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[womentouch]

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Phone no : 9983839234

[spspanjabi]

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[thechanelmuse]

Kendrick, Drake, and Ethnic/Cultural Identity

One of the most discussed topics during this exchange between the two is if Drake is a culture vulture. In short, yes. He's always been. It boils down to inherited cultural identity and respected history, not the upholding of a social construct of “race.” 

Race is a goofy non-biological caste system that operates in various countries and it’s a dumbass global push to get people to embrace a superior to inferior hierarchy in classifying the globe into 5 broad groups solely based on perceived skull sizes, hues of skin color, and perceived traits and phenotypic features via the teachings of François Bernier, Johann Blumenbach, Carl Linnaeus, and them other hoes. Get race tf outta here.

I’m gonna make this concise as possible, but fleshed out a bit for full understanding.

Kendrick Lamar is Black American on both sides with his roots most likely coming out of Mississippi and/or Alabama to Chicago to Cali by way of the Great Migration. (He may even descend from Duckworths from Louisiana). I haven’t done his genealogy, but now I may out of curiosity.

Black American is a double ethnicity. We’re citizens of America (nationality = US Citizen), and our ethnic group (Black) was created & descends from this land (ethnicity = American) through ethnogensis. It has nothing to do with one’s brown skin color or how the cops see us 🙃, but everything to do with the lineage of one’s parents and their parents, etc. (For info on lineage tracing, refer to my post here.) 

Black Americans are an ethnic group (the largest from this land and largest in this country after Germans), while “white Americans” are a self-identification race to remove ethnic identity and conflate numbers. I can break this down further in another post if y’all want since American history is complex and will explain why Black Americans have been reclassified seven times by the US government 🙃. 

Now.

Culture is largely passed down through your mother, and her mother, and her mother, and so forth for Black Americans (and I’m sure other ethnic groups). No matter if it’s a two-parent or single-parent household, she’s your ultimate teacher in setting the foundation of your cultural upbringing. It’s the same if one is raised by their grandparents. It largely stems from the grandmother. If one’s father is their main parent, that’s a different case of course. 

Drake falls in line with this as someone from a single-parent household. He is half Ashkenazi of Latvian and Russian descent (ethnicity) through his mother and of half Black American descent (ethnicity) through his father. He is a dual citizen of Canada and America (nationality), who was raised in Canada with his Ashkenazi Jewish mother and Ashkenazi relatives with an Ashkenazi upbringing. He went to a Jewish day school and was engulfed in all aspects at home. 

Kendrick is ethnically and culturally Black American. Drake is ethnically and culturally Ashkenazi. He is also ethnically Black American (through lineage), but not culturally Black American. Does that make Drake a culture vulture? No. He just didn’t have the cultural upbringing but could always immerse himself in learning, appreciating, and respecting the other half of his history and culture.

What makes him one is how he operates as an outsider. He participates in an aspect of Black American culture (Hip-Hop) for his monetary gain, adopts a manufactured image for his perception of believability, and disrespects the people of this culture. “…run to America to imitate culture.” It’s like a jacket to him. He takes it off to try on another (like a Jamaican accent) and swaps for another, etc. 

A few examples that’s been touched on: He blackened his face to depict blackface while wearing a Jim Crow t-shirt… That’s specific disrespect towards Black Americans, mocking our history and our ancestors. “Whipped and chained you like American slaves.” That’s specific disrespect towards Black Americans, mocking our history and our ancestors. “[You] always rappin' like you 'bout to get the slaves freed.” Do I even need to explain this? Hopefully it’s understood.

The muthafucka is not like us.

[srbachchan]

DAY 6026

Jalsa, Mumbai Aug 17, 2024/Aug 18 Sat/Sun 12:30 am

Birthday - EF - Raghuveer Padaki

Sunday, 18 August .. and all our wishes for this special day .. love from the Ef family 🌺

.. they keep asking me on set of work .. the reason for me to be working .. and I have no answers for this , except it's another job opportunity for me .. what else could possibly be the reason ..

others have their own assessment of occasions and conditions , and often like to exercise their model to be prime ..

wear my shoes , and find out .. maybe you are right ..and maybe not .. you have the liberty to have your conclusions and I have the liberty of my work ..

my work was given to me .. when it is given to you , answer that question .. my reasons may not agree with you .. but because the right to express has been given multiple tunnels of presence, you are heard ..

you said, I heard , I gave reason for working on .. that is me ..

what reason I have is mine .. enclosed shuttered and locked ..

and the 'impotency of content' compels you to build your own sand castles and enjoy its manufacturing ..

in time sandcastles fall down ..

may you that build them , find a measure of permanency .. if it has been built for you and your business ..

mine is done and it stands still - I WORK .. PERIOD ..

got a problem with that ?

well then .. get to work and find out ..

it's the Ganapati Mahotsav incultations .. it is the divinity of the occasion and its culture .. so the respect and ethics that one exhibits .. ethnic wear and the dismissal of footwear , in reverence ..

