[yourbigsisnissi]

I don’t believe in the myth of having it all together. Life is hard and uncertain and inconsistent and unfair. And there are moments of peace and calm, but mostly it’s chaos. And the idea that there is some fictitious moment where I’ll look at my life and think “ah I finally figured it out” is not satisfying to me. Because I don’t want to wait until that moment comes for me to enjoy life. I may never have it all together. I may never figure it out. I may never be as successful as I want to be or have all the things that I want or desire. But I can be happy and grateful. Right now. With what I have now.

[youmustfaceyourmortality]

i hate the fuckin holidays y'all 

[the-motherfuckin-stormtrooper-d]

Oh my goodness I die

[youmustfaceyourmortality]

can't believe my baby girl lucy is 2! my twins are 1! 

life is good. yup yup. 

[larmoyante]

Some periods of our growth are so confusing that we don’t even recognize that growth is happening. We may feel hostile or angry or weepy and hysterical, or we may feel depressed. It would never occur to us, unless we stumbled on a book or a person who explained to us, that we were in fact in the process of change, of actually becoming larger, spiritually, than we were before. Whenever we grow, we tend to feel it, as a young seed must feel the weight and inertia of the earth as it seeks to break out of its shell on its way to becoming a plant. Often the feeling is anything but pleasant. But what is most unpleasant is the not knowing what is happening. Those long periods when something inside ourselves seems to be waiting, holding its breath, unsure about what the next step should be, eventually become the periods we wait for, for it is in those periods that we realize that we are being prepared for the next phase of our life and that, in all probability, a new level of the personality is about to be revealed.

Alice Walker, Living by the Word  (via aaronjohnnson)

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Jurnee Smollett-Bell and Jussie Smollett attend the Black AIDS Institute 2015 Heroes in the Struggle Gala Reception and Awards Ceremony at the Directors Guild of America on June 18, 2015 in Los Angeles, California.

[drishananicole]

Me either!

[king-emare]

Never

[rebelliousrebe]

[dawnism101]

ever

[teamcoco]

[5hahem]

[youmustfaceyourmortality]

damn I've missed tumblr

[hatzigsut]

“…they plant pills on us! they strip search us! they do whatever they want! you can’t do whatever you want! we can’t do what we want, so why can they do what they want? just cuz they got a badge?!”

(original link)

[bloodclaatpussyclaat]

God bless you bro

[hennndo]

Ima die for what I stand for

[ratedmirr-deactivated20170226]

sydneylabeau

[watuare]

“I am not another statistic”

[earthdancelee-deactivated201701]

Black power ✊🏾

[indigo-jayne-deactivated2015112]

This brought tears to my eyes

[danielle-mertina]

Reblogging again because this is the most powerful video I’ve seen coming out of Baltimore. 

[amandla]

DERANGED JUNIOR YEAR LOOKS

[violateher]

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Alicia Keys, Nicki Minaj and Beyonce attend the Tidal launch event #TIDALforALL at Skylight at Moynihan Station on March 30, 2015 in New York City.

[pixiesteak]

Beyoncé, Nicki and Rihanna signing the Declaration of Independence

[astaaarion]

[youmustfaceyourmortality]

i hate people who make motherhood seem so fuckin easy and happy. I've never been more depressed and i have three kids before the age of 25, a husband, and a lot of money. but post partum has been horrible for me. seeing these happy mothers act like its so easy is so grating for me right now. i have nervous break downs every fuckin night. i swear to God. its just like my world is spinning and i don't have time to breathe and just be me. i have three kids crying for me 24/7 and when i want a moment to myself my husband nags me to. fuck it. I'm human. i can't be a superhero just because I've had these three lovely blessings of mine. sigh. and it doesn't help that my husband wants more kids.