lover.writer.woman

larissa. she/her. thirties. librarian. georgia girl. tulsa living. hbcu alumna. sigma gamma rho sorority. black woman stan. ao3: callmeelle🌻

[hippiedippieblondie]

Male loneliness this, male loneliness that. Have they tried lobotomies? Tranquilizers? Being fingered by medical professionals? Tearing the yellow wallpaper off the walls of the attic room where your husband keeps you locked up?

[callmeelle22]

Grieving what I’m realizing is the end of a 2.5 year relationship while also still grieving my mother is for the birds.

Like, I know that if I can survive her death, I can survive his absence from my life.

But it really fucking sucks.

[writingdose]

being a writer is fun

[depsidase]

[callmeelle22]

Also an English teacher turned librarian and this is a factual statement.

[innerchildabortionclinic]

also I don't think parents "these days" are uniquely terrible, I just think neglect is showing up in new ways as technology progresses. today's ipad kid would've been wandering around in a ditch alone all day and night before. parents not wanting to have to deal with children is not a new phenomenon.

[thesoultape94]

ATL

[anglaised]

not being christian but loving black christian music is so fun like ion believe in none of this but i like hearing my ppl sing of hope and prosperity like turn dat upppppp

[mycotoxin]

Shout out to mediocre black people actually. Shout out to black people who are bad at shit. You don’t need to be the best for your life to matter.

[the-blueprint]

[callmeelle22]

Haven’t seen my mans in a week.

He’s doing his annual Grand Canyon Star Party thing, with his “Space Cowboy” shtick cause he’s a dork from Oklahoma. I was able to go the last two years but work called this year.

Besides, it was literally packing up to leave the Canyon last year that I found out my mama died. So I can’t be sure I would have gone back this year anyway.

But, this is just me, a little high, missing my boyfriend.

Plus, this is literally what the sky looks like out there and it’s so incredible.

[warrenland]

[luckydiorxoxo]

[marisatomay]

The thing about grief is that if you are vocally honest about how it feels you sound like someone about to be involuntarily committed

[loveridden1999]

anyways remember when toni morrison said "sometimes you don't survive whole, you just survive in part. but the grandeur of life is that attempt. it's not about that solution. it is about being as fearless as one can, and behaving as beautifully as one can, under completely impossible circumstances."

[the-prairies-calling-out]

"Why do you buy books when the library is right there?"

Because publishing houses will not continue printing paper books if libraries are their only customers.

Also, I like being able to read at my leisure and generally have books at hand.

[its-the-blob]

#public libraries are good because they let people access books they might never otherwise read#private book ownership is good because it's Yours#physical books are good because they last a long time and again it's Yours#ebooks are good because you can fit a whole library into the physical space of a single book and they're cheaper to produce#audiobooks are good because they're accessible to people with eyesight or visual reading issues and leave your hands free#in conclusion: all books are good and people should enjoy them however and whenever they can#(lest it be misunderstood I agree with you completely OP I just also really like books in general and it got away from me)

YES. all books. every kind

[riotd]

i’m very self aware. which unfortunately hasn’t solved anything

[depsidase]