manifesting a mother-daughter relationship that looks NOTHING like Electra's relationship with Clytemnestra on this fine Mother's day <3 manifesting a mother-daughter relationship that looks NOTHING like Electra's relationship with Clytemnestra on this fine Mother's day <3 ...more
(4.25) identity shattered in the context of love, loneliness, the pursuit of love and its dangers, coming to terms with the changing nature of the sel(4.25) identity shattered in the context of love, loneliness, the pursuit of love and its dangers, coming to terms with the changing nature of the self, parental issues and their repercussions on ones life, eroticism and sensuality....more
"How much can you change and get away with it before you turn into someone else, before it's some kind of murder ?" why do i even bother to talk o"How much can you change and get away with it before you turn into someone else, before it's some kind of murder ?" why do i even bother to talk or to exteriorise my thoughts when Richard Siken did it all for me years ago ?...more
i shouldn't have opened the book for my sanity, but i can't help being very grateful i did i shouldn't have opened the book for my sanity, but i can't help being very grateful i did ...more
pauline didn't deserve laurence's friendship and love in the slightest, and i hope her life is as unfulfilling as a life can be <3pauline didn't deserve laurence's friendship and love in the slightest, and i hope her life is as unfulfilling as a life can be <3...more
(3.5) i want to die. and no i won't elaborate on that, just pray for my sanity y'all(3.5) i want to die. and no i won't elaborate on that, just pray for my sanity y'all...more
on my way to watch the movie so i can cry my eyes out because if there's something to know about me, it's that if there's a chance to get emotionally on my way to watch the movie so i can cry my eyes out because if there's something to know about me, it's that if there's a chance to get emotionally destroyed, you know i will take it ...more
eroticism. grief. emptiness and the paradoxical search for it. human connection to the point of fusing with one another. bodily fluids, an awful lot oeroticism. grief. emptiness and the paradoxical search for it. human connection to the point of fusing with one another. bodily fluids, an awful lot of it. nature as a place to heal. motherhood. more grief. brutality. metamorphosis. bdsm as a way of coping or the necessity of coping to practise it. fatherhood & stepfatherhood. and finally me in the corner screaming, crying and throwing up <3...more
you can't tell me that Jennifer Hartmann didn't put crack in this book. i simply won't believe you because this book is literally addictive, i'll be tyou can't tell me that Jennifer Hartmann didn't put crack in this book. i simply won't believe you because this book is literally addictive, i'll be thinking about it for the next two years and it still won't be enough time for me to process everything because JBZEELDBEZDLZ, you get me ??...more
my grandfather died of lung cancer today. only a few hours after receiving the news, i felt the overwhelming urge to read this book and whilst i don'tmy grandfather died of lung cancer today. only a few hours after receiving the news, i felt the overwhelming urge to read this book and whilst i don't think this was the greatest idea i've ever had (mostly because of how distressed it made me feel) i am still grateful that i did. i could list a thousand reasons why, but the main one is that at least i didn't feel alone in my suffering, so thank you Michelle Zauner for writing this book.
i might write a proper review one day but today is certainly not that day, take care <3 ...more
"That moment in my body when the teacher put his hand on my knee to comfort me was the understanding of all of that - that in order to be attractiv"That moment in my body when the teacher put his hand on my knee to comfort me was the understanding of all of that - that in order to be attractive, irresistible, to be worthy of notice, was to be both beautiful and in open need, to be damaged" absolutely devastating, i feel sick to my stomach...more