Traveling Barefeet

am i more than a COLOR?: Leonard Pitts Jr.: light skin vs. dark skin

Sat, 02 Jun 2012 13:35:03 -0400

am i more than a COLOR?: Leonard Pitts Jr.: light skin vs. dark skin:

…..children are not idiots. They hear us and see us. They watch television, they listen to radio, they read magazines, they live in our world. So very early on, they know what we think. And often enough, it becomes what they think, too.

……A few months ago, a white teacher brought a black girl…

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Tue, 29 May 2012 18:22:50 -0400

Time to whip this blog into shape. lol seriously I do so much more than take photos of myself in the...

Tue, 29 May 2012 11:29:14 -0400

Time to whip this blog into shape. lol seriously I do so much more than take photos of myself in the car. I use to blog more then I got a job. :-( ok so yeah, first order of business, summer concert series. Then a head wrap tutorial, Yay!

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Tue, 29 May 2012 00:11:07 -0400

"But I’m not gonna sit around and waste my precious divine energy, trying to explain and be ashamed..."

Mon, 28 May 2012 19:14:49 -0400

“But I’m not gonna sit around and waste my precious divine energy, trying to explain and be ashamed of things you think are wrong with me.”

- Esperanza Spalding (via spit-dirty)

roleplayingfaces: Kristina B.

Mon, 28 May 2012 18:40:27 -0400

roleplayingfaces:

Kristina B.

"I want people to understand that my goal to improve the self-love of young African-American women..."

Mon, 28 May 2012 18:26:11 -0400

“I want people to understand that my goal to improve the self-love of young African-American women should never be confused with advocating racial supremacy. There are a lot of young black girls who I meet in my travels who don’t have a lot of self-esteem. So if I communicate to them that they’re beautiful, no white person should find fault in that. It doesn’t mean that young white girls aren’t beautiful, because they are just as beautiful.”

- Lauryn Hill (via blackfashion)

Smiles.

Thu, 24 May 2012 19:31:10 -0400

Smiles.

mynaturalsistas: For all My Natural Sistas, Be proud to say,...

Sun, 20 May 2012 14:40:57 -0400

mynaturalsistas:

For all My Natural Sistas,

Be proud to say, IT’S ALL YOURS!!!!

Joins us @ https://www.facebook.com/MyNaturalSistas

Natural hair meet up day!

Sun, 20 May 2012 12:45:04 -0400

Natural hair meet up day!

jesstizzle: Oakwood + Natural Hair=Full of win

Wed, 16 May 2012 12:28:17 -0400

jesstizzle:

Oakwood + Natural Hair=Full of win

carmendesmarrvallade: bee-loo-tiful!

Tue, 15 May 2012 12:40:25 -0400

carmendesmarrvallade:

bee-loo-tiful!

Ahhh yes my girl!

Mon, 14 May 2012 21:42:10 -0400

Ahhh yes my girl!

theskyinfront: Reminder. i wasn’t meant for a cube, for a 9-5...

Mon, 14 May 2012 21:38:54 -0400

theskyinfront:

Reminder.

i wasn’t meant for a cube, for a 9-5 and a “routine” life. and neither were you. you, beautiful, were put here to be magnificent. and yet they cage your spirit with empty promises of wealth and comfort. they bait your dreams with money, constantly making you teeter between being happy doing what you love to do and unhappy with what you need to do. i am here to tell you that you don’t owe anyone anything. you slave away and weaken your body for someone elses goal instead of taking time off for self reflection and your own desires. you let money seize your brain and take hold of everything; all for 40 hours in a miserable, claustrophobic office that you won’t even remember when you re-count your blessings. but i understand that this is what it is. in this one-sided life, money and fruitless jobs are labeled priorities. i understand that you are slaving, unhappy now, to afford your dreams later….but what if there is no later? what if there is only now? if anything, at the end of the day, make sure you let the grass caress you, the sun intimately kiss your skin and the clouds part above you. count those stars and smile at the moon. B r e a t h e.

This may be the only freedom you get for years to come.

The Real Men

Mon, 14 May 2012 00:25:27 -0400

corycopeland:

We are the real men. We are the men you’re looking for.

Much like The Good Guys, we are the kind of men who will ask a woman to be our girlfriend when that time comes, unafraid of commitment. We are the men who drop to one knee and …

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If you don’t mind compiling a list of these men with their locations and contact info, I would be ever grateful. #willingtotravel

Always.Naturally.Glowing: belovelyessence: “You shouldn’t have a guard. You should have a...

Mon, 14 May 2012 00:17:40 -0400

Always.Naturally.Glowing: belovelyessence: “You shouldn’t have a guard. You should have a...:

belovelyessence:

“You shouldn’t have a guard. You should have a filter. There’s a huge difference, and I promise, it’s a much better way to live. A guard is a fear-based defense mechanism that you put up and take down over and over again to protect yourself from your own vulnerability in…

Yes I'm a Christian. Yes I can be the biggest hypocrite ever. I backslide. I stumble. I fall. I stray onto the wrong path. But God is working in me. I may be a mess, but I'm His mess. And He is slowly straightening me out. And the day will come when I will be by His side, His work in me completed. And until that day I will take His hand, and let Him do in me whatever needs to be done, no matter how painful it will be for me. When He is finished, it will all be worth it.

Sat, 12 May 2012 00:13:05 -0400

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Wed, 09 May 2012 18:07:25 -0400

Salsa Thursday’s are back!

Thu, 03 May 2012 21:54:13 -0400

Salsa Thursday’s are back!

"They take pictures of the mountain climbers at the top of the mountain. They are smiling, ecstatic,..."

Wed, 02 May 2012 23:24:52 -0400

“They take pictures of the mountain climbers at the top of the mountain. They are smiling, ecstatic, triumphant. They don’t take pictures along the way cause who wants to remember the rest of it? We push ourselves because we have to not because we like it. The relentless climb, the pain and anguish of taking it to the next level – nobody takes pictures of that, nobody wants to remember, we just want to remember the view from the top, the breathtaking moment at the edge of the world. That’s what keeps us climbing and it’s worth the pain, that’s the crazy part. It’s worth anything.”

- Meredith Grey - ‘Push’ (via greys-anatomy-quotes)