lol

i like space and philosophy

[wordholic-deactivated20220819]

i think i may be a bad person.

fyodor dostoevsky / pat the bunny / richard siken / trista mateer / clarice lispector / franz kafka

[weirdcultstuff]

To myself, raised in an environment that glorified and romanticized restriction and suffering:

There is no victory in skipping dinner, or lunch, or breakfast, or morning coffee, or dessert.

There is no victory in refusing heaters and air conditioners and fans and heated blankets.

There is no victory in denying yourself sleep, or showers, or movement, or water, or a comfortable bed, or taking the elevator vs. the stairs.

There is no victory in refusing pain meds and heating pads and ice packs and medical help.

There is no victory in punishing yourself needlessly, in telling yourself that this pain you feel is because you are bad to the core and deserve it.

There is no victory in choking back your laughter and your tears, to keep an imagined equilibrium of safety that is really just a dry, cracked, empty, endless emotional desert.

You are here. You are in this body, and this body is yours. You deserve good things. You are alive, and that is messy and loud, and messy and loud are okay.

It’s okay to live abundantly. It’s okay to make mistakes, it’s okay to indulge. This paralysis of self-punishment, self-restriction, self-loathing is not healthy or good for you.

[perfectquote]

“She came to understand that her own happiness was a choice, so she made a promise to herself to keep her own well-being sacred.”

— Cindy Ratzlaff

[arabellacrowe-deactivated202302]

[hungryfictions]

yeah yeah yeah girlhood is grief and godhood and cruelty or whatever but also girlhood is your friend telling you what sex is because nobody else will, girlhood is walking you to the nurse’s office when you’re too nervous to go on your own, girlhood is the journal you kept together and hid under your mattress, girlhood is going downtown for the first time by yourselves and sneaking into the PG-13 movie and then going next door to eat french fries, girlhood is coordinating outfits to let everyone know that you’re best friends because girlhood can be love as well

[queeranarchism]

Thinking or how capitalism replaced ‘we are all sinful and unworthy of paradise and we must repent and serve god our whole life because of it’

With ‘we are all lazy and unworthy of basic necessities and we must scrape by and be productive our whole life because of it’

And now there are segments of social justice culture, especially of liberal social justice culture, that want to replace that with ‘we are all guilty of climate change and systematic oppression and unworthy of compassion and we must sacrifice everything that gives us pleasure and throw ourselves fully into the fight against these systems because of it’.

And like, that is bullshit. We were not born guilty. Pursuing pleasure and resting are good actually. But more importantly: in all three cases, this line of thinking is designed to control people. Which is a very good reason not to trust anyone peddling guilt like that.

[coffeeacademia]

imagine being the subject of someone's poetry

[takem3tothelakes]

Happy Birthday! 🥳🤍

THANK YOU BBY I LOVE U SM💗💗💗💗

[fiercefatfeminist]

It is our duty as feminists to protect and respect women in Hijabs

[fiercefatfeminist]

Now. More. Than. Ever.

[princeoftheplayground]

Question: if I see someone pull off a Hijab, what should I do? I know there are reasons they are worn so I want to if i should stand in between them and who did this, should i protect them from view somehow, or something else? This has been happening a lot so I feel it’s something everyone needs to know.

[protectnevillelongbottom]

Good question! I cannot correctly and effectively answer, as I am a white, non-Muslim person; however, I will reblog in case any of my followers can answer. 

[inquisitivespirit]

I asked my Hijabi friend, so here’s one Hijabi’s answer: 

“my opinion is, definitely try cover them or give them something to cover themselves with. And perhaps shoo off the person, without putting oneself in danger! God forbid, if that happened to me, I would like someone to come and comfort me and give me something to cover my hair with and then help me report it to the cops “

[animatedamerican]

(Followers, if any of you are hijabi and would like to expand on this answer or offer alternatives, please do.)

[scifibi77-deactivated20190412]

If u see it happen to 1 of us, pls cover our head + hair with a coat or shawl or any piece of cloth, while hugging us in comfort. Please don’t get hurt by lashing out @ the perpetrators in any way, coz if they dare to do that, they’re probably too far gone in their own hatred to listen to any reason. Much love + Thank You to anyone who supports us.

