i wish i could be a better me

nik;; they/them;; a blog for words, basically

[weltenwellen]

Alex Dimitrov, from "A Living"

[metamorphesque]

musings on november

Donald Miller, Holly Warburton, L. M. Montgomery, E. M. Forster, Anne Sexton, Kaye Donachie, Anne Sexton, Emilio Hernandez Martin, Maggie Stiefvater, Nina MacLaughlin (The Paris Review)

[weltenwellen]

Rachel Gillig, The Knight and the Moth

[metamorphesque]

to die by your side is such a heavenly way to die

from John Keats’s love letter to Fanny Brawne Tristan and Isolt (Death), Rogelio de Egusquiza The Reconciliation of the Montagues and Capulets over the Dead Bodies of Romeo and Juliet, Frederick Leighton Death of Francesca de Rimini and Paolo Malatesta, Alexandre Cabanel

[luthienne]

Jami Nakamura Lin, The Night Parade

[magnus-rhymes-with-swagness]

hey reminder that connecting humanity is extremely low on esims rn and desperately needs esim donations and also that there are a lot of cool things you can get in exchange for a donation

[knuckle]

This is your reminder that without eSims, many people in Gaza cannot reach the rest of the world. To their loved ones overseas to the people who have donated to their fundraisers hoping to keep them alive. The Israeli government has issued repeated communications blackouts, trying to cut us off from Gaza. Even when there are not "official" blackouts, telecommunications are dangerous; Palestinians like Medo have died in makeshift tent cafes trying to access the internet and reach us. In Gaza, infrastructure has been severely damaged, despite the brave and hard work of people in Paltel on the ground. Do not think that because you read a headline about a communications blackout ending, eSims are not needed; Israel has already laid groundwork to cut Gazans off from the world - eSims work independent from the Israeli government and can provide data and phone service, an essential lifeline.

If the process of donating an eSim yourself seems daunting, you can contribute to the Crips for eSims fund directly here:

Crips for eSims for Gaza

Crips for eSims for Gaza is a collaboration between Jane Shi, Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, and Alice Wong. 

[weltenwellen]

Stephanie Foo, What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma

[metamorphesque]

"Embroider My Face and Name", Henrik Edoyan (translated by Tathev Simonyan)

[metamorphesque]

to the person in the bell jar...

Sylvia Plath, from ‘The Unabridged Journals Of Sylvia Plath’ / Vilhelm Hammershøi / Nicole Krauss, from ‘The History of Love’ / Ramon Casas / Joy Harjo, from ‘Speaking Tree’ / D S (saatchiart) / Fyodor Dostoevsky, from ‘The Idiot’ / Aleardo Terzi / Sylvia Plath, from ‘The Bell Jar’

[geryone]

Don't Let Them See Me Like This, Jasmine Gibson

[letsbelonelytogetherr]

— Arthur Miller, The Crucible

[letsbelonelytogetherr]

— Fyodor Dostoevsky, Notes from Underground

[metamorphesque]

Virginia Woolf (”The Waves”), Katrien de Blauwer (”When I Was a Boy 36 (2017)”), Fernando Pessoa (“The Book of Disquiet”), Nickie Zimov (”Daily 16″), Anaïs Nin (”The Diary of Anaïs Nin, Vol. 1: 1931-1934″), Nickie Zimov (”Exile”), Mary Oliver (”October”), Mia Song (”oykot”)

[metamorphesque]

"With blood stained lips ...", Hovhannes Toumanyan (translated by Tathev Simonyan)

[letsbelonelytogetherr]

— Arthur Miller, The Crucible

[weltenwellen]

Danez Smith, Don't Call Us Dead

[weltenwellen]

Kim Addonizio, from “Tell Me”, Tell Me