i pine a lot

violet. 22. she/her. lesbian.

[unalivejournal]

Im probably a bad person but I'm a bad person so idrc about that rn

[dykecinema]

Women covered in blood. Reblog if you agree.

[katadesmoi]

Lord Alfred Tennyson, The Lady of Shalott Part II (1832) / William Holman Hunt, The Lady of Shalott (1889-1892) / Ovid Metamorphoses VI.571 / Tatiana Blass, Penelope (2011) / Tam Lin - Anais Mitchell and Jefferson Hamer / Brothers Grimm, Household Tales Vol 1: The Six Swans (1812)

[finelythreadedsky]

re: the ovid

he asks quid faciat philomela? what could philomela do? and he’s used this formula before, the parenthetical question in a line beginning with quid faciat and asking about a character placed in an impossible situation. he says it about jupiter when he’s faced with juno discovering io, about phaethon when he looses control of the chariot of the sun and is dragged about the sky, about clymene when she watches as her daughters turn to amber, about actaeon when he is turned into a deer hunted by his own hounds, about narcissus when he realizes he is in love with his own reflection. later books use the formula in indirect statement, making the characters ask themselves when they can do. this is the last instance as an ovidian aside or direct question. 

every time is reflects hopelessness and helplessness and characters who have no options for actions except those that make the situation even worse. the question is rhetorical– the answer, of course, to the question of what they can do is ‘nothing.’ except here. there is something philomela can do. ovid answers his question and does not ask it again.

what can you do when hopelessly isolated and imprisoned and voiceless? create. make art.

[pressedsilphium]

baby’s first confrontational text sent to a partner who isn’t breaking up with her

[pmamtraveller]

Wing of Desire by Roberto Santo

[pmamtraveller]

The Mermaid Fountain in Urayasu, Japan

[pressedsilphium]

It’s pride month and I’m wondering if there is something morally wrong with me because im increasingly sure im probably a pillow princess

[pressedsilphium]

Why am I most stressed about my most predictable exam???? And the one where my performance will be most tied to my ability to keep a clear head

[pressedsilphium]

On the plus side I have a really healthy coping mechanism. On the negative side, I’m spending so much time I should spend studying making socks.

[pmamtraveller]

Lilith and Eve, 1963, by Yuri Klapouh

[milflaralorvan-deactivated20231]

when you see your little kitty walking toward you at a leisurely pace and say "hi baby!" bc you're excited to see her and she starts trotting a little bit faster 'cause she's excited to see you too. that's what life is all about i think

[hildegardavon]

Hans Makart, 1840-1884

Leda and the Swan, ca.1868/69, oil on canvas, 103x135 cm

Private Collection

[pressedsilphium]

knitting socks is my cigarette anyway

[pressedsilphium]

Everyone wants to date the autistic lesbian until you come back from your post sex cigarette to find her knitting socks in your bed

[markovchaingang]

whatever. *floats ur boat*

[postarcadian]

the thing about Roman poetry is that it’s like the pastoral ideal is violence and farming is violence and love is violence and sex is violence and religion is violence and heroism is violence and the res publica is violence and poetry itself is violence

[pressedsilphium]

So it turns out that at the big family Christmas im the unwanted eldest granddaughter sat in an empty room, willing to talk about absolutely anything. And I don’t mind that.