silk dreams & satin thoughts
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“Millions long for immortality who don’t know what to do with themselves on a rainy Sunday afternoon.” -
“Her beauty cannot be measured with standards of a colonized mind.” —Michelle NdegeOcello (via theuncolonizedmind)
I think about this quote everyday. How so many women, especially dark skin are so beautiful but they will never know. Because they dont fit the eurocentric standard they will never know how beautiful they are.
(via inthenameofyeezusipray)
(via str8nochaser)
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“There are books of the same chemical composition as dynamite. The only difference is that a piece of dynamite explodes once, whereas a book explodes a thousand times.” —From A Soviet Heretic: Essays by Yevgeny Zamyatin. Pair with Carl Sagan on books.
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“You may not agree with a woman, but to criticize her appearance — as opposed to her ideas or actions — isn’t doing anyone any favors, least of all you. Insulting a woman’s looks when they have nothing to do with the issue at hand implies a lack of comprehension on your part, an inability to engage in high-level thinking. You may think she’s ugly, but everyone else thinks you’re an idiot.” -
“ Somehow, we have popularized the notion that being offended by a joke is wrong, that it’s your own fault for feeling that way and that feeling offended is your personal choice. If you say or even imply that something has offended you, you’ll likely hear something along the lines of ‘learn to take a joke.’ or ‘Get a sense of humor!’ Both of these phrases are dismissive, suggesting that you’re wrong to think critically about comedy and feeling offended is an invalid reaction.
What this attitude ignores is the underlying reason behind peoples’ reactions. Why were you offended by that? What about that joke made you feel uncomfortable? Sometimes people may be ‘overreacting’ to things that would not cause real harm, but in many cases, especially when the joke is racist, sexist, homophobic, or otherwise targets a marginalized group, there’s a good reason for people to be offended. These jokes, whether they’re intended to be harmful or not, have the effect of normalizing and reinforcing bigotry, prejudices, and stereotypes. What’s worse is that these jokes often feel like a direct assault to the people who are being used as the punchline, like the way rape jokes often trivialize the experiences of victims and make rape out to be a crazy happenstance instead of an atrocity. So, next time you feel like someone isn’t justified for being offended, try to find out why they felt offended in the first place. You might find that what sounded hilarious to you felt more like a punch in the gut to someone else, and it’s hard to laugh when you’ve just had the wind knocked out of you.
”— Lectures on Sociology Series, 2/24/13 (via shiracirca)(via str8nochaser)
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“A great book should leave you with many experiences, and slightly exhausted at the end. You live several lives while reading.” — William Styron (via explore-blog) -
(via the-terrific-kid)
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In this wide-angle mosaic, known as a “little planet” projection, the full Moon — along with Jupiter, right — is shown over lake Storsjön near Östersund, Sweden. (Photo: Goran Strand via NASA APOD)
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you should move on
your heart is playing musical statues
waiting for the song to come back on
but everyone has left the party
and even the sun has turned its back on you.
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“Coming back is the thing that enables you to see how all the dots in your life are connected, how one decision leads you to another, how one twist of fate, good or bad, brings you to a door that later takes you to another door, which aided by several detours — long hallways and unforeseen stairwells — eventually puts you in the place you are now.”
