Classical-Kittens

27 | she/her | aro/ace | AestheticsTM

[depsidase]

[do-not-u-dare]

Stole this from somewhere but i think it’s appropriate

[important-cat-pics]

[without-ado]

Strawberry Full Moon over Ely Cathedral l VeronicaJoPo

[master-john-uk]

29th June 2026. This year's Strawberry Moon was extremely low in the sky, which made it look very large and bright. (A perfect photographic opportunity!)

[orphismes]

god of light, brother apollo!

[gremlininho]

let me. innnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn

[finnivann]

if you saw the other one no you didnt

[catsofyore]

Puffball, corner pocket. Photo from my collection, no date/info.

[mephostophilis]

are non brits aware of count binface.

[theblackcatsociety]

[smarianoart]

the painted lady

[vintage-tigre]

Illustration by Lily Seika Jones

[warcrimesimulator]

[sometiktoksarevalid]

[beleester]

>#I love how this gag would be funny at any point since the third century BCE

[kyleesarthell]

The Sphinx & The Griffin

[memories-of-ancients]

Rhyton in the form of a griffin, Greek Southern Italy, 350-300 BC

from The Louvre

[homerstroystory]

Panel of a frescoed wall depicting Ulysses and the Sirens, Pompeii, c. 1st century CE

Currently in the collection of the British Museum, accession no. 1867,0508.1354.

[lacefuneral]

the word empathy is WIDELY misused, even in mental health spaces. 

empathy:

is responding to a person’s emotions by experiencing the same emotion as them (i.e. feeling sad when something sad happens to that person, or happy when something happy happens to that person.)

is an automatic response that cannot be controlled

cannot be learned

sympathy:

is recognizing that another person is in pain, even if you do not experience that pain, and offering comfort to that person

is something a person must actively choose to do

can be learned

compassion:

is showcasing care and support via words and actions

is something a person must actively choose to do

can be learned

if you need an example of a person with no empathy who practices sympathy and compassion, look no further than data from star trek: the next generation. he doesn’t have emotions at all, but he’s still kind to people and wants to help them.

stop telling people that they’re evil because they don’t experience empathy. stop equating empathy with morality. stop equating empathy with caring. stop saying that cruel people “lack empathy.” stop throwing neurodivergent and mentally ill people under the bus.