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[thatsbelievable]

[deebrisbyfish]

Sometimes, when an idea occurs to me and I want to get it drawn and posted that day, I'll make strips like these where I rough them out and do loose digital pencils. There's something very fun and immediate to these that I find to be creatively satisfying to do on occasion. And, in this case, the reasoning is well explained in the strip itself. I... may NEVER get the hang of Daylight Savings Time.

[frogsandfries]

It's a book!

I'm not really positive what to do with the cover right now. The only plastics I have to seal it are gesso and mod podge, but I still haven't decided on a cover design or pattern or colors or illustration.

(ETA: This is not my product, I just printed and bound it. It is also not 550 unique pages, so I do not recommend this product for the dishonesty in the listing)

[misterlemonztenth]

04-10-24 | Talk about your Bikram Yoga. misterlemonztenth.tumblr.com/archive

[delightful-mirth]

The clear scorn and bewilderment on Meloni’s face are a dead giveaway that she didn’t expect such a confrontation, not at a time when she couldn’t Google a demagogic response or demand her consultants to suggest one she could repeat word-by-word.

The confused excuse she offered, that her government is following court decisions and is not deviating from previous administrations, is completely false. In Italy adoptions (including second-parent adoptions) by same-sex couples are ruled by courts in a case-to-case scenario due to a shameful legislative gap, one that courts have been asking the government(s) to fill. Besides, while with the previous administrations the situation remained stagnant, it definitely is taking a turn for the worse now.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau certaintly isn’t the first Canadian to deal with Meloni’s homophobia. Back in 2016 her party Fratelli d’Italia/Brothers of Italy used, without authorization, a picture of a couple of Canadian fathers shedding tears of joy as they held in their arms their newborn son born via surrogacy, as part of a campaign against surrogacy and adoption by same-sex couples. For no apparent reason the picture was flipped horizontally, with the addition of the party’s logos and two captions saying, “He will never be able to say Mum” and “The only rights that need protection are the child’s rights.” (Source: [X]).

In 2016 Giorgia Meloni was also interviewed for the TV program “Le Iene/The Hyenas” along with Paola De Micheli (a member of the center-left party Partito Democratico/Democratic Party), during one of their double interview segments. When asked about the possibility of having a gay son, Meloni replied, “I’d rather not,” only to add a few moments later, “I’d still love him, though.” Later in the interview, when asked “Better gay or left-winged?”, Meloni replied “Neither.” When De Micheli was asked “Better gay or right-winged?” and she replied “Surely gay,” Meloni exclaimed in dismay “’Mmazza!” which can be roughly translated as, “What the hell!”. (Source: [X]).

Meloni often claims she isn’t a homophobe, that she simply believes that every child needs a mother and a father, that she is against adoption by single parents regardless of sexual orientation too, but that this doesn’t make her a singlephobe, to put it in her own words. And yet the interview from above is one of the many proofs of both her personal homophobia and her party’s. During a meeting that was part of her political campaign in September 2022, an LGBT activist waving a Pride rainbow jumped on the stage to criticize her bigoted views. Meloni’s tone was generally condescending, pretending to praise the activist for his courage while actually trying to ridicule him. Among her confused replies, she stated that Italian LGBT people don’t face any discrimination, that in any case LGBT fundamental rights would be a matter of democratic debate, and as some people are against equal marriage and adoption, this must be accepted in the name of democracy. What’s most upsetting is how she also claimed that Italian same-sex couples can access to civil unions after all, implying that they have no right to complain. Thing is that Italy had civil unions only in 2016 and certainly not thanks to her, who has always staunchly opposed them. As of May 2023, Italy and Greece are the only two countries in Western Europe without equal marriage, barely civil unions that grant some but not all legal protections that marriage grants.

Meloni’s typical excuse for her bigoted views is that when she was a little girl her father abandoned her and her sister, leaving them to the care of their mother as a single parent, so she personally experienced how every child needs both a mother and a father. The truth is that children only needs strong and reliable parents. Many people were raised in families that couldn’t have been more traditional, and yet it didn’t go well: They would have rather had two worthy mothers, fathers, non-binary parents, a throuple, a single parent, but whatever the case good parents. It is base demagogy to claim that the children of a same-sex couples will never be happy as they will never be able to say “Mum” or “Dad”: some people have only brothers so they will never say “sister”, while other people only have sisters so they can’t call anyone “brother.” Are these people condemned to misery? Should their parents have thrown their TV in the garbage and tried every day until a child of a different gender would have been born?

Last but not exactly least: Meloni and her party tend to use the pretext of being defenders of Catholic values to motivate their anti-LGBT views. However, many of her party members are divorced and Meloni herself has been living with her partner for years without marrying, and they have a daughter out of wedlock. These are all sins in the eyes of the Vatican. Hypocrisy, much?

[wordsoftheheartandsoul]

Perhaps the whole point of getting lost is to purposely find your way back to who you are. It's difficult to find yourself in a season where nothing seems to be going right, and every effort put forward only makes things worse. In every step, there always manages to be ten steps back. Maybe that's the point of it all. Maybe we are experiencing this level of discomfort because God wants our attention. Maybe He wants us to focus on our mental health and truths within, instead of getting wrapped up in the world and everything around us. Maybe He wants us to experience lack, so we can truly appreciate the growth and abundance that is coming.

Morgan Richard Olivier - the tears that taught me

[poligraf]

Charging back and forth isn’t progress. Small but steady forward motion is.

— Algis Budrys

[markonpark]

Rec Hall Buddies. Vintage reversed photo of two men in and out of uniform. https://markonpark.etsy.com/listing/1546816453

[whatareyoureallyafraidof]

  "To me it's a question of being able to look backward and give the present a root... To give meaning to where we are today, we need to look at where we have come from." - Richard Leakey (born: 19 December 1944)

[ozkar-krapo]

Die TÖDLICHE DORIS

"Stigfinnareträffande II / Zwei Herzen"

(7". Vinyl On Demand. 2004 / rec. 1982-83) [DE]

[quotecollector14]

We're all waiting until we have deep knowledge, wisdom, and a sense of certainty before we venture forth. But we've got it backward--venturing forth is how we gain the knowledge.

Will Smith

[unaadkhor]

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[rottin6]

this ramadan we pray for peace and aid for the people of palestine. this ramadan we remember the previous ramadans, where thousands of palestinians were massacred. this ramadan we honour palestine, and may we see a free palestine next ramadan

[cavettrobert]

This gentleman shares a beautiful perspective on time machines that we all possess!

[thecorvidforest]

in light of a four day ceasefire in Gaza being agreed upon, i am once again asking you all not to lose sight of the big picture. Biden and the Israeli Government are trying to frame this as a major democratic victory and as a favor respectively. they have no intention of a total ceasefire. they have no intention of stopping their genocide. remember - a ceasefire is the very first step. it’s not even the bare minimum.

the absolute bare minimum in this situation is 1) a complete ceasefire and immediate humanitarian aid in Gaza, 2) complete halt of all military foreign aid to the Israeli government, 3) the Israeli government being prosecuted for its war crimes in the International Criminal Court, and 4) land back and reparations for the Palestinian people. free Palestine means free Palestine, not just temporarily stop carpet bombing Palestine.

a temporary ceasefire is something, but it’s not even close to the end goal. we cannot let up pressure when things seem to be looking up. keep protesting, boycotting, spreading awareness, contacting politicians, etcetera. keep your eyes on Gaza. free Palestine.

[aimasup]

Exams are coming up which is just fantastic (shaking visibly)

So here's something super self-indulgent until sem break UqU

Song inspo: Link here<3