February 2012
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“An intellectual? Yes. And never deny it. An intellectual is someone whose mind...”
– Camus
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“I am an excitable person who only understands life lyrically, musically, in whom...”
– Anais Nin
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Honeyed Excrements: Missing Teen Mishell Green... →
honeyedexcrements: My nieces’ story Missing New York teen Mishell DiAmonde Green has been found and reunited with her family hours after she was featured on ABC’s “The View,” last week. An anonymous viewer who recognized 16-year-old Mishell’s profile from the segment immediately called the Black and Missing…
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“On being called shrill: That word ‘shrill’ is reserved for any...”
– Arhundati Roy getting that ass right. on. together.
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“Even if everything else is taken from you, even if they throw you in jail and...”
– Immortal Technique 11/19/11 (via little-fighter)
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“My darling girl, when are you going to realize that being normal is not...”
– Alice Hoffman (via misswallflower)
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bell hooks - Feminism Is For Everybody (free... →
Free download of Feminism Is For Everybody by bell hooks.
Feb 19th
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GO Magazines: America's Most Captivating Couples... →
Beautiful… jalylah: Aww! Congrats to my Spelman sis! tionam: photo by RMN Photography Mikaela & Crystal Washington, D.C. Mikaela, 27, head track & field/cross-country coach at Gallaudet University Crystal, 28, senior marketing officer, entertainment and sports marketing at Amtrak At a time when girls are turning to OKCupid to find their perfect matches, Crystal and...
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“Today I lectured my class after barely dragging myself out of bed with a stomach...”
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“This machine around us - this so called music industry is such a demonic kind of...”
– Chaka Khan on Whitney Houston’s death (via daughtersofdilla) Chaka speaks my truth here, and it doesn’t stop with the music industry…
Feb 16th
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"I Am Ali" starring Ishmael Butler of Seattle's... →
Feb 15th
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@RaquelCepeda in @CNN on @TooShort and @XXLStaff  →
Feb 15th
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“Well, I think the issues of human rights and equality come from a foundational...”
– Toshi Reagon on comparing black cr movement to gay cr movement. Read more from her and Meshell Ndegeocello here : http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/13/meshell-ndegeocello-toshi-reagon-voice-to-voice_n_1274808.html
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“James Baldwin, in his prophetic commentary on America’s twisted relationship to...”
– From my latest post on Ebony.com regarding Whitney, the perils of celebrity and us. http://www.ebony.com/entertainment-culture/we-knew-whitney-was-in-troubleand-we-laughed
Feb 13th
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“Do you ever read your work out loud while you are working on it? Toni...”
– Toni Morrison from her Paris Review interview about the writing process…
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“Never waste your time trying to explain who you are to people who are committed...”
– dream hampton (via thechanelmuse) I need this on a bright colored tee.
Feb 13th
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