Fool Me Once Shame On You Fool Me Twice Whyyy That’s So Mean Fool Me Three Times Ohhh My Goddd

"Every single empire in its official discourse has said that it is not like all the others, that its circumstances are special, that it has a mission to enlighten, civilize, bring order and democracy, and that it uses force only as a last resort. And, sadder still, there always is a chorus of willing intellectuals to say calming words about benign or altruistic empires, as if one shouldn't trust the evidence of one's eyes watching the destruction and the misery and death brought by the latest mission civilizatrice."

Edward W. Said, Orientalism.

it's that time of year when i reread/rewatch something i liked when i was 13 and become increasingly hyperfixated on it until i puke

by Lucjan_

you could go back but there is nothing and no one waiting for you there. LOL

"A world without trans people has never existed and never will"

Poster spotted in Olympia, WA

has anyone else noticed that it becomes harder to hide that you’re weird about intimacy once you’re over 25

I am jealous of those who think more deeply, who write better, who draw better, who look better, who live better, who love better than I.

-Sylvia Plath

ACT UP, 1990

Gucci ss16

ohhhhh. feeling very about dean