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“Years and years ago, there was a production of The Tempest, out of doors, at an Oxford college on a lawn, which was the stage, and the lawn went back towards the lake in the grounds of the college, and the play began in natural light. But as it developed, and as it became time for Ariel to say his farewell to the world of The Tempest, the evening had started to close in and there was some artificial lighting coming on. And as Ariel uttered his last speech, he turned and he ran across the grass, and he got to the edge of the lake and he just kept running across the top of the water — the producer having thoughtfully provided a kind of walkway an inch beneath the water. And you could see and you could hear the plish, plash as he ran away from you across the top of the lake, until the gloom enveloped him and he disappeared from your view. And as he did so, from the further shore, a firework rocket was ignited, and it went whoosh into the air, and high up there it burst into lots of sparks, and all the sparks went out, and he had gone. When you look up the stage directions, it says, ‘Exit Ariel.’”

— Tom Stoppard, University of Pennsylvania, 1996 (via flameintobeing)

Here is a petition to renew Awae

http://chng.it/LkJGRHsb9V

Reblog if you think the person you reblogged this from deserves to be happy.

hey guys i seriously hate to make this post but i don’t know if i have a choice anymore

i’m a full time trans neurodivergent college student and my life is spiraling out of control (parents going thru a messy divorce, dad might disown me and i cannot survive without his financial help and mom can’t afford to help me, etc)

basically i’m more suicidal and dysphoric than i’ve ever been in my life and i only get 8hrs/week at my job. i live in alabama and i just found out the only doctor that does hrt here is violently intrusive and homophobic so i have to go to nashville (4 hour drive)

i can’t afford gas to get there and i can’t afford hrt, but i can’t live without it anymore. plus i’ve discovered i might have some other health problems and my upcoming rent will be 600/mo

i need anything i can get at this point. thank you so much

cash app: $catws

venmo: washingtonmoore

paypal (has my dead name)

Why in the word would you need a license just to braid hair?

PLEASE B00ST: HELP ME SAVE MY FRIEND’S EMOTIONAL SUPPORT ANIMAL

GO FUND ME LINK HERE

my friend is a brown muslim bisexual woman who’s family has hit hard economic times. Fleeing the Netherlands at one point due to extreme islamophobia, they decided to return for better access to medical mental health care. moving is expensive, being pressured to move is even more expensive. all of this compounds with the current COVID-19 pandemic, due to strict border requirements my friends cat Skitty is currently stranded in Istanbul. they are currently in need of money to both bring Skitty home AND contribute to their family’s rent and grocery expenses while they resettle. If she cannot gather the funding Skitty will have to be humanly euthanized.

We can all empathize with the lonely feelings of the pandemic. i personally can say i wouldn’t have made it through this all this far without my pets, and i’m sure some of you feel the same. Emotional Support Animal doesn’t come close to explaining how important this little cat is to her. They have spent agonizing months apart (for the both of them!) and it would mean so much to have them reunited.

https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-my-cat-skitty-return-home

gofundme.com

Help My Cat Skitty Return Home, organized by Ayşe Kafalı

I'll keep it as brief as possible. My cat- Skitty- has been stuck in a pet hotel in Istanb… Ayşe Kafalı needs your support for Help My Cat

all donations are appreciated and reblogging will always help more than you will ever know. thank you. here is her twitter post if you’d like to spread the word there.

Just found out something awful that happened to one of my best friends from childhood and i can't stop sobbing. Shes the sweetest person and i wish i could help her somehow. She called me crying and told me her moms bf assaulted her last month and now shes worried because shes late and been feeling sick.

i love it when ancient historians give descriptions of locations and include folklore about them. :)

"The name of the local river is Bodincus. Apart from these facts, various tales about this river are familiar to Greeks, especially the legend of Phaeton and his fall, with its weeping poplars and black-clad river-dwellers (who still today are said to dress like this out of grief for Phaeton)" (polybius, histories)

bodincus is the po, on which I guess there were 'river-dwellers' who wore all black in Polybius day? probably not for that reason tho