#School of Mafia film online

[snickerdoodlles]

I disagree with your chan headcannon

But I like your other headcannons so can I for macau headcannons if you don't mind

😂 well the good news is that i’m in the fandom minority with my “Chan is loyal to Korn only” camp and rarely ever post about him, so keep asking me about brothers and we'll be delighted together

and yes!!! MACAU MY DARLING BOY!!! i love him SO much, but i will limit myself to only three (3) headcanons for him on this post in a futile attempt to keep it from getting too long

Macau & Kim

his favorite way to piss Kim off is by making club mixes of chinese drama OSTs. he does this with Kim's actual songs too after those start rolling out, but this feud began long before they started posting to social media. Macau also starts off with a larger following for his mixes than Kim does for his covers, and while that eventually plateaus and Kim passes him in their follower counts by the time canon rolls around, Kim is still so fucking bitter. the day Kim starts to let it go is the day Macau posts a video of himself playing hot cross buns on the drama dizi* he stole from Kim years ago.

Macau & Chay

Chay and Macau do Not like each other. i know people like to make them friends, i just don't see it happening without a lot of work first and it's so much funnier to me if they're frenemies. i do love them as online gaming besties tho (before they find out who the other is), because then they both have to live with the mortifying knowledge that Chay once called Macau 'daddy' after he gave him a bunch of turnips in animal crossing, because they are teenagers and teenagers make stupid daddy jokes. any inclinations of trying to be friends because Porsche and Vegas are friends dry up faster than water on a hot pan after that.

Macau & Pete & Vegas

you know what's a great way to bond with brothers and in-laws? movies. you know what's the worst leisure activity to do with Pete and Vegas? WATCH MOVIES. every action scene is scrutinized and criticized and Pete keeps rewinding the same three seconds to mock the character's kick stance. any murder scenes are WORSE. Vegas hates romances and hates ballads. the only things not totally infuriating to watch with him are cooking shows and home improvement shows and the occasional gardening show and yawn. Pete's tastes are much broader thanks to Khun, but he also comes with so many opinions on how to properly watch shows and Macau doesn't actually want to dress up every time they watch a horror film.

so movie nights are almost a bust. they do find some movies they're all into, but it's usually an exercise in frustration. but then, one day while they're queuing up a film they're only 37% sure on, Pete's grandma calls with the hot town gossip--"do you remember Kobb Pete? yes, the nice old man who runs the fruit stand, remember how he gave you a mango on your first day of school and you dripped all down your new uniform? well, you'll never believe what's happened, you know how Kobb passed his stand down to his son Mew and Mew was training up his son Mod to take over one day, except they got into a fight on how to best display the pineapples and papayas and they had a fight, yes, right there in the middle of the road, and Mew fired his son, but Kobb backed Mod, so they opened a rival fruit stand with Mew's wife, but Kobb's wife sided with Mew and got the neighbors involved, and--"

it takes grandma forty minutes to regale the tale of the on-going fruit vendor feud. then she continues to update Pete on the rest of the hometown for another three hours. Macau and Vegas are enthralled. how often does your grandma tell you things Pete, can we be there for the next one, what's the full story behind the thing with Folk's fishing boat, why did you ask grandma if Sine's husband was in the garden--

listen, small town drama is the best drama. and Vegas is having a journey to discover which mafia things are things he likes vs which ones he forced himself to like to survive, and being a nosy cunt sniffing out all the juicy scandals is absolutely something he takes to with glee (he will become grandma's favorite when they visit, they are terrifying together). Macau just loves hearing all the petty drama and neighbors feuds that result in increasingly passive aggressive displays of garden gnomes instead of gunfire. movie night becomes grandma call nights and it's the best family bonding.

*inspired by Jeff buying one of the Wei Wuxian's flutes and the fact that he reportedly learned how to play it because he's a big ol' cql nerd ❤❤❤ this is also a reference to @majestictortoise's fic Middlegame, which everyone should read if they haven't yet and reread if they have

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Osamu Dazai And The Dark Era - Afterword

Good evening. Asagiri here.

I ordered the late Sakunosuke Oda's favorite Osaka-style curry online and tried it. It was extremely spicy, but good. But also extremely spicy. My hand was basically glued to my water glass. The moment I finished, I started planning when I would eat it next. It was that kind of curry. I apologize to anyone reading this in the middle of the night.

Anyway, this is the second Bungo Stray Dogs novel: Osamu Dazai andthe Dark Era. While Osamu Dazai's Entrance Exam took place two years before the comics, this novel takes place four years earlier and is about Dazai's life as a Mafia executive. The title inspiration came from the artist Pablo Picasso's first works (as a young man) known as the Blue Period. The author Osamu Dazai was rather wild in his younger years, but the Dazai in Bungo Stray Dogshad his own dark days as a youth, too.

Now, if I may digress.

The substance of this novel came to life because of a certain photograph. Authors Osamu Dazai, Sakunosuke Oda, and Ango Sakaguchi were part of a school of writers known as the Buraiha, or libertines. They would gather at a bar in Ginza, drink, and talk about the literary world, novels, their family, and everything in between.

