hard 2 explain but. barbie movie is kind of like astrology. if you're normal yes we can have a conversation about how it's def not the epitome of feminist praxis but was fun & largely harmless. if ur a weirdo about it & use it as an excuse to mock women: congratulations it's now my single favorite movie and i love it and nothing is wrong with it literally at all and it's actually better than any movie ever made

i posted this aug 9th last year and it’s just gotten WORSE

ok everyone is banned from using the term “southern gothic” until y’all figure out what the hell it means. virgin suicides? michigan. badlands? south dakota. appalachia? APPALACHIA. the american south is 7 states on a good day. even the devil all the time is still ohio. good lord 

Vampire diaries is the correct answer. It’s gay, it’s dark, it’s in the south, and it has vampires.

guys you can’t embarrass me in front of ethel cain like this

sometimes you have to choose the neural pathway less traveled in your brain

The Barbie movie reminded me about how when I was little my parents were upset that I kept making my Barbie dolls kiss, so they bought me a Ken doll. The next day they found me having a funeral for poor Ken in the garden, he had died of tuberculosis. All the Barbies were in attendance and I buried him under our rose bush. The Barbies were too poor to afford a headstone (it was 1875) so I didn’t mark where the grave was and I never could find him again. He’s probably still there.

hm. i think every time i feel an impulse to people please, to be unproblematic and likable and charming and feel the safety that comes with universal adoration, i need to remind myself that i want to be loved like a person, not like a dog.

my source? female intuition

The positives of ‘putting yourself out there’ are worth it. Having a great conversation with a stranger will be worth the awkwardness of starting that exact conversation. Joining a small community of people you will see regularly is worth having to get through a scary first day. Getting your dream job is worth the scariness of chasing it. Don’t pick and choose experiences based on the level of ease now, but choose them based on how you want to come out of them.

yeah sorry that’s a load bearing green neck ribbon. it’s up to you boss i mean take it off if you want but it’s very much a structural necessity.

For a word to be spoken there must be silence. Both before and after. -Ursula K LeGuin