September 2012
the dopest ethiopienne: Being a Black girl means... →
ethiopienne:
Being a Black girl means having to second guess yourself when you want to speak up against dangerous Black male patriarchy because you know Black men are already viewed as violent and savage in the white supremacist social climate of the West.
Being a Black girl means being told you have to…
“I wish to raise a Black man who will not be destroyed by, nor settle for, those...”
– Audre Lorde, Sister Outsider, “Man Child”. The essay “Man Child” was originally published in 1979 in Conditions: Four (via sproutedink)
“In 1784, five years before he became president of the United States, George...”
– The sorry legacy of the founders
(via so-treu)
White History Month, everybody (via youngbadmanbrown)
This has to be false. Please let this be false
August 2012
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Fortuna For m e: things that terrify me: →
friendlyangryfeminist:
a woman pursuing a man who is not interested is ‘creepy’ or ‘crazy’. she deserves scorn and should be laughed at. if this woman is considered less attractive than the man, the man will be pitied.
compared to
a man pursuing a woman who has said no, gives her…
I think it's unattractive when a woman has a whole...
ethiopienne:
arjanakaffine:
Women are suppose to be nurturing, if you can’t care for your-damn-self especially something that is as elegant and delicate as your legs how the hell are you suppose to care for me too.
I’m just saying.
#teamscarredlegs
#teamclumsy
#teamfuckyourgendernorms
#teamcareforyourselfniggacuzimacareforme
straight men on tumblr kill me
ethiopienne:
y’all think the whole world revolves around you
y’all think all women wake up every morning just DYING to find new ways to better please you
“how can i fix my hair how can i dress how can i walk how can i talk how can i write how can i cover up every blemish on my body
TO BEST PLEASE STRAIGHT MEN?!
I NEED TO PLEASE ALL STRAIGHT MEN! I OWE THEM BEAUTY! THAT IS ALL I AM HERE TO...
White History Month Day 23: The Anglo-Zulu War
youngbadmanbrown:
The Anglo-Zulu War was fought in 1879 between the British Empire and the Zulu Kingdom.
Following a campaign by which Lord Carnarvon had successfully brought about federation in Canada, it was thought that similar combined military and political campaigns might succeed with the various African kingdoms, tribal areas and Boerrepublics in South Africa. In 1874, Sir Henry Bartle...
Young Badman Brown: witchsistah: youngbadmanbrown:... →
witchsistah:
youngbadmanbrown:
solitudeisnotloneliness:
youngbadmanbrown:
solitudeisnotloneliness:
youngbadmanbrown:
I may have grown up here in America, lucky as sin, but I have parents who know what Haitian poverty is like.
Talkin some shit about your great…
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“And if l fail, l fail. But because l wasn’t good enough, not because l didn’t...”
– Casey Carlyle, Ice Princess