There's actually a photo of them talking and having a good time that you can find at the Kanagawa Museum of Modern Literature (taken by the photographer Tadahiko Hayashi). Osamu Dazai is trying to act all cool with his legs on the stool, Sakunosuke Oda is facing the camera and smiling, and Ango Sakaguchi has a hand on his glass while listening to Dazai's story. They're so relaxed that it's hard to believe they're in front of a camera (especially when you consider that cameras back then were huge and the flashbulbs had to be changed with every shot). You can really tell they got along. Not only are these three authors pillars of the literary world, but they seemed to be really close as well. I guess you could even call them 'Friends.' Such wonderful, sympathetic relationships aren't easy to come by, and you can't simply take them back if you lose them. That's something even normal people like us can understand.

Then, only nine days after the picture was taken, Sakunosuke Oda passed away from a lung hemorrhage due to tuberculosis.

Osamu Dazai wrote 'Oda! You did well' in his eulogy for the funeral. Not too long after that, he and Ango Sakaguchi also departed from this world, and now all that's left is this picture of them. The starting point of this story came from what will never again return, something forever sealed within a strip of film.

As you know, the characters in BungoStrayDogsdon't share everything in common with their real-life counterparts. There are a number of discrepancies in the series's setting that contradict historical fact (for example, it was actually Osamu Dazai who looked up to Ryuunosuke Akutagawa). I have no qualms with readers treating these as entities independent from the actual history.

However, my belief is that the faint glimmers these individuals left behind for future generations (such as the lines written in their stories, or that something within the aforementioned photo) are the very nature of a great author. So to stretch the point a bit, I feel as though this series wouldn't be able to live up to its name—Bungo—without these glimmers.

Enough serious talk. I just wanted to express my gratitude to everyone for their support and love for the series. Thanks to you all, we are planning on a third novel. I'm going to be extremely busy releasing four comics and three novels within a year, but I really hope you look forward to the continuation of the Bungo Stray Dogsuniverse.

Last but not least, I would like to thank my amazing partner Sango Harukawa for yet again drawing such beautiful illustrations and cool characters. I'd also like to thank the editors, advertisers, agencies, bookstores, and you, the reader! Thank you all so much.

Let us meet again in the next volume.

KAFKA ASAGIRI

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[schoolofmafiastreamingita]

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Ottima la premessa di Scuola di mafia, quasi al pari di quella di Terapia e proiettili, e la sceneggiatura, firmata dal regista Alessandro Pondi insieme a Paolo Logli, Mauro Graiani e Riccardo Irrera, cerca di tenerne fede, riuscendoci sopra tutti. nella costruzione delle lezioni di Mr T che attingono alla realtà e mostrano come, al netto della degenerazione morale, c'è anche qualcosa da imparare da un decalogo per uomini "onorabili".

New York - oggi. Tony Masseria, Joe Cavallo e Nick Di Maggio sono tre newyorkesi. Hanno sogni, aspirazioni, progetti per la loro vita: Nick è un chitarrista che sta per entrare nel talent show più famoso d'America, Joe è un cadetto dell'accademia di polizia e Tony è un insegnante di danza. Un ostacolo li separa dalla realizzazione dei loro sogni: sono i figli dei tre boss mafiosi che si dividono il traffico illegale della città, determinati a farli diventare, volenti o nolenti, gli eredi dei loro affari. I tre padri rapiscono quindi i loro figli per portarli in Sicilia, alla scuola di Don Turi 'u Ammazzaturi, il Padrino più temuto, che dovrà addestrarli a diventare dei veri padroni. Sarà un viaggio duro per tutti e tre, ma sarà anche un viaggio di crescita personale che permetterà a Tony, Nick e Joe di definirsi e capire cosa sono e cosa possono diventare.

Il film School of Mafia, diretto da Alessandro Pondi, è distribuito da 01 Distribution. Uscita prevista giovedì 24 giugno.

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[lmaowhateven]

umodern au but its only the genshin pairs i care abt

some hcs under the cut or whatever 🙄 i have lots of thoughts

THOMIYA (dating)

Thoma 26 Yoimiya 24

-Thoma is the manager of a Kamisato Teashop. He grew up with Ayaka and has naturally been very close with the family. Unofficially adopted into the family and eager to help in the business :)

-Yoimiya is running her father's fireworks shop as he's getting to old to do everything himself. It's taking a lot longer than she thought it would, but currently she's trying to get a degree in business.

-The Kamisato Teashop and Nagonahara Fireworks are right next to eachother! Thoma and Yoimiya have known each other since middle school but they only recently started dating (Ayaka set them up on a blind date >:D)

-They are practically perfect together save for the fact that Thoma frequently picks up stray animals and volunteers at shelters, and Yoimiya is wildly allergic to animal fur.

BEIGGUANG (divorced/it's complicated)

Beidou 33 Ningguang 35

-Beidou use to be a prominent fish catcher and sailor, but within the last 5 years has quit her job and bought a houseboat where she lives with Kazuha (17) (her half adopted son/half roommate).

-Ningguang is a prolific CEO of a mining and trading company. She's built up the entire operation herself. She's also paying the mortgage on Beidou's houseboat.

-Beidou and Ningguang met in their early 20's and it was practically love at first sight. They got married within a year and stayed together for 4 years. Split up due to completely different lifestyles, but they can't stay away from each other for too long.

