“Let’s Raise Children Who Won’t Have To Recover From Their Childhoods.”

Dijo Chavela Vargas: los mexicanos nacemos donde nos da la chingada gana. Si José dice que es mexicano, es mexicano de Chicago.

Citizen Illegal, José Olivarez

Re-examine all you have been told. Dismiss what insults your soul.  ― Walt Whitman

Have enough courage to trust love one more time and always one more time.

Maya Angelou (via perfectquote)

“I charge theological bankruptcy to a Christianity that is silent when unarmed black people are murdered by the state and their killers shielded from punishment. I charge theological bankruptcy to a Christianity that is silent when black grandmothers are beaten unconscious by law enforcement officers as they seek shelter across a busy highway. I charge theological bankruptcy to a Christianity that is silent when black teenagers are gunned down like animals, but rushes to promote campaigns against “indecent” music. I charge theological bankruptcy to a Christianity that is silent about black pain and suffering, but wants to rally to boycott a fictional television show. I charge theological bankruptcy to a Christianity that is silent when pregnant black women are placed in chokeholds by police, but campaigns outside of abortion clinics to “protect” life. I charge theological bankruptcy to a Christianity that is silent in the face of urban violence, poverty, and joblessness, but wants to figure out how to plant an urban church from a suburban bubble. I charge theological bankruptcy to a Christianity that is silent about racial disparities, but keeps singing hymns in which one has to be washed “white as snow.” I charge theological bankruptcy to a Christianity that is silent about racism, white privilege, and white supremacy, but wants to have conferences about doing “multicultural” ministry.”

— James Cone in God of the Oppressed 1975 (via companion-to-owls)

*accidentally spent all my life making sure everyone around me feels comfortable, only to realize I never felt comfortable the whole time*

Nos vamos al mundial, nos vamos al mundial...que sí, que no, que cómo chingados no

May is Mental Health Awareness month.

Mental illness is not a choice.