@tristamateer.bsky.social
poet (derogatory) into longing and yearning I wrote some books
lesbian vampires...end of sentence
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A journal page, written with crayon in bold red and black text: we have lost the luxury of tenderness, sharpen your teeth
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junk journal page that says: hope can feel a lot like delusion
28.01.2025 20:45 — 👍 28 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0It’s a wonderful day to visit your local used bookstore and buy some banned books 🥰
26.01.2025 16:19 — 👍 4684 🔁 458 💬 57 📌 17Is this how #booksky works? 🌈📚
Aphrodite Made Me Do It - @tristamateer.bsky.social
yeah when are you free
23.01.2025 01:31 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0is Claire’s still doing lobotomies
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illustration of flowers in crayon. reads: my heart breaks ten times per day.
22.01.2025 02:15 — 👍 37 🔁 7 💬 0 📌 0they should invent unprecedented times that are good
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OF THE EMPIRE We will be known as a culture that feared death and adored power, that tried to vanquish insecurity for the few and cared little for the penury of the many. We will be known as a culture that taught and rewarded the amassing of things, that spoke little if at all about the quality of life for people (other people), for dogs, for rivers. All the world, in our eyes, they will say, was a commodity. And they will say that this structure was held together politically, which it was, and they will say also that our politics was no more than an apparatus to accommodate the feelings of the heart, and that the heart, in those days, was small, and hard, and full of meanness.
From Mary Oliver
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I must become a menace to my enemies. Quote by June Jordan.
20.01.2025 22:11 — 👍 16 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0hi!! 🥰💘💘 thank you for everything you do! queer & indie bookstores are so important
02.12.2024 04:50 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Reminder: you don’t have to be good at something to enjoy it, you don’t have to get better at it, you don’t have to monetize it, and it doesn’t have to be useful.
01.12.2024 20:27 — 👍 10465 🔁 3651 💬 129 📌 163*summoning circle for my fav poet to come and post to BlueSky her beautiful words*
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page 18 taken from “Aphrodite Made Me Do It” by Trista Mateer, written below .:; The church turned me into a symbol of lust. Called the apples in my cheeks sinful. Said heaven would spit my body back out because it had no place there.
page 19 taken from “Aphrodite Made Me Do It” by Trista Mateer, written below .:; I never needed anyone else to make a place for me. I have run naked through Eden. I have chased the universe to its end.
page 20 taken from “Aphrodite Made Me Do It” by Trista Mateer, written below .:; They whittled me down one piece at a time. They took my anger. They took my voice. They took my story.
page 21 taken from “Aphrodite Made Me Do It” by Trista Mateer, written out below .:; They colored me pink and wrapped me in floral. They scrubbed the dirt from under my nails. They wanted you to believe love is weak, that you cannot curse and kiss with the same mouth. They wanted you to believe that the root of love is romance, soft and wide-eyed. See what they did to my stories? My temples? My statues? Regardless of whether you desire it, love is what sits at the core of this world. It is stronger than greed and hate and jealousy and pain. What brings us together will always be more powerful than what keeps us apart.
MY FAVORITE POET IS ON BLUESKY .:; @tristamateer.bsky.social
she wrote .:; “Aphrodite Made Me Do It”
this is taken from the section .:;
{ Aphrodite Airs Her Grievances }
pg. 18, 19, 20, and 21
( “What brings us together will always be more powerful than what keeps us apart. “ )
#poetry
back on my bullshit (crying in public)
09.11.2024 21:19 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0![[image of a poem from the book Artemis Made Me Do It by Trista Mateer.]
Teach your daughters to say “no.” Teach your daughters to raise their voices. Teach your daughters to make waves. To value safety over politeness. To yell fire instead of help. Teach your daughters to feel comfortable in their own bodies. Teach your daughters to live without shame. Teach your daughters to hit first. To bite back. To burn the world down when they are mistreated. Teach your daughters to out their abusers. To be deadly serious. To be dangerous. To be sure. To know what they want. Teach your daughters to take a stand. To be bold. To be brave. Teach your daughters to believe in a better world. And then tell them they deserve one. Say, you do not have to suffer like I have suffered. Say, the legacy of girlhood does not have to be one of pain.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:oou6i3x6cx2lqob7vufta3dv/bafkreieea34swei6apzf74bv4kzb6cfcoemckt7l7zmdx2b7s4qz7b6tpm@jpeg)
[image of a poem from the book Artemis Made Me Do It by Trista Mateer.] Teach your daughters to say “no.” Teach your daughters to raise their voices. Teach your daughters to make waves. To value safety over politeness. To yell fire instead of help. Teach your daughters to feel comfortable in their own bodies. Teach your daughters to live without shame. Teach your daughters to hit first. To bite back. To burn the world down when they are mistreated. Teach your daughters to out their abusers. To be deadly serious. To be dangerous. To be sure. To know what they want. Teach your daughters to take a stand. To be bold. To be brave. Teach your daughters to believe in a better world. And then tell them they deserve one. Say, you do not have to suffer like I have suffered. Say, the legacy of girlhood does not have to be one of pain.
a poem for you from my book Artemis Made Me Do It.
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From Brecht.
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