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@iannayaaya
student of philosophy and theology; Daughter of Heaven
The British Asian version of shitty diaspora poetry about your grandma giving you mangoes is going to Bradford from London and saying things like wow I feel so naturally at home here
Lost two followers after this are you guys annoyed that I think like a normal brown person
I love Bradford, the yookay at its best, crazy insane culture around cars and dessert shops but also architecturally beautiful and in the middle of the rolling yorkshire hills… my ancestral homeland…
In Bradford and in Haworth, which is all Brontë country! (Bonus my dad trying to blow our lady’s bug off his jacket)
'A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in' — Greek proverb
"People have had enough" Former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn says his new political party will be "democratic, grassroots and open" after releasing joint statement with fellow independent MP, Zarah Sultana bbc.in/3H1yVeo
Playing chess with my dad on the phone, he keeps saying things like “why won’t it let me do en poisson” instead of en passant and calling pawns prawns… seafood chess
I still love you a lot; Oh! I love you from the top of my heart
Globalisation is so weird because if I was born like 100 years ago I would most likely be a camel herder or trader in the Sahara desert like my ancestors, but I’m now a 20yo student in Switzerland buying overpriced coffee while listening to pop music via €250 AirPods
Yesterday was my mums birthday and every year I think about this poem by e.e. Cummings. He’s the best
Josh and I just spent a week looking after my aunt’s evil sweet baby dog and all I have decided is that I really want a dog and also I never ever want to get a dog
Why is it that the only time josh takes a cuteish pic of me it’s in front of the Stephen Lawrence memorial painting
