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everyday is mlk day
in imagecryscan1o
••.
"May I stress the need for
courageous, intelligent, and
dedicated leadership... Leaders of
sound integrity. Leaders not in love
with publicity, but in love with
justice. Leaders not in love with
money, but in love with humanity.
Leaders who can subject their
particular egos to the greatness of
the cause."
MARTIN LUTHER KING
everyday is mlk day
••.
"May I stress the need for
courageous, intelligent, and
dedicated leadership... Leaders of
sound integrity. Leaders not in love
with publicity, but in love with
justice. Leaders not in love with
money, but in love with humanity.
Leaders who can subject their
particular egos to the greatness of
the cause."
MARTIN LUTHER KING
everyday is mlk day
14 years ago.
if you are an artist, yoga will come through in art and art will come through in yoga. @suenodevida_ecu lives this by example
in imageif you are an artist, yoga
will come through in art and
art will come through in
yoga.
@suenodevida ecu lives this
by example
will come through in art and
art will come through in
yoga.
@suenodevida ecu lives this
by example
h/t @josepharmstrongyoga
in imageNancy Pelosi and Elizabeth Taylor fighting before the House for HIV/
AIDS funding when no one else would.
HANPEEO
h/t @josepharmstrongyoga
AIDS funding when no one else would.
HANPEEO
h/t @josepharmstrongyoga
in imageWhen you finally decide to quit
your job and follow your dreams
aa
uhes HÌVE
your job and follow your dreams
aa
uhes HÌVE
every new beginning starts from some other’s beginning’s end.
in imageevery new beginning starts
from some other' s
beginning' s end.
from some other' s
beginning' s end.
in imageThings Queer Culture Teaches
That Straight Culture Doesn't:
• You don't have to get married if you don't want to.
• You don't have to have kids if you don't want to.
• It's nobody's job to flirt with you or be flirted with. If you're
into someone, do the work and tell them.
• People will judge you and reject you without knowing you.
This isn't your fault. You're not the broken one.
• Your clothing and hair and other style choices are to make
YOU feel good first and foremost.
• Signaling to your people is the secondary job of hair and
clothes. But don't dress for them. Be you, they'll see it.
• Anyone who judges you badly for your hair and clothes is not
your people and can fuck off.
• Physical affection in public is an act of deliberate courage.
• Family is a matter of choice. Loyalty is a two-way street.
• Mental health is important and it's hard. Anxiety and
depression are natural reactions to the world.
• Sensitivity isn't weakness. It just means you pay attention.
• People who think "sex" only means a penis in a vagina
deserve pity. (They don't deserve better sex, just pity.)
• Everyone who's interesting reinvented themselves after
their world fell apart. Just like you did.
• Community is a safety net from an unfair worid. Let it catch
you when you need it. Catch others when you can.
• Don't live your life for anyone else's happiness. Live for your
own, and share it.
That Straight Culture Doesn't:
• You don't have to get married if you don't want to.
• You don't have to have kids if you don't want to.
• It's nobody's job to flirt with you or be flirted with. If you're
into someone, do the work and tell them.
• People will judge you and reject you without knowing you.
This isn't your fault. You're not the broken one.
• Your clothing and hair and other style choices are to make
YOU feel good first and foremost.
• Signaling to your people is the secondary job of hair and
clothes. But don't dress for them. Be you, they'll see it.
• Anyone who judges you badly for your hair and clothes is not
your people and can fuck off.
• Physical affection in public is an act of deliberate courage.
• Family is a matter of choice. Loyalty is a two-way street.
• Mental health is important and it's hard. Anxiety and
depression are natural reactions to the world.
• Sensitivity isn't weakness. It just means you pay attention.
• People who think "sex" only means a penis in a vagina
deserve pity. (They don't deserve better sex, just pity.)
• Everyone who's interesting reinvented themselves after
their world fell apart. Just like you did.
• Community is a safety net from an unfair worid. Let it catch
you when you need it. Catch others when you can.
• Don't live your life for anyone else's happiness. Live for your
own, and share it.
(how I felt
For years trying to be a ‘good yogi’)
For years trying to be a ‘good yogi’)
in imageWhen the weekend is over and you
have to say goodbye to your real self for
a few days
(how I felt
For years trying to be a
'good yogi')
have to say goodbye to your real self for
a few days
(how I felt
For years trying to be a
'good yogi')
(turns out, doing your best to not be a dick bag was really all that was needed)
in imagePLOT TWIST:
MAYBE EATING TACOS
WASN'T CHEATING ON MY DIET.
MAYBE GOING ON A DIET WAS
CHEATING ON MY TACOS.
(turns out, doing your best
to not be a dick bag was
really all that was needed)
MAYBE EATING TACOS
WASN'T CHEATING ON MY DIET.
MAYBE GOING ON A DIET WAS
CHEATING ON MY TACOS.
