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interiors in Genova, Italy, February 2018

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Can I watch a great film knowing the actresses in it were terrorized and mistreated the entire time? Can I watch a football game knowing that the players are getting brain injuries right before my eyes? Can I listen to my favorite albums anymore knowing that the singers were all beating their wives in between studio sessions? Can I eat at the new fancy taco place knowing when the building that used to be there got bulldozed eight families got kicked out of their homes so they could be replaced with condos and a chain restaurant? Can I wear the affordable clothes I bought downtown that were probably assembled in a sweatshop with child labor? Can I eat quinoa? Can I eat this burger? Can I drink this bottled water? Can I buy a car and drive to work because I’m sick of taking an hour each way on the subway? Whose bones do I stand on? Whose bones am I standing on right now? 

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thinking about her…

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Naoufel: Do you believe in fate? No, seriously.

Gabrielle: That everything is written in advance? That we follow a trajectory?

Naoufel: Yeah

Gabrielle: And that we can’t change anything?

Naoufel: We think that we can, but we can’t. It’s an illusion. Unless we do… Something completely unpredictable and irrational. It’s the only way to conjure the spell for good.

I Lost My Body (2019)

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you’ve gotta stat romanticizing your life. you gotta start believing that your morning commute is cute and fun, that every cup of coffee is the best you’ve ever had, that even the smallest and most mundane things are exciting and new. you have to, because that’s when you start truly living. that’s when you look forward to every day. 

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Are you ok?

Mentally? Physically? Monetarily? No. Yet I thrive anyways.

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“It is June. Let’s hope Someone is kind, just in time.”

—Vanesha Pravin, from Disorder

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I may not have the best body but it sure does hold all my organs in place

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!!!

good things will happen 🧿

things that are meant to be will fall into place 🧿

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so this guy followed me yesterday after I posted some selfies and then this happened. At first I just wanted to say ‘anyway men are awful’ but I figured I might help especially younger female followers identify a douchebag when he starts a seemingly harmless, friendly conversation so let’s go through it shall we

First off, I have a big nose. Growing up I was very insecure about it but I’ve learned to not care about it now. Fact is it is something that is generally considered unattractive and this dude knows it. So he compliments me on something that he thinks I am insecure about but doesn’t get the expected reaction of ‘omg noooo it’s so ugly, thank you!!!!!!!!’ 

so he keeps digging: ‘do others compliment it?’ and ‘what do you think of it?’ He was waiting for me to confess that I’ve been insulted or laughed at because of it and that I cry myself to sleep every night. So he can be the one guy to find me attractive despite my tragic fate.

He picked a feature of my face that is not conventionally attractive, counting on my low self-esteem so I would be grateful and he’d prove that he’s ‘not like all the other guys’

and as soon as I made it clear I don’t have vulnerability to exploit he blocked me lmao

TL;DR men will use your insecurities so don’t give them the opportunity and don’t open up to them

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“Turn toward this thing that’s called death. Turn toward it. And even if you’re afraid to turn toward it, turn toward it. It won’t hurt you.”

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instagram Treat Yourself with @csaffitz👩‍🍳

Recipe developer and video host Claire Saffitz (@csaffitz) believes in the power of baking. “Now is a really important time to be doing any kind of activity that makes you feel good.” 💖⁣#TakeABreak with Claire on our IGTV. She’s making a batch of “babkallah,” a hybrid recipe that combines chocolate babka + fluffy challah = one delicious treat. ⁣

⁣Tune in to @bonappetitmag’s Live Dinner Party this Friday (May 8th) starting at 1:30 PT. Learn more on today’s menu (ahem, story). 🍽 [x]

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People underestimate Music. It can change your whole personality.

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