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KWL Live Q&A - No Market for That Book with Ruthie Bowles https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxfUfgs0S78 her websites https://nomarketforthatbook.com/about-ruthie-and-no-market-for-that-book/ https://www.audible.com/author/Ruthie-Bowles/B0BVMWBX1J?msockid=365e31650f74658e0ff6276d0e6a6431 THOUGHTS time indexed 00:04:00 Ruthie tells a great story about entering the industry 00:06:00 question, through your time in the industry, do more or less writers want audiobook narrators who are famous actors? 00:07:00 Tara ask, how did you get involved? Ruthie answered, She saw a book , ten ways to get paid to read. Ruthie knew it was oversimplified. In 2019 she had her first audio narration gig while she still worked as a marketer. She outsourced her sound engineering and she still works with him. And she recorded in her office, at first. 00:11:00 Ruthie answered, through your time in the industry, do more or less writers want audiobook narrators who are famous actors? Not a huge consideration in the indie space, mostly in the traditional space. A famous actor will need to transition and may not be able. 00:13:00 Tara, How do you work with author? Ruthie asked, sometimes author don't know. But they can hear something and they feel it. 00:16:00 Tara, do you jump into a book series? Ruthie, she hasn't had an experience jumping into a long series. She has to notice where other people took characters. But she comprehends she is 00:19:00 Diversitymatters ask, How long would it take to do 200 page book and what is the cost? 9,300 words is industry standard for one book, so word count , and then you have to break up your book. She aims for an hour finished hour work a day. She has her fees on her website. $300 per finished hour. So you will not pay me to one to three hours. Usually when you work with an audio engineer you are paying for finished product. 00:23:00 Tara, what is a sensitivity reader? She tends to give feedback on work to see if their are problematic characterizations. But not to knock down but to work to improve the manuscript to see ways to increase the quality of the story. 00:27:00 Tara, how will it work out? Ruthie says, I will refer to things written, but sit with it. Writers have to breath when they get a sensitivity review. She doesn't have authors schedule the call until after they get the report. And remember the intention of the sensitivity reader. 00:30:00 Tara, can you tell us about your company, there is no market for that book? Ruthie, in her experience people in chat on line say, no market exist. Tara, in her experience, all genres have a market. Ruthie, Alot of her work wasn't equitably accessible. You choose what you want to do and do what you can. She wanted audio rights. The community talsk about the things they need and want, and she want to fill those needs and wants in the industry. 00:37:00 Tara, what are other challenges facing marginalized authors. Ruthie, publishing has a big realm. Marginalized authors are less likely to get marketing space. So she wants to know who out in the industry. Marginalized authors may not have variety for who may get to narrate their book. publishing houses find it hard to find marginalized narrators because they usually don't want it. 00:43:00 Tamara morgan, Can you speak to partnership with respect to royalties? Ruthie, she was a reduced PFH rate and we split the royalties 50/50. She was first but now she knows another who is doing it. 00:47:00 Tara, what about the future of collaboration in audiobooks? Ruthie, there is a growing desire to hear stories. Most of the authors she know likes to be artist of the written word. But, as a narrator, she is an artist, a voice artist. and she performs from that place. Do we have enough audio book narrators for all the books? no, but we have enough actors or others to be narrators. So now is a critical turning point. But her friends love her work. 00:52:00 Tara, do you have any advice for authors who want to build a brand and be aunthetic? Ruthie, if you don't anchor what is true to you, you will blow every which way. In terms of brand building, dont' start with what you present, but what is important to you. You have to show up for this on the good days and the bad days. If you only think of the facade on the bad days you will not show up. If you are being authentic to anyone, you have to be authentic to you. Radical authenticity, concentric circles of trust. The cool people will get the things that will ruin my brand. She tries to be the genuine thoughtful human being, it isn't about false positivity, but it is about showing up as the person in my soul. And that will be the standard her company is upheld to. When people trust is what you mean in what you say. controversies you don't have to speak to. If you are doing the work, it will be evident, and that turns into a brand in what you are saying is what you are presenting. 01:00:00 Tara, what more from you? Ruthie, she has a book on kobo plus. She has a story in an anthology, and a pink horror story. 01:03:00 Tara, what are you audiobooking now? Ruthie, the imaginary book festival. Calling In, how to make change with those you would rather cancel. She enjoys it. For anyone who agrees there can be a lot of good on the internet but don't want to engage in certain things, read this book. question, are sensitivity readers hired for making editions of old famous books?

