Daniele Castellano

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Lint Roller? I Barely Know Her
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Daniele Castellano
In the spirit of celebrating āIndigenous Peoples Dayā, letās not forget the violent history of the united states of america perpetuated by european explorers, thinkers, & political & religious leaders. As with all our posters, please feel free to print, wheatpaste, & disseminate at will. We will never forget! R.I.S.E. Radical Indigenous Survivance & Empowerment
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āThe Concept of Chinese Xiaä¾ The xiĆ” (äæ ) is a Chinese term and concept that refers to a righteous person who excels in Chinese martial arts and who uses their armed expertise to protect the innocent and right social unfairness or injustice (é¤å¼·ę¶å¼±). Such a person is said to possess āmartial virtueā (wĒ dĆ© ę¦å¾·), and usually regarded as a peopleās champion. The xiĆ” concept is the basis for the Wuxia genre of Chinese literature and cinema, and is fundamental to the understanding of the genre. Liang Yusheng, a founder of the post-war ānew schoolā wuxia literature, once asserted: āIād rather write a wuxia story with no force or martial arts, than to devoid them of the spirit of xiĆ” (å®åÆę ę¦ļ¼äøåÆę ä¾ )ā. Cultural correlations XiĆ” could be roughly compared to āchivalryā or āheroes/heroines", and similar in part to (and often translated as) the Western concept of knights and knighthood, but owing to differences in cultural contexts, there are both major and minor differences: The feudal overtones of Charlemagneās or William the Conquerorās enfeoffed cavalry made up of nobles by birth are wholly missing from the Chinese concept. Unlike a knight, the xiĆ” (āchivalrous manā) need not serve a lord or hold any military power; neither are they required to be from an aristocratic class. In comparison, the main identification of a xiĆ” is a code of conduct and an ideology of honor and social justice dedicated to serving the good of the people. The philosophyās expectations of good character in teacher-student relationships is a fundamental feature of traditional Chinese martial arts training. Another difference from western knights is that considerable numbers of these xiĆ” are women. Japanese bushido is a warrior code. As with western knights, it is based on a military casteās allegiance to a lord. A well-known description comes from the historian Sima Qianās Records of the Grand Historian: ā He will honor his words; he will definitely carry out his actions. What he promises he will fulfill. He does not care his bodily self, putting his life and death aside to come forward for anotherās troubled besiegement. He does not boast about his ability, or shamelessly extol his own virtues. ā History The concept of xiĆ” goes back to the Zhou dynasty, especially the Spring and Autumn period. Referring to a class of warriors (the shi 士) whose social position is sandwiched between the commoners and the royalties, the xiĆ” (sometimes known as xia ke äæ å®¢ or xia shi äæ å£«) is originally the military counterpart (wu shi ę¦å£«) of the more scholarly shi (ä»), who eventually developed into Confucian scholars. Both are highly prized by feudal princes and warlords, one becoming intellectual advisors who contribute to the governing of the state, and the other ending up as guest residents of their masters living by the blade. In ancient China, these warriorsā preference to use force to resolve a conflict sometimes made them unpopular and inseparable from the common ruffians in the eyes of bureaucrats. The legalist Han Feizi, for example, listed the xiĆ” among the five vermins of society. The concept of xiĆ” however underwent many transformations through the centuries. By the end of the Qing dynasty it has come to represent an ideal hero who wielded power by force, but could withhold it if necessary, and more importantly, possesses a sense of moral justice. Equivalence in Western Cultures A close equivalence of xiĆ” to the English world can be found in Robin Hood, frequently identified by the Chinese as a āxiĆ”-robberā (äæ ē) ā one with his own morally justifiable code of conduct despite being a law-breaker. Cartoon