January 2011
32 posts
why i love my homework
finishing my seduction scene between Carter & Vivian, named for rubin carter and vivian dandridge.
Carter is a gentle romantic trapped behind calloused strong hands and a scarred past. Vivian, is a scorpio, like dorothy dandrige. Her name means alive. And she’s about to breathe some life back into carter…lol. #badtrailer
class from 9am til 10pm. this is definitely an...
“Accept-then act. Whatever the present moment contains, accept it as if you had chosen it. Work with it, not against it. Make it your friend and ally, not your enemy. This will miraculously transform your life.”
life motto, via Eckhardt Tolle author of The Power of Now
Say what??? Murdered Woman Provoked her killer by... →
redforgender:
Any ideas for how CODE RED can raise money? We need full-time staff to cover all the sexist, anti-woman legal decisions and media reporting in the region. Director of Public Prosecutions in Barbados dropped a charge of murder to manslaughter because the murdered woman had refused sex and therefore “provoked” her killer.
Yes, you read that correctly.
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“No wonder we cannot appreciate the really central Kafka joke: that the horrific...”
– David Foster Wallace, Consider the Lobster: And Other Essays via septembrist. SELF: 2011 New Year’s Resolutions: Never forget the struggle. Never get too comfortable. Hustle like your life depended on it. Always cherish and enjoy the struggle. (via tobia)
Time is how you spend your love.
tobia:
—ZADIE SMITH
via dominickbrady.
2011
leh we go.
knots
when i gotta say something i dont wanna say, i feel so damn heavy, my stomach starts tying itself in knots, my thoughts echo in my head, and i try to change my mind. but its exactly that feeling that tells me i gotta get it out.
SEEING RED: Twice Beaten: Media Reporting as... →
redforgender:
Caribbean women don’t often make the news (Yup, that’s right. Don’t believe me? See the Jamaica Media Watch survey). When they do, however, there are presented in familiar and problematic ways: the poor single mother being one of the favoured archetypes.
On January 4, 2011 The Nation (a…
professionalism
continue to run away? i shirk those responsibilities..why a suit when i can do some skinnies and a tunic, leave my hair hanging with big earrings, smile wide while i tiptoe barefoot in the mud. i just want to eat some citrus fruit, travel, and have the summer sun warm my shoulders.
but it seems like professionalism is calling me, i think my real fear is that i might be good at it. but if...
home for 3 weeks...
and my friends wanna know how I live in LA and still stay so pale…dang.
one dude from the south said, don’t take this the wrong way, but I’m from the south, and girl you sure are yella.
lol, just cant ever win huh? but I do lack a tan no lie.
