April 2012
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dear philly,
i love you.
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Three Years of Kickstarter Projects →
kickstarter:
The New York Times breaks down the funding lives of all our projects to date, by category. This is so cool!
Lovers don’t finally meet somewhere. They’re in each other all along.
– Rumi (via myquotelibrary)
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I always feel bad, man. I promise you there is no white writer out there, who...
– Junot Diaz, at New York City College of Technology in Downtown Brooklyn.
more.
(via thesmithian)
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PHONTE ft. EVIDENCE & BIG K.R.I.T. - The Life Of Kings (Official Music Video)
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watched that 'Sound of My Voice' 12min intro...
definitely weird. but im interested in watching the film. im really into the idea of stripped down and minimalist sci-fi. check it.
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for the anons....
*yes, im on facebook. been on there forever and a day. Tiona McClodden is my name and i add just about everybody, except those who look a tad bit crazy in the eyes.
*yes, i am spoken for.
*no, i will not give your info to X, X, or X contact her/him/them yourself.
*no, im no longer working on #thatfilm, that ended quite a while ago.
*yes, i live in philly even though i spend a fair amount of...
…There are clearly stark differences between CeCe McDonald and Trayvon Martin. ...
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Read Part One of Who Will Revere US? (Black LGTBQ People, Straight Women, and Girls)
http://thefeministwire.com/2012/04/who-will-revere-us-black-lgtbq-people-straight-women-and-girls-part-1/
Read Part Two of Who Will Revere US? (Black LGTBQ People, Straight Women, and Girls)
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Philadelphia School District announces its... →
“Philadelphia public schools is not the School District,” Chief Recovery Officer Thomas Knudsen told a handful of reporters at yesterday’s press conference laying out the five-year plan proposed to the School Reform Commission. “There’s a redefinition, and we’ll get to that later.”
He got to it: talk about “modernization,” “right-sizing,” “entrepreneurialism” and...
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vote.
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Spook Magazine Inaugural Issue Mix →
jalylah:
Spook is a forthcoming magazine conceived and edited by talented journalist & fiction writer Jason Parham. The inaugural issue features work from Victor LaValle, Tavia Nyong’o, Hank Willis Thomas, Jozen Cummings, Ashley Finigan & Sharifa Rhodes-Pitts among others. I jumped at the chance to make a companion mix when invited. I’ve been told it’s funky ; )
Check it out:...
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Miss Lora by Junot Díaz →
*just read this. Diaz is such a talent! talk about visuals!
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NYC Last night was....
just LOVELY! thanks to everyone who came out to support! we had a packed room and i got the chance to meet some cool folks! Special thanks to Aishah for just being a great friend and supporter of me and my work for almost 10 years! She was a great host for the evening and we had a cool talk! Showed the rough edit of Bumming Cigarettes and got some great feedback that will allow me to move forward...
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NYC Friday 4/20/2012: Women's Film Series presents... →
thepeculiarkind:
tionam:
Women’s Film Series presents An Evening with Filmmaker/Artist tiona.m. in talk with Filmmaker/Activist Aishah Shahidah Simmons
Join filmmaker and artist Tiona McClodden {thats me!} as she discusses her work as a filmmaker, director, artist and activist in the LGBT community with…
Hey folks! The creators of TPK have been invited by the uber talented Filmmaker, Tiona...
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YouTube Now Lets Video Creators Solicit Pledges... →
kickstarter:
Pretty cool things happening over here, guys!
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blackwomynsvisualart:
This video reveals the #AfriFemArtisticGenius of LaToya Ruby Fraizer. Frazier explains why she includes family and community in her documentaries and photos. She also talks about the complex social, political and economic forces that shaped and influenced them.
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The Power of Introverts →
It makes sense that so many introverts hide even from themselves. We live with a value system that I call the Extrovert Ideal — the omnipresent belief that the ideal self is gregarious, alpha, and comfortable in the spotlight. The archetypal extrovert prefers action to contemplation, risk- taking to heed-taking, certainty to doubt. He favors quick decisions, even at the risk of being...
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