February 2012
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Mujer, Interrumpida...: Find Your Temple →
ether-eden:
Her brow is hot iron and her cheekbones; two curved birds diving into each other She is madness and the fine feather endings of a flamingo the girl will cut you, and she did Middle school made her metal gave her the supernatural ability to flash back/ and…
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A Collection of Rare and Obscure Words →
Cheiloproclitic - Being attracted to someones lips. Quidnunc - One who always has to know what is going on. Ultracrepidarian - Of one who speaks or offers opinions on matters beyond their knowledge. Apodyopis - The act of mentally undressing someone. Gymnophoria - The sensation that someone is mentally undressing you. Tarantism - The urge to overcome melancholy by dancing. Autolatry - The...
“Bodies are made to play the game of movement. The Infinite dances through bodies...”
– Almine (via lucifelle)
“Seen as animals, brutes, natural born rapists, and murderers, black men have had...”
– Bell Hooks, We’re Real Cool, p.11 (via daughterofzami)
The Jaguar Speaks |...
themythofthejaguarphoenix:
Some people are AWAKE & projecting themselves as POPSTARS> They want you to WAKE UP.
Some people are AWAKE & projecting themselves as YOUR EX | YOGA TEACHER | HOMELESS MAN | DRUG DEALER NEXT DOOR> They want you to WAKE UP
Their Projections{choices} serve to create TEXTURE within the landscape of our REALITY>
It is not your responsibility to create...
“Your deepest roots are in nature. No matter who you are, where you live, or what...”
– Charles Cook (via mahogany-soul)
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siftingthroughthoughts:
isn’t having an entire, national museum for BLACK history ONLY a little racist…
can we get a white museum too?
::thunderous faceplam::
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“I’m all for minority/women’s/gay rights, but—”
– Your cue to stop talking (via jpegartifacts)
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Book: The Divine Feminine
Tonight I finished reading “The Divine Feminine” by Andrew Harvey and Anne Baring. I had to read it before I was finished with “The Great Goddess,” because its library due date was approaching and I wasn’t able to renew it. It’s now a week overdue and I owe the library $1.10, but I’ll pay the fine and return it tomorrow.
Overall, it was a really good...
“More women, and especially black women, are behind bars as much because of hard...”
– Why So Many Black Women Are Behind Bars
by Earl Ofari Hutchinson
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“Part of the racialized sexism wants everyone to think that a 15-year old Mexican...”
– bell hooks, Homegrown: Engaged Cultural Criticism (via nyx2701)
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And Oneee More Promise.
From The Anti-Intellect’s Blog.
Blaming Feminists for problems between men and women is like blaming Civil Rights activists for problems between Blacks and Whites. Foolish. Feminism simply brings much needed attention to the issues that patriarchy creates. It does not create the issues. Without feminism, patriarchy would still create the conditions for men to exploit women and “weaker”...