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i wish i still went insane for ryan ross now the way i did at 14. i will never get that back

#txt

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RYAN ROSS during a performance of BUT IT'S BETTER IF YOU DO live at MTV2 BOOST MOBILE ROCK CORPS (2006)

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Day 1823

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Purple-edged Crambid Moth (Pitama hermesalis), family Crambidae, Borneo

photograph by Valentin Golubkov

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#genuinely why would he say this

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Ian Brown

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It is Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day

And I have some big feelings, as a part of the diaspora. Remembrance Day is an inappropriate title for a time in which Armenians still face genocidal forces. Just last year, Azerbaijan, armed by Turkey, ethnically cleansed over 280,000 Armenians from Artsakh. The illegal colonizer state of Israel, currently in the midst of their 6+ month-long genocide against the Palestinians, has placed the Armenians who call Jerusalem home under threat and siege.

The Armenian struggle and the Palestinian struggle are deeply linked.

In his rise to power, Hitler is quoted to justify his actions against the Jewish, Roma, Queer, Disabled, and other victims of the Holocaust, to say "Who, after all, speaks today of the annihilation of the Armenians?"

Echoing these chilling words, Palestinian poet Najwan Darwish wrote:

Who Remembers the Armenians? I remember them and I ride the nightmare bus with them each night and my coffee, this morning I'm drinking it with them You, murderer - Who remembers you?

The trauma sustained during a genocide is not limited to the people experiencing it right now. The echoes of that trauma leak forward into the next generations, passed down through survival, and that is so insidious. My grandmother got to live, but did so believing that her parents did not love her, because the trauma they endured prevented them from expressing it. Abuse and unhealthy attachment were passed down because that starving hunger for love and acceptance was passed down. It is so deeply cruel and unfair that our oppressors get to reach through time and hurt our children's children.

We need to band together and stop the present-day abusers, the genocidal monsters that oppress the people of Palestine, Armenia, Congo, and so many others.

We need to uplift art made by those who survived, and by those who are surviving. Art is always targeted by the oppressor to erase cultural identity, to destroy legacy, and to break spirits. Support Palestinian and Armenian poets, and artists, and writers.

If you are one of the many who never learned about the Armenian Genocide, learn today. Ask yourself why people worked so hard not to educate you on this piece of history.

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early days

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snoopy of the day

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some of my favorite replies to this tweet. happy lesbian visibility week!

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Jean-Jacques Bugat - Vivienne Lynn (Vogue Italia 1972)

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about to say something mean but i feel like every "male-specific" issue is something that also happens to women its just that a lot of you dont seem to see women as people

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night landscapes, winter.

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pete and patrick definitely have a "I would if you asked" "ok well I'm not going to ask tf" relationship

#and you know which is which #txt

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"Your voice is a gift from God" (2007 new york times article here)

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bread so tasty. bread so nice. toast it once. toast it twice.

#wow

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Ophelia (detail)

Arthur Hughes