Just Peachy

You are a volcano of passion and creativity

[shumian-s]

"La distancia no es el problema. El problema somos los humanos, que no sabemos amar sin tocar, sin ver o escuchar. Y el amor se siente con el corazón, no con el cuerpo".

-Gabriel García Márquez.

[toastbutteregg]

[inkskinned]

maybe when i say "i want to have pride" i mean. i want to be unashamed. i want the whole structure, stem to stern, to make me unafraid to be what i am. i want it to be an afterthought. i want it to be a-fact-of-life, i want it to be like telling someone my star sign - totally without fear, without compromise, without flinch.

people tend to minimize it. oh, pride is just like (whatever). this is dangerous. i grew up in a time - not that long ago - that slapping a rainbow on something was entirely unheard of. i have this internal problem - i want kids to have access to every ugly target-brand mug. but i also don't think that the capitalism-as-a-friend is action enough.

because the shame of it is the problem. the shame on a desperate, personal level. that haunts us. the worry about going to new places; the fear on public transportation; the pause before we leave our homes. our pride isn't just wearing a rainbow. it is the courage we have to take with us, every day, to exist as we are.

i relax when i see someone in a rainbow shirt. i like when people put out their little flags. it feels like a second spring in june - there are places that slowly shake out their rainbow feathers. but a moment i am more fond of - when i take her hand, and i see someone else, just a little bit bolder for my courage, take his hand too.

and that courage cannot come from capitalism. it cannot come from policed expressions of the self or in the presence of police at all. that courage has to be personal, and it needs to be unashamed.

that is pride - our community, holding hands with each other, relying on each other for strength. saying - today, right now, you and i - we will not be afraid. that we are stronger together. we are an unstoppable wave if we stand with each other. our pride is also our extension of a little umbrella - i see you. you see me. you are safe and loved. i will help you be.

[toastbutteregg]

[iloveyoucallmeback-deactivated2]

do i go on a walk or do i go bat shit insane

[meladoodle]

i wanna be a reverse tooth fairy where i rob people and then scatter human teeth on their bed

[firelorcl]

a dentist

[turkeyimportedfrommassachusetts]

i dont know what your dentist is doing to you but i think you need to go to the police

[love]

via weheartit

[whe-renot]

[neckkiss]

[neckkiss]

[toastbutteregg]

youre doing well sweetie

[phantombride-deactivated2024092]

Me @ everyone who has ever wronged me

[fuckmountain2-deactivated202204]

[pancakeke]

WHO MADE HIM FEEL LIKE THIS?!?

[sluttydilf-deactivated20160731]

[answeringemails]

https://www.instagram.com/p/Bb7SbLnAniR/

IG: senesei

[tastefullyoffensive]

[i-wrotethisforme]

“We’re up all night thinking about what she has that we don’t but instead we should ask ourselves what part of us we never let him see. Because the truth is that we guard ourselves and we hide important pieces of our lives to avoid getting hurt. But really, if we don’t put our whole selves out there, even though it means exposing ourselves to potential pain, we don’t have a right to complain that we failed because technically, we didn’t even truly try. See we do this thing where we hide half of ourselves from the people we care about and then wonder why we’re not enough. But the truth is, maybe the new girl doesn’t push him away when he tries to hold her hand on the train. Maybe when something’s wrong she cries into his chest and tells him about it instead of saying she’s tired and going home. Maybe his phone calls don’t get pushed to voicemail. Maybe he knows why she doesn’t get along with her mother and what she’s insecure about. Maybe sharing all those vulnerabilities made him feel wanted, trusted, needed, and safe. And maybe if we had been open about all these parts of our own lives, we would still have him. But the reason we can’t do this is because maybe we do show all of our cards, and he still leaves. And then we’ll know that everything we have is still not enough. Or what’s even worse, maybe it’s too much. But either way, there’s nothing else to blame it on besides our true selves not being what he wants. And that’s way too hard of a truth to risk having to face. So instead we just hope that the parts of us we want him to see are enough. And when he wants more, like we know he will, rather than opening up, we let him leave.”

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[i-wrotethisforme]

This is one of the most important things you need to read if you’ve ever wondered why you weren’t enough for someone (spoiler alert: you ARE he just never got to see it)

[donzo1234]