Ask Eddie June 26th 2025+ Jennifer Tilly URL https://www.tumblr.com/filmnoirfoundation/788438887805681664/in-case-you-missed-out-latest-episode-here-you?source=share https://www.tumblr.com/filmnoirfoundation/788438887805681664/in-case-you-missed-out-latest-episode-here-you 3:36 Tilly wasn't allowed to Ad lib by the Washowski's. 4:59 Tilly is funny. 6:23 Roger Ebert loved Bound early and it is a cult classic now. All you need is a man a woman a locked room and a weapon... and a crazed psycopath who just yells his lines. 8:50 great story on equal opportunity, no one wants to see Joey character. Delaurentiis didn't want joey, joe pantoliano. 14:53 Great story from Tilly on how she first met Gershon in Bound. 17:41 Jennfier tilly admitted Joe pantoliano courted the Wachowskis and tilly said she should had did likewise so we could be in the matrix. 20:00 Tilly is raw, she is a great guest, Mueller doesn't have to do anything but let her talk. Tilly said her sister runs around in important movie memorabilia. 24:39 The guy got paid extra money by the screen actors guild. 25:41 gershon and tilly talked about the shoe sale at barney's 28:19 nice description by Tilly to how the washowski's made the love scene between her and gershon as one shot film, being directed all the way. 33:13 Gershon brought Tilly tequila + chocolates for the scene. 38:30 great point by Tilly and a sequel to Bound. 42:19 Mueller is right, he has never done less and the sign language man never worked harder, than with Jennifer Tilly

Michael B Jordan's Thomas Crown https://aalbc.com/tc/topic/11716-thomas-crown-affair-and-wealthy-blacks-in-the-real-world/ is Michael B Jordan's thomas crown movie the first rich black man film? I will explain. Thomas crown is supposed to be a rich guy who commits crimes. started by steve mcqueen, continued by pierce brosnan, but Jordan playing him is a quiet message in my view to black wealth. I can tell you black people have always had a rich minority but that minority has always been so small it hasnt been as visible, but in modernity i argue it is larger than in the past five hundred years so to speak or definitely the last two hundred and this film, i assume may speak to that reality in the black community in the usa and beyond. what say you?

Stormy Monday Blues as part of Earl Hines band LYRICS from Earl Hines, Billy Eckstine, Bob Crowder It's gone and started rainin' I'm lonesome as a man can be It's gone and started rainin' I'm lonesome as a man can be Cause every time it rains I realise what you mean to me If you read my letters, baby You sure must'a read my mind If you read my letters, baby You sure must'a read my mind Then you wouldn't have left me To sit alone and pine Video Link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pIdNa9lL5s Jelly Jelly as part of Earl Hines band LYRICS from Earl Hines + Billy Eckstine Hello baby, I had to call you on the phone Hello baby, I had to call you on the phone `Cause I feel so lonesome And daddy wants his baby home It's a down-right rotten, Low down dirty shame It's a down right rotten low down dirty shame The way that you're treatin' poor me I know I'm not to blame Jelly jelly jelly Jelly stays on my mind Jelly jelly jelly Jelly stays on my mind Jelly roll killed my pappy, And wrung my mama stone blind. video link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUGK_okFzzw&list=RDGUGK_okFzzw&start_radio=1 Rhythm In A Riff heading his own band Lyrics from Billy Eckstine [all instruments no voice] I, love, the rhythm in a riff when the music jumps, i get a lift [scatting A with instruments background] anything, to make it swing I, love, the music from a tone but end it with a mello saxophone [scatting A little lower tone with instruments background] what a lot of kicks it brings when that rhythms in ya the blues don't have a chance you 'll find the groove will when ya make you never think about romance jump jump, the rhythm with a riff any kind of music gets a lift [scatting A with instruments background] anything to make it swing [instruments no voice] [scatting B (start with oh higher than A )with instruments background] [instruments no voice] [scatting C (start with ba higher than B )with instruments background] when that rhythm's in ya the blues don't have a chance you 'll find the groove will when ya make you never think about romance [instruments no voice] [scatting D (start with ah same height as C)with instruments background] [Horn lead - instruments no voice, end with drum solo] [scatting E (same height as A) with instruments background] Riffin is the thing for me video link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHd2LTTkrB8&list=RDXHd2LTTkrB8&start_radio=1 the movie is about, if someone can find it, black director, black cast all. 1947 https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0135629/ soundie, made from the film https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRUKHWJyrbs&list=RDLRUKHWJyrbs&start_radio=1 Even though White people cancelled Billy Eckstine for the following photo[from Martha Holmes, following Eckstine with fans], he never stopped smiling

