I don’t feel bound to the medium I choose to express myself in. My fans are in 3-D. They need music, content, currency. You need to arm people with currency. It’s what you stand for.
— M.I.A. in Jan 2010 Vogue
Tell him you’re not in syndication so you don’t do reruns! You’re GG, not Saved by the Bell
You can’t lead the people if you don’t love the people. You can’t save the people if you don’t serve the people.
— Cornel West
Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.
— Howard Thurman
Wise words on lingerie:
Let me first say, to quote Assata Shakur, “A revolutionary woman don’t need no reactionary man.” Now that being established, you don’t need all that lace and ribbons. If you saw the conditions that women (who look like me by the way) survived to work at these factories, you wouldn’t feel sexy for a minute in those get-ups. Oh the hypocrisy that is Western feminism!
Meanwhile all that plastic and synthetic fabrics, you know those corsets don’t decompose like a simple cotton sock would. There are so many sexier things you can wear to bed, such as yourself. Sex is fun when it’s equal, creative, and dynamic - not when the burden is placed on women to buy slave-labor made outfits to keep their partners ‘interested.’ If you’re partner ain’t down for that, well they hey, you already know what Assata says.
[via wiretap]
Don’t let the best time of the year be wasted on repetitive emotional ruts and played out habits. Moreover don’t spend the summer having the usual social experiences. It’s mating time for mammals and if you use your uniquely-human ability for abstract thought, you may actually be lucky enough to make some incredible connections that are worth investing in far beyond a mere summer.
