December 2011
Filtration and Motivation: Open Your Throat Chakra →
filtrationandmotivation:
The throat chakra is associated with the color sky blue and is our will center. The fifth chakra is in relation to how honestly one expresses oneself. Lying hurts our body and spirit. A challenge to the throat chakra is to express ourselves in the most truthful manner.
Sanskrit…
“The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts,...”
– Charles Bukowski (via burnthazel)
North: The Direction for Winter
atinygarden:
i think I’ll head north
“Oh god it’s wonderful -
to get out of bed
and drink too much coffee
and smoke...”
– Frank O’Hara (via pandahsuka)
(via holyfarts)
First Step to Becoming an Adult:Stop Punishing...
intelligentrambling:
still letting go of a few things, but for the most part i’m done holding onto those things
Still want to contribute to my project abroad and... →
2011 was a great year
kemetically-ankhtified:
thoughtsalittledeeper:
If you feel me reblog this… don’t need to say much else about it
I. FEEL. YOU. !
2011. I have no words to properly express the amazingness.
“I don’t live in either my past or my future. I’m interested only in the present....”
– Paulo Coelho | The Alchemist (via blogut)
30 Things to Stop Doing to Yourself →
“When we see love as the will to nurture one’s own or another’s spiritual growth,...”
– bell hooks
Toni Morrison writes that the idea of romantic love and physical beauty are “probably the most destructive ideas in the history of human thought.”
(via restoried)
Yemaya: Goddess of Winter →
witchofthewyldwood:
Only appropriate, my Matron, Yemaya. Goddess of the Sea, Mother Ocean.
Omi O, Omi O, Omi O, Omi O, Omi O, Omi O, Ooooomi O!
Q. Who is Yemaya?
A. In Yorubaland, Yemaya is the deity of the Ogun River, however, in the New World, she is associated with the ocean. She is the goddess or the…
Thank You!
Just want to give a huge shout out to every single person who supported my fundraising campaign in the last 50 days. The amount of love that I received in form of encouraging words, contributions, repostings and more is astounding and the best gift I could have received. If you would like to still contribute, click the link on my website. See you all when I return from Haiti. Much much much...
Are You Afraid of the Dark? (Soulistic Healing) →
mckswift:
The Power of the Winter Solstice (click here)
“Freeing yourself was one thing, claiming ownership of that freed self was...”
– Toni Morrison (via undefinedbeautifully)
if you were taking a "latin@ communities &...
lati-negros:
what would you want/expect to read, see, witness, learn?
I’m building a syllabus for the spring and would love to hear some suggestions!
I want no part of your feminism unless it applies...
warpaintetiquette:
dionthesocialist:
gay women
queer women
poor women
trans* women
women of color
non-western women
men (yes, feminism is about men too)
Feminism is about gender equality. The moment you erase anyone just because it doesn’t make for as catchy a slogan, you’ve kinda missed the point.
Exactly.
ether: Shh →
ether-eden:
If you have a degree in computer science, I’m not really gonna try to argue with you when it comes to computers and the science behind them. I’ve never formally studied computer science. So I’m going to just go ahead and respect scholarly opinion as fact when it comes to most things computer science related.
So how come when it comes to the study of race and racism, instead of ...
“Europeans did not enslave Africans because they considered Africans inferior,...”
– Robert L Harris Jr, PHD. Professor of African American Studies at Cornell University. Quote from Soaring High: Teaching our Young Men the Winning Combination (via latinegro)
^THIS.
“The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that...”
– Albert Camus (via girlwithoutwings)
follow @BeingAfroLatino on twitter
lati-negros:
it’s us The LatiNegr@s Project!
“Listen: there’s a hell
of a good universe next door; let’s go”
– E.E. Cummings (via heartmindspirit)
howtobeterrell asked: Thank you! Someone hacked into my blog and fucked my shit up lol I'm gonna buy your book once my funds are right.
67 HOURS LEFT TO REACH MY GOAL! Why I am... →