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@GeauxGabrielle I love my fellow Okies! Not many times I get to be proud of Oklahoma!

This is unrelated but I had NO IDEA that Jennifer and Pumps had their own show on Bravo called "Sweet Home Oklahoma." I just discovered it on YouTube. Pumps is on there smoking cigarettes with dishwashing gloves to hide it from her kids and Jennifer is screaming about racism. I'm HOLLERING.

@NoahRyanCo Exactly. How was I rear-ended by a huge truck just for @progressive to claim the lift gate damage was caused by age? Then my insurance Traveler's appraiser wrote up flat appraisal to replace them that was conveniently under my $500 deductible and referred my back to progressive.

You cannot go anyhwere in the US anymore without feeling taking advantage of. Every restaurant, every lease agreement, every purchase. Everything is so blatantly predatory. Like they don't even care to be subtle about the fact that they're operating in bad faith. And we're all just submissive to it

𝗗𝗶𝗷𝗼 𝘂𝗻𝗮 𝘃𝗲𝘇 𝗧𝗼𝗺 𝗛𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱: “Decidí probar un enero sin alcohol, solo como reto personal. Pero me asusté. No esperaba que fuera tan difícil. Me sorprendió lo mucho que dependía de una copa para relajarme, para celebrar, incluso para consolarme. Así que seguí en febrero, como un castigo, como una advertencia para mí mismo. Pero no fue más fácil, al contrario. Fue entonces cuando empecé a pensar: ‘Quizás tengo un problema’. A los seis meses, algo cambió. Dormía mejor, estaba más centrado, mi ansiedad bajó, mis relaciones se volvieron más auténticas. Para mi cumpleaños, decidí continuar un año entero, y ese año me enseñó quién soy sin la máscara del alcohol. Ahora lo tengo claro: no quiero volver a beber, porque me gusta este yo. Me gusta tener el control, sentirme libre, no tener que huir de mí mismo.”

“The poor die defending the rules that keep them poor. Because they mistake obedience for belonging.” — George Orwell

Exactly. How was I rear-ended by a huge truck just for @progressive to claim the lift gate damage was caused by age? Then my insurance @Travelers appraiser wrote up flat appraisal to replace them that was conveniently under my $500 deductible and referred my back to progressive.

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Mykonos, Greece

eudaimonic (adj.)

@GeauxGabrielle Congratulations to the winners. Any guidance for those who did not win?

LADIES! CHECK YOUR EMAILS! All winners of The Perry Second Chances Scholarship have been notified! God bless al of you who applied! We had to FIGHT each other this year to land on who would win! It was INCREDIBLE debate over INCREDIBLE women! Subscribe to thurmanperryfoundation.org to stay UTD!

@GeauxGabrielle Your hair! 😍

Fell in love with a Chicago man so now my house look like a tourist merch shop

@GeauxGabrielle Have the winners for 2026 been awarded already?

Y’all. God is so good. I CANT believe we’ve awarded $200K in scholarships. I want to say THANK Y’ALL. Thurmanperryfoundation.org is literally just me & 5 friends (and our lawyer and accountant) trying to do the most good for women. I pray my father is proud. This is what his whole life was about.

🗞️ | "Fui para Hollywood com 700 dólares no bolso, um bebê nos braços… e nenhuma promessa." Muita gente achou que eu estava sendo irresponsável. Uma mulher negra, mãe solteira, saindo de Washington para tentar a sorte em Hollywood? Diziam que era loucura. Mas para mim, loucura era continuar apenas sobrevivendo. Eu queria mais. Eu queria viver. Juntei o pouco que tinha, coloquei meu filho de um ano e meio no carro e fui. 700 dólares que mal cobriam gasolina, fraldas e comida. Dormimos em um sofá emprestado. Contava cada centavo. Bati em portas que nunca se abriram. Ouvi "não" tantas vezes que quase comecei a acreditar. Disseram que eu era "velha demais" para começar, eu tinha 26 anos. Um agente olhou para mim e falou que não via muito potencial "com esse rosto". Saí dali chorando… mas com uma decisão tomada: meu filho nunca veria a mãe dele desistir. Trabalhei no que apareceu. Fiz testes como se fossem minha única chance. Quando consegui um papel em 'Hustle & Flow', quase ninguém apostava no filme. Mas ali algo começou a mudar. Depois veio 'O Curioso Caso de Benjamin Button', e meu nome passou a ser ouvido com mais respeito. Nada foi simples. Perdi meu pai enquanto filmava. Chorava nos intervalos, secava o rosto e voltava para a cena. Porque desistir nunca foi uma opção. Hoje, meu nome é Taraji P. Henson. Já fui indicada ao Oscar, ganhei prêmios, construí uma carreira. Mas minha maior conquista não está nas estatuetas. Está na mulher que me tornei. Na mãe que meu filho viu lutar. Na prova viva de que ninguém pode apagar quem se recusa a desaparecer. Ninguém me deu nada. Eu construí. E se você está se sentindo atrasada, com medo, quebrada por dentro… lembre-se: às vezes tudo o que você precisa é coragem para dar o próximo passo, mesmo tremendo. "Não importa o que você tem. Importa o que você faz com o que te resta. A força não é herdada. Ela é construída." - Taraji P. Henson.

REMEMBER. Everyone is in love with you. The universe (God) is conspiring in your favor. Nothing is happening to you. Everything is working for you. Operating from a state of amusement is greater than operating from a state of annoyance. Nothing matters that much but everything is important. Make a move. Be intentional. A feeling is information. Take note. Adjust accordingly. It’s only good or bad depending on how you think about it. Change your mind. Change your life.

you are the love of your life.

"Anybody that goes against you without hearing your side of the story was already looking for a reason to be against you"

To everyone who survived an emotionally unavailable dad and an unstable mom — you're not just "emotionally intelligent"... you're forged-in-fire resilient. That quiet strength came at a real cost, and it's okay to honor both the wisdom it gave you and the loneliness it carried. You made it through anyway. 🫂 Your survival is proof of how powerful you truly are.

Barber-Scotia College was the first higher education institution for Black women in this country. Today it is fighting to survive. The 144K Collective is asking 144,000 people to donate just $1.44 to help save this historic institution. Our HBCUs are not just schools. They are the foundation of our history, our culture, and our future.

@SchrodingrsBrat I think it definitely comes from an egoic place but probably from shame not pride.

If you suffer from rumination or can’t get over regrets I think your worst sin might be pride because to be stuck in regret is to think that you had full control over that past situation instead of thinking maybe you were never as powerful or intelligent or wise as you believed

@vicodinszz They're coordinated because blood suckers work cooperatively to drain and terrorize. I mean just look at our government.

their little choreo kills me. corny ass vampires