A leader of the Whispers, I will never forget the music video for Keep On Lovin Me, It astounded me how they were walking throughout a whole city. Years later I realized this wasn't New York City but Detroit:) AND THE BEAT GOES ON writers: Leon Sylvers , Stephen Shockley , William Shelby https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/And_the_Beat_Goes_On_(The_Whispers_song) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slldMEPvUqA LYRICS And the beat goes on Just like my love (everlasting) And the beat goes on Still moving strong, on and on Do you ever wonder That to win, somebody's got to lose I might as well get over (the blues) Just like fishing in the ocean There'll always be someone new (Who'll love you better) You did me wrong But I've been through stormy weather And the beat goes on Just like my love (everlasting) And the beat goes on (you'd better believe it) Still moving strong (on and on) Don't stop for nobody This time I'll keep my feet on solid ground Now I understand myself (when I'm down) Like the sweet sound of hip music There'll always be something new To keep the tables turning Hate this simple song But there'll never be an ending And the beat goes on Just like my love (everlasting) And the beat goes on Still moving strong (on and on) The beat goes on, the beat goes on, the beat goes on The beat goes on, the beat goes on, the beat goes on Guitar playing that fill to show the beat is real The beat goes on And the beat goes on (oh, oh, oh) Just like my love (everlasting) And the beat goes on (just to make it last) Still moving strong (gotta believe it) And the beat goes on (and the beat goes on and on and on) Just like my love (everlasting) And the beat goes on (everlasting, baby) Still moving strong (and I love it) And the beat goes on (just like my love, baby) Just like my love, baby (everlasting) And the beat goes on Still moving strong (and I love it) The beat goes on, the beat goes on, the beat goes on The beat goes on, the beat goes on, the beat goes on The beat goes on, the beat goes on, the beat goes on The beat goes on, the beat goes on, the beat goes on And the beat goes on Just like my love (everlasting) And the beat goes on Still moving strong And the beat goes on Just like my love, everlasting Just like my love (everlasting) Still moving strong (and I love it) And the beat goes on Just like my love (everlasting) And the beat goes on Still moving strong ROCK STEADY writers: Babyface , L.A. Reid , Bo Watson , Dwayne Ladd https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_Steady_(The_Whispers_song) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPJz3syNbtE LYRICS [Intro] Rock [Verse 1] I looked at you You stole my heart You were all that I anticipated I wanted you Every part But I knew love would be complicated [Pre-Chorus] I begin to touch But you wouldn’t let it It never seemed to be the right time I started to give up Down to the limit And then you changed your mind, oh [Chorus] And we begin to rock steady Steady rocking all night long And we begin to rock steady Rocking 'til the break of dawn Rock (Ooh), steady Steady rocking all night long Rock steady Rocking 'til the break of dawn [Verse 2] You looked at me To my surprise You were too anticipating I should have known It was in your eyes That you were getting tired of waiting [Pre-Chorus] You wanted me so much But I didn’t get it How could a fellow be so blind? I started to give up But love wouldn’t let it Then you walked into my life [Chorus] And we begin to rock steady Steady rocking all night long And we begin to rock steady Rocking 'til the break of dawn Rock (Ooh), steady Steady rocking all night long (All night long) Rock steady Rocking 'til the break of dawn (Rocking 'til the break of dawn) [Bridge] Ooh, dooba, dooba, da Rock (Steady, baby, rock steady, baby) Ooh, rock (Steady, baby, rock steady, baby) Rock Ooh, rock [Pre-Chorus] You wanted me so much But I didn’t get it How could a fellow be so blind? I started to give up But love wouldn’t let it Then you walked into my life, oh [Chorus] And we begin to rock steady Steady rocking all night long And we begin to rock steady Rocking 'til the break of dawn (Rocking 'til the break of dawn) Rock (Ooh), steady Steady rocking all night long (All night long) Rock steady Rocking 'til the break of dawn (Everybody) Rock steady Steady rocking all night long (Everybody steady rocking) Rock steady Rocking 'til the break of dawn Rock (Steady rock) steady (St-st-st-steady rock) Steady rocking all night long (Everybody steady rocking) Rock steady Rocking 'til the break of dawn (Rocking till the break of dawn) (Everybody steady rocking) IT'S A LOVE THING writers: Dana Meyers,William Shelby https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It%27s_a_Love_Thing_(The_Whispers_song) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJULtwL5zfY LYRICS It's a love thing, it's a love thing (It's a love thing, thing) The look in your eyes is more than enough To make my poor heart burst into flames