January 2012
20 posts
December 2011
50 posts
“You think because he doesn’t love you that you are worthless. You think that...”
– Toni Morrison (via ancestryinprogress)
THIS IS THE TRUTH RIGHT HERE!
(via curlyingenue)
“A revolutionary woman can’t have no reactionary man. If he’s not about...”
– Assata Shakur
(via hearmyhumblecry)
“Black woman. Baad woman.
Wear your bigness on your chest like a badge,
cause...”
– Assata Shakur
(via themovementsmoving)
“The black man is going around saying he wants respect; well, the black man will...”
– Malcolm X, from “The Autobiography of Malcolm X”, as told to Alex Haley, Ballantine Books, New York, 1965, pg. 241. (via wearethedescendantsofstars)
“A rapist doesn’t have to be a stranger to be... →
“A rapist doesn’t have to be a stranger to be legitimate. Someone you never saw. But if you been in public with him, danced one dance, kissed him goodbye lightly with a closed mouth, pressing charges will be as hard as trying to keep your legs closed while five fools try and run a train on you. These men are friends of ours, who smile nicely, stay employed, take us out to dinner, then lock the...
Shake It Out →
Regrets collect like old friends Here to relive your darkest moments I can see no way, I can see no way And all of the ghouls come out to play And every demon wants his pound of flesh But I like to keep some things to myself I like to keep my issues strong It’s always darkest before the dawn And I’ve been a fool and I’ve been blind I can never leave the past behind I can see no way, I can see no...
Watchcygnescholastique:
Florence and the Machine
Shake It Out (Acoustic Version)
Like a shotgun Needs an outcome I’m your prostitute You gon’ get some.
“Hands down, I’m too proud for love, but with eyes shut it’s you i’m thinking of....”
– Lykke Li, Little Bit (via casssbasss)
“What’s the difference between saying I have the right to not be raped, and...”
– Derrick Jensen, Endgame vol. 1 (via cultureofresistance)
“I used to think I was the strangest person in the world but then I thought there...”
– ~ Frida Kahlo
I saw this quote again on my dash and it’s always one I remember. It’s one of the reasons I want to write, create and do things which may put another soul at ease. It’s the relationship I have with my favourite writers, artists and musicians. The fact they’ve been able to delve and... 