Um…Donald Sterling Forgiving Himself is a Better Alternative

By the standards set-forth from my non-churchgoing, bible thumping ass, and as a woman of color directly affected by Donald Sterling’s racist rant I will only fathom the concept of holding space and compassion for him when he forgives himself which is an internal process beyond the confines of this earth. Creates an accountability all it’s own-on the grounds of ones own responsibility of forgiveness instead of suckling from the heart valves of innately forgiving and loving human beings. His ability to forgive a mind-clouded with hatred, his inherited use of hate speech, hate speech that caused harm to other living beings. Honestly, to me the moment ‘free speech’ becomes ‘hate speech’ it is no longer free. Such speech has the potential to cause imminent danger, enslaving those affected by it, and there is no forgiveness in that. -Gracie

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Massa Donald Sterling is in the Building

vomit video here: http://thegrio.com/2014/06/02/donald-sterling-black-church/

 

 

Imani Edu-tainers Traditional African Dance 730pm on 6/7/14 @ The Ware Center Lancaster Pa

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Imani Edu-tainers Traditional African Dance 730pm on 6/7/14 @ The Ware Center Lancaster Pa

Hey everyone! It’s here again. the annual Imani African Dance Recital. This is a Family event. All ages can go and all ages will enjoy it. Educational and Entertaining, you will not be disappointed.
Ticket purchase:
here-https://www.vendini.com/ticket-software.html?t=tix&e=bcaff5ecf35373c1fc4ee1b784b81d53

or here-http://www.millersville.edu/muarts/upcoming-events.php
or
At the Millersville ware center, downtown
42 north prince street
you may use your Millersville I.D. for a discount

Bring your entire family. Hope to see you there ❤

More about the event-https://www.facebook.com/events/876825235676936/879377385421721/?notif_t=like

Selfies Gone Too Far: Kara Walkers Mamie Sphinx Art Installation in Brooklyn

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Selfies Gone Too Far: Kara Walkers Mamie Sphinx Art Installation in Brooklyn

To any white person reading this I have such a strong interest in checking folks that are willfully ignorant. I will not blame myself for what is blatant racism enacted against me and other people of color in these photos. I am not concerned with ‘not blaming all white people’ as if people of color have no discernment of such things. In the liberated words of Nayyirah Washed-most white people can’t handle the truth of racism. The pains of having the truth of racism confront them directly, is shattering to the safety of their beliefs, and instead of grappling with this; they give it to us to do for them. And frankly if our comments on the subject fucked you up-it’s yours to deal with, absolutely, unequivocally not our concern. Tyrone and those alike on this post sounding like the unmitigated ignorance of Donald Sterling, know that, yes Kara Walker’s Mamie Sphinx installation is certainly about honoring black female bodies and clarifying the grossly misinterpreted history attached to them. Hell, proximity meant nothing when slave owners raped both female and male bodies to exercise their dominance, brutality and privilege over our bodies. There is nothing ‘funny’ about misguided ‘white hipsters’ and people of color taking insulting selfies in front of a deeply moving and historical artwork. I had a conversation about this with a friend of color that lives and BK before the installation went up, and they share a similar opinions on how the intentions of those in the community, despite the artists intention can be mostly damaged by the community that surrounds it. It makes me sick to see these images. I think that Kara Walker should allow the world to see how these folks treat history in regard to dark flesh by plastering their images all over the walls of the exhibit. Really draw on awareness from this buffoonery. -Gracie

Read full article: http://news.artnet.com/art-world/kara-walkers-sugar-sphinx-spawns-offensive-instagram-photos-29989#.U4pd4zub–p.facebook

Vagina on the Loose! Pussy Riot Poem by Lil Ole Me

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Vagina on the Loose!

Lets have a pussy riot, pussy! pussy! pussy! Lets reclaim our pussy’s power follow me! Squat like a frog with legs wide open and repeat after me, ‘our smells are gorgeous’! Our pussy’s are not supposed to smell like flowers or some cheap smelling fragrance gift basket that makes you smile-good. Truth is mine has never and will never smell like that! In fact more like yams, fuzzy with sprouts, sweat dripped, strong like an ox I carry my pussy on my back! Lets crouch in earnest for pussy’s that bleed every month. Heavy belly. Titties, a dangling, tender pouch of nerve’s. Tiny bowling balls stuck to the sides of neurotransmitters inside our skulls. Our bodies feel weak after long weeks and our moods stank and irritable and loose like bowels after red lentils. Clouds looming over sunshine. Face-frowned in a grumpy squeeze. Orange Moon Lined with Red River is near-is here. And on the topic this bloodied, trailing along the way, WHAT DO MEN EXPECT unfertilized, secreted ovum, filtered in darkness to smell LIKE? Frankly, SMELLS more like burned FISH FLESH with no air filter fresh. And menstruation has and agenda all its own, diarrhea, cramps, heavy soaking through every and anything-even on your best sheets or white pants. And men stop with your squeamish, dirty, slut shaming rhetoric when you see blood on the backs of our pants, on the sheets, on towels-get us new ones, or if in public whisper it politely in our ears letting us know-cause they say sharing is caring (we bleed-its natural). And women we MUST NEVER be ashamed of what abysmal anatomy is functioning from between our hips!

