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i must not take it personal. taking it personal is the mind killer. taking it personal is the little death that brings total oblivion. i will face taking it personal. i will permit it to pass over and through me. and when it has gone past i will turn the inner eye to see its path. when the taking it personal has gone there will be nothing. only i will remain

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When a modern woman is blessed with a body that can move, run, dance, play, and bring her to orgasm; with breasts free of cancer, a healthy uterus, a life twice as long as that of the average Victorian woman, long enough to let her express her character on her face; with enough to eat and a metabolism that protects her by laying down flesh where and when she needs it; now that hers is the gift of health and well-being beyond that which any generation of women could have hoped for before—the Age of Surgery undoes her immense good fortune. It breaks down into defective components the gift of her sentient, vital body and the individuality of her face, teaching her to experience her lifelong blessing as a lifelong curse.

— Naomi Wolf (1990) The Beauty Myth

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forever grateful i was simply too lazy to let the make up industrial complex get its hooks in me. I was just like im not doing all of that. im doing none of that in fact

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ravelry has such a good interface for such a niche thing like that site lets you do the craziest stuff

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books read in 2025 - no. 20

the emperor of gladness by ocean vuong

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You fucking wish the author was dead. The author is on twitter

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I also find the way people talk abt women being degraded & objectified in sex & kink to be victim blamey?? It very much implies if u participate in this type of sex then ur to blame for replicating degrading views of women but degrading/violent sex can play out in any sexual dynamic. You could have straight missionary sex and experience this bc it’s ultimately abt the way men view their sex partners NOT! About the sex they engage in

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sabrina carpenter's latest single is about the way women are expected to manage incompetent men's lives as an unlisted feature of romantic relationships and you think her album being titled "man's best friend" where she is depicted as being treated like a dog by a man is because she's simply trying to be sexy for men you people are STUPID!!!!!!!

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sabrina fans mad @ her new cover but who had no problem with 'come right on me' 'my openings are super tight' her juno sex positions ect ect very baffling to me. like i dont have a problem w these things (OR the album cover!!) but if ur actually that mad abt 'degrading women / degrading depictions of sex' in that cover how did 'come right on me' 'wanna try out my handcuffs' not bother u lol. like i explictly saw people like 'well SnS was obviously tongue in cheek' AND THIS ISN'T?

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americans kinda funny as fuck cos they'll be like 'I know it feels really hard to live without [thing literally everyone else in the world lives without] but it is possible guys!!' and it's like uh huh

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You belong with me 💚💛💜❤️💙🖤

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When we are sad—at least I am like this—it can be comforting to cling to familiar objects, to the things that don’t change. Your descriptions of the desert—that oceanic, endless glare—are terrible but also very beautiful. Maybe there’s something to be said for the rawness and emptiness of it all. The light of long ago is different from the light of today and yet here, in this house, I’m reminded of the past at every turn. But when I think of you, it’s as if you’ve gone away to sea on a ship—out in a foreign brightness where there are no paths, only stars and sky.

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JULIA ROBERTS ph. by Ron Galella - taken during the 47th Annual Golden Globe Awards on January 20, 1990 at Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California

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artwork by earthtrines on instagram (in case you can't see the watermark)

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color shifting