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“But for these characters, what makes them good, if they’re good at all, is how unapologetic they are in their disease. They don’t make any apologies for who they are. If they care about the people they hurt, it’s in the privacy of their hearts. And I think that’s good: It’s kind of dishonest to one’s characters to force them all to have some redemptive note. But that is the surprise to me with these characters: Many people are perfectly happy for this unredeemed, self-destructive couple to be in their own black hole of self-hate. It’s sort of this darkness that eventually glows with its own power. Which, I suspect, if you’ve ever dwelled on some resentment long enough, you know that they all do have their own little glow. In a song, or in a painting, that’s the right place to sit with that — situated in a safe place, where it won’t actually hurt anybody.”

— JOHN DARNIELLE, on his song “No Children”.

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A child free from the guilt of ownership and the burden of economic competition will grow up with the will to do what needs doing and the capacity for joy in doing it. It is useless work that darkens the heart. The delight of the nursing mother, of the scholar, of the successful hunter, of the good cook, of the skillful maker, of anyone doing needed work and doing it well—this durable joy is perhaps the deepest source of human affection, and of sociality as a whole.

— Ursula K. Le Guin, from The Dispossessed

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2046 (2004) dir. Wong Kar Wai

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I’m glad Jack Links recognizes non-binary genders

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in light of the texas abortion ban here’s a reminder to stop debating what counts as a human, baby, or life with pro-lifers because that is not a debate you can win. you can not win a philosophical debate about what counts as a person, and you will not change their minds.

what can be proven is that in no situation under united states law is an individual legally obligated to lend their body or organs for the sake of another life. 

4.5 million people each year are in need of blood transfusion, the entire process of donating blood takes a little over an hour, it’s free, and a single pint of blood can save up to 3 peoples lives, but there is no legal obligation or requirement to donate blood in place. 

it is illegal to take organs from deceased peoples’ bodies without permission. CORPSES. bodily integrity is prioritized by law, even after death.

it doesn’t fucking matter whether a fetus is a person, whether a fetus is alive, whether a fetus has a soul. it literally doesn’t matter. pro-lifers set up the argument through that lens (hence their name) to evoke empathy and pity and take the focus away from the actual process of pregnancy, which changes a person’s body FOREVER. that is not an exaggeration. whether the pregnancy is complicated and high-risk or totally smooth sailing, the birthing person will physically never be the same. if they’re lucky, they’ll come out of it with weight gain, differently shaped breasts, and changes to the cervix/vagina. if they aren’t, there’s a fucking laundry list of potential complications that could arise, that may eventually fix themselves, need surgical or therapeutic intervention, or never go away, like varicose veins, separation of the abdominal muscles, incontinence, prolapse, diabetes, postpartum depression, and chronic pain, just off the top of my head. and this makes no mention of the very real possibility of income disruption, as well as the financial cost of giving birth, and the chance of fucking death, which is even higher for underserved communities like black women.

there is no basis for a governing body forcing an individual to lend their body or organs for the sake of another life. that is the argument. period the end.

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love your dog but cuba has committed more human rights abuses than the United States tbh. unfollowed 💖

this is the most out of context message ever i'm dying--

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Fuck dark mode I want pink mode

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I wouldn't need pronouns if bitches weren't talking about me behind my back

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oh chen chen we’re really in it now…

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depression walk of shame is when you finally start talking to and replying to people you've been too drained to answer and you have to be like "sorry about that I was trying not to drown in the weight of my own chemical imbalance... sup?"

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*taps a microphone* hey, uh, anyone see that new tumblr update where long posts are partially hidden? but when you click “expand” the posts aren’t even that long? yeah, heh, it looks like tumblr’s got the same definition of “long” that my ex-boyfriend did. *two drums and a cymbal fall from the ceiling and i am instantly killed*

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Sara Eliza Johnson, from Bone Map: Poems; “The dream of water”

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Starry Night Over the Rhone, Vincent van Gogh.