.. and many in the nature of the contestants do express similar divinity towards Ganpati Bappa , and when they excel in their efforts, they praise the Lord Ganapati ..

ॐ गुण गणपतिये नमः

In the blessings of the divine do I submit .. 🙏🚩

Amitabh Bachchan

CORRECTION

.. and I have been corrected .. I was wrong .. and am sorry .. each day is a learning and today is another learning ..

Regarding: what you say - "ऊँ गुण गणपतिये नमः।"

The original Ganapati Gayatri is, ऊँ गं (pronounced गम्) गणपतये नमः।

गम् not गुण and गणपतये not गणपतिये

ऊँ गं गणपतये नमः।

The derivation of गं is as follows -

गकारः पूर्व रूपम्। Which is ग् । अकारः मध्यम रूपम्। Which is अ।

So, ग् + अ is ग

Then, अनुस्वारः अन्त्य रूपम्। Which is the dot on the top…

Therefore गं।

ऊँ गं ।

To गणपति is गणपतये।

What to गणपति? नमः। i.e., नमस्कार।

Hence, the mantra is:

ऊँ गं गणपतये नमः।

Why is it called a Mantra?

Because,

गम् is a root .. धातुः। 'गति' अर्थ में।

जो देवता सारे गुणों को‌ गति देता है, वह गं गणपति।

If you still mean to say what you say then the correct wording will be -

ऊँ गुणगं गणपतये नमः।

[canisvesperus]

I don’t have all the answers. I may have some of the answers. I may just have a few good suggestions or questions, but I know this:

I am not a “consumer” or a “citizen” or a “man.” I do not want to press 0 to speak to a customer service representative. I do not want to open a can, a box, a wrapper, or go through a drive through to eat. I do not want to find my “community” behind a screen. I do not want to stay off the grass. I do not want to fill out and return this form. I do not want my ethnicity to be used as a weapon. I do not want my water to come from a bottle or a faucet. I do not want my understanding of the world to come from what someone inside a box or wearing a lab coat tells me. I do not want to do what I’m told. I do not want to live in a way that kills everything around me. I do not want to wipe my ass with the rainforest. I do not want to live among that which is produced and consumed. I want to hug you. I want you and I to be able to love one another without fear, reservation, or pretense. I want to eat food directly from the earth and act directly from my heart. I want to live and laugh and cry and love in a community the way our ancestors did for millions of years. I want you to be there with me. I want us to stop destroying everything. I need you. You need me. We don’t need any of the rest of this shit that we manufacture, and produce, and throw away. Beneath the concrete, and alcohol, and uppers, and downers, and anti-depressants, beneath the fashion trends, and social networks, and cell phones, and TV shows, and gender roles, and street lights, and gas stations, deep within this cage we call civilization you are still wild. I am still wild. Inside of me beats the feral heart of the animal that I am. I am flesh and bone, blood and spirit, earth and light. I long to be a part of the earth on which I live, to drink from clean rivers, and breathe clean air. I don’t want to be a cog in a machine. I want to dismantle the machine. I am a human being and I want to live as one. As such, civilization is my enemy and this is my battle cry. If it is yours as well, then let us go about creating the world we want to live in.

Until the Earth is Wild Again,

Bobby Whittenberg-James

My Battle Cry

[valentine-cafe]

˖⁺. ﹙ the genius. ﹚: rishima singhania 781 .𖹭 ݁

. . . cold heart just for you !! 🍒 : “ i wish that i could hold onto a man, but for some reason they just end up with broken ribs whenever they give me lip. . . now move. ”

꒰ verse ꒱ 781

꒰ species ꒱ human

꒰ ethnicity ꒱ indian

꒰ age ꒱ 68

꒰ gender ꒱ female

꒰ mbti ꒱ istj

꒰ alias ꒱ dr. singhania, professor singhania, litharia’s greatest mind, co-founder of the order of aetheers

