February 2012
13 posts
“Sometimes we are blessed with being able to choose the time and the arena, and...”
– Audre Lorde (via mangosheen)
Watchiamnatassja:
Things Never Said , A Love Jones for the new millennium, is a film that explores a young woman’s quest for self worth and purpose as she struggles to find the meaning behind her choices and her voice through spoken-word poetry.
Slated for release in 2012, this directorial debut by filmmaker Charles Murray, is a passionate foray into the life of KALINDRA “Kal” STEPNEY (Shanola...
January 2012
28 posts
mangoSheen: The Pre-Patriarchal Matriarchy and the... →
mangosheen:
In my self-guided studies that I have been calling Afro Futuristic Feminism, I have wrapped up my initial investigation into spiritual activism and have begun a course called “The Pre-Patriarchal Matriarchy and the Divine Feminine.” I’m calling it this because I have been intrigued by the…
As Good As It Gets
Partially exposed ass on the curb
I sat in some of the warmest weather I had ever experienced in my life.
Bootie shorts.
Tank top.
My body weight freakishly low.
Change in hand:
Two dimes.
A nick.
This was my new awakening.
This was my NEW dawn.
Someone told me
that this would be
the most promising time of my life
But they never finished their sentence and told me how to live it
...
"its my time...
…and that dont have a price tag”.
I really said that the other day.
and when it came out of my mouth i scared myself a little bit.
but then i grinned.
i liked how it felt to say it.
Self(Doubt)
Self doubt.
More than just a concept, this life altering disposition is
the shit that climbs up
grabs you out your sleep
and kidnaps you away to a place where your authentic self is not accepted.
That space
That “am I pretty in the face?”
do my titties ever sit right?
are my miles worth the chase?
that staying up late wondering what to say
in that place….
…your conversations are...
LIFE at 75: Civil Rights Photos - Photo Gallery -... →
As a result of the Till murder, blacks around the country began challenging the entrenched privilege of whites, including in segregated bus seating. But in this 1956 photo, LIFE’s Stan Wayman captures what it was like to live under Jim Crow’s thumb in Florida: whites in front, blacks in back, and absolutely no mingling between the two.
i'm okay with that.
“I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you...”
Wayfaring Stranger (written in the early 19th...
I’m just a poor wayfaring stranger I’m traveling through this world of woe Yet there’s no sickness, toil nor danger In that bright land to which I go I’m going there to see my mother/father I’m going there no more to roam I’m only going over Jordan I’m only going over home I know dark clouds will gather ‘round me I know my way is rough and...
December 2011
2 posts
November 2011
45 posts
“I fell in love with her courage, her sincerity and her flaming self-respect.”
– F. Scott Fitzgerald (via dreamhampton1)