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Cyberbully your politicians! <3 ✨✨

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Guys in like an hour (when school ends) I’m going to confess my love in the most pathetic way possible (there's no other way around it I fear) to the person I've been in love with forever (since like October or something but I was in denial at that point and didn't actually realize until like November 20th or smth; we dated for 9 months (Feb 9 - Oct 30) but I still loved them and recently I've learned they also love me back (again) but they don't know whether or not they actually love me or just want a relationship). So anyway I’m just gonna get it off my chest that I love them and hopefully it doesn't crash and burn or anything. 🥲✌️

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I am so horny for violence right now. I NEEED someone to beat me up and then make out with me. PLEASE 🙏 🛐🛐 Literally just hurt me anyway you want as long as you promise to kiss me after

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Happy black history month!! I'm gonna about a black historical figure for everyday of the month and today I’m starting with Josephine Baker!

Ms. Baker was born in America in 1906, broke and always facing hate. She began a performance career, though the only way to do so was to join one of the only black performance groups which had tons of blackface. She later moved to France and her career skyrocketed. In world war two, she joined the French resistance, acting as a spy. When Paris was invaded, Baker went back to mansion with many Jewish refugees and French resistance fighters. At one point, she toured America. During this time, she forced many places to end segregation and also spoke at the March on Washington, before Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s own speech!! She was a great activist and a historical figure that I adore! Of course, she was flawed as well. Being tired of discrimination, Baker adopted 12 kids, each from different parts of the world. She bought a hotel, got her kids to dress up in their culture’s clothing, and had them shown to people walking through the hotel (which she changed to NOT be a hotel so). Obviously, while the idea is good, this wasn't great parenting.

Josephine Baker is such an interesting historical figure and I’ve barely talked about her. If you're interested, you should definitely find a video or something because she is just WONDERFUL!

“You must get an education. You must go to school, and you must learn to protect yourself. And you must learn to protect yourself with the pen, and not the gun.”

“I have walked into the palaces of kings and queens and into the houses of presidents. And much more. But I could not walk into a hotel in America and get a cup of coffee, and that made me mad.”

“All men can live together, if they wish to.”

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Guys is it weird to be attracted to someone’s teeth?

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Funny that ICE cares so much about immigrants’ papers but rarely (if they've ever) have their own legal documents, which I believe is far more important. Taking people without judicial warrants is kidnapping and shouldn't be allowed to happen.

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Today is Holocaust Rememberance day. Forgive my very non-pacifistic nature, but I would have rather Hitler not kill himself. I would much rather he be tortured by the Russians. Not only is Hitler a disgusting monster, but he is also a stupid coward. Maybe I care more about the goals I have set for myself, but if I were rejected by my dream college, I would work on myself until I matched their standards. That racist, too dumb, crap head clearly didn't care that much about his schooling though, because he chose to just go into politics so he could kill who he wanted to kill. How ridiculous. He's an idiot, a general waste of oxygen, and a cold-blooded killer with no empathy for the innocent he kidnapped and killed. He didn't deserve to die by suicide. Maybe someone could have taken a page or two from Japan’s book from that time (mind you, I hate Japan too), maybe he would deserve that a little more. Oh sure, he saved the Jewish doctor that treated his mother. But he’s an EXCEPTION. (I think it might be Ernst Röhm, but I’m not sure?) The gay nazi who worked for Hitler and died was an EXCEPTION. Frederick the Great, who Hitler admired, was an EXCEPTION. Hitler is a bigot and he hates these communities, there are simply exceptions, people who he believes weren't “as bad.” I’m not saying he wasn't empathetic at all, I actually believe that based on the fact he “saved” (as in literally just left alone) the doctor, he has empathy. He's just a piece of crap. I despise people of his kind. The only nazi is a dead one!! (except for Solomon Perel!! ♡ Solomon was a Jew who had to hide as a Nazi or he would be killed; he wrote a book about it that I need to read: “I Was Hitler Youth Salomon”)

Anyway!! Hitler jokes aren't funny; supporting Hitler is (obviously) disgusting; screw nazis; this western (wo)man says the “which way” in question is directly to the grave ❤

There's a really good book called How Do You Kill 11 Million People by Andy Andrews. It’s a critique of lies in government and uses Nazi Germany as an example, hence the title. Then of course Elie Wiesel’s “Night,” which is an autobiography about his time in the camps. And the big obvious one is Diary of a Young Girl: Anne Frank’s diary. I own a copy of that! The ORIGINAL, actually. She is so sweet and I love her <33 I would definitely learn German for just the chance to speak to her. She was my age when she died. She would be 97 if she were alive today.

