February 2012
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I'm in the Womyn's Resource Center...
It feels great to have a little office to go to and make your visions into reality. My Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner? event is next Wednesday and I am excited for the outcome. I’ve been getting so much positive energy from everyone. My Professors are supporting me and my peers are as well.
When I am back in the city, I need an outlet that will allow me to create programs that would...
“The first wisdom of sociology is this: things are not what they seem.”
– Peter Berger (1963)
On this day 47 years ago Malcolm X died with 21...
miseengarde:
This week NYPD officers shot and killed three innocent black men.
I haven't been motivated to keep up with my...
Guess its cause I’m graduating May 13 2012! :) Can’t afford any mistakes or disappointing grades. I guess I’m my biggest critique… As it should be.
Fall 2012, my plan is to be back in the Big Apple!
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new wave feminism: deliciouskaek: deejaybird: A... →
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deejaybird:
A Hottentot woman known as Saartjie Baartman was lied to — told she would become wealthy if she showed up in Europe to be exhibited in a sideshow attraction in European circuses under the name of the Hottentot Venus. What was of interest to her viewers was…
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“But what of black women? … I most sincerely doubt if any other race of women...”
– W.E.B. DuBois (via iamselectric)
“Our capacity of appreciating the beauties of the earth we live on is, in truth,...”
– The Woman in white by Wilkie Collins
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Things could definitely be better...
But i’m content with the fact that, i’m walking in Commencement 2012. I know, I know, I’m class of 2012. But like any overly emotional college students I had a few fuck ups. End of sophomore year wasn’t a fail but it was a drop and First semester Junior year affected me as well. I’m not going to look at those things and wish I did better. One of my history professors,...
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Zora Neale Hurston
In the information i’ve researched about Zora Neale Hurston, it says that she attended Barnard College and studied Anthropology. My sister was a director of a certain program at the college and attended the school in the 80’s. It’s an all girl school predominantly white. My sister told me Zora Neale Hurston did not attend Barnard. She applied and discomfort from racism drove her...
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“I am not tragically colored. There is no great sorrow dammed up in my soul, nor...”
– Zora Neale Hurston (1901?-1960) “How It Feels to Be Colored Me” (1928)
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Life&Times of the Twenty Something: Rest in Peace,... →
allzeewrote:
Today , Febuary 1st 2012 , Legend Don Cornelius was found dead from a self inflicted wound to his head .
When that push notification popped up on my phone from a reputable source ( New York Times ) , I was shocked to say the least . This man has single handily changed the face of music and…
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