Before the moment we met That there was no doubt That my life would never be the same And I could never hide this feelin' That comes over me When you're near me I know that's how it's supposed to be My heart is tellin' me It's a love thing, yeah And the talkin' in my sleep About the love we made It's a love thing (It's a love thing) Love thing (Thing) Such a feeling I get whenever we touch Girl, like no other I felt before It's still so new and yet I need you so much Got to make you mine forever more You're the kinda woman That can turn my world around 'Cause you showed me what Unselfish love is all about Without a doubt It's a love thing, yeah I feel that pounding in my heart When you call my name It's a love thing (It's a love thing) Love thing (Thing) It's a love thing Every time that you're near It becomes so clear It's a love thing (It's a love thing) Love thing (Thing) Yeah, it's a love thing I feel that pounding in my heart When you call my name It's a love thing (It's a love thing) It's a love thing I could never hide this feeling That comes over me When you're near me I know that's how it's supposed to be My heart is tellin' me It's a love thing, yeah Got me talkin' in my sleep About the love we made It's a love thing (It's a love thing) Ooh, it's a love thing (Thing) It's a love thing, yeah I feel that pounding in my heart Every time you call my name, yeah It's a love thing (It's a love thing) Love thing (Thing) Love thing It's a love thing It's a love thing It's a love thing KEEP ON LOVIN ME writers: Wardell Potts Jr , Kevin Spencer , William https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keep_On_Lovin%27_Me https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6aRvVTSC0I LYRICS When times get tough, I want to give it up I just can't let it go like that And oh, how long it took to build it up? There must be some reason why we come back Love, I am alive The only thing I've ever done that still feels right Must be sad in my ways A stubborn kind of fella, he's not everyday So just keep on lovin' me (doo-doo-doo) Just keep on lovin' me (lovin' me) I dreamed last night that I lost your love I felt sad because it seemed so real I don't climb to bed, I had to call you up And make sure you notice what I feel How many times I'm took for granted? But you know our love was sound Stay by my side, let nothing feel when I put my feet on solid ground So just keep on lovin' me (doo-doo-doo) Just keep on lovin' me (lovin' me) Hey, Scottie! Yeah What does that mean? That means I'll never give up the love that's good to me Keep on lovin' me (doo-doo-doo) Just keep on lovin' me (lovin' me) Ooh (doo-doo-doo) Ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh (lovin' me) Just keep on lovin' me (doo-doo-doo) Hey, Scottie! Yeah What does that mean? That means it's just for my baby to know Hey, baby Keep on, keep on, keep on, keep on Just keep on keepin' on Just keep on doin' it, baby Just keep on keepin' on Just keep on doin' it, baby (yeah, baby) Just keep on keepin' on Just keep on doin' it, baby (just go on) Just keep on keepin' on Hey, Scottie! Yeah What does that mean? That means I'll never give up the love that's good to me Keep on lovin' me Just keep on lovin' me Keep on, keep on, keep on, keep on Just keep on keepin' on Just keep on doin' it, baby (yeah, baby) Just keep on keepin' on Just keep on doin' it, baby Just keep on keepin' on (lovin' me) Just keep on doin' it, baby (you're my baby) Just keep on keepin' on Just keep on doin' it, baby Just keep on lovin' me (doo-doo-doo) Hey Scottie Yeah What does that mean? Well, that means I'm ready to love my baby with all my heart Just keep on lovin' me (doo-doo-doo) Just keep on lovin' me (lovin' me)

video url https://youtu.be/KznZcK7ksf4?si=uamqnPBo7unq3zU5 my comment and maybe that is the literary point of hercules the film It is like when Howard Belae gives jenson's cosmology. The audience is bored with the narrative from Beale that they are the problem and they are inevitably finished, that they can't be inspired and they can't improve. Hercules disney cartoon film, says it isn't the sports stars or media idols or the coaches or the media brands that are the problem, the audience is the audiences problem. Sports stars are common folk whose talents and desires to be the best place them in fiscally potent scenarios. Brands are trying to make a dollar in fiscal capitalism , the fans prove the brands correct in how they sell by how fans react, it isn't up to brands to do anything else but make money. The gods listen to the fates to act. The fates get their information from an unknown power. But the gods don't need to know a person to act towards them positively or negatively. I think Hercules the movie does blend in some concepts from hellenia but not purely. HErcules the animated film isn't trying to be modern , fitting the modern sports film or superhero film narrative, or in the past, fitting ancient hellens storytelling ways. It is out of time. anachronistic. And that makes it unique which is what hercules in the film is, a unique being.

