a fair representation of the entire contents of my 11-year-old self’s mind.
(Source: smearsandsouvenirs, via unicornology)
I feel a rumblr in my tummy.
Meebobebo.
narindaism: I am reclaimingthe privilegeof being radicalfrom the privileged. I...
I am reclaiming
the privilege
of being radical
from the privileged.I will stop worrying
that I am
too poor or
too brown
to change this systemor,
more accurately:I will not let my worry
that I am
too poor and
too brown
to change this systemstop me from trying.
I will cut a path
beyond the lines
of nine-to-five
employment,beyond the lines
of drunken
materialism,beyond the lines
of the usual
ways and means
people make a livingalways with the
awareness that the
circumstances which
allow me to chase this
are specific to mealways with the hope
that this will make it
mentally easier
for those who may also
wish to make
that leapthat we might carve
out our own
working world.I am reclaiming
the privilege
of being radical
from the privileged.
reason #1 to stop neglecting my tumblr. narinda words.
“Texas’ new ID law permits voters to use concealed-handgun licenses as proof of identity, but not state university IDs.”
—
Mother Jones, July/August 2012 (via orifuckingcupcakes)
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+Reblog if you know an Asian guy named Kevin.
I know like 2 or something
I heard my name?
i know like 5 lol
like, 12.
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packing list for my 6-day solo vacay
- the sfpl’s best musical offerings, including etta james christmas tunes, charlotte gainsbourg’s irm, mary j blige, the latest norah jones, a ruth reichl audiobook
- i don’t know how many bottles of wine
- bottle opener
- box of books. 7 packed so far, not including the guidebooks
all i’ve got so far. what else do people bring on these sorts of things?
Kindness by Naomi Shihab Nye
Before you know what kindness really is
you must lose things,
feel the future dissolve in a moment
like salt in a weakened broth.
What you held in your hand,
what you counted and carefully saved,
all this must go so you know
how desolate the landscape can be
between the regions of kindness.
How you ride and ride
thinking the bus will never stop,
the passengers eating maize and chicken
will stare out the window forever.
Before you learn the tender gravity of kindness,
you must travel where the Indian in a white poncho
lies dead by the side of the road.
You must see how this could be you,
how he too was someone
who journeyed through the night with plans
and the simple breath that kept him alive.
Before you know kindness as the deepest thing inside,
you must know sorrow as the other deepest thing.
You must wake up with sorrow.
You must speak to it till your voice
catches the thread of all sorrows
and you see the size of the cloth.
Then it is only kindness that makes sense anymore,
only kindness that ties your shoes
and sends you out into the day to mail letters and purchase bread,
only kindness that raises its head
from the crowd of the world to say
It is I you have been looking for,
and goes with you everywhere
like a shadow or a friend.
things spotify has:
the entire contents of my barely adolescent self’s music collection, and then most of the contents of my pop-music obsessed high school self. (as if i’ve given up pop music since.) 90s mariah. fiona apple, natalie merchant’s “ophelia.” the cardigans, s club 7. jojo!
the soundtrack to baz lurhmann’s version of romeo + juliet. i can remember nearly melting into the carpet watching that movie during a middle school slumber party.
the soundtrack to the one and only bollywood movie i’ve ever seen in a theater: kal ho naa ho.
more boyz ii men than i knew actually existed.
things spotify doesn’t have:
my new favorite peter, paul and mary song, “jane jane.” (thank you, pbs special for introducing me to this one.)
tracy chapman’s album “new beginning”?? the black keys’ “rubber factory.”
prince - the most beautiful girl in the world. a travesty, honestly.
de la soul - talkin bout hey love. c’mon guys.
Black Widow Sonya Thomas Eats 183 Chicken Wings, Sets World Record in New York Eating Contest
The Black Widow of eating contests has scarfed down 183 chicken wings in 12 minutes to break her own world record set last year in Buffalo, N.Y.
Sonya Thomas took home first place Sunday at the tenth annual National Buffalo Wings Festival. She beat eating marvel Joey “Jaws” Chestnut, who came in second with 174 wings.
wiki says that thomas used to work as a typist back in korea. and now she’s a competitive eating world champion. life journeys.
also, however, i’m not a fan of her nickname. isn’t that asian am female pool star also called the black widow?
The Agony in the Kindergarten (1950), which he dedicated to Reich, is filled with drawings of children and accompanying statements like “I need that kid like I need a hole in the head,” and “Stop asking so many questions.”
william steig, guys. from the paris review.
i’ve been preoccupied with the mind-numbing frustrations of child-rearing lately. i think it is a reaction to the frothy baby love all around me. (edited to add: which i often partake in.)
The Hammock by Li-Young Lee
When I lay my head in my mother’s lap
I think how day hides the stars,
the way I lay hidden once, waiting
inside my mother’s singing to herself. And I remember
how she carried me on her back
between home and the kindergarten,
once each morning and once each afternoon.
I don’t know what my mother’s thinking.
When my son lays his head in my lap, I wonder:
Do his father’s kisses keep his father’s worries
from becoming his? I think, Dear God, and remember
there are stars we haven’t heard from yet:
They have so far to arrive. Amen,
I think, and I feel almost comforted.
I’ve no idea what my child is thinking.
Between two unknowns, I live my life.
Between my mother’s hopes, older than I am
by coming before me, and my child’s wishes, older than I am
by outliving me. And what’s it like?
Is it a door, and good-bye on either side?
A window, and eternity on either side?
Yes, and a little singing between two great rests.
The American Prospect: The Wrath of Women in Wisconsin
Pema Levy spoke with EMILY’s List president Stephanie Schriock to get the inside scoop on the role of women in today’s recall elections. An excerpt:
How did we end up in a situation in which five of six candidates in Wisconsin are women?
The fact that five of six are Democratic women, we haven’t seen that in, well, have we ever seen that? I mean, women are only 17 percent of Congress right now. This is huge.
What I think we’re already seeing this year in 2011, and we’re going to see a lot more of in 2012, is that the entire debate going on in Congress, in state legislatures, and all around the country is really being driven by Republicans’ war on women. Republicans want to dismantle our education system, tear apart our health-care system, change Medicare, knock out Social Security, and, of course, defund Planned Parenthood. They are attacking programs that have been set up to ensure the economic security and provide opportunities for women and children in this country. Women are just fed up. Enough’s enough.
