#Regine Gilbert

[mauricecherry]

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever is one of the most anticipated movies of the year, and that’s not just because it’s a sequel to one of the highest-grossing movies of all time. After the tragic and sudden passing of megastar Chadwick Boseman, Ryan Coogler and the cast and crew of this film came together and put it all on the line to deliver a cinematic tribute truly fit for a king.

In this bonus episode of Revision Path, I sit down again with Reginé Gilbert, Jordan Green, and Paul Webb to dive deep into the symbolism, visuals, and music behind Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. Warning: we spoil the entire movie in this episode, so if you haven’t watched the film yet, you might want to do that before listening.

Yibambe!

For extended show notes, including a full transcript of this interview, visit revisionpath.com.

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It is produced by Maurice Cherry and engineered and edited by RJ Basilio. Our intro voiceover is by Music Man Dre, with intro and outro music by Yellow Speaker. Transcripts provided by Brevity & Wit.

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[thegardenofbae]

And can I just say? I miss when the girls used to get DRESSED 😭🤍

[ilromagnollo84]

Nadja Auermann, Vogue Italia, January 1992

Jean Paul Gaultier Dress

Photographed By Steven Meisel

Hair: Garren & Odile Gilbert

Make-Up: François Nars & Regine Bedot

[spencerscharacterbattle]

WELCOME TO MY SUPER AWESOME 100 CHARACTER BATTLE!!

this bracket has 100 of my favorite characters in it (i have plenty more i just couldn’t fit them :’))

how the format works:

- the first rounds will consist of four characters up against each other, the two that have the most votes move on to the next round

- in the second rounds, the next four will go head to head (the two that win from one team and the two that won from the other) and one character will advance

- the next round will have the next two battle (the one that won from one team and the one that won from the other team) and one will advance

- the round after that will be the same as the last one except this one will decide the winner of that division, who will win?? who knows!

each poll will last for around one week, so you have plenty of time to vote for your favorite characters!

(i think it would also be funny if i gave trophies to the character with the least amount of votes overall and the character with the most votes overall)

CHARACTER BRACKET BELOW (plus captions underneath photo if you can’t read my handwriting):

CHARACTERS HEAD TO HEAD: (below the keep reading)

balthazar cavendish (milo murphy’s law) vs the purple m&m vs emma (total drama island reboot) vs fangbone (fangbone!)

princess luna (my little pony friendship is magic) vs doofenshmirtz (phineas and ferb) vs regine hunter (living single) vs victoria chase (hot in cleveland)

terence (angry birds) vs kenneth (craig of the creek) vs gonzo (the muppets) vs bob (minions)

artie abrams (glee) vs elka ostrovsky (hot in cleveland) vs pinky (animaniacs) vs lee ping (detentionaire)

bridgette (total drama island) vs commander peepers (wander over yonder) vs omar (craig of the creek) vs princess celestia (my little pony friendship is magic)

abbey bominable (monster high) vs scooter (the muppets) vs sam evans (glee) vs gus porter (the owl house)

mark (craig of the creek) vs juke (the amazing world of gumball) vs tina cohen-chang (glee) vs damien (total drama island reboot)

eva (total drama island) vs violet wolf (the great wolf pack) vs elliott gilbert (glee) vs sweetie belle (my little pony friendship is magic)

emira blight (the owl house) vs kermit the frog (the muppets) vs max shaw (living single) vs isaac (now apocalypse)

joy scroggs (hot in cleveland) vs dan mandel (dan vs) vs bobo the bear (the muppets) vs frankie stein (monster high g3)

ghoulia yelps (monster high) vs rarity (my little pony friendship is magic) vs kevin (minions) vs quinn fabray (glee)

frida kahlo (clone high) vs the professor (hailey’s on it) vs trixie lulamoon (my little pony friendship is magic) vs noah (total drama)

zee (total drama island reboot) vs marley rose (glee) vs princess cadance (my little pony friendship is magic) vs bumper allen (pitch perfect)

bob (hot in cleveland) vs sugar motta (glee) vs the brain (animaniacs) vs red (angry birds)

sylvia (wander over yonder) vs orange m&m vs goomer (sam and cat) vs barry (craig of the creek)

melanie moretti (hot in cleveland) vs brock (unikitty) vs yolanda (the muppets) vs cam martinez (detentionaire)

raj (total drama island reboot) vs rizzo the rat (the muppets) vs vinnie dakota (milo murphy’s law) vs stuart (minions)

secret keeper (craig of the creek) vs wayne (total drama island reboot) vs willow park (the owl house) vs synclaire james-jones (living single)

pizza steve (uncle grandpa) vs brick (total drama revenge of the island) vs blaine anderson (glee) vs biffy goldstein (detentionaire)

jillian russell-wilcox (family guy) vs bowie (total drama island reboot) vs cat valentine (victorious and sam and cat) vs wander (wander over yonder)

khadijah jones (living single) vs jake puckerman (glee) vs david (craig of the creek) vs brainy smurf (the smurfs)

starlight glimmer (my little pony friendship is magic) vs luz noceda (the owl house) vs abed nadir (community) vs ulysses zane (now apocalypse)

yakko warner (animaniacs) vs emperor awesome (wander over yonder) vs pepé the king prawn (the muppets) vs fred grant (hamster and gretel)

hailey banks (hailey’s on it) vs cheese sandwich (my little pony friendship is magic) vs milo murphy (milo murphy’s law) vs master frown (unikitty)

amity blight (the owl house) vs hunter (the owl house) vs hiromi tanaka (hamster and gretel) vs dj pon 3 (my little pony friendship is magic)

