Pearls and Sweatpants

“I have a habit of falling in love with souls who have yet to be at peace with their bodies, their minds, their weaknesses. I try to build them, to find the parts of them that are missing in me.. I end up with holes in my chest.” -Farah Gabdon

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[thepowerofblackwomen]

Serena Williams poses with the trophy at the Wimbledon Champions Dinner in London July 2016.

[readmyquiet]

[thingstolovefor]

“A woman was standing calmly, her long dress the only thing moving in the breeze, as two police officers in full riot gear confronted her in the middle of a roadway to arrest her. She had no facial expression at all. She just stood there.” ~ Jonathan Bachman, photographer

[arrest-my-skin]

I only saw that one still before… This progression is so much more powerful. 

[volatilequeen]

The distractions…

[mikekingvividkonception]

Shit is crazy out here

[weepingwilo-deactivated20180217]

I swear I was just talking to my mom about how no one is talking about Flint anymore as if the water problem has ceased. Smdh

[givemeunicorns]

Hey guys here are some places still taking donations!

Help for Flint

Life USA

United Way

Community Foundation of Greater Flint

Save the Children

[soph-okonedo]

Phylicia Rashad attends the VH1 Hip Hop Honors: All Hail The Queens at David Geffen Hall on July 11, 2016 in New York City

[aproposnegro]

Damn, she looks great. 👍

[pearlsandsweatpants]

[pearlsandsweatpants]

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[pearlsandsweatpants]

[pearlsandsweatpants]

[pearlsandsweatpants]

Teach them young! 😍

[pearlsandsweatpants]

[pearlsandsweatpants]

When your squad is you plus one other person.

[poetsandwriters]

I wasn’t paying attention in driver’s ed—which is probably why I didn’t get my license. But I was writing in my journal the whole time, and then by the time I left the classroom, I was just like striding through the hallways and feeling really on top of things. And that was one of the first times when I realized that I could convert what I was feeling by writing about it, even if it wasn’t to be published, even if it wasn’t this idea of exposing someone or garnering sympathy or even on a much more sincere and human level, connecting with the reader, I could use this practice to help myself move through the world.

Tavi Gevinson (New York Magazine, 2016)

[gastriloquist]

Adults that tell little boys they shouldn’t cry are trash.