“Okay Here’s The List Of Chores I Want To Get Done Today” I Tell Myself Before Having Sudden Full

If you're reading this...

go write three sentences on your current writing project.

I feel like I want to explain to young tumblr users who weren't born yet that MulderxScully was a revolutionary ship. No, it was not queer but that is not the only way to be revolutionary.

In the 90s when The X Files was airing, media was like misogyny soup. Yes, there were exceptions. But casual sexism was so ubiquitous it was like we were all frogs simmering in it and if you dared to say, hey, uh, isn't this joke a little shitty to the wife? Or maybe this female character could do something other than pose and ask questions so the male lead can answer them? Then you were a hairy feminist outcast loser.

Scully was a lot of things but she was not that. All the "You're not going to believe this, Scully!" memes are based on the fact that Mulder, an attractive white dude, wanted nothing more in his entire life than to share his passions with this tiny redhead. Was he nuts? Yes. But on many other shows, he would have talked down to her, would've ignored her, would've mocked her. He didn't.

When you go back and watch The X Files, there's these moments where Mulder and Scully look at each other like, "wait did Jack Black really just say that" and the significance to fan history isn't just the sexual tension. It's that, yeah, and the origin of the word ship, and the 'will-they-won't-they'. But the most important thing about those looks is how they told the audience that Mulder was looking to Scully for something. A man was looking at a woman and asking with his eyes "what do you think about this?" Was he also saying "and do you want to bone about it?" Yeah, yeah he was. But the first thing was sexy as hell.

Respecting a woman's expertise and folding information she provided into his worldview was a revolutionary thing for a man to do on television at the time. Thank you for coming to my MSR ted talk.

a reminder: you are worthy, you are worthy, you are worthy

Life moves fast. We often don't realize the value of the moments we have until they're gone. It’s heartbreaking how we only see the depth of love once it becomes a memory.

Don’t wait for loss to teach you the value of love. Because time doesn't pause for regrets. And one day, all that’s left will be photos, memories, and “I wish I had…”

Hold on tight to what matters before it slips away. Appreciate, love and care before time turns it into a memory. Act now, before it’s too late.

you met me at a very mentally ill time in my life

sometimes i wonder if in a previous time, you’ve ever passed by someone you’re close to now. like what if your best friend now, you passed by them at a grocery store when you were 5 and didn’t know. or like you passed by your future soulmate at a popular tourist attraction somewhere 10 years ago

[exhaling a long, slow breath] it doesn't matter if they don't like you, you don't exist to be liked by everyone, you exist to live, to like yourself, and to stay close to the people who like you as much as you like them

Fuck no

bandaids on ur fingers can be a kind of lingerie. if youre enlightened.