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literature and feminism

[amargedom]

“The most painful thing is losing yourself in the process of loving someone too much…”

— Ernest Hemingway (via naturaekos)

[jamesandrewcrosby]

Typewriter Poetry #1156 by James Andrew Crosby

[jamesandrewcrosby]

Forgotten Letter #781 by James Andrew Crosby

[amargedom]

“I love you, just remember that. And please don’t punish me by avoiding me.”

— Henry Miller (via goodreadss)

[britishgentlemendaily]

Iwan Rheon © Joseph Sinclair | Bello Magazine (June 2016)

[thecartierrug]

[tkkatherineblog]

[amargedom]

“You know you love someone when you cannot put into words how they make you feel.”

— Margaret Mead (via naturaekos)

[amargedom]

“In my memory, it doesn’t end. We just stay there, looking at each other, forever.”

— John Green (via naturaekos)

[amargedom]

“Whatever you do, don’t run back to what broke you.”

— Frank Ocean (via naturaekos)

[quotemadness]

“All suffering originates from craving, from attachment, from desire.”

— Edgar Allan Poe

[takealookatyourlife]

Athena blessed her with the ability to protect herself and men beheaded her for it.

[takealookatyourlife]

[bloodasredlipstick-deactivated2]

That’s actually a really intetesting intpretation of it I hadn’t thought of. Most people seem to think Athena turned Medusa into a gorgon as punishment for defiling her temple, but thinking that she did so to protect her from being abused again is interesting and I like it!

[gabyluvsxena]

Athena’s hands were tied. Yes, she was a powerful Goddess, but she was very much a woman in a “boys club”, and the true offending party (don’t think for a moment that Athena blamed Medusa for being raped in the temple, Athena knows better) held all the cards. There was nothing that Athena could do to punish the true criminal, and she was expected to punish Medusa by everyone else. What’s a Goddess to do when she cannot punish those who need to be punished and is expected to punish not only the truly innocent party, but her most beloved follower? Use that incredible brain power she had to protect Medusa at all costs, and of course the men would see it as punishment, to be have her beauty stripped from her and sent to live in the shadows. Medusa should have been KILLED for supposedly defiling the temple, whether she truly did or not, but she was given the gift of life, and the ability to protect herself and her daughters (who she bore thanks to Poseidon). This is why Medusa’s image was used to signify woman’s shelters and safe houses.

Medusa means “guardian; protectress”, and she was.

[geekremix]

holy shit.

[virtuous-thing]

Feministic mythology is what I’m here for

[goodnightacolyte-deactivated202]

This is why I tattooed her on my ribs!

[jemima-kirke-rocks]

The beautiful Kirke sisters.

[amargedom]

““The truth is, everyone is going to hurt you. You just got to find the ones worth suffering for.””

— Bob Marley (via naturaekos)

[different-landscapes]

[amargedom]

“What seems like a reasonable distance to one person may feel too far to somebody else.”

— Haruki Murakami (via goodreadss)

[amargedom]

“Love is without reason; love is never dependent on a reason.”

— Osho (via goodreadss)