#heart berries

[outstanding-quotes]

I could not fathom being a good person when I came from such misery.

Terese Marie Mailhot, Heart Berries

#terese marie mailhot #heart berries #prose #memoir #indigenous literature #quote #literature #lit #trauma #healing #recovery #self esteem

[horsesarecreatures]

Book review: Heart Berries by Terese Marie Mailhot

This is a short but very impactful memoir. The author is a Salish woman who wrote this book as a series of essays when she was hospitalized. The writing style is quite unique. A lot of it is in second person, and other parts are almost stream-of-consciousness. Additionally, some parts are very poetic and/or ambiguous, and others are very direct/blunt. The author talked about her feelings of anger from years of parental neglect, a teenaged marriage that was violent, losing custody of one of her sons, childhood sexual abuse, another relationship with emotional neglect/cheating/abandonment, poverty, institutionalized racism, and being diagnosed with post-traumatic stress and bi-polar II disorder. What I liked about this book was that a lot of it was basically a giant call-out to many people either directly responsible for her suffering, or were too dense and judgmental to understand why she had the problems she had. 

#heart berries #terese marie mailhot #native american literature #book #bookblr #book review #memoir

[godzilla-reads]

Sunflowers, from the Farmers Market this morning.

Heart Berries by Terese Marie Mailhot, from Birchbark Books yesterday.

The sky is overcast and it’s a bit chilly, meaning it’s the perfect type of day to enjoy flowers 🌻 and read 📚

#godzilla reads #booklr #heart berries #terese marie mailhot #books and flowers #sunflowers #books and reading #book blog #bookworm #reading #booklover #bibliophile

[quotesfromoursharedshelf]

"Thunder is contrary. Thunder can intuit, and her action is the music caused by lightning. She comes because we ask, and that's why falling apart is holy."

— Terese Marie Mailhot, “Heart Berries”

#Terese Marie Mailhot #Heart Berries #thunder #monsoon season #book quote #tomeward bound

[unbecoming-kiley]

“I wanted to know what I looked like to you. A sin committed and a prayer answered, you said.”

Terese Marie Mailhot, Heart Berries

#terese marie mailhot #heart berries #quote #love

[blkpetrichorr]

“Were you really cold, or do I just imagine people don’t care about me?”

🫐🍓8-8-22🫐🍓

in florida on vacation with my family…o_o they’re driving me fuckin nuts but that’s nothing new. reading to soothe my nerves…

#heart berries #terese marie mailhot #currently reading #reading #writing #booklr #dark academia #light academia #poc academia #black academia #studyspo #cottagecore #cottage academia #poc cottagecore #black cottagecore #writeblr #litblr #langblr #studyblr #poets on tumblr #writers on tumblr #poetsociety #spilled ink #literature #bipoc #indigenous #activism #women of color #woc #academia

[lavendersblood]

thinking abt this quote from terese marie mailhot a lot

#words #heart berries #terese marie mailhot #memoir #literature

[quotesengage]

I think self-esteem is a white invention to further separate one person from another. It asks people to assess their value and implies people have worth. It seems like identity capitalism.

Heart Berries by Terese Marie Mailhot

#quotes #book quotes #Heart Berries #Terese Marie Mailhot #self esteem #American ​indian #p29

[malinaa]

if i think about the hunger games in peeta's perspective i WILL start sobbing

#imagine you're a boy who's going to die. you're in love with the girl you've been watching from afar. you know your fate. #you just want to help her‚ but then there's the announcement and she's here in front of you‚ kissing you‚ risking her life for you and you #think‚ i could live and i could love. you think she loves you when she hands you the berries‚ when she puts them in her mouth. #then you both survive and you go back home and nothing is real anymore. you have nothing. no family. no friends. no love. just an empty #house. a drunk for a neighbor. the love of your life walking into somebody else's arms. you think‚ i survived the games. i could survive #this. and you also think‚ i should've bit down on those berries‚ should've felt the juice burst before i died. #and then the third quarter quell announcement rings in your ears and you think‚ she will live and i will die as i should have in the first #place. the girl you love kisses you on the beach and somewhere you heart stirs and your mind revolts and you savor every touch she has ever #given to you‚ in front of the cameras and off. because you are a tribute and you are always being watched and snow's presence looms and #you think‚ i know she cares. but you get taken. you get drugged. you get tortured‚ your mind altered. the girl is a mutt‚ a murderer. she's #everything you despise‚ your mind stirs. your heart revolts. you gain more awareness but cannot distinguish reality from fiction and you #have never known katniss' love. the war ends. you heal. you come home. you plant primrose for her. years down the line‚ you grow in love #more than you thought possible. but some days‚ you cannot tell fiction from reality so you ask the love of your life‚ you love me. #real or not real? and she says‚ real‚ and kisses you. #and you sigh and kiss her back and revel in this. a home. a life. a love. #lit #the hunger games #everlark #otp: real or not real? #katniss everdeen #peeta mellark #text #tais toi lys #thgpost

[ademella]

currently reading

#books #memoir #essays #heart berries #terese marie mailhot #seabird island #indigenous #reading #book cover

[outstanding-quotes]

Little ghosts don’t carry little wounds. I think our pain expands the longer we’re neglected.

