[artemisiasea]

Turning 31 in 9 days and summer has never felt so good

[albertserra]

Jazz by Toni Morrison, 1992.

[artemisiasea]

“Women’s “heal everything, fix everything” compulsion is a major entrapment constructed by the requirements placed upon us by our own cultures, mainly pressures to prove that we are not just standing around taking up space and enjoying ourselves, but that we have redeemable value- in some parts of the world, it is fair to say, to prove that we have value and therefore should be allowed to live. These pressures are introduced into our psyches when we are very young and unable to judge or resist them. They become law to us… unless or until we challenge them.”

— Clarissa Pinkola Estés, Women Who Run With The Wolves 

[andrumedus]

“And the winter sky is as pale as bone as people lean into themselves all lovely and alone. […] And the snow falls lightly upon shoulders and eyelashes, as I would like to fall into you.”

— Dieu Dinh, Tender Cracks; “Near the Park”

[cinematicjourney]

Sentimental Value (2025) | dir. Joachim Trier

[kisxmesoft]

[dinosaur-ears]

"Even a wounded world is feeding us. Even a wounded world holds us, giving us moments of wonder and joy. I choose joy over despair. Not because I have my head in the sand, but because joy is what the earth gives me daily and I must return the gift."

Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass, p.327

[hunterholder]

By Hunter Holder

[reliqvia]

beautiful women will be like “i baked a cake” and you will say “oh ? what flavour is it” and they say well its a honey rosewater apricot pistachio cardamom vanilla fig jam earl grey poppyseed orange blossom extra virgin olive oil chiffon sponge soaked in raspberry elderflower champagne lipgloss pomegranate matcha ginger blueberry cherry blossom magnolia petal almond passionfruit persimmon syrup with whipped amalfi lemon limoncello ricotta goats cheese honeycomb black pepper bergamot lemon thyme lemon balm rosemary chantilly whipped cream cream cheese feta cheese italian meringue frosting . like ok. i want to spend the rest of my afternoons walking around inside your beautiful mind like a garden

[theflashbackculture]

[cupidsquilll]

[sudanese-deactivated20250103]

i want so badly to be more offline but the women in my phone need me

[lovecrumbss]

“An estatic, devouring hunger—for more life.”

— Anaïs Nin, from Tropic of Cancer; “Preface” (via theoptia)

[arabdoll]

It’s a privilege to study, many women around the world are barred from this human right: to read, write and learn. Be grateful anytime your pen touches paper, or you are learning theorems developed by intelligent, hardworking men and women from ages ago.

It’s a pleasure and a privilege to learn. Not only is it a privilege to study, but you should be aiming and striving to take science, medicine, law, philosophy, art further than the marker we have reached. It’s a comforting thought to think, from your work generations of humanity down the line will benefit.

How many brilliant women were in the shadows of amazing feats of science and technology and life changing patents? Contribute while you can. If you pour into knowledge - it will pour back into you.

[thememedaddy]

[absoluteconceptofbeauty]

i am having the type of difficulties that beautiful women with sparkling auras often encounter

[neshamama]

“Westerners are fond of the saying ‘Life isn’t fair.’ Then, they end in snide triumphant: ‘So get used to it!’ What a cruel, sadistic notion to revel in! What a terrible, patriarchal response to a child’s budding sense of ethics. Announce to an Iroquois, ‘Life isn’t fair,’ and her response will be: ‘Then make it fair!’ This is the matriarchal approach to learning.”

— Barbara Alice Mann, Iroquois woman  (via socialuprooting)