boykeats:

On November 4, 1918, Wilfred Owen (b. March 18, 1893) was killed in action. Owen wrote some of the best poetry on World War I, with imagery that unflinchingly details the terrors of trenches and gas warfare. Imbued with confidence from mentor Siegfried Sassoon, much of his poetry also refuses to shy away from his feelings as a gay man. A mere five of his poems were published during his lifetime. When Owen died one week before the Armistice, he was only 25 years old.

blackpaws:

breeeliss:

newtgeiszler:

onlinepunk:

Suicide Forest in Japan

in the wake of that horrible youtube video, it’s important to support suicidal people and remember suicide victims. i don’t know who that man was but his life shouldn’t be a footnote under the event of this scandal. his life was important.

yo click that link from op. it’s a really amazing and very respectful 20 minute Vice documentary that goes into this forest, its history, its significance, and the topic of suicide. if you can handle the subject matter, it’s a very enlightening piece that gives much needed context to this whole youtube mess. 

I just wanted to reblog this with a quick warning, while the video in the link I believe is respectful and significant, it does show a quick montage of images of suicide victims in the condition & places they were found from 4:39 to 4:52 so please watch out if that kind of thing would catch you off guard like it did for me.