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Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:01:08 -0400

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Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:24:31 -0400

therumpus: schomburgcenter: Today is Juneteenth, which...

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:13:51 -0400

schomburgcenter:

Today is Juneteenth, which commemorates the ending of slavery in Texas on June 19, 1865. Although the Emancipation Proclamation was issued by Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863, it was not enforced in the state of Texas due to a lack of Union troop presence and enforcement in the confederate state.

However on June 19, 1865, Union soldiers led by Major General Gordon Granger and his regiment entered Galveston, Texas to override the resistance to the law and to enforce the Executive Orders. Union Major-General Gordon Granger read General Orders, No.3 to the people of Galveston. It stated:

“The people of Texas are informed that, in accordance with a proclamation from the Executive of the United States, all slaves are free. This involves an absolute equality of personal rights and rights of property between former masters and slaves, and the connection heretofore existing between them becomes that between employer and hired labor. The freedmen are advised to remain quietly at their present homes and work for wages. They are informed that they will not be allowed to collect at military posts and that they will not be supported in idleness either there or elsewhere.”

Since 1865 black Americans have regarded June 19th as the official emancipation day, and on January 1, 1980, the state of Texas proclaimed June 19 an official state holiday thanks to the African American state legislator Al Edwards.

Happy Juneteenth!

"All alive on the planet today are heirs of the Conquest. And as heirs, like it or not, conscious of..."

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:04:08 -0400

“All alive on the planet today are heirs of the Conquest. And as heirs, like it or not, conscious of it or not, of the tragic consequences of five centuries and more, of the deaths of countless people and flora and fauna, all humankind is set the task of our inheritance. To not recognize this inheritance is to participate, however inadvertently and unwillingly, in its repression.”

- Adam Lifshey, “Specters of Conquest: Indigenous Absence in Transatlantic Literatures.”

thesmithian: …up to 200,000 people angry with high costs and...

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:38:55 -0400

thesmithian:

…up to 200,000 people angry with high costs and poor public services took to the streets. Protesters in Rio de Janeiro burned cars and looted buildings as police attempted to disperse them with teargas and rubber bullets. Aerial images showed thousands of people attempting to storm the congress building in Brasilia. The rallies…are some of the biggest ever seen in the country…

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finger print wedding ring

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 03:42:22 -0400

finger print wedding ring

Herbert James Draper - The Lament for Icarus (1898)

Sat, 15 Jun 2013 06:59:29 -0400

Herbert James Draper - The Lament for Icarus (1898)

gift me with S. sweet, hissing, slipping, seducing S. whisper S into my skin.

Sat, 15 Jun 2013 05:50:20 -0400

gift me with S. sweet, hissing, slipping, seducing S. whisper S into my skin.

myampgoesto11: Kimsooja: To Breathe - A Mirror Woman (2006)

Sat, 15 Jun 2013 05:31:58 -0400

myampgoesto11:

Kimsooja: To Breathe - A Mirror Woman (2006)

Tracey Emin - My Bed (1998) The artist’s bed, presented in the...

Sat, 15 Jun 2013 05:28:10 -0400

Tracey Emin - My Bed (1998)

The artist’s bed, presented in the state she claimed it had been while in the midst of a suicidial depression brought on by relationship difficulties. Empty booze bottles, cigarette butts, stained sheets, worn panties, “the bloody aftermath of a nervous breakdown”, My Bed was a scandalous installation in its day and though it wasn’t the winner of the Turner Prize, its notoriety has persisted.

nevver: Never quit

Sat, 15 Jun 2013 03:36:31 -0400

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nevver:

Never quit

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Thu, 13 Jun 2013 19:51:48 -0400

2An Active Tally of How Often My Housemates (Accidentally) See Me Naked

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 19:40:59 -0400

- 1 - June 1st, first day in

2 - June 13th, didn’t realize my housemate was home.

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Tue, 11 Jun 2013 22:31:01 -0400

a-simplelimabean: so my friend killed a moth and he kind of just

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 22:23:14 -0400

a-simplelimabean:

so my friend killed a moth and he kind of just

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Tue, 11 Jun 2013 21:40:26 -0400

"What is reality, anyway? Just a collective hunch."

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 19:37:11 -0400

““What is reality, anyway? Just a collective hunch.””

- Jane Wagner (via quotedojo)

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Mon, 10 Jun 2013 22:21:41 -0400

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Mon, 10 Jun 2013 21:22:54 -0400

endthymes: daria martin, soft materials (2004)

Mon, 03 Jun 2013 02:10:31 -0400

endthymes:

daria martin, soft materials (2004)