I am a completely different woman than I was this time last year. And I’ll be a completely new woman by this time next year. I can’t wait to learn who I’ll be. I can’t wait to see who I am tomorrow.

Le gouvernement : la République a pour objectif d’assurer votre liberté d’expression, de culte, et d’encourager votre esprit critique :)

Moi : ok, donc on peut discuter du fait que vous rejetez le voile sous couvert de laïcité alors que ça n’a rien à voir, du fait que vos policiers ont jeté un gamin dans un fleuve, qu’ils attaquent des manifestants pacifiques mais que vous ne vous inquiétez de radicalisation que quand il s’agit de musulmans, et puis aussi du fait que vous ne faite rien pour financer les hôpitaux et les gares qui sont surmenés alors qu’ils sont censés être là pour aider les gens, mais par contre que vous avez des milliards à dépenser dans un service militaire qui n’est là que pour endoctriner les jeunes à être des moutons obéissants, et aussi sur le fait que vous n’en avez rien à faire des 123 femmes assassinées par leur conjoint depuis le début de l’année, et puis aussi que vous êtes censés être au service du peuple et que c’est lui qui doit avoir le dernier mot dans toutes les décisions, mais que vous étouffez toute tentative de revendications, mais par contre que vous laissez des groupes d’extrême-droite homophobes défiler sans souci dans la rue ?

Le gouvernement : non pas comme ça

why must i be ‘good’? isn’t it enough to let the soft animal of my body love what it loves?

not to be sappy on main BUT one thing that i really loved when studying linguistics was that the more important a word is, the earlier the concept of this thing was given a word. for example, the word water is similar in many similar languages (aqua, agua, água). so, the more important a word is, the more languages it’ll be similar across and the older this word will be, theoretically and generally speaking (many other things also affect this)

AND SO in my years studying linguistics, there was one word that was nearly identical across so many regionally different languages (though there are outliers of course), from europe to most of asia to subsaharan africa to indigenous languages. across nearly all languages this is the first word people learn how to say and maybe the first word humans in general officially named and defined:

this isn’t actually the first word because we teach babies this word (most likely), but because the “mama” or “ama” sounds are the easiest things for babies to say, and it’s nearly always the only thing they can say at first, and adults across all languages defined their language around that.

babies all over the world for thousands and thousands of years all started out blabbering sounds like “mama” and mothers everywhere were all like Oh Shit That’s Me! I’m Mama!

five words in a trenchcoat

how is this picture a mockery of my existence

is there a word for a mix of nostalgia for something you don’t know and a vague yearning for something that’s out of reach and just out of view so you don’t even know what you’re looking for and all you can do about it is listen to some hozier and sufjan stevens while wandering aimlessly like a ghost in your own house

love is stored in the big oversized knit sweater

i cant believe americans on tv really say rock paper scissors like???? its paper scissors rock omg do u irl americans actually say rock paper scissors????

rb this with whether u say paper scissors rock or rock paper scissors

me normally: linguistic differences are so interesting and cool! I love hearing different dialectal variations.

me, reading “paper, scissors, rock” with my own two eyeballs: the lord is testing me

I put this napkin on Bean as a joke but he hasn’t moved out from under it and it’s been about 20 minutes, so….

mother has given me a blanket it is a most joyous day

You’re the only home you’ll ever know. Decorate yourself with love and compassion, furnish yourself with inner learning, declutter yourself with reflection, and don’t let the dust of routine pile up on your soul.

hi hi hi it turns out i like putting things i write online? so!!! another poem :)

If you look at the world and say “Yes, there are enough homes for people, yes, there is enough food for people, but if we give it away for free they won’t have earned it and the economy will collapse.” Then you have chosen money (a constructed medium of exchange) over living beings who only want to continue living in peace and safety.

And I have no qualms telling you, that is the wrong choice, and you have been brainwashed by this destructive, exploitative system.

ahhhh, I’m happy this one came back.

Goats in the open air muzeum in Sanok, spring 2018