adventures of an independent artist, poet, fashionista..Tumblr (3.0; @viviansessoms)http://viviansessoms.tumblr.com/<a href="http://www.destinationharlem.net/episode-2/">Destination Harlem TV: Episode 2</a>: <p>New series produced by Maurice Sessoms & Aaron Forste.</p>http://viviansessoms.tumblr.com/post/50677296640http://viviansessoms.tumblr.com/post/50677296640Fri, 17 May 2013 17:34:08 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/64c962201ea4a9e572218c537c4c963b/tumblr_mmenjtDUmB1qesepao1_r1_500.png"/><br/><br/>http://viviansessoms.tumblr.com/post/49934678268http://viviansessoms.tumblr.com/post/49934678268Wed, 08 May 2013 10:34:09 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/d13611edd5f5cf697b52eed7d332ed2c/tumblr_mmf6tdhHQz1snx6rjo1_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/354d173bd08f005e3d2b60ff16389991/tumblr_mmf6tdhHQz1snx6rjo2_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/3c1593122566b7b30602d12f6e97a511/tumblr_mmf6tdhHQz1snx6rjo3_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/0dddafe5e426dc702690acc420222eeb/tumblr_mmf6tdhHQz1snx6rjo4_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/a5ff5bc4ab9f7a877313fab847ce5379/tumblr_mmf6tdhHQz1snx6rjo5_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/c712d7d7f364b6735f992cb799257e99/tumblr_mmf6tdhHQz1snx6rjo6_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/74b3210572436a22e01117e4ceec3034/tumblr_mmf6tdhHQz1snx6rjo7_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/1f3e0f9dcb3681ef9cc31e87176cf328/tumblr_mmf6tdhHQz1snx6rjo8_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><p><a href="http://latenightjimmy.tumblr.com/post/49861460620/our-do-not-play-list-had-some-real-winners-on-it" class="tumblr_blog">latenightjimmy</a>:</p> <blockquote><p>Our Do Not Play List had some real winners on it: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNeXy2zsW80">Part One</a> / <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfVeBxSjjNc">Part Two</a></p> <p>[<a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://falpalsforever.tumblr.com/post/49847823515/jimmy-fallons-do-not-play-list">falpalsforever</a>]</p></blockquote>http://viviansessoms.tumblr.com/post/49934281513http://viviansessoms.tumblr.com/post/49934281513Wed, 08 May 2013 10:25:15 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/ff617e5d4e96ad5ba685f89a3b141e0c/tumblr_mm7mntiMyD1qb0bzxo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://allthingseurope.tumblr.com/post/49862322002" class="tumblr_blog">allthingseurope</a>:</p> <blockquote><p>Nin, Croatia (by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/eden__destinations/4843069847/in/set-72157624615396910">EDEN</a>)</p></blockquote>http://viviansessoms.tumblr.com/post/49934203325http://viviansessoms.tumblr.com/post/49934203325Wed, 08 May 2013 10:23:29 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/fce633311773a5c739237ce750f66396/tumblr_mmgte1Hn631qgtqgzo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://vintageblackglamour.tumblr.com/post/49917031256/when-i-first-told-my-dad-about-vintage-black" class="tumblr_blog">vintageblackglamour</a>:</p> <blockquote><p>When I first told my dad about <a href="https://www.facebook.com/VintageBlackGlamour">Vintage Black Glamour</a>, he had one question: “Is <a href="http://vintageblackglamour.tumblr.com/tagged/freda_payne">Freda Payne</a> in the book?” Why yes, Dad. Yes she is. This photo by Terry O’Neill (via Getty) is from the early 1970s.