Silent, in the trees.

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[parisianbarbie]

Jimmy Choo Alia Crystal Covered Pointy Toe Pumps

Layered from toe to heel in luxurious Swarovski crystals, the Alia is a shoe of fairy tales. Employing the classic pointy toe pump and a dramatic spike heel, each exquisite crystal has been hot fixed before mounting for longevity. Swarovski crystals call for a special occasion, live your Cinderella moment and showcase these lux heels at a high society dinner or to the party of the year.

[happyheidi]

𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴

[aiiaiiiyo]

Cher sitting on Lenin’s statue. Armenia 1993 [600X900] Check this blog!

[happyheidi]

[happyheidi]

ig: zeewipark ♡

[beardedmrbean]

[supreme-leader-stoat]

[headspace-hotel]

We have to keep reblogging this so future historians will read it and puzzle endlessly over its meaning

[moodycow210]

The heavy implication that historical ‘abstract’ poetry that people have been analysing for ages without being able to conclude the meaning could have just been shitpost level in-jokes between poets is sending me.

[fromhersoul]

[igglooaustralia]

Me watching other gays on social media interact with each other, visit each other in different cities, hang out, hook up etc, and become real friends.

My lonely ass: 

[k-worlddd]

[timeofdeathnote]

there’s avatar and then there’s the blue people movie

[ash-and-starlight-deact]

hades atla bisexual simulator

[evermore-fashion]

Poem Bangkok ‘The Mandate of Heaven’ Lunar New Year 2023 Collection

[happyheidi]

ig; serenee.c , ju_seonyo

[sleepy-bebby]

[happyheidi]

[happyheidi]

the moon in paintings. x

[leviathan-supersystem]

90% of arguments about media could just be solved by saying “different people like different things in their stories” and leaving it at that

[fakeosphere]

this person probably humanizes cops/racists, rape, child abuse, incest etc as long as its fictional lol

[judygemstone]

this is a good and normal leap in logic to make from this post!

[wetwareproblem]

I certainly hope they do, and not just when it’s fictional. Humanizing them is an important step in stopping the actual real-world harm.

If you recognize that they’re human, then you can understand it’s an issue of rationale and perspective, not Inherent Evil - and you can learn to think like an adversary. This is the first step in developing a good security mindset. That mindset, in turn, is the first tool you need to build functional safety measures and protections for your community.

There’s an added bonus, too - if you recognize that they’re people, you’ll notice that not many people are villains in their own narratives. They aren’t choosing to be evil, they’re rationalizing their harmful choices. And you start asking questions.

If you recognize that cops are people, you learn to ask yourself “Am I being reactionary, authoritarian, and needlessly violent?”

If you recognize that racists are people, you learn to recognize and unpack the racist lessons you were taught.

If you learn that rapists are people, you learn to actively verify consent.

By recognizing that terrible people are not Inherently Bad, but choosing to do terrible things for reasons they think justify them, you get better at protecting yourself from them - and protecting everyone around you from your worst tendencies. It’s a difficult and ongoing process, but it’ll protect you far better than any list of specific Bad Things to watch out for.

[wetwareproblem]

There’s a flipside to this, of course, and it’s important:

Anyone who tells you that your enemies are inhuman monsters is using you.

Either they’re trying to convince you that they couldn’t possibly be an Enemy because they’re a normal person… or they’re trying to keep you from noticing the little rationalizations. To convince you that atrocity is okay when you do it.

Don’t fall for either lie.

[somenoneelse]

That last point there is really important. How often do people get away with truly atrocious shit, because everyone around them thinks that inhuman monster thing?

Of course my friend can’t be a rapist. They’re my friend, not some inhuman monster!

Of course my sibling doesn’t hit and gaslight their spouse. They’re my sibling, not some inhuman monster!

etc etc etc

So all the little and big things that point to [fill in blank] doing [thing] are rationalized and explained away. Because [fill in blank] is a person and not some inhuman monster, so they’d never!

By dehumanizing people who commit atrocities, we blind ourselves to the ability to do that shit in people we first and foremost see as people already (friends, family, co-workers, etc.) and in ourselves.