Marlene Louise Jo Ann Marie

Barely a 90’s kid, 23

[sailermoon]

having unwashed hair will have you believing shit like i can’t be saved

[glorianas]

lots of legit criticism about twilight but the way sparkling vampires made adult men absolutely incoherent with rage is a net positive

[kossithmercar]

Oh no, oh no, he is seducing me with his deep passion for his field of study and his genuine joy at teaching people about it

[maybuds]

the older i get, the more i need time & personal space to be as boring as possible

[should-be-sleeping]

I understand old men sitting on porches staring at an empty field more now than ever.

[ladydorian]

[reasonsforstaying]

when ocean vuong said "this mess i made i made with love" and raymond carver said "would i live my life over again? make the same unforgivable mistakes? yes, given half the chance. yes" and you realize that the imperfection is what makes your life what it is. iain reid said "everything's both ethereal and clunky" and virginia woolf said "the beauty of the world which is so soon to perish, has two edges, one of laughter, one of anguish, cutting the heart asunder" and it is really a blessing to live on the light and the dark and have everything meet in the middle. and sometimes it's night and it's raining so hard and it's getting worse and worse and you wonder if it's really worth it to stay. but then in the morning the sun rises and there's a rainbow and it's so quiet. and the sky lives for no one but itself and the birds are singing and you are experiencing something so lovely and mary oliver was right to say "it is a serious thing to just be alive on this fresh morning in this broken world" and you are learning how to live.

[amphirelle]

Alright girls, you know what we need to do

[the-other-other-m]

They aren't ready for girlsterous

[protectionsquad24601]

I don't think people understand how intrinsically Jewish the Les Misérables musical is. The writers of the original French musical were Claude-Michel Schönberg (Hungarian Jew), Alain Boublil (Sephardic Jew), and directed by Robert Hossein (Moldovian Jew). Schöneberg also composed the music. It was adapted into English by Herbert Kretzmer (Lithuanian Jew).

The lyrics include many references to Jewish beliefs and values. Schöneberg said in an interview, "When I’m writing a show there is always a part that is typically Jewish."

However, the one that sticks out to me especially is a line from the Epilogue:

"They will live again in freedom,

In the garden of the Lord;

They will walk behind the ploughshare,

They will put away the sword."

The origin of the phrase - specifically, the bit about 'ploughshares' and 'swords' - can be traced back to a nevuah (prophecy) by Yeshayahu (Isaiah), a Jewish navi (prophet) from the sefer Yeshayahu (Book of Isaiah). (Sorry, yes, I insist on the Hebrew words first.)

"The Torah will go forth from Tzion (Zion) and the word of Hashem from Yerushalayim (Jerusalem)... They will then cut their swords into ploughshares, and their spears into pruning knives. No nation will lift a sword against the other, and they will no longer learn warfare."

This is a quote about the 'end of days', and the idea of a peaceful paradise free from war was emulated in the song to convey a similar paradise for our barricade boys, the casualties of the June Rebellion. This is only one of the many examples of Jewish themes and references in the Les Misérables musical!

[sintan906]

Fly me to the moon Leyendecker🌙

[dragonmouth]

This is everything I wish my art could be 😍😍😍

[glowcowboy]

i love small joys so much!!!! yes i love my coffee in my favorite mug!!! i love the sun spilling in the window!!! i love the wind on my face!!! i love my blanket over my lap!!! i love the clouds in the sky!!!! i am seeking joy in every moment!!!!

[lizardsister]

today’s date is the 3rd? what’s next, the 4th? the 5th? the minor fall, the major lift? 

[jethroq]

[gunsandfireandshit]

[importantandunavoidable]

[guerrillatech]

[speakingofdoorknobs]

Bad news...

[penrosesun]

Since the AO3 fundraising drive is coming up, this is your friendly reminder that AO3 has zero ads. That’s right, zero – even if you turn off your ad blockers. There are zip. Zilch. None.

There are vanishingly few places these days that don’t sell you. If you’re sick of being sold, and if you have the means to do so, then maybe you should consider supporting those sorts of sites.

[dduane]

This.

(Oh, and BTW—about those soup ads: @petermorwood and I were part of that. It was… memorable. :/ )

[valtsv]

if i could turn into an eel. well that'd be ideal.

[valtsv]

haha ideel. idEEL.,

[valtsv]

im mentally ill

[valtsv]

...............mentally eel........

[valtsv]

[dialogic]

u know someone’s about to get dragged through the mud when an academic uses the phrase ‘it’s tempting to assume’

[apricops]

“it’s tempting to assume” is academic speaking for “you might think, if you’re a fucking idiot,”

[flowerytale]

Florence Welch, photographed by Lillie Eiger

[fatmdaily]

Florence x Ethel Cain