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"To err is human. To forgive is divine."

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:13:52 -0400

“To err is human. To forgive is divine.”

- (via iheartdeanna)

devoutfashion: Lola by Andrey Yakovlev

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:33:55 -0400

devoutfashion:

Lola by Andrey Yakovlev

"People subconsciously pick up information about the world around us, leading us to seemingly sense..."

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:26:56 -0400

“People subconsciously pick up information about the world around us, leading us to seemingly sense or know information without knowing exactly how or why we know it.”

- (via psych-facts)

"the softness of black people people of color across the world is what keeps the earth on it’s..."

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:26:33 -0400

“the
softness
of
black people
people of color across the world
is
what keeps the earth on it’s axis.”

- our softness not only exists, it’s also a science, and a magic, nayyirah waheed (via nayyirahwaheed)

pickny: Corey Baptiste & David Agbodji

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:11:05 -0400

pickny:

Corey Baptiste & David Agbodji

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Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:10:43 -0400

"i am a woman and a poem."

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:00:08 -0400

“i am a woman
and
a poem.”

- visceral, nayyirah waheed (via nayyirahwaheed)

"Blessed are the cracked, for they shall let in the light."

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:51:37 -0400

“Blessed are the cracked, for they shall let in the light.”

- Groucho Marx (via penseesduchoeur)

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Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:46:45 -0400

"I think she was afraid to love sometimes. I think it scared her. She was the type to like things..."

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:45:57 -0400

“I think she was afraid to love sometimes. I think it scared her. She was the type to like things that are concrete, like the ocean. Something you could point to and know what it was… And I think that’s why she struggled with love. She couldn’t touch it. She couldn’t hold on to it and make sure it never changed.”

- Carrie Ryan, The Dead-Tossed Waves

she is me

(via thenomadicmermaid)

iflovewasabridgewebuiltitwrong: All the pretty flowers 😍😍😍

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 02:28:48 -0400

iflovewasabridgewebuiltitwrong:

All the pretty flowers 😍😍😍

"1. if you ever want to wear mommy’s make-up, just make sure you don’t eat it. when it’s time to go..."

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 16:36:17 -0400

“1. if you ever want to wear mommy’s make-up, just make sure you don’t eat it. when it’s time to go to bed, I will help you wash it off.

2. when school starts and you want to jump rope instead of play kickball, be careful not to trip and hurt your knees.

3. if you grow up and a boy makes your heart hurt, you do not have to be ashamed.

4. if you fall in love with a girl
who wears the same clothes
as you, it will be easy for me to buy you both presents.

5. if I teach you anything, I will teach you to be gentle.

6. you are not Atlas and the world
is not a burden for you to carry.

7. if you do not like your body, if you feel like you were put inside the wrong one, I will stand by and watch you become again.

8. because we are human beings and we do not always have to
take what we are given.

9. I will love you constantly, fervently, always.

10. I will teach you the value of
the word “no” so that, when you hear it, you do not question it.

11. when the war comes
and you want to fight, I will
sleep with clenched fists until you come home to me.

12. when the war comes and you don’t want to go, I will sleep soundly.

13. you are allowed to be soft. you are allowed to break and bend. you do not have to be strong. you do not have to be a soldier.”

- a letter to my future son | Caitlyn S. (via alonesomes)

black-culture: Black Fatherhood

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 15:48:30 -0400

black-culture:

Black Fatherhood

studioafrica: nnekbone: artbyfola: “HER RELIGION” 2013 Art...

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 15:36:42 -0400

studioafrica:

nnekbone:

artbyfola:

“HER RELIGION”

2013

Art by Folasade

(c)

This is just…amazingly beautiful…

“It’s called Her Religion, because I was going back to The Bible, thinking what if Mary was a black woman – who says she’s not? What if God was actually Mother Nature, and the baby that came out of that union wasn’t Jesus [as we know him] but a woman who’ll become a mother. I say this because our mothers are willing to go on that cross for us, they’re willing to give us everything, they’re willing to forgive us and that’s what Jesus is all about. So I placed this little baby in black Mary’s arms. She’s Jesus and she’s nurturing. You see, she’s already given birth to flowers and she doesn’t even know it: that’s how powerful she’s about to be.” - Fola Adeoso in interview with Okayafrica

pierrebennu: Huey P. Newton cofounder of The Black Panthers...

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 15:12:48 -0400

pierrebennu:

Huey P. Newton cofounder of The Black Panthers & the future

voices aren't enuf: you have a very good chance of being published in a literary magazine

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 01:58:21 -0400

voices aren't enuf: you have a very good chance of being published in a literary magazine:

chaiivee:

if you send a picture of a place and a sentence/ a poem/ a story that highlights the significance of that place to episodicmag@gmail.com!

but before you scuttle off, be sure to visit http://episodicmag.blogspot.com/p/faq.html to make sure you’re submitting properly.

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mambubayoh: LiLY MUSE shot by Mambu Bayoh Instagram ::...

Sat, 15 Jun 2013 20:00:37 -0400

mambubayoh:

LiLY MUSE

shot by Mambu Bayoh

Instagram :: MambuBayoh

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"a black woman can write of loneliness or love or softness, or the moon. you may try valiantly to..."

Sat, 15 Jun 2013 19:55:16 -0400

“a black woman
can write of
loneliness
or
love
or softness,
or the moon.
you may try valiantly
to cripple us,
but we still grow flowers in our flesh.”

- a genocide of flowers, nayyirah waheed (via nayyirahwaheed)

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Sat, 15 Jun 2013 19:51:30 -0400

on today's lesson

Sat, 15 Jun 2013 00:44:35 -0400

ledasoul:

Just because there is a semi-golden space where my heart can fit, doesn’t mean it should go there. Just because I didn’t have to squeeze my way in doesn’t mean I belong.