May 2013
5 posts
I think that in order to struggle you have to be creative. In my life,...
– Assata Shakur (via wakeupblackpower)
April 2013
10 posts
Can I get a moment
Can I get a moment?
this may be the triple sag of me
asking for a moment and dont even think its a sort of plea
i need a moment to breathe, to eat
without any of the violent shit pounded in my meat
i need this time to think and reflect
not this time to eject and errect
i cant just be asked how i feel and move on
its not the feeling i can describe
im not gunna write a song
i need to feel...
Transformation comes, like death, in its own time. And, like death, it takes you...
– osho
Don't ever hesitate. Reblog this. TUMBLR RULE....
The original post only has US helplines. I've added UK helplines underneath. It would be great if people could add numbers from everywhere in the world.
Depression Hotline: 1-630-482-9696
Suicide Hotline: 1-800-784-8433
LifeLine: 1-800-273-8255
Trevor Project: 1-866-488-7386
Sexuality Support: 1-800-246-7743
Eating Disorders Hotline: 1-847-831-3438
Rape and Sexual Assault: 1-800-656-4673
Grief Support: 1-650-321-5272
Runaway: 1-800-843-5200, 1-800-843-5678, 1-800-621-4000
Exhale: After Abortion Hotline/Pro-Voice: 1-866-4394253
Child Abuse: 1-800-422-4453
UK Helplines:
Samaritans (for any problem): 08457909090 e-mail jo@samaritans.org
Childline (for anyone under 18 with any problem): 08001111
Mind infoline (mental health information): 0300 123 3393 e-mail: info@mind.org.uk
Mind legal advice (for people who need mental-health related legal advice): 0300 466 6463 legal@mind.org.uk
b-eat eating disorder support: 0845 634 14 14 (only open Mon-Fri 10.30am-8.30pm and Saturday 1pm-4.30pm) e-mail: help@b-eat.co.uk
b-eat youthline (for under 25's with eating disorders): 08456347650 (open Mon-Fri 4.30pm - 8.30pm, Saturday 1pm-4.30pm)
Cruse Bereavement Care: 08444779400 e-mail: helpline@cruse.org.uk
Frank (information and advice on drugs): 0800776600
Drinkline: 0800 9178282
Rape Crisis England & Wales: 0808 802 9999 1(open 2 - 2.30pm 7 - 9.30pm) e-mail info@rapecrisis.org.uk
Rape Crisis Scotland: 08088 01 03 02 every day, 6pm to midnight
India Self Harm Hotline: 00 08001006614
India Suicide Helpline: 022-27546669
New Zealand Helplines
Emergency Services number (For IMMEDIATE HELP): 111
Lifeline New Zealand (24hr counselling service open everyday of the year): 0800 543 354
Suicide Prevention Helpline: 0508 828 865 (0508 TAUTOKO)
Youthline(A service for children and teens): 0800 37 66 33, FREE Text: 234, EMAIL: talk@youthline.co.nz.
Alcohol Drug Helpline : 0800 787 797
Just Youth: (022) 093 3747
Gay helpline Wellington: (04) 473 7878
Wellington Gay Welfare Group: (04) 473 7878
Healthline: (0800) 611 116
Te Whare Rokiroki- Māori Women's Refuge: 0800 REFUGE or 0800 733 843
Victim support: (0800) 842 846
At a distance you only see my light;
come closer and know that I am you.
– Rumi (via fuckyeahrumi)
We are the ancestors of the future.
– (via lexxdigs)
March 2013
6 posts
The pain is not to make you miserable, the pain is to make you more aware! And...
– Osho
To allow our ancestors to dwell among us and to invite their wisdom to enter us...
– bell hooks (via sqs-tec)
February 2013
2 posts
2 tags
i feel sad..
when i get left out of girls night.
January 2013
4 posts
1 tag
Transformflowerblossompower: whiterash →
My (mitali’s) new blog-growing in all directions means multiple spaces for my multiple faces.
http://growtali.tumblr.com/
growtali:
its that choke in your throat, that trip in your step..
each time you try again you second guess wondering why
you are second guessing for them
instead of you
its that fear they’ll be mad or they already are
its that awkwardness after questioning all...
December 2012
6 posts
Sit, be still, and listen.
– Rumi (via fuckyeahrumi)
November 2012
11 posts
indigocrayon:
so grateful for the wonderful south asian women in my life
I suggest we toss out the notion of an urban prototype for good queer living and...
– Sara Crawley, “The Clothes Make the Trans: Region and Geography in Experiences of the Body” (via feministsociology)
Go my friend
bestow your love
even on your enemies
if you touch their hearts...
– Rumi (via fuckyeahrumi)
4 tags
No I wont go on a date with you white girl just...
Dont you go appropriating my social life and cooch. no.
I like how people act like you can’t be racist and sleep with a person of color....
– QUEERING THE GAME OF LIFE (via thegenderpurple)
1 tag
October 2012
39 posts
the bad dominicana: Gentrification spaces →
bankuei:
Spent some time yesterday at the local cafe. Figured I’d give it a few chances, but sitting in there, and it’s 90% white folks in the middle of downtown Oakland, and you look out the window and it’s 90% Black people, you know that wasn’t an accident.
And I find myself thinking this…
2 tags
8 tags
Sometimes, we gotta take a moment and heal.
WE dont let ourselves do that. Our society and macro communities stop us from remembering the aches and pains we felt days before our responsibilities and conditions recommence. We are suppose to make time to heal. We are suppose to heal on our own time. What’s the definition of our time? where can we find our time in time? how can i have the time thats my own when i cant survive if i give...