Black Culture

i know my heart belongs to at least one person. my license says organ donor

Columbia is unhousing students of color after suspending them:

do you wanna play outside after work? we could commit arson and look at the moon. Lmk

you're smart enough to know the difference between resting and rotting. you'll be happier when you choose to spend your time off restoring your energy and preparing for the next busy day instead of oversleeping and mindlessly consuming content.

you can reinvent yourself as often and as much as you want. you don’t have to stay stagnant to make other people comfortable.

Guide Me Home by  Mason Archie

in recognition of World Down Syndrome Day on March 21

Transcription:

"Hey bartender... you assume that I cannot drink a Margarita. So you don't serve me a Margarita. So i don't drink a Margarita. Your assumption becomes reality. And parents... you assume that I cannot live on my own. So you don't encourage me to live on my own. So I don't live on my own. Coach.. you assume that I cannot hit harder. So you don't train me to hit harder. So I don't hit harder. And teacher.. you assume that I cannot learn Shakespeare. So you don't teach me Shakespeare (Teacher: Old Macdonald had a farm...) So I don't learn Shakespeare (actor: Ee i ee i o).

But hey! If all your assumptions become reality... then assume that I can drink a Margarita. So you serve me a Margarita. So I drink a Margarita. Assume that I can live on my own. So I live on my own. Assume that I can hit harder. So I hit harder. Assume that I can learn Shakespeare. So (actor: What fools these mortals be!) I learn fucking Shakespeare. You assumed I couldn't swear, right?

Assume that I can do that job. That I can go to parties. That I can have sex. That I can be on stage. Assume that I can. So maybe I will."

Coordown for World Down Syndrome Day, tiktok handle @coordown, organisation https://www.coordown.it/en/home/.

There is still hope. Say it out loud. Palestine will be free. The Palestinian people will celebrate their culture and heritage with each other. We will love and be loved. Do not fall into the trap of despair.

We hurt our own feelings by thinking we mean more to people than we really do.

Talking highly of myself is part of my healing journey.

sometimes I have brief moments of clarity like oh yes. love and joy should be guiding me and it will all work out. documenting so i remember to express this