May 2013
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I am having a hard day today. So, remembering, as...
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Ron Finley: A guerilla gardener in South Central... →
Because growing your own food is like printing your own money.
April 2013
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“You know, part of giving up privilege and making room for others involves...”
– Womanist Musings: So Long Jessica Valenti, I Won’t Miss You
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Reflecting.
March 2013
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“I don’t feel like anybody’s father … And I also know that, a...”
– Chinua Achebe on being called the father of contemporary African literature
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February 2013
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January 2013
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“Don’t lament so much about how your career is going to turn out. You don’t have...”
– DEAR SUGAR, The Rumpus Advice Column #64: Tiny Beautiful Things
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So maybe I found a Kendrick Lamar verse that I...
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auntada said:
That’s a strong list.
It really is. I could spend the rest of my life working through that list. (Won’t tell you how few I just scratched off because I’ve already read them.)
Gurrrl, You Just Have to Read This! The 2013... →
Speaking of “I’m planning to read”…
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Books I started, finished, abandoned in 2012
Even though I read often, I read more slowly than I did when I was younger. I wanted to finally make a dent in my “I’m planning to read” list and get around to some titles I should’ve read but haven’t; not sure I was that successful. I tried to be intentional about not reading more than one book at a time, because I am famous for finding a new book and quitting...
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December 2012
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“There are years that ask questions and years that answer.”
– Zora Neale Hurston
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“I see a huge fork protruding from the water. I understand it was put there as a...”
– Grey Cavalier blogger George White on seeing sculptor Jean-Pierre Zaugg’s La Fourchette in Lake Geneva at Vevey, Switzerland
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Merry Christmas! (To hell with that cover art,...
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A Christmas Eve Rant
That last reblog reminds me of what frustrates me so about this time and place and this medium.
That photo tells a story. It has a history. That moment means something.
Yet, on Tumblr, someone posts it without context and several hundred people like it or reblog it without a clue as to who/what/when/where/why.
(I just googled it, so I think I have a clue, now.)
I get it. It’s fierce....
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In History, Using Photography to Advance, Question... →
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This time around.
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“Know from whence you came. If you know whence you came, there are absolutely no...”
– James Baldwin (via auntada) 