December 2011
notaskingforpermission:
soydulcedeleche:
they asked why im such a raging bitch when shit hits the fan…
and i had to confess…to them..and myself (coz i hadnt even thought about it like this before)…
that it was watching them always take everything in silence that affected the way i saw myself, them, the world, women, men, machismo….
it was watching them take abuse of all sorts. watching them...
"When you want to make [the best] love to a woman,... →
shengatron:
take away her fear. and of course, stimulating all the other right places.
“I must get my soul back from you; I am killing my flesh without it.”
– Sylvia Plath (via thechocolatebrigade)
“A man has always wanted to lay me down, but he never wanted to pick me up.”
– Eartha Kitt (via andcombust)
“The passions we cannot control are the ones that define us.”
– Everything Beautiful Began After (via lunatic-pandora)
“There is nothing more dreadful than the habit of doubt. Doubt separates people....”
– Siddhārtha Gautama (via creatingaquietmind)
when people tell me that The Help is a feminist...
thesavagesalad:
When people tell me The Help is a movie w/ strong black characters^^^^^^
“….between the Christianity of this land, and the Christianity of Christ, I...”
– Frederick Douglass, Narrative of The Life of Frederick Douglass (via arae-of-sunshine)
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
“Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.”
– Thomas Merton (via libraryland)
“The strongest warrior is he who conquers himself.”
– Aztec saying (via cougarchild)
hey, tumblr.
ashleyfullstop:
so my best friend in the world had a baby yesterday.
i went to nashville to be with her, and now i’m flat broke. like, i have a dollar in my purse and less than that in my bank account. and i have to pay MY kid’s babysitter tomorrow. here, have a picture of him making a mess. he does that very well, among other things.
now i need about $120 to make it to payday next...
“You let the man maneuver you into thinking that it’s wrong to fight him when...”
– Malcolm X (via howbigisyourworld)
currently reading the autobiography
[tw: ableism] Ableism in the Tumblr SJ community.
feministrobot:
inflateablefilth:
You know what sucks? The fact that most of the big name SJ bloggers on here can basically be as ableist as the like as long as they don’t start saying they tip people in wheelchairs over and nobody seems to give a shite. Especially if it’s mental health stuff. We’ve got popular bloggers denouncing everyone who uses a trigger warning for anything other than PTSD...
Who really ended slavery? The story they forget to... →
my-africa-is-beautiful:
Click and read on!
monochromaticblack:
I have so much respect for the people in my life who show me that stubborn kind of love. That unconditional love with it’s persistence and unbelievable acceptance. It’s understanding and commanding hold, leaving me no where to go. Embrace so expanded I have nowhere to hide. That love I can never escape because it’s always just a call away. Always a shoulder to cry on, always...
You guys remember the puppy we found on Christmas...
fuckyeahtattoos:
baaconnn:
This one:
Well, I took him to the vet yesterday. Got his first shots, looked for a microchip (none), and we were on our way. Last night though, he got sick a couple of times and then wouldn’t eat this morning so I took him back to the vet. She felt a lump in his stomach so she took an x-ray and found that his intestines had flipped and he needed emergency surgery...
Being a Gypsy
thisshitisallracist:
golden-zephyr:
is not magical, fantastical, or perfect.
It’s painful, lonely, sad… and fucking hard.
I had a big post written out about this, but tumblr ate it, and now I just don’t have the energy to post with the same heart.
I get tired of people following me because they think I’m one of those boho-hippie-gypsy blogs that posts whimsical photos of girls with messy...
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Today we remember the Lakota men, women, and...
“Women are not allowed to make off-color jokes. They have to appear to be...”
– Why Most Women Will Never Become CEO - Forbes (via robot-heart-politics)
“Don’t be afraid to push the envelope. People may stare, but deep
inside they...”
– (via dknyprgirl)
“When we consider the myriad school shootings that have occurred between ...”
– Michael Kimmel: Men, Masculinity, and the Rape Culture (via mollay)
soydulcedeleche:
and i just know if my life and blog were focused on fashion, cooking, decor, LOLcats and other frivolous shit,
no one would tell me im “obsessive and letting it consume my life”. i would be doing what i am supposed to: shutting the fuck up, letting the world trample on me and not making anyone uncomfy with reclamations of my rights as a human being.
but let my theme, as a...
ladulcita:
i’m still such an idealist… despite how cynical i can be/act/want to be, at the end of the day, i am happier when i’m following my heart - it’s unnatural for me to be stoic and hold back my emotions.
i also dislike how… our society makes it “cool” to be detached from human emotions. i always have such disdain for folks who talk about how they care and then can forget the person in a...
I need a student loan and I have no idea what I'm...
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“You killed my son and now you are giving me a tree?”
– An Iraqi farmer to Peter Van Buren of the US State Department after his team tried to give away fruit tree seedlings to replant ruined orchards. (via ambitioussurvival)
reblogged this before but i no curr. love.
(via 7biba)
The death perpetuated by these fucking wars is going to haunt the U.S....
Mad to Love: Changing Who You Are →
corycopeland:
It’s no secret that I’ve had my (and your) fair share of relationships. I’ve been a husband, a boyfriend, a lover, and a plaything (not all at once, mind you…). I’ve fought for relationships that didn’t want to be saved, and I’ve given up on couplings that maybe just needed more effort. I’ve broken hearts and I’ve had my heart broken. Yet, as I look back over what went wrong during...
30 Day Poetry Challenge: Day Two
thepoetsspace:
they told me melanin made those words, forbidden. told me, black smears pages so tar babies should keep their hands to themselves. monkeys can’t read so the letters i see should mean absolutely nothing to, me, they said my validity was determined by my ability to strip myself of afrocentricity & adhere to what they thought my identity should be. told me, Howard was for uppity...