assata shakur

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assata shakur, a member of the black panther party, political and social activist was imprisoned in the 1970s for some trumped up, bogus charges. she somehow escaped from prison (!!!!!) and fled to cuba; she has lived in exile there as an ex political prisoner and refugee since the early 80's.

lemme just say, while random, but related,

it's about fucking time we had some congressional hearings on COINTELPRO.

if you aint familiar, COINTELPRO was an FBI program that functioned to repress political dissidence in the US beginning in the mid 1950's into the early 70's.

some shadyass motherfuckers.

COINTELPRO initiatives in many ways were responsible for assata's arrests and those of countless other politically engaged peoples including other members of the BPP as well as those involved in efforts of the American Indian Movement. 

and while COINTELPRO may have been officially terminated in 1971, we all know some shady ass shit is still going on today.

so fuck that noise.

i love you, assata

for continuing to speak out against social injustice.

i believe in living.


By Assata Shakur


i believe in living.

i believe in the spectrum

of Beta days and Gamma people.

i believe in sunshine.

In windmills and waterfalls,

tricycles and rocking chairs;

And i believe that seeds grow into sprouts.

And sprouts grow into trees.

i believe in the magic of the hands.

And in the wisdom of the eyes.

i believe in rain and tears.

And in the blood of infinity.



i believe in life.

And i have seen the death parade

march through the torso of the earth,

sculpting mud bodies in its path

i have seen the destruction of the daylight

and seen bloodthirsty maggots

prayed to and saluted



i have seen the kind become the blind

and the blind become the bind

in one easy lesson.

i have walked on cut grass.

i have eaten crow and blunder bread

and breathed the stench of indifference



i have been locked by the lawless.

Handcuffed by the haters.

Gagged by the greedy.

And, if i know anything at all,

it's that a wall is just a wall

and nothing more at all.

It can be broken down.



i believe in living

i believe in birth.

i believe in the sweat of love

and in the fire of truth.


And i believe that a lost ship,

steered by tired, seasick sailors,

can still be guided home to port.

when doves cry

please believe, if i could, i would wear a lace mask, all day, every day.

marilyn minter

i discovered artist marilyn minter maybe 2 years ago. i had read about the release of her limited edition bag for intermix on a fashion blog and fell in love with her. the bag originally retailed for less than 50 bucks and now the shit is going for like 250 on ebay. her work is fire.

some erotic, sexy, high-fashion shit.

the make up is so so so dope.

homegurl even got down wit SUPREME on some limited edition skate decks.

rosie, i love you, everything about you.

aww rosie, you so cute and pretty. hey wooooody!

UMMMMM, ROSIE WIT PAC, SAY WHAT??!!! tell me this don't get you amped.

 

gurl, look atchu. so so fly. rollerblading game was killin shit.

90's fashion. i see you, rosie.

she's legendary.
smart, ill steaze. rosie is the truth.
"the racism, the sexism, i never let it be my problem, it's their problem. if i see a door comin' my way, i'm knockin' it down. and if i can't knock down the door, i'm sliding through the window. i'll never let it stop me from what wanna do"
TELL EM.
she does maaaaaaad activism in the puerto rican community and hiv/aids work and homegurl was arrested for disorderly conduct when protesting some american naval air weapons training in PR aka we dropping bombs where we aint supposed to and your babies are gon be born with birth defects type shit.
you can not knock the rosie perez hustle.

feist fever

while this sesame street joint is a few years old, it warms my little goody heart and makes me so happy.


i love feist.
her album 'the reminder' is one of my favorite albums, ever.

LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE


SHE IS JUST FUCKING AMAZING.

cindy's signature sty-leee

cindy sherman is one of my favorite american artists.

i love cindy because she appeals to my love of prosthetics and dress up and portraiture. she uses herself in all of her photographs and creates these fucking enchanting and haunting characters that provide commentary on the gendered and confused world we often live.

                                                                        

she is amazing.

madam heidi fleiss

there's something so infectious about heidi fleiss.

i just really love her.

for running a high-priced brothel and for going to jail for tax evasion, to her love of exotic birds and to thinking up a stud ranch and to her stint on celebrity rehab.

i got heidi's back, always.

prefer versace

 i fucking love vintage versace

and biggie in the versace shades was KILLIN EM and

the 90s super models, i love all ya"ll.

 !!!!!!!

hmm.

im not gonna lie i really enjoy the jimmy dean wierdo weather commercials, but some of em are casted with some questionable characters..

fancyshmancy

sooooo i was watching the antiques roadshow yesterday and this woman was showing off the most amazing diamond encrusted lorgnette. i will not front, i had never heard the word lorgnette and had no idea that the fancy little glasses wit the short handles even had a name until yesterday, but whatever. I LOVE THEM.  tickets to the opera, puhleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease.

