Hoppe

Women are a balancing act

Don’t eat too much, don’t eat too little. Don’t be fat, don’t be too skinny. God do you ever stop eating? Woah do you ever eat? The not-so-well-concealed looks of disgust, the not-so-well-concealed looks of concern.

Don’t be loud. Don’t be quiet. Have a voice in society, leave the talking to the big boys. You want something, speak up! No, no, when it’s your turn, sweetie. Ugh, she never shuts up, it’s obnoxious. Have you ever heard her talk? I don’t even know what her voice sounds like.

Make sure your skirt is long enough, but not too long. Don’t make yourself too available, but you don’t want to look like a grandma. Show off what you got, but if you do it’s your fault if anything happens. Was your skirt long enough? How is any boy going to look at you if you wear that?

Have sex, but stay innocent. Give us what we want, but we hate sluts. Virgins are so sweet. What do you mean you want to stay abstinent until marriage? Do you even live in our society? Life without sex is boring. Life with sex is disgusting. God, have you seen her? She’s banged every guy in the school. God, have you seen her? Still a virgin at her age.

Be smart, but not too smart. Boys like a smarter girl. Boys can’t stand it when you know more than them. Play dumb. Ugh, not that dumb, god, weren’t you even listening? They like a smarter girl. No, no, now you just look like a nerd. Girls don’t belong in the classroom, they have to take care of the kids. You want a well-paying job? Take some incentive and study. You can’t slack off because you’re a girl.

Do what you love, but don’t. Be yourself, unless it goes against what we say. Do you love to do your hair and makeup? Great, you’re good to go. Approved. Do you love videogames and guns? You’re faking it. You’re lying. You’re pretending. You’re wrong

—   Balancing Act. A little piece I wrote because I’m tired of walking on the beam.  (via bigsisterelsa)

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thinktwicetrue:
“ “ “Be like the flower that gives its fragrance to even the hand that crushes it.”
- Imam Ali (a)
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The symbolism though… This is so powerful… ”

thinktwicetrue:

“Be like the flower that gives its fragrance to even the hand that crushes it.”

- Imam Ali (a)

The symbolism though… This is so powerful…

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artbooksnat:

Animation layouts from Hayao Miyazaki’s The Wind Rises (風立ちぬ) showing the meticulous detailing in the aircraft, machinery and scenery—-even though it would all be drawn and re-drawn several more times after this. From The Wind Rises Roman Album Extra (Amazon US | JP).

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“…Believe that you are sincere and good at heart. If you do not attain happiness, always remember that you are on the right road, and try not to leave it. Above all, avoid falsehood, every kind of falsehood, especially falseness to yourself. Watch over your own deceitfulness and look into it every hour, every minute. Avoid being scornful, both to others and to yourself. What seems to you bad within you will grow purer from the very fact of your observing it in yourself. Avoid fear, too, though fear is only the consequence of every sort of falsehood. Never be frightened at your own faint-heartedness in attaining love. Don’t be frightened overmuch even at your evil actions. I am sorry I can say nothing more consoling to you, for love in action is a harsh and dreadful thing compared with love in dreams. Love in dreams is greedy for immediate action, rapidly performed and in the sight of all… But active love is labour and fortitude, and for some people too, perhaps, a complete science.”

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stuffbyberry:

Beautiful bokeh.

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“You will have bad times, but they will always wake you up to the stuff you weren’t paying attention to.”

—   Robin Williams, Good Will Hunting (1997)

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enochliew:

Cloudscapes at MOT by Tetsuo Kondo Architects

The temperature and humidity inside the container are controlled to keep the clouds at their designed height.

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