Even though she grew up playing football, shooting hoops and running races against all the boys in her neighborhood, U.S. 800-meter champion Alysia Montano never wanted to be thought of as one of them.
As a result, she started wearing a flower behind her right ear to remind the boys they were getting beat by a girl.
“The flower to me means strength with femininity. I think that a lot of people say things like you run like a girl. That doesn’t mean you have to run soft or you have to run dainty. It means that you’re strong.”
seeing cute and put-together 14 and 15 year olds gets me so angry they’re supposed to be awkward with bad haircuts they’re supposed to suffer the same way i did
Porfirio Díaz officially stepped down as president of Mexico on May 25, 1911, a few days after signing the Treaty of Ciudad Juárez at the beginning of the Mexican Revolution, ending the decades-long regime known as the Porfiriato. His resignation letter can be seen above.
Brazilian people (by VECTORINO)
Falaram tanto que nosso cabelo era ruimque a maioria acreditou
e pôs fim
(raspouqueimoualisoufrisoutrançourelaxou…)
Ainda bem que as raízes continuam intactas
e há maravilhosos pêlos crespos
conscientes
no quilombo das regiões
íntimas
de cada um de nós.
CUTI, Cadernos Negros 23, 2000
