Fleabag (2016) // @symbiocene // Charles M. Schulz, Peanuts // Nikki Giovanni, Mirrors // cave painting // 肉包不吃肉, The Husky and His White Cat Shizun // thethingswesay.com // Brian Kershiznik // Neal A. Maxwell // Audre Lorde, “Equinox”
haters do not want you to know this but if you pick up something heavy every day it will eventually stop being quite as heavy. this is because the heavy thing, having witnessed your dedication, begins to yield its essence to you. and you, in turn, begin to absorb that essence into your own being. this is what makes people strong. the more essence you absorb, the stronger you become, and the more respect you command from the world around you.
Left AloneFiona AppleThe Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than the Driver of the Screw and Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do (Expanded Edition)
can we send up a quick thank you to pdf uploaders, torrent seeders, copy sharers, scanlators, fansubbers, digitizers, paywall dodgers, and various other internet archivers for making niche art and information more accessible in a media landscape where all but the most profitable mainstream are often tossed aside and left to rot
the loneliness epidemic/gen z dead-eyed stare/poor socialization of younger generations and increasing rudeness of older ones is kinda an internet thing and kinda a pandemic thing but it is also the well-meaning chickens of the Stranger Danger movement coming home to roost
something something everybody thinks violent crime is at a high when it’s at a 30 year low, something something training your children to see everyone outside of their family as a threat until you yourself believe it, something something. again this was well-intentioned, people want their kids to be safe, but when you’ve heard “dont talk to strangers” all your life it’s hard to kill that instinct as an adult
but yeah if you’re an early 20-something person, it might be helpful to be directly told this: talk to strangers. that rule only applied when you were a child. you not only should but must talk to strangers
No joke, one of the things that helped me get over my fear of talking to strangers was this series of videos of a young British lad unicycling around the world.
He just… asks strangers for help. Everywhere. And everywhere, strangers help him. Sometimes strangers just roll up and give him stuff, like fresh produce from their gardens, or a cold bottle of water. Strangers let him camp in their yard (yes, even in the U.S., I was shocked, too), or sometimes they’ll say you’re not sleeping outside when I have a perfectly good guest room and invite him in for a hot meal and a warm bed with zero strings attached. Strangers stop and chat with him even when they have no language in common. The only strangers who were genuinely threatening to him were–no surprises here–cops.
And I do take all this with a grain of salt, because he’s a thin, able-bodied, neurotypical (or at least neurotypical-presenting) white man, so the deck is stacked in his favor.
But I also truly believe that the overwhelming majority of people, all over the world, are chill. Are curious. Are happy to help. Because all that is baked into the human condition.
This cat strikes me as both fascinated by the sensation of the rain - the smell, sound, and feel of it - and completely mortified by the fact that it comes with being wet
This cat is like “I am enjoying approximately 75% of this experience but I’m not sure if it’s worth that other 25%”
Virginia Statewide sweep for Democrats, including first ever Muslim woman elected to Statewide office as lieutenant governor. Gubernatorial candidate didn’t back down on trans rights and crushed it. Virginia house has Democrats up six seats so far with potentially more to come.
Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Detroit, Buffalo, and Minneapolis elected or re-elected mayors who are democratic or non-party progressives
New Jersey mayor election goes to Democrat
Georgia Public Services Commission seats go to Democrats
guillermo del toro’s pinocchio is a beautiful film but my god no one has adapted that story like neverafter. you can never look at it the same way again after listening to lou wilson, a black man, explaining that he chose to play as pinocchio because it’s a story about a little boy who isn’t allowed to make mistakes. that in pinocchio’s story, he is fundamentally barred from childhood at once upon a time. he must earn something that everyone else is granted from birth. the other boys get to tell lies and play and get into trouble, but when pinocchio does the same thing there are grave and violent consequences. his pinocchio is trying to understand why the world is so unfair, why the rules are so different for him, why everyone else gets to be a real boy.
