#bc the article is not doing justice to how that word is used in modern german slang that I grew up with lmao

[dkettchen]

TIL that the Weimar republic had "transvestite certificates" to excempt trans folks from anti-crossdressing laws

[god-blog]

Ok, idea that I'm really excited about

Everyone is always talking abt an in-person temple for pagans but what if instead of a temple-temple, there was a museum-temple?

Hear me out bc I think this would be really cool.

Things the temple-museum would have:

Permanent exhibits including:

Outside land art similar to Sun Tunnels by Nancy Holt that line up with the solstices/constellations

Inside sky art for meditating similar to Skyspace by James Turrell (PLS look this one up, it's so pretty. The picture in the article doesn't do it justice)

A wall of prayers/manifestations/affirmations. Visitors write them on a post it or note card and pin it to the wall to make a collaborative exhibition like Post Secret at the Museum of Us

A small gallery with general overviews of popular pagan pantheons: Hellenic, Celtic, etc. This will include artifacts from those time periods either depicting the deities or how people worshiped them

A small gallery with historical witchcraft artifacts. This will include medieval European poppets, Copic love spell manuscripts, Chinese oracle bones, etc.

Rotating temporary exhibits including:

Witch trials from around the world (1400-present, bc they do still happen)

Paleolithic cultures: Venus of Wellendorf, Stonehenge, Cave paintings/music, the Lion-man ivory, etc

Did Christianity Steal From Paganism: yes… no… it’s complicated (basically the overlap between early Christianity and Roman paganism) This will include villa mosaics, sarcophaguses, layouts of early churches, etc

The Rise of Modern Occultism: Hilma af Klint, Carl Jung, surrealism, spiritualism, Wicca, etc

A series of exhibits celebrating closed practices: different indigenous religions, Voodoo, Hoodoo, etc (Very important: these will not be teaching those crafts, just giving them the same public platform/attention as open practices. Key word here is "celebrating." People who practice in those closed communities will be consulted)

How paganism is incorporated into Abrahamic religions: Judaism and paganism, Catholicism and paganism, etc (People who practice in those communities will be consulted)

Modern witchcraft, good or bad? So that would be New Age, the rise of consumerism, witchtok, etc

More in-depth focuses on different pantheons: Celtic, Slavic, Mesopotamian, Hellenic, etc

Historical witchcraft accusations and race: Mary Lewis, the New York City Panic of 1741, Ann Glover, etc

Regular people's (like you!) devotional art. The public will be encouraged to donate/create devotional art pieces. Be that visual media, performance art, video art, music, sculpture, photography, writing, etc. It'll really highlight all the different ways people are worshiping, the diversity in deities being worshiped, and how big our community is

An auditorium. This would be for concerts, festivals/ceremonies that are done inside, and guest speakers. Guest speakers would include academics like Malcolm Gaskill (English historian and author), Katherine Howe (American author), etc. as well as big name practicing witches/pagans.

A garden. I haven’t decided yet what kind but I’m debating between a rooftop garden like the MET, one behind the building but open to visitors, or an atrium like medieval European cloisters/monasteries (bc I love those). The garden would be for meditating, connecting to nature/the gods, feeding pollinators, protecting "creepy" insects like spiders or burrowing bugs (bug hotel?), and potentially -depending on what type of garden it is- housing wild birds in bird houses or bats in bat boxes. Also, it could be a good place for festivals/ceremonies that are done outside, concerts, or general get-togethers like altar piece swaps!

And an altar/worship space. Obviously. It wouldn't be a temple without it. I'm thinking it would be mostly a big empty room with chairs and rugs scattered about and an alcove in one wall for the altar. Inside the alcove will mostly be nonspecific religious objects like candles, nice fabrics, flowers, incense, etc . Visitors will be encouraged to bring their own small personal devotional tools (except candles/incense for fire safety reasons). That way they can pray to, appreciate, and connect to their own gods and the main altar doesn't leave anybody out; the main altar is more for ambience than specific worship.

Giftshop? I'm not sure about this one yet bc it feels wrong to have a gift shop in a temple, but most museums, even small ones, have gift shops. It could have fresh herbs from the garden, candles, and local artists' art like prints, stickers, jewelry, etc. All at a reasonable price ofc (I hate overpriced museum giftshops more than anything else in the world... except overpriced museum tickets)

In terms of funding, museums get more government funding than churches, but they do have to pay taxes churches don't. I was thinking of generally modeling it after the Museum of Us in San Deigo; they let their employees pick the holidays they take off so they can each adhere to their personal religious practice, start paying them at $22 an hour with built in raises each year, and good insurance. They have done an amazing job, way better than any big museum, at collaborating with communities from all over the world to either give back artifacts in their collections or closely work with them to reframe how the artifact is presented/stored. They also don't charge for tickets, memberships, school trips, or basically anything except the giftshop. But that means they rely heavily on donations which may not work as well for a museum that's just starting out. Idk, this is all hypothetical rn.