-There is nothing funnier to me than divorced beigguang but the relationship is so messy they can't help but come back to each other. It's not toxic they just need couples therapy and both are too proud to admit it. 😐

-My ideal for them is "I thought we'd be better off divorced but I'm literally so miserable without you." They are so messy so so so so messy in my head

CHAEYA (flirting)

Kaeya 24 Childe 25

((this one is a bit of a shitpost idea my other idea was smth inspired by killing eve because i love my gay bitches MESSY and PROBLEMATIC but i went with this one instead bc it was just tooooooo edgy and i didn't want to make kaeya work for the FBI or MI6 cause he's too sexy for that))

-Childe is a tik tok influencer trying to break out into the acting world. He's fairly talented for a newbie on the scene, and having him as an actor in your movie is good publicity, so he's quickly becoming an up-and-coming star.

-Kaeya has been an a-list celebrity since his teen years, due to his father being a rich philanthropist it was fairly easy for him to get roles as a kid. He's won many awards for his talent and has been in block buster after block buster. As of late though, he's recently been caught in the middle of a NASTY public scandal surrounding his brother suing him, and has become black-listed in many celebrity circles. This hit to his public reputation has him working in films he'd usually decline.

-So that's how Childe and Kaeya became co-stars of the newest cheesy netflix teen drama. Kaeya so clearly doesn't want to be here and Childe is very eager to mess with him. I'd like to think Childe keeps posting images of him and Kaeya online together and fans keep speculating on their (character's) relationship. It drives Kaeya INSANE and Childe loves to press his buttons. He pretends like it doesn't but he's plotting 1210312313 different ways to get Childe fired offset.

-Kaeya starts messing with Childe whenever they have to act together on screen. If Childe wants to spread rumors than Kaeya can spread rumors too. 😌 Y'know just adding a little acting here and sprinkling a yearning touch there. It's all in the name of show-biz (AND VENGEANCE)

XIAOYU (married)

Xiao 31 Ganyu 34

-Both of them are ex-members of the Chinese mafia, but you'd never have guessed that. Now Xiao is a homemaker and Ganyu is a secretary for Ningguang. (basically a way of the househusband au.)

-Have been married for 8 years but everyone tells them they look too young to even be married at all.

-Ganyu frequently falls asleep on public transport, so Xiao takes her to and from work on his motorcycle. She absolutely loves the feeling of being on the bike, Xiao is so terrified every second of the way.

-They met after a long turf war had ended between two gangs. Their boss had grown tired of all the fighting and wanted to retire, and felt that they were too young to be roped up into all of this. Without anywhere else to go both of them had found solace with each other.

[missluckycharms]

MASTERLIST.

•sub!harry Masterlist

•Harry Au Instagram Masterlist.

•Honey, Harry and & Y/N Masterlist. (Dad!H)

•Joey, Izzy and Harry Masterlist. (Poly relationship)

• College!Harry (Footballer!Harry) & Y/N Masterlist.

•Blurbs:

Complicated - angst, childhood best friends.

•My Wattpad books:

• Oath - Dark Mafia gang leader Harry [Completed]

• Cherry Bomb - Soft 70s rockstar Harry [Completed]

• A Helping Hand — sub!harry is inexperienced and wants to learn. [Completed]

• Online — sub!harry is a camboy. [Completed]

• Stand Alone One shots:

some contain OCs, some contain Y/N.

One shots containing smut are labelled with a *

The One With The Strap On — Dom!Harry getting pegged. *

This Little Secret Of Ours — best friends brother! Harry and Y/N in a secret relationship.

Y/N get’s injured playing Volleyball — College!Harry and Y/N.

Three Taps — in which Harry and Y/N are in high school and have to sneak around, smut happens under Anne’s roof. *

The Business Plan — Styles Brothers AU. Steamy threesome and some business deals that are not so professional. *

Styles On Film — Sub!Harry wants to be filmed*

Paramour — dark Harry inspired by YOU on Netflix.*

Save A Horse, Ride A Cowboy — you peg sub!Harry while he wears leather pants and a cowboy hat.*

• Longer One Shots:

One shots containing smut are labelled with a *

Harry is known as the mean professor, but at home, he's far from that with his wife Y/N. *

Harry is a witch and Y/N just loves to wander and pry while Niall studies the supernatural. Part Two.

Harry is a tattoo artist, Y/N and him hooked up before, Louis is a dickhead and something about tongue piercings. *

Y/N owns a bakery and Harry owns the flower shop next door.

Harry is a priest and Y/N is his only exception to being unholy. * Part Two. *

[absolutebl]

Top 10 BLs Not Set in High School or University

(In order of my personal preference) 

To My Star - HOME & CAFE IN KOREA 

Super grumpy chef finds himself unexpectedly living with a famous actors embroiled din scandal and neurosis. Really doesn't want to but slowly falls in love with him. 

Cherry Magic AKA 30 Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard - OFFICE IN JAPAN 

30 year old virgin can suddenly hear people’s thoughts, discovers the most popular guy in his office ahs a mad crush on him. Has to decide whether he wants that or not. Possibly one of THE most adorable BLs ever.

Be Love In House: I Do - SMALL ARTS FIRM & CAFE IN TAIWAN  

Office set BL that is a bit frenetic and contrived but weak seme/uke dynamic, super broken soft slow burn romance, adorable side characters and no trigger warnings, which is unusual for Taiwan. I really loved this one, but the plot is naff.

1000 Stars - THAI COUNTRYSIDE

The uke character *was* in uni but he drops out to teach kids in rural Thailand and falls in love with a park ranger (basically) it's one of the best things we have ever gotten from GMMTV. And one of the best written and filmed, most consistently acted, and least problematic BLs out of Thailand. 

