Not a day goes by where I do not think about the advent of medicine like PrEP and wonder just what the people - especially queer people - who passed from HIV/AIDs during the AIDs crisis would think
And then, I read this survivor's testimony and it just makes me emotional. I think this is the closest answer we have. HIV has changed, and we must always remember the people who didn't see that change before it happened.
been thinking lately about why i identify so closely with vampires apart from aesthetics and i think it’s got to do with growing up and being told repeatedly how much wiser i am for my age, how i’m an old soul, and/or how i feel older than my age would suggest.
there’s something really off-putting about being told so many times by both adults and peers that you simply do not fit in or belong with either group; that you will always be somewhat misaligned with them because of your age or temperament. in many ways, it can feel like a sort of banishment by both sides because of your lack of wherewithal in fitting in seamlessly with each of them.
i suppose that’s why vampires, these mythic creatures stuck in time and forever cursed to be quietly misunderstood by the vast population, feel like the description i fit best under. obviously i’m not a bloodsucking creature, but the internal struggle of misalignment and misunderstanding is one i can very closely and painfully identify with and, if i had to, i’d wager that many people who love the vampire label also feel similarly.
(that and the inherent sensuality and sexiness that vampires have is just hot af and incredibly alluring to replicate)
Dave Eggers, “A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius” // Edgar Allen Poe // Kim Jakobsson “I Won’t Become” // Ocean Vuong, “On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous” // LilyThula “Tighter please…” (via diviantart) // Ada Limón, "The Good Fight" // Tony Belobrajdic “Hands 1” // Simon Van Booy, “Everything Beautiful Began After” // anatomy-of-rains (via wnq-writers)
where that one post about Steve accidentally inventing pastel punk because he wanted to be edgier for a Corroded Coffin gig, but wasn’t willing to part with his soft colors