Boarding School Bitch

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[forafricans]

Seen in Afikpo, Nigeria by @ua.x

[wellconstructedsentences]

“You become strong by doing the things you need to be strong for. This is the way genuine learning takes place. That’s a very difficult way to live, but it also has served me. It’s been an asset as well as a liability.”

— Audre Lorde

[lifeinpoetry]

“… if I didn’t define myself for myself, I would be crunched into other people’s fantasies for me and eaten alive.”

— Audre Lorde, from “Learning from the 60s,” address delivered as part of the celebration of the Malcolm X weekend at Harvard University in February 1982

[lifeinpoetry]

“I want to live the rest of my life, however long or short, with as much sweetness as I can decently manage, loving all the people I love, and doing as much as I can of the work I still have to do. I am going to write fire until it comes out my ears, my eyes, my noseholes—everywhere. Until it’s every breath I breathe. I’m going to go out like a fucking meteor!”

— — Audre Lorde, from “A Burst of Light: Living with Cancer,” The Selected Works of Audre Lorde

[blackexcellence]

Today in Black Excellence: Marley Dias, Founder of #1000BlackGirlBooks, Activist, Author, and Avid Reader

“In order for us to be the change we wish to see in the world, we must see ourselves first—in fact and in fiction.”

—Marley Dias

What is #1000BlackGirlBooks?

Launched by Marley in November of 2015, #1000BlackGirlBooks is an international movement to collect and donate children’s books that feature Black girls as the lead character.

After complaining to her mother that her school’s mandatory reading was about white boys and dogs, the precocious ten-year-old decided to start a book drive. She started #1000BlackGirlBooks to bring more attention to literature featuring Black female protagonists and collect 1,000 books to donate to Black girls in other schools. Her inspiring story went viral, and she was able to collect over 12,000 books.

What has Marley been up to?

Nothing much, really! In 2017 Marley was awarded the American Ingenuity Award by the Smithsonian, and in 2018 she was one of the youngest people ever to be featured on the Forbes 30 Under 30 list. She wrote and published Marley Dias Gets It Done: And So Can You!. She has continued her work in equity, inclusivity, and social change in literature, recently partnering with Netflix to create Bookmarks: Celebrating Black Voices. *wipes brow*

Original portrait by Tumblr Creatr @macaroon22

“It was a joy to work on this piece. Marley Dias advocates for a cause that is very near and dear to my heart. It is so important that black and BIPOC girls and boys see themselves represented in the media that they consume, and are shown that representation truly matters.”

—@macaroon22

[universitybookstore]

“You are your best thing” – From Beloved, by Toni Morrison. (With a brief selection of some of the book covers from the past 32 years.)

[fyblackwomenart]

Toni Morrison, Literary Legend  by  PAUL WYSE

“Anger … it’s a paralyzing emotion … you can’t get anything done. People sort of think it’s an interesting, passionate, and igniting feeling — I don’t think it’s any of that — it’s helpless … it’s the absence of control — and I need all of my skills, all of the control, all of my powers … and anger doesn’t provide any of that — I have no use for it whatsoever.“ – Toni Morrison

[oooretha]

To these incredible women both born on this day February 18th

Happy Birthday Audre Lorde & Toni Morrison

[brias-closet-deactivated2021051]

[caroldanversenthusiast]

this is simply the greatest video i have ever seen

[arandomcollectionofstuff]

I'm going to reblog this a million times so be it

[kiran-wears-science-blues]

#i love how they give up on the dumb gimmick and just make her do increasingly inane trick shots

[shesbeenblessed]

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[zombiepatch]

anyone else feel like youtube is getting too fucking comfy w/ the multiple ads before every fuckin video?? 

[radicalreal]

Got premium so no idea what y'all are talking about.

[dashaibo]

[yuri-alexseygaybitch]

AI THIS BITCH BOUGHT YOUTUBE PREMIUM

[missbond]

Ladies, do not beg for anything from anybody, seriously. If you have to beg or fight for affection, attention, effort, anything, you need to leave and go on with your life. They have just shown you that they don’t see you or the relationship as worthy of their time, energy, or effort. I know some of you hate to hear it but honey, if he wanted to he would do it. Remember, what one man won’t do for you another man will do without hesitation. Don’t waste your time.

[cwote]

[1gmoney]

Nothing I want for myself is out of reach.

[rebeccamock]

The Aftershocks medium.com

I was asked to create a .gif of a house interior during an earthquake. The article chronicles the controversial aftermath of the devastating quake that happened in L'Aquila, Italy in 2009. I wanted to capture the movement of the “tremors” before the full-on earthquake, although this tremor is infinite, never resolving. This image and the all the animation was made in Photoshop. thanks AD Erich Nagler!