[strinak]

Author Statistics

For 10 authors, I read their works into the double digits: Alessandra Hazard (x11) Kiki Clark (x12) Kati Wilde (x13) Shelly Laurenston (x15) AJ Sherwood (x16) Onley James (x20) KL Noone (x24) Charity Parkerson (x31) Megan Derr (x40) Mary Calmes (x44)

For 24 authors, I read at least 3 and at most 9 works: Andrea K Host (x4), Anne Bishop (x4), Brigham Vaughn (x3), Bruce Sentar (x3), Deacon Frost (x3), Eric Ugland (x7), Gail Carriger (x1)/GL Carriger (x3), Ilona Andrews (x5), Jennifer Cody (x4), Jordan Castillo Price (x3), Louisa Masters (x6), Lucy Lennox (x5), Lyn Gala (x3), Mell Eight (x3), Michelle Diener (x4), Naomi Novik (x3), R Cooper (x5), RJ Moray (x2)/Robin Moray (x1), Sam Burns (x5), Shirtaloon (x7), Stella Starling (x4), TJ Land (x9), Vasily Mahanenko (x3), and Wen Spencer (x5).

For 25 authors, I read exactly 2 works: Alex Gilbert, Alice Winters, Amanda Meuwissen, Amy Crook, Andy Gallo, Bettie Sharpe, Claire Cullen, David North, Eli Easton, Eryn Ivers, Isabel Murray, Jessie Mihalik, KM Neuhold, LC Mawson, Luke Chmilenko, Macronomicon, Ofelia Grand, Robin Roseau, Ryan Rimmel ,Sam Burns & WM Fawkes (with Sam Burns), Shannon West, Skylar Jaye, Tara Lain, TS Snow, and Victoria Helen Stone.

For 87 authors, I read only a single work: A Catherine Noon & Rachel Wilder, AC Wiggen, Allie Brosh, Amanda Milo, Andrea Speed, Anyta Sunday (with Andy Gallo), April Jade, Arden Powell, August, Brea Alepou & Wren Snow, Brooke Matthews, Bryce O’Connor (with Luke Chmilenko), Cale Plamann, Casualfarmer, Catelyn Winona, Chace Verity, CJ Carella, CM Blackwood, Courtney Milan, Daniel Rose, Danny M Lavery, Darktechnomancer, Dassy Bernhard, Delaney Rain, Delmire Hart, Devon Vesper, DI Freed, DM Rhodes, Eden Finley & Saxon James, EJ Russell, Elliott Kay, EM Lindsey (with Kiki Clark), Hayden Hall, HJ Tolson, Jenny Lawson, Jesse Q Sutanto, JK Jeffrey, KA Merikan, Kaleb England, Kaydence Snow, Kou Delika, Lee Hadan, Liz Talley, May Archer (with Lucy Lennox), Macy Blake, Margaret Atwood, Marie Cardno & Kalikoi, Michele Notaro, Michelle Frost, Michelle Kathleen Hodgson, Natasha Hunter, Nazri Noor, Philip R Johnson & Justin C Louis, Raleigh Ruebins, Ravensdagger, Regine Abel, Riley Hart, RJ Scott, Robert Bevan, Ryn Bretcher, Sam Starbuck, Samantha Cayto, Sariah Wilson, Sasha L Miller, Scott Browder, SE Harmon, Sean Oswald, Sebastian Hansen, Seth Richter, Sienna Sway, Sierra Riley, SJ Himes, Stephanie Burgis, Stephen L Hadley, Stuart Grosse, Suki Fleet, Sunny Hart, SunriseCV, Tansy Rayner Roberts, Tanya Chris, Toby Wise, Tom Watts, Toni McGee Causey, Travis Baldtree, Xander Boyce, Yamila Abraham, and Zile Elliven.

[josh0555]

This is the 2014 Summer Station ID of TV5, The Summer Station ID was titled “Bida Best sa Tag-Araw”

The Summer Station ID Theme Song was sung by Filipina singer and songwriter Sarah Geronimo, Filipino singer, songwriter, dancer, record producer, DJ, conductor, television host, comedian and businessman Willie Revillame, Filipina OPM singer and songwriter Regine Velasquez and her husband Ogie Alcasid who is a Filipino singer, songwriter, rapper, dancer, television host and comedian. The Summer Station ID Theme Song was used in Summer 2014 for a big hot summer fun. Starting in June 1, 2014, The theme “Bida-Best sa Tag-Araw” can be heard on Radyo5 and various radio stations nationwide.

