lightning + foam /she.hers/ writer. cis femme
all you fascists bound to lose
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Why I Don’t Use “Patient Zero”
i miss you, Esmé
A belief in a fundamentally fair world is a delusional comfort. It’s a way of maintaining the vital illusion that healthy, prosperous people (the UCP) are not just lucky, but somehow deserving. This belief justifies the contempt they feel for the underprivileged. #ABLeg
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continue looking out, caring, and practicing mutual aid for and with each other. the bad news is that we are all we have. the good news is also that we are all we have.
“Not to become one of the gods or heroes, but to transform into a tree, to grow for centuries, to harm no one.”
—Czesław Miłosz, “Longing”
“Nie żeby zaraz być jednym z bogów czy herosów. Zmienić się w drzewo, rosnąć wieki, nie krzywdzić nikogo.”
—Czesław Miłosz, “Tęsknota”
even now i have to tell myself, over and over:
do not allow the world to embitter and stingify you. there is beauty in the world. and beauty in its people. and there are things to look for, be curious about. there is still so much to learn.
for today. okay.
this world is stacked against poor people in unbelievably mundane, relentlessly quotidian, and stupefyingly banal ways.
