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mostly editing. occasionally feeling. sometimes both. researching desire in men who can’t read. post-colonial angst with a dash of lip gloss. 🍉

[dom @domification]

hi gay ppl

[Drebae @Drebae_]

A girl on TikTok said “this is YOUR life and you’re letting people make you unhappy? In your own life?” 😭

Something CLICKED...

[blue @bluewmist]

honestly once you realize you're not in trouble all the time and really no one has power over you, the second half of life begins

[Andy Wang🕊 @andysvibe]

If you want to change your life, do affirmations consistently.

[m. @kiyamusibathai]

I LOVE neuroplasticity. It gives me so much strength to keep bringing a positive change in my life, to think that YES my mind is with me. My mind is not working against me, but with me. Slowly & surely, we'll overcome our challenges.

[aether @bluewdrift]

People are addicted to potential.
They love talking about what they could do, what they might achieve, who they will become. But potential without execution is just fantasy. Don't live in the fantasy. Execute in the present.

[Film Updates @FilmUpdates]

Xavier Tera's 'THE COLOR OF THE SUN' will premiere at the Venice Film Festival.

During summer break on Okinawa's main island, Kamei and his friends face uncertain futures, until they meet Colin, a teenager from the American base in Naha, and everything changes.

Produced by Jeremy O. Harris, Janie Chartier and Stella Savino. Starring Naoto Shimajiri, Ichiro Andre Castro and West Mulholland.

Shot by Sayombhu Mukdeeprom (Call Me By Your Name, Challengers, Queer, Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives).

[Elie @eliechammaa]

I could paint queer male solitude and intimacy forever

[Sheepy - ꦌꦣꦸꦱ꧀ - is a genshin META player @Sheep0092]

Oh my God.... Guys..... is that... Indonesia orientalised in a 50's hollywood movie???? Am I... are we....a part of the gang now 🥹🥹🥹🥹

[kashvi @kashvi]

notes from eileen gu:

• you can do anything you put your mind to
• be impossible to categorize. most people spend their lives trying to fit into one box. you must break that box.
• one exceptional skill can become the distribution channel for five others
• don’t spend your whole life competing in someone else’s game. build a career so unique there isn’t really anyone to compare you to.
• your multitudes are your unfair advantage
• ambition can be feminine
• play long games
• be remembered for expanding what’s possible

what an icon truly

[aether @bluewdrift]

My therapist told me that
"There's a theory that depression is sometimes the soul's way of rejecting the life you're forcing yourself to live. It's not failure it's misalignment. Your spirit shuts down when you're too far from your purpose, people, or path." And then it all made sense.

[emily @wacccck]

Chronically depressed despite my best efforts

[Pop Base @PopBase]

The final for the World Cup and ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race: All Stars 11’ take place next weekend.

[cooper @lapian1ste]

only really got back into reading these last two months

[stjärna @bullbbul]

kan bener

[t. @tsobs_]

things i have yet to experience & need to keep going for:

[Silentum 🦁 @xKhalifan]

BRAINMAXXING

You’re not dumb. Accept your intelligence. Read books out loud. Study mathematics. Do something new. Learn a new language. Leave your comfort zone. Write your thoughts. Use your non-dominant hand. Juggle. Release stress. Exhale deeply. Sleep without an alarm. Wake up with the sun. Nourish your body. Take care of your mind.

The reason why you may experience brain fog is because of your daily routines that slow your cognitive abilities.

The world offers you solutions, but in reality - they are just temporary fixes for deeper problems.

Only you can save yourself.

Manage your thoughts. Control the outcome.

[gomi @parveen__tyagi]

writing will genuinely change your life more than motivation ever will. not in some cringe “manifest your dream life” way. i mean in a very real, practical way. most people never actually stop long enough to understand what’s going on inside their own head. they just react to life all day. scroll when they feel uncomfortable. distract themselves when things get quiet. jump from one dopamine hit to the next. but writing forces you to slow down for a second and actually look at your thoughts instead of running from them. and the weird part is you usually don’t even realize what you truly think until you start writing it down.

writing doesn’t just record your thoughts it creates them. ideas start flowing that you didn’t even know were there. patterns start showing up. emotions start making sense. problems become easier to solve because they’re no longer this giant fog floating around in your head. writing organizes your mind. every high performer, every sharp thinker, every person who just gets it, they all write. It keeps showing up as the common thread. not the expensive stuff. not the complex stuff. Just pen and paper. they write because feelings are vague but words are precise. every time they sit down and search for the exact word to describe what’s inside them, they become a sharper, more powerful communicator.

“people follow the person who can say what they mean and mean what they say. writing every day is how you build that muscle until it becomes second nature.”

over time, all that accumulated writing becomes a resource you can draw from forever. the more you write, the more material you have to solve problems, connect dots and think bigger.

the better you get at putting thoughts into words, the better you get at communicating in general. and honestly, communication controls a huge part of your life. like relationships, opportunities, business, confidence, influence, all of it comes down to how clearly you can express yourself. and no, you don’t need to be some amazing writer either. your grammar doesn’t need to be perfect. nobody cares. half the benefit comes from simply getting thoughts out of your head and onto paper.

some of the best writing advice i’ve ever heard was:

“write badly. just write.”

because the moment you stop trying to sound smart or perfect, your real thoughts finally start coming out.

even 30 minutes a day changes something in you. you become calmer because your mind isn’t carrying around a thousand unprocessed thoughts anymore. you become more self aware because you start noticing your own habits and emotional patterns. you become more articulate because you’re practicing turning feelings into language every single day.

if you write every day, your future self gets to sit down and read exactly how far you’ve come. i think that’s more valuable than any photo album.

who knows maybe one day all that writing becomes a book, a course, something you give your children. at the very least, it becomes proof that you were here, that you grew, that you tried.

that’s one of the coolest parts about it. writing lets you watch yourself evolve with time.

seriously. start writing. doesn’t matter if it’s in a notebook, your notes app, twitter wherever. just sit, think about your thoughts and write.

just sit down for 30 minutes and let your mind speak for once. and watch yourself becoming unstoppable.

[The Atlantic @TheAtlantic]

A new book asks what we might gain if we accepted the way we look. @ilanaslightly on Stephanie Fairyington’s “Ugly: A Letter to My Daughter,” and the upsides of defying beauty standards: https://t.co/el2ngDHuot

[hashimotosan @hashimotosan122]

ここ数年Pitchforkが高く評価しているこれらのALは、どれも時間や時代の歪みの中に存在してる感じがする。隠れた名盤が時を経て発掘されたかのような、はたまた未来から急に現れたかのような。時代性とかトレンドから逸脱した孤高の傑作って感じでめちゃくちゃ惹かれる。

[Christa Sydney @christasyd]

Umat Katolik harus menentang keras penetapan LGBTQ sebagai ancaman nonmiliter.

Ingat bahwa Paus Fransiskus berkata bahwa pemidanaan LGBTQ adalah dosa dan kezaliman, karena Allah mengasihi dan mendampingi mereka yang memiliki ketertarikan sesama jenis.

https://t.co/D1Mf9yBj7n