Say NO to these systems, auctioning for ownership over our pussy’s, and say YES to remembering the harshness and shame attached to them. Forgive those memories. Nurture your pussy’s back to health. Feel her pulse beating strong. Be gentle with yourself. Place one finger inside, now remove outside, draw in close to your nose, sense, sniff, embrace, taste, tangy, sweet, own it-it is yours! Lets riot in honor of all pussy’s; those assigned at birth, those unassigned, and those ambiguously assigned. And know this- we all possess the same power! And when he shouts obscenity’s like, ‘phuck yall pussys’, or ‘that teams a bunch of pussies’ to his phallic counter parts, remind him that the pussy’s he speaks so harshly against birthed his stank ass! Demand respect for your pussy’s! No matter if you wear tight skirts or no skirts at all, phuck lots of people or none at all, don’t be bullied- cause consent is sexy! Wine your pussy in some slow, sensual, gyrating motion saying phuck misogyny, phuck patriarchy, phuck any and all systems of violence oppressing and perpetuating crimes against pussy’s! Far too long our titties pulled, diseased and prodded, our orgasms plugged like hydrants, our lips bloodied and battered in silence, our smells, our fluids have been, considered unworthy and profane-the very sight of our pussy’s made even us sick. And starting this moment we change that! Let’s straddle thighs and bump into pussy madness! HOW HER PUSSY feels LIBERATES all THE feelings! Pussygasms evokes moans, twerks, screams, and grinds. Stand in pussyOvations from that which is ours. REDEFINE your PUSSY’S POWER however you want-do with your pussy whatever the phuck you want. Stacey Ann Chinn gave us a jump start she said, I’m a dyke that phucks men sometimes and yes-that’s the liberation from redefining I’m talking bout!

And He does not deem control over YOUR PUSSY’S VALUE OR STRENGTH, how yo pussy works, moves, or pleases. Your pussy’s value is in yo hands. Sip libations from pussy fountains. Heal yo self. Feast on pussy cupcakes-eat all you want! Eat cake for dear old Brendas, underpaid and overworked at Amtrak who offends easily from the sight of ‘i love female orgasm buttons’, and when asked, Brenda do you love your own orgasm, she confides in the saddest, NO. In fact in over 50-years I can’t even recall being intimate with my own pussy. Never understood what an orgasm should feel like, look like, smell like, taste like. Her very own orgasm had been lying dormant for so long that she  shamed herself and others for this, so long. Let’s riot for her and those alike! Lets lye in art and NEON paint all stretch marks, hills and valleys, black light those hips! Twerk all yo beautiful smells and ass oceans, cellulite into thick musky air, gorgeous-air. OPEN thighs in mirrors to EXAMINE. Behold whats both delicate and strong. Moist from her own finger tips-fists. Turned on by consent. We lye lined in birth blood positions in defense of those clitoris mutilated, lips duct taped, sexually violated, kidnapped, incest, date raped-molly’s slipped in drinks with no consent. Remember that these violent acts are meant to break us, so no this is no peaceful protests. Your dick will be compromised without our consent. And no we will not part step aside for you on the pavement. We have been moved, mistreated, misguided too long-you can move for us! Shutter at our wholeness. Let misogyny wilt away at our very nakedness, vulnerable pussy’s in all conditions from birth to arousal-menstruation to pungent smells after a long day of working single. We are strong, bold, love-spirits, mothers, daughters, sisters, partners, survivors, magicians, victims, sex workers, liberated pussy layers, thick, small, deep, drooped, asymmetrical, mangled, torn, wide, open, spread, closed, tight, hairy, bald, pierced, courageous, damn good. Our pussy’s are feminine on purpose. Our bodies -hair-limbs and breath on purpose. Our pussy’s are real in all its reproductive glory on purpose. Say it loud my pussy is proud! And check any and everyone who opposes yo pussy. -Gracie-Sleepy

Trust is Dignified

I was just thinking after a conversation I had with a friend about how even the strongest people have a desire to lose all inhibition sometimes. And how we tend to lose those inhibitions around the folks we trust the most. And that is a huge compliment to them because they’ve trusted us to take up space in their worlds unbeknownst to how our worlds will affect theirs. Giving us permission to let go for that very reason-trust.-Gracie

Don’t Ever Let Anyone Judge You Into Disgrace

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Don't Ever Let Anyone Judge You Into Disgrace

Don’t ever let anyone judge you into disgrace. The Judgement I’m thinking of is often linked to entitlement. The since of entitlement one feels over the actions of another and more importantly how those actions differ in their affects on people. We are all not exempt from their intensity or repercussion. People’s actions affect each other directly, indirectly, consciously, subconsciously and so on. There is no way to escape these things. And as a person that reaps the benefit of many privileges from the way I look to my able body I find that my judgments reflect those privileges. When I’m in the process of a judgmental thought, or in the act of judging someone, my heart rate increases and my entire body is filled with a euphoria warmly matching the effects of the narcotic percocet. Each corner of me is inflated with tiny variations of myself, hard and callused over. I distance myself from the intended target. Suddenly, I’m aware of my own privileges and my right to exercise them with a free hand and it sickens me. I’ve deemed them incapable of having any since of self awareness and my ‘remedy’ or ‘cure all’ is telling them what I see fit for them-and this is the biggest disgrace, not them, but I. Judgment in this fashion is harmful. It is not law and and creates opportunistic calamity’s to treat the choices of others as irrelevant or pathological. -Grace