Author. Activist. Freelance Writer. Vegetarian. Philadelphia. www.NovaGiovanni.comTumblr (3.0; @novagiovanni)http://novagiovanni.tumblr.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/ff3e0fafabce28a1d632c5627cc50163/tumblr_moephun6qI1qdbck2o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>being harassed by the fakest responsibility escapists.<br/> we’re tagging up Mount Rushmore with “Thomas Jefferson was a rapist!”..<br/> can’t be content or be complacent with the conditions we’re facing.<br/> school history books need some erasing.<br/> statues need some defacing.<br/> history repeating, so its no surprise the mistreatment <br/> they are taking from the weakened… <br/> we’re trying to make it to next weekend.<br/> teach our daughters and suns that never set to never settle.<br/> our history doesn’t begin with slavery or end in the ghetto.<br/> -Nova Giovanni</p>http://novagiovanni.tumblr.com/post/52981725170http://novagiovanni.tumblr.com/post/52981725170Fri, 14 Jun 2013 19:34:42 -0400“If internalized racism enters the souls of Black folks through years of socialization then we are not going to be rid of it by simply giving shallow expressions to the notion that Black is beautiful. We must live in our bodies in such a way that we daily indicate that Black is beautiful. We must talk about Blackness differently. And we cannot do any of this constructive action without first loving blackness. <br/><br/> To love ourselves, our blackness, we must be constantly vigilant, working to resist white-supremacist thinking and internalized racism. For some of us, this means cutting down the number of hours we watch television so that we are not subjected to forms of subliminal socialization shaping how we see the world. It means searching for decolonized black individuals who by the way they live and work demonstrate their love of blackness, their care of the self. Our love of blackness is strengthened by their presence.”<br/><br/> - <em>bell hooks, <em>Sisters of the Yam, </em>p. 97 (via <a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://daughterofzami.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">daughterofzami</a>)</em>http://novagiovanni.tumblr.com/post/52903955399http://novagiovanni.tumblr.com/post/52903955399Thu, 13 Jun 2013 19:30:11 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/19403529c7787c8f5140be78d790c1b1/tumblr_mo8ilnSC961qdbck2o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Love wins. Love always wins.</p>http://novagiovanni.tumblr.com/post/52711396952http://novagiovanni.tumblr.com/post/52711396952Tue, 11 Jun 2013 11:20:11 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/d7aaa8acb0edfdb2a5fe584c84297ec0/tumblr_mo6jj5ruR01qdbck2o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Nobody trips over mountains. It is the small pebble that causes you to stumble. Pass all the pebbles in your path and you will find you have crossed the mountain.</p>http://novagiovanni.tumblr.com/post/52625628800http://novagiovanni.tumblr.com/post/52625628800Mon, 10 Jun 2013 09:45:05 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/2c395fb5fa74e81727cf5a7061493da4/tumblr_mo52ozI1GP1qdbck2o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Odunde 2013. Philadelphia.</p>http://novagiovanni.tumblr.com/post/52562474178http://novagiovanni.tumblr.com/post/52562474178Sun, 09 Jun 2013 14:43:47 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/6aada57a0e881828087fbe3bfbdc9dbb/tumblr_mo3fmo60xY1qdbck2o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://novagiovanni.tumblr.com/post/52489443208http://novagiovanni.tumblr.com/post/52489443208Sat, 08 Jun 2013 17:28:00 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/d978a452837d7a2fa7562a41971d48e0/tumblr_mnn1m9V4NJ1qdbck2o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Free Writing. May 30 2013.</p>http://novagiovanni.tumblr.com/post/51766450707http://novagiovanni.tumblr.com/post/51766450707Thu, 30 May 2013 21:03:44 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/6129bd830bf5226ef2e8a3fcf4d159e6/tumblr_mnk87trhkW1qdbck2o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://novagiovanni.tumblr.com/post/51638646111http://novagiovanni.tumblr.com/post/51638646111Wed, 29 May 2013 08:33:28 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/6fea528cc2763bb674a4338734038d61/tumblr_mn5p3gL9pk1qdbck2o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Are You Your Phone’s Bitch?