{Words By José Olivarez From Citizen Illegal /@fatimaamerbilal , From Even Flesh Eaters Don't Want

—light snow, silence, the empty streets, the fog, thrilling cold-so much beauty. Like breathing pure oxygen.

Susan Sontag, As Consciousness is Harnessed to Flesh: Journals and Notebooks 1964-1980

the chrysanthemum scene from deep end by @aaronstveit

inject this scene into my bloodstream it’s so ,,, like tranquil but deeply impactful?? like you read it and it’s written beautifully and you want to reread it immediately but also just ooft you feel

+ bonus zoom ins on their faces

i’m proud of you

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Was your star next to mine ?

<3 is sentence concluding punctuation

“what if kids identify with something and it ends up just being a phase-?” good. stop teaching and expecting kids (and adults honestly) to formulate permanent traits and ideas of themselves. everything in life is a phase. that doesn’t make it any less legitimate while you experience it. let people explore themselves and know it’s okay if what you think about yourself changes.