Wish You: Your Melody in My Heart - KOREAN MUSIC INDUSTRY

Production assistant/pianist sees and falls in love with a busker who might be the next big star. Tries to help him make it happen. You want the movie version of this drama, trust me. 

Lovely Writer - HOME & DRAMA SET IN THAILAND 

Seme character is in uni but doesn’t act like it. Revolves around the shooting of a BL drama (and has things to SAY about THAT) along with the writer of that drama and the lead actor who, it turns out, has wanted that writer for a really long time.

Gameboys the series - HOME IN THE PHILIPPINES  

Lockdown romance about an out bisexual who pursues (virtually) an online relationship with the cutest disaster gay to ever pick up a controller.

Manner of Death - ON THE RUN IN THE THAI COUNTRYSIDE

A romantic suspense mystery story about a doctor who uncovers and investigates murder and the local mafia bad boy who tries to keep him safe, plus their adopted miscreant children and plants. 

Nobleman Ryu's Wedding - HOME IN HISTORICAL KOREA 

Fake relationship period piece about a boy who pretends to be his own sister and marries (what turns out to be) the man of his dreams. Very properly Korean, a bit stiff, but high production values for of Cinderfella meets 12th night.  

Restart After Come Back Home - JAPANESE COUNTRYSIDE 

Post college characters in atmospheric countryside setting, super under appreciated little gem of a film that’s beautifully made and acted, revolves around family home life and farming.

Honorable Mention 

My Day the series - PINOY PASTRY OFFICE & HOME 

Sky is a university student but this is about his internship at a pastry company where he meets and falls in love with his boss. No seme/uke dynamic but all the tropes and it’s very cheesy and sappy. I love this BL, but it’s very under appreciated because it’s a bit... MUCH.

You Are Ma Boy - CAFE & MUSIC INDUSTRY IN VIETNAM 

I adore this quirky barrista meets idol cat/mouse romance, no student characters at all.

My Lascivious Boss - CAFE IN VIETNAM  

Queerst BL ever, boy in drag meets and has one night stand with hot mess *straight* man who turns out to be his new boss. Then has to pretend to be his own sister to fool said boss, until boss figures it all out.

Long Time No See - MAFIA IN KOREA 

I actually really love this one, it has a low rating because it’s technically not BL. Mature characters, hitmen assassins, start a relationship not realizing they are on opposite sides of a turf war. Or do they?

I created a My Drama List for these, there are a lot more.

(Here’s a much longer post with more recommendations.)

[magnoliamyrrh]

Spain to Criminalize Paying for Sex, Julie Bindel, June 10th

Amelia Tiganus is a sex-trade survivor, originally from Romania. She has been campaigning to introduce laws to criminalise demand - the men that pay for sex - for a number of years. This week saw her wish come true, when the Spanish parliament voted in favour of clamping down on pimping and introducing criminal penalties for men buying sex.

Until now, prostitution has been tolerated in Spain, with many brothels operating as hotels or other lodging establishments, although sexual exploitation and pimping are illegal.

Tiganus was prostituted in Spain, where she still lives. She has long been involved in a campaign to end the sex trade, working since 2015 with Feminicidio as coordinator of its online training platform and projects for the prevention and awareness of prostitution, trafficking and other forms of violence against women. She is currently documenting the number of murdered prostituted women in Spain.

Tiganus has published several articles on the sexual exploitation of women and girls. In the past two years, she has given more than 100 lectures and workshops throughout Spain and Argentina. I spoke to Tiganus about being trafficked and abused in state-sanctioned brothels, and about her life and activism after escaping prostitution. Here is her story.

When I was 17, I was sold by a Romanian pimp to a Spanish pimp for 300 pounds [roughly $350]. But the total debt I was told I owed my new pimp was 3,000 pounds, after he had bought me and paid for my travel, documentation, clothes and the “facilities” that they put me in. Like many Romanian girls, I was totally vulnerable, not only because of economic poverty but also because of social exclusion, and being stigmatised for suffering multiple rapes at the age of 13.

I left school at 14, and at 16 I left my family and started working in a factory. The society I grew up in was deeply patriarchal, so to them I was already human waste; a bad woman.

When the pimps captured me, they talked about the virtues of being a prostitute in Spain. They told me I would earn a fortune in a short time. I didn’t know that what awaited me would not look anything like [what] they told me.

Psychological Breakdown

It was very easy to deceive me because they had already stripped me of my humanity by telling me I was a “bitch,” and by sexually violating me. I could not aspire to anything else. The pimps are expert manipulators and psychological abusers. The worst punishment is usually not physical. They didn’t put a gun to my head or threaten me or put me in chains—they broke me down psychologically, and that is how I became a victim.

Like other survivors of prostitution, I define the brothel as a concentration camp. During the day, we were forced to watch pornographic films, to eat and to sleep under a strict regime of control. We were expected to be loving and smiling, since that gave the place and the pimp a good reputation. We had to play a role all the time, and had to do what the johns demanded, such as dressing as they wished, or to [go by] another name. We had to sleep in the same bed that we had been sexually tortured in by johns.

The pimps know that Spanish johns want the “merchandise” in good condition and without obvious signs of violence. They want “happy whores” because, thanks to the media and awareness campaigns that directly relate physical violence to trafficking, the [sex buyers] do not want to feel like part of the mafia that sexually exploits women. But the johns also don’t want to give up their privilege of sexually accessing women’s bodies. So they prefer to deceive themselves, with the support of the institutions, the media, the political class and society in general, into believing that the prostitutes inside the brothels are happy and there by choice.

