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The Atlantic: Two Fearless New Jazz Records... →
“Black music has suffered a systematic demise and Black radio is a major compliance,” wrote Paul Porter of Industry Ears in an October 2011 essay, “Why is Black Radio So Damn Bad?” ”The youth in America, get a steady diet of bitch, hoe and bling. The once undisputed music leader now follows the lead of the powerful recording industry.” In a similar 2011...
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The best love is the one that makes you a better person, without changing you...
– Anonymous (via myquotelibrary)
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In life you will meet two kinds of people. Ones who build you up, and ones who...
– Anonymous (via myquotelibrary)
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I just heard Rihanna was in talks to play Whitney...
rafi-dangelo:
This is a list of actresses far more suited to play Whitney than that no-talent, non-singin heffah.
Jennifer Hudson
Audra McDonald
Anika Noni Rose
Meryl Streep
A lamp with a wig on it
Elmo
President Barack Obama
A bag of polenta
20% off coupons from Bed Bath & Beyond
Oprah Winfrey
Oprah Winfrey’s dogs
George Takei
Bobby Brown in a Glen Close costume
the new Brown...
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1. Abandon the idea that you are ever going to finish. Lose track of the 400...
– John Steinbeck on “how to keep from going nuts” while writing.
From Paris Review - The Art of Fiction No. 45.
via openculture which also has a great video of Steinbeck’s 1962 acceptance speech for the Nobel Prize for Literature.
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I cling to my imperfection, as the very essence of my being.
– Anatole France (via misswallflower)
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Rinku Sen at Colorlines: Domestic Workers Use... →
squintyoureyes:
But their intervention did more than take advantage of a cultural moment—it shaped that moment to mitigate against the potential negative effects on a national audience. From an organizer’s perspective, there is a danger embedded in stories of triumph over segregationists, especially a story as prettily presented as this one. Viewers develop little appreciation for the grit of...
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Viola Davis Appreciation: Thoughts on Viola's loss →
zebablah:
First of all - YES. Meryl Streep is a great actress. Let’s set that straight.
But her long, varied career has been made possible because she is a blonde, white, reasonably attractive woman who is afforded the access, the luxury of having the pick of the litter when it comes to…
Wow talk about damper attitude…. Well, to begin, all that is said here is EXTREMELY true and...
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Women need real moments of solitude and self-reflection to balance out how much...
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