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queenspeech: journeytogirly: pierrebennu: nina simone on...

Wed, 26 Dec 2012 01:08:24 -0500

journeytogirly:

pierrebennu:

nina simone on sesame street (aka the most balanced & brilliant show television has ever produced)

I still remember my 2nd grade teacher teaching us this song. I went to a gifted school in East St. Louis, IL, and had no idea what all of that meant at the time, but I get tears and chills simultaneously now that I get it.

This just made my heart smile

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Mon, 24 Dec 2012 11:45:07 -0500

jalylah: dreamhampton1: Amelia Earhart’s prenup, the most...

Fri, 14 Dec 2012 12:50:53 -0500

jalylah:

dreamhampton1:

Amelia Earhart’s prenup, the most sober document about marriage, ever.

This is fascinating.

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Fri, 14 Dec 2012 12:40:18 -0500

throwbacks. props to the photog @lulusofie

Fri, 30 Nov 2012 22:15:09 -0500

throwbacks. props to the photog @lulusofie

"…That don’t happen even in Hollywood. You don’t have a revolution in which you..."

Thu, 01 Nov 2012 22:21:54 -0400

“…That don’t happen even in Hollywood. You don’t have a revolution in which you love your enemy. And you don’t have a revolution in which you are begging the system of exploitation to integrate you into it. Revolutions overturn systems. Revolutions destroy systems.”

- Malcolm X “The Ballot or the Bullet” (1964)

"In most of our human relationships, we spend much of our time reassuring one another that our..."

Wed, 31 Oct 2012 02:40:25 -0400

“In most of our human relationships, we spend much of our time reassuring one another that our costumes of identity are on straight.”

- Ram Das

"If" by Rudyard Kipling (1895)

Mon, 29 Oct 2012 02:20:18 -0400

If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you;
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too:
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or, being lied about, don’t deal in lies,
Or being hated don’t give way to hating,
And yet don’t look too good, nor talk too wise;

If you can dream—-and not make dreams your master;
If you can think—-and not make thoughts your aim,
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same:.
If you can bear to hear the truth you’ve spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,
And stoop and build’em up with worn-out tools;

If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings,
And never breathe a word about your loss:
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: “Hold on!”

If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with Kings—-nor lose the common touch,
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you,
If all men count with you, but none too much:
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds’ worth of distance run,
Yours is the Earth and everything that’s in it,
And—-which is more—-you’ll be a Man, my son!

umaymen: But they plan, and Allah plans. And Allah is the best...

Mon, 29 Oct 2012 02:15:30 -0400

umaymen:

But they plan, and Allah plans. And Allah is the best of planners. Quran (8,30)

الأنفال - الآية 30

ameen.

A Quick Guide to Whether a Woman Owes You Something

Mon, 29 Oct 2012 02:13:15 -0400

Dude: I want to know if a woman owes me something.
Guide: Well, did you enter into a loan contract with a woman, providing her with goods or money that has not yet been returned?
Dude: No.
Guide: Hmm. Well, do you have some other contractual agreement to provide goods or services in exchange for a compensation that has not yet been made?
Dude: No.
Guide: It doesn't sound like a woman owes you something.
Dude: What if I sent her a private message on this web forum we both post at.
Guide: Ah. She doesn't owe you shit.
Dude: Well, what if I sent her a message on a dating site. That's just be rude to ignore.
Guide: She doesn't owe you shit.
Dude: Isn't it just common courtesy to write a detailed explanation of why she won't respond favorably to me after I've messaged her five times?
Guide: She doesn't owe you shit.
Dude: What if we go on a date and I buy her dinner...
Guide: Doesn't owe you shit.
Dude: Or if we've been dating a few months, and...
Guide: Doesn't owe you shit.
Dude: Well, how about we're married and I'm in the mood...
Guide: She. Doesn't. Owe. You. Shit.
Dude: Shouldn't I at least be entitled to some sort of...
Guide: Don't owe you shit.
Dude: Well, I don't think that's very decent.
Guide: She still won't owe you shit.

"you can lead a horse to water, but you cant make him drink. …but you can sure as hell slap..."

Mon, 29 Oct 2012 00:11:54 -0400

“you can lead a horse to water, but you cant make him drink. …but you can sure as hell slap some salt in its mouth and make it thirsty!”

- manuel scott

Countries with Tuition-free University:

Sat, 15 Sep 2012 14:52:03 -0400

Countries with Tuition-free University::

shortfemmedoll:

theblessedmuslimah:

Argentina

Brazil

Denmark

Finland

France

Greece

Hungary

Italy

Malta

Mauritius

Morocco

Norway

Scotland

Spain

Sri Lanka

Sweden

Trinidad and Tobago

Barbados

Kenya

Peru

And even for those countries with tuition, let’s look at the costs.

