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She wouldn't block you on tumblr for no reason. She deserves so much better than you could have ever been.

i hope you break both your legs.

Belarusian Interiors - Andrej Liankievič

"Over the last 60 years, Belarus has undergone a profound transformation, with rapid urbanisation reshaping the demographic and cultural fabric of the country. Today, only 25% of the population live in rural areas and many villages are at risk of depopulation or abandonment. The rural interiors captured in my project are not only living spaces, but also repositories of memories and traditions. The embroidered textiles, hand-carved furniture and fading family photographs reflect a way of life that is disappearing. These houses were once the centre of family life, places where generations lived together, cared for each other and passed on traditions. Now that children are moving to distant cities, many older people have to spend their twilight years in isolation, often as widows. In Belarus, 74% of older women live alone.

The decline of the traditional Belarusian village is not just about physical space, but is also a story of cultural loss. Younger generations rarely use their parents’ rural home as a family centre and the intergenerational ties that once defined rural life are weakening. These frozen interiors are a poignant reminder of a way of life that was characterised by resilience, hard work and attachment to the land. But they also reflect the difficulties of ageing in solitude, where economic hardship, health problems and lack of support take their toll.

The decline of rural Belarus reflects global trends, but is also rooted in the country’s unique history, which was shaped by Soviet collectivisation.”

prorochestvo

Golden heart with Magen David. Akhaltsike, Georgia

Mark Plisetsky’s ethnographic expedition to Georgian Jews, 1929

psikonauti

Natalia Syuzeva (Russian,contemporary)

Strawberries are ripe, 2022

innerchildabortionclinic

mind if I come over and behave somewhat like a scared animal before I adjust

aarchval

Naudline Pierre, Chrysalis at the Altar of Change, 2022.

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rainbow serpent

thotsandpreyers

“HOPE” found in Washington D.C.

tamarrud

I will never forget how, in the wake of Syria getting rid of its 50 year dictatorship, western leftists lectured us for a week straight about how flawed our movements are and talked literally nonstop about their wariness and their concern and their fears.

I'll never forget how they told us this is coming from a place that knows how western intervention is bad for humanity, as if Syrians haven't been screaming about the violence of Russian and Iranian intervention in their own country for over a decade.

I'll never forget pessimistic walls of text about "what this means for Syria and the region" directed at Syrians celebrating freeing their prisoners from Assad's dungeons. As if Syrians haven't spent decades warning every one of what the Assad regime, a product of colonialism, meant for the region.

These western liberals would assure you, only if you ask them though, that they are glad the dictatorial regime is ousted. Yet, they couldn't fool me or Syrians when all, and I mean all, they ever talked or tweeted about since was the "grim and uncertain future".

The region and its people know this too well. We've been through coups. We've been through ousting dictators. We've seen what it can be like. Yet, unlike you, we continue to dare to dream. Your "concern" comes from the comfort of being part of a status quo. Ours comes from refusing to accept oppression in any form it may come in.

حلّو عنا

#syria