a raging aquarius & ravenclaw

I like books, art and destroying the patriarchy. Hire me for your children’s birthday party.

[slfcare]

you can never please everybody. when you stand up for yourself, there will be people who think you’re overreacting or being a jerk. when you try your best to be kind to everyone you meet, there will be people who think you’re being fake or that you desperately want to be liked. you won’t ever be able to be the best version of yourself if you live for other people, because that ‘best version’ is entirely subjective and therefore impossible to embody. be your personal best, your personal favorite, and you’ll attract people who will see you that way as well.

[macrolit]

Giveaway Contest: We’re giving away fifteen paperback classics featuring James Joyce, J.D. Salinger, Harper Lee, Jane Austen, Shakespeare, and others! Won’t this collection look lovely on your shelf? :D To win these classics, you must: 1) be following macrolit on Tumblr (yes, we will check. :P), and 2) reblog this post. We will choose a random winner on August 30, at which time we’ll start a new giveaway. And yes, we’ll ship to any country. Easy, right? Good luck! Follow macrolit.books to qualify for our IG giveaway. 📚

[studyblr]

reblog for good things to happen to you

the universe will listen

[anetherealsunrise]

sometimes words are the only way to keep yourself going

[anetherealsunrise]

playlists for your leisure

when you’re having a bunch of friends over for drinks and you want to impress them with your music taste, some mellow and psychedelic tracks that are perfect background noise !

INFP: according to the myer-briggs 16 personalities test, infp’s are melancholic, altruistic, poetic and idealistic. this is a playlist dedicated to all the infp’s out there who feel misunderstood or think too deep for their own good. these tunes are particularly great when you’re doing your art !

you’ve just finished watching the grand budapest hotel and you want some more wacky wes anderson tunes to keep you going - this is your playlist. includes some soundtracks but mostly a mix of wes “vibes” !

[macrolit]

Giveaway Contest: We’re giving away fifteen paperback classics featuring Richard Adams, Edgar Allan Poe, Simone de Beauvoir, J.R.R. Tolkien, Richard Wright, Harper Lee, and others! Won’t this collection look lovely on your shelf? :D To win these classics, you must: 1) be following macrolit on Tumblr (yes, we will check. :P), and 2) reblog this post. We will choose a random winner on April 25, at which time we’ll start a new giveaway. And yes, we’ll ship to any country. Easy, right? Good luck!

[anetherealsunrise]

literally, yes

[vegaschapters]

the secret history (1992); a trailer 

this is just for fun and i can’t edit so .. be nice. song is dark entries by bauhaus! 

[anetherealsunrise]

everyone is so concerned with existentialism and/or absurdism, but in all honestly, i’m vibing with alcoholism 

[anetherealsunrise]

playlists: a concept

time to overthrow your corrupt government: you’re angry at what the world has become; mad that the higher powers don’t give a fuck about the generations that will live in toxicity; furious that racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, xenophobia, ableism and eliticism (etc.) still exist. but you prevail. you get out onto the streets and your stand up for what you believe in, make us proud

a 2007s middle school school rave: make sure to crack your glow sticks and don’t let anyone catch you kissing johnny behind the bleachers!

a revolutionary summer: a collection of songs that will simultaneously make you sway your head and lose yourself in a world where music is the soundtrack to our lives

[anetherealsunrise]

playlist concepts for your leisure

It’s like 2010 and you’ve stolen your friends mum’s makeup and given yourself a ridiculous makeover, and you’re jumping up and down with your friends singing your heart out and you’ve never felt cooler even though it’s like a 3 person dance party

Songs to kiss your significant other to; or any other human that takes your fancy and you’re feeling a little frisky and liberated

For when I’m depressed and want my music to relate to me but let’s be honest I listen to these songs regardless

When you wake up and decide to destroy the patriarchy

When you’re at the gym and you’re kinda angry at everything but you need some beats to inspire you to do better, not just in the gym but in life in general

There is only two words for it: dark academia 

When you’re sipping Sangria in Santorini and the local band is playing in the streets

Jazz; but make it soft

Conforming to the role of the angsty teenager and realising that creating a stable sense of identity is a lot harder than you originally thought

Rock, but an alternative rock that makes you feel hardcore but not hard enough to punch your bully in the face

[anetherealsunrise]

more playlist concepts!