Happy New Year.

Fuck a Sports Illustrated Swimsuit edition calender for 2011, ill take a Vogue Paris calender shot by Uncle Karl featuring the lovely Daria Werbowy anyday. please and thank you.
xx

boriqua morena dominicana

i have loved omahyra mota since high school.

the love affair began with seeing her on a roca wear runaway and it has never ended.

she is one of my favorite models, ever.

RADarte!

the mulleavy sisters of rodarte supposedly came up with this survey years ago and gave it to a friends boyfriend to better figure him out (too funny) and since surveys are my shit and it's a sunday afternoon, ima fill this shit out with the first things to come to mind.


Favorite play?
i like musicals.

What was your first love?
probably my old landlord's cat, frisky; i loved her.

Favorite language?
french, je te'aime.

Who is your most loved character in literature?
i'll always love you, holden caulfield.

Favorite room?
the bedroom

Favorite place to read a book?
my bed

Favorite place in NY?
lower east side

Favorite color?
black

Favorite painter/painting?
picasso's (girl before a mirror)

Favorite thing to collect?
photobooth strips

Favorite mystery?
repeats of unsolved mysteries on the USA network or any episode of x files, really.

Favorite flower?
i don't know shit about flowers but gerber daisies sure are pretty.

Favorite sea creature?
ursula

Favorite smell?
gasolina

If I gave you a medal right now, what would it be for?
shit talking

Favorite texture?
FUR

Favorite flavor?
coffee

What’s the first thing you think of when I say red?
RED FLAG, see ya later

Night or day?
night

Favorite villain?
the devil's rejects

Favorite silent film star?
NOSFERATU

Favorite artist?
prince, always and forever

Molly Ringwald or Ally Sheedy?
ally sheedy, that dandruff snow scene in the breakfast club is pretty amazing

C.S. Lewis or Freud?
freud. the super ego, ego and id and psychoanalysis are pretty compelling shit, but i'll take a fucking piss on penis envy, anyday.

Tents or motels?
tents, although seedy motels have a soft spot in my heart

Favorite musical instrument?
i like the drums

Thunder or lightning?
lightning

Tea or coffee?
coffeeeeeee

Wine or beer?
beer

Lemon or lime?
sprite

Monday or Friday?
i hate mondays

February or December?
february

Christmas or Halloween?
halloweeenie

Rosemary’s Baby or Hannah and Her Sisters?
rosemary's baby. POLAAAAAAAAAAANSKI.

J.D. Salinger or Jack Kerouac?
i love you j.d. and i love you jack, but ima go wit j.d., franny and zooey got me through a tough night spent in the woods alone.

Hats or scarves?
scarves, them shits can be worn as hats if you twerk, work it, whatever.

Julie Christie or Vanessa Redgrave?
vanessa redgrave, cus let's be serious, who the fuck is julie christie?

Marilyn Monroe or Elizabeth Taylor?
that's tough. marilyn but i do enjoy elizabeth and her valium induced verbal slip ups.

Cary Grant or Jimmy Stewart?
jimmy stewart.  hitchcock's rear window is my shit.

Las Vegas or Atlantic City?
ATLANTIC CITY. ride or die. have you seen atlantic city hookers? when the woman takes out her dentures to give a blow job, amazing.

Rain or sun?
i like the rain but it don't help wit my depression. SUN.

Spiderman or Superman?
superman. christopher reeves, blaaaaaaadow.

Cats or dogs?
i love them both, but i was afraid of dogs for most of my life

Ice cream or sorbet?
ice cream

Beatles or Rolling Stones?
the stones, keith richards is that dude

Favorite fun fair ride of all time?
the ferris wheel

Favorite sidekick?
vanna white, she's the illest

What are the initials of the last person you kissed?
mlk

What characteristics do you most envy in others?
self acceptance and patience

If you could fly, where is the first place you would go?
to the mountaintop

Have you ever won a medal or a prize–if so, what?
uh, some acting awards in high school and maybe a medal for throwing a softball pretty far at the cambridge youth games.

What is your secret dream?
to be happy

Favorite season?
the fall

What is your greatest love?
my friends

Favorite currency?
us dollars $$

Favorite city?
cambridge, bitches

Favorite imaginary place?
south park's imaginationland

Favorite planet?
earth

Favorite children’s book?
strega nona!

Favorite candy?
i like frozen york peppermint patties.

