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nope, it's my way of being annoying :')

i'm proud of you for standing up for yourself, but don't be too harsh on bullies unless they get physically aggressive!! sometimes they're just people struggling like us. and staying quiet doesn't make you weak :)

aww, love, i'm sorry :< well you're not a ghost around here; i see you and i appreciate you!! i know it might be boring so you just have to make some fun yourself. draw, paint, write, read, watch your favourite show or film, relax in the garden if you have one, blast some music. whatever might...

you're so welcome!! :') <33

aweee, you're most welcome!! you deserve them :) <3

please let it stay with you.

thank you for reading, and thank you if this story stays with you, just like it's stayed with me.

remember how privileged you all are to not have to experience that. remember how privileged you are to have been able to turn away from those situations for your whole life.

famine, destitution; poverty, barbarism; racism, famine. they all exist. they are inhumane. they are massive faults in the world we live in and they shouldn't be ignored. they can't be ignored.

don't let his actions and his legacy be forgotten just because he isn't around anymore.

i hope he's that person for you. it's vital to remember that every human should matter, dead or alive.

maybe he could be the one to make us acknowledge the events that we choose to ignore, stay away from, and refuse to indulge in.

maybe, just maybe, he could portray everything that he saw, the emotions he felt, the horrors he witnessed, in a way that people would take the time to look at. through his photography, his art, his lifeline.

every single day, kevin carter took one more step into the direction of insanity, and he did it for us. so that maybe, just maybe, we could perhaps catch a glimpse - or grasp an understanding of some sort - of what truly takes place in the world around us.

nelson mandela was elected president in that same month; kevin had built his career on bringing awareness to the true horrors of apartheid, and in a way, that was over. he was lost in his depression and he believed it was all over for him - that view sadly never changed. he took his own life in...

ken oosterbroek, one of his closest friends and another member of the bang bang club, was shot and killed while on location. this had a huge effect on kevin carter, he believed it should have been him, especially because he wasn't there as he was doing an interview based on how he felt about...

in fact, every time he went out there again, and every time he shot another photo had a slow, fatal effect on him.

he did that almost every day, it was a horrible but crucial part of his job, to go out everyday and be in the middle of such sickening and horrifying circumstances, to have to just watch it all transpire without being able to do anything about it. you would have to be rather emotionally detached...

in just over a few years, kevin carter saw countless acts of brutality and extreme violence. he was surrounded by sudanese soldiers who were there to keep him from interfering in any way. the only way he could help was to take a photo and get it published, which would bring awareness to what was...