They Need To Invent A Running Away & Never Coming Back That Doesn’t Affect Your Life

Stephanie Foo, What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma

every night I think “wow this might be the night I go to bed early” and every time without fail I fuck it up

they need to start making clothes out of material that can clean glasses well again

{Words by José Olivarez from Citizen Illegal /@fatimaamerbilal , from even flesh eaters don't want me.}

“It was an act of self-preservation — however misguided it was”.

Andrea Gibson, Lord of the Butterflies

merry christmas to them ❤️💚

🎥 @medium-observation

and bless the daughter but fuck the family

it lingers for your whole life - katie maria/the sun is also a star - nicola yoon/the lost girls: a poetry collection on girlhood, grief, and growing up - lyra wren/crush - richard siken/unknown/on earth we're briefly gorgeous - ocean vuong/ @emmajadepaige/stick season - noah kahan/promises of gold - josé olivarez/matilda - harry styles/susan smith - wych elm/tangerine - nolune/#6 - aroara/right now - gracie abrams/love & a loaded gun - emily rose cole/someday I'll love - ocean vuong/ @parentless-suggestions/unknown/the burning - venetta octavia/you can love him but you can't keep him - @pencap/a poem from the adult daughter to the narcissistic mother: not your fault, not mine, just is - katherine fabrizio/courtney love prays to oregon - clementine von radics

your father is always mad and the music is always loud

Amy Beager (British, 1988) - You'll Fly Away Soon and I'll Be Sad Forever (2024)