</p></blockquote>http://viviansessoms.tumblr.com/post/49933706561http://viviansessoms.tumblr.com/post/49933706561Wed, 08 May 2013 10:12:17 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/501b0422789aa55ee477dc79ac4c6832/tumblr_mmafsoThqW1sq3i54o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://mochafleur.com/post/49627328632/blackwithflowers-i-think-black-people-are-not" class="tumblr_blog">mochafleur</a>:</p> <blockquote><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://blackwithflowers.tumblr.com/post/49613766516/i-think-black-people-are-not-afforded-the-luxury">blackwithflowers</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>I think Black people are not afforded the luxury of existing without being pigeonholed into an aggressive state of being. Many times Black people are displayed as hyper-aggressive and because of this display we create a mentality that were stuck with hyper-aggressiveness. </p> <p>That isn’t to say that being strong, tough, or aggressive are bad things, they come with our survival. But the vunerability, pain, and gentleness that Black people reveal are not present many times in the media or even in our homes. The luxury of intimacy with other people is so small in comparison to the thousands of images of us being strong and “animalistic” (by intimacy I mean without guards, barriers, being invested with other people without a facade to what you are or layers you create.)</p> <p>Similar to the phrase ”carefree black girls and boys”, I wanted to give a safe space to vulnerablity of Blackness to be  on display</p> <p>_________</p> <p><a href="http://blackwithflowers.tumblr.com/submit"><big><big>Submissions are welcomed!</big></big></a> </p> <p><br/>————</p> <p><a href="http://www.behance.net/gallery/Ataui-Deng-for-Interview-Russia/6167877">Ataui Deng|Source</a></p> </blockquote> <p>Submissions needed are welcomed!!</p></blockquote>http://viviansessoms.tumblr.com/post/49701907787http://viviansessoms.tumblr.com/post/49701907787Sun, 05 May 2013 13:55:54 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/3a05c72c796d3287e2db5aa717fb9554/tumblr_mmb9x2Ygs91qgtqgzo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://vintageblackglamour.tumblr.com/post/49659513559/icons-sammy-davis-jr-harry-belafonte-and" class="tumblr_blog">vintageblackglamour</a>:</p> <blockquote><p><span>ICONS: <a href="http://vintageblackglamour.tumblr.com/tagged/sammy_davis_jr.">Sammy Davis, Jr.</a>, <a href="http://vintageblackglamour.tumblr.com/tagged/harry_belafonte">Harry Belafonte</a> and <a href="http://vintageblackglamour.tumblr.com/tagged/sidney_poitier">Sidney Poitier</a> in an outtake from their February 4, 1966 LIFE magazine cover. Thank you </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Reggie-Hudlin/87343614943?group_id=0" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/page.php?id=87343614943&extragetparams=%7B%22group_id%22%3A0%7D">Reggie Hudlin</a><span>! Photo: Philippe Halsman/Magnum Photos.</span></p></blockquote>http://viviansessoms.tumblr.com/post/49701642413http://viviansessoms.tumblr.com/post/49701642413Sun, 05 May 2013 13:52:30 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/e5738d9f58b63fa1ff0f9b42d092693a/tumblr_mlubixIaub1r2b2hwo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/86cb26930f922613c8ad6bbb1c2906d5/tumblr_mlubixIaub1r2b2hwo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a href="http://sidibeauty.tumblr.com/post/49690830278/sidi-beauty" class="tumblr_blog">sidibeauty</a>:</p> <blockquote><p><a href="http://sidibeauty.blogspot.com.es/">Sidi Beauty</a></p></blockquote>http://viviansessoms.tumblr.com/post/49701388610http://viviansessoms.tumblr.com/post/49701388610Sun, 05 May 2013 13:49:17 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/a9724337520a70f4c3682301d794c46e/tumblr_mke4b1Kp5n1qdv2k8o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://theskyinfront.tumblr.com/post/46535491117">theskyinfront</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>sending it back up to the heavens. 