Contemplating your existence; or lack thereof, and wondering if your meagre place in this world is enough to cause you this much angst. Marijuana is a great for this duo, so light up bitches

A mix of songs from the 60s, 70s and 80s that although I wasn’t alive for, makes me feel a lot more alive than most pop songs on the radio

“Dude are you going to this gig tonight? Actually don’t worry, I doubt you’ve heard of them. They are super underground, too indie for you.”

A study playlist for when I have the motivation (pretty much never) 

You’re in the car with all your best friends, windows down, hands reaching out trying to touch the sun, you’ve never felt more free. These are the moments you live for, the moments where you feel truly infinite in the summer breeze

It’s a late Sunday morning and you roll out of bed to make pancakes for yourself because it’s a self-care kinda day. The sun is breaking through the curtains and it feels warm on your skin. You have no obligations and no where to be.

It’s 3am and you’re staring at the ceiling thinking about them. Your walls look as if they are closing in on you but all you can do is let it happen. 

Songs that every single white person will lose their shit to and proceed to scream the lyrics obnoxiously but no one will care because they’re all screaming them too

A concept playlist for my favourite novel of all time: A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara. 

There is only one word for it: eargasm

It’s a Saturday night and you’ve bought yourself a cheap bottle of vodka just to lose it halfway through the night. The bass is about to burst through the speakers and you feel the bodies dancing against you, unable to escape the crowded room. You close your eyes and just move along to the beat

It’s a mellow afternoon and the sun is slowly disappearing behind the hills, creating an almost ethereal glow over your features. You sit back with a nice cup of tea and read your book, whilst a soft hum of music plays in the background

[anetherealsunrise]

playlist concepts for your leisure

It's like 2010 and you've stolen your friends mum's makeup and given yourself a ridiculous makeover, and you're jumping up and down with your friends singing your heart out and you've never felt cooler even though it's like a 3 person dance party

Songs to kiss your significant other to; or any other human that takes your fancy and you’re feeling a little frisky and liberated

For when I'm depressed and want my music to relate to me but let's be honest I listen to these songs regardless

When you wake up and decide to destroy the patriarchy

When you're at the gym and you're kinda angry at everything but you need some beats to inspire you to do better, not just in the gym but in life in general

There is only two words for it: dark academia 

When you’re sipping Sangria in Santorini and the local band is playing in the streets

Jazz; but make it soft

Conforming to the role of the angsty teenager and realising that creating a stable sense of identity is a lot harder than you originally thought

Rock, but an alternative rock that makes you feel hardcore but not hard enough to punch your bully in the face

[scientificphilosopher]

“That’s your responsibility as a person, as a human being — to constantly be updating your positions on as many things as possible. And if you don’t contradict yourself on a regular basis, then you’re not thinking.”

— Malcolm Gladwell

[scientificphilosopher]

“What we do with our world, right now, will propagate down through the centuries and powerfully affect the destiny of our descendants. It is well within our power to destroy our civilization, and perhaps our species as well. But, we are also capable of using our compassion and our intelligence, our technology and our wealth, to make an abundant and meaningful life for every inhabitant of this planet; to enhance enormously our understanding of the universe, and to carry us to the stars.”

— Carl Sagan

[overtherise]

“I have come to believe over and over again that what is most important to me must be spoken, made verbal and shared, even at the risk of having it bruised or misunderstood.”

— Audre Lorde, from A Burst of Light: Essays; “The Transformation of Silence into Language and Action,” (via violentwavesofemotion)

[olodumare]

“Perhaps the most extraordinary characteristic of current America is the attempt to reduce life to buying and selling. Life is not love unless love is sex and bought and sold. Life is not knowledge save knowledge of technique, of science for destruction. Life is not beauty except beauty for sale. Life is not art unless its price is high and it is sold for profit. All life is production for profit, and for what is profit but for buying and selling again?”

- W.E.B. Du Bois

[sashayed]

“To be hopeful in bad times is not just foolishly romantic. It is based on the fact that human history is a history not only of cruelty, but also of compassion, sacrifice, courage, kindness. What we choose to emphasize in this complex history will determine our lives. If we see only the worst, it destroys our capacity to do something. If we remember those times and places—and there are so many—where people have behaved magnificently, this gives us the energy to act, and at least the possibility of sending this spinning top of a world in a different direction. And if we do act, in however small a way, we don’t have to wait for some grand utopian future. The future is an infinite succession of presents, and to live now as we think human beings should live, in defiance of all that is bad around us, is itself a marvelous victory.”

— Howard Zinn, ‘A Power Governments Cannot Suppress’ (via scientificphilosopher)