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a bright wall in a dark room.: Celeste and Jesse Forever (2012)

brightwalldarkroom:

DO YOU WANT TO BE RIGHT OR DO YOU WANT TO BE HAPPY?

by Erica U.

We saw Celeste and Jesse Forever last week, before we caught a late flight back to the Midwest and I cried and cried and ached for how true it was and how terrible that truth is.

If we’re being honest, though, I maybe…

A whole lot of truth, love, and humanity in this essay. Erica’s goodness shines through in nearly every word, even the ones where she beats herself up for not somehow being better. It’s something you should go read, now.

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    baby halfway through...30 minutes after.
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    essay. Erica’s goodness shines through...nearly every word,
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    This is a very heartfelt, moving review. Self-hatred is a bitch.
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    wouldn’t need any...see this movie than just knowing that Rashida Jones
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    wrote this beautiful post...me, stomping my feet...saying...
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