the dust is swirling with the dust

my main blog is now allyorali.tumblr.com

[bbyygiiirll]

if u ever meet someone who u vibe w naturally & they make u feel so good about urself don’t ever lose that person. don’t let them go.. that shit is hard to find

[51don]

[unabellaavventura]

Ben outside BAFTA…

[refinery29]

Why Winona Ryder Doesn’t Regret Opening Up About Depression

Twenty years ago, mental health was a taboo topic. After all, opening up about mental illness is difficult enough for anyone, let alone an A-list actress launching a Hollywood career. Today, Ryder says she’s glad that she was so up front about depression and anxiety.

Gifs: PinnacleKS

[freerenata-deactivated20180915]

mom!!!!!

[peppermintsandpainkillers-deact]

I like Winona Ryder & I hate how little she’s taken seriously bc of her mental illness when she was one of the first to open up about how toxic johnny depp was & how anti Semitic Mel Gibson was but pple literally called her cr*zy & threatened her career until she shut up.

[dicaprio-diaries]

in loVE

[pixieo]

[inkskinned]

Can I tell you a secret? You don’t have to be in a relationship.    I mean it. I know they force it down your throat until you choke on it. Girls aren’t pretty unless they’re wanted. Boys aren’t men unless they’re having sex with someone. People aren’t lovable until they’re dating someone.    But a relationship won’t always make you happy, and as wonderful as romance is, it isn’t the only love that exists. I have seen friendships that are deeper and more pure than couples who swear it’s forever - and yet the friendship is the one people ignore.    I have heard so often “nobody loves me” out of the mouths of people who are single. And it kills me because if you ask them: where are your parents, your teachers, your classmates, your pets - they say, yes, okay, but it doesn’t count. Of course it counts, love doesn’t diminish just because someone doesn’t want to have sex with you. In fact, doesn’t it sort of make that love more real that they want nothing - not even a date - out of you?   It is pretty to be in love. It’s magical, I’m sure. But it’s also wonderful to stop for ice cream in your prom dress with six other girls. It’s also wonderful to go visit the world with nothing but a bunch of buddies who are really excited about learning.    The problem is: we’ve made everything about “the one”. But maybe “the one” is just you, loving yourself, having fun, and being happy. Maybe instead of looking for our other halves, we should be piecing ourselves together.   Maybe I wasn’t born unfinished. Maybe I am the one who makes myself better.

Single serving size // r.i.d (via inkskinned)

[maddieonthings]

[teared-angel]

[hoplite-operator]

[fireworksnfairytales]

Omg gimme 😍

[lesbiancousin]

*walks up to straight couple* which one of you is the bee and which one of you is the fully grown adult woman who left her fiance for the bee?

[nacho-normal-girl]

and here’s to the girl who made you realize you were gay

[agentdoubleoheaven]

me: yeah I went to an all girls school it was really grea -

person: omg all girls schools are so bitchy!!! wasn't it super bitchy I bet it was super bitchy!!!

me: nope but cool misogyny!

[contraception-deactivated202011]

a support group for people who started saying YAAAAAAS ironically and now can’t stop

[hirxeth]

“Terrific, let’s bring down the government.”

Pride (2014) dir. Matthew Warchus

[360degreesasthecrowflies]

When I was a kid, the most thrilling thing that could happen to me was getting permission to have a friend stay the night. These sleepovers were so much fun that I was sure when I grew up I would live in a giant house with all of my friends forever. (I never wondered who would do the dishes.) Nearly everyone I know had similar daydreams, but this is something we are supposed to grow out of, and replace with daydreams about living with a romantic partner. This isn’t entirely going as planned for our society. It seems like every few weeks an article is circulated that inspires a giant online hand-wringing about millennials resisting committed romantic relationships, or Gen Xers continuing to have roommates. (“The millennial generation lacks the ability to love!” “Meet the people flatsharing in their 40s!”) We’ve collectively decided that people who live with their friends have failed terribly, people who live with a partner have achieved incredible domestic success, and people who live alone or don’t centre their lives around romance are possibly just broken. We are all encouraged to work hard to have stable lives. But at the same time, we’re encouraged to anchor our lives around the relationship that is the least stable. It is uncomfortable to think of romantic love in those terms, but it’s not inaccurate.

Audra Williams, from this National Post article “Why living with your friends doesn’t make you a bad adult”. Really interesting and valid as an observation of the state of our society nowadays and the fact that focus on marriage as ‘success’ is totally ideological, but it also resonated with me as a defense of asexuality; and ace, aro issues. Romance does not have to rule your life. (via 360degreesasthecrowflies)

[gaywrites]

Out gay Imam creates online school for LGBT-friendly Islamic study

An out gay Imam has created an online school which allows users to access information on LGBT-friendly Islamic philosophy.

Daayiee Abdullah, the first openly gay Imam in the United States, has created an online school that teaches LGBT-friendly Islamic studies. 

The MECCA Institute is available to students around the world, and it’s open to Muslims and non-Muslims alike. Classes include “early Islamic history, comparative Quran, Arabic and gender and sexual variance in Islamic texts.”

As well as acceptance and tolerance, the Institute aims to deconstruct ideas of rigid ideologies promoted by fundamentalist groups such as ISIS.

Classes at MECCA are to include early Islamic history, comparative Quran, Arabic and gender and sexual variance in Islamic texts.

The school was set up with a $60,000 grant, which enabled Abdullah to found it.

“Five years from now I want to see 100 new imams who’ve been trained in an inclusive Muslim ideology,” he said.

Incredible. Cannot wait to see what good this brings to the world.