꒰ story ꒱ 

litharia’s greatest mind. a genius who could recite formulas from before she was even in the two digits. using her intelligence to her advantage through the roughness of life.

despite obstacles in her path, she works her way up. from a drug manufacturer to a world renowned scientist with a number of achievements in multiple fields.

a lady in the chair to the aetheer known as the dragon. her eventual husband with whom she forms the order of aetheers. protecting the multiverse from the terrifying dread, fighting for enigma rights across her world —

and mothering two children. what a life

 

꒰ appearance ꒱

magenta eyes, often wears dark eye shadow. has a beauty spot at the corner of her right eye

medium length black hair done in a pinup style

pale white skin as a result of skin condition. sharp facial features

5’4” ( 164cm ), an hourglass figure ( not the fantasy of hourglass! )

often has a vintage, monochromatic aesthetic with mulberry undertones. looks straight out of a polaroid honestly

always wearing some form of heels

wears a deep red or maroon lipstick

long, sharp nails that she often paints black or mulberry

standard lobe piercings and daith piercings on her ears

wears minimalistic jewellery such as black or silver chains

꒰ personality ꒱

highly intelligent and knowledgeable of the world — being a genius from when she could talk and up to her present adult years.

well known in the stem world and is an exceptional teacher at the scientific studies.

an independent woman, keeps her head held high, unbothered by any opinions that may be pointed towards her or her behavior.

easily irritated and unable to keep a filter on her tongue, she instead prefers to remain quiet and observe. however, this does not mean that she is unwilling to speak up and put someone in their place, should she deem necessary.

rather stubborn individual and very work-driven, believing that one of the purposes in her life is to.

though she carries a tough skinned and hard hearted through the years, deep down, she still feels an unwavering want to help those in need — she would never admit this, whatsoever.

due to her inability to process her own emotions, she may at times come off as awkward, especially during in-depth social settings.

she often comes off as intimidating due to her silent demeanor yet aloof expressions

 

꒰ with a lover ꒱

might seem closed-off first but that is because she is not necessarily the best with emotions, does not mean that you do not get to see her softer side. she just has certain of showing it

has a surprisingly nurturing nature and is both concerned for your well-being

protective of you in more ways than one

she can be quite teasing: shameless. this is expressed through her nicknames for you along with her actions

more physically affectionate as her verbal affection has no filter / is quite blunt and at times she feels as though it may throw you off

does require a person who will be equally as nurturing as she tends to have a habit of overworking herself. will need you to drag her away from her lab. which could be difficult but once you do, she’s all over you

adores letting you rest on her while she strokes your hair but will not be opposed to switching positions allowing you to pamper her now and then

expect lots of hand holding and her playing with your hair

quiet nights of reading. whether it be in silence or her reading to you

acts of service is her love language

 

꒰ strengths ꒱

intelligence: genius level intellect that she was seemingly gifted at birth and only heightened throughout her life. she is considered to be one of the greatest minds internationally and advances greatly in the fields of science and medicine.

substance resistance: high level resistance against most substances, including various chemicals and drugs

adaptability: incredibly able to adapt to most situations and find a solution for almost immediately. her mind works very quickly.

 

꒰ weaknesses ꒱

joint issues: has severe joint issues with her wrists and knees and experiences really bad spasms and convulsions. so she takes heavy medication for her joints.

alexithymia: also called emotional blindness, alexithymia is the inability to describe or express your own emotions.

chemical addiction: at times she might feel drawn to the intake of chemicals and substances as a coping mechanism, she is doing better at this in her later years

 

꒰ relationships ꒱

javier: husband, work partner.

rishen herrera: son.

lucía herrera: daughter.

gael herrera: brother-in-law, from another universe (  verse 9948e ).

neva ramona: best friend, from another universe ( verse 9785n )

xú fēng: enemy, rival.

zháo talisen: once student, future son-in-law.

alessio arias: future son-in-law.

lisse herrera: sister-in-law, from another universe ( verse 1311 )

 

꒰ extra ꒱

she is the co-head of the order of aetheers and is also the head scientist

she used to be a big advocate for enigma and aetheers in retaliation to the government’s take on them

she holds lectures at universities across elritea city

she had a fluffy white cat named princess

she speaks hindi and tamil

[boxeboxer]

SUN LEI

Origin: asalee

Status: posthuman, piloting a standard Class-1D civilian 2028 CHOSHI-II vessel (modern Delhi variant) distributed by OURO

Nationality/Ethnicity: Chinese-Japanese, living in Hunan-Hubei territory (east mainland China)

Age: 36 (date of birth 5/25/2006, transferred in 2029)

Occupation: museum curator and historian for the Qingdao Museum of Galvanism

About:

Sun Lei (addressed as Lei Sun in English) is a historian living in Qingdao, Hunan-Hubei. She is the eldest daughter of a once-prestigious Onmyodo-Wuxing (OW) family which specialized in weapons manufacturing. Her younger sister is Shui Sun.

