May 2013
13 posts
“When we were on the beach we shopped at Carolina Beach. It had an amusement...”
– Assata Shakur. 1987. Assata: An Autobiography. Lawrence Hill Books: p. 27-28. (via so-treu)
“I’m never gonna wait
that extra twenty minutes
to text you back,
and I’m...”
– Andrea Gibson
this. a thousand times this.
(via athousandhours)
Woman: I'm smart
Patriarchy: Well you're probably ugly then
Woman: I'm creative
Patriarchy: You mean unattractive right?
Woman: I have all these incredible accomplishments
Patriarchy: Yeah but look how ugly you looked doing them
Woman: I have value
Patriarchy: Not if you're ugly lol
Woman: I'm conventionally-attractive & posted selfies on my blog
Patriarchy: I'm so sick of these empty-headed chicks only caring about their looks. Just because you are attractive and get attention from men doesn't mean you are special or deserve respect. Why don't you read a book or do something productive with your life you dumb slut
April 2013
36 posts
“When you grow up as a girl, the world tells you the things that you are supposed...”
– Stevie Nicks (via actias)
“Words are to be taken seriously. I try to take seriously acts of language. Words...”
– Toni Cade Bambara (via the-dreamtiger)
TCB on her impeccable word game! (via crunkfeministcollective)
Wait, What?: teacakeomnislash: bettershitbricks:... →
teacakeomnislash:
bettershitbricks:
meh when people say men are trying to control women it implies that men all grouped together and decided that yeah, screw women let’s make them our slaves
if men are trying to control women, women are trying to control men too
no. yall got it all…
““I love identifying the divine source as the “Universe” because it implicates...”
– From “Why I Love The Universe More Than I Love God.”
(via dearuniversethebook)
“give your daughters difficult names. give your daughters names that command the...”
– warsan shire. (via warsanshire)
Yes. Yes. Yes.
(via theunsungstoryteller)
there it is again, so you can feel it.
(via ancestryinprogress)
Adulting: Step 294: Follow the rules of the... →
adulting:
And now, an amazing strategy to be good to people having any kind of crisis:
Draw a circle. This is the center ring. In it, put the name of the person at the center of the current trauma. For Katie’s aneurysm, that’s Katie. Now draw a larger circle around the first one. In that ring put…
“Jews went into Auschwitz and came out as Jews. Africans went into the ships and...”
– Frank Wilderson, Red, Black, and White: Cinema and the Structure of US Antagonisms (via so-treu)
“Rap has a bad reputation in white circles, where many people believe it consists...”
– Roger Ebert
I liked him :(
(via wretchedoftheearth)
You know, "haters" aren't always jealous of you,...
March 2013
26 posts
zackisontumblr:
having plans sounds like a good idea until you have to put on clothes and leave your house
