God Is The Only Reason I Made It This Far.

Frida Kahlo and Chavela Vargas

“you’ve relied on time to heal your wounds, but time alone isn’t enough. i hope you learn to hold yourself accountable by practicing what is right for you even if it feels uncomfortable or unfamiliar. i hope you adopt a habit of consistency when it comes to how you treat yourself.”

— iambrillyant

Lana 💙🌹

I might like a girl.

My face will flush

caused by the thought of that girl.

I might talk to the girl

get to know that girl,

Love that girl

be with that girl,

Potentially marry that girl,

spend the rest of my life with that girl

But the only thing that keeps me apart from that girl,

is knowing that people will stare.

They will care angrily.

They will fight to keep me apart from that girl,

because, I just happen to be a girl who loves another girl,

in an unapproving world.

~

Alex Delorme

Pride 2022 09/30: Chavela Vargas

Singer Chavela Vargas was born in Costa Rica, but left at 17, making Mexico her home. Chavela put a lesbian spin on traditional Mexican music, beginning her career busking and singing in bars, and eventually going on to tour throughout Mexico, North American and Europe.

According to Chavela, in the early 1940s, she met artist Frida Kahlo, and the two soon began a relationship which though short-lived, Chavela remembered fondly. Chavela credited Frida with increasing herself confidence, and helping her to be herself.

Chavela Vargas came out publicly as a lesbian when she was 81, and debuted at Carnegie Hall two years later.

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[Image descriptions: black-and-white photo of a young Chavela holding a guitar; Chavela singing onstage in the later years of her life, with her arms outstretched and wearing a black and red poncho]

I’ve got a closet filled up to the brim with the ghosts of my past and skeletons

Boys like girls (via cupids-chokehold)

“Got me up all night”

— J Cole

“I don’t care where it ends, let it begin.”

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What I feel for you can’t be conveyed in phrasal combinations; It either screams out loud or stays painfully silent but I promise — it beats words. It beats worlds. I promise.

Katherine Mansfield (via quotemadness)