listography: shug avery

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I'm a little seal girl living in the real world,
and it's so hard to get by.

own a house on the westside in austin that used to be boarded up.
open a freedom school on the westside.
open a small chain of natural beauty supply stores.
perfect the harmonica.
rent a 2 bedroom apartment in south shore apartments and use one of the rooms as a studio.
learn how to speak arabic and french fluently.
live in new orleans, louisiana for 1-2 years.
live in berlin or london (or both) for 4-6 months.
open a lady loft for lady church artist in residences.
learn to cook meals with vegetables.
live above a bodega in brooklyn.
uncover my true artistic style.
learn to play saxophone.

oct 26 2016 ∞
oct 29 2019 +

have.

"زن شیر" behind my left shoulder.
"and a lot more deadly" behind my right shoulder.
stargirl on the side of my right wrist.
"slumflower" on the left side of my neck.
"oh sunshine..." in my best friend's handwriting on the inside of my right wrist.
small yellow flower inside my left elbow.
"so be it! see to it!" above my left elbow.
a teen diary inside my right forearm.

want.

magic is really very simple. & the halloweentown jack o' lantern above it on my right bicep.
macie lightfoot as the little seal girl below my right elbow.
the pendant with my daddy's initials in single needle inside my right elbow.

jan 3 2017 ∞
jun 11 2019 +

I'm finally getting ready to transition. lawd.

nov 5 2016 ∞
nov 5 2016 +

1: a song with a color in the title • green eyes ⌲ erykah badu
2: a song with a number in the title • one week ⌲ barenaked ladies
3: a song that reminds you of summertime • home ⌲ daughtry
4: a song that reminds you of someone you'd rather forget: praying ⌲ kesha
5: a song that needs to be played loud • two princes ⌲ spin doctors
6: a song that makes you want to dance • that's what i like ⌲ bruno mars
7: a song you (ride the bus) to • new strings ⌲ miranda lambert
8: a song about drugs or alcohol • my medicine ⌲ the pretty reckless
9: a song that makes you happy • the remedy (I won't worry) ⌲ jason mraz
10: a song that makes you sad • good riddance (time of your life) ⌲ green day
11: a song you never get tired of • bye bye bye ⌲ nsync
12: a song from your pre-teen years • my love ⌲ ciara
13: a song you like from the 70s • a case of you ⌲ joni mitchell

feb 2 2018 ∞
jun 6 2018 +

she/her.
twenty-five.
august leo.
- leo moon, aquarius rising.
gryffindor.
womanist.
deeply introverted.
favorite colors are all pastel.
90s & 00s everything.
lazy vegetarian for 10 years.
- vegan for 5 months and counting!
- I eat what I eat without trying to label it.
  - I made it a little over a year, but my views around the labeling of veganism & heavily restrictive eating have shifted. my diet is still vegetarian & mainly vegan/nondairy, though.

oct 19 2016 ∞
jan 25 2020 +

nov 29 2019 ∞
sep 24 2020 +

bad feminist - roxane gay
the unbearable lightness of being - milan kundera
the bell jar - sylvia plath
women who run with the wolves - clarissa pinkola estés
play dead - francine j. harris
drown - junot diaz
the secret life of bees - sue monk kidd
the alchemist - paulo coelho
bad girls throughout history: 100 remarkable women who changed the world - ann shen
wild - cheryl strayed
succulent wild woman - sark
sister outsider - audre lorde
sister citizen - melissa v. harris-perry
all about love: new visions - bell hooks
poetic scientifica - leah noble davidson
parable of the sower - octavia butler
parable of the talents - octavia butler

oct 23 2016 ∞
nov 22 2016 +

nov 7 2016 ∞
oct 29 2019 +

à corps perdu • fr. "with lost body."; impetuously; in desperation.
acouasm • n. ringing noise in head.
aeolian • adj. pertaining to aeolis or aeolus, god of the winds; carried or caused by wind; musical instrument played by the winds.
aeolistic • adj. long-winded.
aere perennius • lat. "more lasting than brass."
albocracy • n. government by white people.
amaranthine • adj. of or like the amaranth. unfading; everlasting. of purplish-red color.
amaryllis • n. any of several bulbous plants of the genus hippeastrum, especially h. puniceum, which has large red or pink flowers and is popular as a houseplant.
aubade • n. a piece sung or played outdoors at dawn, usually as a compliment to someone.
avaricious • adj. having or showing an extreme greed for wealth or material gain.
bibliomancy • n. divination by opening a book at random.
catoptromancy • n. divination by examining mirror placed underwater.