October 2011
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“I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where. I love you simply,...”
– Pablo Neruda (via venebelle)
“Understand that the police and laws are part of a system that is anti-poor,...”
– - Syed Hussan in #OccupyTogether in the age of conspiracy | rabble.ca
now this is a rallying cry i can get behind.
(via garconniere)
“Were I to personify Justice, instead of presenting her blind, I would denominate...”
– Judith Sargent Murray (Universalist, author, critic)
{Portfolio Of Words}: my angst about my family... →
portfolioofwords:
my angst about my family takes up too many words on inadequate paper
it thuds softly into trash folders where deleted emails and text messages collapse
it sounds, if you listen past their thunder, like injustice
the kind that makes you like jesus, offering silence instead of defense
which is,…
“The insistence of Black women’s self-definitions reframes the entire dialogue...”
– Patricia Hill Collins (via ohhsequin)
Patricia Hill Collins gets an auto-reblog! Everytime!
(via newwavefeminism)
“There were always in me, two women at least, one woman desperate and bewildered,...”
– Anaïs Nin - my favourite female writer whose mind ever graced this earth. (via thewhole-hearted)
Sasha B.: goodnight →
thisisshe:
It is late
I stand
In front of your desk
Saying something inane
You fiddle with papers
Not looking at anything
Work is over yet
We stay
I smile
You are, after all, very cute
We leave the building
Casually
Like it doesn’t matter
There is a beautiful moon
We say Good Night
I…
Le sigh.
What is My Truth?
And how can I honor it?
Entry Five
soulsessions:
For the longest time I thought I would begin to love myself only if others loved me and accepted me first. As if their recognition of me was more important than my own recognition of myself.
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*note to self*
sometimes acceptance and recognition isn’t necessary. Love yourself, and others will gravitate towards your positive aura
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and remember:
“the extent to which you love...
“We find the Negro woman, figuratively, struck in the face daily by contempt from...”
– Elise Johnson McDougald (via unapproachableblackchicks)
THIS.
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Save Andy from Death →
dreamactnow:
On July 26, 2011, Andy Mathe was deported back to South Africa. President Obama personally received 5,000 petition signatures to stop Andy’s deportation the day before but chose not to act. Instead, Andy was deported to South Africa, a country his family fled after receiving death threats and an attempted kidnapping of Andy’s younger sister. Andy is currently in hiding in South...
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suga how you get so fly: To whom it may concern... →
delisubthefemmecub:
msamberhazard:
I need you to please read these words carefully and consider what I am saying.
I want to have you in my life but I have boundaries regarding people who make oppressive statements.
Ignorance is not a weakness but an opportunity to learn; …
So much knowledge dropping here. Much love & respect for this.
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Sasha B.: if i could go back to speak to the girl... →
thisisshe:
if i could go back to speak to the girl i was, as the woman i am, i don’t know what i would say to her. if i would hold her hand. kiss her forehead. or sing her songs of who she would become. would i pray her to sleep? or dance her awake? tell her the reason for the sun at dawn, when no one can…
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“Oh soul, you worry too much. You have seen your own strength. You have seen your...”
– Rumi (via jarfullofdreams)
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“What does music mean to me? I don’t think I would really be much without it,...”
– Erykah Badu (via meelowtheheavens)
Precisely how I feel about writing (although music will forever be my aeroplane)
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THE FEEL OF FREE: On This "African" Debate Thing →
thefeeloffree:
If some African-Americans really think that there is no distinction between African-Americans and continental Africans, or Black people in other parts of the world, that’s just ridiculous. We are *not* all one big monolithic family without distinctions. We have different histories, different…
“When I was 17, I read a quote that went something like: “If you live each day as...”
– Steve Jobs (2005 Standford University Commencement Speech)
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“Let me tell you what it feels like to stand in front of a white man and explain...”
– So Real It Hurts: Notes on Occupy Wallstreet
by Guest Contributor Manissa McCleave Maharawal, originally published on her Facebook page
So relevant, this quote
(via ashawo-kekele)
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“The Negro wants to be everything but himself… He wants to integrate with the...”
–
Elijah Muhammad
(via sorrowtearsandblood)
“How do I create opportunities for myself to grow and explore? Because I feel...”
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just a reminder: attending protests is a...
youarenotyou:
being able to take time off from work/school (especially for long periods like w/ occupy wall street), being able to get arrested without getting deported (which is what happens to non-citizens when they get arrested), not having disabilities that prevent you from being there, not having children to take care of
you get the idea
sometimes i get annoyed with activists who assume...
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“I am grateful to have been loved and to be loved now and to be able to love,...”
– Dr. Maya Angelou (via jomairauninhibited)
(via making-mambo)
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STOP Rodrigo'S Deportation! →
iyjl:
URGENT: Rodrigo, a bright 16 year old, will have to check in with ICE with a one way ticket back to Mexico in hand on October 4th. Please take immediate action to stop his deportation! Rodrigo was brought to the United States when he was only 10 years old. Now 16, he is a sophmore at Harding University High School in Charlotte, North Carolina. He has big dreams of graduating from high...
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Not Your Average Black Woman: thefoxxypoet: I... →
thefoxxypoet:
I think I just want to drop out of college, forget about studying journalism, and just work on my real craft full time. Become a spoken word poet and just write for a living. Shit if life was that simple. Moms always told me I would grow up to be a starving artist, but then…
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“The prison industrial complex is a system situated at the intersection of...”
– Huey Freeman (via draggabeats)
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Esoterica: A Protester's Account of the Occupy... →
coffeeshakes:
I figured I should write down what happened today, before I forget or before too many stories get muddled together.
My friend, my partner, and I arrived at Zucotti Park around 3 for the march, which began quickly, after everyone shared various rules. (No violence, write the…
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“Make love to me in Spanish.
Not with that other tongue I want you
juntito a mi...”
– Sandra Cisneros “Dulzura” (via soandeesays)
Fuck those who don't realize that you're trying.