(turns out, doing your best
to not be a dick bag was
really all that was needed)
(don't let these bamas fool yuh)
in imageThe grass is greener on social media
(don't let these bamas fool
yuh) ¾
(don't let these bamas fool
yuh) ¾
Hey fellow authorized ashtanga yoga teachers! yâall gonna go to âBill Cosby school of comedyâ or âthe R Kelly Institute for Balladryâ? What if they gave you your degree with the guys face on it and made you hang it up in your class room? Are you going to do it? If you wouldnât do it, why not? Could you support an organization that demanded you do?
A while back I was the victim of a hate crime â I was assaulted and hospitalized for being other.
They took nothing except my illusions. And Iâm left asking what kind of other was it that made me a target:
White in a black neighborhood?
A perception of Gentry in a neighborhood undergoing gentrification?
Being queer?
Iâm not sure what exactly cause it. âWhite faggotâ isnât quite enough to go on.
What the media does with marginalized communities and race relations is appalling. The questions it asks and posits are cheap (Iâm looking at you, Roxanne Gay).
I implore everyone reading this to leave your gated communities and engage. Ask better questions. Thank you for checking up on me. And remember: I love you. Iâm sorry you hurt.
Also: follow the patterns. The Smullet thing is too close to the Lincoln Memorial thing. Somethings fishy.
They took nothing except my illusions. And Iâm left asking what kind of other was it that made me a target:
White in a black neighborhood?
A perception of Gentry in a neighborhood undergoing gentrification?
Being queer?
Iâm not sure what exactly cause it. âWhite faggotâ isnât quite enough to go on.
What the media does with marginalized communities and race relations is appalling. The questions it asks and posits are cheap (Iâm looking at you, Roxanne Gay).
I implore everyone reading this to leave your gated communities and engage. Ask better questions. Thank you for checking up on me. And remember: I love you. Iâm sorry you hurt.
Also: follow the patterns. The Smullet thing is too close to the Lincoln Memorial thing. Somethings fishy.
Itâs hard to laugh at the Smullett memes.
Some of us have faces held together by laffy taffy and metal plates because we actually were brutally attacked on the street in a random act of violence for no reason other than pure hatred.
Please be aware that by making light of this situation, it becomes a way of diminishing the realities of hate crimes in America.
Funny that itâs my straight white cohort sharing them. Your lack of empathy is worth examining.
Some of us have faces held together by laffy taffy and metal plates because we actually were brutally attacked on the street in a random act of violence for no reason other than pure hatred.
Please be aware that by making light of this situation, it becomes a way of diminishing the realities of hate crimes in America.
Funny that itâs my straight white cohort sharing them. Your lack of empathy is worth examining.
this week vibes
in imageMichael Joel Hall
26 February 2014 at 02:41
"Life is so short. You have to get into as many spandex
outfits as you can with the amount of time that you have."~
RuPaul Charles
this week vibes
26 February 2014 at 02:41
"Life is so short. You have to get into as many spandex
outfits as you can with the amount of time that you have."~
RuPaul Charles
this week vibes
same humble suggestion. two years ago.
in imageMichael Joel Hall
3 March 2017 at 05:42
There is unlimited potential for solidarity, connection, and
compassion inside of each and every one of us. The
loneliness you feel, the sorrow of disconnection, is the inner
voice telling you to plug in and wake up. Might I recommend
Ashtanga yoga? It's very simple and incredibly effective.
DCASHTANGA.COM
two years ago.
same humble suggestion
3 March 2017 at 05:42
There is unlimited potential for solidarity, connection, and
compassion inside of each and every one of us. The
loneliness you feel, the sorrow of disconnection, is the inner
voice telling you to plug in and wake up. Might I recommend
Ashtanga yoga? It's very simple and incredibly effective.
DCASHTANGA.COM
two years ago.
same humble suggestion
this is
what progress
looks like
what progress
looks like
in imagethis is
what progress
looks like
amn
-
Whatever
Just please wash your hands
RESTROOM
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what progress
looks like
amn
-
Whatever
Just please wash your hands
RESTROOM
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Sebastian Cole Hall passed away today. He lived 15 amazing years with me, my mom, and my dad. He knew his toys by name, was fearless, and gentle. He helped make me the person I am today, and taught me about unconditional love. He was a very good boy.
Rob Kearney had a good week: Winning the Australian Arnold -- according to the article, it's considered the second most prestigious strong man event-- and marrying his husband. Oh, and Arnold was there.
Gay boys out here doing. the. damn. thing.
http://www.towleroad.com/2019/03/arnold-schwarzenegger-rob-kearney/
Gay boys out here doing. the. damn. thing.
http://www.towleroad.com/2019/03/arnold-schwarzenegger-rob-kearney/
Has he been to Maggie's house? Her pantry is labeled. I recently found a shoe in my fridge. Tell me which is Order and which is Chaos.
