and caring people.

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@TexasIsaiah

4 years

My first billboard (and, campaign!) on La Cienega Blvd and Melrose with @CalvinKlein for One Future #CKOne featuring Jawn Davis, a young talented individual from Compton. 🖤 More soon! [Video taken by Jawn + co]

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@TexasIsaiah

11 months

writing myself into my own world. writing myself into my own world. writing myself into my own world. writing myself in. writing myself in. writing myself in.

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@TexasIsaiah

3 years

Additional images:

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@TexasIsaiah

2 years

Yearning for so much love in your own lives when in actuality you hate who you are and not only project, but scrutinize others for how they look. Yet, you don’t get chosen by the light skin + Eurocentric adjacent people you desire. What a slippery slope.

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@TexasIsaiah

4 years

I want to remind folks that critique and asking questions doesn't always equate to being a hater. I hope we can be adults and engage in challenging and necessary conversations.

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@TexasIsaiah

3 years

I went to my first ball yesterday, and I enjoyed myself. Tanay (sp?) did a lot for me!

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@TexasIsaiah

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another day of weak men with wack bars

MILLENIUM 🇵🇸

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cole casually dropping the worse bar of the decade

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4 years

British Vogue. 📸

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@TexasIsaiah

2 years

bell hooks not only introduced me to black feminist thought but has allowed me to reshape what trans masculinity can mean for myself and the world i desire to build with others. i’m eternally grateful for her and her work. 🕊

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@TexasIsaiah

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I photographed @itsgabrielleu for her new book and it’s a New York Times bestseller. I’m grateful. Congrats and thank you to the entire team. 🙏🏾

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I love saying no to gigs that are not for me and passing them along to other photographers who may be a great fit. Pay it forward, always.

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@TexasIsaiah

4 years

Okay, artists shouldn't sell their work for $100, but maybe let's take some time to name why this happens in the first place instead?

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@TexasIsaiah

3 years

🙏🏾🎂♋️🦀💖💐🌹🎉🥳 It’s my birthday so talk to me nice. 😝

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@TexasIsaiah

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I am excited to announce my first Los Angeles solo exhibition, Flowers at Your Feet: a Cherished Horizon, which opens on April 6th, 2024, and runs until June 1st, 2024 at Residency Art Gallery in Inglewood.

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@TexasIsaiah

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I miss viewing art at galleries and museums, but I don't miss the social settings of art openings. At all.

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@TexasIsaiah

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Black women and girls deserve so much more. Oluwatoyin “Toyin” Salau was 19 years old. She should be alive, safe, protected. 💔

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Tonight’s question: To go to Dick appointment or be THE dick appointment?

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It may be a tough pill to swallow, but sometimes you need to sit your ass down and listen to how you had someone all the way fucked up.

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W Magazine 2022 V5 “New Originals” story featuring Steve Lacy (including an outtake).

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One thing is clear: no matter what age you are, developing genuine friendships is difficult. 😭

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1 year

white neighbor knocked on my door to ask me to turn the volume down on Nina Simone's 'Sinnerman,' and it's only 12:14PM, and we live Downtown? My volume has been the same for months now. The way I gently closed the door in his face.

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I wish we would allow Black kids to experience their childhoods without creating content around their early accomplishments. Let them be young and brilliant.

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Pat Manuel is the first visibly known Black Trans male professional boxer and CHAMPION! 🌹 *Black Trans folks photographed by Black Trans folks*

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No one talks about the animosity that comes with being fully embodied, which is wild because when I see people love themselves — it encourages me to do the same for myself & I am so happy for them because this world is cruel.

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