The Summer Station ID contains Ivan Mayrina, Mark Salazar, Raffy Tima, Lourd de Veyra, Sam Milby, Marco Alcaraz, Ivana Alawi, Arjo Atayde, Kit Thompson, Nash Aguas, Valeen Montenegro, Emman Abeleda, Joshua Dionisio, Aga Muhlach, Dennis Trillo, John Lloyd Cruz, EJ Falcon, Vice Ganda, Empoy Marquez, Coco Martin, Zoren Legaspi, Enzo Pineda, Hero Angeles, CJ Muere, Jake Cuenca, Paulo Avelino, IC Mendoza, Carlo Aquino, Derrick Monasterio, David Licauco, Ken Chan, Enrique Gil, Marco Gumabao, Liza Soberano, JC de Vera, Sef Cadayona, Dion Ignacio, Gerald Anderson, Edgar Allan Guzman, Arcee Muñoz, Alice Dixson, Tuesday Vargas, Ritz Azul, Eula Caballero, Mark Herras, Sid Lucero, Sunshine Dizon, Sue Ramirez, Bela Padilla, Kylie Padilla, Kim Chiu, Luchi Cruz-Valdez, Pinky Webb, Connie Sison, Seph Ubalde, Howie Severino, Martin Andanar, Shawn Yao, Korina Sanchez, Pia Arcangel, Rhea Santos, Alex Santos, Atom Araullo, Gilbert Remulla, Randy Santiago, Diether Ocampo, Michael V., Allan K., Ivan Dorschner, Jerald Napoles, Jason Abalos, Addy Raj, Adrian Alandy, Jeric Gonzales, Jun Sabayton, Niño Muhlach, Simon Ibarra, Ramon Bautista, Baron Geisler, Dominic Roque, DingDong Avanzado, Chuckie Dreyfus, Mark Anthony Fernandez, Tirso Cruz III, Ruru Madrid, Juancho Triviño, Carmelito “Shalala” Reyes, Romy “Dagul” Pastrana, German Moreno, Ahron Villena, AJ Muhlach, Ina Raymundo, Gretchen Barretto, Onemig Bondoc, Diego Castro III, Vince Gamad, Angel Locsin, Xian Lim, Yves Flores, Carmina Villaroel, Eugene Domingo, Nora Aunor, Maja Salvador, Louise de los Reyes, Kris Aquino, including Mikoy Morales, the son of Vicky Morales, twin brothers Rodjun and Rayver Cruz, Ronwaldo and Kristoffer Martin, the sons of Coco Martin and Sandino Martin, the brother of Coco Martin featuring Master Boy Abunda, DJ Willie Revillame, Emcee Mo Twister and president Noynoy Aquino getting ready for the party. The 2014 Summer Station ID of TV5 also features special guests like twin sisters Anne Curtis and Jasmine Curtis-Smith including Imee Hart, Iwa Moto and Sugar Mercado, the SexBomb Girls who are the original cast members of the sitcom show Banana Split, The Summer Station ID also contains GMA actors, Luis Manzano, Matteo Guidicelli, Patrick Garcia, AJ Perez, Terence Baylon, Carl Cervantes, Martin Escudero, Derek Ramsay and Paolo Ballesteros who are the cast from the sitcom show Lokomoko High which references to Twice, the first South Korean boy band of the 2010’s. The 2014 Summer Station ID of TV5 also features South Korean boy band Momoland as a 9-member group during their pre-debut with members, Ji Chang-min, Lee Hye-bin, Park Joo-won, Kim Tae-ha, Kim Na-yun, Lee Min-hyuk, Lee Ah-in, Lim Yeon-woo and Kim Young-jae in their school uniforms. But somehow, Momoland will debut with 13 members in April 9, 2015.

The Summer Station ID was filmed in April 1, 2010 until June 29, 2010 at Mall of Asia Arena, TV5 Media Center, Boracay, Manila, Quiapo, Manila, SM Megamall, SM Aura Premier, Congressional Avenue, Benguet, Philippines, Pasig River Esplanade, when the next generation of TV5 is arriving soon with new actors and new shows.

But somehow, This was originally used for the Happy music video from Michael Jackson in the upcoming movie Toy Story 3 that will be released in September 11, 2010 in theaters worldwide.

[lamilanomagazine]

Trieste, per i "lunedì dello Schmidl" al civico museo teatrale C. Schmidl di Palazzo Gopcevich "Anna Bolena" di Gaetano Donizetti

