my favorite part of the bible is when jesus, instead of telling women how to dress, tells men to gouge out their eyes and cut off their hands if they’re not capable of controlling themselves.
IF WE LEARN ANYTHING ABOUT THESE HEATWAVES LET IT BE THAT WE NEED TO MAKE OUR CITIES GREENER. PLANT SOME FUCKING TREES. BUILD A PARK. WE NEED MORE GREEN SPACES.
people treat basic kindness towards darkskinned women as exceptional or charitable rather than normal. you didn’t “speak life into her every day” you complimented and were nice to her. which is a good and commonplace thing to do, and that’s all it was at the time.