@AmericanU Great thread considering you had armed police during convocation. The AU Staff Union strike has been peaceful and payroll increases have been overdue. I'm so ashamed as an @AmericanUAlum. Do better AU.
you can spend your life being mean and hurtful and perpetually outraged OR you can be gentle and winsome, respectful to women, a fierce friend, someone who sees and calls forth the good in others, who never stops being amazed by the glory of things
a fun life hack is to be consistently kind and loving and wholesome, that way whenever you meet someone who deeply dislikes you they seem like a big angry weirdo
I've been trying to put gratitude into practice, because I feel very lucky in life. But then a stupid voice inside me tells me, "Cherisse you're just annoying." But you know what?
MARY SHELLEY: inspired by Lord Byron, I’ve written a story
BYRON: I’m flattered!
MARY: it’s about the world’s dumbest monster
BYRON:
MARY: hideous, illiterate monster
at work today i served a little girl some ice cream, and her mom says “honey, what do u say?” And she looks me dead in the eyes and says “I love u” 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
a reminder that it's completely acceptable to stay alive for tiny reasons. for a favorite person. for a dream. for a place you still want to visit. for a person you want to meet. for your dog. for mundane experiences like looking at the moon every night.
I’m out of thoughts and prayers, because clearly this country doesn’t give a fuck. The point of praying is the hope for something better. And that better is never going to come. If anything, I feel rage and compassion for the people in Buffalo.
I'm trying to put more kind things into the world so I figure I'll just start throwing love at artists and things I stanned while they were starting and I'm so happy to see them thriving.
had a dream last night that white supremacists took over America and I had to flee the country to escape being murdered. when people of color say we're afraid, believe us.
Anyone else's parents put some paper towels flush between your shirt and your back when you were playing around in the sun growing up? As a kid, I just rolled with it. As an adult, I think that was smart as hell.
The baby name website asking me if I'm pregnant or trying to conceive while I'm just here to name the dude my forest queen protagonist will be eating later
I love the horror community. A story will be all muderin' and mayhem and unspeakable malevolence, and the writer will be like, "It's about how I love you and how you deserve that love every second of every day"