Because I had friends from China who said that a lot of Chinese parents can easily afford tuition on their salaries. They would go on about how expensive it is paying for an American school in comparison.

Even in a lot of areas where there are tuition, they are at least AFFORDABLE.

mhmm.

save money:

Sat, 15 Sep 2012 14:48:11 -0400

change your brake pads in a timely manner.

far-outfrappe: ‘champagne kisses hold me in your lap of...

Wed, 08 Aug 2012 15:43:34 -0400

far-outfrappe:

‘champagne kisses hold me in your lap of luxury.”

one of my life’s theme songs.

far-outfrappe: jackson love. forever.

Wed, 08 Aug 2012 15:41:37 -0400

far-outfrappe:

jackson love. forever.

let this attempt at remembrance be the prayer.

Tue, 07 Aug 2012 22:41:53 -0400

O God, I do not know how to pray. Because
I do not know what it means to pray properly,
to pray in such a way as to serve or worship, I
must offer what I have and can do as my prayer.
And here it is:
Let this posture be the prayer
Let this intention be the prayer
Let this very not-knowing be the prayer
Let this breath be the prayer
Let this resistance and discomfort be the
prayer
Let this distraction be the prayer
Let this drinking of tea be the prayer
Let this eating of breakfast be the prayer
Let this hectic schedule be the prayer
Let this attempt at Remembrance be the prayer
Let the steps walked in silence across the parking
lot be the prayer
Let the birdsong noted be the prayer
Let this poor journal- writing be the prayer
Let the vastness of the night sky be the prayer
Let worrying, and then dropping the worry be the
prayer
Let chanting and dancing and reading be the
prayer

Let dressing and undressing be the prayer
Let sleeping and rising and sleeping and rising be
the prayer

Let missing someone be the prayer
Let memories and whispered calls for help for
others be the prayer
Let opening the door and putting on and taking off
shoes be the prayer
Let the keeping of simple order be the prayer
Let the celebration of light and darkness be the
prayer
Let warmth and cold be the prayer
All of it, not bad, not good, just as it
is wondrous all of it…be the prayer
O God, in my helplessness, from
nowhere, with nothing let these poor
prayers, as flowers, draw You to the
garden from which their fragrance
arises. Amen.

—Regina Sara Ryan

daniellescruggs: Big Bear Cafe. I’ll be selling prints here...

Tue, 07 Aug 2012 22:40:56 -0400

daniellescruggs:

Big Bear Cafe. I’ll be selling prints here this Sunday 1-4. Come through!

(I’m also a part of the East of The River exhibit at Honfleur Gallery in Anacostia till Sept. 8th. )

There!

dreamhampton1: Michael Moore on guns:In one year, GUNS murdered35 in Australia, 39 in England &...

Sat, 21 Jul 2012 12:59:52 -0400

dreamhampton1:

Michael Moore on guns:
In one year, GUNS murdered
35 in Australia,
39 in England & Wales,
194 in Germany,
200 in Canada, &
9,484 in the United States.

White privilege is not having a specific category for porn.

Sat, 21 Jul 2012 09:23:45 -0400

newmodelminority:

well damn.

#slayed before 9am.

my bath water...

Jet Magazine Digital Archives

queenspeech: journeytogirly: pierrebennu: nina simone on...

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jalylah: dreamhampton1: Amelia Earhart’s prenup, the most...

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throwbacks. props to the photog @lulusofie

"…That don’t happen even in Hollywood. You don’t have a revolution in which you..."

"In most of our human relationships, we spend much of our time reassuring one another that our..."

"If" by Rudyard Kipling (1895)

umaymen: But they plan, and Allah plans. And Allah is the best...

A Quick Guide to Whether a Woman Owes You Something

"you can lead a horse to water, but you cant make him drink. …but you can sure as hell slap..."

Countries with Tuition-free University:

save money:

far-outfrappe: ‘champagne kisses hold me in your lap of...

far-outfrappe: jackson love. forever.

let this attempt at remembrance be the prayer.

daniellescruggs: Big Bear Cafe. I’ll be selling prints here...

dreamhampton1: Michael Moore on guns:In one year, GUNS murdered35 in Australia, 39 in England &...

Michael Moore on guns:In one year, GUNS murdered35 in Australia, 39 in England & Wales, 194 in Germany, 200 in Canada, &9,484 in the United States.

White privilege is not having a specific category for porn.

Michael Moore on guns:
In one year, GUNS murdered
35 in Australia,
39 in England & Wales,
194 in Germany,
200 in Canada, &
9,484 in the United States.