December 2011
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step 274: doesn't matter if you spell yr women's...
what matters is understanding/abiding by this. it is amazing. amazing. amazing.
miswritten:
or, a-qwoc-checkin-that-turned-into-twitter-vomit-that-turned-into-a-tumblr-post.
written for all the women of color i love and hold dear to my heart. written for myself too. and in hopes that thing can change. in hopes of being heard. from love and with anger.
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“radical” men who spell women as...
“You must read, you must persevere, you must sit up nights, you must inquire, and...”
– step 273: persevere, inquire, exert. this quote has never been more relevant. but if i CAN hold out, then i’ve proven something very important to myself. something that i can hold on to for years to come. two more weeks. let’s go.
“There is no other purpose of my existence except to know, love and get closer to...”
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step 271: use this dunya as a tool to get to Allah. i’m going to stay very conscious of this from here on out. turning 22 in an hour and am making the intention that this coming year will be better than the past 21 in every aspect because I’m actively shifting my perspective b!...
“When we are offended at any man’s fault, turn to yourself and study your own...”
– step 269: never stay angry. because it is fruitless. and damaging to your soul&mental state. the above quote is a beautiful guideline for such circumstances.
(via mairamariam)
“Each morning, before Jackie started her studies, she wrote on a clean piece of...”
– step 266: do whatever it takes to stay motivated. reading about Jackie from The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao and Chandran from The Bachelor of Arts by R.K. Narayan always makes me want to study. the way that both of these characters revere attaining and education speaks to me. i love reading...
“Many years ago, Allah saved a man when things looked impossible. He was trapped....”
– step 264: find strength and patience in the example of Moses. it seems that i need to remind myself this every hour. but hey, the word “insaan” (human) is some derivative of “forgetful” right? i aint mad at ya.
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socialjusticeleague.net's kim kardashian article →
step 260: leave kim kardashian alone. click the link above to read why. excerpts of my favorite points: 1. on the function of social codes:
Vapid? Kim’s life does seem to revolve around fashion, makeup, conventional beauty, and finding love in a heteronormative manner. Are these activities vapid? No. There’s no sense in which fashion and makeup are any less important than, say, videogames or...
“Imitating others, I failed to find myself. I looked inside and discovered I only...”
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step 256: don’t define anything about yourself in relation to man.
you wanna hear what’s on my mind? I gotcha. new realization. &took it’s sweet time coming. but it finally did aH.
but as i was looking at my board of inspiration I realized quotes like “A...
“The most important thing in all human relationships is conversation, but people...”
– step 254: hold on to the art of storytelling. finals season is refreshing only because everyone’s inner storyteller comes out. and all we want to do is converse with one another, because studying DOLO all day makes one extra chatty. my favorite people are the astute storytellers; the ones who...
