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BLACK.GAY.MODEL</description><title>Nude..:</title><generator>Tumblr (3.0; @nedahoyin)</generator><link>http://nedahoyin.tumblr.com/</link><item><title>I just watched a really good video</title><description>squigggle:

by tumblr user catsandcunts
And something they said in it was basically perfect.
“I was...</description><link>http://nedahoyin.tumblr.com/post/53411986185</link><guid>http://nedahoyin.tumblr.com/post/53411986185</guid><pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 23:41:50 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Photo</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/7b1afd6b3929fdce0d607830d0e3cb41/tumblr_mont5qDxCR1qjpqono1_500.gif"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;</description><link>http://nedahoyin.tumblr.com/post/53411861223</link><guid>http://nedahoyin.tumblr.com/post/53411861223</guid><pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 23:40:00 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Photo</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lwo0wnr4uu1qhfyymo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;</description><link>http://nedahoyin.tumblr.com/post/53408598898</link><guid>http://nedahoyin.tumblr.com/post/53408598898</guid><pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:53:32 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>jcoleknowsbest:

super1eklectic:

ellebeach:

Men’s...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/f1248e6c9b52ba23f47b65b1f65cb763/tumblr_mnvdl8yzgt1qf9ikko1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/d5f689b3ad81f05f981669f8a3ab9812/tumblr_mnvdl8yzgt1qf9ikko4_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/51fdc91f74b4c604ed852ee4ce2abea1/tumblr_mnvdl8yzgt1qf9ikko2_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/d19342b66ef0cd7eed1084159cbf7923/tumblr_mnvdl8yzgt1qf9ikko3_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/11f96ea2fe50de519cf00cc571e160ba/tumblr_mnvdl8yzgt1qf9ikko6_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/78bad1423ced6b99dc8969951279920a/tumblr_mnvdl8yzgt1qf9ikko5_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/6e9a904d73d4181b74e490e3a00f5f83/tumblr_mnvdl8yzgt1qf9ikko7_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://jcoleknowsbest.tumblr.com/post/53355945778"&gt;jcoleknowsbest&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://super1eklectic.tumblr.com/post/53339383937/ellebeach-mens-kahiko-amen"&gt;super1eklectic&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://ellebeach.tumblr.com/post/52136782152/mens-kahiko"&gt;ellebeach&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Men’s Kahiko &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Amen&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;“I lift my hands in total praise to you”&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://nedahoyin.tumblr.com/post/53361891612</link><guid>http://nedahoyin.tumblr.com/post/53361891612</guid><pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:18:47 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>"Never make fun of someone who speaks broken English. It means they know another language."</title><description>“Never make fun of someone who speaks broken English. It means they know another...</description><link>http://nedahoyin.tumblr.com/post/53361881773</link><guid>http://nedahoyin.tumblr.com/post/53361881773</guid><pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:18:35 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>redefiningbodyimage:

In response to the AMA announcement that...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/053fc999f3261228029ba28e6f608e89/tumblr_mon6k8RRTI1qesi41o1_500.png"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/245e2d2912b4732bcd4069dabff1fe5b/tumblr_mon6k8RRTI1qesi41o2_500.png"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://redefiningbodyimage.tumblr.com/post/53356565220/in-response-to-the-ama-announcement-that-they"&gt;redefiningbodyimage&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;In response to the &lt;a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/19/business/ama-recognizes-obesity-as-a-disease.html?_r=0"&gt;AMA announcement&lt;/a&gt; that they recommend classifying obesity as a “disease” - People are taking to Twitter and &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/search/realtime?q=iamnotadisease&amp;src=typd"&gt;the #IAmNotADisease tag&lt;/a&gt; to tell their stories and refute the bullshit.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;“The vote of the A.M.A. House of Delegates &lt;strong&gt;went against the conclusions of the association’s Council on Science and Public Health&lt;/strong&gt;, which had studied the issue over the last year. &lt;strong&gt;The council said that obesity should not be considered a disease&lt;/strong&gt; mainly because the measure usually used to define obesity, the body mass index, is simplistic and flawed.”&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;“Without a single, clear, authoritative, and widely accepted definition of disease, it is difficult to determine conclusively whether or not obesity is a medical disease state,”&lt;/strong&gt; the council told the AMA’s policy-making House of Delegates. “Similarly, a sensitive and clinically practical diagnostic indicator of obesity remains elusive.”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;So let’s get this straight - the AMA council on Science and Public Health is AGAINST the classification of obesity as a “disease” (&lt;a href="http://www.medpagetoday.com/MeetingCoverage/AMA/39918"&gt;hey, look! proof! warning for headless fatties!&lt;/a&gt;) - but you know, fuck that, BECAUSE OF REASONS THAT HAVE EVERYTHING TO DO WITH MONEY AND CORRUPTION THAT STARTS IN AMERICAN DOCTORS OFFICES.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;In case you didn’t know - along with this announcement comes the release of two new diet products, being pushed in conjunction with the media push surrounding the AMA’s “opinion”.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;“Two new obesity drugs — Qsymia from Vivus, and Belviq from Arena Pharmaceuticals and Eisai — have entered the market in the last year.&lt;/strong&gt; Qsymia has not sold well for a variety of reasons, including poor reimbursement and distribution restrictions imposed because of concerns that the drug can cause birth defects. Those restrictions are now being relaxed. Belviq went on sale only about a week ago, so it is too early to tell how it is doing.”&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;WLS and diet products are big business and pharmaceutical companies looking to MAKE MONEY - which the AMA is feeding directly into, and has been for a long time.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The pressure has been turned up. The fatty political movements will feel the blow, as will the nature of our society, which is fragile enough as it is when we are in a state of feeling constant shame about our bodies and health.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;But fuck all if you think we’re about to be silent about it.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="image" height="44" src="http://h-cue.com/rbi/haley-tag.png" width="500"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://nedahoyin.tumblr.com/post/53361870393</link><guid>http://nedahoyin.tumblr.com/post/53361870393</guid><pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:18:22 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Everyone is a little bit racist...</title><description>apihtawikosisan:

