something that isn't dirty, isn't dark

violence not only destroys, it creates and molds

[bifurcatederos]

▪️ 18+ blog. inci, adult, any pronouns. anonymized citizen of the global south. ▪️ interested in narratives about trauma, the ways violence shapes sexuality, dehumanization, eroticism, memory, and pain. ▪️ currently mad about our share of night, but past obsessions include kaze to ki no uta and succession. ▪️ might take me a while to answer, but i'm always open to talk ❤︎⁠ (my fics / my posts / personal / quotes / movie roundup)

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happy august and HAPPY WITMONTH!

did you know that only 36% of translated books are from non-european countries? wit wants to help change that! women in translation month has been taking place every august since 2014. it's an event that encourages people to branch out and read as many non-english books written (and translated!) by women as they possibly can, so this august, head over to your local library/bookstore and read some translated lit! ^_^ rope your friends into doing it with you while you're at it — you'll have fun, discover some incredible books, and participate in an important cause all at once

[herpsandbirds]

Spiny Ant (Polyrachis armata), family Formicidae, Malaysia

photographs by Jack K H Loo

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[bifurcatederos]

Chile: Obstinate Memory (1997, Patricio Guzmán).

[achillesinhighheels]

Backstage at Tropicana nightclub, Havana, Cuba, David Alan Harvey 1999

[bifurcatederos]

Chile: Obstinate Memory (1997, Patricio Guzmán).

[anticbrvtalist]

Lee Miller, "Hotline to God", Strasbourg, 1945.

[idieinmydaydream]

小岛

[bifurcatederos]

august movies, pt.1

the battle of algiers (1966, dir. gillo pontecorvo): entirely out of character that i hadn't watched this film before, but what an experience! obviously, a picture can't reflect the depths of colonial atrocities that algeria had to go through, but since i'm pretty familiar with french counterinsurgence methods mid-20th century & the structure of both the fln and the paras, it was particularly interesting to me. beautiful work that shows how much freedom they had to use algiers as scenery, how involved some members of the fln like saadi yacef were, how most of the actors must have lived this, even the child who played petit omar. the casting of ali la pointe was jaw-dropping. the ending made me emotional :') may we see this again with palestine.

kiss of the rabbit god (2019, dir. andrew huang): short featuring tu'er shen; pretty to look at, but didn't entirely land for me. i was also frustrated that it was in english, as i misread it was a chinese movie, but that's my fault and only mine.

chronicle of an escape (2006, dir. adrián caetano): still in the subject of political violence, this one is based on the real story of four men who escaped a torture center in buenos aires while blindfolded, handcuffed, and naked, and after four months of captivity. it's low budget, and not necessarily inspired in its storytelling, but i was moved by the effort that went into depicting the sheer terror of their situation, the pointlessness of this terror, and the routine of the house. another thing i appreciated was its willingness to explore the destroyed bonds caused by this permanent state of alert, pain and degradation, for no fault of the victims; they can't bond because it's a place that sabotages any human feeling and connection. ultimately, they still go above and beyond to find tenderness in fleeting moments. it's very efficient in building and maintaining tension, as well as showing a variety of reactions and strategies the prisoners had under duress (a moment i hold dear is the scene of mock execution, in which one of the answers to "what is your last wish?" is so simple that it completely dismantles the power of the cruelty).

genius loci (2020, maya merigeau): surreal animation that i interpreted as being about the main character's experience with psychosis. i wish i could see a full-length movie with this lovely and unique style, but i imagine it must be very hard to do!

chile: obstinate memory (1997, dir. patricio guzmán): follow-up to the battle of chile, which i love and returned to after watching the battle of algiers. here, surviving members of the original crew, friends, and people who appeared in the film look back a few years after pinochet's regime ended and guzmán returned from exile to screen for the first time in his homeland the three-part documentary he shot during the coup. haunting and emotionally wrecking discussion of social and individual memory, with interviews in juxtaposition to students—many of whom were born during the dictatorship, or were very small at the time of the coup—and their reactions to a history they were not aware of. absolutely horrifying to see some of the audiences, and incredibly emotional to see others (the guy who wept saying that he was six at the time, and now feels so much shame for having celebrated time because that meant skipping school broke my heart). a beautiful and eerie conclusion to a phenomenal documentary.

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「絡み合う」/「よむ」のイラスト [pixiv]

[litteraeignotae]

peril, strangely encountered, strangely endured, marks us;

we know each other by secret symbols,

though, remote, speechless, we pass each other on the pavement,

at the turn of the stair; though no word pass between us,

there is subtle appraisement; even if we snarl a brief greeting

or do not speak at all, we know our Name,

we nameless initiates, born of one mother,

companions of the flame.

H.D., ‘The Walls Do Not Fall’, Trilogy

[makingimages]

Helena Berry

[daughterofchaos]

Pair of wrist bracelets in the form of coiled snakes by unknown artist/maker, ca. 225-175 B.C., gold, Greek, believed to be from Alexandria, Egypt (Place Created)

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[bifurcatederos]

Preburn by Georgina M. Cox, digital art, 2025.

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ros sereysothea, “superstar,” c.1971-5