The pillars the museum-temple would stand on are worship, education, and community.

I feel like teaching people about the history of these practices is super important and isn't smth that everybody bothers to learn or has correct information about. (And I'm a huge history/museum nerd if you can't tell lol)

I'm actually really excited about this lol

[riewritten]

do you ever think of a very street smart Erwin and the reader who is clueless about stuffs (me fr). like im very new with the whole having a more independent life comparing to how i used to and the more i experience the more i realized life is so much more than hoping life will go smoothly bc it doesnt. so i wonder in what circumstances would reader with this certain personality would encounter Erwin and how do they become part of eachother's lives? im speaking out of my insecurity but like. i've alws imagined Erwin as a calculating, observant person who wouldn't let anyone step on him, who knows when someone is intending to use him or fool him into dumb stuffs. This particular reader is quite the contrast. That's why when I imagine self indulgent stuffs I would go like this will NOT be okay how can a person like me get close to a person like him???

so i wanna know your thoughts abt this situation!! no pressure tho!!! like for example in particular how will these two contrasting ppl meet and why do they maintain the relationship? for what purpose? what if the reader shares same goals and ambitions with him? i fr have so many questions but they wouldn't make sense once they go outta my mouth 😔

hehe i just wanna tell u something i have in mind you really don't have to do anything with it!! thank you!!!

oh chau, this was such a sweet prompt. i can still remember how bad i was giggling inside the hospital room 🤭 i hope i gave this one justice!

WEEKEND LESSONS

ERWIN X GEN NEUTRAL!READER, ERWIN X YOU, NO Y/N

TAGS: modern college AU, fluff, slice of life :)

WORDS: 2.1k

Erwin could have too much to say, too many plans to execute, and more heaps of too's that renders him as overwhelming; but he, for once in his life, tried to tone it down and act in normalcy. Just like a little shark swimming alongside a school of fish, pretending ever so silently to avoid alarming its company.

Oh, bet you thought you were the only one who felt the jitters, didn't you?

He did at some point, too — at some point he might never admit. 

And when he's a few steps away from becoming a professor, he ponders about quitting. What was once a dream inspired by his father is now deemed a big fish imparting the same alienation to smaller fishes. He's getting quite sick of it. Pretending without a solid goal was never his forte. 

Perhaps it was your naivety that warranted a reconsideration.

It started when you went to the teacher's table and approached him instead of the professor in charge, "I think I'd opt to ask a fellow student instead of that old man," you sheepishly answered when he asked, "he's so scary — why do professors love to be scary? And you honestly seem to be way smarter than he is."

"Am I, now?" he feigned surprise with amusement still palpable, "And if he hears this first thing in the morning, what then?"

"Tell him what? That you're smarter than him?"

You were curious, quite amazed even, that he might have the gall to confront the professor about his substandard intellect.

"What do you need help with?"

You flashed him a book and flipped the pages on the particular article. "Whenever our prof asks you to pitch something, you always have additional things to say in this topic. And for some reason, the more you overtake the discussion, the more I become interested too!" You weren't able to help yourself, and that's what Erwin could see very well — eyes almost sparkling, giddy composure, and a very drawn demeanor. 

Erwin was never oblivious to his ability of drawing people's interest if he wants to, but to see someone this enthusiastic about it?

How intriguing.

Is intriguing the right word for it?

No. Oh, no.

He thought you were cute. Spare him the cliché nuances but it's been a while since he thought of someone as cute.

"And look," you scooted nearer and pointed at a page. "The author who wrote this is a Smith. Don't tell me you actually ghost wrote this? Is that why you tackled the topic so well?"

Erwin was not smiling when you went to him but now he lost the will to hide it. 

"You're really that great? Oh my, to ghost write one of my major—"

"My father. He's the one who wrote that article."

Your eyes widened and mouth formed a perfect O. Then there came a slow nod. Followed suit with another gasp. It ended with a smile — happy, much more enthusiastic smile. "Then I just came to the right person! Do tell me more!"

The dynamic then started. A very curious undergraduate, fresh in the field, and a book smart from masters, freshly burnt out, ain't an unusual dynamic to create, after all.