Is what white people tell themselves so they never have to change.
</description><link>http://nedahoyin.tumblr.com/post/53361621317</link><guid>http://nedahoyin.tumblr.com/post/53361621317</guid><pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:13:40 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>thesmithian:


…up to 200,000 people angry with high costs and...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/cfb1e9a93d4ff5ce69029ac3e54ecb27/tumblr_molh1henM31qcwnv4o1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/90e69c4f533db7855a43fce327234671/tumblr_molh1henM31qcwnv4o2_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/9ec6a20bebb6a30e426fd6511798f04f/tumblr_molh1henM31qcwnv4o3_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/6d4a8157747b068cc5bbc4e0b61a4a5b/tumblr_molh1henM31qcwnv4o4_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/5a2021b8150f192e3656a6a9ac2d14b6/tumblr_molh1henM31qcwnv4o5_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/2e3e147abd726fa14a0b3fde2d09f695/tumblr_molh1henM31qcwnv4o6_500.png"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/03fbb8091b6abfb07bb95b4050245950/tumblr_molh1henM31qcwnv4o7_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://thesmithian.tumblr.com/post/53280357775/up-to-200-000-people-angry-with-high-costs-and"&gt;thesmithian&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;…up to 200,000 people angry with high costs and poor public services took to the streets. Protesters in Rio de Janeiro burned cars and looted buildings as police attempted to disperse them with teargas and rubber bullets. Aerial images showed thousands of people attempting to storm the congress building in Brasilia. The rallies…are some of the biggest ever seen in the country…&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/video/2013/jun/18/brazil-protests-200000-violent-nationwide-clashes-video"&gt;more&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Revolution..&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://nedahoyin.tumblr.com/post/53361035923</link><guid>http://nedahoyin.tumblr.com/post/53361035923</guid><pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:02:08 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>frenchmontanicure:

colibree:

koripxo:

crazy-pretty-reckless:

