spirit like a coloring book

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Wed, 22 May 2013 04:06:17 -0400

Literally all I’ve been eating this week.

Wed, 22 May 2013 02:35:54 -0400

Literally all I’ve been eating this week.

Sassy Selfie!

Tue, 21 May 2013 22:02:18 -0400

Sassy Selfie!

"Even as I hold you, I am letting you go."

Tue, 21 May 2013 20:11:05 -0400

“Even as I hold you,
I am letting you go.”

- Alice Walker (via moleculess)

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Tue, 21 May 2013 03:12:55 -0400

Vegas and Springtime <3 #vegas #spring #venetian #flowers

Mon, 20 May 2013 17:16:45 -0400

Vegas and Springtime <3 #vegas #spring #venetian #flowers

Only Eric would buy me flowers the night before his graduation....

Mon, 20 May 2013 15:01:59 -0400

Only Eric would buy me flowers the night before his graduation. Miss you :)

shrooot: Do you know what absolutely blows me away? That despite all the complex, awful things that...

Mon, 20 May 2013 04:14:41 -0400

shrooot:

Do you know what absolutely blows me away? That despite all the complex, awful things that happen in this world, people still fall in love.

suicideblonde: The Great Gatsby costumes by Catherine Martin

Mon, 20 May 2013 03:54:01 -0400

suicideblonde:

The Great Gatsby costumes by Catherine Martin

mostlyfiction: Love isn’t about fucking each otherat any opportunity. It also isn’t about how...

Mon, 20 May 2013 03:21:01 -0400

mostlyfiction:

Love isn’t about
fucking each other
at any opportunity.

It also isn’t about
how many months
or years
that you’ve been together.

To me,
love is about
being able to see light
inside of the person
who knows nothing
but darkness.

Stop Policing and Questioning Beyoncé's Feminist Credentials

Mon, 20 May 2013 03:16:36 -0400

Stop Policing and Questioning Beyoncé's Feminist Credentials:

fuckyeahfeminists:

When white liberal feminists label Beyoncé as anti-feminist, they are simply perpetuating the same racist partiarchy they’re supposed to be combating.

Beyoncé is at the center of her own media empire, no small feat for a woman of color in a racist, patriarchal society. Equally important, she embodies empowered sexuality. When she dances, the passion and commitment exudes in her every step. Her body is her own; she owns it and uses it as she sees fit. When she wears a unitard or “skimpy” outfit, something many dancers wear, mind you, she is showing off her impeccable body, her temple, her source of strength, and all that it can do. She is forcing those of us who are clinging to our puritanical notions of propriety to sit down, shut up, and watch raw, unbridled talent and skill. And yes, she is a feminist while doing it.

When white women get to decide who is “feminist enough,” particularly around women of color, they are perpetuating racism. They are policing the boundaries of who is acceptable and who isn’t. This is nothing more than a tool of racist patriarchy wrapped in feminist rhetoric. Yes, racist. It is decidedly racist the way white mainstream feminist organizations police women of color’s feminist credentials, the way white liberal feminists reduce Beyoncé to a gyrating slut with a potty mouth.

If white feminists want to be seen as inclusive, as truly revolutionary, as working to end alloppressive power systems, they must stop perpetuating those oppressions themselves. Exclusionary boundaries of who is an acceptable feminist and who isn’t does nothing for feminism except perpetuate racism, heterosexism, cissexism, classism, and other forms of bigotry and oppression. The incessant questioning of Beyoncé’s character and choices is simply a reflection of the latent bigotry that exists in feminist spaces.

Until white feminists stop policing women of color’s feminist credentials, they are doomed to repeat the same racist patriarchy we are supposed to be combating.

love this! recommend reading the whole thing at the source.

But seriously.

"I don’t want people to matter to me too much. Sometimes it hurts too much to think about them. Ones..."

Sun, 19 May 2013 22:29:53 -0400

“I don’t want people to matter to me too much. Sometimes it hurts too much to think about them. Ones you love who don’t love you, ones who are dead or hate you, ones who you think about but never get to be with. I like people ok but when I get too close, it fucks me up and I can’t get things done.”

- Henry Rollins, Smile, You’re Traveling (Black Coffee Blues Pt. 3)

theyoungandthepoor: Just saw this scene and I have never...

Sun, 19 May 2013 02:38:22 -0400

theyoungandthepoor:

Just saw this scene and I have never laughed harder at anything ever

on relationships, love, and goodbye

Sat, 18 May 2013 21:50:00 -0400

We knew, going into this, that our relationship had an expiration date. We knew, going into this, that it was going to be painful and awful and sad come today, but we did it anyway because that’s what two people who are crazy about each other do. They ignore the consequences, no matter how severe, in favor of passionate love that comes in a big burst with no space to settle and stay a while.

I’m not one for relationships. I can’t stand commitment, it makes me too nervous. I love being able to fall in and out of arms and in and out of smiles in short moments that feel like love with none of the emotional attachment.

But as I sit here now, I keep closing my eyes and shutting out the world just to picture you saying I love you to me that one last time. As we stood in the doorway of your apartment I said to you, tears streaming down my cheeks, “I don’t want to wake up tomorrow without you, not knowing if I’ll ever wake up in your arms again.” You looked at me, a tear streaming from your blue eyes to your beard and said, “I don’t want to watch you walk away from me.” Words, tears, hugs, and panic later, you looked at me for the last time in what will be a very long time and said, “Goodbye. I love you. Hopefully see you soon.” And I did it, I turned around and walked away.

But I can’t stop thinking about you. I miss you so much. Your eyes, your smile, the way that you showed me why people fall in love and are monogamous and why when you’re with the right person, no one else matters. You showed me that I was worth loving and fighting for all the while surprising me with bouquets of flowers and notes that told me you were listening and most importantly, that you saw me and wanted to understand me.

I’m sure you’ll be the subject of a thousand more words as I try to fill the void that you graduating and our mutually decided and practically well-timed break-up left me, but until then, I think the most important thing I want you to know is that for the first time in a long time, I mean it when I say,

I love you, too.

Thank you for the incredible adventure that was being yours.

peach-hero: why does no one talk about the movie Sky High

Sat, 18 May 2013 01:27:07 -0400

peach-hero:

why does no one talk about the movie Sky High

Accidental selfie turned out to be a cool selfie. Nice.

Sat, 18 May 2013 00:38:06 -0400

Accidental selfie turned out to be a cool selfie. Nice.

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Sat, 18 May 2013 00:28:42 -0400

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Fri, 17 May 2013 14:28:56 -0400

oh-deir: ACTUAL MESSAGE OF (500) DAYS OF SUMMER THAT NO ONE...

Fri, 17 May 2013 05:17:26 -0400

oh-deir:

ACTUAL MESSAGE OF (500) DAYS OF SUMMER THAT NO ONE ACTUALLY REALIZES

"At the end of the day, the majority of internet users aren’t looking at Ai Wei Wei’s tweets or..."

Fri, 17 May 2013 02:07:00 -0400

“At the end of the day, the majority of internet users aren’t looking at Ai Wei Wei’s tweets or working to erode at the power that the state has over privacy, but instead, they are content to look at videos of cute cats in shark costumes on vacuums. Therein lies a flaw of the perception of the Information and Communications Technology as a fix-all technology: in order to be truly effective, the ICT must be seen by the people as a tool to empower the human spirit, not to take its place.”

- My major rocks because I get to write papers and talk about this guy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Of2HU3LGdbo