May 2012
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That man over there says that women need to be helped into carriages, and lifted...
– Sojourner Truth in ‘Ain’t I A Woman’ (via daniellemertina)
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Bone: My Mother's Name is Eve.
rahabsdaughter:
My father was dirt and my mother was his rib. Taken from his side, she was no longer just the protector of his heart and the guardian of his lungs.
Eve, the mother of life.
Her curves were carved in bone, and her experience in defence made her the perfect candidate to birth men. Her womb was home to humanity, while her breasts fed love to mouths of selflessness & hatred...
Book: This Bridge Called My Back
fuckyeahradicalliterature:
First published in 1981, This Bridge Called My Back has been out of print since the expiration of its contract with Third Woman Press in 2008. Hopefully the digital copy will find its way to those who will circulate it and possibly build up pressure to have it printed again.
URL Set:
Introduction: http://www.mediafire.com/?e2taou2lzzl
Children Passing In the...
¤ HumUni Presents: The Got Hope? EP
isheye:
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truthfully; o59
Brother Malcolm, in school the textbooks said that you were a radical and dangerous. But no you were a revolutionary and liberationist.
I am neither a fanatic nor a dreamer. I am a black man who loves peace, and justice, and loves his people.
We spent your day with our thoughts on your work, teachings and philosophies. Thank you for being one of being one of the few brother’s to...
perrrolike:
Here’s an essay on black women’s bodies/sexuality: IT’S NONE OF YA BUSINESS!
THANK. YOU.
Raven-Symone tweeted “My sexual orientation is mine, and the person I’m datings to know. I’m not one for a public display of my life.” it’s not code for anything, it’s standard plain English for MIND YO BEES KNEES.
But people decided that it automatically...
I just wanna be brutally honest about language, about words. I really do, at...
– Huey P. Newton
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somebody almost walked off wid alla my stuff
not my poems or a dance i gave up...
– The Lady in Green, Ntozake Shange.
sometimes there is too much poison
to attend to beauty
– Ntozake Shange (via wretchedoftheearth)