Wow! The love pouring of support! Thank you all for sharing in my pain about this (my hair having been groped and prodded without permission last night). I was able to let it go over night as I slept. My mother came to me in my dream and washed my hair. It wasn’t loc’ed-it was Afro-textured. She combed and greased my scalp like old times. She let me know first hand that she got my crown. ❤ to you all
-Gracie
The moment when someone grabs a handful of your hair and tries to be sexy about it. Mean while you are enraged-two seconds from punching them in the face, but instead you hurry home to smoke some sage in it and scrub it with your favorite shampoo. Ugh! Consent is for hair too! Irked in so many ways right now. #boundaries #respect #proximitymeanssomething #blackhair #stopfetishizingmyhair #fuck-Gracie
With members of my African dance company after 3 hours of rehearsal tonight!
“It reminds you of something a rifle once said, Click! Click! Click! I am empty. Like a freshly minted casket. Empty. Like the gun holster of a dead soldier. You’re empty like his eyes. You with the empty scotch glasses-full astray for a therapist. You must have felt it.”-Versiz
I got to perform on the same stage as him in flint Michigan circa 2006. He was my favorite. Dynamic and alive! -Gracie
I can identify with about 70 % of the physical signs and symptoms of the ‘wrong’ partner given past relationships (informative article). Yet, I don’t like how the title implies gender neutrality, yet is written in heterosexual voice. Also using the phrase ‘wrong’ to describe relationships that didn’t last. I believe that all relationships serve many purposes. An intimate relationship not lasting doesn’t mean that the relationship was ‘wrong’ or failed. In most cases relationships simply run there course. I wish there was space held for these types of unions. Because contrary to western beliefs exes can actually befriend and love each other for a life time after splitting up.-Gracie
Read more here: http://madamenoire.com/329398/14-ways-body-tells-youre-wrong-partner/5/
An ice-cold whisky dispenser, sometimes found in offices. (1950s)
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Young boy attending Martin Luther King Jr’s “I Have a Dream” speech, 28th Aug 1963.
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Heavy belly. Titties, a dangling pouch of nerve’s. Tiny bowling balls stuck to the sides of neurotransmitters inside my skull. My body is weak after a long week and my mood is irritable like bowels after red lentils. Clouds looming over sunshine. Face-frowned in a grumpy squeeze. Orange moon lined with red river is coming through. Ugh. Ps: And I get to eat delicious soul food this morning with my family, not too bad. -Gracie
Queer spaces and safe places. Thankful to this resource guide!
http://marchoftigers.tumblr.com/post/73655047851/qpoc-domestic-violence-resources-and-literature
Brianna “Breezy” Golden-Farr and Elizabeth Howard are spearheading an unprecedented project that addresses the absence of emergency shelter housing for transgender women in Oakland. Called Queens Cottage Shelter, or QCS, the housing initiative, while still in its beginning stages, is quickly establishing a foundation that the project’s team, supporters, and community are hopeful about. Donate donate please.
http://ebar.com/news/article.php?sec=news&article=69724
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