#Historical Reflection

[alwaysbewoke]

[gpstudios]

National V-J Day: Commemorating the End of World War II and the Triumph of Peace

Celebrate National V-J Day on August 14th, commemorating the end of World War II and the triumph of peace. Honor the sacrifices of those who served, reflect on the lessons of history, and embrace the legacy of the Greatest Generation. #VJDay #WWIIHistory

[townpostin]

BJP Observes Partition Horrors Remembrance Day in Jamshedpur

BJP leaders pay tribute to those who lost their lives during the partition, emphasizing the need to remember the sacrifices made. On Partition Horrors Remembrance Day, BJP leaders in Jamshedpur held a gathering to honor the memory of those affected by the partition and to reflect on its lasting impact. JAMSHEDPUR – The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) observed Partition Horrors Remembrance Day on…

[and-her-saints]

an online self-describing 'tradcath' in ~250 A.D. in Dura-Europos, Syria: guys the church has gone woke. they have drawn Our Good Shepherd in a vulgar, pagan manner. they literally painted Orpheus in the style of the hellenistic frescoes and thought we wouldn't notice. this is sacrilege AND satan worship. we are living in the end times.

[daguerreotyping]

Stereoscopic daguerreotype of two men playing chess in front of a mirror, c. 1840s

[callsign-coolsquirrel]

The General's Daughter

@g-backto505

[feral-and-or-horny]

Btw, I'm engaged

[mariacallous]

[ghw-archive]

Selfie, c.1900

[luciferslilith7]

"I was like a patient who cannot tell the doctor where it hurts, only that it does."

~Khaled Hosseini

@luciferslilith7

[wandering-italy]

Piazza San Marco during Acqua Alta.

Venice, 2019.

[alwaysbewoke]

56 Years Ago TODAY, MLK was ASSASSINATED. He didn't just die, he was KILLED. MURDERED.

The assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on April 4, 1968, plunged the nation into a vortex of grief, rage, and reflection. Cities across the United States erupted in flames, as the pent-up frustrations of generations burst forth in of protests and riots. The fabric of American society seemed to unravel, thread by thread, as the Black community, and much of America, grappled with the magnitude of their loss and the injustices that remained. In this turmoil, James Baldwin captured the essence of the nation's psyche: “The atmosphere was black, with a tension indescribable—as though something, perhaps the heavens, perhaps the earth, might crack.” (x)

[la-belle-histoire]

Princess Maria “Mignon” of Romania (later Queen of Yugoslavia), late 1910s.

[dutchdude]

[multifan-dump]

thinking about how IWTV loves to play with the theme of master and servant. thinking especially about that “yes, maître” and how armand’s first appearance onscreen, for almost the entire duration of s1, is in the role of louis’s “rashid.” thinking about how, when I first watched s1, it jarred me a little to see the authoritative, almost imperious way louis spoke to “rashid,” even after having endured to lestat’s tyranny himself, not to mention the tyranny of white people. it jarred me even more to realize that that had actually been armand—the ostensible love of his life—taking louis’s orders, bowing his head, saying things like, “I serve a god.” was that a strange and uncomfortable performance for the ancient leader of the paris coven? or was it perfectly natural for someone whose past means he defaults to the role of the subordinate, the submissive, the servant? is the relationship between the master louis and the servant rashid in fact the truest, rawest representation of the core dynamic between louis and armand?

[someoneintheshadow456]

I may have spoken too soon about the Ranma 1/2 reboot because I heard the English dub has ALREADY gotten heat for changing "who are you calling a girl?" to "who says liking clothes is girly."

I normally wouldn't care about a change like this, but the 2024 version of Ranma 1/2 is specifically a PERIOD DRAMA. As in, it is explicitly set in the 80s. Which was a smart choice on the writers' part because they knew there was no way you could get away with setting this show in 2024.

The fact that Ranma and Akane are betrothed at age 16, while common in the 80s in Japan (and most Asian countries) would be absolutely unthinkable today. Akane's misandry was comedic when the show came out, but today that level of violent man-hatred would be considered abusive. Genma's parenting was considered merely strict in the 80s, but today, his ass would have been in jail faster than you can say "Jusenkyo." And don't even get me started on how the presence of the internet, smartphones, and social media would affect the series' main conflict.

It's almost like the dubbers are treating the 80s like a buffet. They're picking and choosing the problematic aspects from that decade that are "okay", while ignoring the ones they feel "aren't." The entire purpose of making the reboot a period drama was specifically so you didn't HAVE to fundamentally change the premise.

I have seen it in Turning Red with the 2000s, and now I am seeing it here. What is it with modern western writers and their obsession with sanitizing very recent history?