Electric Bounce

Tempie Cummins, Age Unknown “The white chillun tries teach me...

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:54:51 -0400

Tempie Cummins, Age Unknown

“The white chillun tries teach me to read and write but I didn’ larn much, ‘cause I allus workin’. Mother was workin’ in the house, and she cooked too. She say she used to hide in the chimney corner and listen to what the white folks say. When freedom was ‘clared, marster wouldn’ tell ‘em, but mother she hear him tellin’ mistus that the slaves was free but they didn’ know it and he’s not gwineter tell ‘em till he makes another crop or two. When mother hear that she say she slip out the chimney corner and crack her heels together four times and shouts, ‘I’s free, I’s free.’ Then she runs to the field, ‘gainst marster’s will and tol’ all the other slaves and they quit work. Then she run away and in the night she slip into a big ravine near the house and have them bring me to her. Marster, he come out with his gun and shot at mother but she run down the ravine and gits away with me.”

distraction: literally my favorite comic

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:49:06 -0400

distraction:

literally my favorite comic

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Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:40:50 -0400

black-boys: Jeremy Boateng by Masa Hamanoi - Styled by Hirohito...

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:38:43 -0400

black-boys:

Jeremy Boateng by Masa Hamanoi - Styled by Hirohito Egusa | Deluxx Digital Issue 20

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Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:36:59 -0400

herschelsupply: Collected | A One-of-a-Kind Design Auction at...

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:36:48 -0400

herschelsupply:

Collected | A One-of-a-Kind Design Auction at Christie’s - NYTimes.com

"If we can’t write diversity into sci-fi, then what’s the point? You don’t create new worlds to give..."

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:59:36 -0400

““If we can’t write diversity into sci-fi, then what’s the point? You don’t create new worlds to give them all the same limits of the old ones.””

- Jane Espenson (from interview with Advocate.com)

“ABOUT FACE” Illustration of Naomi by Jo Ratcliffe for V83

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:39:45 -0400

“ABOUT FACE” Illustration of Naomi by Jo Ratcliffe for V83

BUDDY GUY

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:56:48 -0400

BUDDY GUY

aqua-twin: digitonicelectronic: lexxerduglas: the1janitor: Yo...

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:56:29 -0400

aqua-twin:

digitonicelectronic:

lexxerduglas:

the1janitor:

You’re Probably Not Really a Nice Guy (by the1janitor)

This video has surpassed 50,000 views! woooooo

Wanted to put this on here and was very pleased to find the dude’s actual tumblr account to reblog it from!

Aces.

Anyway, this is one of the best dissections of the “Nice Guy” condition I’ve ever heard.

“Friends get put in the friendzone because they are being very friendly” is pretty much the most accurate statement I’ve heard about this topic in a very, very long time.

Actually, most of what this guy says is spot the fuck on.

No fucking cookies for being a decent human being dudes, sorry, that’s fucking life. Grow a pair and make your own damn cookies if you need them to feel good about yourself.

No but seriously. Everything this guys said. Everything. Not just about “nice guys” but about any two people in a relationship ever (while highlighting and underlining the term ‘people’ for emphasis on the three dimensional personality characteristics of a human being that term entails)

most spot on video i’ve seen in awhile

batlesbo: jakewyattriot: Test Number Three. Necropolis will...

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:32:06 -0400

batlesbo:

jakewyattriot:

Test Number Three.

Necropolis will launch at the end of August as an ongoing weekly webcomic. Stay tuned!

-Jake Wyat

Oh wow. I am pretty much in love with this.

"Breathe. You’re going to be okay. Breathe and remember that you’ve been in this place before. You’ve..."

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:25:29 -0400

“Breathe. You’re going to be okay. Breathe and remember that you’ve been in this place before. You’ve been this uncomfortable and anxious and scared, and you’ve survived. Breathe and know that you can survive this too. These feelings can’t break you. They’re painful and debilitating, but you can sit with them and eventually, they will pass. Maybe not immediately, but sometime soon, they are going to fade and when they do, you’ll look back at this moment and laugh for having doubted your resilience. I know it feels unbearable right now, but keep breathing, again and again. This will pass. I promise it will pass.”

- Daniell Koepke (via sexyamour)

asthedaysgobylifehappenss: wybyle: westerbroski: triggerlocke:...

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 23:41:32 -0400

asthedaysgobylifehappenss:

wybyle:

westerbroski:

triggerlocke:

submissivefeminist:

I love this commercial for really obvious reasons.

WHY HAVE I NEVER THOUGHT OF DOING THIS?!

shhh

just watch

i’m

This is beautiful. And I totally wish I could pull something like this off hahaha

topographe: thirteen-fourteen: May 2013 | Spokane, WA new...

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 23:36:30 -0400

topographe:

thirteen-fourteen:

May 2013 | Spokane, WA

new work up as part of my 365 project

borneblack: Cameron Clarke scored a perfect 2400 on the SAT!...

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 20:50:11 -0400

borneblack:

Cameron Clarke scored a perfect 2400 on the SAT! This brother is also a 1st chair cellist && runs on the cross country team.

"The ACLU Mountain States Regional OFfice came across a welfare application used in… (a certain..."

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 20:27:36 -0400

“

The ACLU Mountain States Regional OFfice came across a welfare application used in… (a certain state) for women with illegitimate children. Among the questions:

—When and where did you first meet the defendant (the child’s father).
—When and where did intercourse first occur.
—Frequency and period of time during which intercourse occurred.
—Was anyone ever present. If yes, give dates, names, and addresses.
—Were preventive measures always used.
—Have you ever had intercourse with anyone other than the defendant. If yes, give dates, names, and addresses.

THE PRIVACY REPORT, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, Vol. IV, No. 3, Oct., 1976.

When and where did you first
confront loneliness?
When and where did you resit
the urge to die?
Did you pull a blind around
your sorrow?
Was anyone present? If yes, give
names and dates and addresses
Did you survive?
Were preventive measures always
used?
Who listened to the rage of your
silent screams? Give the frequency
and period of time,
dates and names and addresses…

Will you promise never to breathe ice?
To follow the outline
of a city street whose perspective
darkens with the morning light?

Document.

”

- pinkie gordon lane, sexual privacy of women on welfare. (via black-poetry)

decolonizehistory: “A Painting for Assata” by Jassmyn Fowlkes...

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 20:20:13 -0400

decolonizehistory:

“A Painting for Assata” by Jassmyn Fowlkes & Sydney Cain at Betti Ono

"Crying does not indicate that you are weak. Since birth, it has always been a sign that you are..."

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 20:18:31 -0400

“Crying does not indicate that you are weak. Since birth, it has always been a sign that you are alive.”

- Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre (via whatsthetruthruth)

barryturbodc4: Omg man your already 16 months …unbelievable!!!...

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 12:58:59 -0400

barryturbodc4:

Omg man your already 16 months …unbelievable!!! …walking talking laughing playing …it’s so perfect as long as your healthy I don’t care about anything else …thank you lord for keeping him safe every night …my life would be meaningless without you…definitely a life changer! I love you Anthony even if you throw your dirty diapers all over the place! Please god give me the strength to continue to be a good father! Better than my dad…because he wasn’t around to experience the things that I have!

blackfashion: Model: Denique Lindsay, 19, Atlanta....

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 12:52:15 -0400

blackfashion:

Model: Denique Lindsay, 19, Atlanta. squishjamm.tumblr.com

Styled and Submitted By: Sasha-Gay Trusty 21, Atlanta. hisandherfirearms.tumblr.com

Photographed By: Jordan Lebeau. www.cloud7teen.com