Lei has bounced around career paths throughout her life. She formally studied architecture in college, but is now focused on archiving historical documents and data preservation, as well as hosting Japanese language classes. As the curator of the QMG, she does research on alchemical practices from antiquity to the present day. She hopes to revive the lost art of OW and her family’s heritage.

Lei is blunt, and tends to take things personally, thus she holds many petty grudges against people, whether they know it or not. She often is the loudest person in the room without realizing it. A perfectionist that cannot keep still, she considered to be an annoyance amongst her colleagues (who she constantly bothers). She wears her emotions on her sleeve and loves to talk, including to herself. She comes across as prissy or arrogant, when in reality, she’s a worrywart that wants everything in her life to play out the way she sees it in her head. Lei enjoys fancy teas, watching old cinema, and putting together complex outfits.

Background:

As the daughter of a Hunan-Hubei political ambassador and a Japanese weapons manufacturing mogul, Lei was born and raised in Japan, but frequently spent time in mainland China growing up. Despite their wealth, their parents lived frugally as to not spoil their daughters.

Lei attended college in Hunan-Hubei, and graduated with a degree in architecture. She then moved back to Japan in order to be with her longtime partner, Chihiro, but trade embargoes and food shortages brought upon by the Tangent War forced them to make plans to flee back to Hunan-Hubei shortly after.

Lei, who discovered she was newly pregnant, and Shui, afflicted by a waterborne illness and rapidly deteriorating, were placed on one of the last flights still commuting to Korea via a bribe from her parents to the airline. Most planes had been grounded due to a heavy increase in military presence in the surrounding waters. Chihiro and Lei’s parents stayed behind in hopes they could find another escape route once Lei and Shui were safe.

As their flight reached the edge of the Korean coastline, a nuclear warhead touched ground in Japan, the shockwave of which damaged the plane and caused it to crash. Lei and Shui survived the initial impact and were rescued, but Lei was later put on life support and not expected to make it through the night. In a rare act of diplomacy, Hunan-Hubei transferred her consciousness to a posthuman body before she died. Shui was paralyzed from the waist down from a spinal cord injury, but otherwise made a full recovery. Lei’s unborn child could not be saved. All who remained in Japan were declared deceased.

Lei occupies herself with her work and being a carer for Shui. Her and Shui have a close, but strained relationship, as Lei coddles her due to her disability and treats her like a child sometimes—Lei was transferred when she was 23 years old, and Shui, her little sister, is now older than her. It’s her way of coping with that and the loss of her child, albeit not a healthy one. They live together in Qingdao.

[fizagarments]

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[scarlet--wiccan]

Have you seen the Mystic Mayhem stuff?

Mystic Mayhem is a mobile tactics RPG that was announced today on Marvel's website. The game is being developed by NetEase, who are also responsible for Super War and Rivals.

The game is centered an ongoing battle against Nightmare, and combat takes place in dungeons conjured from each character's dreams. Based on what little has been revealed, it seems like Doctor Strange and Sleepwalker will be leading the heroes in this fight, which is pretty neat-- Sleepwalker is a pretty niche character who hasn't had an ongoing title since the 90s, so this feels like an unexpected move, but I like that. We've also gotten a peak at some of the other characters who will be available in the game, and there are a lot of other cool deep-cuts and unexpected appearances, like Angela and Misty Knight. But for a game that's based on mystical themes and aesthetics, there aren't that many magic heroes or spellcasters, which is a little sad.

The overall design and animation style is very similar to Rivals, albeit with a slightly gothier, fantasy-anime bent. To be honest, that's kind of right up my alley, and I like most of the new character designs. Dreamqueen's new look is especially cool. I've seen a lot of people complaining about Wanda's look, mostly on the grounds that it's over-designed and the colors are too dark. Personally, I think it's more streamlined than her Rivals design-- the silhouette is simpler, as much closer to her classic costume, and I'm glad there aren't as many random spikes and armor pieces hanging off of her. The highly-detailed bodice and headpiece do feel overdone, in an M C U sort of way, but that's unfortuntely par for the course with NetEase.

