love. this.
pushing fwd.
13th of November 2009
because it’s real. it’s true. like fishburne at the end of school daze. screaming: WAKE UP. (via loveyourchaos)
27th of September 2009
18th of September 2009
this may never get old.
uhmanduhlee:thedailywhatlmao!!
i love that the KanyeInterrupter is making his way into the 3D world.
8th of September 2009
“
last week my mom was on a bus. a foot or so away from her, a man was rubbing his crotch on a woman’s behind. the woman was in deep, visible distress. no one said or did anything. my mom motioned to her and said, “come over here”. the woman went to stand next to my mom for the rest of the ride without further harrassment. fuck everyone on that bus who stood silent. and fuck everyone who has stood silent when i’ve been harrassed and grabbed and followed in cars and on foot by men demanding my number, demanding for me to go out with them, leering at my breasts. fuck everyone who said nothing when a man followed me in his car for a block screaming at me “go back to your fucking country” and “arab bitch”. fuck everyone who witnesses all kinds of sexual and racial harrassment every day and doesn’t even say a damn word. ”
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31st of August 2009
nina simone.
(via fuckyeahblackbeauties)
tresses of choice.
When it comes to straightening hair or letting it be natural, the choice still pushes deep emotional buttons for many African-American women. Others ask, why can’t hair just be hair? Nine black women discuss their hairstyles and the attitudes surrounding their hair.
10th of June 2009
“
Erzulie continues to articulate and embody a memory of slavery, intimacy, and revenge. ”
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–Joan Dayan, “Erzulie: A Women’s History of Haiti” (2005) (via kismetfour)
working with this imagery of erzulie (either freda or dantor), i am inclined to take this quote as a reminder. no matter what happens, yeye will not be silenced or ignored. the premature celebration of some of philly’s residents around the potential disappearance of odunde is not gonna change much. the city’s lack of funds (screw what that article says, they didn’t give the st. patty’s day or mummers’ day parades this much of a hassle) does not mean there will be an erasure of the traditions of black folks. it’s not just about fried fish sandwiches, earrings & performances. odunde started as a procession to the schuylkill river to venerate orisha oshun. to say “modupe-o, yeye” (thank you, sweet mother) & make ebo (sacrifice or offering) to her, followed by a chance to fellowship. for brown faces to join in a setting that was not about a funeral, a trial, or a wedding. & the very second there’s something reminding the oyimbo about where we come from & who we are, there’s a problem.
well, that’s too fucking bad. we may migrate to new neighborhoods & let y’all pretty things up — that’s fine. that’s a blessing to all involved, as each city needs is revenue. but there will be no erasing us.
oshun is the source. she is honey, she is beauty, she is creativity, she is the honey bee, she is the one who sprouts honey, she is the one with ears to hear. oshun is love. there is no stopping the river.
mbe mbe ma yeye (exist, exist always mother)
mbe mbe l’oro (exist, exist always in our tradition)
oshun isn’t going anywhere. we aren’t going anywhere. things may shift and change, but when we leave something behind it’s to get to something better, bigger & greater. this is what the oyimbo never understood: destroying something in the physical world very rarely means that there’s an end to it in the other realm.
spirit is not to be played with.
3rd of June 2009
artfully nude woman of color? you don’t say!
(via peixebanana)
