INVICTUS MANEO

the sun said, 'it hurts to become.'

[eurycide]

damn this blog is just an embarrassing museum of past selves. why the fuck were people reblogging my vent posts about my ex. why

[magnetogf]

iron man is literally the biggest villain in the mcu. thanos who?

[kairenn-n]

Excuse me what the fuck did you say?

[magnetogf]

i said iron man is literally the biggest villain in the mcu. thanos who?

[kairenn-n]

You come into MY HOUSE-

[magnetogf]

ma’am you’re on my post

[halfsavages-deactivated20200621]

william blake, “the chimney sweeper”, songs of innocence and experience

[medusagirlfriend-blog]

Walt Whitman, “Song of the Open Road”

[love]

“We’re on the same wavelength. We’re connected that way, even if I’m away from her.” ― Haruki Murakami. Drawing by Juan Osorno.

[iheartmoonlight-deactivated2020]

I like that one line in mitski’s song “Nobody” that goes like Venus, planet of love was destroyed by global warming because its like a smart metaphor for how people destroy love by asking for too much or smth like that and you are like yes she is the queen of lyrics but the thing is that is literally what happened to Venus the planet got too much CO2 in the atmosphere and it became hellfire so not only is mitski the queen of lyrics but also the queen of modern astrophysics

[demiiwhiffin]

whomst can relate

[ohbutwebestmakepeacewithit]

140/365

[memories]

surprise, fellow kids. I bet you thought you’d seen the last of eurycide

[memories]

apparently, I joined this tumblr place at 04/20/2011 7:44:56 AM.

[memories]

#starkid is my biggest hobby... and my greatest fear.

[memories]

I want to take a heaping batch of #shakespeare and spread it all over me like I’m that peanut butter baby. You know the one.

[shihlun]

Daido Moriyama

[flowerinaflame]

[roxilalonde-deactivated20251105]

hey hey hey you remember ratatouille? that movie was fuckin wild. in the first 20m a woman points a shotgun at the protagonist and tries to shoot him multiple times, brings down the roof of her own house, and subsequently gasses it. then the rat goes to paris and meets the bastard son of a dead chef and almost dies. again. several times. many times! almost gets locked in an oven. and then drowned. then some shit happens and he controls the bastard son by pulling on his hair. also the bastard chef gets drunk at least once. it’s explicit too like the scheming sous chef brings this 18 y/o or whatever into his office and gets him drunk because he wants the kid to admit that he’s a successful chef because of a tiny hair-pulling rat puppeteer who lives in his hat. and all throughout it the rat is grappling with the ethical conflict of whether stealing is right, and how to reconcile the wasted excesses of capitalism with his belief in private property and self-earned worth, especially when he comes from an impoverished background where stealing was necessary. and the underlying motif is how art isn’t an exclusive club, and how making art accessible to everyone is critical to the expansion and success of art itself, and the importance of honesty in relationships. also the human protagonist’s name is linguini

[distantvoices]

Imaan Hammam By Camilla Akrans For Porter Magazine #24 Winter Escape 2017

[maisiewilliams]

10 Female Written Short Stories Everyone Should Read

I have seen a post circulating for a while that lists 10 short stories everyone should read and, while these are great works, most of them are older and written by white men. I wanted to make a modern list that features fresh, fantastic and under represented voices. Enjoy!

1. A Temporary Matter by Jhumpa Lahiri — A couple in a failing marriage share secrets during a blackout. 

2. Stone Animals by Kelly Link — A family moves into a haunted house.

3. Reeling for the Empire by Karen Russell — Women are sold by their families to a silk factory, where they are slowly transformed into human silkworms. 

4. Call My Name by Aimee Bender — A woman wearing a ball gown secretly auditions men on the subway. 

5. The Man on the Stairs by Miranda July — A woman wakes up to a noise on the stairs. 

6. Brownies by ZZ Packer — Rival Girl Scout troops are separated by race. 

7. City of My Dreams by Zsuzi Gartner — A woman works at a shop selling food-inspired soap and tries not to think about her past. 

8. A Good Man is Hard to Find by Flannery O’Connor — A family drives from Georgia to Florida, even though a serial killer is on the loose. 

9. Hitting Budapest by NoViolet Bulawayo — A group of children, led by a girl named Darling, travel to a rich neighborhood to steal guavas. 

10. You’re Ugly, Too by Lorrie Moore — A history professor flies to Manhattan to spend Halloween weekend with her younger sister.

[astrangewoman]

I LOVE THIS POST!!

I’d like to add:

11. Good Country People by Flannery O’Connor

12. The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman (this one is my favorite short story of all time)

13. The Lottery by Shirley Jackson

14. Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been? by Joyce Carol Oates

15. Désirée’s Baby by Kate Chopin

16. The Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin

17. Impressions of an Indian Childhood by Zitkala-Ša

(I wanted to put little summaries for each of them, but I’m afraid I’d spoil the whole story if I did!)

[ellydash]

adding a few more! all by women of color, & the first four were published within the last few years

18. “My Dear You,” Rachel Khong — love, loss, & absurdity in the afterlife

19. “The Husband Stitch,” Carmen Maria Machado — a feminist retelling of the folklore story “The Green Ribbon”

20. “Inventory,” Carmen Maria Machado — one woman’s retrospective list of her life’s sexual encounters

21. “Boys Go to Jupiter,” Danielle Evans — what happens after a white college student poses for a photo in a Confederate flag bikini

22. “Drinking Coffee Elsewhere,” ZZ Packer — a Black woman attends Yale University