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"And that her laughter is irresistible, And that she in my arms is as much of glory and ecstasy that a man may hold. Wherefore Paradise is unnecessary." ― James Oppenheim

MY ROYAL NEMESIS 멋진신세계 (2026)

stuckinapril

“Do it scared” “do it alone” are all great tips, but my biggest takeaway from therapy is do it messy. This is especially true if you’re getting out of a burnout, which I experience often. Literally just do it messy. You don’t need to pick the perfect trail to walk, the perfect playlist to listen to, whatever the fuck it is. You don’t need to have a meticulous to do list and wake up at the exact time you planned and drink the exact amount of water you planned to drink. Like the biggest thing for people like me to remember is sometimes it’s okay to do it messy. Put on a random yt workout and just get it done in sweats. Do 5 minutes of a daunting task and go from there. Sometimes just getting up is a win during intense burnouts or depressive funks. Literally just do it messy.

exhaled-spirals

« Tenderness is the art of personifying, of sharing feelings, and thus endlessly discovering similarities. Creating stories means constantly bringing things to life, giving an existence to all the tiny pieces of the world that are represented by human experiences […]. Tenderness personalizes everything to which it relates, making it possible to give it a voice, to give it the space and the time to come into existence, and to be expressed. It is thanks to tenderness that the teapot starts to talk.

Tenderness is the most modest form of love. […] It appears wherever we take a close and careful look at another being, at something that is not our “self”. Tenderness is spontaneous and disinterested; it goes far beyond empathetic fellow feeling. Instead it is the conscious, though perhaps slightly melancholy, common sharing of fate. Tenderness is deep emotional concern about another being, its fragility, its unique nature, and its lack of immunity to suffering and the effects of time. Tenderness perceives the bonds that connect us, the similarities and sameness between us. It is a way of looking that shows the world as being alive, living, interconnected, cooperating with, and codependent on itself.

Literature is built on tenderness […]. »

— Olga Tokarczuk in her Nobel speech, December 2019

joymariethompson

Advantageous (2015)| directed by Jennifer Phang & written by Jennifer Phang and Jacqueline Kim

You know those movies that stay with you for a week? This is one of them. Watch it on Netflix and support women of color producing films!

mollybeenoel

By Momoire

kyotoprotocols

soracities

Octavio Paz, ‘The House of Glances’ (selected lines), A Tree Within (trans. Eliot Weinberger)

uppoompat

Aren't you happy to see me? I'm so happy that I almost hugged... I mean... I almost did a back flip. Here. How about a high five instead? I have a habit of giving high fives when I'm happy to see someone.

IN YOUR RADIANT SEASON (2026)

perfectfeelings

“Take a shower, wash away the bad thoughts, cleanse your body, put on some relaxing music, get in to bed, breathe.”

— Unknown

theambitiouswoman

Showering right before bed is an absolute must for me. Energetically, I feel like it washes away everything you’ve absorbed throughout the day and scientifically it helps you sleep better by releasing the tension in your muscles and raising and quickly lowering body temperature which signals to your brain to release melatonin

seaphine

I think true love is when two people make each other love themselves more.

dearblackwoman

Investing in your appearance is an act of self-respect. the good moisturizer. the outfit that makes you feel powerful. the haircut that reminds you who you are. worth it.

archangelruind

skittles update is i got her a hat

archangelruind

new hat for skittles btw. if uou care

ghaazelle

Women are protectors too

something i’ve been thinking about a lot lately is how men are the protectors in life. and yes, that’s absolutely true in many ways. On the other side, it’s often overlooked how protective women are too.

like, not in the loud or obvious way. but in the quiet, subtle, deeply emotional way.

i’ve realized that as a woman, i’ve always had this instinct to care about the people in my life on a soul-deep level. like, i worry about their choices, their friends, their mental state, their future. i don’t just care about what happens to them—I care about who they become. and that’s a form of protection too.

it’s not just “i want you to be okay,” it’s “i want your soul to be okay. your heart. your spirit. your character.”

women protect through presence. through prayer. through gut feelings and little reminders. through seeing what someone doesn’t even see in themselves and helping them stay grounded.

especially when it comes to children, women protect in such tiny, precious ways. where sometimes a dad might say “let them learn the hard way,” a mom will say “i don’t want them to hurt like that.” and neither is wrong. one is about building strength. the other is about preserving softness.

and the thing is… women care so much about emotional and spiritual safety. we read between the lines of people’s moods. and when we really love someone—friend, man, child—we don’t want them to feel unsafe for even a second.

i think that’s beautiful. It’s even more beautiful when the woman grows into herself and feels peace in providing that safety and protection for the people that she cares about, it’s priceless.

and maybe people don’t always see that kind of protection because it’s not loud or aggressive. it’s gentle. it’s watching over someone silently. it’s feeling someone’s energy shift and doing whatever you can to bring them back to their light. it’s seeing your people get sick and doing all you can to make them feel good again, cooking them soup and massaging their head and hand feeding them meds.

women are protectors. not just of bodies. but of spirits.