[kafk-a]

Natalie Diaz, from Grief Work

[t4tstarvingdog]

“start your free trial now” what if i told u i am already experiencing trials. and the cost is more than i can bear

[syring3]

[frailnbedazzled-deactivated2025]

1999 The Sun The Moon and Stars

Greg Mort

[hestiagf]

good morning soft sad freaks on an unprofitable website

[cglooksatthings]

angel kisses

[beingharsh]

"He was touched or he touched or", Marianne Boruch

[abstrakshun]

[aubreylstallard]

Judy Mengil

[firstfullmoon]

hanya yanagihara “he is so lonely that he sometimes feels it physically, a sodden clump of dirty laundry pressing against his chest. he cannot unlearn the feeling” vs heather christle “i sometimes imagine a metaphysical strainer i could rinse my body through, until i am whole and clean in the sink, and all the despair is held separate and dripping above. i imagine i could toss it away” vs chen chen “i wish i could peel / all my sadness in one long strip off my skin / & toss it in a bucket. no one would have to carry it. / it would just sit there & be punished. / it would just sit there & think about everything it’s done”

[al-norton]

You’re getting cynical and that won’t do

[heavensghost]

There were times I was kind when I should have been cruel and times I was cruel when I should have been kind.

[kosmogrl]

your life is not meaningless, you just haven't seen the sea in a while

[anxious-and-in-pain]

or the forest. or the mountains. or wherever fills you with wonder and calm

[papenathys]

Absolutely insane lines to just drop in the middle of an academic text btw. Feeling so normal about this.

[ A Critical History of English Literature, Vol. 1, Prof. David Daiches, first published in 1960 ]

[identitty-dickruption]

t-shirt that reads "BE SUSPICIOUS OF THAT WHICH IS LABELLED AS APOLITICAL" on the front and "NOTICE WHAT IS PERCEIVED AS EXPLICITLY POLITICAL" on the back

[eatpussypraylove]

I just don’t have it in me anymore (relieved)

[uwubean]

What Happened, Miss Simone? (2015)

[thecrownedgoddess]

“Nothing in my view is more reprehensible than those habits of mind in the intellectual that induce avoidance, that characteristic turning away from a difficult and principled position, which you know to be the right one, but which you decide not to take. You do not want to appear too political; you are afraid of seeming controversial; you want to keep a reputation for being balanced, objective, moderate; your hope is to be asked back, to consult, to be on a board or prestigious committee, and so to remain within the responsible mainstream; someday you hope to get an honorary degree, a big prize, perhaps even an ambassadorship. For an intellectual these habits of mind are corrupting par excellence. If anything can denature, neutralize, and finally kill a passionate intellectual life it is the internalization of such habits. Personally I have encountered them in one of the toughest of all contemporary issues, Palestine, where fear of speaking out about one of the greatest injustices in modern history has hobbled, blinkered, muzzled many who know the truth and are in a position to serve it. For despite the abuse and vilification that any outspoken supporter of Palestinian rights and self-determination earns for him or herself, the truth deserves to be spoken, represented by an unafraid and compassionate intellectual.”

Edward Said, Representations of an Intellectual