Bastard of A Full Moon

My name is Jorge. I poem. Harlem is home.

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Let's celebrate these 6 bad*ss ladies fighting the system

In honor of International Women’s Day, check out these young activists doing their part to make the world a more inclusive place.

Emma González

A survivor of the recent tragedies in Parkland, Emma is at the forefront of the #NeverAgain gun control movement taking the nation by storm. But don’t get it twisted … Emma is no newbie to social justice. She is vocal about her family’s immigrant identity and helps lead her school’s Gay-Straight Alliance. Repeat after me: “Emma González 2036, Emma González 2036, Emma Gonzá…”

Blair Imani

Blair is proud of her intersectional identity as a black, queer Muslim and is passionate about gender equity. When she isn’t running her education foundation for women and non-binary folks, Equality for HER, Blair can be found protesting racial injustice and police brutality. Who says you can’t do it all???

Lauren Jauregui

I mean, how could I not include her on this list??? From calling out politicians on inhumane policies like the Muslim Ban to demanding protections for young undocumented Americans, this Fifth Harmony star is not afraid to use her platform to help others. Lauren J is my favorite pop-queen-turned-social-activist and I want everyone to know it!!

Alice Brown Otter

When she was just 12 years old, Alice ran 1,519 miles from the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation to Washington, D.C. to protest the Dakota Access Pipeline. If this young activist doesn’t inspire us all to make impact in our communities then I don’t know what will!!

Eva Maria Lewis

Eva is a brave high school student who helped to lead a sit-in protest of over 1,000 activists in Chicago to protest gun violence and police brutality. Compelled to action by the death of Trayvon Martin in 2012, Eva helped found Youth for Black Lives, a Chicago youth-led racial justice organization. Do yourself a favor and watch the chilling TED Talk she gave … you’ll thank me later :)

Aly Raisman

Most know Aly as an Olympic gold-medalist and member of the “Fierce Five” 2012 U.S. gymnastics team. Today we are celebrating her for her bravery in the #MeToo movement. Aly continues to spread messages of body positivity and encourages fellow survivors to use their voices to empower each other. We can all be more like Aly!!

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Yesterday I announced my run for a city council at large seat in Paterson. I’ve been met with so much excitement and support. Love is how we come together. Solidarity is how we fight together. Love and solidarity is how we will win.

So many people have been reaching out how to support my campaign.

But this isn’t my campaign. This is our campaign.

We’re going to change the city. We are going to build the type of city we want to live. That means we are including and welcoming everyone.

Reach out to join us and consider donating $10 to our people powered campaign.

I know that we will win.

https://www.crowdpac.com/campaigns/380519/zellie-thomas

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Sade Adu

[black-culture]

[buttonpoetry]

One day, I plan to keep only the good things. To adorn myself in nothing but glitter, to fall in love with the naked flesh, the generous pulse.

A.W. - “Alive” (CUPSI 2015)

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[justsomeantifas]

It’s been more than 100 days and Puerto Rico is still in the longest blackout in US history

More than 43 percent of Puerto Ricans still don’t have power, and some may not get it until May.

It’s been more than 100 days since Hurricane Maria ravaged the electrical grids of these two US territories, but 14,815 utility customers in the US Virgin Islands, more than a quarter of the total customers, still don’t have electricity. In Puerto Rico, 675,000 customers, or 43 percent of the total, lack power.

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Black Panther (2018)

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Danez Smith

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What is this from?

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Danez Smith- Don’t Call Us Dead

Link for purchase: https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781555977856?aff=NPR

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things i never expected to learn through a tedtalk but now am glad to know:

the founder of Sirius XM radio is a sapphic trans woman and is currently trying to preserve her wife’s consciousness in a digital file so her wife can be immortal in the body of a robot.

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heres the tedtalk if you dont believe because everyone deserves to know this reality of the amazing world in which we live 

[enyafan]

Holy shit you neglected to mention that when her daughter got a terminal disease with no cure or treatment possible she literally went to the library got some medical textbooks and taught herself enough biochemistry to actually begin developing a drug that halted the disease good god why have we never heard of this absolute genius

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YOU KNOW WHY  YOU K N O W   W  H Y

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Real life tony stark is a gay trans woman

[cuetheviolins]

Her name is Martine Rothblatt. She also founded United Therapeutics, which is a company that works to find cures for “””small””” diseases that don’t necessarily affect a lot of people. 

oh, yes–and she’s Jewish.

Here is a picture of Martine and her wife, Bina Aspen:

[juelzsantanabandana]

aye bruh don’t hide that need for affection and intimacy. Having a nurturing, or vulnerable personality is special and never something that should be put down or seen as strange or weak. don’t let others tell you otherwise. It’s hard but embrace it.

[eastsidexicana]

to all the homeboys and comrades 

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To affectionate and intimate brothas ✊✊✊✊✊

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[inspired-to-write]

“Forget inspiration. Habit is more dependable. Habit will sustain you whether you’re inspired or not. Habit will help you finish and polish your stories. Inspiration won’t. Habit in persistence in practice.”

Octavia Butler (via inspired-to-write)

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