The fact that she is wearing darker colors does not bother me at all. Wanda's had black and red costumes since the 90s, and I think it's been well-proven that she can pull off a gothier witch aesthetic. This is a bit more vampy than I'd like, but it suits the tone of the game. I'm not going to waste my time getting upset about it, and, at the risk of being rude-- if you're one of those people who has a conniption whenever Wanda's wearing red and black, rather than red and pink, grow up. Get some real priorities.

I do feel obligated to comment on her skin tone. It's hard to talk about this online these days-- a lot of people out there are determined to take the conversation in bad faith, and I've seen a lot of people on Twitter, especially, reduce it to tokenism and objectification. The subject is much more nuanced, so I want to remind people why it matters.

One, lightwashing has been a chronic issue in the comics industry for a very long time, and we know this is a result of racial bias. It is important for critics and consumers to be vocal about this, because it's the only way we've ever been able to ensure accountability. Two, whether you like it or not, redesigning the Maximoffs as visible people of color with brown skin was a positive step forward for inclusive Romani representation. Virtually every Roma character in Marvel and DC is drawn with white skin, and that is not an accurate reflection of the overall community. It is also a part of the manufactured ignorance about our ethnic and racial origins, which contributes to the whitewashing and erasure we see in the movies. Insisting that the character continue to be drawn this way is one of the ways we can push back against further erasure, and continue reminding people of what's wrong with the M C U version.

NetEase previously designed Wanda with brown skin in Marvel Rivals, so it is strange to see her looking quite pale here, but I think it is worth noting that her skin tone is much warmer than Stephen's and most of the other white characters. At least in her official art, anyway-- she's pretty washed out in the trailer. My assumption is that it's just the overall style and color palette of the game. That doesn't make it okay-- you can still render darker skin tones in a washed-out palette-- but it doesn't feel like they intentionally reverted to drawing her as a white woman.

[womentouch]

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Phone no : 9983839234

[alexbkrieger13]

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The Women’s World Cup is just over three weeks away and there’s been plenty of media coverage about the bespoke items that players will be wearing in Australia and New Zealand – including the Phantom Luna, Nike’s first boot designed for female players.

Unfortunately, there has also been much written about the players who will be missing this tournament because of ACL injuries, such as England’s Leah Williamson and Beth Mead.

The worry for many players I know is that a connection exists between the boots they’ve been wearing – which are designed for a male foot – and the greater risk of serious knee injuries faced by women footballers.

For this reason, I sat down in a cafe in Kingston with Dr Katrine Okholm Kryger, an associate professor in sports rehabilitation at St Mary’s University, Twickenham, who I first met when she came to Chelsea for a study into women footballers’ feet.

She sits on the Uefa Women’s Health Panel and the findings of her study, commissioned by the European Club Association (ECA), involved nearly 350 players.

Here she tells me about the scale and findings of a study never before done on footballers, male or female – and explains why boot manufacturers now have no excuse when it comes to producing better boots for women players at all levels.

Magda Eriksson [ME]: Kat, can you tell me about the research you were doing and your findings?

Katrine Kryger [KK]: We scanned players from top clubs from Europe, travelling around with a scanner and speaking to some of the best players in the world.

We know men and women have different foot shapes so we scanned these to quantify exactly what a woman’s foot shape is like, so we can pass that on to the manufacturers so they have a model to base a women’s boot design on.

I’ve done groupings of different ethnicities, different playing positions, different foot types and all of that is going to be in a database that manufacturers will be offered access to.

ME: What are the potential problems for women from wearing boots designed for a man’s foot?

KK: There are three main areas of concern. The first is the fit. Football boots are really tightly fitted – or should be because you need to be able to move and change direction without sliding inside the shoe – but that means you’re wearing something that’s fitted around a man’s foot, and a white man’s foot to be more specific. And with a female foot being differently shaped, that’s going to cause squeezing and aching and blisters.

When I asked if they had pain or discomfort with football boots, just 18 per cent left it blank. So 82 per cent had an issue somewhere with boots and one in three women highlighted the heel. They’re so stiff and if the shape isn’t perfect, they’re going to rub on the heel.