...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/5545dbdc1ef3e9eae75d3d489a195e76/tumblr_molq9eIUVS1rypjoko1_500.png"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/902b5acaf958f272a918e91ab697fcca/tumblr_molq9eIUVS1rypjoko2_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/1d86024224a9e6ef3ebc6b3fa037d44e/tumblr_molq9eIUVS1rypjoko3_500.png"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/5874f11b62e80ac546bc458a35bb5c09/tumblr_molq9eIUVS1rypjoko4_500.png"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/8ea25b3ad0c7c374073ed083b231f022/tumblr_molq9eIUVS1rypjoko5_500.png"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://frenchmontanicure.tumblr.com/post/53323604514/colibree-koripxo-crazy-pretty-reckless"&gt;frenchmontanicure&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://colibree.tumblr.com/post/53315754089/koripxo-crazy-pretty-reckless"&gt;colibree&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://koripxo.tumblr.com/post/53296985618/crazy-pretty-reckless-pretty-muchamazing"&gt;koripxo&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://crazy-pretty-reckless.tumblr.com/post/53295992215/pretty-muchamazing-whiteboywaves"&gt;crazy-pretty-reckless&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://pretty-muchamazing.tumblr.com/post/53295562823/whiteboywaves-sick-slut-whiteboywaves"&gt;pretty-muchamazing&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://whiteboywaves.tumblr.com/post/53295378345/sick-slut-whiteboywaves"&gt;whiteboywaves&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://sick-slut.tumblr.com/post/53295310474/whiteboywaves-inwildnessistheworld-so-you"&gt;sick-slut&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://whiteboywaves.tumblr.com/post/53294709465/inwildnessistheworld-so-you-can-be-proud-of"&gt;whiteboywaves&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://inwildnessistheworld.tumblr.com/post/53294311205/so-you-can-be-proud-of-being-black-hispanic-or"&gt;inwildnessistheworld&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;So you can be proud of being black, hispanic, or asian, but you can’t be proud to be white? Wtf is wrong with society?&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;white people are behind the worst genocides in history what your sus ass got to be proud of? the invention of graham crackers?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;idk pretty sure we invented toilets or something&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;bitch we invented the soap to clean your filthy asses dont talk shit&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Jessusssssssssss&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Actually, white people invented the following;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Geography&lt;br/&gt;Telescope&lt;br/&gt;Microscope&lt;br/&gt;Automobile&lt;br/&gt;Television&lt;br/&gt;Electricity&lt;br/&gt;Aircrafts&lt;br/&gt;Computers&lt;br/&gt;The Piano&lt;br/&gt;Electric Engineering&lt;br/&gt;Telephone&lt;br/&gt;Theory of Evolution&lt;br/&gt;The Wormhole&lt;br/&gt;First one’s in Space&lt;br/&gt;First one’s on the Moon&lt;br/&gt;Banks/Banking&lt;br/&gt;The theory of Natural Selection&lt;br/&gt;Theatre&lt;br/&gt;Pencil&lt;br/&gt;The Jet Engine&lt;br/&gt;The discovery of DNA&lt;br/&gt;The discovery of the Atom&lt;br/&gt;The discovery of Cells&lt;br/&gt;The Camera&lt;br/&gt;US Constitution&lt;br/&gt;Democracy&lt;br/&gt;Republic&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;And yes, a white person did happen to invent the graham cracker.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;If you want to cling to every invention that white people are responsible for throughout history as if it’s some sort of accomplishment of your own, then you should also accept responsibility for all the disgusting things that white people have done, correct? You can’t just claim the things that make you look good and disregard the history that makes you look bad. Take it all or leave it all.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Geography- The oldest known world maps date back to Islam in the 9th Century B.C.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Automobile- automobiles were base on chariots created by the Indo-Iranians.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Electricity- Nobody invented electricity, pendejo estupido. Electricity is a natural phenomena. &lt;br/&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Computers- Computers were based on the abacus, created by the ancient Sumerians.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Piano- The piano is based on string instruments created in ancient Mesopotamia.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Wormhole- Einstein discovered this, and given that Einstein was a dedicate member of the NAACP and called racism America’s “worst disease”, I’m sure that he would not appreciate you using his discoveries to promote white supremacy. &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Theatre- The earliest recorded theatrical event dates back to 2000 BCE with the “passion plays” of Ancient Egypt.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Jet Engine- This is based on rockets invented by the Chinese in the 13th Century&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Discovery of the Atom- Atomism dates back to India during the 6th Century BCE&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Camera- Photographic cameras were a development of the Camera Obscura, a device dating back to the ancient Chinese.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The U.S. Constitution- The earliest known code of law dates back to the ancient Mesopotamians. The American Constitution is based on the Iroquois “Great Code of Peace”. And given that the original U.S. Constitution was used to enslave and murder thousands of people, maybe you shouldn’t be so proud of it.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Democracy- Based on the Sanghas of India during the 6th Century BCE&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Republics- See above.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Nice try, white person. Practically everything you guys invented comes from PoC &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Have fun with your Graham Crackers tho&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://nedahoyin.tumblr.com/post/53361005719</link><guid>http://nedahoyin.tumblr.com/post/53361005719</guid><pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:01:35 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>little boi blue: Call-Out for Submissions! Issue #3, On Struggling: Bodies</title><description>little boi blue: Call-Out for Submissions! Issue #3, On Struggling: Bodies: onstruggling:

We exist...</description><link>http://nedahoyin.tumblr.com/post/53360815147</link><guid>http://nedahoyin.tumblr.com/post/53360815147</guid><pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:57:52 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>afrosinspace:

sketchlynx:

mister-sunny:

people are boycotting the Kraft commercials for the...</title><description>afrosinspace:

sketchlynx:

mister-sunny:

people are boycotting the Kraft commercials for the...</description><link>http://nedahoyin.tumblr.com/post/53360789135</link><guid>http://nedahoyin.tumblr.com/post/53360789135</guid><pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:57:21 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>blackandkillingit:

lovelyandbrown:

check out my lean.

