Okay But, I Hate Reading Hurt/angst But Love Writing It. Torturing Myself Is One Thing, Doing It To Characters

I feel like I should help spread the news about the events occurring in Oaxaca, Mexico right now. In Nochixtlan, a small city in the state of Oaxaca, is under military and police attack following teacher-led protests against the privatization of public education and the other harms to the education system. Many teachers, students, parents, townsfolk, and protestors are being hurt, taken away, and murdered. People are being denied treatment in hospitals–most likely a police tactic to suppress the protestors. A member of my family has been killed. 

So far, military aggression has escalated.

The Oaxaca government is corrupt and the education “reforms” in Mexico are hurting the poor and ethnic groups of not just the Mixteca but of all Mexico. With censorship being a thing for Mexican social media, this is my minuscule contribution to raising awareness to the situation. 

We need people in our lives with whom we can be as open as possible. To have real conversations with people may seem like such a simple, obvious suggestion, but it involves courage and risk.

Thomas Moore (via psych2go)

u got through everything u didnt think u were strong enough for

“Life has no meaning. Each of us has meaning and we bring it to life. It is a waste to be asking the question when you are the answer.”

— Joseph Campbell (via quotemadness)

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT

The truest thing I’ve seen. Bruh, the hell is this...Dante’s freaking Inferno?

posting on a blackboard discussion board and replying to two of your fellow students has to be one of the nine circles of hell

"Even though everything trembles on the inside, I keep trying to exude calmness."

Aunque todo tiembla por dentro, sigo aquí intentando lucir en calma.