… If so, what do you do? Visit <a href="http://www.NovaGiovanni.com" target="_blank">www.NovaGiovanni.com</a> right now and find out for yourself.</p>http://novagiovanni.tumblr.com/post/50995441089http://novagiovanni.tumblr.com/post/50995441089Tue, 21 May 2013 12:14:04 -0400“I found that every single successful person I’ve ever spoken to had a turning point and the turning point was where they made a clear, specific, unequivocal decision that they were not going to live like this anymore. Some people make that decision at 15 and some people make it at 50 and most never make it at all.”<br/><br/> - <em><i>Brian Tracy</i> (via <a href="http://theselittlewondersstillremain.tumblr.com/" class="tumblr_blog" target="_blank">theselittlewondersstillremain</a>)</em>http://novagiovanni.tumblr.com/post/50848630250http://novagiovanni.tumblr.com/post/50848630250Sun, 19 May 2013 16:39:39 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/e850e33c58a7e8189592f18a9dc1f19f/tumblr_mn21kaGqnp1qdbck2o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://novagiovanni.tumblr.com/post/50830686788http://novagiovanni.tumblr.com/post/50830686788Sun, 19 May 2013 12:52:59 -0400<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/gv7Bh-nTaGM?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Huey P. Newton - Prelude to a Revolution</p>http://novagiovanni.tumblr.com/post/50811097047http://novagiovanni.tumblr.com/post/50811097047Sun, 19 May 2013 06:56:18 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/625f93edced0ed3651cffaa0cead37c2/tumblr_mn04yxg4u41qdbck2o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Saturday.</p>http://novagiovanni.tumblr.com/post/50736364143http://novagiovanni.tumblr.com/post/50736364143Sat, 18 May 2013 12:11:21 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/a973e309bb85889af7529cec75725230/tumblr_mmyjq8W5cf1qdbck2o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>I LOVE PHILADELPHIA!!!</p>http://novagiovanni.tumblr.com/post/50669116921http://novagiovanni.tumblr.com/post/50669116921Fri, 17 May 2013 15:34:56 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/92105fe18e8e75073580f661fc053fcf/tumblr_mmyg5ur50h1qdbck2o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>In Chinatown like Rush Hour. #Philly</p>http://novagiovanni.tumblr.com/post/50664619975http://novagiovanni.tumblr.com/post/50664619975Fri, 17 May 2013 14:17:54 -0400philly<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/a364d9c84410b97f5a644dc5a01cb4f9/tumblr_mmv267zm5B1qdbck2o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://novagiovanni.tumblr.com/post/50525507393http://novagiovanni.tumblr.com/post/50525507393Wed, 15 May 2013 18:22:55 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/aaec7f115e839b9511982a49032c5165/tumblr_mmumgolsxd1qdbck2o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://novagiovanni.tumblr.com/post/50503526225http://novagiovanni.tumblr.com/post/50503526225Wed, 15 May 2013 12:43:36 -0400“<p>What if the caterpillar <br/> was never informed <br/> of it’s becoming? </p> <p>If it entered it’s cocoon fearing death, <br/> and watched it’s painful blossoming <br/> in slow motion, never sensing an end? </p> <p>What if it imagined it’s cocoon it’s deathbed? <br/> Tried to figure out how things had led to this? <br/> Questioned whether it had done something wrong?</p>”<br/><br/> - <em>x (via <a href="http://martyrloserking.tumblr.com/" class="tumblr_blog" target="_blank">martyrloserking</a>)</em>http://novagiovanni.tumblr.com/post/50363168585http://novagiovanni.tumblr.com/post/50363168585Mon, 13 May 2013 16:28:16 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/251698f95cdb692d8ca630bf26a48448/tumblr_mmqz3nrnio1qdbck2o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>May.13.2013.</p>http://novagiovanni.tumblr.com/post/50351523686http://novagiovanni.tumblr.com/post/50351523686Mon, 13 May 2013 13:25:54 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lc4miwQePX1qehb5oo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>The Painter</p>http://novagiovanni.tumblr.com/post/49956519096http://novagiovanni.tumblr.com/post/49956519096Wed, 08 May 2013 16:54:18 -0400