Don't sing. Listen to the trains and the screams. Don't sing over it. Listen. Always listen. I just want people to be okay. (This is in reference to Andy Andrews’s book btw)

[starryeyeddarlings]

writing these are addictive

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I feel like Dr. MLK Jr has his holiday and is so widely respected and everything because of his non-violent approach. I think he is so well respected by most people (and too many times do certain people claim to respect him while simultaneously going against everything he fought for) because it’s easy for oppressors to say, “oh look, he managed to be peaceful even when he was oppressed, so there's no reason for anyone to be violent about protests.” While I admire, appreciate, and marvel at Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s non-violent approach to reformation, I think it was all he was allowed to do. If he was violent about it, if he fought back against the cops who arrested him 29 times, if he called out the FBI when they were sending him multiple threats to make him kill himself, if he did anything violent or degenerate, he wouldn't be as respected/“respected” as he is today. He probably wouldn't have a holiday. He probably wouldn't be so loudly spoken about by politicians who want to seem like lovers of equal rights as they go for the opposite. And right now, there's quite a lot of disrespect - as in, more visible disrespect - with people comparing him, a man who had to fight for his rights, a man who constantly preached love, hope, and acceptance, a man who was murdered in cold blood by some racist degenerate because he had the audacity to want to live among white people without being disrespected, insulted, or harrassed, to Charlie Kirk, a man who did basically nothing compared to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, a man who built his platform on hating minorties, a man who said the Civil Rights Movement was a mistake and that he would question the qualification of a black pilot if he saw one. Charlie Kirk was a debater and a podcaster, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr was a symbol of determination and hope for the oppressed as he fought loudly and bravely against the racist oppression he faced in his day-to-day life. Charlie Kirk said gun violence was a necessary evil for the Second Amendment rights; Dr. Martin Luther King Jr did not want violence of any kind. It took Dr. Martin Luther King Jr 15 years to get his holiday, while Charlie Kirk’s only took a week or two. Of course, I don't want to make this whole thing about Charlie Kirk; today is not his holiday (and quite frankly, I don't think he should have one at all).

People hated Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. People still hate him. And I despise anyone who preaches their love for him and quotes him as they actively oppress people themselves and/or support oppression.

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr was a loving and accepting man. A friend and collaborator of his, Bayard Rustin, was a gay man. For this reason, Dr. MLK Jr was advised by someone (I forgot who, I’m so sorry 😖) that Bayard Rustin would be a bad collaborator to have. Dr. MLK Jr refused to turn away Rustin, who also planned the March on Washington.

“… there are two types of laws: just and unjust… one has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws.” -Dr. Martin Luther King Jr

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Ten offbeat questions! Because there's only so many times you can talk about your favorite color.

tagged by @greenlikethesea !! thank you <3

1. What's the oldest movie you've ever watched for pleasure?

off the top of my head, the clock (1945) with judy garland! i got to see it in a theater which was fun. i really recommend it! really interesting to compare old romcoms to more recent ones

2. Do you chew gum? If so, how regularly and what flavor?

no, i have tmj :/ can't do most chewy things unfortunately....

3. Do you have a favorite travel game and if so, what is it?

idk if you can really call it a game but my friends and i are excellent at putting together good playlists! and reading signs out loud ig lol

4. What's something you're proud of recently, however supposedly small?

i got caught up on all my laundry (including bedding!!) after being really sick last week! also, today is day one of quitting smoking hhh

5. What do you do if you sense you're getting sick?

PANIC . then get irritable bc i have to do nothing for a while. im really annoying when im sick🫠

6. Have you ever read a book in translation?

i think the only book i've read in a language other than english was the stranger by albert camus.

7. Opinion on coriander/cilantro?

good:) love!

