"You survive this and in some terrible way, which I suppose no one can ever describe, you are compelled, you are corralled, you are bullwhipped into dealing with whatever it is that hurt you. And what is crucial here is that if it hurt you, that is not what’s important. Everybody’s hurt. What is important, what corrals you, what bullwhips you, what drives you, torments you, is that you must find some way of using this to connect you with everyone else alive. This is all you have to do it with. You must understand that your pain is trivial except insofar as you can use it to connect with other people’s pain; and insofar as you can do that with your pain, you can be released from it, and then hopefully it works the other way around too; insofar as I can tell you what it is to suffer, perhaps I can help you to suffer less."

- James Baldwin, The Artist's Struggle for Integrity

It makes me happy when they listen

🩷 Lesbian Visibility Week is April 22 to 28 this year. Use this week to celebrate lesbian role models and to show solidarity with women in this beautiful community. Last year, LVW highlighted trans-inclusivity alongside achievements within the sapphic community. To extend that celebration, here are a few stunning sapphic stories I've read in the past year!

🩷 Stars Collide - Rachel Lacey 💕 The Last Love Song - Kalie Holford 💖 Late Bloomer - Mazey Eddings 🩷 Imogen, Obviously - Becky Albertalli 💕 Girls of Paper and Fire - Natasha Ngan 💖 The Fiancee Farce - Alexandria Bellefleur 🩷 How You Get the Girl - Anita Kelly 💕 This Is How You Lose the Time War - Amal El-Mohtar, Max Gladstone 💖 Read Between the Lines - Rachel Lacey 🩷 One Last Stop - Casey McQuiston 💕 Moon Cakes - Suzanne Walker 💖 Fly With Me - Andie Burke 🩷 Going Bicoastal - Dahlia Adler 💕 Godslayers - Zoe Hana Mikuta 💖 Cover Story - Rachel Lacey

I’ve been on tumblr for almost 13 years and I refuse to know what homestuck is about

idk who needs to hear this but when your english teacher asks you to explain why an author chose to use a specific metaphor or literary device, it’s not because you won’t be able to function in real-world society without the essential knowledge of gatsby’s green light or whatever, it’s because that process develops your abilities to parse a text for meaning and fill in gaps in information by yourself, and if you’re wondering what happens when you DON’T develop an adult level of reading comprehension, look no further than the dizzying array of examples right here on tumblr dot com

Comic by Andy Singer

Honestly? Shoutout to those of you who are completely fucking lost in life. Those who don’t know what they want to do with life. Those who are stuck in a certain part of life and can’t get out. Those who are reaching for dreams they feel are impossible to reach. Those who feel like they’re accomplishments are being overlooked. Those who feel like their enough just isn’t enough. It is. You can make it. You will make it. There is an opening at the end of the tunnel.

do you read dungeon meshi. have you read dungeon meshi. will you read dungeon meshi. when will you read dungeon meshi

Schrödinger's cat, but instead of "the cat is both alive and dead until I open the box," it's "the cat is both under my bed and not until I close the door."

if he was still alive I know in my heart that Terry Pratchett would have done a bit about Igors and Igorinas doing gender confirmation surgery by now. going into a lab full of bubbling vials and picking out a penis from a tank the way you pick a lobster. that one, please. you gotta be careful though because they'll really try to upsell you into getting two or three installed. people going to the clinic as pairs and just having parts swapped out for a discounted rate. maybe you actually just trade brains, that's even easier. Igorth have already been doing that thurgery for thenturieth.

I just....I just learned that there's a word in the English language...for when you run into someone to hug them with all the enthusiasm and strength you have....I learned that it's called glomp.

My God, English has so many words to describe physical intimacy, I'm in love

I turn 30 next month so here’s what I learned in my 20s:

—don’t work for startups, they’re always one ‘innovative idea’ away adding ‘sell your kidneys on the black market’ to your job description.

—keeping a collection of basic OTC medicine on you will save your life one day. I recommend Advil, Imodium, and TUMS.

—those little single-use glasses cleaning wipes are 1000% worth the money

—overly self-depreciating jokes just make people uncomfortable, wean yourself off of them

—you can buy dehydrated mini marshmallows in bulk online and they’re a godsend for hot cocoa

—people don’t care if you have fidget toys on your desk they just want to play with them

—try to go to bed BEFORE the existential ennui kicks in

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY, ICE UPON A PIER

My debut novella came out exactly a year ago today. To celebrate, ebook on sale for $0.99 across all platforms. If you like:

🖤Ice magic x poison magic

❄️Queer vengeance

🖤Lesbianoir

❄️True crime secondary world fantasy

🖤Tracksuit mafia

❄️Mystery meat

you might want to check it out

Thank you so so much for the support on this work and the ones coming after it; I'm only just getting started on the fantasy genre soup that is my writing interest

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