video embed video link https://youtu.be/u3iwa9BupmQ?si=KhdwO07s-mWMNA-G MY THOUGHTS AS I LISTENED Love the shirt from Zenobia. 00:02:00 From Duck till dawn ahhhh, similar but the storytelling is vastly different. Coogler made characters in Sinners that are better balanced. American Gothic, ok, specificall Black American Gothic ah EVe's Bayou is considered a Black American Gothic 00:04:13 It has stocked Nike's secrets and symbology infatuation with films 00:05:50 good point Nike, Coogler made the correct religious association in the black populace at the time 00:07:10 yeah the guy who played preacher boys father did well as the fanatic black pastor I think many thought on what determines a sinner , who is a sinner, and when are a sinner redeemed. [ https://aalbc.com/tc/events/event/369-granting-to-evil-circa-the-film-sinners-from-coogler/ ] 00:09:44 interesting from Zenobia, each character in sinners is a sinner. I think this film shows how much larger the religious zeal/energy is in the black or pan human populace. I concur, many of the characters embrace their lives. They don't dwell, and Delta slim was the oldest so his age makes reflection easier. 00:14:52 hmmm interesting point from Nike, the way in which Coogler framed the reality , didn't hit any audience member with it upside the head but it was not ignored. It is a subtely, a craft, to represent important history from your community without turning your fiction into a historical documentary. 00:16:58 Younger black audiences, seem to really not like to see the pain. Not trying to be ignorant but not consumed. 00:18:41 Nike, psalms 1:07 let the redeemed of the lord say so. The first black person I heard or read quote scripture of the Christian bible. 00:19:26 I concur to Zenobia, this is a collection of individuals brought together through a collective project, a juke joint. 00:21:30 Nike, true, the external communal freedom is desired but the individual freedom was reached by Sammie. yes, Fun is powerful 00:22:46 Everybody loves Annie. yes, how come the ancient black religions didn't come through to save her baby? how come the religion of his uncle didn't save her baby? Yes, people who lose children have a sadness that can be very deep. 00:25:26 Yes, I am happy Delroy Lindo said that. People forget the old black south lifestyle was in the 1900s alive and common and vibrant. I think black people in the 1900s did a disservice raising black kids by making our old black south too distant or disconnected. But as Dash said in Daughters of the Dust , black families who went north intentionally wanted to forget the black southern heritage wholesale, not just the negative but the positive. 00:27:25 of course, Nike forgets pearline's name for a minute:) black men's character. 00:28:57 Zenobia remembers the scene of smoke + any and the incense is burning 00:31:50 I concur, color symbology is heavy in Sinners. 00:33:59 I didn't know Smoke and his brothe'rs last name was Moore. Cool. 00:34:51 Yes, The irish were catholic and also catholic. The English was the overseers to the irish. Right, the dumping ground use of the English colonies by England. 00:37:02 I think one point with sinners is not shying away from the heritage of interacial activity in the usa, not merely the negative but the neutral. I say not positive, but neutral. Many films of the past go into a simplicity, of all peoples in the usa walled against each other but that was never the truth, even in the plantation, especially in the plantation. 00:37:14 Ruth D carter is having a great era as a costumer. 00:38:07 your funny, people couldn't say, they are wearing red white and blue. 00:39:37 well done Nike, colors to ward off spirits. I didn't know. 00:40:35 I concur to Nike, the best black fantasy films from Posse to Sinners accept the presence of whites or white power but the story isn't about whites or white power, but blacks and black empowerment. 00:40:40 Zenobia is the first I heard to call it a tear jerker. hmmm . That is a testament to Coogler's storytelling. 00:41:36 hmm Zenobia maybe answers Nike's question, and sacrifice is maybe the way sinners can be redeemed. 00:42:25 Zenobia is in a bible study group. 00:43:56 Very leech like, Remmick as a vampire is very leech like. 00:44:51 Questions from Nike, Is Sinners one of Ryan Coogler's most personal films? How is his storytelling from Fruitville Station to Sinners changed? What lingers? 00:47:51 aww Zenobia, you softie, the end had you crying:) Sinners has a level of completeness. Heavy detailed with no need of exposition. 00:48:46 The Coogler/Jordan duo is strong, like Depp/Burton or Eastwood/Leone . and great point Nike. Who is the body double? 00:52:01 Blue Ray for Sinners is coming out in December. I bet the BlueRay/DVD people didn't expect it to be this loved. 