birdwithahumantongue

[birdwithahumantongue]

speaking about cannibalism and the more recent popularization of the literary motif being used to describe overwhelming possession and destructive love, let us also not forget how it was initially used as a satirical political tool to protest against unjust regimes and was a motif used for calls for unity and action. [1] [2] the depoliticization of political motifs are dangerous bc it defangs and sanitizes them for mass consumption.

———— [1] A Modest Proposal, satirical essay (1729) [2] Pre-Chinese Civil War literary leaders like Lu Xun calling for an unified front for a republican government, rather than the country "eating itself" (e.g. "Medicine", "Madman's Diary")

[birdwithahumantongue]

we’re all just bags of skin aren’t we? place our butchered meat next to a cows’ and you wouldn’t be able to tell the difference. no wonder you’re so hungry

[birdwithahumantongue]

one thing about me is when i read or watch something and there's an evil child or some sort of monster who was born a monster i'm always going to side with the monster. sorry about your loser parents i would have loved you. skill issue

[birdwithahumantongue]

Natasha Trethewey, from Thrall: Poems; "Miracle of the Black Leg"

[Text ID: —what knowledge haunts each body, / what history, what phantom ache?]

[birdwithahumantongue]

don't you just wish you knew someone who could see your soul and tell you exactly WHAT you are behind all this human skin

[birdwithahumantongue]

have you heard the news of the little bird who spoke with a human tongue? some say it’s stopped speaking, say it’s forgotten how. others say another little bird came and pecked it’s tongue out.