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blacknoonajade: shaynthevandal: ihatepeacocks: We have been...

Sat, 23 Mar 2013 00:49:28 -0400

shaynthevandal:

ihatepeacocks:

We have been following the Stubenville Rape Trial very closely over the past few months. (Click Here)

A Verdict was handed down in the Stubenville Rape Case. Trent Mays and Ma’lik Richmondwere were found guilty. This is a positive step towards justice for the victim. Videos hacked by Anonymous and released to the world indicate that many more were involved but no further charges have been filed…..yet.

CNN’s on-air anchors’ reaction to the verdict was abominable. Objectivity and Journalistic integrity went out the window as they seemed more concerned with the 16 & 17 year old Rapists then they did the 16 year Rape victim because they did not mention her ONCE. This is unacceptable. The rapists had the gall to brag about their crime to friends and tweet about it after the fact.These boys were found guilty by a court of law. They deserve no sympathy, no empathy. Yes, their lives may be ruined as they will forever be labeled as rapists. That is the choice they made when they forced themselves onto the victim.

IMO, CNN should issue a formal apology to the victim and her family.

This is why I love Anonymous.

Anonymous is not fucking around with the media. AT ALL.

pluckyone: obitoftheday: Obit of the Day: Nigerian Author...

Sat, 23 Mar 2013 00:47:54 -0400

pluckyone:

obitoftheday:

Obit of the Day: Nigerian Author Chinua Achebe

In 1958, Chinua Achebe was working for the Nigerian Broadcasting Service (NBS) in the capital, Lagos. He was also writing a novel. While studying at the University of Ibadan for degrees in history, english, and theology, Mr. Achebe read European novels on African tribal life and was disappointed. None could capture the experience accurately.

Mr. Achebe sent his novel to various London publishing houses. Titled Things Fall Apart after the third line in William Butler Yeats’ poem “The Second Coming,” the novel received a tepid response. Most did not think there was an audience for African literature written by Africans. But one editor at William Heinemann publishers got hold of a copy and declared it the “best novel I’ve read since the war.”

The company published 2000 copies but did not market the novel. Critics, however enjoyed it and interest spread by word of mouth. (Some critics, although kind, were often racists and backhanded in their compliments. Some lamenting the loss of “primitive culture” and another complimenting Mr. Achebe’s style “free of the dandyism often affected by Negro authors.”)

By the time of Mr. Achebe’s death on March 22, 2013 Things Fall Apart had become the best-selling African novel of all-time. It had sold over 8 million copies and was translated into 50 different languages. It is now required reading for many students around the world. (Including OOTD who read it in high school.)

Mr. Achebe would only write five novels in his career, two of which completed a trilogy begun by Things Fall Apart, No Longer at Ease (1960) and Arrow of God (1964). He also wrote several collections of short stories and poetry as well as four children’s books.

At the time of his death, at the age of 82, Mr. Achebe was the David and Marianna Fisher University Professor and Professor of Africana Studies at Brown University, a position he had held since 2009.

Mr. Achebe was also politically active for a time in his home country. Most controversially he sided with the new State of Biafria a region within Nigeria that had seceded from the rest of the country. A civil war ensued. For three years, Mr. Achebe attempted to serve as a diplomat for Biafria only to see the state returned to the country by force in 1970. He would remain an outspoken critic of the Nigerian government which he considered so corrupt that he refused to accept national honors for his work. His last book was an autobiographical account of that time, There Was a Country: A Personal History of Biafria.

Sources: Newsday of Zimbabwe, Brown University, The New Yorker, and Wikipedia

(Image of the cover of Things Fall Apart first edition is courtesy of yourkmodernbooks.com)

One of the most important books I have ever read. It blew my mind. I think everyone should read it. But especially people who are interested in Africa.

artstoendviolence: Early Summer Save Our Streets Peace...

Thu, 28 Feb 2013 22:12:12 -0500

artstoendviolence:

Early Summer Save Our Streets Peace March

Learn more about Save Our Streets here.