The supposed module written by his dad about visual communication theory was eventually followed with more diverse issues. At first, Erwin playfully asked for a collateral in exchange for his knowledge. Before you meet at the library, he'd have you treat him a parfait. If he went an all nighter with his thesis, his request upon your daily meeting would be an iced Americano. In time, the small sweets became favors. In exchange for info dumping about the French revolution and the World War (you have no idea how perplexed Erwin was at reawakening this childhood habit — everyone thought it was annoying!) you must allot a whole weekend to see him. You, so dumbly drawn over what the slimy curves of his brain could offer in humanity, never deemed it as dates. If anything, it was weekend classes on your end.

At this point, cute is becoming an understatement for him.

He played along nonetheless. He has an ulterior motive, after all — a space in his brain to accommodate more knowledge, a space intended for you. Who are you? What's inside your head aside from curiosity and willingness to cater his blabbers? What do you want to do aside from listening to him? Why do you — despite the vigor to know about the world — opt to stay as a measly listener? Why, despite your concern in human's darkly inherent nature of using others for its own gain, don't mind too much when he teases you into doing dumb favors for his benefit? 

That's what binds him to you the way you bind yourself to him. Erwin feels as though he's speaking into a smiling void, and if there's an unknown void — a gorgeous intriguing one at that — who else would be the most eager to explore it if not him?

When both of you went to the newly built Japanese convenience store and saw a pack of onigiri that piqued your cravings, Erwin finally noticed a quirk. 

And Erwin — for the most time he's been playing around your obliviousness — finally thought of taking things seriously upon noticing it.

You didn't ask him for help even if the onigiri wrap had broken and you were forced to shove all the rice into your mouth. Just like how you didn't ask for his assistance when he noticed your difficulty adjusting to university life every semester. You don't ask something that requires his action, attention, and guidance. You seek nothing of him but his blabbers, his info dump, and every measly thought coming out of his mouth. Nothing more, nothing less.

He bought you another onigiri, taught you how to properly unwrap it as both of you walked, and shoved the rest in your mouth thereafter. You groaned but he just said, "You're not just a listening outlet. Ask people for help if you need it."

You took your time chewing (angrily so) before responding, "No. I'll be way more out of your league if I let that happen."

Erwin halted his steps, "Come again?" 

"I'm no match for you. If you realize how naive and easily fooled and clumsy I really am, then things will start to get annoying on your end. Let me impose myself as someone knowledgeable, independent, and all the things that you are, okay."

Oh no.

Erwin let his face flat in utter hope that you wouldn't notice the corner of his lips shaking. He wants to chuckle, to tease you, to coo as he finally cups your cheek and kisses your forehead because of how plainly and dumbly adorable that statement was. He already knows how naive, easily fooled, and clumsy you really are. He's the one who would before anyone else.

Above anything, though, Erwin was pleased, very pleased because he unleashed a facet of you. Finally, finally revealing something about you aside from a perfect company for his eccentricity. The fact that this facet of you is also frustrated at the possibility of losing him gave him a tremendous gush of warmth — gushing, gushing, and gushing towards the unstoppable urge of offering a proposition.

"The only time naivety can be bad is when people start taking advantage of it, and even then it would not be your fault."

"It will be my fault!" you disagreed, "and it will be a hassle for you who's so used to being so independent! Don't you think I've been childish and irritating all along?"

"How so?"

You gave him a puzzled look, there's no way he seriously didn't think of that.

"How so?" He took a step nearer.

"Someone as brightly independent as you are would not deem people like me so pleasantly," you cut yourself off from that. For all the times you had listened to Erwin, you just know how he would debunk what you just said. "T-that's what I initially thought, hence the question."

"You didn't answer my question." The proximity tightened. Erwin was not smiling, not a hint of amusement plastered on his face too. Only an inquiry, or perhaps a resolve to shatter how low you deem yourself. "Am I childish for not hesitating with my blabbers? Do I come off as irritating when I ask you out during a weekend like this?"

"No, you would never!"

"How do you see those, then?"

"I am fond of it, that's why I stick with you until now. I am—" Heat crept up your face. You realized where he's headed, and with his resolute yet patient face you just know he won't let you have your way out of this. "I am… fond of your eccentricities. Even if people find it annoying."

"Uh-huh," the sharp blonde also sensed your awareness, hence his tone came more urging. "How do you think I see you then?"

Your cheeks puffed and eyes averted from his, perhaps your futile attempt of resisting something he had already established very well.

Erwin repeated as he called your name, "How do you think I see you?"

