- Kanye West
- Jay-Z
- Nicki Minaj
- 50 Cent
- Lil B
- A$AP Rocky
- Fat Joe
- Queen Latifah
Please stop fucking…
What Does The Bible Say About Homosexuality? // Rev. Matt Miofsky
“I want to talk directly to every Gay and Lesbian person in this room.
I don’t much care if the rest of you listen to this or not. But I want to speak to you right now.The ten ton weight of guilt, and shame, and self-doubt, and condemnation, and fear that you live with breaks my heart… It does.And that the Church has perpetuated this is not defensible according to Scripture.It breaks my heart, and it doesn’t have to be that way.And I really feel called by God, to create a church where you are welcome to come.Christ said my yolk is easy, and my burden is light.Paul argues in Galatians that there are no more distinctions.The only distinction is this…Are you totally and completely devoted to Christ? Do you put your whole trust in Him?I don’t believe your inherently sinful because your attracted to people of the same sex.I don’t believe your sinful if you practice sex in the context of a committed, lifelong, intimate relationship for the purposes of pleasure and companionship and intimacy.And you do not need to despair, or forever feel judged by being who you are.So friends be careful. Be careful of throwing up roadblocks to those who want to seek Christ.I for one will not be the stumbling block for gay and lesbian people who believe in Christ.And neither will this church, as long as I’m the pastor of it.Amen.”Godinthebrokenness
(Source: youtube.com)
Tosca - Suzuki
That night when you kissed me, I left a poem in your mouth, and you can hear some of the lines every time you breathe out.
— Andrea Gibson (via symphonyofpeaches)
(Source: raspberryhats)
The intellectual is always showing off,
the lover is always getting lost.
The intellectual runs away.
afraid of drowning;
the whole business of love
is to drown in the sea.
Intellectuals plan their repose;
lovers are ashamed to rest.
The lover is always alone.
even surrounded by people;
like water and oil, he remains apart.
The man who goes to the trouble
of giving advice to a lover
get nothing. He’s mocked by passion.
Love is like musk. It attracts attention.
Love is a tree, and the lovers are its shade.
— Rumi (via madeineightyeight)
When Kanye West starts reading more and shopping less maybe I will start taking him seriously as an artist.
Happy Pentacost! →
I think I ought to record a cleaner/better mix of this, but for now this one is still up.
All year round the lover is mad,
Unkempt, lovesick and in disgrace.
Without love there is nothing but grief.
In love… what else matters?
Unkempt, lovesick and in disgrace.
Without love there is nothing but grief.
In love… what else matters?
— Rumi (via madeineightyeight)
Your taxonomy doesn’t define anyone’s art.
Exactly. Nothing is a mistake.
(Source: onherway)
Kanye West - New Slaves
What I Remembered In This Lifetime: positivelysmashing: What I Remembered In This Lifetime: Rappers who... →
What I Remembered In This Lifetime: Rappers who publicly support gay marriage
We’re not faulting him for making a pro-gay marriage song. We’re faulting everyone else for making big shit over him being the “first” hip hop artist to support gay marriage, and, also for a bunch of racial things involving him & hip hop, but, that’s off topic.
This was my only point in the first place: “Macklemore is the first to write a song about it.” I think he should get credit for writing a song about it, and that it should be acknowledged that writing a song about something is a braver act than simply saying “I support position X.” Back in the day there were plenty of white artists who publicly co-signed civil rights, but very few actually wrote music about it. When we go back 40 years there is something significant about Randy Newman, not because he was the first white guy to say “I support civil rights” but because he was the first white guy to write a song about how fucked up white people are.
That being said, Macklemore ain’t Randy Newman by a long shot and Etta James (God rest her soul) is never going to cover any of his songs, but i think it’s better to support this song for what it is than push back on it.
And let’s be real about this list, Fat Joe thinks there is a gay mafia that controls the hip-hop press. Queen Latifah may be out of the closet but her last song was “Fix Me Jesus” and I’m not even trying to read shit into that, just saying it wasn’t “Jesus, I’m good the way you made me,” and Kanye, Jay, Nicki, Lil B, and A$AP haven’t done shit but say “I support position X.”
And tbh, instead of coming at Macklemore, it would do more for the cause if someone with some real fucking talent for rhymes and metaphor and a captivating flow (not Kanye) dropped a track in support of gay rights, or gave a gay rapper a verse on a single, but that shit ain’t happened yet. Until it does, I’m calling bullshit on anyone who acts like lip service is the same as putting your art on the line for what you believe in.
It’s actually a really good idea for you to not read anything into it since it was a Gospel song made for a movie, tbh.
I just wanna say, as someone white, it’s easier for you to say “it would do more for the cause”. It needs to be acknowledged that Wacklemore is white, that there is a great difference between me saying “I support position X” and you making a song about it, and, that he didn’t put his art on the line.
I’m sorry. He didn’t. He’s white hipster - nothing about his art was put on the line. He was appealing to his demographic by making that song; a vast majority of his fans already agreed with gay marriage and he just encompassed a lot more by endorsing it. I’m not saying it wasn’t risky on some fronts but let’s not act like our “lip service” is any worse than him making a song his fans already agree with.
Also, all of those artists that you’ve mentioned “haven’t done shit but” have done A LOT even if they don’t do anything “but” say they support “position X”. That’s an issue of attacking blackness as a monolith, which is too important to trivialize.
