militant musings

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[itscolossal]

In Artist Adrian Brandon’s Incomplete Portraits, A Year of Life Equals One Minute of Color

[redfeminist]

‪I am a reflection of my mother’s secret poetry as well as of her hidden angers.‬

Audre Lorde

[redfeminist]

You are made out of comets and stars.

Do not surround yourself with those that treat you like dirt and dust.

Noor Shirazie

[thebutchriarchy-deactivated2019]

—Ursula K. Le Guin, The Left Hand of Darkness

[quotemadness]

“We live for books. A sweet mission in this world dominated by disorder and decay.”

— Umberto Eco

[andallshallbewell]

[oliveoilandtoast]

ted talks by brown women

the art of seduction - Seema Anand he threw acid on my face, not on my dreams - Laxmi Agarwal 7 ways to make conversation w anyone - Malavika Varadan turning adversity into opportunity - Muniba Mazari it’s okay not to have a plan - Mithila Palkar why fit in one box when you can choose many? - Priya Malik decoding the Gita, India’s book of answers - Roopa Pai unwrapping the gifts of menstruation - Sinu Joseph how storytelling saved me - Mehak Mirza Prabhu being interdependent - Mohana Arun a degree does not dictate your destiny - Aashna Shroff hard work can change your Destiny - Jai Madaan the muslim on the airplane - Amal Kassir role of storytelling in our lives - Deepa Kiran a female bodyguard breaking stereotypes - Veena Gupta you matter & your dreams matter - Niharika NM great change comes with small steps - Mansi Mehta why you don’t have to wait til you grow up - Ishita Katyal changing gender dynamics - Laxmi Narayan Tripathi  fighting forced marriages and honour based abuse - Jasvinder Sanghera how men and women can have better relationships - Manju Kapur

[redfeminist]

‪Only to the extent that we expose ourselves over and over to annihilation can that which is indestructible be found in us.‬

Pema Chödrön

[redfeminist]

Currently at the United Teachers Los Angeles building!

[redfeminist]

CITYWIDE CHAPTER CHAIR MEETING TO GET STRIKE MATERIALS AND FINAL STEP IN GETTING STRIKE-READY! See these people? Each one represents ONE picket line that will be up during our United Teachers Los Angeles strike! #StrikeReady #UTLA #UTLAStrong #UnionOrganizerLife

[redfeminist]

‪Let me tell you the truth about men like that - they want soft moons. They want women with just enough crescent to provide a sufficient edge, tender little slivers of light that they can bring home to their mothers. Like I said, useless. I didn’t want them near me.

Akwaeke Emezi, from her novel ‘Freshwater’

[redfeminist]

‪these hips have never been enslaved, ‬

Lucille Clifton

[pyotra]

“From the darkness of the womb to the silence of the grave.”

A poster made by Stri Sangharsh for International Women’s Day, Delhi 1982. 

[howitzerliterarysociety-deactiv]

““You have to decide who you are and force the world to deal with you, not with its idea of you.””

— James Baldwin (via ladyvenoms)

[redfeminist]

‪Hope is a woman who has lost her fear.

Alice Walker

[redfeminist]

‪Without justice, we will never be healed.

Alice Walker

[lifeinpoetry]

I want to leave you dirty with the memory of me unable to wash my scent off your skin.

— Ally Ang, from “Durian Girl,” published in Francis House