#Coming of Age

[septemberkisses]

the fact that i'm no longer the same age as the protagonists of novels and films i once connected to is so heartbreaking. there was a time when I looked forward to turning their age. i did. and i also outgrew them. i continue to age, but they don't; never will. the immortality of fiction is beautiful, but cruel.

[delusions-inpink]

[lanalove2012]

[ireadvintage]

This month, in celebration of Pride and James Baldwin's crucial contributions to queer literature, we commissioned digital artist Danielle Taphanel, @dtaphanel, to create a Tumblr-only, reimagined cover for Baldwin's debut novel, Go Tell It on the Mountain, one of America’s greatest classics.

Danielle Taphanel, a self-taught, disabled, non-binary, first-generation Filipino-Latino artist who loves plants and folklore, delicately captures the mosaic of themes presented in a book titled after a beloved Black American spiritual song of the same name.

This year marks 100 years of James Baldwin, an iconic writer and activist whose work explores the complexities of race, identity, love, and class with searing foresight. The digital-only artwork was made exclusively for Tumblr and is not featured on any purchasable edition. 

[escapismthroughfilm]

⋆˚｡⋆ ⋆˚｡⋆⋆˚｡⋆ ⋆Carrie (1976) dir. Brian De Palma⋆˚｡⋆ ⋆˚｡⋆⋆˚｡⋆

[stephaniepriscillart]

Growing up 🌀🤍🌊🐚

[movie-gifs]

The Virgin Suicides (1999) dir. Sofia Coppola

[endearred]

Killed The Family And Went To The Movies (1991)

[itsapmseymour]

A Short Story - “Drying Rack”

“I bought a Drying Rack today.

Which is unusual for me cause I never expected them to still be made, but with no access to a laundry mat that didn’t cost more than the rack itself, I had to make do.

I used to go home to parents for laundry, in fact they always encouraged it, “you can do laundry here anytime!” They said.

But lately, whenever I go there, I don’t recognize the people who live there anymore, the thoughts they had, unsound, incomprehensible, shameless, hurtful.

I would shake it off, laugh at the remarks I felt had to be jokes. Anything to push through it.

But now,

I don’t see the point in laughing anymore, I don’t see the safety in going home.

I don’t see home anymore.

So,

I bought a drying rack.

It’s wobbly, it’s a pain, but it’s trying it’s best,

And that’s going to be okay”

[chuuowos]

Tonight we are young

who else at prom? part two

[mad-girlslove-song]

when ethel cain said “i tried to be good am i no good am i no good am i no good” which started with her self-loathing after being abused by her father and neil perry said “i was good. i was really good” and then he killed himself because he knew that he would never be good enough for his father

[delusions-inpink]

[lanalove2012]

[ymmyglitz]

I love Cindy <3