"When people talk about the need for Black Excellence I counter with an insistence on Black mediocrity: the right for black people to be as average, flawed, compromised & mistaken as any other group of people. The right, ultimately, to be human." R.I.P. Jason Arday
Outstanding
“I would go to the gym but I only have 20 mins” — so go for 20!
“I would learn Spanish but I have a bad accent” — so speak with a bad accent!
“I would text my old friend this funny thing I found but we haven’t talked in years & it feels awkward” — so feel awkward!
The whole "Men bad, women good" and "Men are inherently evil" thing looks good on paper until you actually think of the implications of it for more than 5 seconds
one of my old psychiatrist's absolute greatest hits: the closer someone is to you, the more you treat them as you treat yourself. it's as though they eventually enter the sphere of your inner world.
we have to stop being cruel to ourselves or we will be cruel to others, in time. i don't make the rules and i don't obey them and my loved ones have paid the price.
Two thoughts from Hunter S. Thompson
“A man who procrastinates in his choosing will inevitably have his choice made for him by circumstance.”
“Freedom is something that dies unless it's used.”
Discipline asks for a little from you today. Regret asks for far more tomorrow.
The choice feels small at first, but one day you'll be living with the result.
“Nobody is coming to save you” but your day literally gets better after you consume art made by other people. You hang w friends & you’re no longer suicidal, even if just for a few minutes. They’re lying to you about the significance of community. People are saving you EVERYDAY!
One thing they don't tell you about the “push a button for a million dollars but someone you don't know dıės” hypothetical is that literally every billionaire is effectively pressing that button as much as they can all the time just because that's how exploitation works