April 2012
African slaves be hiding secrets
howtobeterrell:
So probably the most fascinating tale ever told are the red cloth tales….
After slavery the govt started a program during the Depression called the WPA
(i aint gone write the whole shit out cuz im lazy, and this is not an academic space so fuck you)
any way doe,
Zora Neale Hurston collected many of her folktales thru it…she is even responsible for capturing the only moving...
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eclecticspectrum replied to your post: eclecticspectrum replied to your post:…
You know I ain’t got no problem with getting my hands dirtied and bloody. Going after her was foul. I didn’t need to be one of her followers to say hey wait a minute, ya’ll ain’t right.
You’re right. Low key tho I did check out her blog because of that post and ended up following her lol
Her blog is...
I can't with you right now Tumblr...
eclecticspectrum:
tycrystar:
so it’s all of us gathering to help other people whine when we don’t agree with you but when you all join together to insult someone based off a post that you misread and at that read it out of context THAT’s okay?
lmfao! okay guise I’m glad we got that resolved.
The hypocrisy on Tumblr is too much right now. Supporting someone is wrong now? Word? Oh okay. We’re...
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eclecticspectrum replied to your post: daniellemertina replied to your post: I think…
I didn’t follow her and I felt the need to be like slow your roll ya’ll. This isn’t want it seems.
Me too! But I didnt want to get attacked for it like how she was but I guess I should get over it cause it’s messed up that her words were switched around and she got attacked for her post.
I can't with you right now Tumblr...
so it’s all of us gathering to help other people whine when we don’t agree with you but when you all join together to insult someone based off a post that you misread and at that read it out of context THAT’s okay?
lmfao! okay guise I’m glad we got that resolved.
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daniellemertina replied to your post: I think Tumblr fame is starting to get to some of them …. being conscious dosen’t mean they are automatically immune to getting a big head about being “heard” on Tumblr. I appreciate their blogs but at the same time they need to chill out with all the madness.
i can’t stand it. it hurts honestly bc i actually DO follow her. and i figured i should at least...
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Anonymous asked: I think Tumblr fame is starting to get to some of them .... being conscious dosen't mean they are automatically immune to getting a big head about being "heard" on Tumblr. I appreciate their blogs but at the same time they need to chill out with all the madness.
happy april fools day
dirtydaryldixon:
you’re all infected.
this isn’t a democracy anymore.
it’s a ricktatorship.
eclecticspectrum:
aashiaiw:
eclecticspectrum:
deliciouskaek:
notime4yourshit:
liquornspice:
occasionally pensive: re who is heard on tumblr post
daniellemertina:
i will say
that i don’t understand why everybody is upset about that post about ‘who is being heard on tumblr’.
as someone who considers herself “heard” in the sense that i get notes and all that jazz
i didn’t get mad...
thechocolatedandy:
My Life As Me: re who is heard on tumblr post
daniellemertina:
i will say
that i don’t understand why everybody is upset about that post about ‘who is being heard on tumblr’.
as someone who considers herself “heard” in the sense that i get notes and all that jazz
i didn’t get mad about it.
i don’t think that every critique can be…
Thank you! I was getting so...
and then all the ass kissers come out of the woodwork.
daniellemertina:
notime4yourshit:
liquornspice:
occasionally pensive: re who is heard on tumblr post
daniellemertina:
i will say
that i don’t understand why everybody is upset about that post about ‘who is being heard on tumblr’.
as someone who considers herself “heard” in the sense that i get notes and all that jazz
i didn’t get mad about it.
i don’t think that every critique can be...
eclecticspectrum:
notime4yourshit:
liquornspice:
occasionally pensive: re who is heard on tumblr post
daniellemertina:
i will say
that i don’t understand why everybody is upset about that post about ‘who is being heard on tumblr’.
as someone who considers herself “heard” in the sense that i get notes and all that jazz
i didn’t get mad about it.
i don’t think that every critique can be...