00:53:07 And like Peele, forget the series. The movie series is corporate, the best filmmakers outside the superhero is one and done's. No Zenobia, I am fearful for universe building on sinners. Of course, Warner Bros, want to make money. That is what made Keannu Reeves control of John Wick well. Starz can't do what they want. MY COMMENT Zenobia, what character is depicted on your shirt? Nike, what are your thoughts to Coogler , like Peele, not revealing much, letting the online discourse go into the revelations? Zenobia, how many sins exist? Are their more than seven? To you both, where does Delroy Lindo's performance in Sinners place among his many? Nike, you are the first to quote scripture in discussion about this. Nike or Zenobia, what role do black parents have in the 1900s to making enslavement or more precisely the heritage even after the war between the states, have in making black children think that southern black heritage is ancient instead of the near past. Zenobia, I think your correct about the colors meaning. How often do you think the film sinners was talked about in Christian Bible Study groups? Aww Zenobia, mommy softee:) at the end. Questions asked to viewers of the review. Is Sinners one of Ryan Coogler's most personal films? Tough one. I think it definitely is in the sense that it is something he has produced that doesn't have the media protection of bigger brand content, so he is relying on himself and his vision. How is his storytelling from Fruitville Station to Sinners changed? I don't know. Peele + Coogler seem to be very astute on the stories they present, when and how they present. It is very managed. Unlike someone like myself who doesn't manicure his art for commerce, i think Coogler always does. Not in an evil way but financially comprehending films have to make money to keep making films. What lingers? When Sammie said he wanted to taste Pearline:) I want to taste her too:) hahaa Who is the body double? Percy Bell [ https://www.wfla.com/community/rooted-in-progress/michael-b-jordans-body-double-in-sinners-the-percy-bell-story-rooted-in-progress/ ] Thanks, stay cool this summer and see ya soon. my comment comment URL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3iwa9BupmQ&lc=UgzFQGHmY1ei5-wNw6R4AaABAg&pp=0gcJCSMANpG00pGi Another Sinners discussion https://aalbc.com/tc/events/event/369-granting-to-evil-circa-the-film-sinners-from-coogler/

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School Daze came out. It started the whole Black College Campus film genre. The interesting thing storywise is I argue no Black College film post School Daze deals with Colorism in the Black Populace in the USA so sharply or unapologetically. One quick note, the songs were written by a black man. The Link Just in case the above doesn't work https://www.tiktok.com/@africanheritagecity/video/7518457184104009015?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc

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This isn't the most interesting part of the film storywise but I do enjoy this, I am glad somebody got it https://youtube.com/shorts/6y_ZdxO9IqE?si=gpUJnjLUuT3Zf3gO I Want to bite off more than I can chew too:) suffocate me:)

Moments with Mani said I have a question for any black man who reads this: You guys have a tendency to talk about possibly falling in love with a white woman or making statements like “not all white women are racist”. My question to you is, do you believe white women will go out of their way to defend you and show the world that you’re a good man to their racist/ignorant counterparts? I’m not throwing shots, I’ve been commonly seeing black men pedestalize white women while downplaying black women over anti black stereotypes for the past few years and now I have questions… https://www.tumblr.com/momentswithmani/788197731691839488/i-have-a-question-for-any-black-man-who-reads?source=share MY ANSWER I will be blunt, no black man I know of offline , whom I have talked to, ever talked to me saying they will possibly fall in love with a white woman or said not all white women are racist. I have heard black men offline say not all white people are racist. So offline I haven't been privy to the tendencies you have. As online communication is mostly strangers but with a larger populace it can not be compared to offline. but in my online life among many male black artist I have not read the tendencies you describe. Now to answer your question. I have no experience with a white woman at any level of intimate and only as distant colleagues. So I have never been in a position to warrant or need a white woman to defend or present me to the greater white populace. having said that, I have seen in NYC, not all of the USA, just NYC, various individuals from one type of a race defend another individual from another type of the same race from a larger populace. I have seen a jew defend a muslim against those in the jewish community suggesting said muslim is anti jewish. I have seen a white man defend a black man from claims from many in the white community that said black man is bad. What is my point to conclude my answer. I have no reason based on my personal life or what I have seen to believe a white women will defend a black man's character from various in the white populace claiming otherwise. Is it possible for a white woman to defend a black man? yes. It is positively probable a white woman will defend a black man's character, something to bet on, something common? no and I argue never. My black environment offline or online luckily doesn't have a large number of black people who are whitephiles.