...
For example, he sees the world as fundamentally divided between the forces of âchaosâ and the forces of âorder,â and explains the difference:
...
[Chaos is] what extends, eternally and without limit, beyond the boundaries of all states, all ideas, and all disciplines⦠Itâs the foreigner, the stranger, the member of another gang, the rustle in the bushes⦠the hidden anger of your mother⦠Chaos is symbolically associated with the feminine⦠Order, by contrast, is explored territory. Thatâs the hundreds-of-millions-of-years-old hierarchy of place, position, and authority. Thatâs the structure of society. Itâs the structure provided by biology, tooâ¦Itâs the flag of the nation⦠Itâs the greatness of tradition, the rows of desks in the school classroom, the trains that leave on time⦠In the domain of order, things behave as God intended.
...
Itâs very easy to hear the echoes of authoritarianism, even fascism, in this: strong men create order, which is what God intends, and the social structure is preserved by deference to authority, tradition, hierarchy, flags. (Heck, he even talks about the trains running on time!) But the moment one tries to critique this, to talk about the dangers of adhering to flags and traditions for their own sake, Peterson will angrily insist that you have misunderstood his theory: order is symbiotic with chaos, not superior to it! (âOrder is not enough.â)
...
Whatâs important about this kind of writing is that it can easily appear to contain useful insight, because it says many things that either are true or âfeel kind of true,â and does so in a way that makes the reader feel stupid for not really understanding. (Many of the bookâs reviews on Amazon contain sentiments like: I am not sure I understood it, but itâs absolutely brilliant.) Itâs not that itâs empty of content; in fact, itâs precisely because some of it does ring true that it is able to convince readers of its importance. Itâs certainly right that some procedures work in one situation but not another. Itâs right that good moral systems have to be able to think about the future in figuring out what to do in the present. But much of the rest is language so abstract that it cannot be proved or disproved. (The old expression âwhatâs new in it isnât true, and whatâs true isnât newâ applies here.)
https://www.currentaffairs.org/2018/03/the-intellectual-we-deserve
...
For example, he sees the world as fundamentally divided between the forces of âchaosâ and the forces of âorder,â and explains the difference:
...
[Chaos is] what extends, eternally and without limit, beyond the boundaries of all states, all ideas, and all disciplines⦠Itâs the foreigner, the stranger, the member of another gang, the rustle in the bushes⦠the hidden anger of your mother⦠Chaos is symbolically associated with the feminine⦠Order, by contrast, is explored territory. Thatâs the hundreds-of-millions-of-years-old hierarchy of place, position, and authority. Thatâs the structure of society. Itâs the structure provided by biology, tooâ¦Itâs the flag of the nation⦠Itâs the greatness of tradition, the rows of desks in the school classroom, the trains that leave on time⦠In the domain of order, things behave as God intended.
...
Itâs very easy to hear the echoes of authoritarianism, even fascism, in this: strong men create order, which is what God intends, and the social structure is preserved by deference to authority, tradition, hierarchy, flags. (Heck, he even talks about the trains running on time!) But the moment one tries to critique this, to talk about the dangers of adhering to flags and traditions for their own sake, Peterson will angrily insist that you have misunderstood his theory: order is symbiotic with chaos, not superior to it! (âOrder is not enough.â)
...
Whatâs important about this kind of writing is that it can easily appear to contain useful insight, because it says many things that either are true or âfeel kind of true,â and does so in a way that makes the reader feel stupid for not really understanding. (Many of the bookâs reviews on Amazon contain sentiments like: I am not sure I understood it, but itâs absolutely brilliant.) Itâs not that itâs empty of content; in fact, itâs precisely because some of it does ring true that it is able to convince readers of its importance. Itâs certainly right that some procedures work in one situation but not another. Itâs right that good moral systems have to be able to think about the future in figuring out what to do in the present. But much of the rest is language so abstract that it cannot be proved or disproved. (The old expression âwhatâs new in it isnât true, and whatâs true isnât newâ applies here.)
https://www.currentaffairs.org/2018/03/the-intellectual-we-deserve
in image"IF YOU HANG OUT WITH
ME TOO LONG, T'LL
BRAINWASH YOU INTO
BELIEVING IN YOURSELF
AND THINKING YOU CAN
ACHIEVE ANYTHING"
1
ME TOO LONG, T'LL
BRAINWASH YOU INTO
BELIEVING IN YOURSELF
AND THINKING YOU CAN
ACHIEVE ANYTHING"
1
four years ago,
I came home.
I came home.
in imagefour years
ago,
I
came home.
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ago,
I
came home.
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Chose
pleasure
over
pedantic
pleasure
over
pedantic
I did not
let perfection
inhibit proficient.
let perfection
inhibit proficient.
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