October 2010
“Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson (via quote-book)
You are strong.
dailypeptalk:
Pep Talk: Keep marching, my brave little soldier. What’s been said is past. What’s been done is over. Now is new and, in this moment, you’re a fucking warrior.
Today remind yourself: I am strong.
“Ashamed and bemused by our own fragility, we consistently underestimate how...”
– Alain de Botton via Twitter, re-tweeted by over 100 people. (Source) (via scottbridges) (via fuckyeahalaindebotton)
“The point isn’t to achieve everything, simply to honour what one suspects one is...”
– Alain de Botton (via digital-diva) (via fuckyeahalaindebotton)
-truthtopower-: 5 white people you'll meet before... →
thedancingflame:
PREACH! I’ve met all of these kinds of folks.
-truthtopower:
The “I’ve Never Dated A Man Who Wasn’t Black” Girl
There’s no way you haven’t met this girl. The INDAMWWBG has managed to avoid dating white men her entire life and looks disgusted whenever anyone asks her why. In fact, the only time you see INDAMWWBG with another white person is when her own family comes...
“Always recognize that human individuals are ends, and do not use them as means...”
– Immanuel Kant (via socialisimo)
“Stop caring what other people think. How? Understand that this is your life, not...”
– Stephanie Klein (via kari-shma)
As American as Appropriation
mycultureisnotatrend:
…aaand American Apparel jumps on the racist bandwagon with its own interpretation of the Hipster Headdress — a sacred array of $14 twist scarves? Oh, look, you can even take fifteen dollars off the entire costume if you enter the code “NativeAmerican15” upon payment.
Anticipating the reaction, they shoot the “token” w.o.c for this outfit. Right.
If you need a Religious scholar to tell you how to...
“GUYS: If she’s amazing she won’t be easy, if she’s easy she won’t be amazing.”
– - J.Bryant (via courtneytothemax)
the FUCK does this even mean? go piss on yourself, J. Bryant. I know a hella-lot of prudes who are incredibly boring, & have met a hearty amount of women I’m sure you’d consider “easy” who were incredible. A woman’s sexual activity does not determine her level...
when you're foolishly being competitive you have...
Daily Pep Talk From A Best Friend: You will have... →
dailypeptalk:
Pep Talk: I know it seems like you have to make the right decision for the rest of your life right now or else, but that’s not totally true. Make the best, most informed choice you can now and, when that choice stops working for you, make another choice. As long as you stay in the moment, when…