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CENTO Series episode 121 and i'm not terrified, i'm just a puddle down where the sadness accumulates and gray endless clouds that runs in the family and lacks a proper diagnosis https://www.deviantart.com/pineliquor/art/it-rains-on-the-dark-side-of-the-moon-1041047198 If you sit too long and stew Getting cussed out by imaginary rabbits Take your rave, and the heck ou Otherwise, I won't get anywhere Please stop, make it stop Call the church, set up the cross https://www.deviantart.com/psto1464/art/Dust-Bunnies-1040791098 IN AMENDMENT Cento List - enjoy the poetry https://aalbc.com/tc/search/?q=cento&quick=1&type=calendar_event&nodes=5&updated_after=any&sortby=newest Enjoy the 2023 Centos https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/richard-murray-centos-2023 Epub link https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/poetry-or-more-1 Epub series https://www.kobo.com/us/en/series/richard-murray-short-story-collection Audiobook link https://www.kobo.com/us/en/audiobook/the-last-flail Audiobook series https://www.kobo.com/us/en/series/richard-murray-tip-jar-audios If you really want to follow what I am doing please subscribe to my calendars. I wish I would had used the calendar tool with all my work from the beginning. Like alot of the internet I didn't really think on it when I started, like with many I just started using. Why do we create linearly when a lot of times, what I have to say is repeats from yesteryear. Richard Murray's Work Calendar webcal://aalbc.com/tc/events/5-rmworkcalendar/download/?member=6477&key=9b0dbd4939faea9d5408174d9601d576 or https://aalbc.com/tc/events/5-rmworkcalendar/download/?member=6477&key=9b0dbd4939faea9d5408174d9601d576 Richard Murray's Community Calendar webcal://aalbc.com/tc/events/7-rmcommunitycalendar/download/?member=6477&key=9b0dbd4939faea9d5408174d9601d576 or https://aalbc.com/tc/events/7-rmcommunitycalendar/download/?member=6477&key=9b0dbd4939faea9d5408174d9601d576

CENTO Series episode 120 Both financially and mentally. I have been in that place before, However, one may not be aware https://www.deviantart.com/princeoffire/art/Getting-a-Move-On-1040426378 Vile demons smashing Heaven, And Gathers to it Impossible, https://www.deviantart.com/artbymorgancmorgan/art/It-Is-Not-Poetry-and-Art-1020087988 IN AMENDMENT Cento List - enjoy the poetry https://aalbc.com/tc/search/?q=cento&quick=1&type=calendar_event&nodes=5&updated_after=any&sortby=newest Enjoy the 2023 Centos https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/richard-murray-centos-2023 Epub link https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/poetry-or-more-1 Epub series https://www.kobo.com/us/en/series/richard-murray-short-story-collection Audiobook link https://www.kobo.com/us/en/audiobook/the-last-flail Audiobook series https://www.kobo.com/us/en/series/richard-murray-tip-jar-audios If you really want to follow what I am doing please subscribe to my calendars. I wish I would had used the calendar tool with all my work from the beginning. Like alot of the internet I didn't really think on it when I started, like with many I just started using. Why do we create linearly when a lot of times, what I have to say is repeats from yesteryear. Richard Murray's Work Calendar webcal://aalbc.com/tc/events/5-rmworkcalendar/download/?member=6477&key=9b0dbd4939faea9d5408174d9601d576 or https://aalbc.com/tc/events/5-rmworkcalendar/download/?member=6477&key=9b0dbd4939faea9d5408174d9601d576 Richard Murray's Community Calendar webcal://aalbc.com/tc/events/7-rmcommunitycalendar/download/?member=6477&key=9b0dbd4939faea9d5408174d9601d576 or https://aalbc.com/tc/events/7-rmcommunitycalendar/download/?member=6477&key=9b0dbd4939faea9d5408174d9601d576

