Viola Davis wins Best Actress at the 2012 Critics Choice Awards (x)
Love this!
Mark Ronson “A La Modeliste” f/ Erykah Badu, Yasiin Bey, Trombone Shorty & More
Nothing like a banging collabo to brighten the day!
Bald Barbie Concept on hold at Mattel? Why? When so many girls and children could see a different image and maybe evn brighten the spirits of a child affected by cancer… WHAT ARE U WAITING FOR? *smh
“I remember when I was doing Rent and I was too thin, and I was doing that on purpose because I’m dying, I’m a HIV+ drug addict. I remember having to eat raw food and doing all this work to make sure I could stay thin… And I remember everyone asking me when I was doing press for the movie, “what did you do to get so thin? You looked great!” and I’m like, “I looked emaciated.”
It’s a form of violence in the way that we look at women and how we expect them to look and be, for… what’s sake? Not health, not survival, not enjoyment of life, but just so that you can look ‘pretty’.
I’m constantly telling girls all the time, “everything’s airbrushed, everything’s retouched, to the point of just that it’s never even asked, and none of us look like that.”
- Rosario Dawson
So true…
This is always true: What I think and how I feel, and what manifests, is always a vibrational match. But here’s the big kicker: What manifests isn’t manifesting instantaneously. So, you’ve got all this buffer of time leeway that makes you sloppy… If you thought a negative thought and a brick would instantly fall on your head every time, you’d clean up your thinking. But you’re not here to be punished about your thinking. You’re here to use your thinking—and your focus—to create.
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Well, I’ve changed the course of music five or six times. What have you done except fuck the president?
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Miles Davis to Nancy Reagan at a White House dinner in 1987 after she’d inquired as to what he’d done with his life to merit an invitation. source (via marxisforbros) Eh this is completely wrong. He was actually quite fond of the Reagans. It was at a White House dinner however. Here is what actually happened. From his autobiography.
(via dierocketeer) Oh hey, look at that. The original quote was a scathing critique of race and unearned ambition but the popularized version simultaneously glorified sexism while confining Davis to the caricature of the angry black man. Go fucking figure. (via akagoldfish) I love Tumblr. (via mohandasgandhi) Reblogging for akagoldfish’s commentary. (via deliciouskaek) |
Nanny Needed. Hmmm, did they forget to write about the children? Do the pets speak Spanish? Is a nanny really needed? Nanny Needed.
Personal Note- Daily Journey
I lead a pretty traditional normal life, well to me anyways. I’m young, learning, expanding as a person and figuring it out one day at a time. Ive learned that the more positive things people and places I surround myself with, the better I truly feel. However, that’s not to say that with each new day, new situation and new possible outcome- I don’t find myself a little…out of sorts. I grew up in a small southern town, but always had big city dreams. Ive always been the black sheep of my family but, I think they respect that I make my own choices. They give as much support as they can and for me that’s enough. I’ve dropped a few bombshells, but the impact didn’t seem overly dramatic. I think they were more relieved, I just came right out and said it-well after they asked me. In fact, this past Christmas in which I always seem to be the bearer of the best jolly holiday news, (I.e Christmas past topics, me being a lesbian..). My medical marijuana usage was exposed! My amazing aunt says to me, “When did you start smoking?.” I replied, several years ago for a few reasons. I explained California’s position on mm to her, and how it works when you go to the stores, etc. She said, “Why are you hiding it, you’re an adult…?”. It reminded me of that very fact, I am an adult. The choices, decisions and consequences that I make in my life are my own. With family, sometimes it’s as though they forget that if they raised you with values, morals and in the best way they knew possible they should trust that as a job well done. I will always be exactly as I am, because my family taught me be to be strong from an early age through example, which to me is the strongest teacher. With friends, lovers, partners and spouses Im learning that unconditional love is allowing that person to be exactly who they are and that if sometimes you realize that maybe who they are at that point, doesn’t align with the person you are- it’s ok to let it go. As hard as it is to truly let go, I’m quickly realizing that once that door is closed, something better comes right around the corner…
Accept everything about yourself—I mean everything, You are you and that is the beginning and the end—no apologies, no regrets.—Clark Moustakas
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| — | Time to grow a backbone people! Live your life for you no one else can. Learn to appropriately use the word no, and even offer an explanation if you feel so inclined. I’m over hearing people say I can’t, because so and so or what if this happens. Guess what? So what. If you wake up in the morning on your own, dress yourself, pay your bills and lead your life then that’s what you need to do EVERYDAY!!! |
