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no matter how bad things are going at least you aren't watching instagram reels right now
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Winter Garden (the colour of snow) - Lara Cobden , 2024.
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Singel 412, 1016 AK Amsterdam ,Netherlands - Carl Grossberg , 1925.
German , 1894-1940
Oil on canvas , 90.5 x 71 cm.
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Rokin , Amsterdam - Carl Grossberg , 1925
German , 1894-1940
Tempera on canvas on wood , 19. 7/8 x 23 7/8 in. 50.5 x 60.5 cm.
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Echo Constellation - Lara Cobden , 2024.
British , b. 1971 -
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Poinsettia and ornaments - Elizabeth Robbinson , 2024
American , b. 1960s
Oil on canvas
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In bonobo societies, all bonobos frequently engage in sexual contact with other members of the community, regardless of sex. Female bonobos in particular are quite promiscuous with both fellow females and males; thus, bonobo society is matrilineal or matrifocal. Since the patriline of each member is unknown due to female bonobos having many sexual partners, the female bonobos take communal care of their collective young, and the male bonobos take on other community-care roles instead. It is theorized that this leads to lower levels of violent conflict, as opposed to chimpanzee, human, and other primate societies that are patriarchal, since male members of these societies must find ways to identify their offspring which inevitably leads to violent, controlling behavior toward female members as well as violence & competitive behavior toward other males who may pose a threat to their social statuses. Bonobo societies are extremely peaceful in comparison to other primate societies.
The feature musical film Mamma Mia! (2008), directed by Phyllida Lloyd, shows an example of what a matrifocal society, resembling the structure of bonobo society, could look like for humans; where several females care for a child whose exact paternity is unknown, and instead of violence resort to prosocial behavior (joyfully singing and dancing) in order to resolve conflict. In this essay I will attempt to
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- The grandfather who lost his beloved granddaughter Reem, the soul of his soul, to the Israeli airstrikes.
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they need to start making clothes out of material that can clean glasses well again
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*for our purposes, a youtube account only counts if you’ve used it to post videos.
reblog for reach/bigger sample size!!
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