... at the risk of self indulgence...

fifi. warbling diva. activist. bibliophile. avid and rabid traveler. amateur francophone. semi-professional teutophone. letter-box aficionado. self-confessed pineapple enthusiast. aussie, with the truly awesome privilege of having lived in a number of places, but whose heart remains very much in la côte d'ivoire, west africa. here be an eclectic collection of things to which I am partial. also some ramblings. all I can really promise at this point is a healthy dollop of passion and whimsy. and pandas. there will be pandas.

[fifigoggo]

The things you see on the way to work. #Kilimanjaro #Tanzania @ausvols (at Mount Kilimanjaro National Park) https://www.instagram.com/p/BtNeNrWhElp/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=34cz7m3vw5eg

[fifigoggo]

“Drawing the line: the ethics of true crime writing” @katerossmanith and #PeterDoyle in conversation @sydwritersfest #SydneyWritersFestival #SWF (at Carriageworks)

[fifigoggo]

Physician and writer #JamesMaskalyk “Life on the ground floor” @sydwritersfest (at Seymour Centre)

[camewiththeframe]

“It’s time for you to stop being politely angry.”

-Nobel Peace Laureate, Leymah Gbowee, to American women, at the Women In The World Summit

[saucyewestplusmodel]

When I was 9 I began to binge and purge. This lasted until I was 14. I remember going into high school and thinking to myself what the hell I care what people think! Yeah I got teased but I wore what I wanted. I didn’t get asked to prom, but I went anyway. I even tried out to be a cheerleader, didn’t make it but I went to all the games. Through all the adversity I could have went back but I didn’t. I am an bulimia survivor. Understand that you are strong. You are worthy. And the picture that society has painted for what you should look like is false. You are a conqueror #nationaleatingdisorderawarenessweek #fatandfree • Photo by @shamelesspinup in collaboration with @pinupgirlclothing (at Shameless Photography)

[fifigoggo]

STUNNING.

[left-reminders]

[youthincare]

[ image is screenshot of tweet by nefertizzy that says, “they call them ‘developing countries’ because ‘countries struggling to recover from being ruthlessly pillaged and systemically destabilized’ doesn’t have the same ring.” ]

They call them ‘developing’ because capitalism is normalized by the ones who own the capital to deflect blame for literally doing the opposite to these countries. 

They are not “developing,” just participating in capitalism but still racialized. Hmmm… I wonder if that’s why our minimum wage is only a few dollars more to convince us that Western capitalist democracies are “successful.”

[quotes]

She has been through hell. so believe me when I say fear her when she looks into a fire and smiles.

[fifigoggo]

Oh hai Caux 💁🏽‍♀️#HomeSwissHome🇨🇭 (at Caux, Switzerland)

[memehumor]

Somebody Had A Nice Little Chuckle Coming Up With This

[malinke-lonnaa-deactivated20180]

[fifigoggo]

CUTIES 😍😍😍

[yagt]

[wallflowerbloom]

[postgenderspock-deactivated2018]

“The Afro-American militant is a ‘militant’ because he defends himself, his family, his home, and his dignity. He does not introduce violence into a racist social system - the violence is already there, and has always been there. It is precisely this unchallenged violence that allows a racist social system to perpetuate itself. When people say that they are opposed to Negroes ‘resorting to violence’ what they really mean is that they are opposed to Negroes defending themselves and challenging the exclusive monopoly of violence practiced by white racists.”

—

Robert F. Williams, Negroes With Guns. 1962. p. 72.

The book is said to be “the most important intellectual influence on Huey P. Newton, the founder of the Black Panther Party,” and continues to be to be used in college courses, and current debates. 

The documentary film Negroes with Guns: Rob Williams and Black Power, released in 2004, provides witness testimonies of many of the events described in the book.

(via nativenews)

[just-wanna-travel]

Abidjan, Ivory Coast

[cwote]

what self confidence really means. as most things are, it’s more than skin deep.

[fifigoggo]

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Erryday he out here retrieverin’. (at Ulladulla, New South Wales)

[fifigoggo]

Solidarity with indigenous Australians today and every day - we simply cannot celebrate the nation wholly and inclusively when the date chosen marks the beginning of hundreds of years of oppression of the nation’s first peoples. We need a #DateChange now. #AlwaysHasBeen #AlwaysWillBe #AboriginalLand #SurvivalDay #InvasionDay #Australia