In a search for joy...

re-defining, re-imagining, re-learning re-searching, re-discovering how to love.

[onlinecounsellingcollege]

I regret opening up to some people. They didn’t deserve to know me like that.

Unknown (via onlinecounsellingcollege)

[wordsnquotes]

Hell is when people you love the most reach right into your soul and rip it out of you. And they do it because they can.

Jess Rothenberg, The Catastrophic History of You and Me (via wnq-writers)

Damn

[myinnervoids]

Fantasma mexicano en invierno.

ARMI http://ift.tt/2h2t2MI

[hopelovelivework]

Hehe

[wordsnquotes]

The hardest part about walking away from someone is the part where you realize that, no matter how slowly you go, they will never run after you.

Unknown (via wnq-writers)

[animalsnaps]

[onlinecounsellingcollege]

In order to move on, you must understand why you felt what you did and why you no longer need to feel it.

Mitch Albom (via onlinecounsellingcollege)

[estimada-clienta-de-telmex]

En el nombre de Beyoncé, de Lupita, y del espíritu de Selena, Amén.

[600tongues]

I have learned that a woman can be a fighter, a freedom fighter, a political activist, and that she can fall in love and be loved. She can be married, have children, be a mother. Revolution must mean life also; every aspect of life.

Leila Khaled (via 600tongues) 

[fullpraxisnow]

If we are to consider ourselves as revolutionaries, we must acknowledge that we have an obligation to succeed in pursuing revolution. Here, we must acknowledge not only the power of our enemies, but our own power as well. Realizing the nature of power, we must not deny ourselves the exercise of the options available to us; we must utilize surprise, cunning and flexibility; we must use the strength of our enemy to undo him, keeping him confused and off balance. We must organize with perfect clarity to be utterly unpredictable. When our enemies expect us to respond to provocation with violence, we must react calmly and peacefully; just as they anticipate our passivity, we must throw a grenade.

Stokely Carmichael (Kwame Ture)

[hopelovelivework]

I went to a choir performance today and all the men were lined in the back, higher up than all the women. And I couldn't help but wonder if they were higher up for some reason embedded in sexism and misogyny or if it was actually a reason that had to do with their voices and musical arrangement. 

wikipedia was only semi-helpful. 

[cockedlockedandchoking]

For years mental health professionals taught people that they could be psychologically healthy without social support, that “unless you love yourself, no one else will love you.”…The truth is, you cannot love yourself unless you have been loved and are loved. The capacity to love cannot be built in isolation

Bruce D. Perry, M.D., Ph.D. — “The Boy Who Was Raised As A Dog” (via verthandi)

[muchachafanzine]

The theme for the upcoming issue #5 (Spring, 13’) of my fanzine Muchacha is “Brown Queen: Latina Voices of the 21st Century”. I am calling out to Latina/Chicana/Hispanic identified women worldwide to contribute their voices though an array of mediums including poetry, essays, art, comics, etc. I want this issue to serve as a time capsule for future generations of Brown women. Let our voices be heard and let us pick up the pieces and continue the lessons of our foremothers. As Gloria Anzaldúa brilliantly said: “I will no longer be made to feel ashamed of existing. I will have my voice: Indian, Spanish, white. I will have my serpent’s tongue - my woman’s voice, my sexual voice, my poet’s voice. I will overcome the tradition of silence.”

Join me in overcoming the traditions of silence. To submit your contributions contact me at [email protected] with “Brown Queen” as the subject. Deadline for submissions is March 1st, 2013.

  La tema de mi próxima edición #5 (Primavera, 13’) di me revistilla Muchacha es “Brown Queen: Latina Voices of the 21st Century” (Reina Morena: Voces Latinas Del Siglo 21). Estoy llamando a las mujeres identificadas como Latina/Chicana/Hispana por todo el mundo para contribuir sus voces a través de una variedad de medios incluyendo poesía, ensayos, arte, cómicos, etc. Quiero que esta edición sirva como una cápsula del tiempo para las futuras generaciones de mujeres Latinas. Deje que nuestras voces se escuchen, y deje que nosotros recogemos los pedazos y seguir las lecciones de nuestras antepasadas. Como Gloria Anzaldúa brillantemente dijo: “Ya no mi haré sentir vergüenza por existir. Tendré mi voz: India, Español, blanca. Tendré mi lengua de serpiente - la voz de mi mujer, mi voz sexual, la voz de mi poeta. Voy a superar la tradición del silencio.”

Acompáñeme en el vencimiento de las tradiciones de silencio. Para enviar sus contribuciones póngase en contacto conmigo [email protected] con “Reina Morena” en el título. Fecha límite para submisions es Marzo 1st, 2013.

  Please re-blog and help spread the word!

Amor y Revolución.

Daisy

[blackfoxx-deactivated20211115]

Dont fall in love with men who love white women. They dont know how to value black bodies.

Dont fall in love with men who cant see the fullness of your womanhood. They will treat you worse than a man.

Dont fall in love with men who cant see you as you want to be seen. You’ll...

[hopelovelivework]

just what I needed to read...

[until-i-can-be-quiet-deactivate]

If you blame Native American communities for their poverty, remember that the entire continent was stolen from them. If you blame Black American communities for their relative poverty, remember that Black Americans were stolen from a continent, trafficked, and enslaved for nearly 300 years. Tell me again about how your family ‘started from nothing’ when they immigrated. Didn’t they start from whiteness? Seems like a pretty good start. The American Dream required dual genocides, but tell me again about fairness and equal opportunity. Tell me about democracy, modeled after the Iroquois Confederacy. Tell me your proud heritage, and I will show you the violence that made it so.

(via nativnuance)

[bayantwopointoh-blog]

[hopelovelivework]

lol. love it. 

[cazadordementes]

Carta a Venustiano Carranza Enero de 1918.

[hopelovelivework]

Reforma y Revolucion!

[ebabzinefest]