8. Do you keep ephemera as mementos of experiences? (E.g., ticket stubs, receipts, etc.?)

i keep EVERYTHING. i have kept receipts if they have cool pictures on them. i recently found and framed three 15 year old business cards from my favorite local record store lol.

9. Have you ever taken a drink into a bath/shower with you? If so, what, and under what circumstances?

yes, i used to do shower beer a lot and one or twice took a bath with a whole bottle of champagne. i dont drink anymore though

10. Name one good thing about where you currently live (without saying where it is; you can interpret this as narrowly or broadly as you like).

i love that there are tons of excellent places to go see art:)

tagging if ya want: @petrichorinmyveins @grasscore @grimweathers @skelevision @amillionmagpies ^^

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Thanks for the tag @stars-in-the-night ✨

1. What's the oldest movie you've ever watched for pleasure?

The 1927 Napoléon movie. It's the only silent movie I've seen so far, but I was surprised by how much I've actually enjoyed it.

I've also seen excerpts from Birth of a Nation for class, but, you know...

2. Do you chew gum? If so, do you do it regularly, and what flavour?

Yes, yes (a couple of times a week on average), and spearmint, watermelon, or blueberry

3. Do you have a favourite travel game?

20 questions probably

4. What's something you're proud of recently?

Finishing work on a translation that had the word count of half of my dissertation.

Also, speaking of it, gathering the nerve to request feedback for my dissertation and being happy with it ✨

5. What do you do if you sense you're getting sick?

Up my dose of vitamins. Really hope I don't actually end up sick this time.

6. Have you ever read a book in translation?

Well, English isn't my first language, so I read plenty of English books translated into Czech when I was a kid.

Also, off the top of my head, The Divine Comedy, All Quiet on the Western Front, Master and Margarita, Confessions, Catullus, Suetonius...

7. Opinion on coriander?

Indifferent I guess?

8. Do you keep ephemera as mementos of experiences?

I sometimes do. I have a collection of past cinema/theatre/museum tickets if the event was special for me in some way.

9. Have you ever taken a drink into a bath/shower with you? If so, what, and under what circumstances?

No?

10. Name one good thing about where you currently live?

Immediate surroundings: there's a really cool forest with a great view of a river below

Around 25 mins by public transport: history everywhere

Tagging @theamazingmurderrocks @micromegazz & @essaytime (no pressure of course ✨)

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Thank you so much for the tag @enlitment! <3

1. What's the oldest movie you've ever watched for pleasure?

I started the Student of Prague (1926) with @coquettevoltaire but we never finished it, so I think A Christmas Carol (1938)! It's a very good movie and what finally made me stop being A Christmas Carol's number one hater.

2. Do you chew gum? If so, how regularly and what flavor?

Not right now (braces sigh)

3. Do you have a favorite travel game and if so, what is it?

I fear not. I usually just read or put on a movie. In the most unperformative way possible, reading on trains makes me feel cool :)

4. What's something you're proud of recently, however supposedly small?

Not really one tangible thing, but I've been thinking a lot about how I've grown and changed as a person. I've developed much healthier coping mechanisms, for example, and I'm very proud of that :)

5. What do you do if you sense you're getting sick?

Embrace it. I fear I get sick very very often so I'm pretty used to it.

6. Have you ever read a book in translation?

Alllll of the time. My entire blog is dedicated to the Age of Enlightenment.. even though I don't speak French. So you can imagine how that goes lol. But I am learning! So hopefully I'll be reading less translations (relatively) soon.

I also read things originally written in German, Latin, Ancient Greek, Spanish, etc pretty consistently so I can't really imagine not relying on translations for the majority of my reading for a while..

7. Opinion on coriander/cilantro?

Very yummy.

8. Do you keep ephemera as mementos of experiences? (E.g., ticket stubs, receipts, etc.?)

Yes! I love using ticket stubs, receipts, photo strips, etc as bookmarks or things to hang up on my corkboard.

9. Have you ever taken a drink into a bath/shower with you? If so, what, and under what circumstances?

I'm a bath hater and would feel weird drinking something in the shower, so no.

10. Name one good thing about where you currently live (without saying where it is; you can interpret this as narrowly or broadly as you like).

