#GAZED

[katkembley]

I gazed at the monster. Not you!

[bahoreal]

obsessed with this

[cinnamon-coffees]

“It’s literally impossible to be a woman.

You are so beautiful, and so smart, and it kills me that you don't think you're good enough. Like, we have to always be extraordinary, but somehow, we're always doing it wrong?

You have to be thin, but not too thin, and you can never say you wanna be thin. You have to say you wanna be healthy, but also, you have to BE THIN.

You have to have money, but you can't ask for money because that's crass.

You have to be a boss, but you can't be mean.

You have to lead, but you can't squash other people's ideas.

You're supposed to love being a mother, but don't talk about your kids all the damn time.

You have to be a career woman, but also, always be looking out for other people.

You have to answer for men's bad behavior, which is INSANE, but if you point that out, you're accused of complaining!

You're supposed to stay pretty for men, but not so pretty that you tempt them too much or that you threaten other women because you're supposed to be a part of the sisterhood, but ALWAYS STAND OUT and ALWAYS BE GRATEFUL. But never forget that the system is rigged, so find a way to acknowledge that but ALSO, always be grateful!

You have to never get old. Never be rude. Never show off. Never be selfish. Never fall down. Never fail. Never show fear. Never get OUT OF LINE. It's too hard! It's too contradictory, and nobody gives you a medal or says 'thank you!' And it turns out, in fact, that not only are you doing everything wrong, but also, everything is your fault.

I'm just so tired of watching myself, and every single other woman tie herself into knots, so that people will like us.

And if all of that, is also true for a doll just representing a woman, then I don't even know." -Gloria the barbie movie

this is it. this is exactly it oh my god.

[max1461]

"I would never-"

You would if you were tired enough. You would if you were hungry enough. You would if your mind and body had been worn down enough, through pain or disease or toil or violent struggle. You might if you were put on the wrong medicine, or you got the wrong kind of head injury, or you were forced to choose between someone else and yourself. You might if your livelihood was staked on it, or all your hopes and dreams. You might if you didn't know what else to do, if it's what you were taught or if nobody taught you anything else.

I have not been worn down in most of these ways. I have lived a remarkably privileged life. But I have been worn down in some ways. And they were enough to teach me that in the wrong circumstances, any of us can become someone we don't want to be. It's worth keeping that in mind.

[strawberricakeandpie]

Laios faces greatest hits

[some-murmurings]

lagged in procession, lorn

from your colddark home torn

mere halfshadow beside the sun

an unfinished eclipse never begun

lovely stranger bleakly in view:

Daylit moon, do you burn too?

[ayo-edebiri]

Mamma Mia! (2008) dir. Phyllida Lloyd

[sugarstrawberryshortcake]

[ditzyteengirl]

[wickedzeevyln]

Where Darkness Comes to Hide

Part One Innocence is often an esteemed guest written under the list of pleasant words, and on this occasion, it chokes in the realization that reality does not sit well with it. Everyone used to describe Donnie that way—innocent. But when he walked through the door to greet me, fifteen years lay in between now and the last time we spoke, every word he uttered stemmed from well-crafted thoughts…

[maria-ruta]

"what if chilchuck was a butch?" we thought

and Ryoko said - "say no more!" - and made Meijack, can you believe it???

anyway I'm surprised nobody's done it before, you can have it!

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p.s. - she just doodled chilchuck genderbend once and couldnt let go of the design and BAM Meijack was born lol its so funnt tbh. but fucking valid

[howelljenkins]

I will never join dating apps because I don’t want someone to be actively searching for a gf and think I fit the bill enough to fill that role. I want you to meet ME and organically realize you want ME specifically rather than an arbitrary role that could hypothetically be filled by anyone

[nightjarring]

When I'm a small prey mammal and I've evolved to survive the barren rocky landscape by optimizing into a tan egg

[carm3n-carm3n]

actually going fucking insane rn

[tow-bees]

Fishing trip with death god/dad and death god/dad’s usurper/new death god after being imprisoned for like a thousand years in the land of the dead or something

[girlwbloodsugar]

Before I leave, brush my teeth with a bottle of Jack

'Cause when I leave for the night, I ain't comin' back