CENTO Series episode 119 thaw out my heart you’d better be warned: Have I appeased you? https://www.deviantart.com/enzymedevice/art/2024-Day-7-It-s-a-Spa-1040247335 wishing to drink the sun cherubins hidden in the rusty spokes gathering dust and sprinkles of night https://www.deviantart.com/lorian-aindal/art/The-Wheel-1040629339 IN AMENDMENT Cento List - enjoy the poetry https://aalbc.com/tc/search/?q=cento&quick=1&type=calendar_event&nodes=5&updated_after=any&sortby=newest Enjoy the 2023 Centos https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/richard-murray-centos-2023 Epub link https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/poetry-or-more-1 Epub series https://www.kobo.com/us/en/series/richard-murray-short-story-collection Audiobook link https://www.kobo.com/us/en/audiobook/the-last-flail Audiobook series https://www.kobo.com/us/en/series/richard-murray-tip-jar-audios If you really want to follow what I am doing please subscribe to my calendars. I wish I would had used the calendar tool with all my work from the beginning. Like alot of the internet I didn't really think on it when I started, like with many I just started using. Why do we create linearly when a lot of times, what I have to say is repeats from yesteryear. Richard Murray's Work Calendar webcal://aalbc.com/tc/events/5-rmworkcalendar/download/?member=6477&key=9b0dbd4939faea9d5408174d9601d576 or https://aalbc.com/tc/events/5-rmworkcalendar/download/?member=6477&key=9b0dbd4939faea9d5408174d9601d576 Richard Murray's Community Calendar webcal://aalbc.com/tc/events/7-rmcommunitycalendar/download/?member=6477&key=9b0dbd4939faea9d5408174d9601d576 or https://aalbc.com/tc/events/7-rmcommunitycalendar/download/?member=6477&key=9b0dbd4939faea9d5408174d9601d576

CENTO Series episode 118 Me in the sky For a few minutes, a midday night, of the sun. https://www.deviantart.com/mysticalpoet/art/Eclipse-1040341342 the fruits of your wickedness as my broken, patchwork soul and all but you was dead because insidious little lies https://www.deviantart.com/ink-singer/art/liar-liar-liar-afire-1039215153 IN AMENDMENT Cento List - enjoy the poetry https://aalbc.com/tc/search/?q=cento&quick=1&type=calendar_event&nodes=5&updated_after=any&sortby=newest Enjoy the 2023 Centos https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/richard-murray-centos-2023 Epub link https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/poetry-or-more-1 Epub series https://www.kobo.com/us/en/series/richard-murray-short-story-collection Audiobook link https://www.kobo.com/us/en/audiobook/the-last-flail Audiobook series https://www.kobo.com/us/en/series/richard-murray-tip-jar-audios If you really want to follow what I am doing please subscribe to my calendars. I wish I would had used the calendar tool with all my work from the beginning. Like alot of the internet I didn't really think on it when I started, like with many I just started using. Why do we create linearly when a lot of times, what I have to say is repeats from yesteryear. Richard Murray's Work Calendar webcal://aalbc.com/tc/events/5-rmworkcalendar/download/?member=6477&key=9b0dbd4939faea9d5408174d9601d576 or https://aalbc.com/tc/events/5-rmworkcalendar/download/?member=6477&key=9b0dbd4939faea9d5408174d9601d576 Richard Murray's Community Calendar webcal://aalbc.com/tc/events/7-rmcommunitycalendar/download/?member=6477&key=9b0dbd4939faea9d5408174d9601d576 or https://aalbc.com/tc/events/7-rmcommunitycalendar/download/?member=6477&key=9b0dbd4939faea9d5408174d9601d576