the pretty lost one

welcome to the other side; the alter ego

[thehopefulquotes]

“I have survived. I am here. Confused, screwed up, but here.”

— Laurie Halse Anderson

[thememedaddy]

[dailycatsblog]

[rawhoneybliss]

Ready for change.

[lifeofaie]

We are, even if it's scary as hell.

[lifeofaie]

yes i do break, not just in front of you.

[remanence-of-love]

[my-dailydreams]

[shez-a-dove-deactivated20161204]

@ the mutuals I don’t interact with a lot I love u and hope ur doing well

[animentality]

[wetheurban]

Be open to the possibility that things will turn out better than you could imagine.

[inkpressedpetals]

[girltalk]

you’re allowed to take your time and grow at your own pace. there is no deadline for becoming who you want to be.

[museify]

[vintage-tigre]

[javarisx-fightingthosedemons]

[rebelculture]

[sottopressione1]

Tuira Kayapó brandished her machete in the face of a government official who was trying to convince indigenous leaders to accept a mega-dam project in the Amazon, 1989

[lesbianmichelmishina]

“Electricity won’t give us food. We need the rivers to flow freely. Don’t talk to us about relieving our ‘poverty’ – we are the richest people in Brazil. We are Indians.”

part of kayapó’s speech during this event

also! she’s still alive! that sort of thing is always worth pointing out to show that we really aren’t too far removed from events like this! here’s a 2019 photo of her:

[shinytarountula]

I just checked, she passed away in August 2024 - but not before working with a filmmaker to make an hour long movie where she explains her life and her activism. If you want to hear what she has to say for herself, here’s the opportunity.

Movie is ‘Tuire Kayapó’ (First Contact) by Pınar Yolaçan, in case the link breaks