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VERA ELLEN as Judy Haynes in White Christmas (1954) costume design by Edith Head

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Little Women (1994) dir. Gillian Armstrong

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Astronomical photographs, Harvard College Observatory, Cambridge, 1890-1920

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Alice Auaa autumn/winter 1999

"Everyone has their own karma, and discrimination. My clothes are what save them." - Yasutaka Funakoshi

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REVOLUTIONARY GIRL UTENA 🌹 EP 39: AND SOMEDAY, TOGETHER, WE’LL SHINE

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revolutionary girl utena (1997)

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fun fact: a group of starfish is called a galaxy

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I’d be long dead in a ditch somewhere or just an absolute shell of myself if I internalized even a quarter of the things people said I was after I didn’t give them what they wanted from me. This period of my life keeps reminding me of Baldwin’s: “You have to decide who you are and force the world to deal with you, not its idea of you.�� And Audre Lorde’s: “If I didn't define myself for myself, I would be crunched into other people's fantasies for me and eaten alive.”

Getting closer to 30 has been about realizing how deep self-betrayal runs in me and how profoundly I want to be liberated from acting like this. It’s boring and predictable. Sacrificing myself has never led to any real growth, fulfillment, or strength… I would much rather the discomfort of loss. I love and respect myself too much now to lay down for people. They will kill you if you let them.

People are going to decide who you are based on a myriad of factors completely out of your control and relevant only to their perspective and experience. I’ve learned it’s best just to say that ain’t got shit to do with me and move on for your peace of mind and spirit.

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snoopy of the day

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Anna Sui illustration by Hiroshi Tanabe ♡

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yes audiobooks do count. put exactly how many and if you had a reading goal this year in the tags <3

also reblog for sample size please!!!

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Arp 240, Bridge Between Galaxies

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2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY — 1968, dir. Stanley Kubrick

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I’m going to the conservatory and the zoo tomorrow; treating myself like a blue-haired senior who needs to be bused from her retirement home to on weekends for cultural enrichment.

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The lyrics of Björk's "Bachelorette" written in Braille tattooed on a woman’s back in Toronto (2011)

Photo. by Nadia Prigoda-Lee

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Bringing Up Baby 1938 | dir. Howard Hawks