February 2012
111 posts
“Peace begins with me. Reconciliation begins with me. Healing begins with me. So...”
– Thich Nhat Hanh (via nezua)
Think Mexican: The Oscar Is Mexican: Academy Award... →
thinkmexican:
The story behind the Academy Award’s Oscar statuette is itself one fit for the movies.
It starts in the 1920’s during the Mexican Revolution. Emilio Fernández was studying in Mexico’s military college when he decided to take up arms and help support the revolutionary cause of Adolfo de la…
“Let there be spaces in your togetherness, And let the winds of the heavens dance...”
– Khalil Gibran, The Prophet (via monamade)
la bella vita: All About Aquarius (Women) →
thelittlegoose:
The safest way to enter into romance with an Aquarian female is to remember she’s as paradoxical in love as she is in everything else. That way, you wont be expecting Priscilla Alden and get Pocahontas.
This girl has all the faithfulness of the fixed signs when dies in…
“Being an artist means forever healing your own wounds and at the same time...”
– Annette Messager (via sagababy)
Fuck Yeah Radical Literature!: Book: This Bridge... →
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:
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“This tribe called “Women of Color” is not an ethnicity. It is one of the...”
– - Aurora Levins Morales, My Name is This Story from Telling to Live Latina Feminist Testimonios.
(via mujerinterrumpida)
*click + save* this quote is now in my thesis.
(via agradschoolbreakup)
DC Women Kicking Ass: W is for Wonder Woman →
fyesbatmanandwonderwoman:
W is for Wonder Woman who is the most kick ass woman in DC. Formed from clay, brought to life by the Gods and raised as Amazon royalty she has been delivering her message of peace, justice and equality for almost 70 years and, now, 600 issues. Whether fighting alone or along side her peers,…
“Stop degrading the act of sex by calling it “opening your legs.”
I’m so sick...”
– flowersarebetterthanbullets on This Post (I made this a quote, because the original picture with text was visually offensive to my eyes. These pro-life people need to take a graphic design class.)
Mujer, Interrumpida...: things i wish i'd learned... →
lovebelikeawhirlwind:
everything in your history books, with few exceptions, is filtered through the lens of white Eurocentric eliminationist thought. you will only learn what a board of educators, working with a biased, racist agenda, decide is fit for you to know unless you go out and…
“If you cannot find peace within yourself, you will never find it anywhere else.”
– Marvin Gaye. (via wheresthefreecanddyy)
Young Badman Brown: Educate Yourself: Ten myths... →
kingcakes:
Myth Number 1: Students of color admitted under affirmative action aren’t admitted on merit.
If there was one phrase Roger Clegg kept using at his debate that made the entire audience hiss, it was “lowered expectations.” That’s what Clegg says affirmative action means for minority students….
“El riesgo es el camino más intenso.”
– Soda Stereo (via mivomitoyyoyoymivomito)
homoyoudidnot:
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