June 2013
6 posts
“Don’t think for a moment that any of it was random. There are no oversights with God. Only perfectly crafted chapters in each unique journey.”
—Yasmin Mogahed
From the Collection: Yasmin Mogahed Quotes (via islamic-art-and-quotes)
From the Collection: Yasmin Mogahed Quotes (via islamic-art-and-quotes)
May 2013
90 posts
Balloons are so weird… “happy birthday, here’s a plastic sack of my breath”
Eve and Daughters: Somebody almost walked off wid alla my stuff →
eveanddaughters.com
You may recognise this as the title of a poem by Ntozake Shange, whom I love, from her book For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf.
Some people find it crazy that I have to read a book at least three times but you really see/find/learn something new each time…
comment about how romantic comedies (media in general) normalise male agression as grand romantic gestures and how it ties in to society’s perception of the ‘right’ type of masculinity
i.e
if you kiss me when i’m talking to shut me up i will probably bite your tongue off or knee you in the balls
“I enjoy talking to you. Your mind appeals to me.”
—George Orwell, 1984 (via infinite-energy)
