Under Construction

No matter how much its supporters try, “Black feminism” will never equal “Black women”. Black feminism is a relatively recent phenomenon, and it’s actually irresponsible and arrogant to retroactively fit all Black women’s intellectual and political contributions under the umbrella of a liberal paradigm that begs white feminists (who created their movement in order to get suffrage so that they could advance white supremacy at a time of imperial expansion) to “include” Black women. When you learn actual Black feminist history, you can’t help but be embarrassed at the sycophancy inherent in that approach.

And no, it’s not only non Black women who critique Black feminism. It’s a theoretically incoherent field of thought that attempts to bolster its legitimacy by coopting the work of Black women radicals, so that people don’t pay as much attention to how it’s in cahoots with literal white supremacy. And no, there are no parallels among Black men. This is a problem of elite Black women hijacking discourse about Black women to orient Black women’s struggles to feminism

criptochecca:

Tomorrow we’ll discuss how Kissinger dying at 100 years old, powerful and rich was not a win but TONIGHT WE CELEBRATE

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geardrops:

i want us to preserve this moment, right now. where we are. what we are doing. i want you to know the answer to the question ‘what were you doing when you found out henry kissinger died?’

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Imagine my shock and horror when I realized that I couldn’t simply get people to stop hurting me by pointing out their harm in a mature way.

heart2heartwritings:

As I grow up, I realized how much I was hurting myself. Not intentionally, but with my choices. I chose others over me repeatedly, and in the end, that’s what hurts the most. Love yourself first before you love others. It all starts with you.

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hplyrikz:

“You are most powerful when you are most silent. People never expect silence. They expect words, motion, defense, offense, back and forth. They expect to leap into the fray. They are ready, fists up, words hanging leaping from their mouths. Silence? No.”

— Alison McGhee, All Rivers Flow To The Sea (via hplyrikz)

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mingdliu:

“You are allowed to still miss the things you walk away from.”

— Ming D. Liu
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remanence-of-love:

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olessan:

staff:

for april fools we’re deleting this entire site sayonara you weeaboo shits

happy decade you weeaboo shits

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free-my-mindd:

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theauraofjenaye:

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444her:

unreadable:

Breakdown = Breakthrough

Need this reminder REAL bad right now

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odinsblog:

No electricity, no running water, no major thoroughfares, no public mass transportation. Now imagine trying to evacuate small children, pregnant women or patients needing oxygen through this carnage by walking, as you are currently being bombed

Less talking more feeling and moving through the feelings

titsay:

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