subs? dubs?
or a secret third thing: watching media originally from language A (which you do not speak) dubbed into language B (which you do) and subbed in language C (which you also do) and, whenever there is a greater-than-expected discrepancy between the two, pausing to scroll through the subs in languages D-G (where available) in a trigonometry.meme attempt to triangulate the Truth based on consensus, language family, and likelihood of translation from an intermediate language (and also to see which languages are Cheating).
When you don't get invited :(
top 3 places to bleed out:
1. the snow
2. your lover/best friend/homoerotic comrade’s arms
3. bathroom floor
They say the loveliest angels make the cruelest demons, and my darling
You were so beautiful
Before they dragged you into hell.
— Anaïs Nin, The Diary Of Anais Nin: Volume Two (1934-1939)
btw you can use whatever gender seasonings you want. paint your nails, wear breast forms, wear a binder, pack, tuck, dress however you want, whatever. you are adding ingredients to your gender soup.
summer youth
Literature transcends the boundaries of time and space, letting us know we are not alone in our adversities.
When you read Sylvia Plath’s fig tree analogy, you understand that you are not the first human to feel like your existence will crumble down like ash because of your inability to choose. When you read Santiago’s tale by Hemingway, you know that there is grace and dignity even in loss. When you read Kafka, you realise that there was someone else like you who felt like he couldn't explain his soul to others.
Is there a greater companionship in this world than the ink of a human’s vulnerability? Even in the pits of isolation, we are never alone.
THE COMPANY OF WOLVES (1984) dir. Neil Jordan
Rosaleen & The Huntsman/The Wolf