I love Res’ music so much. Her 2nd album, Black Girls Rock! is available for free download: http://www.2dopeboyz.com/2009/11/30/res-black-girls-rock-free-lp/
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i hate being tickled i do not think it is cute i do not think it is funny i will kick you in the fucking face
yes.
Because she’s wearing purple in the best way.
I have come to realize I don’t hate her like I thought I did at all.
I just don’t find her relevant when she’s rapping.
She says some pretty relevant stuff when she isn’t on a track, but on tracks I loose interest.
So yea.
She’s wearing purple thats why.
For those that need to be caught up:
Ramarley Graham: Site. Petition.
Rekia Boyd: Site. Petition. Facebook.
Neng Yang: Petition. Facebook.
Shaima Alawadi: Petition. Facebook.
Vern Traversie: Petition. Facebook.
Naomi Whitecrow: Petition. Facebook.
These petitions need way more signatures, ya’ll!
Reblogging in solidarity.
Sign sign sign.
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"I don’t understand half of the stuff I write. So many people tell me what my songs are about."
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David Bowie (via tracing-time)
Half the artists who’s work we’ve ever had to analyze in class would probably say the same thing. I should quote Bowie in my papers.
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Bad Ass Black Goths: A Photoset For You To Reblog & Throw In People’s Faces
by Nuestra Hermana
In case you didn’t know, there has always been a lot of backwards ass racist sentiments towards black goths. Statements like, “there aren’t any black goths”, “black people just don’t look right as goth”, “Black goths are scary”, “Black people shouldn’t be goth” are prominent throughout the internet and within clubs and community circles.
Translated, these statements in their simplest root read something along the lines of: Black people cannot be gothic because they are not white.
Of course, not every non-black goth is this way but you will see more than plenty proclaim any of the above without a thought of how erasing and racist it is towards black goths.
Recently, I read someone posting something along the very same sentiment, claiming they had never seen a black person “pull off” being goth.
This here, is for all of you dears who truly believe that. I’m here to simply show you that Black goths do it real fucking well & are just as dark souled & artistically amazingly magnificent in the goth community (if not even more, yes, I did just say that to you.)
If you don’t know much about this or simply don’t believe me, you can read more for yourself here , where someone is asking for advice on “on how you would approach one” and here, where someone claims that black people make terrible vampires (TW: racist slurs)… and here where a black goth is attacked for simply asking if there are any other black goths in his area.
If you’re black and goth and want some support:
Black & African American Goths
Black/African-American Goths (364 members! Yes.)
Ps: I had a bunch more pictures but I couldn’t fit them in to this photoset.
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My take on the Take Away Show.
"We let Willow cut her hair. When you have a little girl, it’s like how can you teach her that you’re in control of her body? If I teach her that I’m in charge of whether or not she can touch her hair, she’s going to replace me with some other man when she goes out in the world. She can’t cut my hair but that’s her hair. She has got to have command of her body. So when she goes out into the world, she’s going out with a command that it is hers. She is used to making those decisions herself. We try to keep giving them those decisions until they can hold the full weight of their lives."
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(On why he let Willow cut all of her hair off)
Read more: Will Smith On Allowing Willow To Cut Her Hair: ‘She Has Got To Have Command Of Her Body’ | Necole Bitchie.com
- He raises a really great point. What would it mean to believe very early that my body was mine. That it’s not for anyone or for any particular purpose other than to be mine until I decide otherwise.
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I was damned near 30 before I could believe my body belonged to me & me alone. Dear people who take an issue with this,
Let the Smiths do right by their babies & shut the fuck up about how you think they should parent.
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I don’t really pay it much attention but I find it rather endearing that a girl her age who became famous for singing about whipping her hair back and forth would just turn around and cut it all off. If only I knew how to give the finger so articulately at that age…
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Not the final version from the album, but the lyrics are still there. Guess I’ll watch I’m Not There later.
Happy 39th Birthday, Gerald Maxwell Rivera(b. May 23, 1973).
He’s been one of my biggest music crushes forever, and he is aging to well for his own good.
Happy Birthday love =)
Maxwell.
*Swoon!*
"give your daughters difficult names. give your daughters names that command the full use of tongue. my name makes you want to tell me the truth. my name doesn’t allow me to trust anyone that cannot pronounce it right."
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warsan shire. via afrosandpeeptoes (via mamma-wolf)
I need to tattoo this on my brain
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We should ban life jackets and other flotation devices. They only encourage risky behavior. The only 100% effective way to prevent drowning is total abstinence from going in the water.
-The logic of most of the Republican party
Sent to me from sister - god, I love her!
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Just an FYI: there will be a POC dinner at WisCon again this year. The reason I haven’t announced it officially yet is that we’re still nailing down a venue. We’re trying to find a place that can accept 50+ people, is close enough to the hotel that people will walk to it, and is inexpensive. Triangulating this has proved very complex :)
However, the general plan is for the event to happen during the sinner space in programming and before the opening ceremonies. We hope to get GOH Andrea Hairston and Mary Anne Mohanraj to attend, even if just for the beginning since they’ll need to leave early.
After the dinner, those of you who do not want to go to the opening ceremonies can join me in the POC Safer Space to talk about how folks can and should use the room during the con.
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