[meanieyards]

yes !! everything said here is important af. if you see someone pull off a girl’s hijab immediately cover her hair and provide comfort. don’t talk to the perpetrator but try to get the woman out of there if you can. maybe if you have a scarf on you at the time give it to her so she can wear it until she’s alone and can replace her hijab. please please protect muslim girls because we already had it hard before donald trump became president and now its gonna be worse with people going around thinking their violence and cruelty is justified 

[hollowedskin]

for my other white ppl who might have a hard time, it’s my understanding that a hijab is like a major item of clothing, not an accessory like a hat or a scarf. so think abt it more like if someone just ripped someone’s shirt or skirt off. u don’t want to be left there exposed or have to walk home without it.

everyone, even outside America needs to protect our Muslim sisters in these times.

[quadriparesis-deactivated201908]

as a man, what would be the best thing to do? should i turn my head and avoid looking at their hair? can i still offer a jacket or something similar?

[wear-it-like-armour-bastard]

^I’m hoping someone has an answer islamaphpbia is on the rise in my town and I want to be a good male non Muslim ally

[soul-angelos-deactivated2023102]

For men, yes please, we would prefer it if you avoided looking at our hair, and if we don’t have something to substitute as a hijab at that moment, anything you could lend us, a jacket, etc, would be very appreciated.

Also, since most girls avoid physical contact with men they’re not related to, please do not hug them, but rather shoo the offender away if you can, or at least escort the girl to a safe place. You can still offer words of encouragement and support. Furthermore, understand that the victim may not be very welcoming towards you because she’ll obviously be shaken, and won’t know where you are coming from. If that’s the case, please still give her something to cover herself (hijab is very important, think of it as someone ripping your shirt off) and stand some distance away until you are sure she’s in safe hands.

Thank you so much for your support, we really appreciate it, god bless all of you.

[clairethehuntress-deactivated20]

In the horrible climate we’re currently in, please take note of this.

[oak-antlers]

Reblogging this again for the guy-instructions

[geekandmisandry]

Same

[everyone-loves-purple]

As a white girl who supports these women with all my heart, BOOSTING!!!

[dreamertrilogys]

as a hijabi muslim girl this makes me so happy

[purecanesugar]

Share!

[official-lucifers-child]

There’s many reason why I always have a flannel on me, and this is one of them.

Just the other day I gave it to a kind hijabi girl at a cafe because some asshole reached across the counter and ripped her hijab off, saying that she’s now “free” from it

Followers, please rb this and keep this in mind!!!

[closetwitchthings]

This is not related to my blog at all but is SO IMPORTANT!!

[artemis-is-tired]

Rebloging for anyone who needs this information and I will keep this information in my head!

[frog-cult-leader]

Important info!!!

[call-me-dj]

^^^

[simpingforwillsolace-deactivate]

As a muslim, this is VERY important, and makes me so happy 💕

[akotlcblog-deactivated20210605]

as a hijabi, i started tearing up, this world does have hope and it’s because of people willing to learn, thank you.

[thebctman]

While I am not a hijabi, I am a Muslim AND IM GONNA REBLOG THIS FOREVER AND MY FOLLOWERS SHOULD DO THE SAME!!

These could help so many hijabis!!!

[evergreen-ia]

the way hope ur okay made me sob for an hour when i first heard it-

please when she sang “I hope you know how proud I am you were created” I went who me 🥺🥺 made me emotional

[takem3tothelakes]

PLS thats my favorite part *CRIES IN HOMOPHOBIC PARENTS* now im scared to play that song again bc i KNOW it will make me sob again

[softspringcherries]

I have a vision.

Myself, with my own grand palace of gothic architecture, and an evergreen endless garden- no, a forest - in my name.

I do not wish to claim the earth but rather have a piece of it as my little private sanctuary.

I want to befriend the earth, make allies with the spirits and gain blessings to inhabit the land as such - to be able to bathe naked through the forest knowing a man dare not witness let alone approach me, for as I said, I will be alone.

I want to travel and make friends - not the passing by ones but loyal, teachers to me like I, them. The kind that would visit me and teach me new languages, ways of life - how to love in a thousand different soul languages, and for me to bare the art within my soul to them in return.

I want to learn archery, horseback riding if my feeble bones allow it - to paint and read every morning in a different corner of the forest surrounding my palace every day, and to be able to wear a red cloak around my candle-lit halls at night just because I thrive off of the ambience of fantasy. Because it feels more like home than anything else.

If not a coven then a group of fellow witches that gather where I live to perform and rejoice in rituals, dancing, and music - especially on each of our birthdays. To run to the sea and dance around fires under the shadow of the trees - to be able to host annual balls of elegance, masquerades… And not with guests that I’m supposed to, or expected to invite, but with the loyal friends I’ve made across my travels.

