Things You Think Every Woman Should Learn?

YEMEN. Sanaa. Gardens cultivated in the middle of the city. 1995. - HG/Magnum Photos

“The hardest people in the world to forgive 

are the people we once were. 

The people we are trying desperately to not 

stir into the recipe of who we are now.”

~ Andrea Gibson -

Artwork by: Andrea Kowch

I have never been in despair about the world. I am enraged by it. I can't afford despair. You can't tell the children there's no hope.

— James Baldwin

thefemalewarhol

So my sister wants to start sewing more, because

a. She’s 5′ 11″ and can never find pants long enough for her legs or shirts long enough for her arms.

b. She hates synthetic fibers as much as I do and it’s difficult to find natural fiber clothes that aren’t made of cotton

c. She’s a biologist and would physically fistfight microplastics if given half a chance

So her gift from mom and dad for her birthday was a sewing machine. Not a super expensive one but a good solid serviceable one.

And recently she asked “So where do I GET wool or linen and thread that isn’t polyester” and mom was like ‘go ask your sister’

And I, of course, crashed into the group text like “GET A PEN I HAVE WEBSITES FOR U” and honestly I’m thrilled about this

Listen to me: You get good at things by being bad at them. You learn by failing. You gain competency and a sense of mastery by failing at something many times and in many interesting ways.

The sooner you are able to laugh at your own failures, to enjoy the process of messing up, the easier life will be. Because you'll no longer be afraid of learning.

And once you're no longer afraid of failing, you can learn anything.

FUCK. honestly just FUCK. We missed a very important day yesterday.

soon I won’t cry when I think of him

Just as you wish to hug and protect your younger self, your older self wishes the same for you