The Realist Idealist

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So this is a call for each of you to remember herself and himself, to reach for new definitions of that self, and to live intensely. To not settle for the safety of pretended sameness and the false security that sameness seems to offer. To feel the consequences of who you wish to be, lest you bring nothing of lasting worth because you have withheld some piece of the essential, which is you.

— Audre Lorde (via blacqueerwomyn)

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5boroschic:

This shit says ”ROLL MODELS” *****BLANKSTARE******
Can I honestly be mad though? ( With the exception of Khandi )
I don’t really even know what to say to this , other then its really real out here.
The Representation of Latina and Black women on television is at an all time LOW.
As much as I think of the Young Girls that watch these shows I think of the OLDER WOMEN that look at these chics as “ROLE MODELS”……
*SIDE NOTE* I did not read the article this was based off the cover alone
#JUSTMYTHOUGHTS

They were speaking of Star Jones and the petition, and overall backlash of being blamed.

Ratchet

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kwisdom82:

How the hell did Lisa Nicole Carson and that rack fall off the planet?!?

http://www.clutchmagonline.com/2009/08/what-happened-to-lisa-nicole-carson/

Been searching for a link from her Wendy Williams radio interview in during the melee. She was still managing her illness but her fatal mistake was going on Wendy radio show. She talked how two close girlfriends would in private, spilling her business talking about going to the Bronx for her weed, which Wendy new the spot. I’ll never forget that day, driving on the FDR I had to get off because I knew she was done. They made fun of her and had all the sound effects in the back making fun of her career being over while she was still talking. I could and never would respect Wendy after that day. That was my girl, I still pray for her to this day.

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kwisdom82:

How the hell did Lisa Nicole Carson and that rack fall off the planet?!?

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Paige Clay, 23 year old transgender woman found murdered in Chicago

ashesforjustice:

“She grew into a beautiful, beautiful young woman,” Ross said. “I was so devastated by this [ loss ] .”

Please read this article, let’s organize. I’m not in Chicago, but this information is circulating online:

Rally for Paige Clay

May 1, 2012

6:30 pm to 9:00 pm

TaskForce: 9 North Cicero, Chicago, IL 60644

This is to help with any information you have on the murder/homicide of Paige, also this is a chance for us as community to come together so another one of ours just won’ t be swept under the rug …. For more info contact Brian @ TaskForce 773-473-4100

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kis307065:

Who said BLACK isn’t beautiful?
Halle Berry and Beyonce Knowles are the only two African-American women to have EVER grace ‘People Magazine’s Most Beautiful’ covers out of 22 issues! There are many beautiful black women out there; Michelle Obama, Rihanna, Kerry Washington, Paula Patton, Zoe Saldana, and many more!
Let’s acknowledge that BLACK IS BEAUTIFUL AND ALWAYS HAS BEEN ❤

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thatnigerianchick:

Yaya DaCosta from Top Model rocking a blowout
-Team Natural

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theafricatheynevershowyou:

Nobel Peace Prize Goes to Trio of Liberian, Yemeni Women

The 2011 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Liberian peace activist Leymah Gbowee and Yemeni women’s rights advocate Tawakkul Karman.The Norwegian Nobel Committee made the announcement Friday in Oslo, saying the three women will split the coveted award for “their nonviolent struggle for the safety of women and for women’s rights.”Committee Chairman Thorbjoern Jagland praised the work of the three recipients, saying that “we cannot achieve lasting peace in the world unless women obtain the same opportunities as men.”Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, 72, became Africa’s first democratically elected female president in 2005. The Nobel Committee praised the Liberian leader for her efforts to secure peace, promote economic and social development and strengthen the position of women.
In an exclusive VOA interview with James Butty, Sirleaf said she is humbled by the award. She said it is an award for all the Liberian people, given what they’ve gone through - 13 years of civil war, the peace process, and democratic elections.The Liberian leader, in a close re-election campaign leading up to Tuesday’s voting, said the Nobel is recognition of “many years of struggle for justice, peace and promotion of development” in her country. She said “credit goes to the Liberian people.”Thirty-nine year-old Leymah Gbowee, also from Liberia, helped to end her country’s civil war by encouraging Christian and Muslim women to participate in a series of sit-ins and non-violent demonstrations. In 2002, Gbowee mobilized Liberian women to participate in a “sex strike” until the violence ended. She said the award is “a Nobel for African women,” adding that there is “no way that anyone can minimize our role anymore.”
Meanwhile, 32-year-old activist and journalist Tawakkul Karman was praised for playing a “leading part in the struggle for women’s rights and for democracy and peace” in Yemen. A leading “Arab Spring” activist in her country, Karman told reporters after winning the prize that she dedicated it to the “youth of the revolution in Yemen,” saying it was a victory in her country’s uprising against President Ali Abdullah Saleh. The committee said it hopes the prize will help bring an end to the “suppression of women that still occurs in many countries.”The three women will share an award of nearly $1.5 million, which they will receive at a ceremony in Oslo on December 10.Last year, the Nobel committee awarded the peace prize to imprisoned Chinese dissident writer and activist Liu Xiaobo, angering the Chinese government. Liu is serving an 11-year prison sentence for what China says is “subverting state power.”Past winners include U.S. President Barack Obama in 2009, former Vice President Al Gore in 2007 and former President Jimmy Carter in 2002. The 2001 prize was split between the United Nations and then Secretary-General Kofi Annan.The prize was created by Swedish scientist and industrialist Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite.

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