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ugandanmoonshine: JAMES JOWERS N. Orleans [Man strutting down...

Wed, 10 Apr 2013 19:00:47 -0500

JAMES JOWERS

N. Orleans [Man strutting down the street followed by 4 other men], 1970

Gelatin silver print

My Man

Is your hair real?

Thu, 31 Jan 2013 22:26:00 -0600

yes.

"For indeed my life is a perpetual question mark— my thirst for books, my observations of..."

Mon, 19 Nov 2012 01:56:03 -0600

“For indeed my life is a perpetual question mark— my thirst for books, my observations of people, all tend to satisfy a great, overwhelming desire to know, to understand, to find an answer to a million questions. And gradually the answers are revealed, many things are explained, and above all, many things are given names and described, and my restlessness is subdued. Then I become and exclamatory person, clapping my hands to the immense surprises the world holds for me, and falling from one ecstasy into another. I have the habit of peeping and prying and listening and seeking— passionate curiosity and expectation. But I have also the habit of being surprised, the habit of being filled with wonder and satisfaction each time I stumble on some wondrous thing. The first habit could make me a philosopher or a cynic or perhaps a humorist. But the other habit destroys all the delicate foundations, and I find each day that I am still… only a Woman!””

- Anaïs Nin

graham-bailey: arch

Mon, 12 Nov 2012 09:22:51 -0600

graham-bailey:

arch

"Are you fleeing from Love because of a single humiliation? What do you know of Love except the name?..."

Sun, 21 Oct 2012 08:32:23 -0500

“Are you fleeing from Love because of a single humiliation? What do you know of Love except the name? Love has a hundred forms of pride and disdain, and is gained by a hundred means of persuasion. Since Love is loyal, it purchases one who is loyal: it has no interest in a disloyal companion. The human being resembles a tree; its root is a covenant with God: that root must be cherished with all one’s might. A weak covenant is a rotten root, without grace or fruit. Though the boughs and leaves of the date palm are green, greenness brings no benefit if the root is corrupt.
If a branch is without green leaves, yet has a good root, a hundred leaves will put forth their hands in the end.”

- Rumi

"How wrong to have been so negative, how wrong to have been so gloomy, how wrong to have run away..."

Tue, 16 Oct 2012 08:39:04 -0500

“How wrong to have been so negative, how wrong to have been so gloomy, how wrong to have run away from life, how wrong to have said no, again and again, instead of yes.”

- Jonathan Franzen (via jessicabrokaw)

staysuckafree: Roft ph: MAMBU BAYOH INSTAGRAM:: MAMBU...

Tue, 16 Oct 2012 07:20:46 -0500

staysuckafree:

Roft

ph: M AMBU BAYOH

INSTAGRAM:: MAMBU BAYOH

please do not remove tags

"Verily, the lust for comfort murders the passion of the soul, and then walks grinning in the..."

Tue, 16 Oct 2012 07:10:39 -0500

“Verily, the lust for comfort murders the passion of the soul, and then walks grinning in the funeral. But you, children of space, you restless in rest, you shall not be trapped nor tamed. Your house shall be not an anchor but a mast. It shall not be a glistening film that covers a wound, but an eyelid that guards the eye. You shall not fold your wings that you may pass through doors, nor bend your heads that they strike not against a ceiling, nor fear to breathe lest walls should crack and fall down. You shall not dwell in tombs made by the dead for the living. And though of magnificence and splendour, your house shall not hold your secret nor shelter your longing. For that which is boundless in you abides in the mansion of the sky, whose door is the morning mist, and whose windows are the songs and the silences of night.”

- Kahlil Gibran

"The beginning of love is the will to let those we love be perfectly themselves, the resolution not..."

Wed, 26 Sep 2012 12:50:02 -0500

“The beginning of love is the will to let those we love be perfectly themselves, the resolution not to twist them to fit our own image. If in loving them we do not love what they are, but only their potential likeness to ourselves, then we do not love them: we only love the reflection of ourselves we find in them.”

- ~Thomas Merton

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Thu, 30 Aug 2012 23:05:49 -0500

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Sat, 11 Aug 2012 15:25:16 -0500

Food Stamps, Poor-Shaming and the Very Scary 2012 Farm Bill - COLORLINES

Thu, 26 Jul 2012 13:38:58 -0500

Food Stamps, Poor-Shaming and the Very Scary 2012 Farm Bill - COLORLINES:

dreamhampton1:

Akiba Solomon on redirecting our thinking away from shaming

"and when we speak we are afraid our words will not be heard nor welcomed but when we are silent we..."

