I will not die an unlived life. I will not live in fear of falling or catching fire. I choose to inhabit my days, to allow my living to open me, to make me less afraid, more accessible; to loosen my heart until it becomes a wing, a torch, a promise. I choose to risk my significance, to live so that which came to me as seed goes to the next as blossom, and that which came to me as blossom, goes on as fruit. ― Dawna Markova
Pretty Militant
After learning about the content of President Obama’s speech at Morehouse, I let out a tired sigh because it was actually worse than I expected. To be clear, he is a great orator with a skill that is truly a gift and a honed craft. He will probably be memorialized in history among the…
While I was perusing tags related to feminism on Tumblr, I came across a post by a Black man with a sentiment that I’ve seen many times. He posted a photograph of a Black man’s lynched corpse with a White woman looking at it with laughter. His commentary suggested that “feminazism” is destroying…
Here’s a commencement address by a Black person that doesn’t involve respectability politics, “Talented Tenth” speak, bootstrap theory and reductionism of the manifestation of oppression by victim blaming via “personal responsibility” politics. (Ahem…Obama).
This commencement address is Toni Morrison at Rutgers University in 2011. Exquisite. Listen to every word carefully.
“Personal success devoid of meaningfulness, free of a steady commitment to social justice, that’s more than a barren life, it is a trivial one.” - Toni Morrison
Beyonce - Grown Woman
y’all QUICK.
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I wholeheartedly believe that, for many, the placement of college on the timeline of life (specifically in American culture) makes it less fruitful than it could be, given its “purpose”. The expectancy of 17 year olds (even 21 year olds) to be able to make sound decisions around their “life…
I woke up literally burning hot with rage. This is all because of him: my dad. I will not become some bitter bitch that wallows in regret and sorrow. I will not resign myself to be the wounded woman with daddy issues. Nope. Not me. I forgive him, but I will not forget the shit he did. I will feel angry and all my other feelings but I will not let those feelings stop me from living a full happy life.
Haiku day 140:
I worry, in vain,
About things I can’t control.
I just want some peace.
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teenage girls are fucking mocked for liking things that are marketed towards them and for them then when theyre sick of being shit on for that and try to like things not specifically “for them” they get shit on for “pretending” and they cant win at all its a lose lose situation being a teenage girl
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