SIN FRONTERAS : BE A CROSSROADS

Ella. 22. Living and organizing in Tiohtiá:ke. Scorpio. Queer & poly. Working on it.

[joansdidion]

Remember you are water. Of course you leave salt trails.

Of course you are crying.

Flow.

Adrienne Maree Brown, from “Spell for grief or letting go” in Emergent Strategy

[boookofquotes]

When I fear the universe, I fear myself. When I love and am in awe of the universe, I love and am in awe of myself. Imagine then, the power when I align with the universe.

Adrienne Maree Brown - Emergent Strategy

[before-a-million-universes]

He's fierce in my dreams, seizing my guts He floats me with dread Soaked in soul He swims in my eyes by the bed Pour myself over him Moon spilling in And I wake up alone

[before-a-million-universes]

“By creating a new mythos - that is, a change in the way we perceive reality, the way we see ourselves, and the ways we behave - la mestiza creates a new consciousness. The work of mestiza consciousness is to break down the subject/object duality that keeps her prisoner and to show in the flesh and through the images in her work how duality is transcended. The answer to the problem between the white race and the colored, between males and females, lies in healing the split that originates in the very foundation of our lives, our culture, our languages, our thoughts. A massive uprooting of dualistic thinking in the individual and collective consciousness is the beginning of a long struggle, but one that could, in our best hopes, bring us to the end of rape, of violence, of war.” ― Gloria Anzaldúa

[olearypoetry]

[stonebutchcowboy]

“The lesbian femme is the greater mystery. She isn’t about being decorated for men, or the goddess of fertility, or trying to stay young all your life. She’s some other power, some other creativity and life force. She has opened her lace, her legs, her lips. She’s inviting exploration. Go to her now.”

— Judy Grahn, The Butch Frames the Femme Butch/Femme, 1995 (via persistentlyfem)

[millionsknives]

please make sure that wherever you’re at in life, you don’t treat it like a transitory period. don’t waste your college years wishing to already be graduated & have a job. don’t waste your single years wishing for someone to be in love with. if/when those things come, they will come in due time and they will be good. but there is nothing like looking back and feeling empty because you wasted literal years ignoring what you had because you were hoping for something better. while it’s important to better yourself and reach for your goals, don’t neglect the present because that’s where you are now and it’s your now that determines your future. 

[the-suburban-craft]

[6i]

it takes years to develop your craft. do not romanticize the idea of an ‘overnight success’. be a student. grow organically. get really good. hate your work. start over. find new ways to express the same ideas. the student becomes the master. your time will come.

[andruwminyrd]

audrey hepburn in sabrina (1954)

[fruitgushers]

if you arent someone the church wanted dead 300 years ago are you really living

[loving-villanelle]

i’m someone the church wants dead today

[tonberrys-deactivated20201122]

Wow, Big Mouth really coming for y'all, huh?

[thecarolinebelle]

Cause of Death: Cara Delevingne wearing tails and chewing a toothpick at the Royal Wedding. 

[parathiro]

Τελικά η πτώση δεν ήταν και τόσο εύκολη υπόθεση•

[prisonhannibal]

Not to be like “we live in a society” but I think a lot of people’s mental health would be significantly less fucked if they didn’t have to function in a system that forces them to think about their value as a human being as based on how productive they are/how much money people can make off them

[mostlyuk]

Houses of Parliament, London

[ghost-in-a-player-piano]

Know what I want more of in my fiction? “Nice Guy” villains. “Incel” villains. Villains who exhibit the most toxic aspects of current masculinity and culture and are shamed for it.

Like Tighten from Megamind.

I know it’s years old but this movie is still the best, especially because of the characterization of their villain. He receives a dozen soft no’s from Roxanne (the Lois Lane archetype), it’s suggested he’s been getting them for years, and he still pursues her even to the point of endangering her life. When he finally understands that her “no” is final, he throws a superpowered shit fit and tries to kill her and her actual love interest (Megamind) and televises it in a ploy to get sympathy (”a reminder of the night she ferociously ripped out my heart”). He has no concept of boundaries or consent, and it is shown for the vile behavior that it is.

And the thing is? I can’t remember another villain like him? Not anywhere. You could make an argument that Snape is a Nice Guy, but the narrative doesn’t criticize the behavior. To the contrary, his eternal love obsession with Lily is praised. Every character who comes even close to Tighten, ends up praised by the end. And I’m sick of it.

Get on Megamind’s level, screenwriters.