[julienbaker]

current mood: this precious lost rainbow kite ensnared in the harsh and unforgiving perils of the natural world

[ukpuru]

Textile patterns from the Igbo women’s weaving industry at Akwete, now in southern Abia State. National Library of the Netherlands, The Hague.

[jewishtransition]

One of the biggest problems with religion is that people stubbornly, insistently reduce God to their own size; they imagine that God loves the same people they love, and that God hates the people they hate. This is not just insidious theology; it’s actually idolatry, because people are just worshiping a blown up version of themselves. So let me say it simply: God’s love transcends all of that. When your parents reject you, God loves you; when your friends or classmates make fun of you, God loves you; when your priest, minister, imam, or rabbi tells you that you are an abomination, God loves you; when politicians cater to people’s basest prejudices, God loves you. No matter how many times and in how many ways people make you feel less than human, God knows otherwise, and God loves you. When you feel frightened, or abandoned, or humiliated, I hope the unshakeable conviction that God loves you can help hold you and enable you to persevere.

From a Rabbi, An Open Letter To People Who Are LGBTQ by Rabbai Shai Held (via jewishtransition)

[outsh]

Stacked by Malte Brandenburg

[prettycolors]

#ddc631

[endless-unfolding]

When I was a boy I thought a life just happened, or was there to find. Wars were aberrations. Poems were another generation’s. I didn’t realize you made it up, you made them up, And that the self was not an object but an act, A sequence of decisions bound together by a noun But with the feel of fact.

John Koethe, from “Collected Poems,” in Sally’s Hair (via a-pair-of-ragged-claws)

[fyp-philosophy]

When you feel hurt but do not hurt the other, you are truly victorious.

Taisho (via fyp-philosophy)

[worshipgifs]

[ginsour]

The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in Love (1995) Directed by Maria Maggenti

[worshipgifs]

[warm-enough]

I love beaches in New England in the winter when it feels like early spring!

[demiiwhiffin]

[hillergoodspeed]

[tanya-nicole]

Forgive yourself for what you think you’ve done or not done. At every moment, you had your reasons for all of your actions and decisions. You’ve always done the best that you could do. Forgive yourself.

Doreen Virtue (via tanya-nicole)

[grumpyfemme]

One of my goals in thinking about redefining the way we view relationships is to try to treat the people I date more like I treat my friends—try to be respectful and thoughtful and hav boundaries and reasonable expectations—and to try to treat my friends more like my dates—to give them special attention, honor my commitments to them, be consistent, and invest deeply in our futures together. In the queer communities I’m in valuing friendship is a really big deal, often coming out of the fact that lots of us don’t have family support, and build deep supportive structures with other queers. We are interested in resisting the heteronormative family structure in which people are expected to form a dyad, marry, have kids, and get all their needs met within that family structure.

Dean Spade - For Lovers and Fighters

There are so many great thoughts in this piece. You should check it out if you’ve got a few minutes to spare.

(via grumpyfemme)

[wordsnquotes]

zweisamkeit

(noun) An untranslatable German word, zweisamkeit is described as the togetherness and intimacy you experience with someone else. (via wordsnquotes)

[madeleinejubileesaito]

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