June 2012
22 posts
Love, Locks, Laughter, Words, & Breath: →
karnythia:
luaunomi:
lynwoodd:
caffrine:
I don’t own my child’s body
(CNN) — My daughter occasionally goes on a hugging and kissing strike.
She’s 4. Her parents could get a hug or a kiss, but many people who know her cannot, at least right now. And I won’t make…
Said some of this stuff not too long ago when that gif of the girl pushing the boy off of her was making the tumblr...
What Happens To A Person When Twitter Finds Out...
Things happen with some predictability on twitter. Take for example: conversations that (d)evolve into “debates” about the most mundane or purposeless of topics. But those topics will all have their root in one of four “beings”: being seen, being right, being popular (getting followers) or being smart.
There are also stages of events or events that happen like clock...
Esoterica: poeticallyspeaking13: Race Matters…On... →
poeticallyspeaking13:
Race Matters…On The Dance Floor
notesonascandal:
I wrote this about two years ago. It pretty much sums up my experience with Whiteness in Black party spaces.
One thing I’ve noticed as of late, though: Whenever white girls dance to hip-hop/rap music, they are…
YES to the comments on being fetishized. Seems they’re always either looking for validation or...
When the Church Fails Its Women: 7 Truths We Need... →
crunkfeministcollective:
Yesterday, for the first time in my life, I walked out of church in the middle of service. I grew up in church; my stepfather of 15 years is a pastor; as recently as 2009, I led a ministry team at one of Atlanta’s Baptist megachurches. Thus, my choice to get up and walk out while the pastor was speaking defied every notion of decorum I have ever been taught.
Image from...
Something to Cry About: Report from the Kitchen... →
crunkfeministcollective:
One point on which Creflo Dollar and both his daughters agree is that he walked into the kitchen and said, “Why are you crying?” He already knew why. I imagine that he asked his question with a bullying tone; I imagine there was an unspoken threat behind the question, a threat with which too many are familiar: I’ll give you something to cry about.
And to the question...
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Oh. Hi There.
Well. I’m so glad folks are resonating with my wittle #tweegram…
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*checks my Netflix queue*
beautifulcurare:
It’s empty as all the fucks…
There were 100+ movies and shows there the other day.
So now I gotta try to remember EVERYTHING I had in my queue?
I had it set up in a pattern too…so I gotta remember that shit too?
Listen. This would make me go find a puppy and kick the shit out of it. I’m not kidding.
“Being good to somebody is just like being mean to somebody. Risky. You...”
– Toni Morrison (Sula)
