exactly three thousand flowers

[frailgun]

an unsung favorite of mine

[boughtabook]

(via Luminist Bookstore: Used Books: Shirley Jackson)

[shittingonthisworld]

[okmdq]

[arabellesicardi]

I am like a small creature swallowed whole by a monster, she thought, and the monster feels my tiny little movements inside.

The Haunting of Hill House / Shirley Jackson (via arabellesicardi)

[rayteta-blog]

[candybanshee]

certainly, if we can invent a car that runs only on french fry grease, then we should be able to build me a body that runs exclusively on candy.

[stainedbrightly]

Whites who are given access into POC spaces (yes being a white person with access to heavily POC spaces is a sacred privilege) and who have POC folks in their life who are willing to go against the cultural narrative that says, you can’t trust white people, must honor this privilege by making themselves malleable to correction. Being an ally is not an identity it is a process. There is no Maslow hierarchy of allyship. There is no level of self-actualization in being an anti-racist ally that renders you above reproach and critique.

  “A Guide To Allyship & Interracial Friendships” by TheFeministGriote

I highly, highly recommend this article to other white folks! As someone who is trying be a better ally and friend, this is a great read. GO READ NOW, FRIENDS.

(via stainedbrightly)

^^^^^

(via rampyourvoice)

[natchios]

Telephone wire. Stop! Too fast! Telephone wire. Make this not the past. This car ride, this is where it has to happen! There must be some other chances. There’s a moment I’m forgetting, where you tell me you see me!

Say something! Talk to me! Say something! Anything! At the light, at the light. This can’t be our last-

Telephone wire. That was our last night…

[candybanshee]

i am not sure i can really go into specifics, but good things happened today! things are happening, it seems! you can be a mess, you can be not alright - even defiantly so - and find ways to carve out a life for yourself! 

[tranxio]

Max Rockatansky decides to enroll in university to pursue his fascination with science, specifically, the diverse animal phylum consisting of roundworms. Mad Max: Nematode.

Max Rockatansky intimidates his enemies by painting himself a terrifying shade of blue. Mad Max: Scurry Woad.

[candybanshee]

[tranxio]

“and an Ativan for luck”

[candybanshee]

i told my friends that now that i have my phd, i am a little skeptical about the credibility and weight we assign to the degree - that, is, i don’t feel like i am exceptionally smart, and i am very fallible. it’s not commonly recognized that most people with phds are not necessarily brilliant or infallible. i told my friends that i feel like i got my phd because i was just very persistent. one friend added that the only other thing that helps in the road to a phd is a “willingness to tear one’s own life apart” and i agreed. 

[theoriginalcw]

SUPPORT FOG, A SHORT FILM ABOUT BEING BLACK AND MENTALLY ILL

Fog follows Valerie, a successful Black female attorney, who must navigate a major career move and the return of her college-aged daughter while hiding her deteriorating mental health. The film includes a 90s sitcom kinda like The Fresh Prince or The Cosby Show within it that reflects how people see Valerie and her personal expectations parallel to her turbulent interior life. It’s a project that I’m really passionate about and am so excited to shoot this summer as a part of the AFI Directing Workshop for Women.

At its heart, Fog is the story of millions of African-American women across the country. Mental illness is still something of a taboo in the African-American community. While over 17 million Americans suffer from some form of mental illness, only 12 percent of African-Americans living with a mental disease are diagnosed. As an African-American woman who has faced life with depression, I wanted to tell this story, a story that I have heard from countless other African-American women of different ages and walks of life, and give this issue the platform it desperately needs.

We have to raise at least $5000 by Wednesday, April 29th to stay greenlit so PLEASE HELP!

You can support the film by checking out the video above and visiting our IndieGoGo page and checking out our perks. Spread the word using #LiftTheFog!

[candybanshee]

i am listening to the audiobook of the house of the seven gables and, in addition to having lots of interested, interesting thoughts about it, the impression i take away from it primarily is: never have i ever heard an author use the word “benignity” as much as nathaniel hawthorne does!!!

[candybanshee]

undoubtedly, the purest and most perfect thing in this messed up world we live in is grocery store sheet cake