Metro heart emoji #mymetro

Tagging: @coquettevoltaire (tagged you twice in this post hehe 😈), @fritz-on-a-blitz, @hoffrev, @book-worm-forever, @chaotic-history

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Ty for the tag @micromegazz

1. What's the oldest movie you've ever watched for pleasure?

1954 Animal Farm which was GORGEOUS

2. Do you chew gum? If so, how regularly and what flavor?

Occasionally (as in whenever I get my hands on it) the bubba bubba rolled up ones? Specially the og

3. Do you have a favorite travel game and if so, what is it?

I kinda just stare my window and imagine things sometimes

4. What's something you're proud of recently, however supposedly small?

Getting SOME studying done

5. What do you do when you sense you're getting sick?

Uhhh I kinda just tell my parents ngl :/ (im still a minor okay 😭)

6. Have you ever read a book in translation?

… 🫣 like barely. I PLAN to read a lot more things (im gonna read The Iliad + The Odyssey soon) but the only things I can think of now are H. C. Andersen’s fairytales (The Tallow Candle is my favorite ❤️) and (technically a play) Salome by Oscar Wilde

7. Opinions on coriander/cilantro?

Never tried it

8. Do you keep ephemera as moments of experiences?

YES. I love doing this!! I especially like going back and looking at them :)

9. Have you ever taken a drink into the bath/shower with you? If so, what, and under what circumstances?

Mayhaps. Usually soda but sometimes tea or something other. I just leave it on the sink beside the shower. I also usually have a few candles around the bathroom and turn off the lights.

Tagging @bornwholocker @at-times-i-get-a-little-cruel @bleedingtrash

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it’s so tempting to think we know who a historical figure is. like, we’ve read the books, we’ve seen the letters, the portraits, the carefully archived quotes, the secondhand impressions. we’ve consumed so much about them that it feels like we’ve met them. but we literally can’t know. not really.

especially with the ones who lived before cameras. before sound recordings. before we had any way to capture a person as they actually were. we will never know what their faces really looked like—only what artists thought was flattering, or what conventions demanded, or what their patrons wanted to see. we’ll never know what their voices sounded like. the cadence of their speech, the laugh that caught in their throat, the way they slurred when they were drunk or soft-spoken when they were tired—gone.

when you analyze a fictional character, you’re dealing with something intentionally constructed. the author made them interpretable. every line, every gesture is purposeful, designed to communicate something. but historical figures weren’t written that way. they weren’t edited for clarity. they were messy and inconsistent and self-contradictory because they were alive. and what survives of them—letters, documents, anecdotes—is just a very narrow window. we’re peering through keyholes and calling it a portrait.

that's why historical fandoms always feel like a giant collage project to me. we all start with the same pile of scraps: quotes, anecdotes, portraits, rumors, historical context, the occasional “so-and-so once said he was like this.” and everyone picks and arranges those scraps differently. some people dig deeper and find more pieces, others highlight the parts that speak to them most.

none of us are “right,” but all of us are creating.

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Delightful meal and some good literature 😍😍

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Reasons why it would be very cool to be a vampire:

1) I don't want to die :(

2) I like Polidori, le Fanu, and Stoker so…

3) I want to have a homoerotic relationship with a human woman and eat her blood regularly (she would give it to me willingly because we’re in love and we make out)

4) I have the style for it and I love the aesthetic

5) I think consuming someone you love is beautiful and amazing

6) Pervision.

7) Lots of homosexuality (I’m good at that)

8) I can be young and pretty forever (NOT in an evil Dorian Gray way!!!!)

Cons:

1) I like looking at myself in the mirror 🙁

2) I like garlic

3) I like sunlight

4) I am not rich therefore I cannot own a giant castle

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2026

FUCK HARD

FUCK FAST

FUCK BADLY

NEVER USE GENERATIVE AI

CREATE JOY

MUSIC ALWAYS

PSPSPSPS AT KITTIES ON THE STREET

YUMMY SOUP

go see the doctor about that thing

BE TRANSGENDER

KISS YOUR FRIENDS

EAT CHEESE

NEVER KILL YOURSELF

THRIVE

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Rawdogging this mental illness and poor mental health as a metaphor for I want drugs and alcohol

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Also known as the squeeze zone

[bornwholocker]