MONOCHROME

(to the tune of “panda” by desiigner)

jus reign: polar bear polar bear polar bear desiigner: *rolls tongue like he does in the instrumental* jus reign: polar bears are dying desiigner:yeah! jus reign:the ice caps are melting desiigner: yeah! jus reign: humans are depleting all the natural resources

do u ever feel like you’ve accidentally tricked certain people into thinking you are smarter and have more potential than you actually do and do you ever think about how disappointed they’ll be when you inevitably crash and burn

Fun fact: Impostor Syndrome is ridiculously common among high-achievers, particularly women. If you identify with this post, odds are pretty good that you’re exactly as smart as people think you are, and the failure you’re afraid of isn’t inevitable at all.

Even Maya Angelou stated, “I have written 11 books, but each time I think, ‘Uh oh, they’re going to find out now. I’ve run a game on everybody, and they’re going to find me out.’”

and don’t forget this is one of the psychological barriers placed in by thousands years of patriarchy and male supremacy.

Signal boost. You’re doing great!

12 Types of Cats by artist Landysh for Shop.lingvistov.com

This is a great comeback for all of that “I don’t see race.” BS

I’m sure there were others before us. Like Persians, Babylonians, Chinese or the Arabic slave traders who enslaved you and everyone else first.

White people did not create the concept of race. I mean i wasn’t expecting a tumblr called “white tears” to have anything of value to say but this shit is getting old.

Yes TF ya’ll did. Other societies did have slaves before europeans and americans but all of the systems of slavery before the whites were based on things like nationality and socio-economic class. The whites were the ones who based their slave trade on the color of people’s skin. And they justified it through the creation of race entangled with white supremacist ideologies. Therefore it became “natural” for the whites to enslave People of Color because they created the idea that whites were “naturally” superior to us. There was entire fields of study created by the whites to invite race and justify white supremacy. Ever heard of anthropology?

These comments are a prime example of how history is taught to us to protect and reproduce white supremacist ideologies. So much so that people consistently deny FACTS in order to preserve their white supremacist circle jerk

^absolutely correct. Slavery was originally based on debt, crime and war. It was not always permanent or inherited. All available info available in a U.S. History textbook.

http://www.euroamerican.org/library/definitions_race.asp

 Race - Center for the Study of White American Culture

 The Origin of the Idea of Race - RACE - The Power of an Illusion - PBS

 Who Invented White People? - University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee

 How Racism Invented Race in America - The Atlantic

^^^^

“I’ve learned that it’s OK to be flawed, that life can be messy, that some days you glide and some days you fall, but most important, that there are no secret answers out there.”

Happy 44th birthday to the one and only Winona Ryder- one of the most magical, passionate, beautiful and inspirational humans to ever exist. She’s truly an angel. 

Happy birthday Winona!! (October 29, 1971)

“On our very first day at Harvard, a very wise professor quoted Aristotle: “The law is reason free from passion.” Well, no offence to Aristotle, but in my three years at Harvard I have come to find that passion is a key ingredient to the study and practice of law and of life. It is with passion, courage of conviction, and strong sense of self that we take our next steps into the world; remembering that first impressions are not always correct. You must always have faith in people; and most importantly, you must always have faith in yourself.”

How White People Sound When They “Disagree” With PoC About Racism Posted on

This morning on Twitter, Mia had a few words for white people who “disagree” with PoC about racism. It’s funny because it’s true.

(via: blackgirldangerous)

She whispers just to you

I’m deleting my blog

That’s enough tumblr for today

When I was younger, I wish someone had told me straight-up that not all adults experience “a calling”. That many of them never find particular purpose in a career. That sometimes, their job is just what pays the bills and they have to seek satisfaction and fulfillment elsewhere. 

Because as an adult, this pervasive notion that there exists a perfect path for everyone, that people should love what they do, and that work is meant to function as a vehicle for fulfilling a person’s grand life destiny is not only inaccurate for many of us, it can be toxic.

The ideal is so ingrained that I have to remind myself constantly I’m not a failure because I don’t adore my job, and because I’m not rocking the world with my work. That is okay. 

Sometimes, work is just work. There isn’t always a perfect career path, magically waiting to be discovered. There might not be this THING you were born to do. Sometimes, you discover that what you really want to be when you grow up is “paid”.

I say this all the time

Bill Murray (via oceanexplorer)

Pretty sure “money can’t buy happiness” is meant to actually mean “don’t neglect emotional health and caring for the people in your life in the pursuit of more wealth than you need”, but instead middle-class and rich people use it to tell poor people “don’t strive to have financial security even though I have it”.

I want to give this post a hug

🐝Post-It-Love-Note covered in bees edition🐝

exist–strategy

Franchesca “Chescaleigh” Ramsey 

This is an especially compassionate response to people who think the notion of “privilege” is somehow meant to make them feel bad.

(via chescaleigh)