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[akiarathetiredwitch]

Orpheus and Eurydice but its set in Manila.

Orpheus is a singer who has trouble finding a job, owning only a small dorm in Tondo, while Eurydice is jobless and homeless after working as a “yaya” (servant) for abusive families. They meet, fall in love, and have a little ceremony to themselves.

Eurydice gets a job soon, as another servant to the wealthy subdivision Hades Town in BGC (which is pretty far commute-wise since *AHEM BGC doesn’t have a commute system because of how well-off the population is). The job is demanding, so she leaves Orpheus to dedicate her life working and living in BGC. Orpheus makes the treacherous walk/commute to BGC to find Eurydice and convinced her boss to resign.

They leave BGC and attempt to go back to Manila, walking and commuting even through the storm. Once they almost make it back to Tondo, Orpheus turns towards Eurydice, having reached the end of the crosswalk.

The stoplight for pedestrians turns red.

Eurydice is ran over by a truck.

[ritahayworrth]

happy fourth of july to the philippines ONLY

[ritahayworrth]

link to article

[caspercryptid]

I would actually go as far as to say that MOST abuse is unintentional. I think most people will go through their lives without ever experiencing intentional abuse. People are abusive because they're selfish, because they're stressed, because they care more about what society thinks they should do than the impacts of their actions on their children and partners, because they think what they're doing is correct, because they've made it make sense in their own heads, because they think they can fix their victims, they think they can fix their relationships, they think they can stop you from leaving, they think they can make you a better partner to them, they think that means you need to do what they want. We've sort of constructed mental illness in a way that doing this shit to other people counts as a form of mental illness because it is anti social behavior in the literal sense— it is behavior that causes social harm.

I don't say any of this to excuse it. I think everyone needs to be more aware of this because if you think abuse has to be intentional you will never realize you are capable of abusive behavior. You will never realize you are being shitty to the people you love, because YOU know what you mean, YOU know you don't mean any harm. But you're doing harm. You need to pay attention to the impact you have on other people, and you need to do it all the time, Especially when you feel least capable of doing so. Sorry! You live in a society. Get your head out of your ass.

[wolfsteax]

I humbly offer this contribution.

[jothwip]

bunny yuri. Spread the news

[puppiesthoughtsgobrrr]

Bunny yuri!

[lieutenant-sappho]

[justplaggin]

witch hat atelier — ch. 23 || ep. 13

[wetheurban]

June will be good to you.

[stenclastiel]

Php 100+ per liter diesel we're in the trenches yall

[miyamiwu]

I’ve seen some people criticize one of Forgotten Island’s conflicts—Raissa going to the US for school—as being too simple. And maybe it is. But I need you to understand that migration is a very prevalent thing in Filipino life, so this kind of story does need to be told.

For context, the Philippines was a US colony:

The US colonization of the Philippines from 1900 to 1934 had a tremendous impact on Philippine immigration. Mass migrations began, as Filipinos became US nationals and were given the opportunity to live legally in the US under the protection of its law. Demand for labor on Hawaiian plantations and California farmlands attracted thousands of Filipino immigrants known as Sakadas (plantation workers) who came mostly from the provinces of Ilocos and Cebu to replace the Japanese work force who intended to leave the Hawaiian plantations. Although the Sakadas came to Hawaii as American Nationals, they were not given full rights as American citizens and were the first Filipino Americans to experience racial discrimination and cultural oppression. (source)

During that time, migrating to the US was framed as an avenue to a better life, and it’s just been like that since then. Here in the Philippines, parents always encourage their children to go abroad, often as nurses. Now, were a top exporter of nurses in the world. (Heck, even my own cousin is studying to be a nurse in Australia.)

Philippine government has also been shitty the past years, so more and more Filipinos want to leave their country. A recent survey even showed that 57% of Filipinos are open to working and living abroad.

Raissa migrating to the US for school and Jo missing her is an experience many Filipinos can relate to. I myself have a friend who migrated to New Zealand, and I know many others who now live abroad.

