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Of a confined gleam— to hereby dissolve and hold for naught

the soil / gravel / silt groaning as the tools of our penultimate glacier,

a glacier I might pronounce like grief.

One does wish for words to thaw in the mouth, but find instead a tongue,

welt. Erosional or depositional, raised & visible, rift into language & grit—  

— Joan Naviyuk Kane, from “Nunataq,” published in Poem-a-Day

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Artist turns Keanu Reeves into all your favorite Disney Princes (x)

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I saw everyone on twitter tearing Emma Watson apart for saying she’s self - partnered instead of single and decided to watch her interview for British Vogue to know what the hell was she trying to say with that. I was very surprised to find a 30 minute video in which amongst other things she talks about the following:

She felt undeserving when she was appointed as UN Women goodwill ambassador and sought out Gloria Steinem to learn about feminist activism.

She thinks the criticism she received for being a white feminist was useful because it made her educate herself.

She says there’s a desperate need to reform the education system in the UK to change the way they are taught the history of how Britain has been involved in foreign affairs and how they profited from slavery.

She felt anxious about approaching 30 because there’s a lot of pressure to have a husband and a baby by then and she’s still figuring her life out.

She was so young when she was casted in Harry Potter that she doesn’t remember much of her life before it and she went to therapy to deal with her issues with fame. She used to feel very guilty for being unhappy because she thought she should enjoy fame more.

The interviewer is a transgender woman and they discuss transgender issues for a while. Emma is in regular contact with a trans child which makes the topic of trans rights emotional for her because she’s very anxious for this kid’s safety.

She talks about her role as Meg March in the new Little Women movie and defends that unlike what many people say choosing to be a wife and a mother doesn’t make Meg a less feminist character and quotes a line from the movie, “Just because my dreams are different than yours it doesn’t mean they are unimportant.”  

She wishes more people would realize she’s not Hermione Granger but also understands why they want to see that in her because Hermione is a symbol for her too.

She used to think she could never be happy without a partner and now that she has learnt to navigate that better and is genuinely happy single she’s started to think of herself as self - partnered in contrast to the time when she thought of herself as single = lonely.

Every media outlet decided to focus in an out of context quote from the three minutes she talked about her dating life when the actual interview had a lot of depth and way more important things were discussed. I’m sad and angry but not surprised.

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“Absence persists⁠—I must endure it.”

— Roland Barthes, from ‘A Lover’s Discourse: Fragments’, tr. Richard Howard

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but I always thought you were cool

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Si construyen muros nos saldrán alas. If they build walls, we will grow wings. . . . . #immigrant #illegalimmigrants #wildlife #migration #duck #autumn #fall #naturephotography #refugees https://www.instagram.com/p/B4LSXr_K6Yi/?igshid=v8q13oohbdtg

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"Standing behind him, Michaelis saw with a shock that he was looking at the eyes of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg, which had just emerged, pale and enormous, from the dissolving night." . . . #wheeloffortune #fair #sunset #germany #autumn #fall #eyes #contrast (en Cologne, Germany) https://www.instagram.com/p/B4Ahu5nq5mM/?igshid=vbhmxdi2f9st

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Con el atardecer... . . . . . #sunset #köln #bridges #colors #colorfulsunset #highcontrast #city #germany (en Cologne, Germany) https://www.instagram.com/p/B37kkUHCmZa/?igshid=1dgsfhp7ct3kt

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Herr S. A home . . . . . #family #portrait #people #mexico #home https://www.instagram.com/p/B34or2eimh4/?igshid=100ddesyzgupr

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Microcosmos (2019) Agua sobre naturaleza Autor: Tormenta . . . . . #rain #autumn #water #stilllife #nature #naturephotography #detail #microscopio https://www.instagram.com/p/B333cceopSw/?igshid=1m8zc6axz4onz

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EXT. STREET CORNER - DAY A city street with people going on with their lives. NARRATOR (V.O.) In 3 days the the lives of these 5 individuals will be connected. The man with the bag, the old couple, the one who's crossing the street and the girl. No, not the one with the reddish coat, the other one, the one with the back pack. Her name is . . . . #city #film #characters #photography #still #life #lovestory https://www.instagram.com/p/B3yumOPC2ob/?igshid=c8gjp0xt2idk

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Para decir adiós . . . . . #köln #sunset #night #city #skyline #sky #colours https://www.instagram.com/p/B3iQqtyoqT_/?igshid=1gsrk2mpiuej4

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Pre-snow . . . . . #bubble #köln #magic #snow #photography #dailypic https://www.instagram.com/p/B3fr8N1Ix7a/?igshid=1504a8do2lrak

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Immigrants with no passport . . . . . #photography #köln #animalsofig #river #immigration #autumn #fall #deutschland https://www.instagram.com/p/B3e2eX6o56U/?igshid=l65ja47o0zdc

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Every trail you follow will take you to a wonderful place... or the bathroom. . . . . . #rohan #deutschland #germany #nature #history #visitfrankonia #photography (en Rodenstein) https://www.instagram.com/p/B2JLd7UjJqa/?igshid=uar63otmg1bs

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Human v Nature . . . . . #toronto #architecturephotograpy #architec #design #detail #city (en OCAD University) https://www.instagram.com/p/B19qMtYjluK/?igshid=1xadky3o76l2s

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Who needs air? . . . . . #architecture #goth #cathredal #deutschland #gothic #monument (en Cathedral of Cologne) https://www.instagram.com/p/B1zsTvOjaMo/?igshid=7goj7z1s0mh9