January 2012
voiceoftheintroverted:
All I want is to be understood, accepted, and embraced. Everything we want out of life seems so simple but it’s hard to obtain.
“I am passionate about everything in my life—first and foremost, passionate about...”
– Bell Hooks. (via anegroking)
“Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the...”
– Martin Luther King, Jr.
Yesterday’s quote, uncensored (so no one thinks I made it up).
(via ckck)
“The Porto Ricans (sic) are the dirtiest, laziest, most degenerate and thievish...”
– Dr. Cornelius P. Rhoads
This is an actual quote from a personal letter.
Dr. Rhodes deliberately injected cancer cells into unknowing patients, which resulted in the deaths of at least 13 people. For his achievements Dr. Rhoads was featured on the cover of Time Magazine June 27, 1949.
(via...
“She would be my queen, I could be her king, together. She would make me cool,...”
– Lupe (The Coolest)
“When you say to a person of color “When I see you, I don’t see you as black! I...”
– Jane Elliot on the absurdity and invalidation of claims of “Color Blindness” by white folk (via brazenbitch)
Thank you.
(via mehreenkasana)
“Never explain yourself to anyone, because the one who likes you would not need...”
– Imam Ali (R.A) (via trusimplicity)
“Beauty is her power, but her smile is her sword.”
– (via isightlove)
“Just because there is one black man in the White House, doesn’t make up for the...”
– Angela Davis, speaking at Appalachian State University, January 24, 2012. (via douglass-forgot-the-chitterlings)
well, shit. go on, angie!
(via fuckingsocietyraw)
“People who claim they’re evil are usually no worse than the rest of us. It’s...”
– Gregory Maguire (via selfinspiration)
Notable Outfits of 2011
astudentofstyle:
I feel like I really found myself this year when it can to my personal style. Next year? I’ll be all about taking more risks.
Watcheedyeh:
The Man’s Guide To Love #686
Sean, 26
“women tend to like action more than words… words are cheap.”
Preach.
“Any woman who has a great deal to offer the world is in trouble. And if she’s a...”
– Hazel Scott (via ioncewishediwasawitch)
“I live my own life and nurse my own wounds. It’s not the best way to live. But...”
– Jeffrey Eugenides (via misswallflower)
One of my biggest pet peeves is when people don't...
beautiful-ambition:
We Will Be Censoring All Of Tumblr Tonight At...
knowapower:
A lot of the discrimination that goes on today is socially acceptable, just like in the past a lot of the discrimination that went on was socially acceptable, it is only when people speak up against forms of discrimination that things will change.
“Some problems we share as women, some we do not. You [white women] fear your...”
– Audre Lorde, “Age, Race, Class, and Sex: Women Redefining Difference” (via arewomenhuman)
Exactly.
(via readnfight)
" She's waiting "
thepositivedistraction:
There is a woman out there, waiting for my body, waiting for my smile, waiting for my kisses, waiting for my aura! Not for my penis but for my heart mind & spirit But as I work for success… She waits… But I don’t know how much longer she will wait….
Watchoshun-girl:
Shottasssss. Best scene. Imagine if they both had dreads? O.O “the mating of lions” *sigh