Trieste, per i "lunedì dello Schmidl" al civico museo teatrale C. Schmidl di Palazzo Gopcevich "Anna Bolena" di Gaetano Donizetti Lunedì 15 gennaio 2024 alle ore 17.30, è dedicato a «Anna Bolena» di Geatano Donizetti, il quarto appuntamento con «Fuori scena», il ciclo di guide all'ascolto delle opere in scena al Teatro Verdi di Trieste nell'ambito del cartellone dei «Lunedì dello Schmidl», la rassegna di approfondimenti a cura di Stefano Bianchi che il Civico Museo Teatrale "Carlo Schmidl" da oltre un quindicennio offre sulle proprie collezioni al pubblico dei cultori della musica e del teatro. L'iniziativa si svolge nel segno della consolidata collaborazione tra il Civico Museo Teatrale "Carlo Schmidl", l'Associazione Triestina Amici della Lirica "Giulio Viozzi" e la Fondazione Teatro Lirico "Giuseppe Verdi". L'opera, nella storica produzione firmata da Graham Vick e ripresa da Stefano Trespidi per un allestimento in coproduzione tra la Fondazione Arena di Verona e la Fondazione Teatro Lirico Giuseppe Verdi di Trieste, sarà in scena dal 19 al 28 gennaio al "Verdi" di Trieste. Sul podio il Maestro Concertatore e Direttore Francesco Ivan Ciampa, maestro del Coro Paolo Longo. Allo "Schmidl" saranno il Maestro Fabrizio Capitanio (musicista e musicologo, conservatore Fondi Musicali del Comune di Bergamo e responsabile della Biblioteca Musicale 'Gaetano Donizetti') e la scrittrice Elisabetta D'Erme a raccontare l'opera del compositore lombardo, avvalendosi anche di esempi musicali e video. «Anna Bolena» è stata a lungo descritta come il primo capolavoro di Donizetti. Oggi sappiamo che il compositore bergamasco aveva già sperimentato soluzioni moderne, originali ed efficaci ben prima di Bolena e che in essa erano confluiti passi e numeri interi provenienti da opere precedenti e meno fortunate. Il risultato è un travolgente vortice di passioni ed emozioni. Tragedia lirica in due atti, «Anna Bolena» venne musicata da Gaetano Donizetti tra il novembre e il dicembre del 1830, su libretto di Felice Romani, tratto da diverse fonti, e fu rappresentata con uno straordinario successo per la prima volta a Milano, al Teatro Carcano, il 26 dicembre 1830. La prima a Trieste ha luogo al Teatro Grande (l'attuale Teatro Verdi) il 12 novembre 1833, preceduta da un'anteprima del solo primo atto la sera del 17 marzo 1832, in occasione della applauditissima 'beneficiata' dei coniugi Duprez: il tenore Luigi (Gilbert-Louis) e la soprano Alessandrina (Alexandrine Duperron). Negli anni immediatamente successivi, si susseguono tre ulteriori allestimenti: nella Stagione di Carnevale e Quaresima 1834-35 (prima rappresentazione 7 febbraio 1835), nella stagione di Carnevale e Quaresima 1838-39 (prima rappresentazione 26 dicembre 1838) e nella Stagione d'autunno 1842 (prima rappresentazione 22 novembre 1842). Per il successivo allestimento bisognerà attendere la Stagione 2011-12 (prima rappresentazione 17 gennaio 2011). «Anna Bolena» è l'opera che lanciò la carriera di Gaetano Donizetti e che - insieme a «Maria Stuarda» (1834) e «Roberto Devereux» (1837) - forma la cosiddetta "trilogia delle regine". Racconta le vicende che portarono alla tragica morte della seconda moglie di Enrico VIII, accusata di tradimento e decapitata il 19 maggio 1536. Enrico VIII è infatti innamorato di Giovanna Seymour e cerca un pretesto per liberarsi della moglie, che tra l'altro non è riuscita a dargli un erede maschio. Gli ha dato, però, la figlia Elisabetta, la futura regina d'Inghilterra. Lord Rochefort, convince Anna, sua sorella, a incontrare Riccardo Percy, il suo primo amore. Il Re sa del loro affetto e ne approfitta per accusare Anna di tradimento, giustiziarla e sposare Giovanna. Nella vicenda è coinvolto anche il paggio Smeton, segretamente innamorato di Anna. Giovanna, tormentata dai sensi di colpa, diventa comunque regina, mentre Anna Bolena viene travolta dal dolore, perde il senno e viene condannata a morte assieme a Smeton, Rochefort e Percy, accusati d'essere suoi complici. Piena di pagine di puro belcanto, «Anna Bolena» è contrappuntata da ben tre brani concertati di altissima qualità: due nel primo atto (quintetto e sestetto) e uno nel secondo atto (terzetto); per non parlare della straordinaria costruzione della complessa scena finale della pazzia della regina. Ingresso libero fino ad esaurimento di posti disponibili. Consigliata la prenotazione (indicando nome, cognome e recapito telefonico) all'indirizzo di posta elettronica info@amiciliricaviozzi.it... #notizie #news #breakingnews #cronaca #politica #eventi #sport #moda Read the full article

[coffeeandfaeries]

The Vampire Diaries: The Awakening - A book review

L. J. Smith

I have finally decided to read the Vampire Diaries book series. I started reading this about ten years ago, but gave up after a couple of chapters after realizing it’s nothing like the tv show. Now that I’m no longer obsessed with TVD I can admit I kinda like the books better. So far at least.

Our protagonist is Elena Gilbert, the most popular and the most beautiful girl in school. I think she was meant to be the same in the tv show, but book Elena kinda gives me Regine George vibes. She’s more like Caroline in the show. She’s pretty, tall and blonde. And to quote her All the boys want her and all the girls want to be her. Her parents died 3 years prior, when she was a freshman and her younger sister, Margaret, was just one year old.