Terese Marie Mailhot, Heart Berries

#terese marie mailhot #heart berries #prose #memoir #indigenous literature #quote #literature #lit #trauma #neglect #childhood trauma #pain

[pinkfairiesteaparty]

#valentines day #valentine #heart #heartcore #love #lovecore #food #cooking #baking #sweet #dessert #delicious #berry #berries #strawberry #strawberries #pie #Aesthetic

[godzilla-reads]

❤️ Heart Berries: A Memoir by Terese Marie Mailhot

“I told my father that a bird is just a bird. A mother is a tangible thing. Making Indian women inhuman is a problem for me. We’ve become too symbolic and never real enough.”

Wow. This book was a lot to take in and absorb, especially since I read it in one sitting. This is a powerful memoir by Terese Marie Mailhot about her life, living with trauma, PTSD, and bipolar as she eases through raising children and finding love.

She is so poetic and pushes the boundaries and I found myself getting so emotional over what she was writing. Her experiences being hospitalized reminded me of my own, even though they are vastly different. Mailhot is honest, shows her shame, and owns her story.

Some trigger warnings to be aware of are: suicidal ideation, suicide attempts, domestic violence, and sexual abuse.

#godzilla reads #heart berries #heart berries: a memoir #terese marie mailhot #book review #memoir #booklr #reading #reads #nonfiction books #indigenous authors #bookish #bookworm #book blog #quotes #booklover

[fullcravings]

Valentine’s Linzer Cookies

#valentines day #linzer cookies #cookies #sandwich #hearts #pink #baking #recipe #frosting #ermine #buttercream #vanilla #raspberry #berries #fruit #freshbeanbakery

[happyheidi]

heart shaped pancakes 🥞 x

#is there anything sweeter than heart shaped pancakes #i mean honestly #just look how cute they are!! #and YUM!! #cottagecore #pancakes #heart shaped #heart #heartcore #food #foodcore #berries #strawberries #retro kitchen #grandmacore #cute #cozycore #cosycore

[bonefall]

Better Bones: CW List

Can't believe I have to make this disclaimer, but here we are

Better Bones is not a project that aims to fix canon by making the Clans wholesome and unproblematic. Though there can be fun and kindness in it and my philosophy is an optimistic one, It's not an escapist fantasy. It is a story about semi-realistic cats of human intelligence in a violent, war-obsessed theocratic dictatorship, and how they attempt to change it over the years.

Clan Culture is flawed, that is on purpose. Addressing and changing this is what the story is about.

I am very disappointed I have to state this because it should be obvious from my main post where I explicitly say that my goal is to "Address (Canon's) Problematic Elements." Not remove.

If you cannot handle themes or depictions of;

Physical and emotional abuse; Domestic, authoritative, and familial

Child abuse and inter-generational trauma

Somewhat graphic medical discussion, such as abortion, wound infection, and the use of leeches and maggots

The killing and processing of small animals into food, including tanning and butchery

Semi-realistic cat behaviors, specifically marking things with urine

Ableism; both externalized and internalized, Clan culture treats disabled cats poorly and this is something several characters struggle with

Xenophobia; to a violent degree, including stochastic terrorism, hate crime, and discrimination

^^^ read that one again. Consider that on this list twice.

Politics; Authoritarianism, fascism, and liberalism as an enemy, discussion of dog whistles and ideology

"Redemption arcs" of people who did bad things

Cosmic horror and supernatural curses

Graphic violence, including against innocent bystanders, through assault, poisoning, drowning, falling, and even being eaten alive by large fish and demigods.

Animal abuse; Human beings harming cats on purpose and Clan cats generally being terrified of all humans, even kind and loving ones

Clan cats, both villainous and culturally mislead, glorifying these things in-universe, not immediately staring at the camera and breaking character to tell you "This Is A Bad Thing!"

Then Better Bones may not be for you. I would at minimum rate this project as PG-13, but PG-16 would be a more accurate bet.

I have sympathy for you if these are not topics you can handle. My project tackles very upsetting real-world issues and not everyone is looking for something challenging; that's understandable and there's no fault in that. I try to tag appropriately but can't promise to catch everything, so please keep yourself safe.

There are other, softer projects out there run by cool people if this is not for you, and you can add #Better Bones AU to your tag filters and this project will not show up!

But, I'm not responsible for your comfort with my art. If you followed me under the assumption that BB is "Warriors without any ableism/xenophobia/violence" you were mistaken. If you don't have the maturity to act responsibly when something upsets you, or DO have the malice to read a disabled person's work with the most bad faith interpretations you can muster, LEAVE.

#It's better bones not Brand New Bones #better bones au #cw list #masterpost #I'm dead serious get the fuck out. I don't want people like that here #I'm not writing this for the people who couldn't handle steven fucking universe #This is NOT a feelgood happy story with distant lackadaisical problems #A guy gets gutted on-screen and then they sing a song about how cathartic his gruesome death was #Because they all watched him equally gruesomely kill a bunch of innocent people including kids #Bumbs was going to get MURDERED before ThunderStorm bowled in #Really can't believe I'm saying this but guys there are some fucking People out there #Hi! I'm a random weirdo who doesn't follow you type shit #Clans are XENOPHOBIC. #THEY TREAT FOREIGNERS BAD #There is going to be a WHOLE THING about Berry the Evil Educator and how she uses 'proper grammar' to shame and demonize Heart's guardians #christ