Afro Boheme

Ugh. Now Lance is mad I went on a date. I told you on day one that I date multiple men. I told you...

Thu, 23 May 2013 00:27:42 -0400

Ugh. Now Lance is mad I went on a date.

I told you on day one that I date multiple men.

I told you we were not exclusive.

If you want to be exclusive, you:

1. ASK

2. SHOW IT

3. DO IT

It’s really not that hard.

ghdos: thefoxxypoet: odinsblog: A Bronx bus company is...

Thu, 23 May 2013 00:07:56 -0400

ghdos:

thefoxxypoet:

odinsblog:

A Bronx bus company is offering tours billed as a “a ride through a real New York City ‘GHETTO,’” the New York Post reports.

The company, Real Bronx Tours, has taken largely white foreign tourists around the Bronx. The tour guide was caught mocking the Bronx by Post reporter Candice Giove.

Three times a week, Real Bronx Tours takes riders — mainly white Europeans and Australians — on a trip that includes stops at food-pantry lines and a “pickpocket” park.

“Last week, on the first stop of the $45 tour, guide Lynn Battaglia, from Pittsburgh, pointed out a housing project. She then mocked the Grand Concourse, modeled after a Parisian boulevard,” reports Giove.“‘Do you feel like we’re on the Champs-Elysées?’ she teased a couple from Paris.”

The tour also included a drive near a food pantry at a church. Battaglia wondered out loud, “I don’t know what that line’s about, but every Wednesday we see it. We see them go in with empty carts, and we see them come out with carts full.

The tour guide warned of the dangers of going to a park in the Bronx and also gave inaccurate information about the origin of the word “pig” to describe a police officer. While Battaglia claimed the word came from the Bronx, in reality it originated in London.

The Bronx borough president harshly criticized the guide and the tour.

The guide is “the biggest fool on the planet,” said Ruben Diaz, the borough president. “To have foreigners come and gawk at a long line of people who are less fortunate than they are and to make money off of that and to view them as they are some sort of entertainment is pretty disgusting.” [emphasis mine]

This is a total diss to my hometown. Ugh the Bronx is many things, but there is beauty there…and I’m happy I spent a good chunk of my childhood there.

It’s irritating to see these dumb ass tourists come to my city and mock it for their enjoyment and someone is getting paid to be a racist/classist asshole.

They’re taking a tour of the projects like it’s a zoo. Like it’s a fucking exhibit. SMH.

Joan is so fabulous. I love that my dash is flooded with...

Tue, 21 May 2013 21:18:37 -0400

Joan is so fabulous.

I love that my dash is flooded with intelligent, positive, beautiful women of color.

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Tue, 21 May 2013 20:58:33 -0400

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Tue, 21 May 2013 20:46:32 -0400

Mercury, Venus, and Saturn align with the Pyramids of Giza for...

Tue, 21 May 2013 19:41:59 -0400

Mercury, Venus, and Saturn align with the Pyramids of Giza for the first time in 2,737 years on December 3, 2012

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Tue, 21 May 2013 19:09:29 -0400

Glamour goals

Tue, 21 May 2013 18:37:25 -0400

Glamour goals

"My energy, emotion, time and space are reserved only for those who can reciprocate properly in love."

Tue, 21 May 2013 18:04:56 -0400

“My energy, emotion, time and space are reserved only for those who can reciprocate properly in love.”

- (via notesonascandal)

thepeoplesrecord: 1,500 rally for Mark Carson in NYC - It was...

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:32:27 -0400

thepeoplesrecord:

1,500 rally for Mark Carson in NYC - It was New York City’s largest LGBT rally in years, according to organizers. On Monday at least 1,500 people showed up to honor the life of Mark Carson and make a stand against the hate that led to his death. Carson was an openly gay 32-year-old black man who was shot and killed over the weekend in what authorities are investigating as an anti-gay hate crime.

The randomness of Carson’s death has shocked the city’s LGBT community. “Mark is not going to die in vain. We are not going to get beat up in vain,” one rally participant told Mother Jones. “Gay rights, we’re still fighting for them, and the fight is not over. We need to protect each other.”

sesamestreet: Today Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit educational...

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:00:34 -0400

sesamestreet:

Today Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit educational organization behind Sesame Street, announced a multi-year partnership with Teaching Strategies, the educational company that publishes The Creative Curriculum and Teaching Strategies GOLD.

Learn more at http://sesameworkshop.org/school

"Life is beautiful when you live it – really experience it – not when you are more concerned about..."

Tue, 21 May 2013 16:36:15 -0400

“Life is beautiful when you live it – really experience it – not when you are more concerned about appearing beautiful as you try to live. When you think of your happiest times, were they in front of the mirror? Were you happiest when you were working to appear attractive or beautiful to others? Happiness and beauty come from doing, acting, being – outside the confines of being looked at.”

- via beautyredefined.net (via fuckyeahyoga)

glamourbombshell: i know the feeling The struggle!

Tue, 21 May 2013 14:51:04 -0400

glamourbombshell:

i know the feeling

The struggle!

"I respect you. I wanted to be a rapper. I wanted to be a ball-player. Today, like most black men..."

Tue, 21 May 2013 14:14:49 -0400

“I respect you. I wanted to be a rapper. I wanted to be a ball-player. Today, like most black men under 40, I am neither. You do the Dougie when convenient. You brush your shoulder off when convenient. You admonish black folks for not being you when convenient. We worry about your safety in spite of this. We wish you would talk to them about race and responsibility sometimes.