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Dude all I'm gonna say is this...
its crazy that people keep getting “black women are being silenced” out of “I wish my blog could be heard more”
Watcheclecticspectrum:
color-me-bad:
theblacksophisticate:
buy-me-food-because-i:
haave-you-met-ted:
deestarvivo:
My daughter has chosen the Dark Side
omg.
jesus christ
omfg literally laughing out loud
ROFL!!!!!!!!!!!
lmaooo
This never gets old.
No!!
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re who is heard on tumblr post
daniellemertina:
i will say
that i don’t understand why everybody is upset about that post about ‘who is being heard on tumblr’.
as someone who considers herself “heard” in the sense that i get notes and all that jazz
i didn’t get mad about it.
i don’t think that every critique can be automatically conflated with ‘oh my gosh! she hates black women!’
she is a black woman. i’ve followed her...
what if you're really close to someone
but they use the bible to reinforce their misogynistic views?
Do you just not say anything when they say something misogynist or do you take the chance of losing them as a friend by telling them that they are wrong (which would ultimately insult them because it is questioning their religious beliefs)?
Nip/Tuck said it best.
I don’t have the exact quote but the character on the show named Christian said something along the lines of “If someone feels they can no longer find any happiness in life and they feel that living is unbearable then I understand completely why someone would commit suicide and I wouldn’t judge them for it”
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i hate the saying "suicide is a permanent solution...
because chances are if you’ve gotten to the point where you stopped JUST contemplating suicide and you actually decide to act on it you have depression (or some other issue going on) which IS permanent…
At least major depression is permanent. You have to take medication for the rest of your life to just be okay with yourself.
For people to actually say that whatever you’re...
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For the record
I hated the movie version of The Hunger Games.
And, to be honest, I will judge all of you who liked the movie.
(especially if you read the book before you watched it)
european-booty-scratcher:
Another thing that annoyed the fuxk outta me when I saw the movie District 12, majority of the people that lived there were described to be olived toned, yet during the reaping, the casting director found the palest people possible.
District 11, majority were suppose to have brown skin, yet the movie had waaay too many white people in that district. its the slave...
i really don't understand
how Jennifer Hudson’s Weight Watchers commercials are anymore annoying than any other commercial
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someone reblogged my post about stuggling with...
adding on that she struggles with being desired by people not just men.
I have no idea if she meant it in a way like because lesbian or bisexual women might have the same struggle when it comes to being desired by other women and not just by men or if she just changed the subject of the post all together
But it struck a really interesting question in my mind.
When it comes to feminism how are...
sometimes i just can't with twitter
so much misogyny and so much anti-blackness in my own followers.
and sometimes it’s family and other times it’s friends and it’s depressing. :/
daniellemertina:
I don’t think feminism is as simple as “do whatever you want/ whatever makes you feel empowered”.
I used to. But not really anymore. Because I realize that I’ve done a lot of things that at the time made me happy (when I was ignorant to the actual results surrounding it) and I was actually oppressing myself/ playing into internalized misogyny.
Well it hardly comes down to what...
I'm constantly struggling between fighting my...
eclecticspectrum:
tycrystar:
daniellemertina:
eclecticspectrum:
tycrystar:
daniellemertina:
THIS!
I’ve actually been thinking about this. How do you explain (in terms of feminism) a woman acting deriving enjoyment from male objectification?
is that internalized misogyny? or choice?
I ain’t gon lie. There are times where I enjoy the male gaze. And I’ve definitely done things meant...
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There's nothing wrong with wanting to please a...
eclecticspectrum:
tycrystar:
eclecticspectrum:
When I do something for a man in my life it’s because I want to. Wanting to is not wrong. Feeling like I’m forced to do it is the problem. That’s the internalized misogyny.
Many men have told me that I’m not nice. Which is fine. I have no desire to be nice to them. They are not entitled to my affections. But if I like you and give a damn, my...
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There's nothing wrong with wanting to please a...
eclecticspectrum:
When I do something for a man in my life it’s because I want to. Wanting to is not wrong. Feeling like I’m forced to do it is the problem. That’s the internalized misogyny.
