No Room for Doubt - Lianne La Havas ft Willy Mason
A Sunday Kind of Love - Etta James.
(Source: emma, via etiquette-etc)
I understand this is supposed to be funny. But the truth is we are dying. There is a ticking clock. I’m not saying go crazy or be stupid. I’m saying be courageous, grateful, appreciate what’s in front of you instead of peeping over your neighbor’s fence. Listen to your gut, follow your passion, forgive, move on, pop your bubble, unlock your code, do what you’ve always wanted to do. Execute change. Right now. Today. Whatever that looks like for you. Live like you’re dying. Because you are.
No more excuses.
- Angry
Book Rec:
One Day I Will Write About This Place - Binyavanga Wainaina
And perhaps a song for a Saturday night
Gil Scott-Heron and Jamie xx - I’ll Take Care of You
Song for a Saturday morning
Be Young, Be Foolish, Be Happy - The Tams
If you were touched or outraged by the Troy Davis case, don’t allow the same thing to happen to another man. This is Rodney Reed and like Troy Davis there is no physical evidence tying Rodney to the crime that he was accused of committing. In fact, there is very real evidence leading to another suspect all together. Rodney was tried by an all white jury in southern Texas and sentenced to death. Let’s show the murderers that took the life of Troy Davis that we are not going anywhere anytime soon. This is a movement, not a moment.
Here is a link to the free, streaming documentary regarding Rodney and his story: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4864052717720140330
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(via jsmooth995)
Disdain for “political correctness” is often positioned as a concern that some important truth is not being spoken for fear of offending someone. But that concern is nothing but smoke and mirrors. To invoke “political correctness” is really to be concerned about loss of power and privilege. It is about disappointment that some “ism” that was ingrained in our society, so much that citizens of privilege could express the bias through word and deed without fear of reprisal, has been shaken loose. Charging “political correctness” generally means this: “I am comfortable with my privilege. I don’t want to have to question it. I don’t want to have to think before I speak or act. I certainly don’t wish to inconvenience myself for the comfort of lesser people (whoever those people may be—women, people of color, people with disabilities, etc.)
Jason Mraz - Make it Mine
An appropriate song, I think, to match my hopes for the year.