Please complicate your analysis.

Today, I teach and write. And rap to myself. I am an above average writer and teacher. I am working on being better at being human. I am not a father, nor husband. The most mediocre white man at my bougie job has 16x the wealth I have. My grandmother has the beginnings of dementia, and she is still way smarter than me. She was only allowed to work the line at a chicken plant. She has no wealth, but lots of love for both of you. She prays for your safety. Please complicate your analysis. Working class white security guards have entered my office 3x times asking to see my ID. Every time, I tell them, “Fuck you. Show me yours.” I desperately cling to intellectual superiority over them. They powerfully claim whiteness and relative wealth over me. This has nothing, and everything, to do with my wanting to be a rapper and baller. I respect you. We respect you. Please complicate your analysis. Imani Perry writes books you should read. Please tell the truth.

Kiese Laymon is the author of Long Division and How To Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America.”

- Dear First Lady and President, | Cold Drank

Basically.

(via geedee215)

—

“Please complicate your analysis.”

(via dc-via-chicago)

afro-art-chick: First Poster For Idris Elba’s Nelson Mandela...

Mon, 20 May 2013 22:55:51 -0400

afro-art-chick:

First Poster For Idris Elba’s Nelson Mandela Biopic ‘Long Walk To Freedom’

Don't Spread Leaks!

Mon, 20 May 2013 22:24:35 -0400

Grown Woman just leaked but please, PLEASE don’t spread the link around. Let Bey release it properly. Giving out free links online is hurting Beyonce, not helping her and as fans we need to support her.

And no, we will not be posting it here until Beyonce and her team officially release it. So don’t even message TQB about links.

Thanks!

Beyonce is a billionaire… she will not be hurt if I reblog a link to Grown Woman. LOL

sourcedumal: theboywithmakeup: This is such a worthwhile thing...

Mon, 20 May 2013 22:23:22 -0400

sourcedumal:

theboywithmakeup:

This is such a worthwhile thing to start doing. Conceal under your eye in a triangle shape. Your makeup will look more blended and you’ll achieve that more flawless look. Plus, it won’t show up as harshly in flash photography (if your concealer has SPF or just isn’t great with flash). I do this every single time I do concealer even if that’s all I’m putting on that day. I know so many people that do what is done on the right (concealing just right under the eye) and let me tell you it doesn’t look that great.

Hmm… I’m going to start doing that now….

Good to know!

warmcozy: yokhakidfiasco: pumpumreligion: You share pics of...

Mon, 20 May 2013 22:06:00 -0400

warmcozy:

yokhakidfiasco:

pumpumreligion:

You share pics of angry cats share this too!

Signal boost to my south florida followers

please reblog, power of the internet saves people

Beyonce - Grown Woman Yay! Full song!

Mon, 20 May 2013 22:02:57 -0400

Beyonce - Grown Woman

Yay! Full song!

suicideisnotanoption4u: 8-years ago, CHP Officer Kevin Briggs...

Mon, 20 May 2013 21:42:12 -0400

suicideisnotanoption4u:

8-years ago, CHP Officer Kevin Briggs talked this young man out of jumping off the Golden Gate Bridge.

That young man’s name is Kevin Berthia.
Today he is 30 years old and married with 2 children.
This week he presented Officer Briggs with an award on behalf of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention.

The story of how Officer Briggs talked Kevin down is remarkable.

As you can see in the picture, Kevin is literally one step away from jumping to his death. But for more than hour, the officer listened to Kevin pour his heart out about his troubles and told him, “I know you think things are bad, but they can get better.”

Kevin says, “Officer Briggs never made me feel guilty for the situation I was in. He made feel like, I understand why you are here, but there are alternatives”

Kevin is just one of countless lives Briggs has saved over his 23 year career.

Briggs, who was promoted to Sergeant five years ago, is humble about what he does. He says, ”they make the decision, when they step back over that rail it takes a tremendous amount of courage”

I salute Sergeant Briggs!
Photo: The San Francisco Chronicle, John Storey

Afro Boheme

Ugh. Now Lance is mad I went on a date. I told you on day one that I date multiple men. I told you...

ghdos: thefoxxypoet: odinsblog: A Bronx bus company is...

Joan is so fabulous. I love that my dash is flooded with...

Photo

Photo

Mercury, Venus, and Saturn align with the Pyramids of Giza for...

Photo

Glamour goals

"My energy, emotion, time and space are reserved only for those who can reciprocate properly in love."

thepeoplesrecord: 1,500 rally for Mark Carson in NYC - It was...

sesamestreet: Today Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit educational...

"Life is beautiful when you live it – really experience it – not when you are more concerned about..."

glamourbombshell: i know the feeling The struggle!

"I respect you. I wanted to be a rapper. I wanted to be a ball-player. Today, like most black men..."

afro-art-chick: First Poster For Idris Elba’s Nelson Mandela...

First Poster For Idris Elba’s Nelson Mandela Biopic ‘Long Walk To Freedom’

Don't Spread Leaks!

sourcedumal: theboywithmakeup: This is such a worthwhile thing...

warmcozy: yokhakidfiasco: pumpumreligion: You share pics of...

Beyonce - Grown Woman Yay! Full song!

suicideisnotanoption4u: 8-years ago, CHP Officer Kevin Briggs...