When I was taken to the first brothel in Alicante, a big tourist area, I was amazed that the place was full of girls from my home city. I was also surprised by the endless 12-hour days to which we were subjected. Between opening at 5 p.m. and closing at 5 a.m., there was no possibility of rest, and this was seven days a week. If we stopped work, we were fined, and this was added to our debt.

The pimps told us that once the debt was paid we would get 50 percent of the profits. They told us we shouldn’t complain, because we were going to earn a lot of money in a short time, and then retire early. I realised after three weeks of being there that that would not happen when I had already paid my debt.

In prostitution, everything is set up to take money away from the women. They are left with just enough to send to their families and not raise suspicion. We were fined and charged for lodging and maintenance at exorbitant prices, despite sleeping in crowded rooms and eating badly. We were sold expensive clothes and makeup, and they made us buy drugs, supposedly to offer to the johns and earn more money.

They hooked us on drugs as soon as they could. First it was alcohol, then cocaine. Drugs and alcohol were always available. At first, we were pressured to do it, but then we complied in an attempt to mentally escape the torture.

We were willing to endure the cruelty because we believed in the false promise of the freedom and autonomy that money would give us. In the brothel you lose your identity: You are interchangeable and usable, without any individual characteristics.

Men Who Pay for Sex

From my experiences, I identified three types of johns:

The putero majo [“putero” is a word commonly used by prostituted women to mean “sex buyer” or “john”] was the one who would talk to me a lot. I had to be very kind to him and smile, listen and approve, with love and admiration. For me, that situation was one of the most maddening. He forced me to be there, not only in body but also mentally. That was torture for me and the majority of prostitutes. This type of john not only wants to buy a body but also the soul, the feelings and the affection. They want to buy what cannot be sold. They don’t mind self-deception. I cannot describe the impotence and anger that that made me feel. He felt I should be grateful to him because he supposedly treated me well. This john went from being the most loving “boyfriend” to calling me “disgusting bitch,” “liar” and “swindler” in the most violent ways if I was not good at the role he was paying for.

The macho putero was to the point. He paid, penetrated and left. At least that way I could be mentally where I wanted to be. For that type of john, the whores are only a body with holes to penetrate. They don’t care what we are thinking. We must perform for him just like in the movies: moan, smile and pretend that we are participating. Then he leaves and we are left with our bodies violated and in pain. On more than one occasion, this type of john would turn up to the brothel in a pack with his friends and ask for group sex, usually with only one woman. Most of the time he got what he asked for, because the women who were still in debt to the pimp were particularly bound to obey them and accede to more brutal practices.

If the pimps don’t kill us, the third type of john does: the “misogynist putero.” The physical and mental torture that this sadist performs are difficult to narrate. Being bitten, pinched, beaten, insulted, humiliated, reduced to nothing. The more pain, humiliation and fear they inflict, the more they enjoy it.

The johns are macho men who think that women exist to satisfy their desires. They are politicians, judges, police, prosecutors, journalists, trade unionists, workers, businessmen, doctors, teachers, athletes, married, single, young or old. They come from all social classes. There is no place where these men feel more united than in the brothel.

I was trapped in the prostitution system for five years. The money we earned was taken by the pimps, and that money then benefits municipalities, the treasury and the state prosecutor. The money from the prostitution system ends up benefiting the state economy. This is money literally from the backs of women.

That is why I speak of the “prostitution system.” It is the “community” in which you live. It is the state and its institutions that allow it, because it brings economic benefits to the country—don’t forget that Romania is an important provider of women for sexual exploitation within the European Union.

Every time a prostituted woman retires, at least three new women are forced into the brothels. Whores are “made” on an industrial scale because the sex industry needs them. The pimps invest a lot of money into making young women believe that their best chance is to be a whore.

Spain has recently become a paradise for sex tourists. Here you can easily access all types of prostitution: street, brothels, private apartments, online advertising. It is a safe haven for johns from all over the world. In 2017, 82 million tourists visited Spain, and they contribute significantly to the economy. Much of that money comes from trafficking and prostitution. Sex tourism feeds and sustains trafficking. The Balearic Islands, the Canary Islands and Catalonia, for example, are destinations for sex tourism. The income from prostitution and trafficking in Spain are part of the GDP [gross domestic product].

Counting Murdered and Missing Women

In the database of Feminicidio.net, we have documented 42 femicides of prostituted women between 2010 and 2018, not including those who have disappeared during the trafficking process.

I survived and I can tell my story, but imagine all those who are not able to speak—those who die from addiction, abuse and torture; those who will be killed … the prostituted victims of femicide are the forgotten victims of male violence. They are seen as disposable women. They are brutally killed—their broken bodies are often found in vacant lots, or in containers or in garbage bags. Although they are sexual crimes, they are not recognised as such by laws or people.

In Spain, there is much talk and action amongst feminists about gang rape and abuse of women, which is a good thing. The social perception is changing. However, sexual violence that takes place in brothels does not seem to matter so much. The double morality is still there, with the myth that there are “good” and “bad” women— the women who matter and those who do not. This is reinforcing the inequality between men and women and makes our liberation impossible.

