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I see the sun, and if I don’t see the sun, I know it’s there. And there’s a whole life in that, in knowing that the sun is there.

Fyodor Dostoyevsky  (via embracingwild)

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I hope our daughters are born with so much fire in their souls, they could put volcanoes and stars to shame.

Nikita Gill, Girls Made of Fire  (via embracingwild)

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The thing about 13 reasons has to do with the glorification of suicide. There are specific guidelines to set up a narrative such that the scene in which a character commits suicide is only relatable to a point; in other words, suicide is OK to depict IF it's explained at least half heartedly that the character depicted killing his/herself doesn't get rewarded for the act. In 13 reasons, by the time Hannah is ready to kill herself, the audience is with her. They're in agreement. Thats the danger

now that’s an explanation I 100% understand. I’ve had a gazillion people say it’s glorifying suicide but the way you explain it actually explains what it means!! thank you!!!

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it’s okay to eat. this is not a test, and you dont have to make an elaborated excuse or explanation as for why you are allowed to eat. you’re entitled to food. it’s fine. eat whatever you want, it’s gonna be fine. 

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self harm - rupi kaur

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On World Poetry Day, Adrienne Rich on the political power of poetry and its role in the immigrant experience. 

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A culture fixated on female thinness is not an obsession about female beauty, but an obsession about female obedience. Dieting is the most potent political sedative in women’s history; a quietly mad population is a tractable one.

Naomi Wolf, The Beauty Mith (via bookaddictiion)

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Ask yourself every day, “what is no longer serving me?”

Identify the thoughts, habits, routines, actions and people in your life that no longer encourage you to grow. Disengage from empty distractions and remove negativity from your life wherever possible in order to create space to move in the direction that you truly desire.

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shout out to the girls that hate their bodies but are trying really really hard to find the beauty and comfort in them because that shit is hard and takes a lot of time and is emotionally exhausting. i’m proud of y'all.

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No human being is illegal.

Elie Wiesel, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1986, author of Night, and survivor of the Auschwitz, Buna, and Buchenwald concentration camps.   (via ignitelight)

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put this in the MoMA

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Stay afraid, but do it anyway. What’s important is the action. You don’t have to wait to be confident. Just do it and eventually the confidence will follow.

Carrie Fisher (via positivewordaday)

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From astrophysicist Katie Mack. I’m 100% behind her.