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Erudite & gorgeous.

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My brother, describing his life in uniform, did not seem to be representing the America his uniform was meant to represent-- he had never seen the America his uniform was meant to represent. Had anyone?

James Baldwin, quoted in Nicole Walgoria-Davis’ excellent Sanctuary: African Americans and Empire.

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On his dreadful journey, after the shaman had wandered through dark forests and over great ranges of mountains,...he reaches an opening in the ground. The most difficult stage of the adventure now begins. The depths of the underworld open before him.

Uno Harva quoted by Joseph Conrad in The Hero With A Thousand Faces

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Monstera deliciosa.

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Perfection, of a kind, was what he was after, And the poetry he wrote was easy to understand; He knew human folly like the back of his hand, And was very interested in armies and fleets; When he laughed great senators burst with laughter, And when he cried the little children died in the streets.

Epitaph On A Tyrant (W.H. Auden)

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(via Sesenta)

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WHY WE LOVE THE GIRL DETECTIVE. We love the girl detective because she reminds us of the children we wish we had. She is courteous, but also brave. She loathes injustice; she is passionate, but also well-groomed. She keeps her room neat, but not too neat. She feeds her goldfish. She will get good grades, keep her curfew when it doesn't interfere with fighting crime. She'll come home from an Ivy League college on weekends to do her laundry. She reminds us of the girl we hope to marry one day. If we ask her, she will take care of us, cook is nutritious meals, find our car keys when we've misplaced them. The girl detective is good at finding things. She will balance the checkbook, plan vacations, and occasionally meet us at the door when we come home from work, wearing nothing but a blue ribbon in her hair. She will fill our eyes. We will bury our faces in her dark, light, silky, curled, frizzed, teased, short, shining, long, shining hair. Tangerine, clove, russet, coal-colored, oxblood, buttercup, clay-colored, tallow, titian, lampblack, sooty, scented hair. The color of her hair will always inflame us. She reminds us of our mothers. WHY WE FEAR THE GIRL DETECTIVE. She reminds us of our mothers. She eats our dreams. She knows what we have been up to, what we are are longing for. She knows what we are capable of, and what we are not capable of. She is looking for something. We are afraid she is looking for us. We are afraid that she is not looking for us. Who will find us, if the girl detective does not?

Kelly Link in Stranger Things Happen, pg. 247

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Interviewer: What would you say is your greatest strength?

Me: I'm preternaturally disposed to failure. Like, really exceedingly good at it. Spectacular, some would say.

Interviewer:...And your greatest weakness??

Me: Nothing.

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Look what I just received from my printer! “Hoe Shit as Praxis” on a fine art 8x11 poster. Heading to #allyellecards soon! #Ilovemyjob #graphicdesigner #art #artist #feminism #hoe #praxis #trill #hood #vscocam

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Extremely good.

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And yet, it moves.

Big Freedia

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I (can’t) forget.

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Instead of doing noting, INSTEAD OF JUST NOT hating women, men do the work of misogyny every single time without fail 10 out of 10.

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I did not a thing all day besides make this dress & put on lipstick.

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You can hide the fire. But what you gonna do with the smoke?

Joel Chandler Harris from The Proverbs of Uncle Remus