A short and sweet non-traditional gift guide for any time of the year: jesst.substack.com/p/evergre… featuring vintage photo albums, my favorite roll-on unisex perfume and portraits of possessed dogs.
Cried in the park reading this—about losing your mother, being a daughter, what it means to die a good death, assisted suicide, bodily autonomy and grief.
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and as brat summer came to a close, i couldn't help but wonder... was it time for lobotomy fall?
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do you think you are capable of love despite being an asian american from california
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I think everyone should rewatch Insecure once every few years to see what current phase of their life relates to the show. as I get older, I completely understand why Lawrence was unemployed for 2 years – at Talty, TX
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To stay on the LONG path of progress you've got to hold (and harmonize) competing ideas at once. This is so important.
Stress AND rest
Seriousness AND fun
Self discipline AND self-compassion
Solitude AND community
Success AND failure
Caring deeply about goals AND non-attachment
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daniel kwan’s oscar speech about his mother not being able to pursue a creative career is so real. i hope that future generations can also follow their passion in the arts freely, with no fear that it’s something only reserved for the privileged few. – at Brooklyn, NY
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This is fucking insane
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You avoid taking up space. You minimize and normalize every time someone catcalls you on the street and calls you Sailor Moon, or when you notice men only dating Asian women. We don’t talk about these experiences because we normalize them. They’re not that bad, we tell ourselves.
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you are not a machine. you are more like a garden. you need different things on different days. a little sun today, a little less water tomorrow. you have fallow and fruitful seasons. it is not a design flaw. it is wiser than perpetual sameness. what does your garden need today?































