went into a dream

she/her - 20s - inconsistent tagging since about 2023 - occasional politics - in this house we hate jkr

[pommegf]

overlooking Gurnard's Head Mine at Treen Cove

[pocket-lilacs]

what a GOAL!

[expressions-of-nature]

by Vladimir Ryabkov

[macrolit]

[pocket-lilacs]

July’s started which means it’s my birthday week!

which means I’m officially in my late twenties and I don’t know how to feel about it I really don’t I’m trying so hard to be positive but…

[pocket-lilacs]

Actually you know what in lieu of certain other birthdays this week I’m going to celebrate mine even harder 😎

[have-you-been-here]

Minneapolis Sculpture Garden, Minnesota, USA

Have you been here?

I have been here

I have not been here

Remaining time: 6 days 2 hours

[bookshelf-in-progress]

I hesitate to make this a sweeping statement, but I do think that to be a writer, you have to on some level love words as an artistic medium. Words can't just be the annoying limitation that make it more difficult to share your beautiful daydream. They can't just be the storytelling method you choose because you don't have the skills or resources to make any other kind of media.

You have to love the art of words for its own sake. Love the sound of words--how you can make music of a million different rhythms and moods, how the words and sentences you choose can make a million different atmospheres. Love what you can do with words--paint an image, share an emotion, put a person into a scene that only exists in the world of imagination. Love the different ways you can use words--different points of view and tenses, different formats and styles that can each provide a different experience of the story for the reader. You have to love words as your artistic tool and delight in learning new ways to wield them and new effects that you can create with them.

If you don't love words, there are other ways to tell a story. Writing is an artistic medium with it own strengths and weaknesses, and using it as your artistic medium should be a deliberate choice made out of love for this artform.

[theposhsworld]

[pocket-lilacs]

July’s started which means it’s my birthday week!

which means I’m officially in my late twenties and I don’t know how to feel about it I really don’t I’m trying so hard to be positive but…

[thewoodbetween]

Mark Hearld

[helenvaughans]

[hikinguk]

Looking towards Seatoller

Lake District

[c3po]

i think the beatles broke up bc they were all jealous ringo had a way cooler name

[tvguts]

something about Toy Story toys is so strange to me. versions of animated characters based on real world toys, turned back into toys that are slightly different than the actual toys. slinky dog with a rubber spiral instead of a classic metal slinky. the porcelain bo peep and cloth woody turned into jointed plastic action figures. when toy story 4 came out and i saw a $30 talking action figure of forky, a character made out of a spork and a pipe cleaner, i stood in the walmart toy aisle staring at it like cameron from ferris bueller's day off staring at that painting in the art museum

[youngadultread]

“Teachers are often unaware of the gender distribution of talk in their classrooms. They usually consider that they give equal amounts of attention to girls and boys, and it is only when they make a tape recording that they realize that boys are dominating the interactions. Dale Spender, an Australian feminist who has been a strong advocate of female rights in this area, noted that teachers who tried to restore the balance by deliberately ‘favouring’ the girls were astounded to find that despite their efforts they continued to devote more time to the boys in their classrooms. Another study reported that a male science teacher who managed to create an atmosphere in which girls and boys contributed more equally to discussion felt that he was devoting 90 per cent of his attention to the girls. And so did his male pupils. They complained vociferously that the girls were getting too much talking time. In other public contexts, too, such as seminars and debates, when women and men are deliberately given an equal amount of the highly valued talking time, there is often a perception that they are getting more than their fair share. Dale Spender explains this as follows: “The talkativeness of women has been gauged in comparison not with men but with silence. Women have not been judged on the grounds of whether they talk more than men, but of whether they talk more than silent women.” In other words, if women talk at all, this may be perceived as ‘too much’ by men who expect them to provide a silent, decorative background in many social contexts.”

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PBS: Language as Prejudice - Myth #6: Women Talk Too Much (via misandry-mermaid)

Every EVERY women’s studies class I’ve been in has had this problem and failed to address it. 

(via iamayoungfeminist)

[haverst]

source / Haverst

[website-com]

you never know what someone is going through. for instance i didnt know i was going through anything until about 2 years later. i thought i was just chilling