Latest Posts by violetispersephone - Page 4
ANTI-CAPITALIST AFFIRMATIONS
i am allowed to spend my time creating things, even if they are not beautiful.
there is no such thing as a "real job." all forms of work are real and valid.
there is nothing that i need to accomplish to be worthy. i am already worthy.
doing nothing is good for my soul.
i am not defined by what i produce.
my worth cannot be measured by my paycheck, my job title, or a list of professional or academic achievements.
i do not need to monetize my hobbies, it is enough to spend time doing something i love.
i will not let society decide what success looks like. i can define what successful life looks like for me.
oh, the wonderful feeling of writing after not doing so for a while and feeling like you are the worst writer to ever exist. when, in reality, you're simply out of practice and just need to be patient with yourself. the wonders of being a writer.
rip Vladimir Nabokov, you would've loved talking shit about Booktok.
"what would it be like, I wondered, to live with that heightened sensitivity of the lives given for ours? To consider the tree in the Kleenex, the algae in the toothpaste, the oaks in the floor, the grapes in the wine; to follow back the thread of life in everything and pay it respect? Once you start, it's hard to stop, and you begin to feel yourself awash in gifts."
-Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass
inej "you're in the wind" ghafa and kaz "i'm in the water" brekker
Evening dress worn for concert
c. 1907
made of cream colored silk faille with chiffon inlets, pleated off shoulder style enhanced by large bunches of white velvet ribbon flowers.
was worn by Jessica de Wolf as the soloist at the opening of the St. Paul Auditorium, April 1907.
dress made by Mary Abigal O’Keefe
Minnesota Historical Society
Keeping this quote to my grave
if you haven’t at least tried sewing or crocheting or knitting your own clothes, you really should. even if it’s just one time and you never do it again, i really think everyone should do it at least once
learning how to crochet was what finally made me grasp the abject horror of the fast fashion industry and realize just how laborious and time consuming it is. i have to take a few days off a week so my back/wrists don’t get sore — and i get to do this as a leisure activity in the comfort of my own home, rather than in a sweatshop. it takes dozens of hours to produce a single item. there is just something about trying it yourself that makes you realize just how little the people making our clothes are being paid for retailers to be able to sell clothes at such obscenely low prices.
i understood in the abstract that people were earning literal slave wages to make my clothes, but that concept wasn’t real to me in a way i could understand until i spent 14 hours making something that i myself wouldn’t have even been willing to pay more than $10-20 for if i saw it in a store.
i have not bought any new clothes since learning how to crochet. every time i see clothes at a store (especially obviously handmade items like crochet), and i look at the price tag i feel genuinely sick to my stomach.
i’m not saying everyone needs to make their own clothes in order to be against fast fashion, but what i am saying is if hearing about the conditions and wages secondhand has not been enough to make you stop buying it, if you find yourself becoming desensitized to the suffering of the people who make your things, you should try making something yourself.
you need to see firsthand how physically and mentally demanding it can be and imagine how much worse it would be if you were forced to sit in a sweatshop for 16 hours a day doing it nonstop, earning pennies an hour to do so. you need to spend weeks laboring over something only for it to turn out looking like shit so you realize just how much wisdom and technical skill goes into these supposedly “unskilled” and undervalued jobs. if the abstract concept isn’t enough to get through to you, then you need to get hands on.
Two-piece silk evening gown
c. 1865-1869
pink and white silk brocade evening gown made in Paris, France in the 1860s
Minnesota Historical Society
i’m OBSESSED
darling boy.
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i’m obsessed
carnations — mourning, grief, and sorrow; chrysanthemums — commonly used in funeral floral arrangements to say goodbye; apples — symbol of destruction.
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house of the dragon & religious imagery 🤝
vivien leigh in a promotional shot for “waterloo bridge” (1940)
I was tame, I was gentle 'til the circus life made me mean
"Don't you worry, folks, we took out all her teeth"
Who's afraid of little old me?
Well, you should be
( nothing special just somth i drew while thinking about TS new album …. It was suppose to have a second slide but i got tired so here it is 🫶🏻)
LANA DEL REY Coachella 2024
Fixed her hair because I am a certified hater
In which, at some point between his brother’s death and the first book, kaz actually had somehow become a demon or something not-quite-human
Vivienne Westwood Planet Orb 3D Frame Sunglasses (2004)
ashley rous @ sandy liang ss24 (ph: dillon matthew)
Young Woman With Sword by Jules-Élie Delaunay (1828-1891)
Oscar de la Renta - Fall 1993 RTW
Sex is natural, and it is frustrating to be horny and not have a partner, but I refuse to believe people are driven to the depths of despair because they don't have sex. And even if they were, I would still not support "sex work" because a person's dignity and physical integrity will always be more important than someone's else feelings.
Naomi for Blumarine ss1993
An illustration I made for a protest sign when I heard of the leak. Protect reproductive rights at all costs!
Small project. Embroidered a patch to cover the missing logo plate on this old phone.
Miss Sohee Spring 2024