Black...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/df29ae8d9c13293f8bbab63bb4440303/tumblr_ml5x1gUKVu1qefer0o1_500.png"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://blackandkillingit.com/post/53359667483/lovelyandbrown-check-out-my-lean-black-girls" class="tumblr_blog"&gt;blackandkillingit&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://lovelyandbrown.tumblr.com/post/47809812095/check-out-my-lean"&gt;lovelyandbrown&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;check out my lean.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Black Girls Killing It &lt;a href="http://shopbgki.com"&gt;Shop BGKI NOW&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://nedahoyin.tumblr.com/post/53359854645</link><guid>http://nedahoyin.tumblr.com/post/53359854645</guid><pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:38:20 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>prepaidafrica:

Many people dream of a job. Others create their...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/34515498c8a4f1de1cd6c0f1df410ade/tumblr_mojekn2nbF1qghc1jo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://prepaidafrica.tumblr.com/post/53317379946/many-people-dream-of-a-job-others-create-their" class="tumblr_blog"&gt;prepaidafrica&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Many people dream of a job. Others create their own job. At the sight of what she calls “cemeteries” of unharvested mangoes lying on the ground in the Bas-Congo region, &lt;strong&gt;Gratitude Ntonda Mandiangu&lt;/strong&gt; decided one day to start her own business. Today she earns a living by turning this unnecessary waste into a resource.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;“Passion fruit juice here, mango juice there, the ginger and orange juices at the back. And here the honey and mead used as sweeteners,” says Gratitude.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The sound of clinking glass bottles fills the 25sqm workshop where the young Congolese woman turns surplus fruit into delicious drinks.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;“We had to find a way to add value to this readily available raw material,” says the 25-year-old qualified food-processing technician.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Established in 2008, her microenterprise is called Cetrapal, an acronym for the Centre for the Transformation of Local Food Products. Modest start-up funds from the European Union allowed her to purchase necessary equipment for the business.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Today, Miss Gratitude, as she calls herself, employs a score of women from her native Kisantu to clean, cut, crush, sterilize and bottle the fruit.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;On her own&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;At the start, efforts by some to discourage her only strengthened Gratitude’s determination to prove that women can be successful entrepreneurs.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;“I pushed forward,” she recalls. Her parents, also employed in agriculture, fully supported the launch of her company. Her mother manages a few fields only a short walk away from Gratitude’s workshop.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Does that mean Cetrapal is a family business? Definitely not.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;“She has to succeed on her own,” says her mother. Mixing family and business in this part of the world is a recipe for bankruptcy, she states succinctly.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;A plan that makes sense&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;In the DRC, a lack of vehicles and poor roads make it almost impossible to get most of the fruit to the market on time. So Gratitude’s business plan to convert fresh fruit into less perishable juices makes sense.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;(via &lt;a href="http://www.rnw.nl/africa/article/how-a-drc-entrepreneur-turns-mangoes-money"&gt;How a DRC entrepreneur turns mangoes into money | Radio Netherlands Worldwide&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://nedahoyin.tumblr.com/post/53318157665</link><guid>http://nedahoyin.tumblr.com/post/53318157665</guid><pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:27:48 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>"my english is broken.
on purpose.
you 
have to try harder to understand 
me.
breaking this language..."</title><description>“my english is broken.
on purpose.
you 
have to try harder to understand 
me.
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miley cyrus 
wants 
something urban 
something that feels black
she should sing
about 
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miley cyrus 
wants 
something urban 
something that feels black
she should sing
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tardisheart:

things im tired of seeing on my dash:
white girl jokes
romanticized self...</title><description>marnla:

tardisheart:

things im tired of seeing on my dash:
white girl jokes
romanticized self...</description><link>http://nedahoyin.tumblr.com/post/53317981117</link><guid>http://nedahoyin.tumblr.com/post/53317981117</guid><pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:25:10 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>"hire her.
for your children.
for your kitchen.
for your clothes.
for your house.
give her a..."</title><description>“hire her.
for your children.
for your kitchen.
for your clothes.
for your house.
give her a...</description><link>http://nedahoyin.tumblr.com/post/53317962286</link><guid>http://nedahoyin.tumblr.com/post/53317962286</guid><pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:24:53 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>When You Kill Ten Million Africans You Aren’t Called ‘Hitler’</title><description>When You Kill Ten Million Africans You Aren’t Called ‘Hitler’: canadian-communist:

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