a lesson in tightropes

"Dear First World, what a privilege it is to hate our bodies."

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:00:44 +0800

“Dear First World,
what a privilege it is to hate our bodies.”

- Sierra DeMulder (via the-doberman)

"Repeat after me: I am not a problem to be solved. Repeat after me: I am worthy I am worthy I..."

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:59:54 +0800

“

Repeat after me:

I am not a problem

to be solved. Repeat after me:
I am worthy I am worthy I am

neither the mistake nor

the punishment.

”

- Sierra DeMulder (via patshit)

topographe: Eugène Atget (1857 – 1927) The work of French...

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:00:24 +0800

topographe:

Eugène Atget (1857 – 1927)

The work of French photographer Eugène Atget documents the architecture and street scenes of Paris throughout the late 19th and early 20th century. What makes Atget’s urban landscapes particularly unique is the continual lack of human figures in his work. When viewed together, his photographs paint a beautiful yet disturbing portrait of arguably the most iconic city in the world; a private window into a lonely and abandoned Paris.

discoveringfeminism: deforest: Joan Crawford in Possessed...

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 07:00:57 +0800

discoveringfeminism:

deforest:

_{Joan Crawford in Possessed (1931)}

82 years later and it’s still relevant

"Most of us remain strangers to ourselves, hiding who we are, and ask other strangers, hiding who..."

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 03:36:22 +0800

““Most of us remain strangers to ourselves, hiding who we are, and ask other strangers, hiding who they are, to love us.””

- Leo Buscaglia (via littlemiss)

tried so hard not to fall under its spell but i couldn’t...

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 03:32:00 +0800

tried so hard not to fall under its spell but i couldn’t fight such well-crafted film-making no matter how traditionally-bittersweet-romantic the story

also ennio morricone’s music seals the deal.

been a while since a movie made me let go of that too-frequent pull of real-world cynicism and just feel.

A Summer Wasting by Belle & Sebastian

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 19:03:56 +0800

A Summer Wasting by Belle & Sebastian

nightspell: London, February 5, 1970, BBC Paris Theatre (on...

Mon, 10 Jun 2013 04:13:21 +0800

nightspell:

London, February 5, 1970, BBC Paris Theatre
(on other sources - ‘Eddy Ready Go’, 07.1970)
Photo by Nico van der Stam

fupa-dupa: The best of A Softer World Alternate text of each...

Mon, 10 Jun 2013 04:11:11 +0800

I'll treat you right! So long as you don't do anything wrong ever.

No woman can resist the pleasure of not having to deal with me!

Cock tease: (n) Person with sexual interests distinct from mine.

Sex with me is, admittedly, not fun.

You're too pretty to stab me in the face with that knife.

this might take a while. we have way more of them than you do.

You know, the kind who call me on my bullshit.

not taking an honest look at myself is my god given right.

fupa-dupa:

The best of A Softer World

Alternate text of each (also located in the captions of each picture if you click on them):
1. I’ll treat you right! So long as you don’t do anything wrong ever.
2. No woman can resist the pleasure of not having to deal with me!
3. Cock tease: (n) Person with sexual interests distinct from mine.
4. Sex with me is, admittedly, not fun.
5. You’re too pretty to stab me in the face with that knife.
6. this might take a while. we have way more of them than you do.
7. You know, the kind who call me on my bullshit.
8. not taking an honest look at myself is my god given right.

"I am really interested in silence. In inarticulacy also, which isn’t the same as silence. As a..."

Mon, 10 Jun 2013 03:02:19 +0800

“I am really interested in silence. In inarticulacy also, which isn’t the same as silence. As a performer I like looking at the gaps between what people want to communicate and what they can communicate. I love good filmmaking that isn’t just about really proficient writers of dialogue, who think that everybody’s really articulate and everybody can hear each other really well. That doesn’t feel true to me, actually. I mean, that’s a fantastical universe.”

- Tilda Swinton (via leighway)

A hotel commissionaire talking to a small dog in Piccadilly...

Mon, 10 Jun 2013 02:48:45 +0800

A hotel commissionaire talking to a small dog in Piccadilly Circus, London- From the Getty Images Gallery

dutchbag: babyslime: cyprith: basedgaben: garconniere: tothe...

Sun, 09 Jun 2013 19:18:47 +0800

dutchbag:

babyslime:

cyprith:

basedgaben:

garconniere:

tothecabaret:

1930’s Teen Delinquents

i.e. life role models

I’m just gonna reblog this again because it’s one of my favorite pictures ever.

That girl in the chair seems like such a badass I bet she was the leader of the crew.

I want to write about these girls.

When I was a teenager my mother found my grandmother’s (her mother) school scrapbook. It included things like photos, notes, and a two page spread of every demerit she ever received over the course of her formal education. Each of them set aside with little tags like she was so fucking proud of them. They were all for things like, “Unladylike behavior” or, “Skirt too short” or, “refuses to listen to authority”. I loved that spread so much.

I always have to reblog this.

0rient-express: "giraffe tale" | by Jaimie Wylie.

Sat, 08 Jun 2013 21:44:32 +0800

0rient-express:

"giraffe tale" | by Jaimie Wylie.

pâro

Sat, 08 Jun 2013 02:30:00 +0800

dictionaryofobscuresorrows:

n. the feeling that no matter what you do is always somehow wrong—that any attempt to make your way comfortably through the world will only end up crossing some invisible taboo—as if there’s some obvious way forward that everybody else can see but you, each of them leaning back in their chair and calling out helpfully, almost as a blessing, colder, colder, colder.

adanvc: As Evening Hurries By. 1955. by Fan Ho

Thu, 06 Jun 2013 03:20:22 +0800

adanvc:

As Evening Hurries By. 1955.

by Fan Ho

Photo

Thu, 06 Jun 2013 02:40:34 +0800

Andrew Bird’s Bowl of Fire - 11:11

Wed, 05 Jun 2013 20:44:45 +0800

Andrew Bird’s Bowl of Fire - 11:11

some facts you should know

Wed, 05 Jun 2013 12:15:29 +0800

laina:

eating disorders are not cute

depression is not trendy

self-harm is not fun

mental illness is not an accessory

you do not want to suffer from something so destructive

there is no ”strange beauty” in illness

mental illnesses are not as glamorous as they are portrayed on television and tumblr

"You have so many layers, that you can peel away a few, and everyone’s so shocked or impressed that..."

Wed, 05 Jun 2013 02:22:42 +0800

“You have so many layers, that you can peel away a few, and everyone’s so shocked or impressed that you’re baring your soul, while to you it’s nothing, because you know you’ve twenty more layers to go.”

- Craig Thompson, Carnet de Voyage (via larmoyante)

"Memories come to mind like excavated statues that have misplaced their heads."

Tue, 04 Jun 2013 19:02:06 +0800

“Memories come to mind like excavated statues that have misplaced their heads.”

- Wisława Szymborska, from “Travel Elegy” in View with a Grain of Sand, trans. Stanislaw Baranczak and Clare Cavanagh (via proustitute)