ME: I had a team-mate who had to cut a hole in her boot just so her heel can stick out. I’ve also had that problem when the bone starts to grow because of constant rubbing and had to have my Nike Tiempo boots custom-made. My heel cap is really soft and they’ve had to stretch it bigger as well just to get more space.

KK: The second big concern is that a football boot will only bend in between the stud lines. It cannot just bend anywhere and if it bends over bone, bones don’t like to be bent and you are going to end up irritating both the bones and the tissues. We’ve been measuring exactly where that is for women and we’ll offer that to the manufacturers.

ME: On studs, before games I always hear players asking: ‘Should we wear the studs or the moulds?’ I know certain girls who’ve done ACL injuries when wearing studs and are afraid to wear them again. On a slippery pitch they’ll sacrifice playing well and risk slipping because they’re afraid of getting injured. They might slip but at least they’ll stay injury-free.

KK: This is tied in with the third thing we want to highlight – that the outsoles to the studs should be designed for women.

We see women have three times the risk of ACL injuries and the common feature for getting injured is planting the foot, getting stuck, and not being able to rotate the foot but instead rotating the knee.

Currently for men and women the length of studs and number of studs is the same yet when you go into the physics of it, the traction – the grip on the surface and how much you get stuck – is much higher in a women’s football boot.

Women need less than men because they weigh less and don’t have the same muscle mass so don’t generate the same power. When pushing off, they need less and so there’s an increased risk of ACL injury.

The survey we did showed that while women often change studs depending on the surface and the weather conditions, a large group actually don’t, which is quite interesting.

ME: As well as men and women, you mentioned ethnicities before. What variations have you found there?

KK: We tried to select clubs with a high level of diversity, especially in France, and we saw there’s a tendency for African or African-descended players to have a wider foot.

To give you an example from men’s football, one Premier League player signed a sponsorship agreement with a boot company and when they asked him what size he was, he said a size 14. Yet they measured his foot and he was a size 8.

So basically, there was a big gap between the end of the toe and the end of the boot. I went to one club where three black players told me the same. It’s players wearing one or two sizes too big.

Women tend to have two types of feet: a wide foot with quite flat arches and a wide Achilles tendon, and also a narrower foot with a high arch and slimmer Achilles tendon.

The big conclusion is we should be able to cover people from different ethnicities, whatever playing position, within these two types of footwear. That’s going to be our suggestion to the manufacturers – that you don’t just have one football boot but you have two that align with those two options.

ME: This is my biggest take – that you are actually doing research on women that’s not yet been done in men’s football because it’s so conservative. It’s what I love about women’s football, that maybe we can start different conversations. What good do you hope will come from this?

KK: Having an optimal football boot designed for women from a holistic perspective is the dream.

We’re going to pass on the information that we have to the manufacturers and then it’s their job to design football boots for women.

[fashionthroughtimewithlucy]

Woodstock.

Woodstock, the most famous of the 1960s rock festivals, held on a farm property in Bethel, New York, August 15–18, 1969, at the end of the hippie movement. The hippie flower child look from the late 1960's carried over into the first half of the 1970's, in a non-restrictive bohemian silhouette with a heavy folksy influence. Arts and crafts had a huge impact on fashion during this time including tie-dye, batik, knitwear, crochet and macrame.

1970s Gunne Sax dresses.

Gunne Sax's aesthetic has been described as feminine, nostalgic, Victorian, old world and romantic. Though the brand is now closely associated with formal and bridal wear, its origins date back to late '60s San Francisco.  In 1969, San Francisco boutique Gunne Sax needed a house designer. Enter Jessica McClintock, an elementary school teacher with a life-long interest in fashion. When a friend told McClintock of the opening at Gunne Sax, she applied immediately. McClintock was hired despite her lack of formal training in fashion design or clothing manufacture. Herself and designer Laura Ashley popularized the prairie dress phenomenon.

Sometimes referred to as Granny or prairie dresses, a typical Gunne Sax dress of the early 1970s featured a banded Empire waist and a long maxi-skirt. Lace trim, high collars and long sleeves evoked an amalgam of past eras and created an overall impression of demure femininity.

Vogue Italia March 1970.

Twiggy for Vogue 1970

Thea Porter, Godmother of Bohemian Cheque.

