#better words

[aurea-corde]

divider by: @akutagawacallmediablo

on chronic illness and trying to suffer gracefully

i. Beatrice Adler-Bolton, Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups, 2018

ii. Lieke Marsman, The Following Scan Will Last Four Minutes, 2019, translated from the original Dutch by Sophie Collins

iii. Andrea Herrera, from the collection Chronic Illness and Art, 2020

iv. Isaac (MazeMakerr) on Hello Poetry, Hiding, 2018

v. Lieke Marsman, The Following Scan Will Last Four Minutes, 2019, translated from the original Dutch by Sophie Collins

vi. Callista Buchen, Taking Care, 2019

vii. Carin-Isabel Knoop, On the Unseen Cost of Dis-Ease: What Chronic Illness Teaches Us About Leading with Compassion, 2025

[toxelsparks]

I love how trans mascs can’t say anything about their dysphoria without TERFs and radfems coming in to “erm actually” us or for people who say they aren’t TERFs or radfems to come and “erm actually” us.

[i-love-you-from-a-distance]

[aurea-corde]

People mistakenly think that happiness is a place where if they could get to it, they could build a house there and live there their entire lives. It's only a vacation destination. It's a place you can visit more and more often... and you can stay longer and longer, but you can't stay forever.

Dr Daniel Gilbert, on the 'The Unhappy Millionaire' episode of The Happiness Lab podcast. Edited for length.

[kaffa-crisis]

There are some adjectives that just word better than others

Orgasmically is an exceptional example

[nonbinary-morro]

Rainbow Dash is to Dirk what sasuke is to commie lesbians

[aurea-corde]

Maybe love was superstition, a prayer we said to keep the truth of loneliness at bay... The stars looked like they were close together, when really they were millions of miles apart. In the end, maybe love just meant longing for something impossibly bright and forever out of reach.

- Leigh Bardugo, Ruin and Rising