My mother said I must always be intolerant of ignorance but understanding of illiteracy. That some people, unable to go to school, were more educated and more intelligent than college professors.
Maya Angelou (via loveyourchaos)

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mypassionforbeauty:

Otis Redding - Try a little tenderness


sad-teeth:

So today Angelina Jolie had double mastectomy, which is the removal of one’s breasts, to prevent Breast cancer. So instead of praising Angelina on her bravery, men on Twitter decided to ridicule her, even calling her stupid for removing her breasts. For those of you on Tumblr that are attacking Feminists about being delusional about sexism against women and misogyny here’s your fucking proof that sexism and misogyny exists. 

theoptimist134:

asheathes:

Do you ever just re-evaluate your life after reading a really good book and realize how boring life really is

I mean we eat and sleep and go to school and work and that’s it. There’s no dragon-slaying, no real adventures, no sense of danger, no fighting for our lives, nothing really exhilarating or anything

THIS IS THE REASON THAT I HAVE BEEN DEPRESSED SINCE AGE 8

— Hey, hippie girl, you Mexican? On both sides?
— Front & back, I say.
— You sure don’t look Mexican.

A part of me wants to kick their ass. A part of me feels sorry for their stupid ignorant selves. But if you’ve never been farther south than Nuevo Laredo, how the hell would you know what Mexicans are supposed to look like, right?

There are the green-eyed Mexicans. The rich blond Mexicans. The Mexicans w/the faces of Arab sheiks. The Jewish Mexicans. The big-footed-as-a-German Mexicans. The leftover-French Mexicans. The chaparrito compact Mexicans. The Tarahumara tall-as-a-desert-saguaro Mexicans. The Mediterranean Mexicans. The Mexicans w/Tunisian eyebrows. The negrito Mexicans of the double coasts. The Chinese Mexicans. The curly-haired, freckled-faced, red-headed Mexicans. The Lebanese Mexicans. Look, I don’t know what you’re talking about when you say I don’t look Mexican. I am Mexican. Even though I was born on the U.S. side of the border.


Sandra Cisneros “Caramelo” (via honeybrown)
Casual reminder that Helen Keller was a radical socialist feminist.

redplebeian:

Member of the Socialist Party of America, co-founder of the IWW, co-founder of the ACLU. The list goes on an on. Bet they newer told you that when you read The Miracle Worker in elementary school

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The great world power has not yet found the weapon to destroy dreams. Until it does, we will keep dreaming, that is to say, we will keep on triumphing…
Our word is our weapon: Selected writings By Subcomandante Marcos (via neltiliztli)
The further a society drifts from truth, the more it will hate those who speak it.
George Orwell (via erraticintrovert)

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