May 2013
commovente:
when i die, just put ‘boys boys boys boys boys’ on my tombstone
I’d like to raise both of my middle fingers to him and anyone who thinks...
– M.I.A. (via madison-bear)
wordsoftakumi:
I was gonna write a love poem tonight, but I got too tired. I’d rather just translate it into sleeping beside you.
Can I draw it into your hands? Can I place it on the side of your neck?
We could work on it together. Close your eyes within my arms: I’m sure we can think of something good.
You have my permission not to love me;
I am a cathedral of deadbolts
and I’d...
– Rachel McKibbens; “Letter From My Brain To My Heart” (via mightyzolo)
How far have you walked for men who’ve never held your feet in their laps?
How...
– Warsan Shire (via mermaidporn)
After you learn every story your mother told you about
prom caught hard in the...
– The Brief Two Seconds After You Ruin Everything, Clementine von Radics (via clementinevonradics)
Don’t call yourself a revolutionary (or someone who has moved past the gender...
– Shades of Silence -Don’t Call Yourself a Revolutionary (via whitedenial-ontrial)
The policeman who shot down a 10-year-old in Queens
stood over the boy with his...
– Audre Lorde “Power” (via femignome)
More girls have been killed in the last FIFTY years, precisely because they were...
– Nicholas Kristof, Half the Sky
Read that AGAIN.
(via kateoplis)
Take a day to heal from the lies you’ve told yourself and the ones that have...
– Maya Angelou (via creatingaquietmind)
My mother said I must always be intolerant of ignorance but understanding of...
– Maya Angelou (via loveyourchaos)
askaqueerchick:
Your Relationship is Actually Nothing Like the Slave Trade: Some Notes On Writing Poetry Without Being a Total Cock
One of the most healing things you can do is recognize where in your life you...
– Steve Maraboli (via elige)
all the girls you’ve ever loved, i think i loved them too.
interlude for the...
– Warsan Shire, “all the girls you’ve ever loved, i think i loved them too.” (via poetrist)
They are so damn ‘intellectual’ and rotten that I can’t stand them anymore….I...
– Frida Kahlo (via edieparkersmoking)
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fluidexchange:
no literally never go out in public with me I will say “dog” every time I see a dog and I will say “hello” to every dog that I meet and if we’re having a conversation I will stop and point when a dog goes by
You do not have to be good.
You do not have to walk on your knees
For a...
– Mary Oliver, “Wild Geese” (via arosary)
Why isn't New Orleans Mother's Day parade shooting... →
“So I shouldn’t be surprised that the Mother’s Day Parade shooting has largely been forgotten. On Sunday, shots were fired into a crowd during a parade in the New Orleans 7th ward. Police said they saw three suspects running from the scene.
This is the largest mass shooting in the United States where the shooters were still at large after the crime was committed. Think about that for a minute....
I’d rather fail miserably pursuing my dreams than succeed at something I have to...
– Katie Kacvinsky, First Comes Love (via paradiche)
Being alone is better than sitting next to a lover and feeling lonely.
– Richard Linklater (via hellanne)