lacuna.

the earth was made for lovers

[bigwarmth]

(x)

[bakwaaas]

[ololygas]

Nazim Hikmet, trans. by Randy Blasing and Mutlu Konuk

[howelljenkins]

having to come to terms with the fact that love is not an everlasting performance in which you attempt to retain the attention of your significant other but rather a release of control and putting faith into them and trusting them to choose to stay with you no matter what you have to offer

[howelljenkins]

to love and be loved is to rest

[akajustmerry]

video essays i’ve loved a lot recently!

the history of dieting is crazier than you think - a history of diet culture, its phases, faces, and diet culture media by mina le

When Hollywood Speaks Chinese, I Cringe - short essay about the cringey racist way Chinese language is portrayed in Hollywood

Good LGBT Representation is Boring (and why that’s a problem) - essay that dives into the double edge sword of “unproblematic” lgbt rep

The Decline of History Channel - a history of the history channel and how it lost almost all credibility. 

The Black Right Wing - fascinating essay on Black Americans who support Donald Trump, right wing politics and why that is. 

Can We Kill the Final Girl Trope Already? - one of my favourite essays ever about the first girl who dies in horror films.

Exploring The “Gender Critical” Radicalization Pipeline - tw: major transphobia, an essay about how TERF ideology online radicalises people to the right

A Buffet of Black Food History - do not watch this on an empty stomach! essay about the history of Black American food, culture and the success of Black cooks/chefs

No, Superhero Movies are NOT Like Westerns - excellent breakdown of all the reasons why the current proliferation of superhero films is not comparable culturally, economically or artistically to Westerns.

Maybe you should stay in the closet?…Coming Out re-examined - personal vlog/video essay about the history of “coming out” as lgbt and the culture around doing so has changed

The Matrix Resurrections Is Absolutely Beautiful - an analysis/review of the beautifully executed trans-ness of latest matrix films

make more characters bi, you cowards: why (not) romance? - analysis on the current state of bisexual representation in pop culture 

Heterofatalism: WHY straight women aren’t okay. - absolutely wild essay on the complex cultural attitudes that encourages straight women to hate themselves for loving men

The Pandemic Onscreen - How Film & TV Do Covid - analysis of the different ways fictional media is acknowledging the pandemic

[redrola]

[icemaiden-deactivated20220406]

what you allow continues. -> what you tolerate continues. -> what you show interest in is what brings more of that interest into your life. -> to often express an emotion like anger or joy will make people test it, tread its waters, treat you with that emotion in mind, thus making you choose between rejecting or accepting their understanding of you, instead of being neutral on it. -> if you get involved in fights and debate, more fights come to your doorstep. to think solemnly about your existence is to see answers and questions in everything. to participate in anything is to be enmeshed in it, touched back by it. -> to be bothered deeply by something personally repulsive is to touch it back when it tries to hold you, instead of washing your hands. -> you can work against something without allowing it to touch you inside. -> what you allow inside you continues.

[taitaiun]

[ihopeucomehomesoon]

[muslimahreminder]

There’s an Arab proverb which goes by,

“Do good and throw it in the sea”

Meaning, do good for people and forget about it, don’t expect anything from them.

[royaa]

[jannah-awaits]

Every good (you do) comes back to you.

[arabellesicardi]

beauty/beauty by rebecca perry 

[aszmxm]

Why is it that you despair while your Lord says:

“And my mercy encompasses all things”

[qseeda]

اللهم أجعلنا أسعد خلقك بك، وأقرب عبادك إليك، اللهُم أغفر لنا ما مضى، وأصلح لنا ما بقى، وأكتب لنا ومن نحبهم فيك رضاك وعفوك والجنّة.

[5air-inshallahh-deactivated2022]

د

[theamoristwriter]

When Haruki Murakami wrote

"No mistake about it. Ice is cold; roses are red; I'm in love. And this love is about to carry me off somewhere. The current's too overpowering; I don't have any choice. It may very well be a special place, some place I've never seen before"

[macrolit]

“Love is never lost. If not reciprocated, it will flow back and soften and purify the heart.”

— Washington Irving (b. 3 April 1783)

[librarycard]

“prometheus, lover,” d.w.m.