February 2012
80 posts
the nationalism I seek is one that decolonizes the brown and female body as it...
–
cherrie moraga
(via fromhearttolips)
Feminist Care Packages: A Feminist Care Package... →
feministcarepackages:
Dear Too $hort, We are a collective of people of color who are angered and saddened by your comments in a video for XXL magazine. We are angry because no one at the magazine thought to pull the plug on the interview and we are sad because you seem unaware that you were advocating the…
For the lesbian of color, the ultimate rebellion she can make against her native...
– Gloria Anzaldua, Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza, 3rd Edition, p. 41 (via agradschoolbreakup)
Dance, when you’re broken open. Dance, if you’ve torn the bandage off. Dance in...
– Rumi (via fuckyeahrumi)
I want to do with you what spring does with the cherry trees.
– Pablo Neruda (via stellablu)
Suzy X. isn't real: Women of Color--Let's take... →
a-bayani:
tierracita:
Let’s take back our tags! Meaning post yourself being yourself, without any exotifying pretense and tag the hell out of your post. (I originally said Wednesday, Feb 22nd but fuck it, let’s start now!)
I got really upset/annoyed/raging when I opened the …
hot piece of smokin dyke: xx →
thepoetsspace:
Tonight I can write the saddest lines. Write for example, ‘The night is shattered and the blue stars shiver in the distance.’ The night wind revolves in the sky and sings. Tonight I can write the saddest lines. I loved her, and sometimes she loved me too. Through nights like this one…
Later — when things happened that they could never have imagined — she wrote him...
– The History Of Love (via tothepersoninthebelljar)
You and I are exactly what extraordinary looks like.
– Maya Angelou (via goldenwandering)
The best relationships are ones where nothing is assumed. This enforces a focus...
– Quora » Dating and Relationships: My girlfriend and I have been drifting apart lately. What are some ways to reverse this? (via blaktivist)