all the bright places

Just found out sleeping does not erase all my problems. Shocked and upset

someone said ‘the version of me you created in your mind is not my responsibility’ and wow

there’s something so special about falling in love with nature every time you see a little detail like a fallen leaf on the ground that’s slowly turning brown... or spotting a tiny mushroom that’s sprouting from a tree... or just getting a warm feeling when you see the moon, i’m in love with the little things of life

— Emily Ford, referring to Emily Dickinson, quoted in the preface of “Selected Letters of Emily Dickinson,” (via violentwavesofemotion)

just remember, “poverty” is a social construct. when the economy collapses, the farms don’t disappear. goods don’t vanish from the stores. poverty is created through exclusion. it is violence. so when you see articles about how the pandemic could “plunge billions into poverty,” please remember that it’s not the virus that’s creating poverty.

if i have a warehouse stored full of grain, and a drought wipes out your crops, it’s not the climate that’s making you starve, it’s me with my refusal to share my stockpile.

yuck!

TELL HER

what if ants threw up gang signs while nobody’s looking