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I am away from my blog at the moment, but I’m all Queued up!
23, Libra, Hufflepuff, Queer Woman of Color, Dirrrty South

A Libra’s search for maat.

We Wear the Mask

    WE wear the mask that grins and lies, 
    It hides our cheeks and shades our eyes,— 
    This debt we pay to human guile; 
    With torn and bleeding hearts we smile, 
    And mouth with myriad subtleties.

    Why should the world be over-wise, 
    In counting all our tears and sighs? 
    Nay, let them only see us, while 
            We wear the mask.

    We smile, but, O great Christ, our cries 
    To thee from tortured souls arise. 
    We sing, but oh the clay is vile 
    Beneath our feet, and long the mile; 
    But let the world dream otherwise, 
            We wear the mask!

- Paul Laurence Dunbar</description><title>We wear the mask...</title><generator>Tumblr (3.0; @librainmaat)</generator><link>http://librainmaat.tumblr.com/</link><item><title>theblackkingreturns:

thetinycloset:

Parlez vous le...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mbdj94kG8R1r7dkkro1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://theblackkingreturns.tumblr.com/post/45958503433/thetinycloset-parlez-vous-le-francais"&gt;theblackkingreturns&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://thetinycloset.tumblr.com/post/32873780143/parlez-vous-le-francais"&gt;thetinycloset&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Parlez vous le Francais?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;*Parlez-vous Français?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://librainmaat.tumblr.com/post/50694072267</link><guid>http://librainmaat.tumblr.com/post/50694072267</guid><pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 20:41:30 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>Photo</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m48i08Y7VS1r2a14qo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;</description><link>http://librainmaat.tumblr.com/post/50692625666</link><guid>http://librainmaat.tumblr.com/post/50692625666</guid><pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 20:20:09 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>
Quvenzhane Wallis on the set of Beasts of the Southern Wild
</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/79dc4417fcad92e34f8c464d7f3658a4/tumblr_mjx971jauQ1r9rp3co1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;small&gt;Quvenzhane Wallis on the set of &lt;em&gt;Beasts of the Southern Wild&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://librainmaat.tumblr.com/post/50691277474</link><guid>http://librainmaat.tumblr.com/post/50691277474</guid><pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 20:00:10 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>barebrownboy:

 
</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mdzke8BQib1rfwgqko1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://barebrownboy.tumblr.com/post/45842226891"&gt;barebrownboy&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://supercali-live.tumblr.com/post/43774279006/i-love-his-face"&gt; &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://librainmaat.tumblr.com/post/50689974979</link><guid>http://librainmaat.tumblr.com/post/50689974979</guid><pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 19:40:10 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>Photo</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lk4jhxlVgX1qb9wbfo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;</description><link>http://librainmaat.tumblr.com/post/50688677013</link><guid>http://librainmaat.tumblr.com/post/50688677013</guid><pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 19:20:09 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>"Waiting is painful. Forgetting is painful. But not knowing which to do is the worst kind of..."</title><description>“Waiting is painful. Forgetting is painful. But not knowing which to do is the worst kind of suffering.”&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; - &lt;em&gt;Paulo Coelho, &lt;em&gt;By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept&lt;/em&gt; (via &lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://ileu.tumblr.com/"&gt;ileu&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/em&gt;</description><link>http://librainmaat.tumblr.com/post/50620071933</link><guid>http://librainmaat.tumblr.com/post/50620071933</guid><pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 20:40:24 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>"You never knew exactly how much space you occupied in people’s lives."</title><description>“You never knew exactly how much space you occupied in people’s lives.”&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; - &lt;em&gt;F. Scott Fitzgerald  (via &lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://heartnothate.tumblr.com/"&gt;heartnothate&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/em&gt;</description><link>http://librainmaat.tumblr.com/post/50618499752</link><guid>http://librainmaat.tumblr.com/post/50618499752</guid><pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 20:20:23 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>dynamicafrica:

Skateboarding in Antananarivo, Madagascar....</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/c851ee1b877de87a9d24553219b991c6/tumblr_mh7364XizJ1rqkjy0o4_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/c6a3e4cdc3db7bb28b5e2c46bdf88a23/tumblr_mh7364XizJ1rqkjy0o6_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/96aadab0f0046e98b2296e78e7112c52/tumblr_mh7364XizJ1rqkjy0o1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/2dc0eba422be073ab1f9fbd5fe87fbfc/tumblr_mh7364XizJ1rqkjy0o2_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/029f16310ddea3a8dae273f3bb368c9d/tumblr_mh7364XizJ1rqkjy0o3_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/5de0ef2dabed51409e914d86cd22b1af/tumblr_mh7364XizJ1rqkjy0o5_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/255dac1969ba2b19ffb1820dbb7eaf97/tumblr_mh7364XizJ1rqkjy0o9_r1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://dynamicafrica.tumblr.com/post/41454430126/skateboarding-in-antananarivo-madagascar-2013"&gt;dynamicafrica&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Skateboarding in Antananarivo, Madagascar. 2013&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;photos by &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/guillaume-grasse/with/8381443980/"&gt;Guillaume Grasse&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://librainmaat.tumblr.com/post/50616973319</link><guid>http://librainmaat.tumblr.com/post/50616973319</guid><pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 20:00:26 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>frommysoulwithlove:

