"This is what you bring me America? I ask for world peace, and you give me toddlers with no hope??"
(Other small child) "damnit Margot youre making us look bad."
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On this day we honor thousands of our unknown maternal ancestors, who were the true mothers of the nation.
“You were afraid to nurse your young
lest fallen breast offend your master’s sight
and he should flee to firmer loveliness.
And so you passed them, your children, on to me.
Flesh that was your flesh and blood that was your blood
drank the sustenance of life from me.
And as I gave suckle I knew I nursed my own child’s enemy.
I could have lied,
told you your child was fed till it was dead of hunger.
But I could not find the heart to kill orphaned innocence.
For as it fed, it smiled and burped and gurgled with content
and as for color knew no difference.
Yes, in that first while
I kept your sons and daughters alive.
But when they grew strong in blood and bone
that was of my milk
you
taught them to hate me.
Put your decay in their hearts and upon their lips
so that strength that was of myself
turned and spat upon me,
despoiled my daughters, and killed my sons.
You know I speak true.“
(Beah Richards, excerpt from “A Black Woman Speaks of White Womanhood”)
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Holy shit
Brace yourselves. The #BieberRoast is coming, tonight at 10/9c.
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BREAKING: Trevor Noah is your new ‘Daily Show’ host
Trevor Noah isn’t the biggest name in comedy — but he’s about to become the most talked about comedian in the country. Noah, a 31-year old comedian from South Africa, is the new host of The Daily Show. Here’s what Jon Stewart had to say about the selection.
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Zarathustra the cat with his life size portrait by Claude Monet.
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The real difficulty is to overcome how you think about yourself.
Maya Angelou (via mercurieux)
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