the lovely melange

dear reader: this blog started as a muse board; a sacred space that i could pin the most pleasant things I was moved by on the internet. It has evolved into a place that is heavily populated by moments of the human experience, often from the moment when social and cultural perspectives clash. These moment are categorized, opened up, laughed at, and coped with in this space. A variety of emotions and responses will be reflected; you may not understand or fit in, don't let these feelings rob you of the gift. Through learning different perspectives we grow as human beings. We ascend past pettiness, we open ourselves to the other. The (on going) re-vamp in the theme and style of this space are products of this evolved identity and the importance of its place on the internet. eternally, sharea.

[waggtoon]

[junkirat]

jwblogofrandomness:

I thought this scene needed to be gifed, so I gifed it.

[asieybarbie]

Bunny & Pookie

[humansofnewyork]

“I’m working as an interpreter. I know what these people are going through. My family fled Afghanistan because the Taliban wanted to kill my father. I arrived in Greece fifteen years ago. We came across a river from Turkey. We tried to walk at night but we knew that we’d been caught because we kept seeing red lasers pointed at us. We saw the glow of night vision goggles through the trees. But nobody approached us, so we thought that maybe we had been mistaken, and we kept walking. Eventually we came upon a car along the road that had driven into a ditch. The lights were on and the doors were open. We thought somebody might be hurt inside, so everyone ran toward the car. But it was a trap. The police came swarming out of the trees. I’d been told many times that they’d beat us when they found us. But it was even worse than I imagined. They treated us like animals. They wore masks and gloves because they were afraid to even touch us. It was like we weren’t human.” (Kos, Greece)

[naptimeislife]

[triggerhappywhore]

I’d like to book him to follow my boyfriend around all day and serenade him

[sharea]

Yo 😐

[did-you-know]

According to UNICEF, 663 million people worldwide do not have access to clean drinking water. The book’s technology can successfully turn even diluted sewage into filtered water that’s comparable to the tap water in America.

How it works: Tear out a page, slide it into the filter box, pour in the contaminated water, and what comes out is safe to drink.

One book can provide someone with clean water for up to four years.

Each book costs pennies to produce, but funding is desperately needed to help bring it to the market.

Source

[afrodesiacworldwide]

afrodesiacworldwide

Tichina Arnold 

Tisha Campbell

[sharea]

Yes 🙌🏽 when are we gonna give them the praise?!

[psych2go]

If you like this post, check out psych2go. We also have a YouTube channel here too: Psych2goTV.

[witchcraftkitty-deactivated2021]

[throughkaleidscopeeyes]

seriously, everytime i get on twitter i say this 

[americaninfographic]

Autumn Leaf Chemistry

[fistoffight]

“In my mind, I see a line. And over that line, I see green fields, and lovely flowers, and beautiful white women with their arms stretched out to me over that line, but I can’t seem to get there no how. I can’t seem to get over that line.’ That was Harriet Tubman in the 1800s. And let me tell you something. The only thing that separates women of color from anyone else is opportunity. You cannot win an Emmy for roles that are simply not there. So here’s to all the writers, the awesome people… People who have redefined what it means to be beautiful, to be sexy, to be a leading woman. To be black.”

Viola Davis’ acceptance speech for Best Lead Actress in a Drama Series at the 67th Emmy Award Show

[cultureunseen]

Debbie Allen and Phylicia Rashād (1st salute to Black Sisterhood!) Born Phylicia Ayers-Allen on June 19, 1948 (Ageless at 65 years) Born Deborrah Kaye Allen on January 16, 1950 (Forever young at age 64) http://debbieallendanceacademy.com/

[teethagoddess]

Howard Women

[meridiandreams]

Awwww, they are almost 18 months apart, just like my sister and I.

[nikkisshadetree]

LOVE THEM

[divine-noire]

I told a White girl I thought she was Black today and her reaction did not disappoint.

I just did it to be smart. I knew she was White. But she seemed kinda boushie so I was gonna fuck with her. When she came to order I was like, “What are you mixed with? Your hair is so nice.” And she looked SO LOST. Like when I say lost I mean, like Alice in Wonderland, blindfolded. “What do you mean mixed??” And I was like “Are you mixed with White?” And she looked like I just threw fire at her, “I AM White!” And I was so serious and said “Really? Wow, I thought you were Black.” And she looked like she wanted to breakdown crying. “I look Black?? How?? I haven’t gone tanning or anything!” And I said “You could pass for a biracial Black girl, your hair doesn’t look like typical White hair, it’s nice.” And I swear watching her squirm was like physically watching her brain try and fail repeatedly to put together and understand the words I was saying to her before I swear she TWITCHED once and said “I’m not Black.” And walked away horrified. She made my day.

[trvviz]

BlACK FARMERS TO BUY FROM INSTEAD OF WHOLE FOODS

BALTIMORE Five Seeds Farms The Flower Factory The Greener Garden

ATLANTA Boxcar Grocer Patchwork City Farms Truly Living Well Center for Natural Urban Ag

CHICAGO Healthy Food Hub Trinity United Church of Christ Farmers Market (Summer) Your Bountiful Harvest Family Farm

CLEVELAND Chateau Hough Vineyard Rid-All Green Partnership

DMV Afroculinaria Community Farming Alliance Good Sense Farm Three Part Harmony

OAKLAND Afrika Town Community Garden Farms to Grow, Inc. People’s Grocery Phat Beets Produce

DETROIT D-TownFarm

KENTUCKY Barbour’s Farm LLC

LOS ANGELES The Ron Finley Project Sola Food Co-op South Central Farmers’ Cooperative

PHILADELPHIA The Philadelphia Urban Creators Mill Creek Farm

NYC Black Urban Growers La Familia Verde The BLK ProjeK East New York Farms

PHOENIX Tiger Mountain Foundation

SAN DIEGO City Heights Farmers Market

SOUTHEASTERN US Southeastern African American Farmers’ Organic Network

VIRGINIA Vanguard Ranch Natural Gourmet

[suitsandpencils]

Boost!!!!

[royallocs]

Put black money in black hands!

[ifebrownsugar]

No place in racist ass Boston 😔

[chelabelle-blog1]

there’s a farmers market in everett (off the orange line, idk how often it is probably once a week or something) i have not actually been to it so i cant say how many of the vendors are black but i do know they’re all local.

[ifebrownsugar]

Oh I know about that yeah it’s not that far it’s open on Friday & Saturday. I’ve only seen about one black vendor.

[splendidland]

“if you want representation, just make your own video game!”

- someone who will never have to make a video game themselves in order to see characters who look like them

[socialjusticesummoner]

- also someone who has no idea how funding and distribution works

[haikumoon]

- also someone who complains about not being represented in said game if it actually did get made

[nyokoko]

^^^^

[sourcedumal]

Yep. Those who are used to being seen always complain about the ONE TIME they didn’t get shown…

[gkusoul]

Good morning………..

[austinkleon]

Wonderful, wonderful show by Kehinde Wiley at the Modern museum in Fort Worth: http://www.themodern.org/exhibition/upcoming/kehinde-wiley-a-new-republic/3071

Definitely buying the catalog: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/3791354302/wwwaustinkleo-20/ref=nosim/

[thingsthatbeginwithb]

[kierazeee]

this is amazing

[onlyblackgirl]

YAS

[gkusoul]

loving this!………………………………………………………………….