thepoetis.

Some of Gram Gram’s records.

Thu, 16 May 2013 18:01:49 -0400

Some of Gram Gram’s records.

In honor of @xoxo_ayannaj

Wed, 15 May 2013 13:02:07 -0400

In honor of @xoxo_ayannaj

Fortune.

Tue, 14 May 2013 16:11:50 -0400

Fortune.

carpe-pm: i want to find a female poet on here or elsewhere just soon

Mon, 13 May 2013 23:59:57 -0400

carpe-pm:

i want to find a female poet on here or elsewhere

just soon

Gram Gram got fancy in the kitchen today. Herb-Roasted Chicken...

Mon, 13 May 2013 18:02:25 -0400

Gram Gram got fancy in the kitchen today. Herb-Roasted Chicken and Vegetables.

My mama and me

Sun, 12 May 2013 14:57:23 -0400

My mama and me

And this is her last year! (She doesn’t like pictures)...

Fri, 10 May 2013 20:04:42 -0400

And this is her last year! (She doesn’t like pictures) Happy Birthday Sugar!

This is her cake!

Fri, 10 May 2013 20:02:55 -0400

This is her cake!

Today is Sugar’s 95th Birthday! This is her in her 60s

Fri, 10 May 2013 20:02:15 -0400

Today is Sugar’s 95th Birthday! This is her in her 60s

brianbees: Maya Angelou

Wed, 08 May 2013 15:53:52 -0400

brianbees:

Maya Angelou

thepeoplesrecord: The troubling viral trend of the “hilarious”...

Wed, 08 May 2013 15:49:08 -0400

thepeoplesrecord:

The troubling viral trend of the “hilarious” Black poor person
May 7, 2013

Charles Ramsey, the man who helped rescue three Cleveland women presumed dead after going missing a decade ago, has become an instant Internet meme. It’s hardly surprising—the interviews he gave yesterday provide plenty of fodder for a viral video, including memorable soundbites (“I was eatin’ my McDonald’s”) and lots of enthusiastic gestures. But as Miles Klee and Connor Simpson have noted, Ramsey’s heroism is quickly being overshadowed by the public’s desire to laugh at and autotune his story, and that’s a shame. Ramsey has become the latest in a fairly recent trend of “hilarious” black neighbors, unwitting Internet celebrities whose appeal seems rooted in a “colorful” style that is always immediately recognizable as poor or working-class.

Before Ramsey, there was Antoine Dodson, who saved his younger sister from an intruder, only to wind up famous for his flamboyant recounting of the story to a reporter. Since Dodson’s rise to fame, there have been others: Sweet Brown, a woman who barely escaped her apartment complex during a fire last year, and Michelle Clarke, who couldn’t fathom the hailstorm that rained down in her hometown of Houston, and in turn became “the next Sweet Brown.”

Granted, the buzzworthy tactic of reporters interviewing the most loquacious witnesses to a crime or other event is nothing new, and YouTube has countless examples of people of all ethnicities saying ridiculous things. One woman, for instance, saw fit to casually mention her breasts while discussing a local accident, while another man described a car crash with theatrical flair. Earlier this year, a “hatchet-wielding hitchhiker” named Kai matched Dodson’s fame with his astonishing account of rescuing a woman from a racist attacker. But none of those people have been subjected to quite the same level of derisive memeification as Brown, Clark, and now, perhaps, Ramsey—the inescapable echoes of “Hide yo’ kids, hide yo’ wife!” and “Kabooyaw,” the tens of millions of YouTube hits and cameos in other viral videos, even commercials.

It’s difficult to watch these videos and not sense that their popularity has something to do with a persistent, if unconscious, desire to see black people perform. Even before the genuinely heroic Ramsey came along, some viewers had expressed concern that the laughter directed at people like Sweet Brown plays into the most basic stereotyping of blacks as simple-minded ramblers living in the “ghetto,” socially out of step with the rest of educated America. Black or white, seeing Clark and Dodson merely as funny instances of random poor people talking nonsense is disrespectful at best. And shushing away the question of race seems like wishful thinking.

Ramsey is particularly striking in this regard, since, for a moment at least, he put the issue of race front and center himself. Describing the rescue of Amanda Berry and her fellow captives, he says, “I knew something was wrong when a little pretty white girl ran into a black man’s arms. Something is wrong here. Dead giveaway!”

The candid statement seems to catch the reporter off guard; he ends the interview shortly afterward. And it’s notable that among the many memorable things Ramsey said on camera, this one has gotten less meme-attention than most. Those who are simply having fun with the footage of Ramsey might pause for a second to actually listen to the man. He clearly knows a thing or two about the way racism prevents us from seeing each other as people.

Source

Now that you know this is a thing, please stop sharing these memes. Poor Black people speaking candidly about various serious incidents isn’t a hilarious joke.

carry-on-my-wayward-castiel: trollcatty: t0nystarkhasaheart: b...

Wed, 08 May 2013 15:46:26 -0400

carry-on-my-wayward-castiel:

trollcatty:

t0nystarkhasaheart:

batheinhisblood:

avengeallthethings:

Tony Stark, everyone.

Robert Downey jr everyone.

it had to be corrected

Tony Stark pretending to be Robert Downey Jr pretending to be Tony Stark.

There, corrected even more.

#this is from due date

Tumblr has officially lost the ability to tell the difference between Tony Stark and Robert Downey Jr.

Robert Downey Jr has lost the ability to tell the difference between Tony Stark and Robert Downey Jr.

unimportant: therealultrabaguette: essegigi: daftwithoneshoe: ...

Wed, 08 May 2013 15:45:25 -0400

unimportant:

therealultrabaguette:

essegigi:

daftwithoneshoe:

harleys-hyenas:

daftwithoneshoe:

Am I the only one really bothered by the fact that the strawberry and the blackberry are touching?

Let them touch, they don’t get to often because of their tragic forbidden love.

Long ago, two Elder berries got into a fight, the tribe split in two, the strawberries against the blackberries. Now, new passions arise between the new generation - could this be the end of the feud or will it just fan the flames?

Two flavors, both alike in sweetness
In fair Verona, where we lay our scene
From ancient cold break new freezer burn
Where civil juice makes civil fruits unclean

Did you just turn gelato into Shakespeare.

reblogging for the captions omg