Her friend group is also a bit different, Bonnie is still there, but she’s a pale, ginger Scottish girl. Her other best friend, the one she’s closer with, is Meredith. Elena is for some reason always really mean to Bonnie who just takes it. If you’ve seen the show you know Bonnie is sweet, but doesn’t take shit from anyone. Well this Bonnie is super bubbly and a bit air-headed. I have no idea why the author made her so stupid. She thought the Spanish Inquisition was a rock band… Another thing that’s a bit weird about Bonnie is that she’s so morbid? She’s constantly swooning over the concept of death and fatal illnesses. For example, her grandmother told her she will die young. And what does she say about that? This. I’m going to be young and beautiful in my coffin. Don’t you think that’s romantic? No, Bonnie, no, it isn’t.

Caroline Forbes is also in the books, but she’s not exactly friends with Elena. They’re rivals. (There was a bit of rivalry between them in the show as well, but Caroline in the show was fiercely loyal to Elena). I feel like this quote from the book describes their relationship dynamic very well:

Elena was taken aback. She and Caroline had been friends since kindergarten, and they had always competed with each other good-naturedly. But lately something had happened to Caroline. She’d begun to take the rivalry more and more seriously. And now Elena was surprised at the bitterness in the other girl’s voice.

Oh and another little detail. Caroline in the books has auburn hair, not blonde.

Now onto the plot. Elena just came back home from France and has realized she wants to break up with her boyfriend Matt. Apparently she loves him the way a cousin would love him. That’s always a lovely thing to hear from your girlfriend

It’s the first week of senior year and there’s a hot, mysterious, new kid in school. Stefan Salvatore. Who just moved to the US from Italy. Obviously, Elena is interested. It doesn’t matter that she broke up with Matt about 20 minutes ago. She’s ready to move on. Unfortunately for her he’s not exactly interested.

Alright, I’m gonna take a little detour, because this is really bugging me. This is the quote from the book I’d like to talk about:

Stefan was glad the school day was almost over. He wanted to get out of these crowded rooms and corridors, just for a few minutes.

WHY IS HE STILL IN HIGH SCHOOL.

I never understood why vampires in all of these stories spend their lives going through high school over and over again. In the books he is 520 years old. He most likely graduated high school over 100 times. Why would you do that? He was 18 when he was turned. Why not just go to college?? He could’ve gotten a Phd in every subject under the sun, but no, he’d rather take trigonometry 100 times. Makes sense. If I were a vampire I’d rather spend my time developing skills and learning new languages and not retaking the same history class over and over again, but you do you I guess.

Oh, and another thing. I don’t know how to feel about this Elena. It’s nice to have a protagonist who isn't frail and a people-pleaser, but she is always so mean to everyone around her. I was about 11% in when I said I find her annoying, but by the time I was done reading I just thought she was a bit cringe. You’ll see why…

After the classes are over we switch to Stefan’s POV. He’s having flashbacks of Katherine, Elena’s doppelganger, a girl he was in love with. Katherine was meek and gentle, a daughter of the King of Germany. She was often sick and looked like the slightest breeze would break her bones. The polar opposite of the Katherine in the tv show. A manipulative seductress who would do anything and kill anyone to save her own ass. TV show Katherine was a much more interesting character honestly, despite being evil.

Sorry, back to the plot. As I was saying, Elena wants Stefan more than anything, and she doesn’t like it when she doesn’t get what she wants. So, she walks up to him and tries to talk to him. Not only does he not respond he starts intensely staring at his desk, avoiding even looking at her. You’d think she’d take the hint and move on, it’s not like she’d struggle finding someone who does want to date her. But Elena isn’t used to being told no, or even worse, ignored.

Later she tried talking to him again, just for him to cut her off and say he doesn’t have the time. In front of the whole school. Girl, respect yourself. She then runs back home to cry, but goes to visit her parents instead when she realizes her aunt and sister are home. Meredith and Bonnie find her and try to cheer her up. Elena decides that she’s over him and she doesn’t care anymore. Fast forward about 2 minutes and the girls are making a blood pact swearing they’ll help Elena get Stefan no matter what.

On their way back home Bonnie freezes and stares at a gravestone. A voice that isn’t her own, but is coming from her mouth says: Elena, there’s someone out there waiting for you. Something seemed to move out in the darkness, the girls screamed and started running away. A few paragraphs later we find out Stefan was there with them that night. He too had felt that energy that scared the girls and made them run away. He wanted to know who or what the source was, but decided against it. It wasn’t explicitly stated who emitted that energy, but I’m pretty sure it was Damon.

The day after, Meredith and Elena go to Bonnie's house and her older sister, Mary, asks them where they were the night before. After they say they were down by the Wickery Bridge Mary tells them a body was found right next to the bridge. An old man was attacked, his throat ripped out. Somehow, the man survived, but he was in a coma.

Tyler Smallwood’s father believes the old man attacked himself. Good to know Tyler’s father isn’t smarter than his son. For those of you who don’t know Tyler is one of Elena’s classmates and comes from one of the founding families. Super rich and an even bigger asshole. In the TV show he’s a werewolf, I think he will be a werewolf here too, considering how often they talk about him being like an animal, or having animalistic, big, white teeth. Maybe it’s foreshadowing, maybe I’m reading a bit too much into it. I don’t know.

