General Briefing

I'm a Black woman, a liberal and an attorney. I also happen to be an Army spouse and mother. Here you'll find politics, race, crime, women's issues, LGBTQ issues, a few tidbits about me and sometimes a little pop culture. Pretty much whatever thrills me at that moment.

[luckydreaming]

Are fedoras really that bad?

YES YES THEY ARE

[onceuponakhaleesi]

voidethered:

ask-omnipony:

I don’t really believe this mumbo jumbo

I mean it’s a goddamn hat.

Right..?

The white rose, it symbolizes the unique beauty of all the women who wish not to be with a nice guy such as myse-

I wonder if this works with other kinds of hat…

Nothing ventured, nothing gained…

WHEEEN THE MOON HITS YOUR EYE LIKE A BIG PIZZA PIE THAT’S AMORREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

Men of Tumblr are my favorite kind of people…

[jamesbleach]

wait, does that mean?

oh boy…….

[usedtobehmc]

Luckily, this nonsense doesn’t work on girls.

Observe…

[rootbeergoddess-deactivated2017]

IT’S GOTTEN BETTER!

[coffeeandcursewords]

This post is immaculate

[mobians-and-chaos-blog]

It can’t be true.

And it can’t possibly work on motorcycle helmets.

I must test it.

Nothing happening so far…

[strampunch]

HOLY SHIT IT WORKS

[pokemon-chick-1personalblog-blog]

What in the world?

Oh why not? This should be interesting.

Here we go!

Were all mad here in Underland!

What the hell! Never Again!

… Actually …

One more time.

[combthecombel]

Alright, I gotta try this!

Can’t be that bad!

….

…oh my god…

[verityglasses]

ask-gmodsfmrocks:

LOL

This just gets better and better

[fairytail-angel]

This is one of my favourite things to look at

[strampunch]

holy shit this stuff is back

[livia-jones]

The Gravity Falls one though

[nightowlhowell]

i wonder if it works for flower crowns?

here goes nothin-

w HAT THE

DID I JUST-

WHAT THE FUCK

[loulucifer]

This Doesn’t seem true

Here we go.

See, noth-

☯✞ Follow for more Soft Grunge ✞☯ 

What

This is good

[highfashionpakistan]

Elan, The Jasmine Court, F/W 2015

[fistoffight]

[itsmandelaowusu]

✊🏾❤️

[natalunasans]

#JusticeforKayleb: An autistic 6th grader unfairly convicted of a felony.

Kayleb Moon-Robinson is a 6th grader in Virginia on the autism spectrum. During what was a difficult day for him, he kicked a trashcan at his middle school. A school resource officer saw him and filed a disorderly conduct charge in juvenile court against the then 11-year-old boy.  Two weeks later, Kayleb was told to wait while other kids left class but disobeyed. When the same officer grabbed Kayleb to bring him to the principal’s office, Kayleb says he tried to push away but the officer “ slammed me down and then handcuffed me .” The officer then charged him with felony assault against a police officer and another charge of disorderly conduct. Unbelievably, this autistic 6th grader was just convicted of both disorderly conduct and felony assault on a police officer.  Kayleb, is a small boy who wears glasses and posed no real threat to the officer. He does not belong in the juvenile justice system just because he has a disability.  That’s why Virginia Governor McAuliffe must pardon Kayleb  – otherwise this felony will negatively impact his ability to obtain jobs, housing, and other opportunities in his future. For a 6th grader with autism, that’s just unfair.  I am a mother, and I’m also autistic – as are two of my children. I have other children with disabilities as well. Young people who are on the autism spectrum can have difficulty differentiating the roles of certain people, like police, from others. That doesn’t make them criminals.  Nationally, schools disproportionately punish and refer disabled students and students of color to law enforcement. Kayleb is both autistic and black. And according to the Center for Public Integrity in just one year Virginia schools refer students to law enforcement agencies at a rate nearly three times the national rate – higher than any other state in the country. Please sign my petition asking Virginia Governor McAuliffe to pardon Kayleb. He needs support, not a record. ( Photo credit: Charlie Archambault/Center for Public Integrity )

[lostinurbanism]

Storefront Churches/Urban Renewal by Marilyn Suriani 

[soulbrotherv2]

This Wonderful Photo Series Celebrates The Creativity And Intricate Beauty Of Black Children’s Hairdos 

[Read Patrice Peck’s Okay Africa and view more photos here.]

[brandyalexanders-moved-deactiva]

“The movie establishes that there are no white saviours there to make things better. Belle is forced to do that for herself, and it’s her journey in educating herself and trying to convince her chief justice uncle to vote against the legality of the slave trade that makes the film more fascinating than most films in this genre.” — Zeba Blay, TIFF 2013 Review on Belle.

[iloveyixingsomuch-blog]

[victorious]

[unapologeticmelaninnn-deactivat]

But are you "woke" outside of tumblr is the real question

[aljazeeraamerica-blog]

Young Palestinians sound off on current unrest, Israeli occupation

“These protests and clashes are occurring because the Palestinian people have lost all hope in their leaders, in humanity even.“                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

[thebachelorsparty]

I SCREAMED

[diekingdomcome]

The last part was powerful

[werdondastreets]

A Jesse Owens movie. I did a project on him years ago. I just see this

[profkew]

Browse Hundreds of Documents Submitted by Enslaved People Petitioning for Freedom

A redesigned website now offers access to hundreds of freedom petitions brought by enslaved people in Washington, DC, in the first half of the nineteenth century. The site—O Say Can You See: Early Washington, DC Law and Family—showcases the diversity of strategies that black people living in DC used to...

[standwithpalestine]

The growing solidarity between #BlackLivesMatter and Palestinian activists

From The Washington Post: 

The video above, published on YouTube on Wednesday, features dozens of #BlackLivesMatter and Palestinian activists delivering a joint message. “When I see them, I see us,” the video’s narrators intone.

These include prominent African American celebrities and thinkers, such as Danny Glover, Lauryn Hill, Alice Walker, Angela Davis and Cornel West. They are accompanied by well-known Palestinian activists and writers. Over the course of a couple of minutes, they unite their perceived struggles through photos, slogans and a shared story of state oppression.

They talk of black youths killed by police and Palestinian children bombed by Israeli warplanes.

[reverseracism]

Missouri Government Officials refusing to discuss Black Lives Matter and police brutality, ultimately denying constituents their right to open discussion pertaining to events and occurrences in St.Louis.

#BlackLivesMatter

[daschadaily-blog]

Dascha Polanco poses while out and about on October 15, 2015 in New York City.

[amyfarrahs-deactivated20161015]