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“A world without caring is terrible.”

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“What happens to the hole when the cheese is gone?”

— Bertolt Brecht.

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“Es gibt viele Arten zu töten. Man kann einem ein Messer in den Bauch stechen, einem das Brot entziehen, einen von einer Krankheit nicht heilen, einen in eine schlechte Wohnung stecken, einen durch Arbeit zu Tode schinden, einen zum Suizid treiben, einen in den Krieg führen usw. Nur weniges davon ist in unserem Staat verboten.”

— Bertolt Brecht

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“You don’t have to explain your dreams. They belong to you.”

— Paulo Coelho

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white ppl really think racism is/was a single act and/or event and not an entire ongoing history of genocide and state and social systems of oppression built to keep black and brown people exploited

realize racism is a system of oppression thats baked into every corner of western society and that capitalism can not function without people of color being en masse exploited, subjugated into near constant austerity and severe unhealable generational trauma

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How to Start Loving Who You Are

1. Start by being kind and gentle with yourself. There are plenty of people who would love to criticise … So be your own protector and your own best friend.

2. Choose self-love over self-hatred. Many people find they veer between these two extremes – but over time gravitate more towards one or the other (through automatic thinking and their inner dialogue) … So actively reject self-hatred, and then exercise self-love.

3. Stop being harsh and judgmental, and accept your imperfections. We’re all flawed and broken, and we all make bad mistakes.

4. Start enjoying who you are, and being alone with yourself. Embrace solitude, and the chance to be with “you”.

5. Think of all the different things you’re grateful for in life, and the people who have loved you, and have seen the good in you. As you do that, you will start to value who, and what, you are.

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something i wish i had realized earlier: you can write poems on the same subject more than once. you can write, paint, draw the same thing over and over if you want to. you can spend your whole life making art about oranges. i think i always felt this pressure to get it right the first time like i couldn’t go back and use that inspiration again. but you can. you can go back and revisit it. you can pick up the conversation again and again if you have more to say.

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the signs as philosophical movements

Aries: Machiaviellanism - the denial of the relevance of morality, holding the view that any means can be used if it is necessary to maintain power. Taurus: Hedonism - the pursuit of pleasure, above all.  Gemini: Existentialism - the belief that there is no universal “meaning of life”, the individual is free to create his own meaning and build his character from his actions.  Cancer: Idealism  - the idea that the material world and reality merely is a product of consciousness, sensation, imagination and perception. Leo: Solipsism - the belief that the self is all there is, that everything else just is a product of their perception. Virgo: Skepticism -  a way of life devoted to inquiry, investigation and doubt: always questioning the certainity of things. Libra: Dualism - the belief that everything is made up of polarity and can be sorted into two categories (such as body and mind, good and evil) which cannot exist without one another. Scorpio: Nihilism - denial of the existence of any “truths”, holding the belief that life is ultimately meaningless. Sagittarius: Empiricism - the belief that true wisdom comes from experience. Capricorn: Stoicism -  emphasizes the discipline and mastery of the emotions in order to reach a wiser, rational, and peaceful mindset. Aquarius: Surrealism - the rejection of the rational, the negation of the normal; celebrating contradiction, the imagination and the bizzare. Pisces: Romanticism - emphasis on strong emotion and receptiveness, celebrating the imagination, the transcendental and the supreme value of art.

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I missed posting on National Women’s day but anyway here you go

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This is actually so cute!