"But I have promises to keep..."

“We let Willow cut her hair. When you have a little girl, it’s like how can you teach her that you’re in control of her body? If I teach her that I’m in charge of whether or not she can touch her hair, she’s going to replace me with some other man when she goes out in the world. She can’t cut my hair but that’s her hair. She has got to have command of her body. So when she goes out into the world, she’s going out with a command that it is hers. She is used to making those decisions herself. We try to keep giving them those decisions until they can hold the full weight of their lives.”

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(On why he let Willow cut all of her hair off)

Read more: Will Smith On Allowing Willow To Cut Her Hair: ‘She Has Got To Have Command Of Her Body’ | Necole Bitchie.com

- He raises a really great point. What would it mean to believe very early that my body was mine. That it’s not for anyone or for any particular purpose other than to be mine until I decide otherwise.

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I was damned near 30 before I could believe my body belonged to me & me alone. Dear people who take an issue with this,

Let the Smiths do right by their babies & shut the fuck up about how you think they should parent.

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They are doing it RIGHT. People don’t understand this, but that’s ok. Those kids will be some well-adjusted, powerful adults.

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“As you let your own light shine, you unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As you are liberated from your own fear, your presence automatically liberates others.”

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“Make good art”

I’m in tears. Today was one of those days. I so needed to hear this. It’s the best 20 minutes you’ll spend today.

elkwesi:

FLATBUSH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! BULLET BULLET BULLET!

I LOVED this movie!

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Conundrum

The awesome thing about deactivating my twitter account yesterday was that I didn’t have 600 unsolicited opinions running roughshod over my psyche yesterday. The bad thing? Yeah…I don’t have enough blog subscribers, and I’ve found it to be an invaluable tool for promotion. So…yeah.

You can find me…

“If a survivor of domestic violence uses a gun to warn an attacker, not kill him, and that survivor now faces a prison term of twenty years, then what purpose does Stand Your Ground serve?”

— Melissa Harris-Perry on the case of Marissa Alexander, a mother of three, who fired a warning shot into her kitchen ceiling trying to keep her abusive husband away. No one was hurt, but she now faces up to twenty years in prison. (via thenationmagazine)

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