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[id: screenshots of tiktok captions. the images say, “but the only reason we still love princess diana is because she did not have the time to disappoint us.”]

begging queer kids to read up on princess diana’s involvement with the community. yes, she was a rich, pretty monarch. yes, she died young.

but the reason why queer people love her is because she used her privilege during the aids crisis to advocate for sick queer men, when very few others would - much less someone of her status.

diana spent years advocating for the health and care of queer people with hiv/aids. in 1987, at the height of the epidemic, she opened the first specialist clinic dedicated to treating aids patients (the first clinic of it’s kind in the uk).

she also fought public hysteria by hugging and shaking bare hands with aids patients, at a time when aids was thought to be spread by skin to skin contact. not only that, she visited patients in the clinic regularly and even comforted them through their sickness.

and when queen elizabeth told her to try focusing on “something more pleasant”?

diana ignored her and kept fighting.

and this is only her work towards the aids crisis. she publicly called out the royal family, brought attention to numerous world issues, and was known as an advocate for empathy and kindness. she’s known and loved as the people’s princess for good reason

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there's an old french love song that says "Si un jour, la vie t'arrache à moi, si tu meurs, que tu sois loin de moi, peu m'importe, si tu m'aimes, car moi je mourrais aussi" wich means "If one day life tears you away from me, if you die, and we're separated, if you love me then I don't care, because I would die with you" and I don't wanna make anyone cry but this is clearly Achilles and Patroclus

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there's just something about music that swallows you up, filling your soul and then leaving you hollow. that mistifying emptiness you're left with once the sound stops and it is only you and the silence. I want music to consume me.

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why are the things you need to let go always the hardest to let go of?

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y’all,,, I just,, really fuckin love languages

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Achilles: Crushes are the worst.

Patroclus: Yeah, whenever I'm near mine I struggle to get my words out and get super nervous.

Achilles: But you're always super nervous

Patroclus:

Patroclus: Yeah, don't think about that too hard, pretty boy.

[Later that night, at 3am]

Achilles: Oh.

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*touches random bunch of dirt in pelion greece, kisses it and brings it to her heart* young achilles & patroclus were free and in love here

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I love the type of stories that leave you aching for the characters that ink on pages brought to life. i love feeling like I know these people who don't exist. i love when a story makes you want to yell "fuck you" at the world. i love stories like that.

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the most frustrating thing a person on Duolingo can face is getting a question wrong because you spelt something wrong in your native language

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my only talent is my incredible ability to impulse buy books without even thinking about how much money is left in my bank account

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I force myself awake again. "I must slay today," I whisper to myself. a chant, of sorts. "I must slay, and I will slay."

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they're a 10 but they constantly overshare on tumblr

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I am constantly trying to make sense of things. I write poetry that nobody except my english teacher understands. everyone else passes over my words with blank faces, and I think, this is me trying to understand.

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so then I set my alarm and lay awake, staring at the ceiling in this restless state between sleep and awake. I fall into darkness, shutting my eyes and dreaming of far off things. then the ringing sounds, what feels like minutes later. I claw my way through the day, wishing the time I lay there, alone in the dark, would come sooner. then, it repeats - a never ending cycle of hope for numbing things.

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my new song came out today and I'm just kwjwkjdk!!!!!jsjks!jskansxb!!!!

(it's called New Years Resolutions if you wanna listen)

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I might look okay on the outside but on the inside, I want to go on a library date

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I wonder if the people I think about think about me just as much