𓆝 𓆟 𓆞

AS IT STRUGGLES THAT LITTLE DEATH, HE WILL HOLD IT IN THE TENDER AIR

[norfkid]

sledge or norf. it/they, 23, brit 𓆝 ⋆.

you can also find me on @caranoirs (pro wrestling sb), @looknorf (tech sb), letterboxd & spotify if you fancy

[kristina100000]

mozzarella and cheddar when i open my fridge and its not their time to be added to a fuckalicious grilled cheese sandwich

[silverrdagger]

whatever 𓆝 𓆟 𓆞 𓆝 𓆟

[jamesusilljournal]

@eggmadame

[sleepingunderwintersun]

extremely remote radar bases in northern alaska, initially built for the distant early warning line, or DEW line for short. source: flickr

[blondebrainpowered]

Seventeen-year-old Inuk Helen Konek walking into her igloo in Arviat, Nunavut, in 1949.

Photographer: Richard Harrington

girlkaramazov mentioned looking up Konek who was born as Helen Agaaqtuq in May 1932 in a tupiq on the eastern shore of Henik Lake. Helen's father was Piqqanaaq Agaaqtuq and her mother was Paalak Agaaqtuq. She had three brothers: Nanauq, Pukiluk, and Kinaalik As a child she accompanied her brothers and father on caribou hunting trips, including to Ennadai Lake in the Ahiarmiut's territory.

Helen was photographed in 1949, aged 17, by Richard Harrington as part of a series taken while he was travelling around the Arctic. The photograph was taken in ᑭᖓᕐᔪᐊᓕᒃ (English: of big hill).

By 1952, the Agaaqtuq family were living close to the Padlei trading post. In 1953, Helen started living as a couple with James Konek, the son of a storekeeper in Arviat. They both lived in Arviat in winter and Barren Lands area in the summer. The 1950 Caribou Inuit famine caused Helen's mother Paalak to die in 1957, the rest of the family survived on fish, rabbit, and ptarmigan. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police forcibly displaced the Konek family in 1960 from Padlei to Arviat.

One of Harrington's photographs of Konek entering her igloo was widely shared online in 2019 after her journalist grandson Jordan Konek tweeted it. Konek is an elder, and lives in Arviat, Nunavut

[gabescrayons]

in memory of my childhood fish tank lamp

[looknorf]

2016-02-10

[learnedvenom]

[typingwithmyhandstied]

a friend with a boyfriend is a type of dead wife

[gouged-doll]

lawrence lek

[hiveswap]

they dont tell you this but you carry your upset younger self in you like a parasitic twin

[forestgreenlesbian]

MIA SONG

[lockssteps]

guy whos incompatible with life itself

[norfkid]

okay well my phone died posting that. must have been Divine Intervention

[norfkid]

being faced with the fact that my countless insecurities about my physical appearance and disabilities are genuinely holding me back. from interacting, from existing, from socialising. especially building relationships with coworkers. it actually fucking hurts

[norfkid]

the realisation coming from how envious (jealous?) i am that the new starter on our team is integrating much easier and more quickly with Everyone in a week than i have in 6 whole months. and it’s not All In My Head bc i can see the way everyone behaves around her. and how comfortable she is to just exist. and i wish i knew what that felt like

[norfkid]

“comparison is the thief of joy” okay but when comparison allows you to recognise there are aspects and behaviours about yourself that you can, should, and want to change to be a better person, friend, partner, or whatever. that’s a beautiful thing but also a terrible burden to bear by yourself. bc it can’t happen in a day and you’re working it out in real-time and time is the only thing we have and everything is simultaneously getting closer and further away from reach every time your life evolves. i feel like i’ve already long been established as A Type Of Person in people’s mind by now & if i ever want to come back from it i can’t come back at all. the only option is to abandon ship entirely and start over as a completely different person that is hopefully me but also not like Me. also im. fully aware this is not a normal way to process my existence

[norfkid]

being faced with the fact that my countless insecurities about my physical appearance and disabilities are genuinely holding me back. from interacting, from existing, from socialising. especially building relationships with coworkers. it actually fucking hurts

[norfkid]

the realisation coming from how envious (jealous?) i am that the new starter on our team is integrating much easier and more quickly with Everyone in a week than i have in 6 whole months. and it’s not All In My Head bc i can see the way everyone behaves around her. and how comfortable she is to just exist. and i wish i knew what that felt like