I want to have a family crest only passed down to those born through my direct bloodline - engraved on the walls and in intricate necklaces with crystals, silver and gold bending over their backs…

To have it all be an enchanted family heirloom blessed by gods that lives on beyond the human measures of forever.

I want to live in a fashion that is timeless, to profit off of my writing and art so much that I’m able to afford the blessings that are needed to manifest this vision - to become as much of the art as I will always be the artist. I ache to live - not like how people tell me I’m supposed to aspire to live, in the fashion and manner of ‘our time’. I don’t care about any of it.

I need to express and mirror the essence of my soul into this human life it’s experiencing.

I yearn…

I will - be timeless.

- Sana Zia, journal entry 18/05/2021

[thescriptorium]

"Westerners have told the history of Hawai’i as an inevitable if occasionally bittersweet triumph of Western ways over ‘primitive’ Hawai’ian ways... To know my history, I had to put away my books and return to the land. I had to feel again the spirits of nature and take gifts of plants and fish to the ancient altars. I had to begin to speak my language with our elders and leave long silences for wisdom to grow. But before anything else, I had to learn the language like a lover, so that I could rock with her and lie at night in her dreaming arms."

- HAUNANI-KAY TRASK, A HISTORY WRITTEN IN BONE

[revehive]

this website was made by actual palestinians. it debunks myths, answers faqs and it also explains the history of palestine in detail for those who want to learn more. spread this instead of spreading carrds!!!!

decolonizepalestine.com

[jewishvitya-movingblogs]

Haven't read the whole thing but I feel like I should share.

[comrade-meow]

“We never say that all men deserve to feel beautiful. We never say that each man is beautiful in his own way. We don’t have huge campaigns aimed at young boys trying to convince them that they’re attractive, probably because we very rarely correlate a man’s worth with his appearance. The problem is that a woman’s value in this world is still very much attached to her appearance, and telling her that she should or deserves to feel beautiful does more to promote that than negate it. Telling women that they “deserve” to feel pretty plays right in to the idea that prettiness should be important to them. And having books and movies aimed at young women where every female protagonist turns out to be beautiful (whereas many of the antagonists are described in much less flattering terms) reinforces the message that beauty has some kind of morality attached to it, and that all heroines are somehow pretty.”

— You Don’t Have To Be Pretty – On YA Fiction And Beauty As A Priority | The Belle Jar  (via elizabitchtaylor)

[quaelearns]

my life transformed the day I stopped wanting to look pretty. or beautiful. or hot. or any way attractive in any form. those pimples during finals week still leave scars, but I go on about my day without giving them a thought. why does it matter? I butcher my hairstyle with impulsive bangs and uneven hair cut with kitchen scissors and it doesn’t worry me one bit. I leave my house with not a hint of makeup or accessory and I can still smile at stray cats, laugh at silly jokes, and smell the flowers in the yard. Even if I don’t look pretty, I can be happy and do great things and live my life.

[melodramas]

you can click on this button once daily to help palestine and support other causes in the middle east for free. it takes literally 5 seconds and could help save lives so please take the time to click and share this link.

[classicsclique]

my favorite quotes about love

“i’ll take care of you.” “it’s rotten work” “not to me, not of it’s you” -euripides

“it’s not the whole truth. the whole truth is i am in love with him still” -if we were villians, m.l. rio

“if anyone does not believe in venus they should gaze at my girlfriend” -unknown

“heaven help a fool who falls in love” -ophelia, the lumineers

“i will love you as misfortune loves orphans, as fire loves innocence and as justice loves to sit and watch while everything goes wrong” -lemony snicket

“the world is changed because you are made of ivory and gold. the curves of your lips rewrite history” -oscar wilde

“but loving you is a good problem to have” -monster, adventure time

“life is the flower for which love is the honey” -byron

“i know the world's a broken bone, but melt your headaches, call it home” -panic! at the disco, northern downpour

“where you go i’m going so jump and i’m jumping” -achilles come down, gang of youths

“i can take care of myself just fine. all right?” “no” “what do you mean no?” “no” -dead poets society

“i just want to get groceries i pray you want to get close to me” -groceries, mallrat

[pianjeong]

so many songs to listen to. so many books to read. so many things to watch. so much stuff to write. i think i will sit here and decompose