[aviantastic]

Tree Swallows by Linda H. Dulak - Audubon Photography Awards

[fluentisonus]

barn swallows depicted in the “spring fresco”, akrotiri, thera, greece. c. 16th century BC

[cryptidofthecove]

[bouncinghedgehog-deactivated202]

[posttexasstressdisorder]

[longshrimp]

Prev. Prev don't leave this in tags the people should know

[plushdove]

made of love & made to love

[kitchen-light]

“The slightest alterations in translation can turn a girl into maid with few choices, a slave with none at all, or a slut who only has herself to blame. And it took a woman to see, or perhaps just care about, those differences. As it is we learn so little about Penelope’s δμωαί, their joys, their fears, and — with one exception, Melantho — even their names. The girls are at the mercy of the men in and the translator of the Odyssey. Who will tell their stories for them?”

— Yung In Chae, from her essay “Women Who Weave | Reading Emily Wilson’s Translation of the Odyssey With Margaret Atwood’s The Penelopiad”, published in Eidolon, November 16, 2017

[neembu]

what are your teenage dirtbag songs

[hhonbun]

the place we used to love. 🐚

notes/headcanons:

-set during one of eren’s death anniversaries

-armin now hates the ocean, it strikes too many memories of eren and their dream. he does everything he can to avoid it.

-just this once he meets up with mikasa there. he never visits again after that day.

[amuiiart]

Anything everywhere all at once. / Eren Yeager

Happy birthday to me angry boi!

[0illipheist]

JJK Season 2 is on the way I’m beyond excited 😭

[dithe-r]

[princess-okkotsu-deactivated020]

So can we agree that this is what Toji’s wearing or

[princess-okkotsu-deactivated020]

WAIT I JUST SAW THIS ON TWT HELP

[wiiwheel]

sorry my bulge is so squeezable and fat it's literally not my fault *runs away crying, jiggle physics activating*

[tonitart]

Some doodles before I sleep

[to00fu]

our summer

[blackwhitefeatherart]

Some messy dorito shaped Geto sketches inspired by this one tweet 👀

I had to add tattoos because...yes this is very self-indulgent

[counttwinkula]

hey did you know that uhh

i. the monster's body is a cultural body

ii. the monster always escapes

iii. the monster is the harbinger of category crisis

iv. the monster dwells at the gates of difference

v. the monster polices the borders of the possible

vi. fear of the monster is really a kind of desire

vii. the monster stands at the threshold… of becoming

[counttwinkula]

oh shit i didn't expect this to actually get notes lmao

these are all direct quotes from jeffrey jerome cohen's "monster culture (seven theses)" (full pdf linked) i highly encourage you to read it yourself!

that said, while i think cohen's writing is evocative, it can be a little dense, so while i'm here, here's my capsule summary (you can also hear me talk about this in the first episode of my podcast) (listen to @ghostswerepeopletoo)

i. the monster's body is a cultural body - The monster is a work of fiction to be analyzed through tools of literary and sociological theory.

ii. the monster always escapes - As long as the cultural fear from which the monster stems persists, the monster will reappear in retellings, reimaginings, and sequels.

iii. the monster is the harbinger of category crisis - Monsters defy binaries and challenge easy comprehension or categorization.

iv. the monster dwells at the gates of difference - The monster represents the Other.

v. the monster polices the borders of the possible - Tales of the monster exist to discourage unacceptable or taboo behaviors.

vi. fear of the monster is really a kind of desire - Subjects can vicariously participate in the disruption of the social order through the monster.

vii. the monster stands at the threshold… of becoming - Within the monster we find information about the self.

[madqueensarah]

If you’re an adult, do the stuff you couldn’t as a kid.

Like, me and my sister went to a museum, and they had an extra exhibit of butterflies. But it cost £3. So we sighed, walked past, then stopped. We each had £3. We could see the butterflies. And we did it was great. We followed it up with an ice-cream as well because Mum and Dad weren’t there to say no.

I was driving back from a work trip with 2 other people in their early 20s, and we drove past a MacDonalds. One of the others went “Aww man, I’d love a McFlurry.” And the guy driving pulled in to the drive through. It was wild. But it was great.

I went to a park over the weekend and I was thinking “Man, I’d love to hire one of those bikes and cycle round the park.” It took me a few minutes to go “Wait, I can hire one of those bikes!”

I guess what I’m saying is, those impulsive things you wanted to do as a kid - see the dinosaur exhibit, play in the fountains with the other kids, lie in the shade for 2 hours - you can do when you’re an adult. You have to deal with a whole lot of other bull, but at least you can indulge your inner 8 year-old.

[naviation-xx]

this is the purest-realist shit ever

[rylandsgrace]

Percy Jackson and The Olympians episodes 1 and 2 + text posts