1. 937
    24
    May
    wearyxeyes: lushpuppy: http://bitchmagazine.org/post/comic-im-a-sexual-assault-survivor This is so wonderful. This describes me so, so perfectly. 

    wearyxeyes:

    lushpuppy:

    http://bitchmagazine.org/post/comic-im-a-sexual-assault-survivor


    This is so wonderful. This describes me so, so perfectly. 

    (via yesixicana)

  2. 1111
    22
    May

    farrons:

    youngblackandvegan:

    Every part of me and my body is politicized
    My skin
    My hair
    My uterus
    My culture
    Loving myself and valuing my humanity, in a society that sees me as nothing more than a commodity, is an act of political resistance

    And loving those like me is an act of political solidarity.

    Yes!

    (via lottastuff)

  3. 2391
    21
    May

    immigrant

    miguu:

    you broke the ocean in
    half to be here
    only to meet nothing that wants you.

    beautiful.

    (via iimagined)

  4. 1202
    21
    May

    gabbiegabstoomuch:

    So tumblr user mcharrilennostarr asked me to come up with a list of things to help empower womyn of color. I took a bit of time to think about it and here’s what I came up with.

    1. I will hold my head high when people expect me to be looking down at my shoes
    2. I do not exist within the confines of your stereotypes
    3. I will fight against the status quo when the status quo alienates me
    4. I will not smile when I do not want to smile
    5. My body is mine and only mine If I share it with you that is a privilege and not a right
    6. I do not exist as your sexual fantasy
    7. I will recognize that those in power will never give me the tools I need to overthrow them. I will find those tools myself.
    8. I will not be your caretaker. Your mother, your mammy, your nanny. You will need to learn to take care of yourself.
    9. I will take care of myself first
    10. I will not listen when I’m told white people and men are more intelligent than I am. They aren’t and I’ll prove it.
    11. When I am tired I will say I’m tired. When I am sad I will say I’m sad. When I am weak I will say I’m weak.
    12. I will love who I want to love
    13. I will laugh in the face of my oppressors when they try to tell me it is me who is oppressing them by daring to speak out against them
    14. Sometimes I may be the damsel in distress. That is a right that I am entitled to. Sometimes I will cry for assistance and expect to be helped. 
    15. I will abandon eurocentric beauty ideals
    16. I am not your one-night-exotic-stand. You say you’re feeling feverish over me? I hope the illness kills you. 
    17. I will not submit to you because you do not own me
    18. I can be feminine if I want to. I can dress how I want to. 
    19. I am always on the team that protects and empowers women of color
    20. Decolonization is a daily struggle. When I feel like I am drowning I will reach out for help from my sisters. When I feel as though I can no longer stand I will ask for a shoulder to lean on. I know that I am not alone. There are millions of women who are standing with me.

    THIS.

    always.

    (Source: thepleasurefaith)

  5. 21
    May

    "dress up my melancholy."

    - nomadmanifesto
  6. 3
    20
    May

    so i teach credit to my clients. credit scores, credit reports, what it all means. yet i’m not very connected to it because i don’t really understand it. i can just read off of a powerpoint.

    but today, my new credit card came in the mail AND along came another letter about my credit. they ran a credit report to see if i could open up that credit card. and at the bottom of that one-pager listed my credit score.

    i actually have credit! i have a credit score and googling it shows that i have a “very good” credit score. how surprising. who would have thunk it. i’ve had my first credit card since 2008. 5 years later and bam. my supervisor told me the other day that “there is no reason why you can’t get a house at 26.” well i can think of one -___- but any who, what a neat revelation.

  7. 3
    19
    May

    "maybe womyn were so dangerous, they had to have their feet bound."

    - maxine hong kingston’s “the women warrior” chapter: white tiger
  8. 672
    19
    May

    reallifedocumentarian:

    May 19th- Celebrating the births of both El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz (Malcolm X) and Yuri Kochiyama.

    Stand together, fight together, build together.

    Asian America, stand with Black folks and fight white supremacy and the anti-Blackness that lives in our communities.

    (via thefuckingmoonprincess)

  9. 6633
    19
    May

    (Source: burning-soul, via azaadiart)

  10. 2375
    19
    May

    fromonesurvivortoanother:

    i don’t like the whole “you can’t love someone until you learn to love yourself” idea because uhhh

    wow people who are hurt and abused and damaged deserve love just as much as someone else

    love generally does not work when it’s one-sided. love is the interaction between one person and another entity, like another person or a book or a work of art

    and usually when people have trouble loving others it’s because their previous relationships with people have taught them messed up ways of love

    where do you think these people are going to learn healthy ways of love? from a magical wise space turtle in their heads? they have to go out there and love and hurt and make mistakes and learn what it’s like.

    you can love someone the moment you start loving, okay? of course with time you eventually learn the deeper complexities and nuances, but you are not required to love yourself first

    most of the time you can learn to love yourself at the same time that you love someone else

    (via sigo-respirando)

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