[prokopetz]

If you're lamenting the fact that you used to be able to shoot through a 500-page novel in like a day when you were in middle school and now you can't, it's worth bearing in mind that a big part of that is because when you were in middle school, your reading comprehension sucked. Yes, mental health and the stresses of adult life can definitely be factors, but it's also the case that reading is typically more effortful as an adult because you've learned to Ponder The Implications. The material isn't just skimming over the surface of your brain anymore, and some of the spoons you used to spend on maximising your daily page count are now spent on actually thinking about what you're reading!

[indigodreams]

Vernal Equinox Navels Carolyn Lord

[bezesta]

Ph. Miroslav Halama

[minkdoll]

[girlinsides]

[eatmangoesnekkid]

When you have a female body and don’t exercise (yet are capable), so much of your energy goes to your mind due to the separation between you and your body. Lack of movement is responsible for the overthinking, overprocessing, addictions to social media, overfunctioning, sex without a heart connection, and obsessive shopping and consumption of booze and the like. The female body is a nuclear powerhouse, the portal that nourishes souls from heaven to earth. If that powerful energy you innately possess in your body is not channeled, it will almost always lead to something destructive. -India Ame’ye, Author

[simena]

[joannanewsomtruisms]

THE WAY IT WILL ALL COME TOGETHER IN QUIETNESS AND IN TIME

[fashionlandscapeblog]

Rania Benchegra captured by Txema Yeste for Vogue Arabia January 2024

[psikonauti]

Filipe Branquinho (Mozambican, b. 1977)

After Sex, 2022

Posca and fineliner on 300 gsm Fabriano paper

[20thcenturystarlet]

Naomi Chin Wing for Interview Magazine, 2019

[twunkish-cleric]

Learning languages is SO FUN right up until you need to learn conjugation and then suddenly it turns sour real fucking fast

[dcminions]

AALIYAH

[sandylamu]

Matandoni, Lamu Island, Kenya, Photo Sandy B

[noscenegirls]

[plutorichh]

[synf3ll-moved]

take figures out of their boxes btw. sew patches on your favorite jacket. go to bed with your favorite plushes. wear the pants you usually save for special occasions. draw something cool on your wall. put a sticker on your laptop. dye your hair and pierce your lips. glass is meant to break, metal is meant to rust. items are meant to be used. that's how the world knows that somebody loved them.