angel, saint, devil's spawn

@elfilibusterismo / elfilibusterismo.tumblr.com

don't mistake my open arms for what they are

jam/tala || 20s || the philippines || he/they

this is my main blog where i post about my interests, including: history (focus on philippine and southeast asian history), horror, art, religion, music that i like, Themes and Motifs, fucked up dynamics and the like; includes discussions of imperialism, incest, sa, and other potentially triggering content. i tend to leave this untagged.

specific things i like and enjoy: the locked tomb, thirst 2009 & park chan-wook films, asoiaf & house of the dragon, amc interview with the vampire, revolutionary girl utena, the x-men, the phantom of the opera, dollanganger series. retired figure skating fan.

before you make that post about "the crisis facing men and boys" or "preventing redpill radicalization" stop and check in:

is your proposed solution

  1. increased labor of women and girls
  2. women and girls enduring more abuse for the benefit of men and boys
  3. women and girls suppressing their emotions (fear, anger, resentment, etc.) and limiting their speech
  4. blaming populations of women (e.g. trans women, women involved in sex trades, racialized women) for the actions of men and expecting these women to endure punishment for men
  5. focusing on maintaining manhood and masculinity while reducing the discomfort men feel about holding this position; framing men's feelings of insecurity as the central issue to be addressed when it comes to violent misogyny

if so:

your "solution" to behavioral patterns emerging within patriarchy is more patriarchy.

instead:

try to imagine literally anything else.

i havent updated my tumblr app yet but i just opened it on desktop and good lord. why is everything round

My name is Nour, and I’m 21 years old from northern Gaza.

I once lived a peaceful life with simple dreams, but everything changed on October 7th, 2023, when war tore through Gaza. I had to flee my home, leaving behind everything I knew, and now I live alone in a tent made of torn fabric in southern Gaza.

The constant bombings are unbearable, but being a lesbian in a society that rejects me is even harder.

I live in constant fear of judgment and violence. On top of this, I face extreme shortages of food, water, and basic supplies.

Life has become a daily fight for survival.

Dear LGBTQ+ brothers and sisters around the world, I turn to you in my time of desperate need. I have no one else to ask for help. The world around me looks at me with disgust, and I can no longer bear this life. I am exhausted, broken, and alone. Please, I beg you, help me leave this place and find safety, dignity, and a chance to live as myself. I cannot survive here any longer. Your support is my only hope.

Every day, I fear for my life. But I refuse to give up. I want to live. Please, your support can make all the difference. Every donation, no matter how small, gives me hope for a better tomorrow.

Thank you from the bottom of my heart.

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“I could devour her bit by bit, piece by piece, her beauty I could swallow up.”

Dacia Maraini, tr. by Tim Vode, from “Dreams of Clytemnestra,” wr. c. 1994

I did it because I think I loved you. Because I think I still do. And because I knew how happy you could be — so much happier than I ever could — but how tied down you were by your own fear and guilt. And that I don’t think you ever really wanted my friendship, so I gave the best thing I could. The thing you really wanted to take anyway, I think.

THOROUGHBREDS (2017) dir. Cory Finley

We celebrate Eid on the rubble of our destroyed homes, and under the bombardment, these moments are stolen to spread joy and happiness on the innocent faces of our children who have suffered the horrors of war and suffering.

I am here to thank you for your support. Thanks to your donations, I was able to make my children happy and buy Eid clothes despite the high prices and difficult situation.

Thank you from the bottom of my heart. I hope our suffering and the war will end.

My kids need an Eidiya😊🎄

oh no, not the sanctity of our emails, please don't take away the genuine human connection I derive from proudly typing out my 200 daily work emails by hand, out of all the reasons against generative ai, it is of utmost importance that above all, we defend the honour of our beloved email against the soullessness of ai, where else do we find the beauty and soul of the artist as beautifully reflected as in my 200 daily work emails that I proudly type out by hand. maybe in cover letters. we need to defend the cover letters' soul against ai too.

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