Josy

Josy, 30, English teacher, poetry enthusiast, occasional doodler, obsessive daydreamer,

[poetrylesbian]

i have this idea for a really toxic terrible podcast where mother and daughters attempt to have a frank discussion about their relationship and it would make people so mad all the time

[poetrylesbian]

i would get mother-daughter pairs who usually get along but like. not ones who are all happy and have no problems. they have to have a problem. and i would ask them questions like "do you think your mother truly knows you as a person" or "are you proud of how your daughter's life is going?" or "is there anything you haven't forgiven your mother for?" or specific things like "how do you think your relationship to food affected your daughter's relationship to food?" or "do you think you would be able to forgive your daughter for not giving you grandchildren? wow, why do you feel like that's something that needs forgiving in the first place"

basically this would be very entertaining for the internet but ultimately a terrible podcast for terrible people and it would cause a lot of damage to these people's lives i think

however it's still more ethical than some reality shows in the early 2000s

[amurder-ofcrows]

mary oliver film that isn’t a biopic like we’ve been getting tons of that are really just cash grabs that is instead filmed interviews, personal friend accounts, and readings of her poetry from people like lucy dacus?!!!?!! i am fucking ecstatic about this

[josy57]

If water wasn't a finite resource that both you and the environment had to pay for, my number one writing advice would be showers.

[suispiria]

lately I’ve been Overcome With Emotion

[echo-loves-flowerboy]

Obessed with whatever was going on at Delphi

“Our prophetess is out today, best I can do is BEANS”

[maureen2musings]

Spring in the English countryside

journeyswithjon

[dontcxckitup]

Ralph Fiennes

[paper-wounds]

[deallss]

[josy57]

I have a wip that I specifically only work on when I'm experiencing intense negative emotions about my mother. I'm definitely making some headway today.

[parme-san]

everybody's got that one homie posting straight from the valley of the shadow of death

[julia-famula]

bug art<3

[enchantedbook]

"Cat and Moth" by Neva Hosking

[hthrrloooo]

Catastrophize Benedictine

[mysral]

“Aaaand Hyperfocus Baguette is taking the lead!”

[kittyit]

link / archive

[marbleguard]

I’m going to say something that might sound crazy. Suicide and suicide attempts are sort of a societal alarm bell that says “something is very wrong with the environment this individual was in.” A living being choosing to take themselves out of existence is the most extreme act of distress there is. The state stepping in to silence this alarm bell by funneling suicidal people into a state sanctioned euthanasia program, normalizing this act through a socially accepted bureaucratic system, is not a good thing. It goes hand in hand with the state’s interest in maintaining the status quo at the expense of the population and the psychiatric industry’s interest in individualizing societal problems to extract profit and aid the existing system. It’s saying “there are no complaints here, just people with sick brains, carry on.”

[josy57]

There's something deeply disturbing to me about any individual thinking (not about themselves but about another person, or people in general) "death is the best and only solution" (unless terminally ill and in excruciating pain). But seeing it elevated to policy is absolutely terrifying.

That's why I was so disturbed by the booktok-darling novel A Little Life, whose entire premice is to offer a demonstration that yes, sometimes, suicide is the answer. To be clear, this isn't a conspiracy theory but the author's stated goal, which she has reiterated in multiple interviews. It is perfectly competently and even compellingly written, which only makes it more dangerous.

I don't know how we've reached a place where people think it makes sense to turn around, look at the people coming after you and go "Actually, it doesn't get better. You should just die."

Life is messy and complicated and at times excruciating. It's also absolutely worth sticking around for. Because it can be vibrant and comforting and exciting and exquisite. It's hard to keep sight of that in the hard times, but that's the point: hope is precious and hard to come by and hold onto. Don't let go of it if you can help it. Don't listen to peddlers of despair. And don't become one.

[dreamstars]

[charnel-grounds]

Nicola Samori, “The Golden Child”

mixed media on copper, 2018