January 2012
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jesuisperdu: “all art is autobiographical. the pearl is the oyster’s autobiography.”
Jan 24th
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"Crazy shit out here in da wild, feel likes i'mma... →
graceyu: New favorite twitter. Seriously? Is this for real? Can you say…..exploitation? Why not have a twitter that uplifts the youth? Oh yeah, it’s not entertaining. Never mind then. Maybe I’m overreacting, but as someone who works with underprivileged youth everyday, I see things differently— and this isn’t okay. And whoever told this person that this was...
Jan 24th
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Jan 24th
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Jan 24th
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Kendra and Quitta contemplate their move to D.C.
Me: Don't let Obama get elected another term!
Im'ma show out, looking for him all over the city.
Quitta: I know right. Don't let me live in the city and not get an invite to the White House...negro please. Michelle my cousin.
Me: HAHAHAHA. I just died laughing at you in this dunkin donuts.
Quitta: lol Secret Service better fall back.
Jan 17th
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Jan 17th
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“Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could; some blunders...”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson (via kari-shma)
Jan 16th
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Jan 16th
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What did you do on MLK Day?
I volunteered. Did you? 
Jan 16th
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Jan 16th
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Jan 16th
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Jan 13th
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Jan 11th
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“So when we’re listening, for example, to the GOP rhetoric about this nostalgia...”
– Melissa Harris-Perry (via elverdugo)
Jan 11th
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Jan 11th
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Jan 11th
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Jan 10th
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Jan 7th
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Jan 7th
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December 2011
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Dec 27th
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Dec 21st
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Dec 21st
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“i stretch my arms towards the sky like blades of tall grass. the sun beat...”
– Mos Def (via ivyleaguefro) ::sigh:: (via queennubian)
Dec 20th
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Dec 7th
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“Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is...”
– Audre Lorde, A Burst of Light (1988) **let me lay this quote onto you like BAM* (via ancestryinprogress)
Dec 2nd
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Dec 1st
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November 2011
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Nov 6th
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Nov 5th
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Nov 5th
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“This pattern — women can dress like men, but men don’t dress like women —...”
– via Sociological Images (via aminamithri)
Nov 5th
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Teaching is hard.
Understatement of the day.
Nov 1st
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October 2011
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Oct 29th
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Oct 25th
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Oct 20th
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September 2011
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Sep 30th
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apleasantsurprise: i thank You God for most this amazing  day, for the leaping greenly spirits of trees and a blue true dream of sky; and for everything which is natural which is infinite which is yes. -e.e. cummings
Sep 30th
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Sep 30th
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“It means that I affirm my own worth by committing myself to my own survival, in...”
– Audre Lorde (Eye to Eye: Black Women, Hatred and Anger) just printed and taped this on the wall in my home-office. word. (via girlchild) A positive message for all women. Even though she writes heavy content, Audre Lorde always gives me a lift, or a little push in a positive direction when I need...
Sep 30th
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Sep 30th
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Sep 30th
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Sep 22nd
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Sep 21st
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Sep 7th
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July 2011
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Jul 15th
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Jul 12th