The beauty of it all

I'm a writer. Novels. Poetry. Plays. All kinds of interactive storytelling. I'm married, gay, Dutch, overweight and allergic to lots of things. This blog is an outlet and wayward for my sparse ventures in English. And, of course, a lot of random photos and reblogs.

[franknorbertrieter]

De zwerftochten van Tante Magna door Frank Norbert Rieter

De crowdfundingcampagne De zwerftochten van Tante Magna staat op voordekunst.nl. Doneer nu en maak dit project van Frank Norbert Rieter moge

[plaguedocboi]

I remember when I was younger, anytime I watched a movie where the characters have to kill a scary monster/alien, I always thought the act of killing it was intended to be part of the horror. Like there’s this amazing creature that we’ve never seen before, and maybe under different circumstances we could’ve coexisted with it, but it’s trying to attack you and you have to defend yourself, but by destroying it you also destroy the ability to ever understand it and that’s sad and is supposed to make you feel conflicted.

It was not until well into my adulthood that I realized most people do not have complicated feelings about movies where people have to kill a scary alien monster, nor is that necessarily meant to be part of the narrative (unless it very obviously is). They just want the scary thing to die because it’s scary. I don’t have a real conclusion to this I just started thinking about it for some reason.

[plaguedocboi]

1. This reply is two words and they managed to misspell both of then

2. Yeah. Duh.

[pannndora]

A good life for the 99% isn’t a pipe dream: it can be done. Here’s how

Our plan is radical – but by transforming how we live on a finite planet, nearly everyone gains, says Thomas Piketty and researchers from th

A habitable, equal and prosperous 21st century is materially possible. The carbon budget allows it and history offers precedents at comparable scales: universal suffrage, the universalisation of healthcare and education, the halving of working hours and the sharp compression of inequality over the 20th century. Technical impossibility is not what is standing in the way, but rather the absence of a shared vision of social progress, at once concrete and radical. What it will take instead is political choice, and the hard work of coalition-building behind it.

I was despairing last night but Raye was right - my joy comes in the morning! This is the future I want to live in. And it is possible.

[askinnyblackman]

hell yeah brother

[churrotowns]

since it’s pride month, throwback to this beautiful cover and this wholesome interaction between two icons

[rini-descartes]

Persepolis (2007)

[elierlick]

In 1953, 16-year-old Farhaad Najafi became one of the first trans men to undergo surgery in Iran. His case was celebrated as a medical breakthrough in newspapers across the world. He told reporters, "I thank God for becoming a man."

[maudit]

[profeminist]

RIP Marjane Satrapi, author of the amazing graphic novels Persepolis about living during the fundamentalist revolution in Iran in the 70’s and 80’s. She also created the animated movie based on the graphic novels, which is where these gifs come from.

Gifset source

[missbliss12]

Reblogging in honor of Marjane Satrapi, one of THE great graphic novelists. Her comic Persepolis was a crucial text for shaping my belief that comics can deeply explore identity, culture, politics, and history.

[macrolit]

Marilyn Monroe’s apartment was full of books

[macrolit]

Happy 100th birthday to Marilyn Monroe.

[macrolit]

430 Books Found In Marilyn Monroe's Library - BOOKGLOW

Marilyn Monroe loved to read, according to open-culture.org. Check out the 430 books that were found in Marilyn Monroe's personal library. How many have you read?

[averagefairy]

I still love this website so much because it feels like the last connection we have to an internet that doesn’t exist anymore like I can come on here and scroll through posts that are literally just funny or beautiful or interesting with no intention to sell me something or influence me we are all just here for a laugh. Nothing is just for laughs anymore EXCEPT tumblr dot com

[macrolit]

“The past is never where you think you left it.”

— Katherine Anne Porter (b. 15 May 1890)

[hagiomoto]

Goofy

[franknorbertrieter]

[foxpunk]

for those who still don't get it let me sum it up for you:

there is a difference between protecting kids and controlling kids.

abuse is able to happen because one person has power and control over the other.

if you increase control over kids this will always increase the ways in which they can be abused.

the more you focus on controlling and restricting kids rather than educating and empowering them, the more you trap them in abusive situations.

[porterdavis]

[segamascott]

[natalieironside]

The hero's journey is like the homeopathy of literary analysis

[natalieironside]

Joseph Campbell enjoyers when a character exits one place and travels to one or more other places before returning to the first place

[sahonithereadwolf]

Folklore itself is so broad and being reductive of that is reductive of real cultures especially when you squash it into a Eurocentric lens to prefit a narrative. Eat shit Campbell.

[totallynotagentphilcoulson]