adoration
“I wait for you till the end of the summer. I am taking my time, slowly, my body soaked in the blue ocean, my body thick, thick of love, muddy with sand, and saltwater in my hair. Gosh, I am embracing my curves and hunger. You have visions of me in the sun, in a foreign country, my accent stronger than before. I kiss your belly, and I ask for your hands in my hair. I am forgiving the skies as long as you are tasting my hot heart.”— Spanish Nights by Royla Asghar
“Sleep in separate cites. Sleep in separate countries. Sleep on separate planets. Whisper to each other.”— Yoko Ono, Room Piece II (via)
“There isn’t a moment of any insane day when I do not feel you loving and glowing, when I do not grieve for you, for me, for us both, my sweetheart, when I do not long to be with you as deep as the sea.”— Dylan Thomas, from a letter to Caitlin Thomas written c. March 1950
“This is what it means to be a woman in this world. Every step is a bargain with pain. Make your black deals in the black wood and decide what you’ll trade for power.”— Catherynne M. Valente, Six-Gun Snow White
my advice to women: scream more, wreak havoc, be ugly and gross, use the sword emojis
my advice to men: develop a sense of shame
That dude’s profile photo is perfect for this discourse
birf:
I just want everyone to watch this
“Because I wanted the coldest season,”— Margaret Atwood, from The Circle Game: Poems; “Spring in the Igloo,”
Kiki Smith - Lilith, 1994 - Bronze, silicon, and glass.
“In medieval Jewish lore, Lilith was Adam’s first wife. When she demanded to be Adam’s equal, she was evicted from the Garden of Eden. Lilith flew away to the demon world, replaced by the more submissive Eve. Smith catches us off guard with Lilith’s pose and placement. Most sculptures receive our gaze passively, but Lilith stares back with piercing brown eyes, ready to pounce.”
