I Know Everything About Nothing

"God didn't promise days without pain, laughter without sorrow, or sun without rain, but He did promise strength for the day, comfort for the tears, and light for the way. If God brings you to it, He will bring you through it"

[gentlechamomile]

If you're reading this, I just want you to know how amazing you are. How incredible you are. How worthy you are. Wow. That's all I can say. You're ENOUGH. You're enough. YOU are ENOUGH. And you matter. I love you. I want the very best for you. There's God in you. You are the Universe. Even in the darkest hour and at the darkest times, your light still illuminates. You matter. Never forget that. As you walk into this day, walk tall and proud because YOU are the Universe in motion. You are divinity.

[wocinsolidarity]

Diane Guerrero returns for ‘Orange is the New Black’ second season

The Netflix series star opened up about her role and one reality that’s truly shaped her.

  In real life, the Jersey-born actress from a Colombian family hails from some of the tougher areas of Boston, including Jamaica Plains and Roxbury.

Her rough upbringing is the result of a struggle that thousands of Latino families have been facing.

“I am the daughter of two parents that were deported (from) this country,” she tells Viva. "I’m not ashamed of it. It’s a problem here in America and it happened to me."

Guerrero’s family, including her older brother, was deported when she was 14. "I was the only one left (because) I was born in Jersey," she says. "My entire family was just ripped apart."

Guerrero was taken in by two Colombian families that she was close with, but her circumstances left the aspiring actress growing up with feelings of insecurity and hopelessness.

"I didn’t think anything was going to happen for me," she says. "I had dreams, but always told myself, ‘Nah, that would never happen.’ For a poor Latina, (acting) wasn’t a reality."

But Guerrero, 27, pressed on. She moved to New York after college and landed a coveted role on “Orange.”

With her family still in Colombia, her next goal is to use her life story as a platform to help other families facing the same struggles. Deportation, she says, “is an issue that needs to be dealt with a lot more and I want to be one of the representatives for that.”

[fiberstark]

[iaintgonedoit-blog]

#the 4th gif tho #let’s get a dog they said it’ll be fun they said

[spurlunk]

Samira Wiley (x) and Danielle Brooks (x) on Instagram

[musashi]

In case you weren’t aware, these two have been best friends irl for 6 years and went to Julliard together.

[crissle]

this is the dopest.

[cultureunseen]

Salute to the enduring spirit of the children of the slaves…

[icewaterjonesforthewin]

A lot of the men and women that had to endure this are still alive. Don’t let white people act like this is the distant past. It’s not.

[afroxvx]

^

[indianmuslim-deactivated2015081]

😧

[whitetears365-deactivated202009]

[iam-misshennessy]

[psych-facts]

I’m a very private person. You don’t ask, I don’t tell. -Unknown

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[my-teen-quote]

[iaintgonedoit-blog]

Just up late thinking about this goof. But also trying to distract myself from thinking about my mom. It doesn't help that it's that time of month and I get overly sensitive. Just running through some emotions tonight that I felt the need to write down. This picture makes me happy- thinking about that day...that night. It was freeing. I felt good, I felt happy. I need more days like that day. [ignore my goofy-looking laugh/smile]

[pikarar]

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[dogphantom]

wow that fuckin last one a commentary on saving the trees that wastes two fucking whole pages of paper nice one

[christ-our-glory]

[iaintgonedoit-blog]

Proverbs 28:4 (NLT) To reject the law is to praise the wicked;     to obey the law is to fight them.

[atane-deactivated20200604]

This is where we are. The CIA can join twitter and will be warmly received. People will be excited and ‘tee hee’ and giggle about it. The US Dept of Defense will tweet “jokingly” to the CIA and people will love it.

Now oblivious white people who aren’t the target of systemic oppression and violence loving this is one thing. They’re existing in a different reality, and I don’t expect them to get it by default, or to contextualize anything outside of their existence. Black and brown people joining in on the fun however is downright bizarre. These groups of mass murderers can make a cheeky tweet or two and people will get excited about it. The DoD tweet about running in the same circles is really gross, especially when you take the time to consider what they are actually “joking” about.

Now I’m not surprised by people finding these tweets funny, but I am disappointed by some who are joining in the celebration of this macabre exhibition of humor. Especially those who claim to be about social justice. I have seen people who a mere week ago were posting about black sites and drone bases, extrajudicial killings and even the CIA’s fake vaccination campaign in Pakistan join in on the celebration of the CIA’s first tweet.

Someone who fancies themselves to be about justice posted this on facebook - “The CIA made a big splash with their first tweet. Looking forward to more from them.” Looking forward to more from the CIA? They’re talking about the CIA making a splash like a rapper dropping a mixtape to critical acclaim. This person can apparently put aside their indignation for all the injustice and crimes perpetrated by the CIA and DoD to celebrate their tweets. The fact that they are organizations made up of criminals (that’s exactly what they are) who operate above the law, kill at will and are the proxy of US global imperialism is momentarily on hold because their tweets are funny. I found that really curious. How can you be disarmed by tweets? What would have to be going through your mind to find the humor in any of this if you know even just a tiny bit of what the CIA and DoD do everyday and if you know their history? What kind of detachment mentality do people like this have? I guess everything flies out the window when you make a silly tweet or two.

Social media can neuter even the most dastardly. That’s the real danger, and I fear a populace who warmly embraces organizations like the CIA. People like them are dangerous and they frighten me. Why? Because they can see evil and laugh with it, when the proper response should be them rebuking it. This is why the CIA and DoD can operate with impunity. Sure, the CIA just leased a blacksite in Djibouti for 20 years for their secret prison where they will torture and kill black and brown people without charging them with anything. The site also operates as hub for drone strikes, but wasn’t the CIA’s first tweet hilarious? The CIA is so funny!

I guess I don’t have a sense of humor.

[onlinecounsellingcollege]

Our days are happier when we give people a bit of our heart rather than a piece of our mind.

Unknown (via onlinecounsellingcollege)

[crownprince81]

Good Morning & Peace Tumblr Family

Give thanks for being here today.

Appreciate the holiest of gifts called Life.

Make the most of it.

[iaintgonedoit-blog]

me to my dog: why you followin me, get your own life!

[weneeddiversebooks]

Today is the start of our new summertime reading series “If you liked…, Read this next…” for diverse books. The #WeNeedDiverseBooks campaign is deeply committed to increasing the visibility of the wonderful diverse books that are published. Because these books do not get the marketing and promotion that the blockbuster books get. So we want to do our part in raising the profile of diverse books and bringing them to a larger audience. Help us spread the word! We will have a new “If You LIked” every day of the summer!

The first book in our series is the YA book Akata Witch by Nnedi Okarafor. You really need to read this author who the great Ursula LeGuin said “There’s more vivid imagination in a page of Nnedi Okorafor’s work than in whole volumes of ordinary fantasy epics.” So what are you waiting for?