January 2012
“Yesterday the US Congress voted to pass the National Defense Authorization Act...”
– (via yreffect)
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Guess who's doing absolutely nothing tonight.
theeconfessions:
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Premiere Print Issue of Cuisine Noir Magazine →
blackculinaryhistory:
This is history folks, please check out all the hard work Cusine Noir has put into this first print issue and support black chefs through this amazing magazine!!
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“We as American, who drink deeply from wells of freedom and liberty that we did...”
– Cory Booker, Mayor of Newark, New Jersey, discusses the lessons he learned from his father’s experience as someone who grew up poor and was helped by a “conspiracy of love” around him, and how he believes that the solutions are out there with regard to solving major problems in criminal justice...
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“[General Trigger Warning] It is important that you have some relationships in...”
– The Courage to Heal: A Guide for Women Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse by Ellen Bass & Laura Davis (via healingquotes)
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“Being a Nice Girl means that a woman is more concerned about other people’s...”
– Nice Girl Syndrome - Stop Being Manipulated and Abused and Start Standing Up For Yourself by Beverly Engel (via healingquotes)
Oh God My Chakras Are Tingling: I actually emailed... →
wistfuldreamer:
Because Missing-e is connected to your browser - not your account. I only have M-e installed on Chrome. So as a test I logged on using IE, Safari and Firefox. And I still had the message.
According to Tumblrs privacy policy, they should not be able to access ‘users…
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From One Survivor to Another: [trigger warning:... →
goldenphoenixgirl:
I’m finally identifying myself as an orphan. I know I always have been, in reality, since the people who “raised” (read abused) me never even resembled parents. But I thought they did. And as I start to realize more and more that the people who prostituted and beat and…
“A woman who is convinced that she deserves to accept only the best challenges...”
– Maya Angelou (via myquotelibrary)
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December 2011
New Years
savemefromthebullshit:
rubyr3dlies:
Another holiday to distract the masses. Wouldn’t be surprised if something big, important, or ridiculous happens involving our government overnight. It’s just another Saturday night for me so I’m chillin. Everyone enjoy your night
Ditto..just chillin on tumblr haha.
Word. One of my home girls was trying to get me to go out and I just can’t get in...
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mamaskanks asked: come at you the way everyone was with me is just not good. Do me a favor. If I post something that's offensive to you, tell me. Drop me a message in my ask and say "Please don't post things like that" and I'll gladly remove it. I swear, I'm not an ignorant or disrepectful person and with a little communication, I'm pretty easy to deal with. Now, all of the posts...
mamaskanks asked: Hey, dude. I just wanted to say I'm sorry if that post offended you, really. I'm not one to be offensive or judge or rude and I feel really bad that something I posted could have actually hurt someones feelings. The only reason I went on the whole rant and whatever is because I felt disrespected with the way people came at me for it. If you would have just politely told me it offended...
Watchcuteness overload!!!!!
I see all those posts relating to the N word on a...
Interesting.
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BINT: A lot of Muslim Arabs and other Arabs in... →
ryanbhilliard:
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almond—skeyes:
biint:
I know I’ll get a lot of flack for actually saying this but it’s what I have seen and its so disgusting when I see this happen time and time again. Its such a taboo to eve talk about Arab racism. Some Arabs thinking darker Arabs are unmarrigable and call them ‘Abd’ as a joke and other black Muslims are bellow them. Sometimes its ingrained...
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savannahgurrrl asked: i was looking at what's going on with the use of the n-word and i just want to say that 200+ years since slavery has gotten us 43 years of civil rites has gained us tolerance but it failed to cure ignorance. shamefully after having nigger/nigga thrown in our face we gotta turn back around in the 2000's and have thrown in our face with a smile. "oh you pronounced wrong by using an...
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Anonymous asked: I really love your blog and your attitude and I think that I am developing a crush. Please tell me that you would date a pale white guy, it would give me hope.
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300 years ago, William Lynch gave a speech on the...