So we had a bit of a time skip, about 3 weeks and Caroline is acting weird, to quote Elena: In fact, I don’t know what Caroline is doing these days, and I don’t care. I never see her at lunch or after school anymore; she seems to have drawn away from her old crowd completely. I remember that Caroline started dating Damon in the show, I’m wondering if Caroline is withdrawing because she’s with Damon, because something happened to her, because she’s plotting or if this is just a red herring. (We do find out later why she’s been missing - she was following Stefan around).

Through Elena’s diary entries we find out she’s been spreading a rumor she’s dating some French guy or whatever. Doesn’t really matter, she just felt embarrassed that she was ignored by a guy. However, a more interesting thing we find out is that she’s been going crazy and overanalyzing every single instance her and Stefan make eye contact. And you might think, what’s so interesting about that? Nothing really, I just relate to it, that was absolutely me at 16 and I find it funny. This guy rejected her so many times, but when her friends tell her to move on she acts like they betrayed her.

Also, I quit watching TVD after about 6 or 7 seasons and I don’t really remember the lore on doppelgangers, but as far as I remember the girls were identical. In the books however, Elena and Katherine have slight differences in their physical looks. Elena’s hair was a shade or two paler than Katherine’s, and her eyebrows and lashes were darker. Katherine’s had been almost silvery. And she was taller than Katherine by a good handspan. So are they doppelgangers or does Elena just resemble her? Were the TV show versions of them supposed to be different, but we never noticed a difference because they were both played by Nina Dobreva? Or am I, once again, overanalyzing a book that wasn’t meant to be overanalyzed.

Alright, back to the plot. So, Caroline took Stefan to the Homecoming dance and, obviously, had to rub it in Elena’s face. Elena tried distracting herself by partying, dancing and flirting with anyone and everyone.

She ended up joining Tyler and his friends (Vickie and Dick), ditching Bonnie and Meredith, and the four of them went to the abandoned church in the cemetery, They tried opening a tomb but couldn’t. Elena leaned against it, it opened and she almost fell in. But when she turned around the slab was back in its place and no one believed her. She asked Tyler to take her back to the school dance. He said sure, but he wants to show her something first. He tries to rape her, I’m gonna skip that bit, and Stefan comes to her rescue. He offers to drive her home. She asks him why he hates her and he says he doesn't, she just reminds her of someone he knew, someone who passed away. They kiss and start dating.

The next morning she tells him she loves him. Average high school relationship.

One of my personal favorite quotes from this book: After a week of being with Stefan, she still felt a thrill of excitement just saying his name. Love how she’s saying “still” as if they’ve been married for over three decades. Yeah of course you’re gonna be excited, you literally just met him. On the bright side, Elena does feel like a teenager. I’ve definitely had high school boyfriends who dropped the L bomb after less than a week of being together.

About 62% into the book we see Damon for the first time. We’re not told it’s Damon, but it’s pretty obvious. Elena, Bonnie and Meredith were in the school gym after classes, making decorations for the Halloween party when the lights suddenly went out. Bonnie and Meredith left the gym to go look for the janitor and Elena was left alone. Then a man appears and starts saying some mysterious, kinda cringy shit. He leans in to kiss her, but she just turns around and says she has to leave and that he should go and look for whoever he’s looking for. He says some cringy shit like Ooh I already have, Elena and disappears.

During the Halloween party the history teacher gets murdered, his throat ripped out. I think this happened in the show as well, but I can’t remember. Although, I vaguely remember Elena dressing up as a nurse, covered in fake blood? In the books she wore a custom made dress inspired by a dress from the Renaissance period. Venetian silk. Just like Katherine used to. Anyway the teacher is dead and everyone thinks Stefan must be the killer because he was the last person to see him alive. They also bickered in class which is apparently a motive for murder according to the students. Tyler in particular. I can’t help but notice both him and his father would make fantastic detectives. Tyler was also in a werewolf costume, a bit on the nose isn’t it, L. J. Smith?

Elena runs after Stefan, finding him on a roof with blood smeared on his face and a dead dove in his hands. Understandably, she freaks out and falls off the building. Stefan saves her and she asks him to talk to her.

Through a flashback we learn that Damon and Stefan were both in love with Katherine and told her she has to choose. She says she will. Later that night she sneaks into each of their rooms making them think she chose them. They both drink her blood. Finally she admits she wants to be with the both of them. To no one’s surprise neither Stefan nor Damon want to be in a throuple with their brother. And Katherine runs away, sobbing. The audacity. I suppose she’s just as manipulative as the Katherine from the show.

The chapter ends with Stefan saying he and Damon killed her. Again, to no one’s surprise they didn’t actually kill her, Stefan just loves blaming himself for everything.

Katherine decided to take her daylight ring off and let the Sun burn her to ash. The boys fight over her ring and end up stabbing each other to death. So while Stefan does say he killed Katherine with his pride and jealousy, he technically only killed Damon, with a sword. But that was deserved, Damon stabbed him first.

