trying on a metaphor
oozey mess
let's talk about Bridgerton tea, my ask is open
dirt enthusiast
we're not kids anymore.
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Misplaced Lens Cap
Origami Around
Jules of Nature
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he wasn't even looking at me and he found me
PUT YOUR BEARD IN MY MOUTH
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Israel is bombing Iranian civilians and gleefully put out press release calling it a 'pre-emptive' attack while Iran has been negotiating for weeks. 'Pre-emptive' strikes don't exist in International law. International law doesn't exist either it seems. What exists is Israel, a made up terrorist limb of the cancerous American state and it feeds the capitalist appetite for blood and oil.
I watched Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein and I think it's a competent movie and I can see why people like it, but his style is definitely not for me and that's alright. It did make me realize that I absolutely hate how he writes women though.
What if a woman was nurturing??? What if she was loving??? Here's this woman and she's defined by love 🥰 What if she was the gentlest character… But her gentleness was her strength?? She is smarter than the smarty-pants guys because her loving nature allows her to see the things that are truly essential and important in life... It allows her to have a connection with true nature.... What if she was quiet and reserved, but her quietness hides fierce strength (GENTLE strength). She has no flaws. She might suffer, but she will take it silently and she will never breakdown or show ugly emotions. Noo, she is the emotionally-strongest character. What if what can truly defeat fascism... Is feminine nurturing love?
I'm gonna be a real hater for a moment: The fact that Elizabeth was Victor's love interest in the novel and del Toro decided it was better if she was the creature's love interest made me feel like... Alright, this shit was cute in The Shape of Water but now the hundred million dollars fanfiction is getting kinda annoying.
The fact that Elizabeth was entirely defined by being the creature's love interest and how she saw his true inner beauty was really annoying with how self-indulgent it was. I don't give a fuck about his monster-fucking stories because his approach to it is just "One dimensional all-loving woman saving the poor misunderstood monster guy" and it's crystal clear how he projects on the guy.
Maekar objecting to his father sending a 9 or 10 year old Aemon to the citadel. Maekar going out to look for Daeron and Egg himself. Maekar joining Daeron and Aerion in the Trial of Seven. Maekar using the Kingsguard in the Trial of Seven to try to protect Daeron and Aerion. Maekar offering Dunk a position in his personal guard for Egg. Maekar allowing Egg to squire for Dunk because he’s the only knight Egg will squire for. Maekar giving Egg a ring with his personal seal to protect Egg while travelling with Dunk. Maekar summoning Aemon to court to be his maester as soon as he ascended the Iron Throne… mans just really loved his sons.
escaped medical leech
There are medical leeches!?
Yes! They work very hard to get their medical degrees.
not this one, though. this one’s trying to ditch class.
what was the class, color theory?
Fire is catching 🔥
Chat I need to find this vase
"I confessed, to the wrong priest" is my favorite line in Wake Up Dead Man, because it's so subtle and yet so kind. Martha has been so dismissive of Jud the whole movie. Not outright mean, of course, but she clearly saw him as a tenant who sometimes gave her a hand rather than a priest, and put him down when he seemed to overstep by acting like one. The line is an admission that not only Jud is a priest, he's a priest who does share the beliefs she's built herself over for decades. Even disillusioned by Wicks's self-serving hypocrisy, he still allows her to see her faith as a moral pillar. It's saying "I should have trusted you, and if I had, maybe none of this would have happened".
It's the "because you are a good nurse" of the movie.
Dyanna and Maekar with their son Aegon
by nataa.draws on twitter
The thing about the "hypocrisy" of conservatives bleating about "pedophiles" but supporting Trump is that to a lot of conservatives, the definition of "pedophilia" is "that which supports young people's autonomy or individuation from their parents/authority."
That's why a children's book that says "Be yourself! Everyone is different! You don't have to fit in!" is "pedophilia," but Trump raping a 13 year old girl isn't -- it was done to her against her will, so it didn't facilitate her dangerous autonomy. That's fine. Like child marriage -- it's perfectly fine, because the parents force it on the children. Parental authority is preserved.
A point my partner has made is that discussions of historical or cross/cultural variations in "age of majority" really underestimate the depth of patriarchy. "At what age is a girl considered a woman?" presupposes that a woman can ever meaningfully be considered an adult, which, in many forms of patriarchy, she really can't.
In the broadly liberal tradition, "children" are, broadly, defined as a class of people denied bodily autonomy and civic rights, but spared from the responsibilities of hard labor and harsh punishment; while "adults" are defined as a class granted bodily autonomy and civic rights, but subject to hard labor and harsh punishment. Which is why ageists (and ableists who infantilize disabled people throughout the lifespan, sexists who infantilize women throughout the lifespan, etc) think they have a real gotcha with "Well if you think young people (disabled people, women, etc) should have bodily autonomy and civic rights, then they have to have jobs! And go to prison! Or else you're Having It Both Ways!"
But many patriarchal authoritarians have never accepted this vague and never-actually-evenly-applied liberal construct in the first place. Everyone should be subject to hard labor and harsh punishment, and no one should have civic rights or bodily autonomy. Everyone should be subject to the authority of the patriarchal order. There is no "contradiction" between "a 14 year old should be married and a 24 year old should not be allowed to transition." They aren't saying that a 14 year old is "old enough/mature enough to decide for herself" whether to get married; and they're not really saying that a 24 year old is "too young/too immature" to transition. Marriage is an obligation and gender conformity is an obligation. Hard labor is an obligation and obedience is an obligation. The concept of being a "child entitled to protection, safety, and support" does not exist, and neither does the concept of being an "adult entitled to autonomy, self-determination, and political representation." They aren't even going to understand "If a 14 year old can be tried as an adult and go to prison, why can't they vote?" as a question. Everyone should be subject to prison and no one should vote. Life is about obligation and obedience, and age has very little to do with it.
POV: Ur dying on the trident n this is the last thing u see before the Stranger takes ur soul 💀
Based on this tweet ⬇️
now all together - ta-daaa! wanted to make such post
can we please please please learn to differentiate between things that are good but devalued because of their association with women (caring for children, being compassionate), things that are neutral but seen negatively because of their association with women (the colour pink, having long hair), and things that are bad but associated with women because of misogyny (being materialistic, being stupid) because otherwise we’re gonna keep getting takes like “being gender nonconforming is anti feminist” and “not studying for your classes is feminist”
One of the two caryatids from Eleusis. The locals didn't want the other one to be taken away because she was sacred to them, even though they were christians. That was their "statue of st. Demeter" that blessed their crops.
nike of samothrace // nike of paionios
the other day i went to paint a statue with some friends & it went poorly for me & now i am determined to get the hang of painting statues to make up for that experience
I like having my Helios design just be the literal sun and nothing more
Some Helios and his children doodles
