ma.niivia
@niviia.bsky.social
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ma.niivia
@niviia.bsky.social
· Nov 15
behind my velvet rope - a brief introduction:
i go by ken/kenzie + i am a 20th century race, gender, and sexuality scholar.
i am also an aspiring novelist + curator-historian.
my iconography:
janet jackson.
billie holiday.
donna summer.
beyoncé.
josephine baker.
whitney houston.
jody watley.
i go by ken/kenzie + i am a 20th century race, gender, and sexuality scholar.
i am also an aspiring novelist + curator-historian.
my iconography:
janet jackson.
billie holiday.
donna summer.
beyoncé.
josephine baker.
whitney houston.
jody watley.
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Happy Heavenly Birthday to the undisputed Queen of Disco and Mother of Modern Pop and EDM, Donna Summer! Today, she would have turned 76! 🕊
December 31, 2024 at 5:11 AM
Happy Heavenly Birthday to the undisputed Queen of Disco and Mother of Modern Pop and EDM, Donna Summer! Today, she would have turned 76! 🕊
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revisiting the piano lesson already.
November 26, 2024 at 8:41 PM
revisiting the piano lesson already.
now why isn’t the bodyguard on streaming?
November 25, 2024 at 2:14 PM
now why isn’t the bodyguard on streaming?
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32 years ago today, The Bodyguard starring Whitney Houston and Kevin Costner was released in theaters.
The film grossed $411M worldwide, and its soundtrack is the best-selling soundtrack album of all time, selling $45M copies worldwide and winning three major #GRAMMYs.
The film grossed $411M worldwide, and its soundtrack is the best-selling soundtrack album of all time, selling $45M copies worldwide and winning three major #GRAMMYs.
November 25, 2024 at 8:29 AM
32 years ago today, The Bodyguard starring Whitney Houston and Kevin Costner was released in theaters.
The film grossed $411M worldwide, and its soundtrack is the best-selling soundtrack album of all time, selling $45M copies worldwide and winning three major #GRAMMYs.
The film grossed $411M worldwide, and its soundtrack is the best-selling soundtrack album of all time, selling $45M copies worldwide and winning three major #GRAMMYs.
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i love fictional women who lie cheat manipulate steal kill destroy. take those male dominated fields. “but what if she’s a bitch” even better!!!! i support women’s wrongs too
November 24, 2024 at 2:00 PM
i love fictional women who lie cheat manipulate steal kill destroy. take those male dominated fields. “but what if she’s a bitch” even better!!!! i support women’s wrongs too
i’d be absolutely unstoppable w a septum.
November 24, 2024 at 3:13 AM
i’d be absolutely unstoppable w a septum.
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MTV ads featuring Janet Jackson, Gwen Stefani, and Missy Elliott in Billboard Magazine, June 1998.
November 24, 2024 at 1:01 AM
MTV ads featuring Janet Jackson, Gwen Stefani, and Missy Elliott in Billboard Magazine, June 1998.
diana ross.
lady sings the blues - 1972.
dir. by sidney j. furie.
lady sings the blues - 1972.
dir. by sidney j. furie.
November 23, 2024 at 11:19 PM
diana ross.
lady sings the blues - 1972.
dir. by sidney j. furie.
lady sings the blues - 1972.
dir. by sidney j. furie.
need some new moots 💕
November 23, 2024 at 2:01 AM
need some new moots 💕
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Destiny’s Child photographed by Hype Williams for Vibe Magazine, 2000.
November 22, 2024 at 1:57 AM
Destiny’s Child photographed by Hype Williams for Vibe Magazine, 2000.
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D’Angelo photographed by Dah Len for Vibe Magazine, 2000.
November 21, 2024 at 4:58 AM
D’Angelo photographed by Dah Len for Vibe Magazine, 2000.
maybe i’ll do a thread on the production of the dorothy dandridge biopic + the indecisive mess between whitney houston, janet jackson, and halle berry.
November 21, 2024 at 3:14 PM
maybe i’ll do a thread on the production of the dorothy dandridge biopic + the indecisive mess between whitney houston, janet jackson, and halle berry.
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just jumping in to say how we need more posts about the original funk queen Betty Davis. she was being fearlessly raunchy in her music and performances before it became cool. she's an unsung badass this generation needs to learn about.
November 21, 2024 at 12:33 AM
just jumping in to say how we need more posts about the original funk queen Betty Davis. she was being fearlessly raunchy in her music and performances before it became cool. she's an unsung badass this generation needs to learn about.
theresa randle & naomi campbell.
girl 6 - 1996.
dir. by spike lee.
cin. by malik hassan sayeed.
girl 6 - 1996.
dir. by spike lee.
cin. by malik hassan sayeed.
November 21, 2024 at 12:14 AM
theresa randle & naomi campbell.
girl 6 - 1996.
dir. by spike lee.
cin. by malik hassan sayeed.
girl 6 - 1996.
dir. by spike lee.
cin. by malik hassan sayeed.
passing (1929) + the great gatsby (1925) are kindred reads
November 20, 2024 at 5:23 AM
passing (1929) + the great gatsby (1925) are kindred reads
currently working on the final draft of an essay on the visibility black american beauty, romance, and gender in the postwar era—she’s coming together oh so nicely.
November 19, 2024 at 11:05 PM
currently working on the final draft of an essay on the visibility black american beauty, romance, and gender in the postwar era—she’s coming together oh so nicely.