Elena kisses him and holds him as she tells him she loves him. They say they will be together forever. They just need to deal with this whole “angry mob is after Stefan” thing.

Stefan runs into Damon who reveals why he’s here. He came for Elena. We also learn a bit more about vampires from Damon. Human blood and life force make vampires stronger and give them powers. There are certain powers “old powers” that you can only get from drinking from a human until they die. Vampires can also shapeshift into other creatures, mostly animals.

Damon then demonstrates his power, what Stefan could be if he switched to drinking from humans. He threatens him and the chapter ends with Damon drinking Stefan’s blood.

Also I love the fact that Damon thinks that being able to physically overpower another vampire is gonna help him win Elena over. My brother in Christ, have you tried just speaking to women without being creepy.

Elena dreamt that Stefan read her diary and got mad at her over something written in it. She lost her diary. I’m assuming Damon was the one to steal it. I’m guessing he won’t try to just win Elena over, he’s probably gonna try and make Stefan believe she somehow betrayed him?

The next morning Elena goes to school and looks for Stefan, but can’t find him anywhere. She goes to class and asks Meredith if anyone has seen Stefan. Meredith then tells her that Stefan skipped town without telling anyone. Elena of course knows he isn’t guilty and wouldn’t just disappear like that.

So she runs out of the school shouting Damon’s name, and the book ends.

I’m gonna be honest with y’all,,, I really did enjoy reading this. I read it in one sitting. I don’t know if that’s because I’ve been craving something silly and fun or what. Sure I had my issues with it, but at this point my standards for books are “No annoying alpha-male, overprotective love interests” and the book didn’t have enough romantic scenes for that to happen.

The one thing I really hated was that barely anything happened in this book. It was about 250 pages long, but there were like 3 important scenes and that’s it. At least it got me out of a reading slump so bonus points for that.

There are 13 books in total, if I recall correctly. The first four are all about 200 pages long so I’ll definitely read those, I hope the story will be interesting enough to finish all 13 tho, I hate DNFing books/series.

Rating: ⛤⛤⛤⛤

[honyakusho]

2023年5月16日に発売予定の翻訳書

5月16日（火）は4冊の翻訳書が発売予定です。半分が松籟社、京都大学学術出版会という京都の版元から。

息 一つの決断

トーマス・ベルンハルト／著 今井敦／訳

松籟社

ウィッピング・ガール　トランスの女性はなぜ叩かれるのか

ジュリア・セラーノ／著 矢部文／翻訳

サウザンブックス社

ウェブ・インクルー��ブデザイン

Regine Gilbert／著 川合俊輔／監修・翻訳 奥泉直子／翻訳

マイナビ出版

ポエニー戦争の歌２

シーリウス・イタリクス／著 高橋宏幸／翻訳

京都大学学術出版会

[sbrown82]

Bad, Bougie and Black! 💁🏿‍♀️💸✨

[hellopersimmonpie]

The social model of disability says that disability is caused by the way society is organized, rather than by a person’s impairment or difference. It looks at ways of removing barriers that restrict life choices for disabled people. When barriers are removed, disabled people can be independent and equal in society, with choice and control over their own lives (Regine M Gilbert dalam Designing With Accessibility In Mind)

[yourbleedingh3art]

anne of green gables and gilbert. kierkegaard and regine olsen. elliott smith and jennifer chiba. andy wood and xana fuentes. Dante and Beatrice. Abelard and Héloïse. johannes and cordelia. romeo and juliet. eleanor and chidi. anakin and padmé...........

[tunglo]

Comments I found interesting from Southern Enclave #2, December 1983.

(Karen Osman | “” | Michelle Malkin | Debbie Gilbert | Carole Regine | Susan Matthews | Tim Blaes - super interesting, I always identified with Leia as a ‘big sister’, never considered she might have been thought younger | Terri Black | Marcia Brin | “” )

[sashaspasiba]

VOGUE ITALIA January 1992

Photographer: Steven Meisel Fashion Editor: Nicoletta Santoro Hair Styling: Garren, Odile Gilbert Make-up: François Nars, Regine Bedot Models: Stella Ellis, Zuleika Ponsen, Nadja Auermann, Tanel Bedrossiantz, Gurmit Kaur Dresses: Jean Paul Gaultier Spring/Summer 1992

[blackscreaming]

Y'all wanna be bad and boujee so fucking bad 😩 Y'all hoes just average and ghetto 🤒

[nytech]

Allyship & Inclusivity with Mariella Paulino

Mariella Paulino, founder of Project Hearing, hosted the NYTM on Assistive Technology for Hearing Disability Inclusion + Allyship. She agreed to share insights about her work, her opinion on inclusivity and technology with us!

