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libertarirynn-deactivated202006:

All of a sudden it’s possible for disabled people to work from home.

All of a sudden it’s possible for elderly people to have designated, assisted shopping hours.

All of a sudden the internet is a utility.

All of a sudden we realize that we can live without watching LeBron James bounce a ball for a few weeks, but minimum wage retail and food service and grocery workers are indispensable to the function of our society.

Interesting.

violentwavesofemotion:

“Rain, books, and the dear companionship of you.”

— Theodosia Pickering Garrison, from Selected Poems; “A Rainy Day,”

thesylviaplath:

“We all live in own dream-worlds and make and re-make our own personal realities with tender and loving care.”

The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath

violentwavesofemotion:

“Rain, books, and the dear companionship of you.”

— Theodosia Pickering Garrison, from Selected Poems; “A Rainy Day,”

monolidd:

imagine owning an independent bookstore with a cafe and bakery with a cat that sleeps on the windowsills and people like to pet her while they browse the shelves

thesulphurrose:

prsephonies:

when i was a teenager it felt very revolutionary to be cruel to myself. like some kind of slow passive protest against how much everything hurt. i starved myself of sleep and food and tenderness because it felt right. it felt sharp and angry and radical and i wanted to be those things. adulthood is the realisation that the world is already working to cut into you well before you learn how to do it yourself. caring for yourself and others is the real protest