DO I DARE DISTURB THE UNIVERSE?

May 22

oh my goshness

(Source: boscowasmygrandad, via freshstrawberries)

May 16

“I don’t need a relaxer my hair ain’t stressed out!”

myangeleyezcu:

Shirt available at The Curl Station fanpage on Facebook.

Apr 17

Thank you ASU’s Center For the Study of Race and Democracy for giving the life changing experience of hearing Tim Wise. (Taken with Instagram at L. S. Neeb Hall)

Apr 13

“Then she looked at him and said, “No. I would rather stay as I am… I am grateful that you thought to ask, but this is too large a part for me, and I cannot give it up. Without my ability to sense others’ pain, I would by only an oddity-a misbegotten aberration, good for nothing but satisfying the low-minded curiosity of those who consented to have me around, of those who tolerated me. With it, I am still an oddity, but I can be useful as well and I have a power that others fear and a control over my own destiny, which many of my sex do not.” — Elva in Inheritance by Christopher Paolini

“While she regretted that her arms were no longer smooth and round and would no longer attract the admiring glances of men, she was also proud of the scars. They were a testament to her courage and a visible sign of her devotion to the Varden. Anyone who looked at her would know the quality of her character, and she decided that meant more to her than appearance.” — Nasuada in Inheritance by Christopher Paolini

Apr 12

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Apr 10

stfuconservatives:

onedoesnotsimplybecomejuthika:

Kassim Alhimidi wept over the body of his wife, Shaima Alawadi, at a prayer ceremony on Tuesday. She died after being found severely beaten in her home near San Diego.

Source

“Shaima Alawadi’s family says they found the first note taped to the front door of their house on a quiet suburban street here. It said: “This is my country. Go back to yours, terrorist,” according to her 15-year-old son, Mohammed.

“… But last Wednesday, Ms. Alawadi was found in the family’s dining room by her 17-year-daughter, lying unconscious in a puddle of blood with a severe head wound. Nearby lay another threatening note, similar to the one the family found a week earlier.

“Ms. Alawadi, 32, died three days later. The police caution against jumping to conclusions, saying they are still trying to determine whether she was targeted because of her religion or ethnicity, calling that just one possibility”

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“just one possibility”

yeah I bet

sounds a lot better than “she was killed for wearing a headscarf in America.”

-Jess

(via madloveandotherstories)

Mar 29

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zorascreation:

siddharthasmama:

abagond:

Zora Neale Hurston born 120 years ago today (probably).

thesmithian:

“Sometimes I feel discriminated against, but it does not make me angry. It merely astonishes me. How can any deny themselves the pleasure of my company? It’s beyond me.”

most believe Zora Neale Hurston was born on this day in 1891.

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art: crayon portrait of Hurston by Winold Reiss/1925

reblogging for zorascreation

YAAAAASSSSS MY BB! <3