Oedipa Coleslaw
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kuebiko
n. a state of exhaustion inspired by acts of horror, which force you to revise your image of what can happen in this world—rebuilding the fences around what’s normal, weeding out all unwelcome and invasive truths, cultivating the perennial good that’s buried under the surface—propping yourself up like an old scarecrow, who’s bursting at the seams but powerless to do anything but stand there and watch.
#Syria
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Warsan Shire
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warsan is elsewhere.: and were you being good to yourself? [love letter to self]
i don’t think so. but, i forgive you, girl, who tallied stretch marks into reasons why no one should get close. i forgive you, silly girl, sweet breath, decent by default. i forgive you for being afraid. did everything betray you? even the rain you love so much made rust out…
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We Were God's Once: Israel is about to start a war, after its attack on Gaza today, where... Israel is about to start a war, after its attack on Gaza today, where they assassinated Commander Ahmad Jabari , the Hamas military chief in an air strike. Israeli warships are now shelling Gaza and it seems ground forces may be deployed, with Israel effectively saying that this will…
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“I don’t think it’s terribly controversial to note that women, from a young age, are required to consider the reality of the opposite gender’s consciousness in a way that men aren’t. This isn’t to say that women don’t often misunderstand, mistreat, and stereotype men, both in literature and in life. But on a basic level, functioning in society requires that women register that men are fully conscious; it is not really possible for a woman to throw up her hands and write men off as eternally unknowable space aliens — and even if she says she has, she cannot really behave as though she has. Every element of her life — from reading books about boys and men to writing papers about the motivations of male characters to being attentive to her own safety to navigating most any institutional or professional or economic sphere — demands an ironclad familiarity with, and belief in, the idea that men really are fully human entities. And no matter how many men come to the same conclusions about women, the structure of society simply does not demand so strenuously that they do so. If you didn’t really deep down believe that women were, in general, exactly as conscious as you, you could probably still get by in life. You could probably still get a book deal. You could probably still get elected to office.” -
salaam world: Advice I have been given Don’t be too loud. Don’t be too quiet. Don’t be forceful. Be polite. Encourage dialogue. Speak your mind. Don’t say everything you’re thinking. Be thoughtful. Be kind. Be open. Smile. Read his book. Read her book. Write critically. Write clearer. Use fewer commas. Use a filter.
Don’t take it…
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My grandfather kept this quote in his wallet until he died. - semiotomatic
(via roseofjericho)
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(via roseofjericho)
