a gentleness i cannot mirror

// sideblog // “In this universe we are given two gifts: the ability to love, and the ability to ask questions. Which are, at the same time, the fires that warm us and the fires that scorch us.” - Mary Oliver //

[engulfes]

Growing up is actually all about realizing people don’t inherently dislike you and it’s a bit odd to assume they do

[existentialdruid]

This

[jelliebeanbitch]

there are more tweets in this thread

fucking SLAY

[darlington-v]

this isnt even the full thread, there are even MORE tweets to this thread that i think are really necessary to read if you do what op is talking about! it is not enough to know that feeling this way hurts the people you love, we already know that.

this rest of the thread continues after the third tweet from the reblog.

like THE FULL THREAD is genuinely so reassuring.

sometimes, it is not enough to just know, sometimes you might need that reassurance of "do you really think of me when i'm away?" and someone reassuring you that yeah, they do. and evaluate that! trust that! just like op did.

and then learning that ykw, it's NOT any of my business really. and finding comfort in that trust that like. whether they are or aren't thinking of me, they really do love me.

this full thread changed my life and i am ALWAYS going to give the full thread because the parts people cut out aren't enough for the people experiencing these things, speaking as someone who does. it, really it just makes us, made me, feel bad about my own capabilities when i saw the unfinished thread.

[knifeofvenus]

Matisse Circle by Leonard Nimroy, The Full Body Project

[homoidiotic]

Jyleek, Nakai and Ty at New York city Pride (June 2018) photo by Stephanie Mei-ling

[cyberglittter]

minami gessel for tankair

[kaalbela]

Elderly Palestinian women sit in wheelchairs as they enjoy the waters of the northern part of the Dead Sea in West Bank, Palestine. Photographed by Menahem Kahana, 2008.

[volcanows-art]

hatchling

[blackfaegoddess]

chunky body pt. III

[yummyinmytumbly]

Scallient (a gradient made with cut up scallions)

[slimegirlwarlock]

[musefor2]

love love love

[jordaojacque]

Por: Neto Macedo para libertine.nu 

[firstfullmoon]

Habibi (2011) dir. Susan Youssef

Habibi, a story of forbidden love, is a fiction feature set in Gaza. Two students in the West Bank are forced to return home to Gaza, where their love defies tradition. To reach his lover, Qays grafittis poetry across town. Habibi is a modern re-telling of the famous ancient Sufi parable Majnun Layla. The full Arabic title is ‘Habibi Rasak Kharban,’ which translates as “Darling, something’s wrong with your head.” — from the Palestine Film Institute

[gaymonstera]

a body exists, therefore it is good.

folded, stretched, relaxed. a body is just lines and light and shadow. there’s no such thing as bad angles. i don’t look at a circle and wish it were a square. a shape is a neutral and natural occurring thing. any reason to see the body as ugly is directly rooted in colonialism, racism, colorism, fatphobia, misogyny, ableism, ageism, etc. — that is not a violence i want to perpetuate, internally or externally. when i contextualize my insecurities and see them for the historical violence they are, i get closer to humanizing myself and others. addressing the trauma of being called ugly is hard work but it’s valuable work. i don’t outsource dignity or desirability or beauty. those belong to me.

you only owe your body and others two things: liberation and kindness.

[agustinyr]

[cigteeth]

[sleepingprayer]

[mechabarbarian]

Cyborg Frankenstein.