Thea Porter, who is credited with bringing the bohemian look to London catwalks. Although Thea Porter is not as famous a name as Mary Quant or Laura Ashley, her influence on the look of her era is just as potent. Her loose, draped shapes and fabrics helped create the style of stars such as Faye Dunaway and Elizabeth Taylor in the 1970s, and they have since become forever entangled with the idea of rock-star self-indulgence. She celebrated ethnic styles in Indian style prints, free flowing breezy gauzy tent dresses and wide legged pants.

Porter's seven signature looks: the Abaya & Kaftan; the Gipsy dress; the Fraye dress; the Brocade-panel dress; the Wrap-over dress; the Chazara jacket, and the Sirwal skirt, as well as important fashion photography from the pages of Vogue, Harper's Bazaar and Women's Wear.

Changing skirt sizes.

This was the year of the changing hemline. There is no longer one length for one woman, but a whole wardrobe of lengths from which to choose. Mini, regular, midi and maxi length. Both emerald and bottle green were popular colours of the 1970s along with rust, wine red, purple, orange, and brown.

Tom Wolfe called the 1970s the "me decade" Across the land, Americans seemed determined to escape from the wars and social movements of the previous decade. Disillusionment with national and global action led many to look inward and find solace in discovering more about themselves. Women demanded respect as equal partners, and began to emerge into the work place. As women asserted themselves economically, socially, and politically, the idea of remaining trapped in an unhappy marriage became less and less appealing. Consequently, the divorce rate soared. An 1974 book entitled the courage to divorce  encouraged individuals to put their own happiness above that of their spouses and children.

Every rule of fashion was shattered in the 1970s. Lapels, ties, and collars, reached record widths. The polyester leisure suit, available in a palette of citrus and pastel colors, was extremely popular among young males. The jacket, pants, and vest were often worn with an open collar to display thick necklace chains nestled in exposed chest hair. A senses of masculine style emerged in the film 'Annie Hall' which created a sensation with Diane Keaton wearing a fitted vest with a collard white shirt and men's neckties.

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Consummation Proof of Concept: Fun Facts

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Time is nothing but an illusion… in many ways.

If you haven’t read the demo for Consummation ~wind above the dragon sea~ yet, then I recommend checking it out first! It’s a short hour long read introducing you to a much longer yuri chuunige that I’d like to make in the future.

Download @ https://4noki.itch.io/consummation-prototype

my childhood dreams

You may have seen me say that Consummation is a story that I’ve wanted to create for a very long time. How long; how long is very long?

To answer to that question: almost ten years.

I can’t quite remember when exactly this story entered my brain and decided not to leave, but I can vividly remember drawing the characters on notebook paper during my high school freshman year Biology class. (Consummation, by the same name, was probably conceptualized that year.)

The Four Gods, four territories.

A freelancer called Suzukaze, beloved by the wind.

An info broker called Qin, wearing a qipao.

And a beloved “Senpai” by the name of Kagura.

Those are the key factors that existed back then and still exist to this day.

Of course, since high school, lots of things have changed as Consummation sat around in the ideas document waiting for the light of day, being dusted off now and then in different forms.

For example:

The protagonist switched to Qin from Suzukaze for a period! (Although we’re back to my wind-blessed freelancer daughter)

Senpai (Kagura) was explicitly dead in most early iterations of the story, making it a revenge plot

Characters like Belka and Juhyeon were only created within the last two iterations of Consummation

I’m looking forward to seeing how Consummation evolves from now on, still so much the same yet so much changing.

But for now, I’m happy to ramble a bit about the parts that were exposed in the prototype demo!

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Q. world building?

First, let’s talk about the world building. Consummation is set in an unspecified era after the world as we know it was destroyed by a calamity that left the majority of the world uninhabitable and dangerous to return to.

We can consider the genre to be modern fantasy, the setting post-apocalyptic.

The plot takes place on an artificial island built in the Sea of Japan, a smattering of cities built upon the artificial land and manufacturing/infrastructure set below the earth in order to sustain an island that has no external trade. The level of technology is similar to ours but possibly slightly more advanced, even as the end of the world would have destroyed a lot of progress.

Whether or not there is any life beyond the island is unknown to the people living on the island; the belief is that they are the last humans on the face of the earth.

The island, which is usually referred to as just the island, is split into four territories in the four cardinal directions, each territory ruled by a group from each of the countries that helped create the island.

Fun fact: It used to be called the “Scrapyard.”

Should we call this a confederacy of dictatorships? Certainly, it wouldn’t exactly be false. (The island is not a democracy.)

