December 2010
80 posts
The truth is, I'm one of those few people who...
newmodelminority:
Three things you can say.
1. Thank you for sharing.
2. How you feel?
3. What do you need from me?
sheresists:
adailyriot:
(story of my life!)
Me too.
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Ah, good answers…
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“GOOD: What’s happening in our schools that causes this black male...”
– The Black Youth Project Adds a New Voice to the Education Reform… - StumbleUpon (via simplyann)
“Writers tend to work early in the morning, or late at night, when brains are...”
– ~Scott Adams (via imorb)
Let's Hear It for the Unappreciated Heroes of 2010 →
jonathan-cunningham:
Under-Appreciated Person One: Bradley Manning. While we were all fixated on Julian Assange, the story of the young American soldier who actually leaked the classified documents passed almost unnoticed. If Manning was mentioned at all, it was as to be described an impetuous, angry kid who downloaded the documents onto a CD and leaked them as a result of a “grudge” or...
What Killed Aiyana Stanley-Jones? | Mother Jones →
I won’t go so far to say that this is a great article. The author uses a lot of questionable language and framing within this piece. Several times, it seemed as though he was engaging in victim blaming.
However, I will say this is an important, crucial example of long-form journalism. This is first in-depth article I’ve seen about this truly awful case, as well as the historical...
Trying to figure out where this sudden onslaught of self-doubt and anxiety came from. I have a proposal due in less than a week and I have wild doubts about what I want to submit.
“[She] would scramble frantically to commit it all to memory, what happened next....”
– Khaled Hosseini - A Thousand Splendid Suns (via thepeoplecouldfly)
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“The tragedy of Nina, and of many young performers and athletes, is that...”
– Black Swan :: rogerebert.com :: Reviews
New Model Minority: My hair was extra crunchy...I... →
newmodelminority:
Dani…member when you said I should do it on Sunday..? I listened to you. But just kept it on my head all evening.
Made my hair soft and relieved the itches. I DO feel like I need to tighten up some of the twists tho.
I find this to be a better method then oil + shower + shower cap + stepping out…
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Hee. © Hair Marination
“As time passes by and you look at portraits, the people come back to you like a...”
– Henri Cartier-Bresson.
Magnum Photos - Slate
“This is not an action film. It is a movie about loss, sadness and regret, and...”
– Night Catches Us :: rogerebert.com :: Reviews
Newsflash: Time May Not Exist | Einstein |... →
The possibility that time may not exist is known among physicists as the “problem of time.” It may be the biggest, but it is far from the only temporal conundrum. Vying for second place is this strange fact: The laws of physics don’t explain why time always points to the future. All the laws—whether Newton’s, Einstein’s, or the quirky quantum rules—would work equally well if time ran backward. As...
Four Walls, Five Women: Black Women Artists... →
We were featured on the Pink Line Project!
“Perfection is not just about control, it is about letting go.”
– Thomas Leroy (Vincent Cassel). BLACK SWAN, 2010 via gioia-verene. SELF: I could relate to this line very closely in the film. So much of what I make is don anal retentively. I MUST control the tools at my disposal. I aim to control the outcome, the product, which of course, is impossible. I cannot...
kameelahwrites:
A request:
Do you know a few wise elders in NYC who love to tell stories? If so, please shoot me an email—kameelah@kameelahr.com. Looking forward to hearing from you :)
