To Avoid Criticism, Say, Do and Be Nothing.

Canadian, 24, most alive outside.

[stefisunshines]

Nomadic life. #notallwhowanderarelost #myhomewaters #ontario (at Algonquin Park, Ontario)

[stefisunshines]

Saw this today. Made my day. #officegoals #becausewhynot (at Spectacle Lake Lodge and The Lakeside Smokehouse)

[asafo2020-deactivated20171024]

Chuck Berry

Rock n Roll was originally Black music.

[king-emare]

thank you

[mentalhealthfemme]

Yes, him and little Richard never get their due smh

[missarrozcongandules1991]

except…chuck berry didn’t invent rock n roll…

Sister Rosetta Tharpe predates both chuck berry and little richard by quite a few years

Two of Tharpe’s hit songs were released in like 1944-45 when Chuck Berry was a) incarcerated and b) still a high school student, Tharpe basically discovered Little Richard, and she’s referred to as the godmother of rock n roll

lol just

throwin that out there

[christel-thoughts]

^^^EXACTLY

but Sister Rosetta was a woman and queer… so Black men will totally overlook her.

[veryfemmeandantifascist]

rock music was created by a black bisexual woman

[cheeseburgerdeathpunk-blog]

Sister Rosetta new idol

[williamcubed]

Sister Rosetta Rocked the world

[saint-melito-deactivated2018060]

Spread the truth and dead the lies

[thefingerfuckingfemalefury]

<3 KICK ASS BLACK BISEXUAL MOTHER OF ROCK AND ROLL <3

[ashermajestywishes]

I DID NOT KNOW ABOUT THIS WOMAN! MUSIC NERDS - EDUCATE ME NOW!

[wicked-bitch-of-thewest-deactiv]

I’m almost positive this is the same woman who actually sang “You Ain’t Nothin But A Hound Dog” first before Elvis stole it…

And her version was BETTER

[ashermajestywishes]

WAIT! WHAT? He didn’t sing that first? I need air and music. Someone tell me more.

[forgotmysafeword]

Big Mama Thornton recorded Hound Dog in 1952.  She is the first.

[violent-darts]

See this just makes that song actually make sense to me for the first time so you know, hat-tip for that, too, you have relieved my endless puzzlement I’ve had since I was a small child. 

[veryfemmeandantifascist]

Wonderful documentary on her life & legacy in rock n roll

Today, March 20th is her birthday so can we just take the time to list some of her amazing accomplishments

- she was one of the very first great gospel artists who crossed over into r&b, rock n roll, and gained mainstream success

- she frequently performed with a racially integrated band

- guitar playing was seen as a “man’s” skill, but that didn’t stop her from beating out many guys in guitar battles at the Apollo

- she may have been one of the first successful black artists to even have a tour bus with her name on it

- this woman literally turned her wedding day into a rock concert for over 20,000 fans

- openly bisexual in her private life

- she sang with little richard in what would be his first public performance at her concert

- she held a successful tour in the UK during the early 1960′s well before the “british invasion” of rock n roll

[mrldelrosario-blog]

[stefisunshines]

Thanks

[inkskinned]

a secret code between women: are you safe? in a contact of eyes. i’m here if you need me, the littlest shift of a skirt, of an inclined head, of watching the man who is asking you to smile, bitch. you aren’t alone on the walls of restrooms, i was where you are too. the quiet doling of emergency numbers, the shelters. the space between two women in a largely empty train station. the waiting game of two women strangers who walk, quietly and quickly, to their cars in abandoned parking lots, who watch to be sure the other leaves safely. text me you get home safe. the tally marks of drinks on hidden wrists, carefully disguised as other things ever since men picked up on what it meant and used it to target the “weakest link.” 

my father tells me we have nothing to worry about. last night he sent me one of those email chains that say at the top “Safety Tips For The Women In Your Life!!!! Don’t Let Her Die!!” 

me, and the stranger on the train. she is asleep and the man is asking me who i am going home to. i feel tears pricking the sides of my eyes. i am 13 while he towers over me. he reaches out one hand, and while i don’t know how she knows, she speaks up without opening her eyes: “If you touch my daughter, sir, I will murder you.” Whatever he grumbles is lost in history, because this moment I am so grateful for the existence of other people that I cannot breathe.

I am 19 and on my phone when i become aware of a 13 year old girl is smiling nervously at a man who’s saying disgusting things. I grab her arm. “There you are, cindy,” I say, and then look at the man like he is bile. “Do you need something from my sister?” i ask, and i walk away with her. she cries later.

this is the way of things: a silent, secret web. our promise to each other that despite our differences, when it comes to the wire, we become family, instantly. the unspoken promise. i’m here. i’m watching. i’ll witness.

[positivedoodles]

[drawing of an orange fish with purple fins saying “You are radiant today and every day.” in a purple speech bubble.]

[positivedoodles]

[drawing of a yellow lobster saying “I’ll get there even if it’s in a different way than I originally planned. I’ll get there even if it takes longer than I thought it would. I’ll get there.” in a blue speech bubble.]

[tastefullyoffensive]

[stefisunshines]

#glitter #glam #glory #getit #gold (at Fernie, British Columbia)

[senseitive]

yeah hes cute but does he care about your mental health

[paradoxicalissue]

[fyp-philosophy]

Language… has created the word ‘loneliness’ to express the pain of being alone. And it has created the word ‘solitude’ to express the glory of being alone.

Paul Tillich (via fyp-philosophy)

[stefisunshines]

I'm alive. (at Lake Superior)

[vlones-deactivated20210219]

Never apologize for leaving a situation to make yourself happier. your health matters and your happiness is important.

[justbadpuns]

As I suspected, someone has been adding soil to my garden..

The plot thickens.

[stefisunshines]

Chopped it, bucked it, played it. Split it, stacked it, Stop, format it. #bustarhymes I forgot how satisfying and empowering splitting firewood is!! #highlyrecommended #fatherdaughter #dreamteam (at Nakkertok Nordic)

[stefisunshines]

I'm excited about my Fall reading additions 📚🍂🎃 (at Octopus Books)