For someone like our protagonist Suzukaze, the specifics of government and politics are beyond the scope of her focus, but you’ll see how the characters live on the island regardless.

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Q. What are the four territories?

In story, the countries that built up the island are Japan, Korea (unspecified), China, and Russia. As such, the territories are split between their groups and mostly run along their ethnic lines although movement between territories is not difficult.

There also exists a neutral city-territory, governed jointly by the four groups ruling over the territories, called Central, the location of the main story.

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Fun fact: While the Chinese territory and Japanese territory existed in the earliest iterations of Consummation, the other two territories were initially different groups (Italian and MENA).

However, taking into consideration the focus on East Asian mythology and the location of the island, I decided to go with countries from within the geographical region around the Sea of Japan that would be reasonably involved in the joint development of such an island.

(Maybe my Italian and MENA girls are somewhere out there in their own version of an island…)

Q. Who are the ruling groups of the four territories?

However, despite speaking in broad strokes of countries above, it quickly becomes clear that the ruling groups of the four territories are not quite the former state governments but rather families with the blessings of the Four Gods (the cardinal beasts, however you would like to call them).

The ruling groups can be considered powerful families that existed in their respective countries before the end of the world. They were able to gain positions overseeing the island before the collapse and then consolidated power as the de facto government after the collapse.

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In earlier iterations of Consummation, the story was also more focused on gangs and gang warfare (a mafia story?). However, for the sake of certain plot points, the four groups turned from their initial characterization as string-pullers influencing a weak government to the government themselves.

This is what we call the monopoly of legal violence.

Q. Cults?

Yes.

Q. language?

Given the four countries that led to the four territories, it would make sense that multiple languages should be spoken on the island.

At the very least, Russian, Japanese, Chinese (Mandarin), and Korean are spoken on the island. For the time being, I won’t specify if there’s a common language used for cross group communication or if everyone can just magically understand each other like Tekken characters. (o´▽`o)

Q. Senpai?

But you might notice that a very important character is referred to as “Senpai.”

Given the differences in types of relationships that exist across cultures (e.g,, there are so many ways to refer to various relatives in Chinese), I was unable to find a good word to describe the relationship between Suzukaze and Kagura aside from “Senpai.”

Perhaps if they were in school, then I’d call it something like “upperclassman” or “senior sister” (haha, no way), but it’s something that I can only describe as “Senpai.”

As such, you may see terms like “Senpai” used throughout the story for character relationships that are difficult to describe in English.

Q. What about honorifics?

However, I will refrain from using honorifics throughout the story. It would quickly become confusing with so many in-story languages, and my familiarity with Korean and Russian is relatively poor.

The lack of honorifics may be considered a loss of information, but as the story is originally written in English anyhow, I imagine that shouldn’t be a huge problem. Overall, I’d like to be consistent within the story.

Thus, no honorifics here!

Maybe next time.

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Q. Who are the heroines/love interests?

Given that Consummation is a yuri game, I figure that I should specify who the love interests are before I close off this ramble.

They are Qin, Kagura, Juhyeon!

My daughter Juhyeon will get revenge for her flirting being ignored…

(There is a minor chance of Belka having a route as well, but currently no plans are in place for a Belka route.)

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I hope I’ll be able to elevate Consummation to active project status soon. There is currently no timeline for that change, and I have at least one project queued up before Consummation.

So, for now, stay yuri!

shino

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A Bride's Guide to Timeless Style with Palazzo Suits in the Bridal Trousseau

Hey there, beautiful brides-to-be of 2024! As you are about to start the journey towards your big day, let's talk about the art of balancing tradition and modernity in your bridal trousseau. And, of course, no discussion about a contemporary trousseau is complete without the spotlight on Palazzo Suits. Join me as we dive into the significance of including these marvels from Shree Jee, a leading Palazzo Suits Manufacturers in Delhi, in your ensemble for the grand Indian wedding extravaganza.

Understanding the Bridal Trousseau: 

First things first - what exactly is a bridal trousseau? It's not just a collection of clothing; it's a treasure trove of carefully curated pieces that a bride takes into her married life. This includes not only the wedding attire but also a mix of traditional and modern outfits, accessories, and sometimes even sentimental items.

Why is it important, you ask? Well, your trousseau is a reflection of your personal style and cultural roots. It's a blend of tradition and contemporary flair that sets the tone for your new chapter in life. Each piece is chosen with love and care, making your trousseau a symbol of your journey into marriage.

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