Spain is the third biggest consumer of prostitution in the world, after Thailand and Puerto Rico. In Spain, the sex industry is widespread and standardised. Prostitution is not a crime, but it is not regulated as a professional activity either. However, the “prostitution of others” or sexual exploitation itself is a crime, despite rarely being prosecuted.

In addition, Spain has been a magnet for immigrants in recent years. The racist policies of migratory control have helped the traffickers, because they offer to help those who need to cross borders illegally. They often become traffickers of young women.

Many migrants are caught by traffickers and exploited in Spain through force and coercion. The traffickers take advantage of women in dire poverty, who then end up in debt bondage.

The feminist movement is indebted to the victims of femicide in the prostitution system, who have shown how the end result can be a loss of life. We must find a way to reach a common purpose, and to tackle this at the root cause, which means, of course, penalising the johns.

Public Policies and Public Support for Prostituted Women

I fully support the Nordic model. I support it as a woman, as a feminist, as a survivor of prostitution and trafficking and as a member of an abolitionist NGO [nongovernmental organisation], La Sur. At Feminicidio.net, we understand that we cannot achieve real equality while countries are profiting from the sexual exploitation of women; while men can, for payment, access the bodies of women; and while profiting from our sexuality and our reproductive capacity.

It is necessary to create public policies that go beyond economic aid for women escaping trafficking and prostitution. As a survivor, I know that many more things are needed than money. Women who have been prostituted need therapy, education and training to help them find jobs and become financially independent. Often, the uprooting, loneliness and stigma of having been prostituted means that we need an entire society to welcome us as we are. We are brave survivors of a system created to enslave and dehumanise us. We deserve to live a life free of patriarchal violence.

I was able to get out of the prostitution system after five years, when I understood that I had been cheated. That was what saved me and allowed me to continue pursuing my dream. I wanted to live a quiet life, have a home, to create a family, to study, be “someone,” because I had been “nobody” for too long.

In the countries where the sex trade has been legalised, trafficking has increased, pimps have become entrepreneurs and men receive the message that nothing happens to them if they pay to penetrate women’s bodies. At the same time, the demand for increasingly brutal and degrading sexual practices is on the rise. I always wonder how someone can fight against women becoming free of prostitution. What world do we want to leave our daughters?

The Way Forward

The abolitionist movement is growing because every day there are more diverse women (politicians, judges, police, journalists, businesswomen, workers, students) who understand that the existence of prostitution makes it impossible to achieve real equality. They are not willing to accept that prostitutes are “the others,” but that we are all women.

What people do not see is that the legalisation and normalisation of prostitution does not reify or dehumanise some women but all women. The fact that men have [monetary] access to the bodies of some women strengthens their abuse and humiliation toward other women in their lives. One of the myths is that the johns have a conventional life, but the truth is that johns are still abusers and misogynists, even when they are at home with their wives and daughters.

Abolitionists will win this war. That is why we speak out, risking [the danger of] facing a perverse, powerful millionaire industry that claims our destiny is to serve men sexually. It is a long and hard battle, and perhaps many of us will not be alive when the abolition of prostitution has been achieved. But we will be proud to know that we have been part of a movement that has created a world without prostitution. A world without prostitution is a world where care, mutual desire, shared pleasure, ethics, love, recognition, good treatment and equal opportunities occupy the center of Spain

[forestlingincorporated]

Tim Drake’s Friends (not to be confused with Red Robin’s friends)

Inspired by this post by cryptocism, I bring you: Tim Clique-Breaker Drake. 

(Don’t mind me, this is also basically just me taking notes for a fic I’m working on. Tim’s various normal boy friendships. High School Musical has nothing on Tim Drake.) 

(One of these days I’ll write half these characters’ DC Database entries. Today is not that day. All characters listed know Tim primarily as Tim Drake; anyone who knows Tim primarily as Robin/Red Robin, or who know Tim equally as Tim and Robin, is not included. If I miss someone... I missed someone.)

Sebastian Ives (Tim Drake’s longest civilian friend, met at Gotham Heights High School as freshmen. Geek, genius, bit of a coward, lyme disease and follicular cancer survivor)

Kevin Hudman and “Hudster” Hudson (Because "Hudman and Hudson” isn’t confusing or anything - classmates at Gotham Heights, play Warlocks and Warriors with Tim and Ives.)

Karl Ranck (classmate at Gotham Heights, varsity football jock, bully, wants to be friends with Tim, Tim was never particularly interested in being friends with him. Tried to recruit Tim to his gang, Tim said no.)

(Deceased, shot in altercation with fellow classmate and rival gang member)

Ariana Dzerchenko (Tim Drake’s 9th grade girlfriend, Russian Ukrainian immigrant, wants to be a fashion designer.)

Glenn Doppler (Gotham Heights classmate. Went out with Ariana once while she and Tim were still dating, after Tim stood her up for a date. Felt bad enough to come clean about it.)

Philmont Denlinger. (Gotham Heights classmate, friendly with Ives and Tim. Bullied.)

(Deceased, murdered by fellow classmates) 

Ali Ben Khadir (Tim’s first roommate at Brentwood Academy and the teenaged religious leader of the fictional small country Dhabar)

Tim’s other Brentwood friends: Wesley Thomas (Tim’s second roommate, recovering alcoholic), Kip Kettering (geek, likes film and thriller novels, non-wealthy scholarship kid, counts cards in online gambling), and Buzz Cohen (football jock at a soccer school, rage management issues possibly requiring medication) 

Star (skateboarder, taught Tim how, my lesbian awakening; Stephanie Brown thought her brother, Tito, was Robin) 

Danny Temple (Brentwood classmate, young new leader of Kobra, knows Tim is Robin [does this make including him cheating?]) 

