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The Vietnamese have dealt with colonizers like this before

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in my yapping era

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revealing to people that i don’t think dissociative identity disorder is real is so funny bc you quickly realize that most ppl agree with you

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deer

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Oddly shaped lava formations look like a mass of twisted bodies in Hawaii shot by Laszlo Kestay (1996)

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genuinely finding peace through your interactions with nature will heal you

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Lymantriine Moths by itchydogimages

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“You are so brave and quiet I forget you are suffering.”

— Ernest Hemingway

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along the santa fe trail | national geographic [march 1991]

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Chasing the fog somewhere in Switzerland by @90377

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Sometimes I really wonder if y’all are actually post left and actually against identity politics bc the way y’all cling onto your gender identities for Internet hierarchy points is nuts lol

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[11jun17] 227\365 (phone, laser prints, charcoal, collage)

FULL FILM: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvO50ofwqI8

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okay, you know what? Running away shouldn’t be a crime. It shouldn’t be dangerous, either. Any kid should be able to leave their parents if they want, for any reason. No I’m not kidding.

“But Rue, where will these kids stay? Do you want them on the streets?”

of course not. In an ideal world, a kids would have multiple adults other than their parents they could look to for care, but I recognize that that will never be a reality for every single child. So: youth shelters, if they have nowhere else to go. There should be clean, warm shelters where anyone under 18 can stay for as long as they need, no questions asked. (And of course shelters that aren’t just for kids, but we’re talking about youth rights right now)

“But Rue,” I hear you say, “what if some moody teenager runs away after an argument?”

First of all, I’d rather a thousand moody teenagers run away than one abused child be trapped. Second, so what if one does? A kid needs time away from their parents, so they leave. The vast majority of them will get some time to cool down and then go back home, and if they don’t want to go back, period? Then nine times out of ten, they have a good reason. (Because yes, as hard as it is for you to believe, kids are humans who have common sense.)

“Okay, but what about the one time out of ten the kid doesn’t have a good reason?”

Then the kid doesn’t have a good reason. It doesn’t change anything. If someone wants to break up with their partner because of something stupid, you wouldn’t say they legally shouldn’t be able to. (And if you would, then you’re just a bad person.) No one should have to be in a relationship, romantic or otherwise, that they don’t want to be in.