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Quality and beauty in the everyday

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finding out there's a frankenstein ballet and that it was in october of last year…DEVASTATING

Finding Out There's A Frankenstein Ballet And That It Was In October Of Last Year…DEVASTATING
Finding Out There's A Frankenstein Ballet And That It Was In October Of Last Year…DEVASTATING
Finding Out There's A Frankenstein Ballet And That It Was In October Of Last Year…DEVASTATING

look at this. look at these. im foaming at the mouth

(1) the ruling class benefits from illiteracy.

(2) short-form video entertains more than it sticks.

(3) reading is a discipline distinct from listening, watching, or other forms of literacy. It’s a skill that needs to be honed separately.

(4) Absolutely no one comes to save us but us.

"Absolutely no one comes to save us but us."

Ismatu Gwendolyn, "you've been traumatized into hating reading (and it makes you easier to oppress)", from Threadings, on Substack [ID'd]

STOP no more live-action remakes. We're going the other way now. Animated Casablanca. Animated The Godfather. Animated Oppenheimer. Animated Fight Club.


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I started rewatching Pushing Daisies after I decided it was time to buy the Blu-Rays.

Pushing Daisies | 1x02 “Dummy”
Pushing Daisies | 1x02 “Dummy”

Pushing Daisies | 1x02 “Dummy”

Nick Night

Nick Night

Winter Mist (Kodak Portra 160)
Winter Mist (Kodak Portra 160)
Winter Mist (Kodak Portra 160)

winter mist (Kodak Portra 160)

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nobody is coming to save you. get up

“you should be at the club” i should be by the sea. i should be in the mountains. i should be awestruck and rendered speechless by the majesty of the natural world. if you even care

girl i am undergoing a terrifying metamorphosis 

Utterly Obsessed With These Shakespeare Playbook Covers From The Late 1960s By Paul Hogarth
Utterly Obsessed With These Shakespeare Playbook Covers From The Late 1960s By Paul Hogarth
Utterly Obsessed With These Shakespeare Playbook Covers From The Late 1960s By Paul Hogarth
Utterly Obsessed With These Shakespeare Playbook Covers From The Late 1960s By Paul Hogarth
Utterly Obsessed With These Shakespeare Playbook Covers From The Late 1960s By Paul Hogarth
Utterly Obsessed With These Shakespeare Playbook Covers From The Late 1960s By Paul Hogarth

Utterly obsessed with these Shakespeare playbook covers from the late 1960s by Paul Hogarth

situationships and talking stages are OUT passionate obsessive all-consuming soul ties and love affairs are IN

White America Can Not Tolerate Black Humanity On Any Level. Then, When You Remind Them, White America
White America Can Not Tolerate Black Humanity On Any Level. Then, When You Remind Them, White America

White America can not tolerate black humanity on any level. Then, when you remind them, white America claim they are victim of racism.

I lived for most of my adolescence and up to my my mid 30's in or around Utah county where BYU is. If you ever read something like this and think "This is over the top and must be fake." Just know, it's not.

I have friends with stories similar to this.

It's always shocked me that a religion that teaches love and forgiveness can be so unforgiving and unloving in practice.

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god I would be UNSTOPPABLE if I was capable of consistently initiating tasks. just you wait. you'll be waiting a while but just you wait


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Don't mind me, just bawling before noon about the sphynx and their mortal lover.

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The Fall (2006) Dir. Tarsem
The Fall (2006) Dir. Tarsem
The Fall (2006) Dir. Tarsem
The Fall (2006) Dir. Tarsem

the fall (2006) dir. tarsem

wedding dress designed by eiko ishioka 石岡 瑛子


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People have been telling me to watch this movie since 2007 or so. I finally watched it this year and it's breathtaking.

-Why Are You Killing Everybody? Why Are You Making Everybody Die? -It's My Story. -Mine Too.
-Why Are You Killing Everybody? Why Are You Making Everybody Die? -It's My Story. -Mine Too.
-Why Are You Killing Everybody? Why Are You Making Everybody Die? -It's My Story. -Mine Too.
-Why Are You Killing Everybody? Why Are You Making Everybody Die? -It's My Story. -Mine Too.
-Why Are You Killing Everybody? Why Are You Making Everybody Die? -It's My Story. -Mine Too.
-Why Are You Killing Everybody? Why Are You Making Everybody Die? -It's My Story. -Mine Too.
-Why Are You Killing Everybody? Why Are You Making Everybody Die? -It's My Story. -Mine Too.
-Why Are You Killing Everybody? Why Are You Making Everybody Die? -It's My Story. -Mine Too.
-Why Are You Killing Everybody? Why Are You Making Everybody Die? -It's My Story. -Mine Too.
-Why Are You Killing Everybody? Why Are You Making Everybody Die? -It's My Story. -Mine Too.
-Why Are You Killing Everybody? Why Are You Making Everybody Die? -It's My Story. -Mine Too.
-Why Are You Killing Everybody? Why Are You Making Everybody Die? -It's My Story. -Mine Too.
-Why Are You Killing Everybody? Why Are You Making Everybody Die? -It's My Story. -Mine Too.
-Why Are You Killing Everybody? Why Are You Making Everybody Die? -It's My Story. -Mine Too.
-Why Are You Killing Everybody? Why Are You Making Everybody Die? -It's My Story. -Mine Too.

-Why are you killing everybody? Why are you making everybody die? -It's my story. -Mine too.

The Fall (2006)


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This is genuinely something I've been thinking about and trying to learn/re-learn recently.

Friendship is a burden. but that doesn't make it a bad thing.

the commodification of friendship is the most annoying thing to come out of the internet in ages. like actually i love to break this to you but you're supposed to help your friends move even if it's hard work. or stay up with them when they're sad even if you're gonna lose sleep. you're supposed to listen to their fears and sorrows even if it means your own mind takes on a little bit of that weight. that's how you know that you care. they will drive you to the airport and then you will make them soup when they're sick. you're supposed to make small sacrifices for them and they are supposed to do that for you. and there's actually gonna be rough patches for both of you where the balance will be uneven and you will still be friends and it will not be unhealthy and they will not be abusive. life is not meant to be an endless prioritization of our own comfort if it was we would literally never get anywhere ever. jesus.

This right here? This is exactly what I come to tumblr for.

Which Austen Hero is best in bed?

My ratings

I put them in alphabetical order for fairness.


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Jane Austen wrote Persuasion at the end of her life, when she was ailing and living in poverty, with the type of life she had not expected or planned.

She, her mother, and sister lost everything when Jane's father died.

— Cate Eland (@RomancingNope) June 14, 2022

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