superheroes such as Batman and Spider-Man are also called xiĆ” in Chinese translation (Bat-xiĆ” čč äæ and Spider-xiĆ” ččä¾ respectively). Although not addressed as xiĆ” in the Chinese translation, Johnston McCulleyās legendary fictional hero Zorro is often regarded as a closest resemblance to the Chinese stereotype of xiĆ”. Youxia (Traditional: éäæ Simplified: ęøøä¾ Pinyin: yóuxiĆ” [jĒŹÉjĒ]) was a type of Chinese hero celebrated in classical Chinese poetry. Youxia literally means āwandering forceā, but is commonly translated as āknight-errantā or less commonly as ācavalierā, āadventurerā, āsoldier of fortuneā, or āunderworld stalwartā. The term éäæ yóuxiĆ”, āwandering forceā, refers to the way these men solely traveled the land using force (or influence through association with powerful people) to right the wrongs done to the common people and the monarchy if need be. Youxia did not come from any social class in particular. Various historical documents, wuxia novels, and folktales describe them as being princes, government officials, poets, musicians, physicians, professional soldiers, merchants, and butchers. Some were just as handy with a calligraphy brush as others were with swords and spears. According to Dr. James J. Y. Liu (1926ā1986), a professor of Chinese and comparative literature at Stanford University, it was a personās temperament and need for freedom, and not their social status, that caused them to roam the land and help those in need. Dr. Liu believes this is because a very large majority of these knights came from northern China, which borders the territory of ānorthern nomadic tribes, whose way of life stressed freedom of movement and military virtuesā. Many knights seem to have come from Hebei and Henan provinces. A large majority of the characters from the Water Margin, which is considered one of Chinaās best examples of knight-errant literature, come from these provinces. One good example of Youxia poetry is The Swordsman by Jia Dao (Tang Dynasty): For ten years I have been polishing this sword; Its frosty edge has never been put to the test. Now I am holding it and showing it to you, sir: Is there anyone suffering from injustice? According to Dr. Liu, Jiaās poem āseemsā¦to sum up the spirit of knight-errantry in four lines. At the same time, one can also take it as a reflection of the desire of all those who have prepared themselves for years to put their abilities to the test for some justice.ā Recommend bookāThe Sword or the Needle: The Female Knight-errant. This study focussing on narratives about female knights-errant (nüxia) cuts along a thematic line in Chinese literary history, and thus seeks to contribute to understanding and appreciation mainly in three fields of inquiry: the formation of narrative subgenre; the literary representation of gender; and the particularities of the Chinese knight-errantry narrative. It traces the processes of textual collecting, editing, rewriting, and intertextual referencing by which narratives about female knights-errant were invented as, and forged into, a thematic sub-genre. The narratives about a character type who boldly transgresses gender boundaries are studied as an exemplary case for a general inquiry into the subversive significance of images of gender-bending strong female characters in the Chinese narrative tradition. Finally, the present study investigates into representations of the practice of Chinese knight-errantry, which includes assassination for social policing, private vengeance, and banditry.ā
ā https://jagwingchan.wordpress.com/2011/05/02/chinese-knight-errants%E3%80%90%E5%8E%9F%E5%88%9B%E3%80%91/
Selected Works from Louise AbbƩma
Louise AbbƩma was a French painter, printmaker, sculptor, designer, writer and illustrator of several books. She is most known for her success as a painter. She studied under notable artists during her early years and found recognition after painting a portrait of her lifelong friend and lover, Sarah Bernhardt, featured above. You can find these works and more in our gallery!
Wait, it got better.
He does this a lot, to my deep surprise in undergrad:
For reference, the reason nobody likes this book and you can press tofu with it is that itās about 1600 pages long.
