IT'S DONTE!

Don’t know why I’m laughing so hard at this.

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npr:

These cards, collected by Langston Hughes and held with his papers in Yale’s Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, advertised “rent parties” to be held in Harlem in the 1940s and 1950s.

Hosts of these gatherings opened up their apartments for a night, charging a fee to guests in return for live music, dancing, and socializing. Food was extra, and the accumulated cash went to help the hosts pay their rent. Sandra L. West points out that black tenants in Harlem during the 1920s and 1930s faced discriminatory rental rates. That, along with the generally lower salaries for black workers, created a situation in which many people were short of rent money. These parties were originally meant to bridge that gap.

Langston Hughes’ collection of rent party cards : Slate.com

Photo: Courtesy the Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Yale University.

These sound like a good time and remind me of the rent party on “Good Times.” — tanya b.

This is fascinating to me.

Not how or when I originally expected, but finally got my name in @vibe magazine! #justablurb #stillgonnacelebratetho #mamaimadeit #happydance #waytooexcited #doingthemost #koolaidsmile #vibemagazine

I hate winter.

Creepiest. Shit. Ever (Taken with Instagram at W.i.P.)

yeahwriters:

Hey yeah writers! People write to me all the time asking for ways to get inspired, and this site OhLife could definitely be helpful. If you’re a fan of 750words.com (like me!), you’ll like this site a bunch. It just sends you an email every day asking how you’re doing, and you write back! It’s good to stretch those writing muscles every single day, but for those of you having a hard time getting motivated, what could be easier than just having to respond to an email? Then it archives your stories in a private place so that you build a little collection. Check it out!

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Thank you to yeah writer avelaera for sending this in! She thought it could be useful to us and I definitely think she was right.

This seems damn interesting.

*sigh* (Taken with Instagram)

My last Búzios sunset. (Taken with Instagram)

One very detailed sandcastle. (Taken with Instagram)

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