🌒 #hookah</p> </blockquote>http://viviansessoms.tumblr.com/post/47991002810http://viviansessoms.tumblr.com/post/47991002810Sun, 14 Apr 2013 18:20:10 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/6de55845ecc1a87d5e908ff81f005cc6/tumblr_mkfg136Vb51qzzzl7o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://viviansessoms.tumblr.com/post/46695191746http://viviansessoms.tumblr.com/post/46695191746Sat, 30 Mar 2013 16:00:37 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/dcb39d97eb125981088911a4f4a24c0f/tumblr_mj72ldwFWU1rtoxh3o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://viviansessoms.tumblr.com/post/46585371728http://viviansessoms.tumblr.com/post/46585371728Fri, 29 Mar 2013 07:41:52 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/bf177b91674bef11500823eb47fb10d2/tumblr_mkdpheHyus1qesi41o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://redefiningbodyimage.tumblr.com/post/46513069060/just-another-example-of-how-beauty-standards-and" class="tumblr_blog">redefiningbodyimage</a>:</p> <blockquote><p>Just another example of how beauty standards and body hate are (and always have been) fabricated.</p></blockquote>http://viviansessoms.tumblr.com/post/46585343313http://viviansessoms.tumblr.com/post/46585343313Fri, 29 Mar 2013 07:41:02 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/c9bec5ed4c53176877bd075bc23e96ff/tumblr_mkdkxhj0zX1qaglpuo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://viviansessoms.tumblr.com/post/46585334274http://viviansessoms.tumblr.com/post/46585334274Fri, 29 Mar 2013 07:40:45 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mebhc10RJN1qeg3kio1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://viviansessoms.tumblr.com/post/46585306970http://viviansessoms.tumblr.com/post/46585306970Fri, 29 Mar 2013 07:40:02 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/597676609546e90ab044e17ebf38d34e/tumblr_mkd8r2D4if1qhu9i5o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://viviansessoms.tumblr.com/post/46585291953http://viviansessoms.tumblr.com/post/46585291953Fri, 29 Mar 2013 07:39:33 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/a45c5d7483c0fb4c610e5b63cfa554f5/tumblr_mheckkzU4z1qb0bzxo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://allthingseurope.tumblr.com/post/46526356415" class="tumblr_blog">allthingseurope</a>:</p> <blockquote><p>Versailles, France (by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/shogunangel/7286000922/">shogunangel</a>)</p></blockquote>http://viviansessoms.tumblr.com/post/46573161523http://viviansessoms.tumblr.com/post/46573161523Fri, 29 Mar 2013 01:38:14 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/94417b850eaa175b6753a3412970f374/tumblr_mkbxxdhyqB1qdubc7o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://flyestfemales.tumblr.com/post/46528606708/flyestfemales">flyestfemales</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://flyestfemales.tumblr.com/">flyestfemales</a></p> </blockquote>http://viviansessoms.tumblr.com/post/46573129781http://viviansessoms.tumblr.com/post/46573129781Fri, 29 Mar 2013 01:37:40 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mb5cuiaPNm1robfrjo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://curvesincolor.tumblr.com/post/46523234064/nicolemusoni-tumblr-com">curvesincolor</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>nicolemusoni.tumblr.com</p> </blockquote>http://viviansessoms.tumblr.com/post/46573105009http://viviansessoms.tumblr.com/post/46573105009Fri, 29 Mar 2013 01:37:13 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/a0b4ab754df190b8f184a841b8c3fc9c/tumblr_mkdejmTSZK1qe49wpo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://mochacafe.tumblr.com/post/46529795410" class="tumblr_blog">mochacafe</a>:</p> <blockquote><p><span class="Apple-style-span"><strong><a href="http://ohsopictures.tumblr.com/">(via ohsopictures)</a></strong></span></p></blockquote>http://viviansessoms.tumblr.com/post/46573092243http://viviansessoms.tumblr.com/post/46573092243Fri, 29 Mar 2013 01:37:01 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lqrhdn2Ixo1qbzk1yo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://viviansessoms.tumblr.com/post/46572916607http://viviansessoms.tumblr.com/post/46572916607Fri, 29 Mar 2013 01:33:57 -0400