A consequence of car-centric urban planning is that people, particularly those not in cars, are seen as obstacles between drivers and their destinations. We objectify humans as impediments through urban design that prioritizes vehicular movement. We need to humanize our cities.
An alternative term for butterfly in Welsh is 'iâr fach yr haf' which means 'little chicken of summer' which frankly is the best thing I've heard all week
ready to retire to the sea coast, where I can live in a quaint cottage baking apple puffs and custard pies while a steady cold rain lashes at the windows, and a cat chases pixies on the front steps, and the ghost of a drowned woman emerges and asks me to dance at low tide.
I hope you stop measuring yourself by the amount of hours you work. I hope you find time for dancing or painting or reading for pleasure. I hope you learn to see yourself and others as having inherent dignity. I hope you find patches of beauty that leave you amazed by things.
@beccabethan Honestly the only reason I don’t have a pixie cut right now is because every time Ive talked about getting one since I was about twelve my family tell me that my hair is pretty until I wimp out
People wonder why girls are attached to their hair
let's cancel buying any more hand grenades and rocket launchers for local police departments and divert the funds into a program to convince men that Reading Fiction Is Good, Actually
@charleyblogs This is wonderful! (And whilst it shouldn’t and doesn’t really matter, you have a lovely head shape to go with ur lovely presence in the world) xxx
I hope I’m as delightful in my old age as J. R. R. Tolkien, who wore a polar bear costume to a non-costume party and used to prank the grocer by handing him his denture instead of money.
Please read happy Black books too. We don't just write about slavery and colonialism. Consume Black history and art about anything. It all helps to decenter whiteness
Read books by people of color, play their music, celebrate their art and culture. In a society where their mere right to exist is so often denied, acknowledging and embracing their cultural influence is itself an act of resistance.
saw a quote that said ‘if we all ate the same and exercised the same we would still all have different bodies’ & I literally think that’s something you need to keep reminding urself