Itās also, by all accounts, the origin of Cousin Throckmorton
i really do think we should substitute gacha games instead for like. the random wikipedia article button. gives you the same "yay i got something new and exciting!" feeling without spending any money and you get to learn something new on wikipedia. the problem is that its missing a cute little storage menu where you can see all the links to different articles youve "collected"
so many people could be weaned off of gambling if we just gamified that website a *little* bit
okay so ummmmm. its real
Ao3 does not need an algorithm, you're just lazy
Ao3 does not need a 1-5 star rating system, you just want to bring down authors writing for FREE
Ao3 does not need automatic censorship, it is an archive, therefore anything can be posted
Writing or reading about something illegal does not mean the author nor the reader condones it, if that were true, you could never read a story involving anything negative
Purity culture is ruining fan culture and you all are fucking annoying
This is what hieroglyphs and figures in ancient Egyptian temples looked like before their colors faded. They were recreated using a polychromatic light display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, following thorough research.
If this is your kind of thing, new zealand has the world's first life sized re-creation of an Egyptian temple for an idea of how it would have looked back then
For those who want to know where in New Zealand it is, this is in Hamilton Gardens in Hamilton!
bf has announced it's 'kiss a dork day' and keeps kissing me in celebration but when i try to kiss HIM he holds me back and says 'no sorry I'M not a dork' and because he's bigger and stronger than me i am gaining no ground in this battle. i'm fuming
TERRIBLE NEWS woke up this morning and bf has announced it's kiss a dork day today again and showed me that he made it a reoccuring annual event on his calendar. march 13th is now my enemy
Happy March 13th to all those who celebrate
some people clearly scheduled this post to get reblogged on 13th march so the notifications helped me realise what day it was before my bf was awake so i was like hehehe this time i'll get him for sure. but no. he woke up and immediately blocked all of my attempts like fucking neo
"Why is it a problem if students use AI to get through college"
Because if you demonstrate to me that you're willing to set aside concern for truth, evidence, and verifying things with your own eyes whenever it happens to be inconvenient for you, I have a solemn responsibility to make sure you don't get into medical school.
"oh, but this course is just a distribution requirement, it's not for my major"
Does saying things that are true and that you know are true only matter when someone is giving you a little prize for it?
Tumblr doesn't like to do this kind of ethics, so I have to phrase this carefully, but it's a question of character. And a person's character is clearest when they're being asked to do the right thing even when it doesn't matter to them.
I don't want to live in a world in which doctors and lawyers and politicians just ignore the responsibility to research and verify when it's inconvenient for them. When they're busy. When they have something they'd rather be doing. The world I live in is already too full of those people in positions of power. I'll be damned if I let there be more of them.
Some of the responses to this have been, in essence, "well, it's not our fault for being raised in a bad educational system that prioritizes grades over comprehension". And you're right, it's not your fault.
But you freely admit the system is bad. That it values the wrong things.
So why do you limit yourself to only achieving what it values? Do you not aspire to be better than a system you know is wrong? Don't you want to change the world?
WHO ARE THESE CHARACTERS YOU GUYS ARE TAGGING URE MAKING THEM UP ATP
op wasnāt kidding. this post is plagued by mumbo freaking jumbo
A little visit
Super disappointing to finally see artwork accurately representing my body and realize itās being reposted on subreddits like āawful taste but great executionā and ādiwhyā :( Like this is so cool
(Note- none of the people reposting it to make fun are posting a source and I havenāt been able to find one after an hour of searching, so I canāt say for certain what the artistās intentions are/if itās intended to be about intersex genitals or embryonic genital development or both)
The artist is Sonia Rose aka Rose Grown. It is captioned "Biology is not binary".
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i think being able to identify and deconstruct an irrational feeling should make it go away. i literally solved your riddle puzzle master can u let me OUT the damn TORTURE LABYRINTH
hereās a picture of a baby cedar waxwing begging for food from a robin. neither of these species are nest parasites, so itās not possible the cedar waxwing was āadoptedā. this is essentially the bird version of tapping a random person on the shoulder at the grocery store and going āMOMā
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I love that the robinās body language is basically WHAT THE FUCK WHOSE KID IS THIS
Robin is bathing which makeās it even funnier. More like the equivalent of a strange kid barging in while youāre taking a shower and demanding you make them mac n cheese right now