Wanderer searching for her place in the universe

A man who leaves home to mend himself and others is a philosopher; but he who goes from country to country, guided by the blind impulse of curiosity, is a vagabond.
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If your ancestors cut down all the trees, it’s not your fault, but you still don’t live in a forest.

Pam Oliver, a professor in the UW-Madison sociology department, explaining the historical roots of racism in the United States to her undergraduate students (mostly middle-class and White).  I try to use this when I teach race now, too, to get past the defensive “but why are you BLAMING ME” reaction. (via cabell)

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The many faces of rape.

This makes me sick to my stomach. 

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My Wife’s Fight With Breast Cancer
one of the saddest and most beautiful photo essays I’ve ever seen

chills

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daxtumbler:

My father, Dave Robert Shepard Sr., died on either December 30th or December 31st, depending on what time zone you were in. I received the call on the 30th at 11:30PM in Los Angeles, but the caller, positioned in Detroit, was two hours deep into the 31st. He was dead at 62 years old. Small cell…

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The way to love someone is to lightly run your finger over that person’s soul until you find a crack, and then gently pour your love into that crack.
Keith Miller (via hellanne)

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edatrix:

  • push yourself
  • fail fast
  • get it out the door
  • don’t be scared
  • don’t regret
  • don’t what if