(of course, how could I forget Tim’s best friend and goodest boy, Cardigan?) 

Bernard Dowd (classmate at Louis E. Grieve Memorial High School. Bit of an asshole, has a crush on Darla Aquista and Dana Drake.) 

Darla Aquista (classmate as Louis E. Grieve Memorial High School, Mafia boss’ daughter, doesn’t date anyone, wants to date Tim. It was at this point I decided Tim was a babe magnet) 

(Deceased, shot at school, died in Tim’s arms while he Tim attempted to resuscitate her but she died after being taken to the hospital. It appears as if she died in Tim’s arms if you’re only reading the Robin run, but she lives just slightly longer if you’re reading all of War Games. Resurrected, Warlock’s Daughter.) 

Darla Aquista’s unnamed jock friends Tim SOMEHOW charms.... by offering to take a punch for his terrible friend. 

(It was at this point I decided Tim was a jock magnet.) 

Tyrone (football jock, bully) and Byron (freshman computer geek). Tim mediates. Tim seems to hang out with Tyrone more than once, though this is the last time we see Byron. 

Jimmy (another jock at Louis E. Grieve, friends with Tim, Tyrone, and Darla)

Zoanne Wilkins (classmate at Gotham City High School, “allegedly” Tim’s tutor, hopes to get into Harvard, Tim’s ex-on-and-off-girlfriend) 

Jared Walton (tennis player, rich kid, classmate at Gotham City High School, kidnapped with Tim once)

Craig/Greg Pulaski (tennis player, Gotham City High School classmate)

(This period of Robin comics is NOT great with remembering names)

Randi (Gotham City High School classmate, friends with Zoanne, unclear if she’s friends with Tim) 

I think that’s everyone??

EDIT: 

God fucking damn it, I missed Callie. 

Callie Evans (Classmate at Gotham Heights High School, basketball player. Had a crush on Ives when they were younger, but grew out of it by the time he considered her an option.) 

[natigail]

March 2021 - natigail’s writing

5 Most Recently Completed Fics:

It’s in the air and it’s all around, can you feel me now? (Phan, 5.6k, established relationship, domestic fluff, DDR, lap dance, 2021!phan)

Stacks of pancakes as tall as my love for you (Phan, 3.8k, established relationship, domestic fluff, pancakes, 2021!phan)

Feet in jelly and eyes looking past the camera (Phan, 4.5k, established relationship, domestic fluff, filming videos, 2021!phan)

The Calm to The Storm (Among Us, 64.5k, crewmate/imposter, murdering and violence, angst with happy ending, enemies to lovers)

Strictly Come Dancing but make it GAY (Phan, 178.5k, Strictly Come Dancing AU, dancing, famous!Dan, dancer!Phil, slow burn, mutual pining, strangers to friends to lovers, LGBTQ+ themes)

WIPs below the cut

WIPS:

Broke, Gay and new in Pelican Town (Phan, Stardew Valley AU, strangers to friends to lovers, slow burn, Old School Phandom Big Bang Fic, will be +50k, scheduled to be posted in May)

In a world with its eyes closed, dare to open your eyes (BTS, Namjoon/Yoongi, strangers to collaborators to friends to lovers, producers/songwriters AU, making music together, unpublished for now)

돈‘t Lie (Seventeen, Jeonghan/Joshua and more?, Mafia AU, childhood friends to strangers to enemies to friends to lovers, slow burn, dubious morality, found family, unpublished for now)

Moving forward as the wind passes gently through our fingertips (Seventeen, Jeonghan/Joshua, University AU, strangers to friends to lovers, slow burn, unpublished for now)

The Disowned Gay Elf and The Cursed Gay Dragon (Phan, D&D inspired, elf!Dan, dragon!Phil, adventure quest, strangers to friends to lovers, slow burn, unpublished for now)

Isn’t It Our Responsibility To Do The Right Thing? (Undertale, sans/reader, sequel to YCDTFOOW, angst with happy ending, established relationship, 4/8 chapters posted, currently on hiatus)

softhearted boys series (BTS, Yoongi/Jungkook, Namjoon/Jimin/Taehyung, Seokjin/Hoseok, Idol AU, slow burn, LGBTQ+ themes, media attention, unpublished for now)

Love In The Age of Video Games (BTS, Jimin/Jungkook, AU, YouTubers!Jikook, famous!Jungkook, video games, game developers!Jimin and Taehyung, strangers to online friends to lovers, unpublished for now)

no need for bruised knuckles (i’ll show you how) (Phan, Gang AU, peaceful gang leader!Phil, lackey for a rival gang!Dan, enemies to lovers, kicking homophobia in the butt together, unpublished for now)

why wouldn’t an author write fanfics of his own works? (Phan, Author AU, secret identity, author!Dan, animator!Phil, LGBTQ+ themes, online friendship, writer and artist solidarity, mutual pining, strangers to complicated to lovers, unpublished for now)

Mon’s Army of Hybrids (BTS, Hybrid AU, OT7, found family, polyamory, vigilante justice, angst with happy ending, secrets, hybrid!BTS, unpublished for now)

WINGS (my original novel, fantasy world, wlw main couple, hunter!protagonist, winged creature!love interest, enemies to friends to lovers, found family, LGBTQ+ themes, planned to be a trilogy, first volume nearly done at 170k)

[isamajor]

Writer ask meme

Thank @allsortsoflicorice for asking me questions ! It was a good (but tough) exercise for me. :D

1. Describe your comfort zone—a typical you-fic.

Most of my fics have as characters people who are assholes/bastards/morally grey characters. Older characters (all are 30+ and some 60+). There is most of the time a contentious between characters and usually, this will be resolved (or not) by violence. And smut too because I like using the raw energy of anger and a fight for dominance as a sex drive between the characters I write (how original, I know).

