May 2012
9 posts
“To be a strong woman, to be a fierce woman, to be a true woman, to be a leader,...”
– Eve Ensler, Beautiful Daughters (via sociallyconstructed)
Word.
- Angry
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April 2012
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“There are years that ask questions and years that answer.”
– Zora Neale Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God (via beautiful-ambition)
Zora.
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““The problem, often not discovered until late in life, is that when you look for...”
– Neil deGrasse Tyson (via moon—moth)
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March 2012
10 posts
“I am a woman of colour with a deep – almost unhealthy – love of popular culture....”
– Bim Adewunmi, in a moving editorial for The Guardian (UK)
“For me, the writing life doesn’t just happen when I sit at the writing desk. It...”
– –Julia Alvarez, quoted in 1998 in The Writer magazine, with the quotation republished in “Great Writing Tips from 125 Years of The Writer,” in the magazine’s April 2012 issue. (via ilovereadingandwriting)
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Watchinterfucksectionals:
From Current.com:
Professor Rashawn Ray talks to Cenk about the shooting of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, who was killed in his father’s gated community while walking home from a local convenience store.
“I keep thinking about my own son,” Cenk says, “and then you can’t even get any justice!”
Ray says, “People think that we live in a colorblind century. In the 21st...
February 2012
6 posts
Random Thoughts By Bassey...: What Are You Going... →
basseyworld:
I’ve been battling this boneless monster called depression the last few weeks. I usually manage and live with it much “better” but lately, it’s been like fist against my throat. I allow myself every morning so I know I’m fine; it’s just those moments when I wonder if I even deserve morning that…
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“I do things like get in a taxi and say, “The library, and step on it.”
– David Foster Wallace. (via kristensquire)
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January 2012
10 posts
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“Disdain for “political correctness” is often positioned as a concern that some...”
– by Tami at whattamisaid.com (via femfreq)
YES. YES YES YES.
(via ceasesilence)
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