nothatsstupid:

“One male poet approached me after a performance and said, “I don’t mean to be rude, but do you ever write about anything other than the struggles of women?” I replied, “I don’t mean to be rude, but take your finger off the trigger and I’ll stop.” After all, who among us ever wanted to speak about these things? What little girl dreams of growing up to write ‘rape poems?’ About violence? About the muffled voices of women worldwide?” -Andrea Gibson

No one ever asks men why they write books, movies, games, TV shows, laws, text books, entire genres of media (games) without any female input or any females at all. It’s only a problem when women do it. 

Change the culture

(Source: talkaboutourbigplans)

aberrantbeauty:

Fredrik Ödman

hiphopfightsback:

“Art as commerce doesn’t really make too much sense, they don’t go together…I don’t feel comfortable making empty music.”

- Talib Kweli

taktophoto:

Then and Now Photos of Abandoned Detroit School

muchadoeaboutnothing:

essenceevolution:

The Akan proverb states “Se wo were fi na wosan kofa a, yenkyi” or “There is nothing wrong with learning from hindsight.” The term sankofa comes from the words “san” (return), “ko” (go), and “fa” (look, seek, and take).

Literally translated it means “it is not taboo to go back and fetch what you forgot”/”There is nothing wrong with learning from hindsight.” 

“Sankofa” teaches us that we must go back to our roots in order to move forward. That is, we should reach back and gather the best of what our past has to teach us, so that we can achieve our full potential as we move forward. Whatever we have lost, forgotten, forgone or been stripped of, can be reclaimed, revived, preserved and perpetuated.

Visually and symbolically “Sankofa” is expressed as a mythic bird that flies forward while looking backward with an egg (symbolizing the future) in its mouth.

“every book in here i wrote— some i’m not too proud of, some i wish i could burn” 

dust x frankie o.

learning how not to regret some of these books

(Source: belovelyessence)

#cre3solparty #weaintdead #swag Hit us up for the address

thetrueandlivin:

Next Week #Dec27 #TrueAndLivin is hosting an open house at @TheLandOfKush from 3-6pm #Baltimore

Come if:

You’re a young person interested in being apart of this exciting program

You’re a business owner interested in supporting such a thing

You’re a community artist interested in volunteering or becoming a member

You’re a random person who just likes to be in the midst of coolness

All are welcome! Stop by, listen to music, get some food, learn some things, hear some things, watch some things.

See you then :)

#trueandliving #openhouse #supporttheyouth

zazazane:

“Herbal Intoxication” album cover (for Scratch Musik) 

by Mensah Bey

Portrait of Yours Truly