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in the mood for love (2000, dir. wong kar-wai) polaroid stills featuring maggie chung and tony leung

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pretty shitty how baseline human activities like singing, dancing and making art got turned into skills  instead of being seen as behaviors

so now it’s like ‘the point of doing them is to get good at them’ and not ‘this is a thing humans do, the way birds sing and bees make hives’.

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Elizabeth, an avid reader, immediately snapping her book shut when Darcy says women should read extensively is peak petty behaviour and one of my favourite parts of the movie

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Ocean Vuong, On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous

[Text ID: “I read that beauty has historically demanded replication. We make more of anything we find aesthetically pleasing, whether it’s a vase, a painting, a chalice, a poem. We reproduce it in order to keep it, extend it through space and time. To gaze at what pleases—a fresco, a peach-red mountain range, a boy, the mole on his jaw—is, in itself, replication—the image prolonged in the eye, making more of it, making it last. Staring into the mirror, I replicate myself into a future where I might not exist.”]

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Why did you do that?

Because I love you, dude.

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“When identity is derived from projecting an image in the public realm, something is lost, some core of identity diluted, some sense of authority or interiority sacrificed. It is time to question the false equivalency between not being seen and hiding. And time to reevaluate the merits of the inconspicuous life, to search out some antidote to continuous exposure, and to reconsider the value of going unseen, undetected, or overlooked in this new world. Might invisibility be regarded not simply as refuge, but as a condition with its own meaning and power? Going unseen may be becoming a sign of decency and self-assurance. The impulse to escape notice is not about complacent isolation or senseless conformity, but about maintaining identity, propriety, autonomy, and voice. It is not about retreating from the digital world but about finding some genuine alternative to a life of perpetual display. It is not about mindless effacement but mindful awareness. Neither disgraceful nor discrediting, such obscurity can be vital to our very sense of being, a way of fitting in with the immediate social, cultural, or environmental landscape. Human endeavor can be something interior, private, and self-contained. We can gain, rather than suffer, from deep reserve.”

— Akiko Busch, How to Disappear: Notes on Invisibility in a Time of Transparency. [bold text added by me.]

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Pride & Prejudice (2005) dir. Joe Wright

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“I know you were way too bright for me” GOLDEN by HARRY STYLES

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i’ve just been thinking about how english and americans online expect everyone to know their literature and poetry, their ~classics~ when literally every other country in the world also has an incredible and interesting literary history that is probably more relevant to it’s own citizens, like i’m not saying you shouldn’t branch out to intl lit because i think everyone should but that includes english first language speakers who have never picked up a translated book in their lives

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If you have a bad morning, it does not mean that the rest of the day will be a disaster. If you feel absolutely down in the evening, it does not mean that every little good thing that happened before is erased. Yes, life is a tough battle, but you my love, you are a tough fighter. Through the good and the bad, you hold on as tightly as you can and you make it through. You always make it through. Be proud of yourself. Stop for a second and look how far you have come - look what you have already conquered, darling. Picking yourself up over and over again is the hardest challenge of all but look at you winning. You are so capable. Go you.

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oiii amg, tudo bem? vc libera usar as headers q vc fez? ou n?

tudo sim anjo e vc? Libero sim, pode usar a vontade :))

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sei que é chato, mas poderia divulgar meu tumblr @bettericons? muito obrigadaI know it's boring, but could you disclose my tumblr @bettericons? thank you very much

sigam @bettericons  pessoal!!

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JUSTICE FOR MIGUEL

A white rich wowan kept her maid, a black woman, working despite covid-19. Annoyed by the maid’s 5 years old son crying when his mum left for a bit to walk her employer’s dog, the woman, Sari Corte Leal, left him in the elevator alone. Sari Corte was the one who pressed the button to a higher floor, (they were in the 5th) but he randomly pressed the 7th and the 9th later. he left the lift in the 9th (the only floor that didn’t have protection). miguel fell, and died. she paid a 20k bail and is free. she’s married to the mayor. 

Miguel’s mother said: She trusted me to take care of her children. At the minute, I trusted her, she just got impatient

PLEASE, help Miguel’s mom by SIGNING THE PETITION!. They need justice!

RETWEET AND SHARE!

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PETITIONS TO SIGN‼️

if you can’t take direct action but still want to support the black lives matter movement, here are some petitions to help you do so:

Justice for George Floyd

Color of Change: #JusticeforBre: Police officers who killed Breonna Taylor must be FIRED

Justice for Breonna Taylor

Julius Jones is innocent. Don’t let him be executed by the state of Oklahoma.

Hands Up Act

Justice for Ahmaud Arbery

Justice for Tony McDade

Justice for Belly Mujinga

Willie Simmons has served 38 years for a $9 robbery.

Abolish Prison Labor in the USA

We Demand Justice for Sheku Bayoh, We Demand to Know the TRUTH.

Wis. Teen Face Life in Prison for Killing Man Who Allegedly Raped Her and Sold Her for Sex

NATIONAL ACTION AGAINST POLICE BRUTALITY! PROSECUTE POLICE WHO MURDERED UNARMED INDIVIDUALS!

Justice for Amari Boone

Justice for Tamir Rice

Justice for Crystal Mason

Justice for Amiya Braxton

Justice for Sean

Justice for Rashad Cunningham

Justice for Elijah Nichols

Justice for Andile Mchunu (Bobo)

Dismiss the charges on Marchae Jones and charge the one who shot her and her unborn baby

Justice for Emerald Black

Justice for Shukri Abdi

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espero não estar incomodando mas poderia divulgar o tumblr @stuffswithpsd? muito obrigada ♡ / i hope I’m not disturbing you, but could you please disclose the tumblr @stuffswithpsd ? thank you very much.

claro meu amor, sigam/follow @stuffswithpsd gente/guys!!!

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miss carloto everyone

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nicole icons 

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