I am a brutally soft woman

Lola Raban: Assistants, 2026

Butch & Butch Bait, Manchester, 2026

"The Lady Merlot" Female Mimics 1998

Avantika Vandanapu

Tomás Sánchez (Cuban b.1948), Finding the Meditator, 2020, Acrylic on linen

But every once in a blue moon. The stripper does love you

I made this skirt out of an old bed sheet xxxx

light a candle when you work. put on lipstick for the grocery store. play that song that makes you feel like you're in a coming-of-age montage. take the long way home. write love letters to no one. read poetry out loud to your plants. the secret isn't that life is inherently romantic—it's that you can MAKE it romantic by paying attention, by adding ceremony to the mundane, by refusing to let a single ordinary day pass unloved.

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people often confuse a confident demeanor, which is a learned skill akin to charisma, with lack of introspection or self awareness, especially if the person is perceived as undeserving of the confidence for whatever reason