I don't like gentlemen who grin at me

Ash | unable to escape the time loop

[six-demon-bag]

THE SPIRAL STAIRCASE (1946) dir. Robert Siodmak

[petaltexturedskies]

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[emmaxwatsons]

By Rich Stapleton for Unknown - 2023

[luxe-pauvre]

In an era of “girls-supporting-girls” and “let-people-enjoy-things”, having distinct tastes or opinions is tantamount to social suicide. There is no room for good-spirited teasing or critique or gossip or even interpersonal dislike. As much as I despise the phrase, these things are human nature. We possess the human range of emotions, which includes being annoyed or petty or mean-spirited—to pretend anyone is above it is not only moralistic but biologically false. When we don’t like someone or something, we scavenge to find a political or moral reason to critique them, instead of owning up to our honest truth: sometimes, you just find someone annoying.

Charlie Squire, Meditations on Meanness

[legendary-scholar-deactivated20]

Natural rainbow Iris agate.

[mazzystardust]

my Winehouse onstage at Bush Hall on 3 December 2003

[normalcoolguy77]

[and-fishing-equipment]

you need to do a little dance in the kitchen. it is vitally important for your health that you do a little dance in the kitchen. you understand

[theniftyfifties]

Marilyn Monroe during the filming of ‘Niagara’, June 1952. Photo by Jock Carroll.

[joeinct]

She always read the endings of books before the beginnings, Photo by Marcia Resnick, 1978

[missmillay]

Edna St. Vincent Millay at her home in Steepletop, NY, 1940s.

[amourduloup-deactivated20210512]

“Encountering an artichoke, one might wonder how the first person to eat that vegetable ever got past the exterior spines and the interior core of throat-raking needles to discover the sweet heart hidden within. Many foodstuffs present similar mysteries, such as rhubarb, whose poison parts surround succulent stems, or vegetables and meats whose toxins require hours of careful flushing before they relinquish edible substances. The vast family of peppers can burn the tissues of the mouth, eyes, and nose so painfully that they are sometimes used as punishment, yet they also have become immensely popular in the diet of many peoples. None of these examples represents bounties of the earth immediately inviting to the palate, and given the sheer difficulty of finding the nutrients to be had from fierce, dangerous, or toxic substances, we might well wonder that human beings ever learned to eat anything beyond the first fruits of the garden of Eden - one of which proved to be the most dangerous of all! (…) The remarkable thing is not just that we managed to eat, but that we managed and continue to manage to take considerable pleasure in foods that present us with challenges to both our senses and our sensibilities.”

— Carolyn Korsmeyer, ‘Delightful, Delicious, Disgusting’, The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism, vol. 60, no. 3 (2002)

[rosesinaglass]

Sunny days are better. ☀️ (2023)

[my-little-random-world]

ALL CREATURES GREAT AND SMALL Series 1 Episode 6 — A Cure for All Ills

[lolafresas]

Vía Pinterest.

[meanwhilepoetry]

A woman’s tale should be told in her voice. Her valour, her fury, her wisdom, her survival, her intellect, her strength is no less than any man’s. Her failures, regrets and her flaws too, must be heard through non judgemental ears. But for this to happen, you must be able to truly hear her story. Even if it makes you uncomfortable. Even if it changes how you see her. We can be everything. Maiden, myth and monster.

Hera Retells The Story Of Olympus (An Excerpt from Maidens, Myths and Monsters)

[watchoutforintellect]

Anne Sexton photographed by Arthur Furst featured in Anne Sexton:The Last Summer