February 2012
31 posts
“What’s the worst thing that you can call a woman? Don’t hold back, now. You’re...”
– Full Frontal Feminism: A Young Woman’s Guide to Why Feminism Matters by Jessica Valenti (via a-blog-called-everything)
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“There is something about poverty that smells like death. Dead dreams dropping...”
– Zora Neale-Hurston
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WatchAmeena got true grit.
daughtersofdilla:
The Interrupters’ Ameena Matthews on The Colbert Report | The Interrupters | FRONTLINE | PBS
“My goal is to save a life.”
Last night “violence interrupter” Ameena Matthews was on The Colbert Report to talk about The Interrupters, which airs on FRONTLINE Feb. 14.
Shot over the course of a year in Chicago, the film follows Ameena and two other...
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“Thought we was gonna be forever.
Like King and Coretta,
I thought we could...”
– from Bilal’s “Think It Over” (Live Acoustic Version)
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“i wanted to write a poem that rhymes, but the revolution doesn’t lend itself to...”
– nikki giovanni (via heartbreakmonday)
January 2012
139 posts
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