Mean Box Muse @meanboxmuse - Tumblr Blog

chicanaspice-deactivated2018011

boom crack the sound of my joints

No one caught me! #halloween2015 #goldensnitch #harrypotterforever

#goldensnitch #harrypotterforever #halloween2015

#nolibsphilly #phillymuralart

#phillymuralart #nolibsphilly

formschon

Serena Williams by Norman Jean Roy for New York Magazine, Aug. 2015

nuditea

reesh

but actually tho

deducecanoe-deactivated20161213

There are very few pictures of my childhood. Film was expensive and I was an ugly child. Instagram that lunch and your dog doing the thing. Go for it.

lissabryan

As a history buff, I approve of “selfie culture.” We are the most visually documented generation of all time. When a person takes a selfie, they’re telling the future a story about a moment in time. Their clothing, their makeup, their hairstyle, their accessories, their pose, their background environment… Even the weather on a particular day! Every bit of that information tells a rich tale about our world.

What I wouldn’t give to have an album of Anne Boleyn’s selfies, or even just candid shots of random courtiers. I would pore over every image, as scholars do with the few paintings we have, and make guesses about their world based on items in the background, little quirks of fashion, and the relationships of people in the image.

Every day, we modern folks create a treasure-trove of information for future scholars. We never know what tiny, inconsequential detail captured by a lens will unlock a secret for a researcher. When we record ourselves, we record our culture. We write letters to the future every day. Our humor, our taboos, our social movements, even our memes. (Don’t think for a moment there won’t be a scholar one day who writes a very ponderous tome on Tumblr memes.) Anyone who scoffs and thinks they can determine what scholars of the future will find important is deluding themselves.

I once saw a Victorian picture of a young woman. She was formally posed and unsmiling. But written on the back was a small verse. “Those in the future, look upon this, and know in this moment, I was happy.” That always haunted me. So, yes, I like looking upon your images today and knowing you’re happy in a particular moment. (After all, that’s what life is, a series of moments.) Capture them. Remember them. Smile when you look back on them. And know that someday, your message may touch someone you’ll never meet.

marcheleann-deactivated20170105

Do NOT let these names be swept under the rug . SAY THEIR NAMES !

micdotcom

Toni Morrison answered Jeb Bush’s “political correctness” complaint … in 1994

seefloor-deactivated20160424

I think somebody wants attention

quoting-shakespeare-to-ducks

“I could claw this hapless human to death… but she’s so cute… and I love her…”

hypochondriacdreaming-deactivat

*very gently threatens*

Delete This!!!

nah i love this

Don't shop from whole foods they're racist

I pay taxes to a country that once considered me property

ciskiller-blog1

thebestoftumbling

Beatbox recorder - Medhat Mamdouh

kingofcyberspace-deactivated202

All hail Medhat Mamdouh

blackfashion

Where my flute at?

the-modernblackgirl

Girls&WomenToKnow: Leanna Archer

Meet Lenna Archer, who started her Leanna Inc. a haircare line at This Long years old. Leanna all nautral organic hair products has generated over $ $100,000 in revenue. Leana develops and mixes each of her products (the original hair dressing was based on a family formula), and tracks orders and customer correspondence. Her parents and two brothers assist in bookkeeping, packaging, and product testing. The company sells its shampoos, conditioners, shea butter, and other products both in stores and online.

Leanna is a philanthropist as well in 2008 she founded the Leanna Archer Education Foundation, an organization devoted to providing better opportunities for children in Haiti. Leanna’s goal is to built schools in Haiti, while providing a Safe learning environment for over 150 students.

Leanna as been featured in Forbes Magazine, Success Magazine, INC Magazine (30 under 30) and Ebony Magazine. Online web portal, AOL Black Voices, was also impressed with Leanna and positioned the Teen CEO as #5 on their list of “ Top 9 Young Lions” who are making Black History. Leanna has also been interviewed by several major media outlets, including NBC, MSNBC,ABC,FOX Business and BET.

kreyolcoco

HAITIAN EXCELLENCE! !!

vthebookworm-deactivated2015060

Damn. That is just pure excellence.

havingfunwitit

bedjacket

otteroftheworld

My parents live in this town and the city legally can’t tear the tree down to build or anything because the tree has its own legal rights and they can’t do anything about it.

dirtyfnafconfessions

how does. how does this happen. how DID this happen

giraffepoliceforce

I love this story because this guy in the early 1800’s had so many great childhood memories of this tree and wanted to make sure it was protected no matter what. So he deeded the ownership of the tree to itself and everyone just went with it.

Then in 1942 this intense windstorm came and knocked the tree over. And people were bummed. But someone had saved an acorn from the original tree, so they planted that and now Son of the Tree That Owns Itself is over 50 feet tall.

And since this new tree is technically the offspring of the original tree it’s considered to have legally inherited the plot of land it’s inhabiting.

Two generations of trees owning land is amazing and if you don’t think this is the coolest thing get right out of my face.

poovellamkettuppar

I want to think this is cool but every time I see this post, the only thing I can think of was that white people gave this tree rights when my ancestors were still in bondage

meanboxmuse

😐