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#May14th2011

Bit by bit … she had claimed herself. Freeing yourself was one thing; claiming ownership of that freed self was another.

Toni Morrison (via specialnights)

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3 days ago

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Find someone who complements you.

Yes complement, not compliment. A person who accentuates your true personality, who adds fuel to your fire. Someone who can help teach you things you could never learn on your own. The one who sparks your creativity and challenges you to do better and be better.

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3 days ago

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Stepping out…

Of my comfort zone is scary as hell.

But I can’t think of one time when I regretted it.

Not. One.

4 days ago

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Hey, teacher, teacher, tell me how do you respond to students and refresh the page and restart the memory?
Respark the soul and rebuild the energy?

“Dark Fantasy”, Kanye West (via deepchocolate)

6 days ago

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daniellemertina:

lol the funny thing about the new best man movie is that everybody pretty much looks the same as they did in the original. black people always be doing that time warp thing with they looks.

6 days ago

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Theme: Cavalcade

Suppose a man makes unwanted social advances to a woman in, let’s say, a restaurant or theatre, and she eventually has to tell him loudly or angrily to get lost. She is the one who will be perceived as rude, hostile, aggressive, and obnoxious. His verbal aggression and invasiveness are accepted and expected; her rudeness (or mere curtness) in getting rid of him is noticed and condemned. One of our great myths is that a “real lady” can and should handle any difficulty, defuse any assault, without ever raising her voice or losing her manners. Female rudeness or violence in resistance to male aggression has often been taken to prove that the woman was not a lady in the first place, and therefore deserved no respect from the aggressor or sympathy from others.

D.A. Clarke, “A Woman With a Sword” (via foodbeersexwhatever)

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3 days ago

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stfuprolifers:

kor71:

If you think abortions ok, remember what Horton says.

Awkward. Dr. Seuss and his wife were really liberal and pro-choice. They’ve even threatened to sue pro-life organizations for using this quote the wrong way (the way you’re doing it actually). I guess you didn’t already know that Horton Hears a Who is about the American occupation of Japan post-WWII. He even dedicated it to his dear Japanese friend.

Mrs. Geisel (Mrs. Seuss) continued donating to Planned Parenthood and advocating for reproductive health and rights after her husband died.