But apart from the whole migration thing, let’s talk about Raissa as a character. From the second trailer, it seems to me that her going to Caltech is something she also wants and not just something her parents want; she just can’t bear to tell Jo that she’s leaving her.

I got this idea from the reveal at the beginning that Raissa had been planning to go to Manila, the country’s capital:

Manila, or Metro Manila, is where the Big Four universities are. Think of them as like the Ivy League schools of the Philippines. Raissa and Jo obviously live in a rural area far from the capital, so Raissa aiming to go to Manila is already a testament to her dedication to her studies. Caltech was just a step further.

[fruitless-vain]

Gay Puppy Gay Puppy Gay Puppy

[fruitless-vain]

I’m sure this will get buried but for the sake of answering all your FAQs

- they’re Opawz pet specific dyes. Non toxic made specifically for dogs. Once they’re set and rinsed they can groom themselves normally, they pose no danger to her in any way, no fumes, there’s no bleach involved

- my dog is trained with cooperative care skills, the process is not stressful for her, she gets paid heavily for her cooperation and looks forwards to the opportunity to earn extra snacks with the grooming

- she’s a mini American shepherd, her name is Yoshi

[pitviperofdoom]

I try not to fall into the "I never liked their work anyway" ditch when an artist/creator reveals themself to be a terrible person

BUT

a feeling I do have and will stand by is "While I enjoyed their work overall I did have some gripes that I overlooked out of affection and whimsy, but now that my loyalty is gone and my affection tainted there is nothing holding me back from enumerating my many grievances, to which the revelations of the creator's shittiness may or may not provide a new and infuriating context."

[beatrice-otter]

#such a good summation of this actually#because yeah there’s usually things that were always present#but which were easy to overlook or give the benefit of the doubt#that suddenly become relevant after a revelation about the creator#and it’s really not the same thing as the self-defensive “’I never liked it anyway’

tags via chimaerakitten

[platonbatonn]

mei and her trophy wife appreciation post

and separates

[starlitsecrets]

Remember when joining fandom as a younger person meant lurking for a bit and figuring out the vibe and etiquette instead of coming in on day one and calling people weirdos for liking weirdo shit in the weirdo factory.

[akiarathetiredwitch]

Am i one of the only ppl still watching watcher,,,

[butchered-icarian]

GENERAL LAMARQUE IS DEAD HAPPY PRIDE MONTH

[wetheurban]

June will be good to you.

[shegs]

I FOUMDH IT

[princess-anri]

Regular Couple

[pawhold-deactivated20180415]

this ended homophobia

[nikoni]

happy pride month

[fforsythiaaa]

Once when I was in undergrad, someone described something as “problematic” in class and our professor was like, “That’s cool, but ‘problematic’ doesn’t really mean anything. It means that the thing you’re describing has a problem, and in and of itself that’s not bad. Art, especially, should always have problems, or else it’s not interesting and not art, either. It sounds like you’re trying to say that this is bad, but you don’t want to say ‘bad.’ Is that right?”

So from then on whenever one of us called something problematic, he would make us talk it out until we could name the “bad” thing we were hinting at. In this particular class, 7/10 it was some type of oppression, and the remainder was like, “I’m uncomfortable because this is very new/confusing/pushing boundaries that made me feel safe.”

Once we stopped calling things “problematic” and stopping at that, class got way more interesting and... we all had to say, like, “that’s racist” or “that’s misogynistic” or “ew capitalism gross” out loud, which a lot of us had never done in a classroom before. Or we had to be like, “Uhhh... I’m not sure what’s so bad?” and confront our own beliefs and that was maybe even more useful.

Anyway. Whenever I see the word problematic, I can’t help but think of this professor being like, “Good starting point, now let’s get specific.” I think when we have to commit to saying “that’s ___” it requires a lot more careful thought about the truth and impact and complexities of whatever we’re claiming. Sometimes there really is some bullshit afoot, and also sometimes it’s art, and it should be full of problems, because that’s what art is.