About Mariella

In 2014, Mariella was pulled over by a police officer. Because of her hearing loss, her inability to follow commands was understood as noncompliance and created a situation that could easily have escalated. The experience left her so shaken she went on to do her Master’s degree in communications to explore how people with disabilities interact and communicate with the world around them. The thesis then turned into a social venture project, Project Hearing, which among many other things, created bumper stickers that say “Deaf Driver” in an effort to create better interactions between deaf people and police officers. She has worked in tech as a software developer, designer, and now as a project manager by day and assistive tech advocate nonprofit manager by night. If you want to get in touch with her, email her at hello@projecthearing.com or follow her on social media @projectHearing. And if you like her work go ahead and support her Patreon here.

                                                         ...

1) What can companies and individuals do to make the world more inclusive for people with disabilities?

Companies and individuals can make the world more inclusive for people with disabilities by advancing economic opportunities, supporting product design led by people with disabilities, and elevating and supporting the voices of these subject matter experts.

Equity for people with disabilities is inextricably linked to economic opportunity. The unemployment rate for disabled people is double that for the able-bodied and since the pandemic began in March, 1 in 5 workers with disabilities in the United States lost their employment. Planning to recruit and hire more people with disabilities within your organizations and auditing hiring, retention, and promotion practices for accessibility would be an excellent place to start. Organizations like the Job Accommodation Network provide resources for creating an exemplary organizational accommodation infrastructure thereby helping to ensure a disability-inclusive workplace.

Supporting product design led by people with disabilities is critical as this population has long been integral to design processes, though frequently viewed as “inspiration” rather than active participants or creators. Often, designers that create products neglect diversity and inclusion principles until the end of their processes. The assumption is, if you create a strong product first and then make adjustments to accommodate for diversity, you’ll tick all boxes on effective design. Designing for inclusion, however, begins with recognizing exclusion and while diversity and inclusion are topics on many executive agendas, people with disabilities are rarely asked by brands to collaborate on product design. Including people with disabilities in the design process isn’t just “the right thing to do,” it’s also great for business. According to a recent study of 140 U.S. companies by Accenture–alongside the American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD) and Disability:IN–those that offered the most inclusive working environment for disabled employees achieved an average of 28% higher revenue, 30% greater economic profit margins, and twice the net income of their industry peers between 2015 and 2018!

Finally, elevating and supporting the voices of people with disabilities who are advocating, educating, and putting together events is one of the most powerful ways that we can all make the world more inclusive. Continuously learning, sharing, and engaging with advocates active in this space give us all access to the tools, connections, and proactive solutions to take our commitment and turn it into actionable steps that make a difference in our world.

People with disabilities are disabled not just because of their bodies but also by the inaccessibility of the design of the world in which they exist. Taking part in the basic activities of daily life, such as going to work, school, or university, gathering with friends or relatives, buying groceries, or attending cultural events can be extremely difficult or even impossible because of barriers. These barriers can be physical, such as the absence of a ramp or elevator to an apartment, in communication such as the absence of tools for inclusion like captioning during conference calls, or even systemic such as discrimination by employers during a job interview where an employer discriminates against someone who needs an accommodation. We all have a role to play in creating a more inclusive world and we all have a responsibility in trying to ensure every body is included.

2) What does your day to day job look like?

Over the past three years, I have been honored to work for the City University of New York, the largest urban university in the United States, as a project manager for one of the last federal grants signed by President Barack Obama. The grant aims to upskill New Yorkers through no-cost tech-based initiatives and allows me to intertwine my interest in technology, corporate strategy, and design thinking. My day is far from over at 6pm, however, and in my after-work work and weekends, I’ve launched and managed an assistive technology volunteer-based non-profit called Project Hearing that has gotten sponsored by the likes of Google and the Flatiron school. At Project Hearing I work to elevate the voices of countless advocates with disabilities and allies in the form of workshops, interviews, partnerships, and social media content.

3) What’s your relationship with technology?

From the moment I open my eyes to the vibrating alarm clock I have on my bedside table to the moment I set up my visual fire alarm before going back to sleep. My reality as a person with a disability is strongly dependent on technology and I depend on technology in every aspect of my life to ensure my inclusion.

4) Do you think the tech and principles of Project Hearing can be adapted to other types of disabilities?

Tech and the principles that I am using to build Project Hearing are universal and can be adapted to other types of disability. The ethos of the organization is “do something where you are with the tools you have right now.” I believe we all have the power to advance the careers, ideas, and voices of people with disabilities and by focusing on immediate actionable steps we can all make a difference.

5) Tell us a fun fact about yourself!

I was the first person with a cochlear implant to visit the continent of Antarctica!

6) Do you have any good books or movies to recommend?

Being Heumann: An Unrepentant Memoir of a Disability Rights Activist by Judith Heumann and Kristen Joiner: I am so inspired by Heumann and her accessibility work and am constantly aspiring for that level of impact in the present digital landscape.

Inclusive Design for a Digital World: Designing with Accessibility in Mind by Regine Gilbert: Regine is a professor of assistive technology at New York University and has been an incredible mentor in helping me think through my work as a disability activist.

“30 Tools in 30 Days: Tools for People with Hearing Disabilities to be More Independent & for Allies to Not be Assh*les” is a book I am finishing up on my favorite accessibility tools. The book is set to be published at the end of this year and curious aspiring readers can stay tuned on its development by subscribing to my newsletter at www.projecthearing.com.

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