Marieonette

Marie. 1996. Diary. A safe space for sapphic sensuality.

[rosenbraut]

July. lemon sorbet. fluttering skirts and trousers. the sweet scent of sun-warm old paperbacks. sweating glass bottles of lemonade. languid limbs. neroli and jasmine. cold water splashed on warm skin. sketching (badly, joyfully) and writing (lots). reading on the balcony as the moon rises. the scent of peaches in the warm kitchen.

[lamignonette]

[rosenbraut]

My mother is almost done with the book I want to read but she keeps falling asleep. Eyeing the book in her hand 👀

[rosenbraut]

To balance the velvet, honeyed darkness of this blog, I have side blogs

@champagnerschaum - lighter, creamy-pink tones - to enjoy the frothy-sweet, rose-scented and sunset-dreamy

@spiritinggently - black & white - to enjoy the web light and shadow weave, the quiet opulence of old illustrations and the calm that overcomes me once colours are muted

[theythembobdylan]

this is my one wild and precious life fucckkkkkkk fuckkkkkk fucckcckkkkkkk

[heateron]

the grand budapest hotel (2014) dir. wes anderson

[ambatya]

[rosenbraut]

which film genre do you watch most?

romance

comedy

crime

thriller

drama

horror

action

fantasy

science fiction

Remaining time: 4 hours

[rosenbraut]

I made this poll on a whim because the film genre I personally watch most often (and almost exclusively) is, as you might know, Horror. And after a few conversations with women slightly younger than me at work (who do not watch horror films), I thought to myself “it’s strange, isn’t it? Other people don’t do this” — so I made this poll to see. But I forgot that this is a reflection of my circle more than anything. It’s very nice to be among friends. (And, of course, if you have any recommendations, as experts of YOUR favourite genre (or our shared favourite), I’m always delighted)

[rosenbraut]

While talking to R about horror films (such great fun) a few days ago, I remembered Dr Sleep, which, for 80% of the runtime, felt like an absolute waste of time (I remember nothing but a chase for a child, all very ‘paperback thriller made into a movie’-esque). But the end, maybe the last 20 minutes, where he returns to the hotel — truly stunning. The scene really lit something up in me (I do love the Shining, a comfort film of mine) and the casting suddenly clicked into place. It was like everything made sense. Truly quite an experience.

[missmirrorselfie01]

[rosenbraut]

Don't feel bad darling. I find you intriguing and utterly singular.

I’ll do my best! 🦢💭✨

And thank you so much, Love. I’ll treasure that 🌹♥️🍓🌹♥️🍓!

[rosenbraut]

I was so miserable, so I read a little in my Latin text book and calmed down.

[rosenbraut]

I love you, but I think you're crazy, and your mom too... You are an extremely, conventionally pretty person. I think if you mingled more you would be more aware of that. But your mirror is your mother and your idealistic aspirations which to me, often seem drawn from an unapproachable, glamorous world that is eighty percent illusion, ten percent misery. I hope one day your horizon expands, and you are able to find better, clearer, unclouded mirrors to gaze at.

I'm still thinking about this and I'm so thankful you reached out over dms, too. This means a lot, and it's been on my mind all day. It felt like a shot of peppermint liquor in the best way. Cool-hot, fresh-sharp.

[avat4ra]

La Decanatura – Elkin Calderón y Diego Piñeros

[rosenbraut]

I’m starting to get a feeling that certain circles on here say “butch” like they used to say “daddy” or “sir” in ~2013.

[jinxproof]

Undercover A/W 2006 © Yasutomo Ebisu via dampmags

[elaenathedefiant]

countries where prostitution is legal have higher rates of human trafficking. that’s like an actual fact. not an opinion or anything. so tbh it seems a bit ‘swerfy’ to completely ignore that

[darthvatrix]

Why would trafficking increase when you have legalized prostitution.

[aneurysmsandanalogues]

Because if prostitution is legal, demand increases. And if it is legal, pimps and traffickers have more room to exploit and sell women under the guise of legal sex work.

In fact, in countries where it is legal, pimps and brothel owners are considered sex workers themselves.

[gorgonology]

Just because you legalize prostitution doesn’t mean women are going to be anymore willing to do it, but more men expect to go to prostitutes, so the demand for prostitution increases. Where do you get prostitutes if women aren’t willing to be them? you kidnap and traffick them!! 

[thereallifesnowwhite]

Thank you for explaining this so concisely. I always thought trafficking would decrease if prostitution was legalized, so this is good to know.

[tr1angl3]

it’s worth pointing out that Germany, who’s always touted as very progressive for legalizing prostitution and instituting prostitution unions, has become the human trafficking hub of Europe since those laws were implemented.

[kopfkinoes]

In 2009, there were around 900 victims of human trafficking in the Netherlands. In 2017, there were over 6000 and this number is estimated to fall prey to human trafficking every year. Over 4000 are sex slaves and over 1000 are children. This is getting progressively worse. I honestly cannot believe people aren’t educated that this legalization adds to an increase in human trafficking. Isn’t it obvious that’s how the world works? Also, men don’t care. I remember a post over here with men that were going to prostituted children and one of them was saying “I don’t care to know how the sausage is made”. That should tell you everything you need to know if you’re still having doubts about which side of the barricade you should choose. 

[notcisjustwoman]

The notes on this post gave me 17 types of cancer. The fucking mental gymnastics people will pull to justify men’s right to pay to rape women is just staggering.

[kiefbowl]

People in the notes keep saying “correlation does not mean causation” as if that means correlation will never apply causation. But I think the causation between prostitution and trafficking is pretty clear so…I don’t know why people want to live in a world so badly where women can be bought and sold

[gcdk]

Human Trafficking Persists Despite Legality of Prostitution in Germany - DER SPIEGEL - International

When Germany legalized prostitution just over a decade ago, politicians hoped that it would create better conditions and more autonomy for s

[addictedtocaring]

That article describes what I imagine hell to be like

[wyvern-of-the-evening]

I’ve also learned recently Germany can deny women unemployment/disability because they can technically still “work” in brothels and by selling their bodies. Not that it always happens, but they *can* deny it