"๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ช๐ด๐ต ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ง๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ด๐ต ๐ข๐ด ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ณ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ข๐ณ."
From her 1983 published work, ๐๐ง ๐๐๐๐ซ๐๐ก ๐ผ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐ผ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ'๐ฌ ๐๐๐ซ๐๐๐ง๐ฌ: ๐๐ผ๐บ๐๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ก ๐๐ซ๐ผ๐ฌ๐, #๐ ๐ ๐๐ผ๐พ๐ถ๐บ๐ ๐๐พ๐ defines *แดกแดแดแดษดษชsแด* as a black feminist ๐๐ feminist of color - further ๐ฝeriving from the interchangeable BLK expressions: "๐ธou acting womanish." "You ๐๐๐๐๐๐ to be grown."
In addition, she explained (แดกแดแดแดษดษชsแด): "a woman who loves other women, sexually and/or nonsexual. Appreciates and prefers women's culture, women's emotional flexibility and women's strength. [...] Loves music. Loves struggle. ๐ซ๐๐๐พ๐ ๐๐พ๐๐๐พ๐ ๐ฟ. ๐๐๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ."
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To honor #wcwโค๏ธ , we've curated a mixtape of songs commemorating the strength, courage, care and sensuality that embodies the WOMAN. All songs are listed below!
Provided songs can be found on all streaming platforms.
Aretha Franklin - A Rose Is Still A Rose
Missy Elliott - She's A Bitch
Kierra Sheard - Love Like Crazy
Beyoncรฉ - Don't Hurt Yourself
Summer Walker - Body
Monica - Don't Take It Personal
City Girls - Jobs
Light Skin Keisha - Spend Sum Cash
Jazmine Sullivan - Don't Make Me Wait
Janelle Monae - Crazy, Classic, Life
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