“MY ARROGANCE KNOWS NO BOUNDS AND I WILL MAKE NO PEACE TODAY, AND YOU SHOULD BE SO LUCKY TO FIND A WOMAN LIKE ME” | Jenny Holzer, “Projections”
Important note : this is a projection by artist Jenny Holzer, but the text comes from a poem by Arab American writer Mohja Kahf, ’Ishtar Awakens in Chicago’. Holzer used Kahf’s work with her full agreement, I believe they’ve collaborated several times, but please check out the full context of the poem below.
My arrogance knows no bounds And I will make no peace today And you shall be so lucky To find a woman like me
Today neither will the East claim me nor the West admit me Today my belly is a well wherein serpents are coiled ready to poison the world, and you should be so lucky.
All I have is my arrogance I will teach it to lean back and smoke a cigarette in your faces, and you should be so lucky
No I will make no peace even though my hands are empty I will talk as big as I please I will be all or nothing And I will jump before the heavy trucks And I will saw off my leg at the thigh before I bend one womanly knee
I am poison And you will drink me And you should be so lucky.
They forgot the part where the ambulance actually stopped to let the cat in
oh good I was worried
What a good cat. What a kind cat. How can anyone not love cats they are so good and loving.
they also forgot the part where they only found the baby because masha was screaming her head off bc she knew this baby was in danger. she went around outside the alley the next morning and yelled at passerby until she got one to follow her to the baby. she kept him warm all night and then made sure someone found him. she was adopted after this bc she was a stray and is in a loving home and is a hero
i’m not really sure of tumblr’s general opinion of james charles, but this tweet is (one of the many reasons) why i fucking hate him. people only like to seem socially conscious and progressive when it’s convientent for them when the time comes to actually understand some people’s experiences and view points, they suddenly stop being an ally,,,,suspicious? if you try to make excuses on his behalf for this, you’re part of the problem. ableism is so normalized within our society, and it’s fucking bullshit.
[ Image description: A Facebook post by Lateisha Dionne that reads
“Your granny’s 40,50+ plus year marriage isn’t goals to me if she had to accept non stop infidelities, struggle love, 2nd class citizenship in her home, silencing herself to survive it, seeing her man’s face in neighbourhood kids and her worth only being based off her culinary and child rearing abilities sir. These are Not goals.
Trauma bonds, a lack of resources and tradition kept many of our grandmothers with their husbands. stop shaming millennials for having the audacity to expect respect and reciprocity.”