Favorite name [and it cannot be your own]?
i just really like nicknames.

ladies and gentleman, the fabulous stains

i fucking love this movie.
the stains, while fictional, in so many ways set shit up for the riot grrrls of the early 90's.
they got jams.
it is now available on netflix instant play.
WATCH.
teenage angst, forever.

do some hoe shit

there are many reasons why i love erykah badu.
she's dope.
smart.
she blessed us with on and on and
bag lady and
tyrone (cus everyone of us has had a cheapass wackass boyfriend) and
the warriors reminder! (i usta read the lyrics every morning my junior year of highschool in vermont in so many ways as a daily affirmation; its words were posted above my dresser)


I am awake
My mind is free
I am creative
I love myself
My will power is strong
I am brave
I practice patience
I don't judge folks
I give not to recieve
I don't expect
I accept
I listen more than I talk
I know I'll change
I know you'll change
I'll hold on one more day
I start over when necessary
I create my own situations
I am cosmic
I don't have the answers
I desire to learn
I am the plan
I am strong
I am weak
I want to grow
I know I will
I take on responsibility
I hide myself from no one
I'm on my path
Warriors walk alone
I won't let my focus change
Taking out the demons in my range
Thats Mama's Gun
 
 
she dated andre 3000.
she's a mama of 3.
she's got steeze for days.
thank you, erykah.

what you do when there is nothing to do

 ... the white gloves were killing me, but shit, aint gonna lie, form 3, i am sold.

the viagra of cigarettes

american spirit, i love you.
you last forever.

celtics pride

adrian gonzalez and the red sox can kiss my butt.
i don't really care if the patriots beat the jets.
i guess the bruins are okay.
but the celtics, they are my boys.

my loves goes all the way back to larry bird, my mom was always crushing on that dude. as a kid my favorite outfit to wear to school included my oversized 1985 green stuff tshirt. that tshirt still takes up space in my drawer and when i actually do go to the gym it's the first shirt i grab.

espn is following the celtics this season on their show the association. the first episode premiered last week.



the full episode can be seen here. seeing shaq kiss perkins is reason enough to watch for me.

my favorite actor

warwick davis. while the name may not ring a bell, please believe that this dude is the man. his roles include:

an ewok!

the amazing willow!

and my all time favorite, the leprechaun.

he's also in the harry potter joints, but that shit just aint as impressive.

warwick davis, you are a hero.

this may be a stretch...

but i truly believe that me and T.I. are destined to be together because of our matching under lip scars. 

it's okay that he's got mad kids and tiny is his girl. he was meant for me and i was meant for him.

forever young

... my first gray hair. big ups to shannon coming through wit the hair dye. HOLLER.

ch ch ch chiaaa

i want all 4.

vaginal throbbing

my sophomore year at umass boston, i had a friend named kathleen. kathleen and i had spanish class together. kathleen was always mad high. she was also 54 years old. kathleen and i used to hang out at her apartment over by charles mgh. she was on the atkin's diet and usta stay making me omelets. she was truly the shit. i lost touch with her, i really wish i hadnt, cus she was a fucking character. i will never forget the time we were sitting in the cafeteria eating some bunk ass salads from the salad bar when she started talking to me about this V.T. shit as if i knew what the fuck she was talking about. i was like wait wait wait, slow down, what the fuck is V.T.? kathleen then looked at me like i was a fucking idiot and said "you know vagina throbs". i was like whooooooooa now. anyway the point of this post, is that V.T is fucking real and it can be kind of a problem. sometimes you get that feeling, you know, arousal, and then there's just like, no turning back and you find yourself making out with a dude that got no teeth or some washed up dude that usta be kinda fine from back in the day but who now got a kid. V.T. is pretty much like that strange feeling you got when you caught a pair of tits on television when you were 8 and it felt kinda wrong but kinda right.

V.T. muthaaaaaaaaaaaafuckas!

run this thing like a dancehall queen

i love...
robyn
karaoke
diplo's fine ass
and that asian chickadees assymetrical haircut.

girls with hairy arm pits

if you know me, you already know how i feel about armpit hair. i really don't mind the shit and even sorta like it. yaaahh, gross, weird, feminist, whatever the fuck, fuck you. try to tell me sophia loren don't look slammin in this pic rockin the shit! bla-dooooooooooow.

the wild and wonderful whites of west virginia

the white family is something else. mammie, i love you and your braided high pony tail. jesco, you got moves. the boone county mating call. they aint fucking around. props to a fam so unashamed and true fucking blue. that's something to be admired.

badassbabes

the androgyny, hair and styling of the above is ahhhh-mazing. i could do without the pretty in pink duckie shoes, but the shit is SLAMMING nonetheless.

LIL KIM > NICKI MINAJ

you wanna be the queen b, but you can't be!

nicki will never have an album like lil kim hardcore. and also, kim rocked the neon wigs before ya ass. so nicki, put a lid on it and sit the fuck down.

like poltergeist bitches, we're back

soooo we've been rocking with this blog for 2 years. our lay out is wack. the writing aint good. we lack expertise and connoisseurship but we like to talk shit and occassionally we're kinda funny, so here we are, at the end of 2010, back at this. xxoo.
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