The question why I would LET Willow cut her hair. First the LET must be challenged. This is a world where women, girls are constantly reminded that they don’t belong to themselves; that their bodies are not their own, nor their power or self determination. I made a promise to endow my little girl with the power to always know that her body, spirit and her mind are HER domain. Willow cut her hair because her beauty, her value, her worth is not measured by the length of her hair. It’s also a statement that claims that even little girls have the RIGHT to own themselves and should not be a slave to even their mother’s deepest insecurities, hopes and desires. Even little girls should not be a slave to the preconceived ideas of what a culture believes a little girl should be.
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ashleighthelion: Rocking my new #rue107 Iggy Bandeau Bikini Top as a swimsuit and as a regular crop top. #readyforthisjelly #fatkini #fatshion #theresnobeachhere #readyforvacation

ashleighthelion:

Rocking my new #rue107 Iggy Bandeau Bikini Top as a swimsuit and as a regular crop top. #readyforthisjelly #fatkini #fatshion #theresnobeachhere #readyforvacation

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slay-z: satanic2chainz: nooooooooooooooo [laughs to keep from crying]

slay-z:

satanic2chainz:

nooooooooooooooo

[laughs to keep from crying]

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floricanto-desnuda:

pocproblems:

I hope he learned a lesson from this.

i don’t care; i’m completely amused and so is she *s

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margadita: Posting ‘cause my face is in it. Far right bottom corner. Varla with her hands in the air.

margadita:

Posting ‘cause my face is in it. Far right bottom corner. Varla with her hands in the air.

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gailsimone: sourcedumal: authorsofcolor: The above graphic is from Erika Alexander’s website http://www.erikaalexander.com/. Black people write and consume Science Fiction and Fantasy genres. Anyone who says otherwise is a racist. Erika Alexander, Maxine Shaw from “Living Single” is producing a graphic novel series with Dark Horse called “Concrete Park”. If you love horror and speculative fiction and would like to read some done by African American authors, Brandon Massey has collaborated with dozens of writers to produce three horror anthologies. This is a great way to discover authors. Dark Dreams Voices from the Other Side Whispers in the Night YES! YES!!!!! YESSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!! Want this.

gailsimone:

sourcedumal:

authorsofcolor:

The above graphic is from Erika Alexander’s website http://www.erikaalexander.com/.

Black people write and consume Science Fiction and Fantasy genres. Anyone who says otherwise is a racist. Erika Alexander, Maxine Shaw from “Living Single” is producing a graphic novel series with Dark Horse called “Concrete Park”.

If you love horror and speculative fiction and would like to read some done by African American authors, Brandon Massey has collaborated with dozens of writers to produce three horror anthologies. This is a great way to discover authors.

YES!

YES!!!!!

YESSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Want this.

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Your 20’s are your ‘selfish’ years. It’s a decade to immerse yourself in every single thing possible. Be selfish with your time, and all the aspects of you. Tinker with shit, travel, explore, love a lot, love a little, and never touch the ground.
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Reduce cellulite. Be gone dry skin. Vanish unwanted facial hair. Diminish stretch marks. Fade age spots. Eliminate feminine odor. Lose weight. Dissolve belly fat. Erase wrinkles.

I think someone wants me to disappear.

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weian-fu: truthiness.

weian-fu:

truthiness.

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turtandmamalivingfree:

Nature hunt.


Today we went on a ”nature” hunt in the back garden. Turt just loves being outside, we go to the park all the time. But we very rarely venture out into the garden because well, that’s Coco’s territory. He was barking at us the WHOLE time we were out there; I think he hides food in the back garden so he gets all territorial (LOL).

But anyway, Turt grabbed her bucket and begun to fill it with leaves, stones, rocks, weeds and sticks. We couldn’t really find any ”wild life” so to speak, so next time I think we’ll go to the park and do it better and Turt can play with insects. Never the less, Turt still had fun and cried when I popped inside to get a drink as she thought it was time to go inside. So we ended up staying out there for two whole hours. It wasn’t freezing but it wasn’t warm either. LOL 

Turt plucked weeds for mama and examined each one before placing them in her yellow bucket.

As long as Turt enjoyed it. She was getting really involved, sticking her hands in the mud, putting everything she could find in her bucket, putting them in, emptying her bucket and putting them back in again. As she showed me each item, I named it to her, she clapped and placed it in the bucket. 

I think it’s important for every child to have a strong connection with nature and so did Maria Montessori:

”if for the physical life it is necessary to have the child exposed to the vivifying forces of nature, it is also necessary for his psychical life to place the soul of the child in contact with creation, in order that he may lay up for himself treasure from the directly educating forces of living nature.  The method for arriving at this end is to set the child at agricultural labour, guiding him to the cultivation of plants and animals, and so to the intelligent contemplation of nature.”    

Maria Montessori.

I just love Sundays. 

Indeed“Place the soul of the child in contact with creation”.

this is just beautiful! #inspirationforfuturemommies

I want a baby…later. but still a baby.

So I almost cried

Just perfect.

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winslow was here: Warsan Shire (for the pain) →

thatwinslowboy:

“the year of letting go

of understanding loss, grace of the word ‘no’

and also being able to say ‘you are not kind’

the year of humanity/humility

when the whole world couldn’t get out of bed

everyone i’ve met this year says the same thing

‘you are so easy to be around, how do you do that?’…

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aint nothin crustier than a female misogynist sayin dumb shit for male attention/approval

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youngblackandvegan:

when  a someone tells you they aren’t ready for a relationship

just believe them

it is not a test, it is not some riddle for you to figure out, there is no hidden meaning

just believe them

do not take it personally, do not pout, do not think it in any way means they don’t care about you

just believe them

hear them, really hear them, appreciate their honesty and understand their own personal struggle

sometimes it’s not about you, and that’s ok

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jsmooth995:

T-Paining Too Much: The Meme-ification of Charles Ramsey

So many big questions to ask about Cleveland, so much to grapple with. So much that is unthinkable but needs so direly to be thought about. I feel like it’ll be a while before I can say anything intelligent about it. But in the meantime here are some thoughts about the side questions around the Charles Ramsey phenomenon.

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Plus Size Store Directory →

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fatshionstyle:

STORE DIRECTORY

This is where fashionablefatties picks up most of their clothes, and they won’t link to a site where they haven’t personally tried it out or know that it’s quality from a reputable source. Once they do a store review, they will put up a link to the review next to the store link. Sizes are stated in US by default unless otherwise stated.

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Need this on my blog for reference, and sharing with you darlings! Go forth and fatshion!

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