February 2012
“Part of the mechanics of oppressing people is to pervert them to the extent that...”
– Kumasi, “Crips & Bloods: Made in America” (via insaniyat)
KYON-KUN!!! c:: 千と千尋の神隠し (Spirited Away) →
givemechu:
hayao-miyazaki:
I always wondered why the symbol “ゆ” (said “yu”) was on the door to the bath house. I asked my Japanese teacher, and he wasn’t sure so I did a little research.
The symbol is used on the entrance to 温泉 (onsen) and 銭湯 (sento), or Japanese bath houses….
“A couple of hundred years ago, Benjamin Franklin shared with the world the...”
– Meredith Grey (via justbesplendid)
January 2012
“Realizing that other people have a problem with [homosexuality] was the weirdest...”
– Daniel Radcliffe (via vasymollo)
The history that comes with this effort is unabridged and needless to say, morbidly hopeless. And yet it rings with a hint of possibility, stringing me along, ringing me out; regardless of what any past experience can yell out in warning
December 2011
I just wanna be ok
Have been telling all my problems to get behind while I enjoy my break, only to come face-to-face with the harsh realities of deadlines. Ugh..what has gotten into me really. I just need to force myself to finish these up..no biggie..
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'Cos we all got dreams.
When you pace your lifestyle in terms of the future, you need to count the fact that the short path in front of you may not be as long as you may perceive it to be.
That next chance, that escape at the end of the tunnel may never be there.
So, I can’t do that anymore.
I can’t escape my anger by just looking towards the future and not do anything about a situation. How can one keep...
November 2011
“Now to “Reverse Racism.” It’s crucial to maintain the distinction between the...”
– Daily Kos: Why there’s no such thing as “Reverse Racism” (via loveyourchaos)
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I know..
I must be going crazy when..I start punching in my username/pw for my Common Apps to try and log into my FB and other accounts..
The overpopulation myth →
janedoe225:
But most of the 7 billion are not endangering the earth. The majority of the world’s people don’t destroy forests, don’t wipe out endangered species, don’t pollute rivers and oceans, and emit essentially no greenhouse gases.
Even in the rich countries of the Global North, most environmental destruction is caused not by individuals or households, but by mines, factories, and power...
Sometimes I just need quiet time
What I don’t need is the noise of your thoughts.
They crowd my senses, and are in the end, unwelcomed.
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When a good thing goes bad
it’s not the end of the world,
It’s just the end of a world,
that you had with one girl.
-Drake
Starting..
So I finally started my personal statement..
(Late right, yeah I know)
and what started out as a well-structured plan of rhetorical strategies, at the right moments, with a reverse chronological order in quoted flashbacks, and an optimistic-yet-cynical narrative voice..
turned out to be a tangent of a rant…
“If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous he will not bite you. This...”
– Mark Twain (via s0nata)
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Passing out words.
Constantly having to write,
having to be interrogated with questions that forces one to have a clear view of any and all personal beliefs and ideals,
it seems like the written word has lost its meaning.
Word after word.
Writing articles, essays, filling out applications or answering prompts.
Sometimes I feel like I’m just stuffed with words.
Sometimes all I think about are words
until...
October 2011
ursa major: "There is No Hierarchy of Oppressions"... →
THERE IS NO HIERARCHY OF OPPRESSIONS
By Audre Lorde
I was born Black and a woman. I am trying to become the strongest person I can become to live the life I have been given and to help effect change toward a livable future for this earth and for my children. As a Black, lesbian,…
“The anti-abortion folks seem not to worry about wife beating and wife...”
– Marilyn Frye, “Some Reflections on Separatism and Power,” 1983 (via stfuconservatives)
Honestly
the same thoughts have lead to the same endings.
I really need to pull my head out of the gutters and step up.
Not just towards that, but towards everything.
Am I making small improvements and just too impatient, wanting a giant leap?
Things may be all the better being content, but the same ambitions seem to come from the lack of contentness.
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And always
the secret lies in the place you never think of looking for.
-Alan Watts
Money can't buy me love, but it can buy me food....