2. Is there a trope you’ve yet to try your hand at, but really want to?

I really want to try to write some fluff or some humor. I always fear it feels « wrong » when I write it, haha.

3. Is there a trope you wouldn’t touch with a ten foot pole?

I try to avoid the too easy/well-known trop or twist them. Otherwise, I'm not someone who's into very cheesy stuff or « feel good/wholesome/unproblematic » things.

15. If you could choose one of your fics to be filmed, which would you choose?

Hmmm... Tough one. If I could choose one, I would say perhaps one not yet published (because I write many -short- fics, sometimes several at the same time, and forgot to post them when finished and because it's a pain for me to find titles for them). This fic happens in a hospital and an ex-Interpol agent is healed here (and held captive by the local mafia) to be interrogated later and the guy has to escape the guarded building in his ass-bared hospital gown.

29. If you could write the sequel (or prequel) to any fic out there not written by yourself, which would you choose?

Oh damn, that's a difficult one. Long time ago I lost the habit to read fanfictions, and now, I find it tough to read online (I want to buy a printer to print them and have the time to read, underline parts I love and want to reread and also be able to read everywhere because I'm old school and I'm better reading paper than digital). And turning things into my head, I can't remember a fanfic I wanted to write a sequel or a prequel. Books ? Yes. Fanfics... Honestly, I'm unable to answer this one, I'm sorry and that makes me quite sad...

[natigail]

February 2021 - natigail’s writing

5 Most Recently Completed Fics:

It’s in the air and it’s all around, can you feel me now? (Phan, 5.6k, established relationship, domestic fluff, DDR, lap dance, 2021!phan)

Stacks of pancakes as tall as my love for you (Phan, 3.8k, established relationship, domestic fluff, pancakes, 2021!phan)

Feet in jelly and eyes looking past the camera (Phan, 4.5k, established relationship, domestic fluff, filming videos, 2021!phan)

The Calm to The Storm (Among Us, 64.5k, crewmate/imposter, murdering and violence, angst with happy ending, enemies to lovers)

Strictly Come Dancing but make it GAY (Phan, 178.5k, Strictly Come Dancing AU, dancing, famous!Dan, dancer!Phil, slow burn, mutual pining, strangers to friends to lovers, LGBTQ+ themes)

WIPs below the cut

WIPS:

Broke, Gay and new in Pelican Town (Phan, Stardew Valley AU, strangers to friends to lovers, slow burn, Old School Phandom Big Bang Fic, will be +50k, scheduled to be posted in May)

In a world with its eyes closed, dare to open your eyes (BTS, Namjoon/Yoongi, strangers to collaborators to friends to lovers, producers/songwriters AU, making music together, unpublished for now)

돈‘t Lie (Seventeen, Jeonghan/Joshua and more?, Mafia AU, childhood friends to strangers to enemies to friends to lovers, slow burn, dubious morality, found family, unpublished for now)

Moving forward as the wind passes gently through our fingertips (Seventeen, Jeonghan/Joshua, University AU, strangers to friends to lovers, slow burn, unpublished for now)

The Disowned Gay Elf and The Cursed Gay Dragon (Phan, D&D inspired, elf!Dan, dragon!Phil, adventure quest, strangers to friends to lovers, slow burn, unpublished for now)

Isn’t It Our Responsibility To Do The Right Thing? (Undertale, sans/reader, sequel to YCDTFOOW, angst with happy ending, established relationship, 4/8 chapters posted, currently on hiatus)

softhearted boys series (BTS, Yoongi/Jungkook, Namjoon/Jimin/Taehyung, Seokjin/Hoseok, Idol AU, slow burn, LGBTQ+ themes, media attention, unpublished for now)

Love In The Age of Video Games (BTS, Jimin/Jungkook, AU, YouTubers!Jikook, famous!Jungkook, video games, game developers!Jimin and Taehyung, strangers to online friends to lovers, unpublished for now)

no need for bruised knuckles (i’ll show you how) (Phan, Gang AU, peaceful gang leader!Phil, lackey for a rival gang!Dan, enemies to lovers, kicking homophobia in the butt together, unpublished for now)

why wouldn’t an author write fanfics of his own works? (Phan, Author AU, secret identity, author!Dan, animator!Phil, LGBTQ+ themes, online friendship, writer and artist solidarity, mutual pining, strangers to complicated to lovers, unpublished for now)

Mon’s Army of Hybrids (BTS, Hybrid AU, OT7, found family, polyamory, vigilante justice, angst with happy ending, secrets, hybrid!BTS, unpublished for now)

WINGS (my original novel, fantasy world, wlw main couple, hunter!protagonist, winged creature!love interest, enemies to friends to lovers, found family, LGBTQ+ themes, planned to be a trilogy, first volume nearly done at 170k)