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June 3, 2012   4 notes

bigchopchop:

Day 8 

Look what I found on my local Salvation Army! A book for children, ages from 4 to 8, illustrated with womyn with natural hair! This book is also a 1982 Coretta Scott King Honor Book for Illustration. Wouldn’t it be great to find books like this more often?

About this book

A young African American girl is excited about a road trip with her Aunt Martha. It is a special trip, with the first rule set by Aunt Martha: “No boys and no men, just us women.” It’s a trip they’ve been planning for long time. They’ve even made a list that’s been double-checked every night. They have two road maps, just in case. They will carry on a little tradition of wrapping their lunch in wax paper, like Aunt Martha did when she was little, and packing it in two shoeboxes they have saved.

As the trip nears, the girl anticipates all the amazing things they will do. There will be nobody telling them what they can’t do — like stopping at roadside markets and buying all the junk they like. Heck, they’ll even stop the car in the rain and get out and walk around in it. They’ll drive the back roads and buy farmers’ fruit. And when the food runs out, they’ll stop at a fancy restaurant. So powerful they’ll be — “just us women” — they’ll turn the day around and breakfast at night.

Author Jeannette Caines has created an exuberant celebration of life expressed in the strong relationship a girl has with her beloved aunt. Pat Cummings’ soulful mixed-media illustrations thoroughly express the joy and freedom the two women — one mature and one jumping headfirst into womanhood — feel as they imagine themselves on their idyllic road trip.

http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/book/just-us-women

THIS BOOK IS SO GOOD.

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June 3, 2012   578,153 notes

Don't ever hesitate. Reblog this. This should be in the Tumblr laws. When you see it, REBLOG IT.

June 3, 2012   29 notes

things that are unique to themselves and require no metaphor

natashavc:

*volcanos 

*boxing

*sex

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June 3, 2012   357 notes
misantropicos: Perdono, pero nunca olvido.

misantropicos:

Perdono, pero nunca olvido.

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June 3, 2012   707 notes

Blind Racism...When will you see beauty and not skin color.

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anjellstar:

I found this discussion through a friend on my fb. She pointed out how many men called this women unattractive..then went on to make disgusting comments. 

Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder…so while some will find her pretty some won’t. But that’s not the issue here. 

The issue is cunt bastards saying she’s ugly ONLY because she’s black. She has a pretty figure from what I can see of her, pretty eyes, and lips most women pay millions for!!! 

Oh…and of course most of the girls on this facebook “smash or pass” page are white and skinny. Most of them blonde. 

I think all women are beautiful no matter hair and skin color….in this society that probably makes me sound like an alien or something. 

Here are some of the comments. 

:DISCLAIMER:

I am not blocking out the men/women names since they felt the need to make these statements on a public network to see them. Any consequences these people face I am not responsible for….and let the shit fest begin….

ORLY?????

you’ve honestly got to be kidding me. 

She’s the only black girl on the page as well…here’s the link http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.234801359919329.57718.228332343899564&type=3

You fuck with one of us..you fuck with all of us..and reap the repercussions :D 



Read more: http://nerdydyke.tumblr.com/post/24322662802/blind-racism-when-will-you-see-beauty-and-not-skin#ixzz1wjHkLfPS

June 2, 2012   208 notes

“ In the case of romantic relationships, many people fear getting trapped in a bond that is not working, so they flee at the onset of conflict. Or they self-indulgently create unnecessary conflict as a way to avoid commitment. They flee from love before they feel its grace. Pain may be the threshold they must cross to partake in love’s bliss. Running from the pain, they never know the fullness of love’s pleasure. ”

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“ I pointed out to you the stars and all you saw was the tip of my finger. ”

 -African Proverb (via africanstories)

i feel like this often… in so many ways. :/

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That’s interesting, because there’s a popular saying in Buddhism, do not mistake the finger pointing at the moon for the moon itself. It’s said that truth is like the moon and words are like a finger pointing at the moon, but if you only look at the finger, you miss the moon.

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There’s quite a few Sufi sayings along this line, but the basic one is, “Don’t mistake the container for the thing it contains”.

Given the Silk Road connection between Africa and Asia, I wouldn’t be surprised that there’s shared wisdom across the path - for example the Ifa divination with the Odu uses the same binary system as the Chinese I-Ching, only differing in the number of divisions being read.

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June 2, 2012   216 notes

glossylalia:

What the fuck is it with these casual dresses that have the whole damn back out? Where are my titties supposed to go? I can’t free ball that shit. You don’t just drop bowling balls from the roof of a six story building and expect it to work out ok. That shit is not OSHA approved. I mean look, Charles might be in charge of our days, nights, wrongs, and rights, but I am the master of my own titty domain and I demand the ability to have both discreet support and comfort. 

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