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AJ Blackwell @southerncowrie

Like lemon juice in an open wound, it’s about to get real...and maybe even refreshing

“Sometimes you don't survive whole, you just survive in part. But the grandeur of life is that attempt” - Toni Morrison

One of my favorite shots from this weekend

Oomf is so cute, fun, and aaah🤭 eeeeek!

People say my little sister and I look alike, do we?

Smiley besties🫶🏾✨

I don’t care for Taylor Swift. This is not a safe space for Swifties. I just wanted to get it out there, that’s it, that’s all. You can be a swiftie just not in front of me💀

I whispered your name to the moon

Leg day happened ✨

If you could have 3 superpowers from any universe, what would they be? I’d have water bending (ATLA), ability to speak to animals AND insects (Dr. Dolittle), and Gentle Fist (Naruto)

My attempt at drawing a koi fish at the block party🤭 I left the scales open for people to come by and fill in (this is a before pic)

POV, you caught me dancing to the neighborhood DJ at the block party

Trying to figure out what to cook for dinner tonight. It’s either olive pesto w/ grilled chicken or a quinoa bowl w/chicken

leg day complete

Housesitting for my bestie means getting to hangout with my niece more

It’s officially afternoon

sweet little bee before the rain

Click the “Support” link in my bio for free mental health tools to help cope with the daunting life we all are facing✨ it doesn’t replace actual therapy, but maybe it can help in the mean time (if the link doesn’t work lmk) repost for others who may need/want, see yall later😘

Come tomorrow...watch this space

Fighting the urge to wfh from FIP, got the “We have an opening in the house and everyone misses you” text🫠 I just wanna beach, shake some ass, and beach (with snacks)

Sunboy in my hand, no Sunboy in your hand☀️

Caress of my waist Breathe of my lungs Timbre of my tongue Find me in opaque existence A gleam in the oculus Therein lies vitality, once believed to have gone Stretched out to meet you Here is where you abide Scarlet motto of a loving soul

I’m looking back at past Fire Island trips...I was no better than a sea nymph. Simply frolicking, being a cutie patootie, meeting other cutie patootie, and swimming

POV: you’re watching me try to finish my Wordle before the water taxi docks

Steven Universe on a gloomy Sunday

Rainy Saturday mornings //

Morning light ft a headless titan and shaded gorgon✨happy Saturday loves!

So proud of my friend for her first exhibition! Check out her IG: flickssbyg

Wfh day, vinyls will be played✨

One of my fav songs by her truly. Imagining an Aaliyah album summer 2025✨ RIP to a legend and songstress!

I couldn’t sleep one night and wrote this poem “This Might Be About Bottoming” Sensual. Epicurean. Dionysian. To be caressed The fever running between our bodies Embrace of a deep seduction I want you to feel my embrace Mentally map out the topography of my being Surrender and warmth greeting you Welcoming is what I wish to be Composure is what I wish to find within my body Embrace the agency that pleasure brings Passion within your advances Composure is what I wish to find Mind and body are connected

Now it’s time to go to bed. Goodnight (say it back)

Cornrows right around the corner, but let’s just take a minute to appreciate the real star🪮 I forget how much hair I have somedays

Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter, first of her name, snatcher of wigs, server of looks, deliverer of live vocals

I prefer voice memos over texting, there I said it

I want more tattoos, BAHYUD ! It’s been 2 years since I’ve gotten the half body piece, it needs some company😭

Me and the bestie in 2 of the 7 The Modern Jockstrap patterns by Bones Crotchets🪡🦴 this photoshoot was so fun! Launch date for purchase is 5/26, in the mean time checkout bonescrotchets.com !

Had some downtime the other day and made a new lockscreen✨

I’m black, I’m mad, and tired. As a Memphian who was living there the day Tyre was m*rdered, hearing the verdict come out, and seeing this awful press release from the mayor. A big fuck you to Paul Young and Cerelyn Davis for being complicit in the state sanctioned murder of Tyre Nichols, I hope you forever wake up an hour before your alarm goes off and aren’t able to go back to sleep you knuckle draggin heffas. And while I’m at it, I wish Kyle Rittenhouse would play in I-80 traffic during rush hour along with a double “fuck you”, a quadruple “go to the deepest pits of hell”, and a quintuple “I hope you live a life of inconveniences”.

I can’t wait to see my bestie tonight😭❤️ (it’s literally only been a week)