January 2011
124 posts
Arizona Bans Ethnic Studies and, Along With it,... →
nomellamoliz:
fuckyeahchicanopower:
While much condemnation has rightly been expressed toward Arizona’s anti-immigrant law, SB 1070, a less-reported and potentially more sinister measure is set to take effect on January 1, 2011. This new law, which was passed by the conservative state legislature at the behest of then-School Superintendent (and now Attorney General-elect) Tom Horne, is...
December 2010
130 posts
“Bi-lingual, Bi-cultural,
able to slip from “How’s life?”
to “Me’stan volviendo...”
– Pat Mora (via smileforgenocide)
“If you must look back, do so forgivingly. If you must look forward, do so...”
– Maya Angelou (via peacelovejoynlife)
The Narrative of Beautiful
xicanagrrrl:
michellejigga:
You know that you are poetry, right?
You know that you are
Spontaneous combustion
Metaphysics
The objective of language
The stories hidden in your DNA.
You know that you are miracle, right?
You know that you are
Liberation
A mind without chains
The compassion after a disaster
An open heart.
i need to write this all over an entire wall.
just...
2 tags
“We all die. The goal isn’t to live forever,
the goal is to create...”
– CHUCK P.
1 tag
“And that’s precisely why it’s so important to learn to stop sweating...”
– Richard Carlson
“People often say that ‘beauty is in the eye of the beholder,’ and I say that the...”
– Salma Hayek (via kari-shma)
chicana/xicana feminist theory books →
revolutionaryhips:
i need to read every single book on this list
y muy que reteke pronto!
In Xochitl In Kuikatl: The Color of Water is Brown →
aztlanlibrepress:
Beatriz G. Pacheco
I am six years old And my eyes are brown, The color of the muddy Rio Grande. He is six years old And his eyes are blue, The color of the Pacific Ocean. Such a small difference. Such a huge difference. As vast as the ocean. He will always color the water Blue. The color of…
“Most people fail at whatever they attempt because of an undecided heart. Should...”
– Andy Andrews (via littlemiss)
“the revolution is not about my ego. it is not about ego at all. it is about the...”
– inautumn-inkashmir.tumblr.com (via dancingonembers)
i believe whole heartedly, trying to find the asnwers <33
“Happiness is not a possession to be prized, it is a quality of thought, a state...”
– Daphne Du Maurier (via kari-shma)
“I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious.”
– Albert Einstein
“I think the biggest disease the world suffers from in this day and age is the...”
– Lady Diana (via ireadintothings)
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“I
am she
of your stories
the notorious
one
leg wrapped
around
the door...”
– Sandra Cisneros (via ganais)
“I’m not gonna trust you until you’re as willing to be changed and affected by my...”
– Victor Lewis, on trusting white people (via jazzonia)
“You must read, you must persevere, you must sit up nights, you must inquire, and...”
– Giovanni Boccaccio, Genealogy of the Gentile Gods (via starslookdownatus)
“Nunca te arrepientas de un día de tu vida. Los buenos días te dan felicidad.
...”
– “Pero solo Dios te mantiene CAMINANDO”
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“My approach is totally different. I declare to you that you are perfectly right,...”
– Osho (via estoperpetua-)
“If you want to identify me ask me not where I live, or what I like to eat, or...”
– Thomas Merton (via soul-surfer, plainjanebutterfly) (via sufigeek) (via dancingonembers)
“Whether the stagnation is internal or external, familiarize yourself with its...”
– The Toltec I Ching, Martha Ramirez-Oropeza & William Douglas Horden (via dancingonembers)
this sounds like my everyday life. off to research the source…
(via xicanagrrrl)
berenjena Vertical y transversal♥: Dia noche →
azuquita:
Cada trazo y cada camino que terminamos recorriendo, despiden ecos de algo distinto que se quedan grabados como serpientes en la arena, silenciosas y a su vez, van dejando huellas, huellas que permanecen grabadas en cemento, grabadas en la memoria, sigilosas para aparecer en los momentos mas…
“Prefiero morir de pie que vivir de rodillas.
It is better to die on your feet...”
– Emiliano Zapata (via fuckyeahchicanopower)
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And I do believe that I'm gonna prosper 'cause I'm...
“Until the philosophy which holds one race superior and another inferior is...”
– - Haile Selassie I
(via cherryboom04)
“Everybody wants to change the world, but nobody thinks about changing himself.”...”
– Fyodor Dostoevsky /
second part by xicanagrrrl
(via xicanagrrrl)
“There’s a common misunderstanding among all the human beings who have ever been...”
– MARINA: Because we always need healthy reminders…
Pema Chodron (via psychotherapy)