Thu, 19 Jul 2012 13:02:19 -0500

“and when we speak we are afraid
our words will not be heard
nor welcomed
but when we are silent
we are still afraid
So it is better to speak
remembering
we were never meant to survive”

- audre lorde (via thelittlekneesofbees)

arrectorpili: Sam Cooke and Cassius Clay (Muhammad Ali)

Wed, 18 Jul 2012 18:04:56 -0500

arrectorpili:

Sam Cooke and Cassius Clay (Muhammad Ali)

"The planet does not need more ‘successful’ people. But it does desperately need more peacemakers,..."

Wed, 11 Jul 2012 20:01:25 -0500

“The planet does not need more ‘successful’ people. But it does desperately need more peacemakers, healers, restorers, storytellers, and lovers of every shape and form. It needs people who live well in their places. It needs people of moral courage willing to join the fight to make the world habitable and humane. And these needs have little to do with success as our culture has defined it.”

- David Orr (via illusiom)

pierrebennu: Ossie Davis & Ruby Dee

Thu, 05 Jul 2012 09:26:22 -0500

pierrebennu:

Ossie Davis & Ruby Dee

"I love that you get cold when it’s 71 degrees out. I love that it takes you an hour and a half to..."

Tue, 26 Jun 2012 20:27:14 -0500

“I love that you get cold when it’s 71 degrees out. I love that it takes you an hour and a half to order a sandwich. I love that you get a little crinkle above your nose when you’re looking at me like I’m nuts. I love that after I spend the day with you, I can still smell your perfume on my clothes. And I love that you are the last person I want to talk to before I go to sleep at night. And it’s not because I’m lonely, and it’s not because it’s New Year’s Eve. I came here tonight because when you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible.”

- — Billy Crystal to Meg Ryan in “When Harry Met Sally”

Rest in Peace, Nora Ephron.

bell hooks resources

Sun, 24 Jun 2012 18:44:25 -0500

themindislimitless:

If you have any more, or alternate links just in case these ever get removed, feel free to add to the list. Pass the resources along!

Understanding Patriarchy (pdf) (from erosum)

We Real Cool: Black Men and Masculinity (pdf). Also here.

Where We Stand: Class Matters (pdf)

Feminism Is For Everybody (pdf)

Remembered Rapture: Dancing With Words (pdf)

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Sat, 23 Jun 2012 20:55:03 -0500

you came too ~ nikki giovanni

Thu, 07 Jun 2012 00:03:39 -0500

I came to the crowd seeking friends
I came to the crowd seeking love
I came to the crowd for understanding

I found you

I came to the crowd to weep
I came to the crowd to laugh

You dried my tears
You shared my happiness

I went from the crowd seeking you
I went from the crowd seeking me
I went from the crowd forever

You came, too

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ugandanmoonshine: JAMES JOWERS N. Orleans [Man strutting down...

JAMES JOWERS

N. Orleans [Man strutting down the street followed by 4 other men], 1970

Gelatin silver print

Is your hair real?

"For indeed my life is a perpetual question mark— my thirst for books, my observations of..."

graham-bailey: arch

"Are you fleeing from Love because of a single humiliation? What do you know of Love except the name?..."

"How wrong to have been so negative, how wrong to have been so gloomy, how wrong to have run away..."

staysuckafree: Roft ph: MAMBU BAYOH INSTAGRAM:: MAMBU...

"Verily, the lust for comfort murders the passion of the soul, and then walks grinning in the..."

"The beginning of love is the will to let those we love be perfectly themselves, the resolution not..."

Photo

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Food Stamps, Poor-Shaming and the Very Scary 2012 Farm Bill - COLORLINES

"and when we speak we are afraid our words will not be heard nor welcomed but when we are silent we..."

arrectorpili: Sam Cooke and Cassius Clay (Muhammad Ali)

"The planet does not need more ‘successful’ people. But it does desperately need more peacemakers,..."

pierrebennu: Ossie Davis & Ruby Dee

"I love that you get cold when it’s 71 degrees out. I love that it takes you an hour and a half to..."

bell hooks resources

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you came too ~ nikki giovanni