true
</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/35cac5d0b1381d1601130d9e09426e18/tumblr_meorkeaV5t1r3vcx5o1_500.png"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://frommysoulwithlove.tumblr.com/post/42571517050"&gt;frommysoulwithlove&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;true&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://librainmaat.tumblr.com/post/50615490331</link><guid>http://librainmaat.tumblr.com/post/50615490331</guid><pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 19:40:23 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>"You can ruin anything that was written from your heart, by editing it with your brain."</title><description>“You can ruin anything that was written from your heart, by editing it with your brain.”&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; - &lt;em&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.danecurley.com"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.danecurley.com"&gt;www.danecurley.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/a&gt; (via &lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://danecurley.tumblr.com/"&gt;danecurley&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/em&gt;</description><link>http://librainmaat.tumblr.com/post/50614052546</link><guid>http://librainmaat.tumblr.com/post/50614052546</guid><pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 19:20:24 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>"Find someone who will tremble for your touch, someone whose fingers are a poem."</title><description>“Find someone who will tremble for your touch, someone whose fingers are a poem.””&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; - &lt;em&gt;Janet Fitch, &lt;em&gt;White Oleander&lt;/em&gt; (via &lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://beautiful-ambition.tumblr.com/"&gt;beautiful-ambition&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/em&gt;</description><link>http://librainmaat.tumblr.com/post/50543706237</link><guid>http://librainmaat.tumblr.com/post/50543706237</guid><pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 20:40:28 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>"People have a hard time letting go of their suffering. Out of a fear of the unknown, they prefer..."</title><description>“People have a hard time letting go of their suffering. Out of a fear of the unknown, they prefer suffering that is familiar.”&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; - &lt;em&gt;Thich Nhat Hanh (via &lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://kari-shma.tumblr.com/"&gt;kari-shma&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/em&gt;</description><link>http://librainmaat.tumblr.com/post/50542064494</link><guid>http://librainmaat.tumblr.com/post/50542064494</guid><pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 20:20:27 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>supermodelobsession:

Vogue Paris April 1991Model: Naomi...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/962b57de672d2392b60d7ff1f397ddaf/tumblr_miehlunflo1qjtchdo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://supermodelobsession.tumblr.com/post/43378605755/vogue-paris-april-1991-model-naomi-campbell"&gt;supermodelobsession&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Vogue Paris April 1991&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;span&gt;Model: Naomi Campbell&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;span&gt;Photographer: Patrick Demarchelier&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://librainmaat.tumblr.com/post/50540466001</link><guid>http://librainmaat.tumblr.com/post/50540466001</guid><pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 20:00:29 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>“The only thing I know is this: I am full of wounds and still standing on my feet.” </title><link>http://librainmaat.tumblr.com/post/50538881152</link><guid>http://librainmaat.tumblr.com/post/50538881152</guid><pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 19:40:27 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>"Black like my baby girl’s stare
Black like the veil that the muslimina wear
Black like the planet..."</title><description>“Black like my baby girl’s stare&lt;br/&gt;
Black like the veil that the muslimina wear&lt;br/&gt;
Black like the planet that they fear, why they scared?&lt;br/&gt;
Black like the slave ship that later brought us here&lt;br/&gt;
Black like the cheeks that are roadways for tears&lt;br/&gt;
that leave black faces well traveled with years”&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; - &lt;em&gt;&lt;em&gt;“Astronomy (8th Light)”&lt;/em&gt;, Black Star (via &lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://barebrownboy.tumblr.com/"&gt;barebrownboy&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/em&gt;</description><link>http://librainmaat.tumblr.com/post/50537346045</link><guid>http://librainmaat.tumblr.com/post/50537346045</guid><pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 19:20:26 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>"As if you were on fire from within.
The moon lives in the lining of your skin."</title><description>“As if you were on fire from within.&lt;br/&gt;
The moon lives in the lining of your skin.”&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; - &lt;em&gt;Pablo Neruda (via &lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://larmoyante.tumblr.com/"&gt;larmoyante&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/em&gt;</description><link>http://librainmaat.tumblr.com/post/50464127729</link><guid>http://librainmaat.tumblr.com/post/50464127729</guid><pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 20:41:05 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>
if you don’t have anything nice to say then come sit next to me and we will make fun of people...</title><description>&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;if you don’t have anything nice to say then come sit next to me and we will make fun of people together&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://librainmaat.tumblr.com/post/50462437248</link><guid>http://librainmaat.tumblr.com/post/50462437248</guid><pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 20:20:06 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>crackerhell:

whycantipickafuckingurl:

You can read about this...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/691624cc23fcc5347dcbd57dd34d0b66/tumblr_mifld4EnLe1rvwdbto1_500.png"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://crackerhell.tumblr.com/post/43424847811"&gt;crackerhell&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://whycantipickafuckingurl.tumblr.com/post/43423385627/you-can-read-about-this-here"&gt;whycantipickafuckingurl&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;You can read about this &lt;a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-250_162-57569880/after-148-years-mississippi-finally-ratifies-13th-amendment-which-banned-slavery/"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;ahahahahahahaha&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://librainmaat.tumblr.com/post/50460857162</link><guid>http://librainmaat.tumblr.com/post/50460857162</guid><pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 20:00:09 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>Photo</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1vzurl1Ox1rsh5wro1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;</description><link>http://librainmaat.tumblr.com/post/50459303567</link><guid>http://librainmaat.tumblr.com/post/50459303567</guid><pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 19:40:06 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>b-sama:

Photographer: Gavin Kleinschmidt
(via Buchanan...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/f95ef8ceea931eb7bd7d6087e24f3954/tumblr_mifm872y6k1qd7grco1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://b-sama.tumblr.com/post/43421673104/photographer-gavin-kleinschmidt-via-buchanan"&gt;b-sama&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Photographer: &lt;span&gt;Gavin Kleinschmidt&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;(via &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.facebook.com/BuchananStudiosCt" id="js_5"&gt;Buchanan Studios&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://librainmaat.tumblr.com/post/50457799452</link><guid>http://librainmaat.tumblr.com/post/50457799452</guid><pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 19:20:08 -0500</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
