Space [1881] by Étienne Léopold Trouvelot
fire in the hole
By katya_kaplar
“At its most basic level, all of this emotional labour is saying to another human being “you matter. I will take my time to show you that you matter.” And maintaining that glue is something that devolves mainly onto women, 24 hours a day. It feels like most men are taught (ex- or implicitly) to do emotional work only when it gets them something they want now, whereas most women are taught to do emotional work as part of an ongoing exchange that benefits everyone.”
— Emotional Labor: The MetaFilter Thread Condensed (via anti-capitalistlesbianwitch)
my bag and my old windowsill
Full video: Hummingbird Builds Tiny Nest, Nature on PBS (anna’s hummingbird)
““Some problems we share as women, some we do not. You fear your children will grow up to join the patriarchy and testify against you, we fear our children will be dragged from a car and shot down in the street, and you will turn your backs upon the reasons they are dying.””
— Audre Lorde’s 1984 essay, “Age, Race, Class, and Sex: Women Redefining Difference” (via blythebrooklyn)