May 2013
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Just imagine this is probably going on at another house on another street and another state. #amandaberry #micheleknight #GeorginaDejesus
April 2013
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March 2013
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What is Love
As a child it was a love that I could never understand.
I never understood how love could look so painful.
She loved that man
She loved him when he stole our rent money
She loved him when he pawned our things
& when I started hating him she was still loving him
Still needing him
I couldn’t understand why
Why she held on
I was too young to know that kind of love
She was there...
madness-is-sanity:
The thing that annoys me the most is the stigma people with mental health problems get. Mental illness is so misunderstood it is irritating. Also people get the impression psychiatric wards are 4 white walls with a bed in and that’s it, which is false. The media is partly to blame for this, films, TV shows etc give these impressions to people. Mental health problems is nothing...
the.idea.of.dying young.as.late as.possible.:... →
talktomeinmusic:
Anxiety disorders are so misunderstood in our society. Having a mental illness classified as anxiety is not the same as stress or sadness or even depression. I am not sad or depressed or even stressed, I am anxious. It is not quite like the feeling you get before a big exam or an important…
I wish people could understand
populardad:
there is a difference between people who are smart and people who get good grades
Yes indeed
Not a single black man between the age 60-64 in 1978 who lived in poverty had a...
– From Manning Marable’s How Capitalism Underdeveloped Black America.
Think about that. Think about generational wealth gaps and employment. Think about how these men were able to provide for their children and families. There are very real barriers to this thing called life. Racist barriers that...