points to a sign that says “sometimes two people from the same marginalized community will want/need two very different things from their representation in fiction and they should both be allowed to find and make that representation to suit their own needs and neither should be criticized for not making the representation that the other wants”
YOU CAN NEVER GET ENOUGH LOVE, NOT EVEN WHEN YOU'RE BROKEN & SICK.
unknown // w. s. mervin // jane seville // denice frohman // florence + the machine // jennifer franklin // frank bidart.
Beautiful porcelain doll. Made by Jessica Harrison.
i have never successfully articulated anything ever but i got very close, once
If you write a strong character, let them fail.
If you write a selfless hero, let them get mad at people.
If you write a cold-heated villain, let them cry.
If you write a brokenhearted victim, let them smile again.
If you write a bold leader, let them seek guidance.
If you write a confident genius, let them be wrong, or get stumped once in a while.
If you write a fighter or a warrior, let them lose a battle, but let them win the war.
If you write a character who loses everything, let them find something.
If you write a reluctant hero, give them a reason to join the fight.
If you write a gentle-hearted character who never stops smiling, let that smile fade and tears fall in shadows.
If you write a no one, make them a someone.
If you write a sibling, let them fight and bicker, but know that at the end of the day they’ll always have each other’s back.
If you write a character, make them more than just a character; give them depth, give them flaws and secrets, and give them life.
Full letter signed by 99 U.S. medical professionals who have volunteered.
babygirl i have pdfs that even i don't know about
“If we lived in a culture with a higher tolerance for ambiguity, rather than obsession with measurement, fixed identity, and knowability, transition wouldn’t be so confounding to people, and the process might be more normal. Epistemologically, we are anal retentive. Not rigorous, just stressed out. We need to know what a trans girl is. What are you, trans people get asked. Where are you from, people of colour get asked. White supremacist capitalism wants to make a map of everything, and then monetize the ways that things move around the map. Basically literally. The museum.”
— Baer, H., 2022. Trans Girl Suicide Museum. Los Angeles: Hesse Press. pp. 131-132.
Mushroom or art?
making bad art and dressing weirdly and collecting random things and listening to silly music is actually so important
highlighting some verified fundraisers that have not received any donations in over a week. I worry about our siblings in Gaza who aren't able to access the internet or navigate social media to ask for our help. any amount you can donate will bring hope and help save lives
from Ottawa4Palestine: Enas' family Fadi Hamad Nada's family the Shahwan family Ameer Khaled Samah's family Heba's family Mahmoud and Nada Leen's family Khaled and Hisham's family
from Gaza Funds: Malik, Yazan, and Ibrahim the Saeed family Bahaa Kahlout's family Mohammad's family Osama's family Hamdi's family Fatima's husband the Abu Shaaban family Dr. Isam's family Ahmed Timraz's family