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Wed, 27 Feb 2013 23:13:09 -0500

Solitary in Iran Nearly Broke Me. Then I Went Inside America's Prisons. by Shane Bauer

Wed, 27 Feb 2013 11:42:23 -0500

Solitary in Iran Nearly Broke Me. Then I Went Inside America's Prisons. by Shane Bauer:

motherjones:

goodaesthetic:

So haunting. Thank god they’re starting to get rid of some of the supermaxes in the U.S., this shit is inhumane and ridiculously costly to boot.

From our November/December issue.

as my mama says, “love is such a sweet thing.”

Wed, 27 Feb 2013 10:55:36 -0500

as my mama says, “love is such a sweet thing.”

blkgirlblogging: Quvenzhané Wallis for Entertainment Weekly’s...

Tue, 26 Feb 2013 17:44:22 -0500

blkgirlblogging:

Quvenzhané Wallis for Entertainment Weekly’s annual Oscars issue

this is so charming.

jirquedusoleil: tashabilities: Rest In Peace, Trayvon Benjamin...

Tue, 26 Feb 2013 17:31:15 -0500

jirquedusoleil:

tashabilities:

Rest In Peace, Trayvon Benjamin Martin

(February 5, 1995 - February 26, 2012)

i didn’t forget. RIP.

B: just saw your text

Wed, 13 Feb 2013 11:02:12 -0500

B: just saw your text
You're so sweet
Best roomie
Whoops I mean #bestroomie
Me: HOW DARE YOU NOT HASH TAG ME

Happy Tuesday.

Tue, 12 Feb 2013 20:51:53 -0500

Happy Tuesday.

deathmetallife: Hi and welcome to sweden! this is what happens...

Tue, 12 Feb 2013 18:55:00 -0500

deathmetallife:

Hi and welcome to sweden! this is what happens over a night here

rozenswag: nevver: The New Yorker Instagram.

Tue, 12 Feb 2013 18:26:59 -0500

rozenswag:

nevver:

The New Yorker

Instagram.

Bradley on The Grammys

Mon, 11 Feb 2013 15:14:34 -0500

Bradley: Like, for real I would like to fight [Chris Brown] I would go out of my way to try and instigate a physical contest

I would go to jail for 60 days.

Fuck that kid...

.......

I am absolutely smitten with Frank Ocean tho. G-d I love him.

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Thu, 31 Jan 2013 10:32:44 -0500

Me: I dont think I've ever seen you drink wine

Tue, 29 Jan 2013 17:16:00 -0500

Me: I dont think I've ever seen you drink wine
Dr. Gross: Is that a joke/attack?

Shoutout to Rudolph Fisher

Sun, 27 Jan 2013 21:10:39 -0500

Me: i read a GREAT passage about nyc today
Sh: gimme
Me: hold up
Me: It's about seeing Penn station for the first time.

"The railroad station, the long white-walled corridor, the impassable slot-machine, the terrifying subway train -- he felt as if he had been caught up in the jaws of a steam shovel, jammed together with other helpless lumps of dirt, swept blindly along for a time, and at last abruptly dumped"
Me: I was like YEAH PRETTY MUCH

Quvenzhané Wallis seamlessly gets into her character,...

Sun, 20 Jan 2013 23:59:38 -0500

Quvenzhané Wallis seamlessly gets into her character, Hushpuppy.

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Sun, 20 Jan 2013 23:56:39 -0500

boredvirgin: kalories: Black outline, cool!

Sun, 20 Jan 2013 23:49:53 -0500

boredvirgin:

kalories:

Black outline, cool!

"I want to go to the beach so I’m less inclined to be compulsive about my phone, and I want you..."

Thu, 17 Jan 2013 00:27:14 -0500

“I want to go to the beach so I’m less inclined to be compulsive about my phone, and I want you to want to kiss me.”

- Girl on television.