be still, my foolish heart

sherpas used to be treated like expedition partners that knew the land better than you because they were raised on it and now they’re treated like they are lowly disposable service workers setting up heated tents or spas for wealthy hikers who have no business on the mountain like they are collecting your nasty trash off one of the holiest and most sacred mountains in the world like do y’all understand that we see sagarmatha or mount everest as a living deity on earth while the rest of the world sees her as a conquest?

women in PHLEGM (poetry, history, language, english literature, ghost stories, music)

Phlegm Fatales.

everybody else go home. this is the best comment I’ve gotten.

Everything I read about recovering from burnout is like “it takes months or even years to fully recover” and it’s like okay…. I have a weekend before I gotta clock in on Monday

does anyone else think about how brave all their friends are and get really emotional about it

I'm glad everyone is alive rn

i love you buttered toast i love you omelette i love you hashbrowns i love you croissant i love you pancakes i love you waffles i love you bagel i love you oatmeal i love you muffin i love you breakfast

finally watching oscar winning critically acclaimed movies and thinking damn this movie is good they should give it some kind of award for how good it is. has anyone heard of this. could be big.

and for the lady, perhaps a fking break?

When people argue that food from Chinese and Mexican restaurants in the US are not 'real' representations of that culture's cuisine ignore the historical reality that these dishes were developed by diasporic communities striving to recreate the flavors of home with available resources. Such criticism frames adaptation as a loss of authenticity, rather than recognizing it as a sincere and evolving expression of culture by people separated from their homeland.