tumbling away

sugarspade: Never Forget You (via NoisettesOfficial)

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:20:31 -0400

Never Forget You (via NoisettesOfficial)

favorite chants

Fri, 12 Jun 2009 18:55:29 -0400

my youth crew came up with signs and chants for yesterday’s march against the closing of the state school for the blind.

chants include:

blind kids rule, don’t close our school

we are burning but don’t stop learning (it was hot hot hot)

don’t create a mess, save GMS

save our school, don’t be fools!

favorite sign we made: “closing GMS shows a lack of vision”

aren’t they clever??? there is another rally next week, do you have any?

jadedhippy: Fuerte Pushback Against Sotomayor Hate |...

Sun, 07 Jun 2009 20:23:41 -0400

jadedhippy:

Fuerte Pushback Against Sotomayor Hate | VivirLatino

"Just b/c you can say something to hundreds of people from your phone doesn’t mean you should..."

Sun, 17 May 2009 23:23:09 -0400

“Just b/c you can say something to hundreds of people from your phone doesn’t mean you should say it. I’m just saying.”

- Kevin

Video

Sun, 19 Apr 2009 10:47:57 -0400

"It’s no use Mother dear, I can’t finish my weaving You may blame Aphrodite soft as she is she has..."

Thu, 16 Apr 2009 22:15:15 -0400

“

It’s no use

Mother dear, I
can’t finish my
weaving
You may
blame Aphrodite

soft as she is

she has almost
killed me with
love for that boy

”

- Sappho, as translated by Mary Barnard. I guess it’s somewhat comforting to know that this is apparently a problem dating back a couple thousand years. (via isabelthespy)

"i believe in revolution of mind soul and body i believe in thuggin for a cause, i believe in..."

Sat, 11 Apr 2009 13:39:11 -0400

“i believe in revolution of mind soul and body i believe in thuggin for a cause, i believe in kindred, i believe in love”

- the conscious daughters

"your revolution makes me wonder where could we go if we dropped the empty pursuit of props and the..."

Sat, 11 Apr 2009 10:47:48 -0400

“your revolution makes me wonder where could we go if we dropped the empty pursuit of props and the ego, we’d revolt back to our roots, use a little common sense, on a quest to make love, de la soul, no pretense”

- sarah jones

Where My Ladies At?? DJ Zita's Tribute to True Queens of Hip Hop

Sat, 11 Apr 2009 10:41:56 -0400

Where My Ladies At?? DJ Zita's Tribute to True Queens of Hip Hop

have this on repeeeeeeeat! it’s time to get down

Sat, 11 Apr 2009 10:07:52 -0400

have this on repeeeeeeeat!

it’s time to get down

a friend posted about using her tumblr to save pieces she knew...

Thu, 26 Mar 2009 22:29:33 -0400

a friend posted about using her tumblr to save pieces she knew would inspire her later. i know this piece will do that for me.

isabelthespy:

rachell:

(via thejuniperentries)

(via threeseptembersandajanuary)

Sun, 15 Mar 2009 19:03:17 -0400

(via threeseptembersandajanuary)

quote-book: unexcitable:ventisette: “Something Better is...

Sat, 14 Mar 2009 18:01:46 -0400

quote-book:

unexcitable:ventisette:

“Something Better is Waiting For You” photo via

quote-book: present:asiana: another excerpt from Like The...

Thu, 05 Mar 2009 22:57:52 -0500

quote-book:

present:asiana:

another excerpt from Like The Flowing River.

open air

Mon, 02 Mar 2009 17:51:11 -0500

“…vulnerability is my m.o.
i can wield it like a whip or sirens song
shove it deep into my pockets
twirl it in the open air
lay it boldly on the table
here
is
my heart

make
poems
and dinner
and a big somethin outta nothin’
make fire

do what you will.”

-erin ambrose

read full version here

"Old dykes never die we just keep writing poetry. And that’s how we stay healthy. It’s true. Lesbian..."

Sat, 28 Feb 2009 18:46:28 -0500

“Old dykes never die we just keep writing poetry. And that’s how we stay healthy. It’s true. Lesbian culture, named or not, is one of the reasons we made it through the dark ages…that would be the most of the 20th century. We are still the queer people who dare not speak our name! Come participate enjoy. We may be old but we’re sparky!”

- Jewelle Gomez (via curate)

i will not fall in love with your bones and skin…

Thu, 26 Feb 2009 15:15:57 -0500

i will not fall in love with your bones and skin…

brownfemipower: norsknowsnada: slackr: livejamie: So...

Sun, 08 Feb 2009 11:52:41 -0500

brownfemipower:

norsknowsnada:

slackr:

livejamie:

So true.

Who is on Twitter

Tue, 03 Feb 2009 14:24:42 -0500

Who is on Twitter: LOL.

culturite:

people who are just back from a really awesome run

people who are involved with “computers”

DJs

DJs at the airport

DJs who are drunk

people who don’t seem to have anyone else’s email address

people who are mad at the TV sets

people who have forgotten how to use email

people who have forgotten how to text

people who are involved in “social networking” and optimizing the power of re-Tweeting and “computers”

people who can’t find a reasonable picture of themselves

people who really like the news

DJs at the airport

people who are hungry

rappers

people who are cold

people who are back from an OK run

people who can’t figure out what their kids want to eat

Shaquille O’Neal

people who have never seen snow

Rachel Maddow

forty-five people I’ve never heard of who all invented the internet

people who are concerned about the collapse of the publishing industry

people who like Battlestar Galactica

rappers who are eating food

people who are about to go for a run

DJs who want to know where you are

people who are mad at Twitter

a nun

(revised 2.1.09, with advice from @leh4 and @slarkpope.)

[ via S/FJ ]

Next up, Who is on Tumblr?

Let's Get Free: interview w/ M.K. Asante, Jr

Sat, 31 Jan 2009 13:44:21 -0500

Let's Get Free: interview w/ M.K. Asante, Jr:

“Even if you come to accept something after you’ve challenged it, you’ve learned why you should accept it because you challenged it. And you’ve done the work. Just accepting things, that’s how you become a slave. You have to resist. Not only is that applicable to Hip Hop—that is Hip Hop! When Kurtis Blow said he was attracted to Hip Hop for the same reason he was attracted to Malcom X, that’s what it is: the spirit of resistance. It’s time to bring in alternative media and people-sponsored media, rather than just corporate media. That’s how hip hop grew, evolved and thrived— based on people, not the corporations. They weren’t in the parks in New York in 1974. They weren’t in the Favelas in 2000. We need to rely less on corporate media.”