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The Ama (sea women) are a group of japanese divers famous for collecting pearls.

For the Somali girl whose brother, who is now being praised by thousands of men online, mutilated her for not wearing a hijab in a tiktok.

For the indigenous girl who was sold and raped by marines at Camp Pendleton.

For the little girl from Afghanistan who is begging her father to let her get an education.

For every single woman and girl who is currently facing injustices beyond comprehension at the hands of men as I type this.

No people should ever be made to endure such relentless violence and trauma. No humans should have to be built to handle this much suffering.

and b) we know for a stone cold fact that Gilbert Baker meant this flag to be for Everybody In The Family, which has gotten a little lost in the emphasis on individual flags for different identities, to the point where some people are starting to think the six-color rainbow is only for gay men

  “Marilyn Monroe’s library demonstrates her range of interests. Besides classics such as John Milton, Gustave Flaubert, Walt Whitman, James Joyce, and Khalil Gibran, she read widely from contemporary authors such as John Steinbeck, Ernest Hemingway, Samuel Beckett, Albert Camus, and Jack Kerouac.

The proceeds from the sale of Marilyn’s books were donated by Anna Strasberg to the charity Literacy Partners. This was a logical choice, given Marilyn’s love of books and reading, as well as Lee Strasberg’s lifelong dedication to education…”

Here is a list of Marilyn’s top literary selections, with no regard given to the order that they are in:

“Madame Bovary” by Gustave Flaubert, 1856.

“The Secret Agent” by Joseph Conrad, 1907.

“The Unnamable” by Samuel Beckett, 1953.

“Paris Blues” by Harold Flender, 1957.

“Winesburg, Ohio” by Sherwood Anderson, 1919.

“Tortilla Flat” by John Steinbeck, 1935.

“Once There Was A War” by John Steinbeck, 1958.

“Invisible Man” by Ralph Ellison, 1952.

“The Fall” by Albert Camus, 1956.

“On the Road” by Jack Kerouac, 1957.

“The Sun Also Rises” by Ernest Hemingway, 1926.

“A Farewell to Arms” by Ernest Hemingway, 1929.

“Sister Carrie” by Theodore Dreiser, 1900. 

commission for @sillyzone, based off of their poem Gods and Bodies iv. 

this was super fun to do! thank you so much for giving me creative freedom on this and I hope that I did your poem justice! 

[poem in text is beneath the cut]