Many men have told me that I’m not nice. Which is fine. I have no desire to be nice to them. They are not entitled to my affections. But if I like you and give a damn, my affections are yours.
Being aware...
I'm constantly struggling between fighting my...
daniellemertina:
eclecticspectrum:
tycrystar:
daniellemertina:
THIS!
I’ve actually been thinking about this. How do you explain (in terms of feminism) a woman acting deriving enjoyment from male objectification?
is that internalized misogyny? or choice?
I ain’t gon lie. There are times where I enjoy the male gaze. And I’ve definitely done things meant for a male gaze… that’s not even...
March 2012
I'm constantly struggling between fighting my...
daniellemertina:
THIS!
I’ve actually been thinking about this. How do you explain (in terms of feminism) a woman acting deriving enjoyment from male objectification?
is that internalized misogyny? or choice?
I ain’t gon lie. There are times where I enjoy the male gaze. And I’ve definitely done things meant for a male gaze… that’s not even just sexual. There are so many ways that women are...
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I'm constantly struggling between fighting my...
marianmarch:
*Sigh*
Me too.
Do you think there’s a common ground?
I think there might be but I have no idea how to get there.
I feel like because everywhere around me I’m being told in someway that I need to look sexy for men (not even just for MY man but for men period) and at all times.
And ultimately my problem is that I really just want to blend in. I don’t want to stand...
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I'm constantly struggling between fighting my...
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eclecticspectrum:
tycrystar:
Someone made a post about popular black tumblr blogs getting most of the attention over the less well known ones, and then someone came back at them saying that it was wrong of the OP to want any black women silenced.
But that wasn’t what I got out of the OP’s post.
The reason I didnt reblog it was because if the people who reblogged the post and commented that...
Not too long ago I read a post about rejecting...
And it was SOOO true.
The poster said mentioned that if you tell a man that you don’t care what he thinks of you he’ll have nothing to say and his pride will be broken.
I found that out on my own when I was talkn to my boyfriend.
We were skyping and it was late so I had to change and get ready for bed so when I came back on his camera in a giant t-shirt and not-matching baggy pj...
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Do NOT go to Alwayschasingsafety's page.
whatwhiteswillneverknow:
Time to share my experiences with him. I first learned of him when someone reblogged a screencapped ask of who appeared to be a PoC female. His response was full of racism, vitriol, irrational ranting about Black people, and misogyny. I paid him a visit myself, to tell him a bit about the Affirmative Action that he was ranting so hard about.
I’ve yet to get a response.
...
The whole "I dont give a fuck" attitude
It’s destroying us and making us weak.
I know that doesn’t make sense when you first hear it, but let me explain why it makes us weak not to care.
When you care you allow yourself to be passionate about something, when you allow yourself to be passionate about something you fight for it. When you lose your passion you lose your fight. When you have the attitude of “I dont give...
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Someone made a post about popular black tumblr blogs getting most of the attention over the less well known ones, and then someone came back at them saying that it was wrong of the OP to want any black women silenced.
But that wasn’t what I got out of the OP’s post.
The reason I didnt reblog it was because if the people who reblogged the post and commented that DID get that out of...
The Miss-Adventures of Roxie St. James: I love... →
southrnbird:
tycrystar:
southrnbird:
Most women these days aren’t about that life. Glad I’m not one of them.
its great that you like to cook but please don’t put down other women just cuz they don’t have the same ideas of what they should do in their relationship as you do
Re-read it again. No…
I wasnt tryna start stuff I just asked you something. I was trying to be polite I...
Black girl: *dyes her hair pink*
OHHH SHE RATCHET!!! look at that hoe. can you say ghetto fabulouss lol i bet thats koolaid
White girl: *dyes her hair pink*
omg sooo kawaii ugh i wish i looked like her please take a million pictures of yourself and upload them to tumblr so we can reblog it 632947985 times
I love cooking for a man. It makes me smile to see...
southrnbird:
Most women these days aren’t about that life. Glad I’m not one of them.
its great that you like to cook but please don’t put down other women just cuz they don’t have the same ideas of what they should do in their relationship as you do