"Tolerable," you uttered weakly.

He let out a strained chuckle, "Really? You really would opt for that word?"

"It's getting cold, Erwin. Let's just—"

"Am I just someone tolerable for you, hm?"

His tone was, in fact, a well-defining factor that he very much knew the answer.

He knows you like him, just like the bright sharp man that he is.

"Look at me."

You did, though with a slight glare. 

A stern command followed, "Answer my question."

"You know the answer."

"Answer my question."

"I like you! You're not just someone tolerable. I like you. But!" You still tried to argue, "I'm not the same as you are, not as redeeming as you are, not on par with your league, and even though I sound like someone with inferiority complex, I see this as a serious glaring factor. I'm just—" you frustratingly sighed, "—not someone really dependable and compatible with you, Erwin. Not with the likes of you."

"The empathy, the headspace to handle my company when most deem it as overwhelming, the willingness to stay despite the pile of eccentricities, all with genuine interest — you say that as if I never find these as the most endearing."

Your cheeks tightened further. The hot feeling compensated for the outside cold. You looked at him with surprise, only to be met with resolute eyes.

"You had an inkling about my affection but chose to ignore it because of how you see our relationship," upon observing your further surprise, he added. "And now you're finally realizing how wrong that is."

"I'm sorry."

He stayed silent.

You took a step forward and tugged the end of his sleeve, "I'm sorry, Erwin."

But he's not angry. He's still more pleased than angry. He won't let you out of this without gaining a worthwhile result, after all.

"Despite listening to me most of the time, you still seem to assume a lot of things."

"I know."

He raised his brows, face softened but still taunting, "And what does that mean?"

"You win this one now, okay. I'm sorry. Don't get angry now."

"Oh, I know. I sure won this one."

The supposed glare was quickly replaced by surprise when he cupped your cheeks and kissed the tip of your nose. 

"Right?" he whispered.

Here he goes, as bright as he usually is. The collateral exchange for his knowledge, the sweet treats turned into sweet favors on the weekends. You really did treat your time with him as classes, but he was a subject you very much loved to tackle. And if you're apparently someone who could lovingly coexist with him despite your unredeeming qualities, then you'd gladly give him the honor.

You defeatedly sighed, "You always do, Erwin. You always do."

He hummed and held the tip of your chin with his fingers. Before going for the lips, he whispered, "Can I get my reward now?"

Oh, you felt your heart swell. As his broad rough hands play around your waist, you tipped his head to your level and ever so slowly, indulged on his win. He took it with sweet vigor — pulled you towards him as if he couldn't have you any nearer — and cupped your cheek much harsher than earlier. He didn't stop until you were seeking air. When he let go, he gave your swollen lower lip a small peck.

"Have you accepted my apology, though?"

Erwin chuckled lowly and buried his head at the crook of your neck. His large build sought support — leaning on you with arms engulfing your waist. He kissed a spot on your neck and replied, "I earned my win fairly. Earn my forgiveness with the same competence."

"What should I do for the smartest man in humanity to forgive me?"

"Let the smart ass love you for all he could."

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[firstumcschenectady]

“God's Plumb lines and Our Values” based on Amos 7:7-15 and Mark 6:14-29

There are days when I struggle to care about ancient kings and the problematic things they said and did to ancient prophets. Tracking royal lineages, and power battles in far off lands from times long past isn't actually all that interesting.

And it certainly doesn't seem like a formula for speaking a relevant word to God's beloveds today.

This may even be one of those days.

One of the more distressing parts of the Bible, though, is that when talking about the power battles of men long dead in cultures I need explanatory books to understand, the dynamics of human life appear to be fairly constant over time. We may not have kings. We may not engage in beheadings in this country. But somehow, when it comes right down to it, things aren't actually as different as I'd like them to be.

Which, actually, is the whole point as far as I can tell.

The teachings of Jesus are absurdly brilliant in their social analysis, questioning of norms, and in the way they make space for people to come to their own conclusions and then claim truth for themselves. Much of the rest of the New Testament uses the examples of Jesus to do the very same work. And, Jesus was a product of his Jewish upbringing, a tradition with a wealth of knowledge in asking great questions, using stories to help people think, and using prophets to clarify that God's concern includes concern for those who are marginalized.

Or, to say it more simply, the Bible helps us see things as they are, so we can know what we are up against, and work to change it.

In our text from Amos, Amos is having visions, the king sees it as threatening and thus tries to threaten Amos, Amos responds claiming the King has no authority over him because he is doing what God called him to do.

Well, isn't that power dynamics in a nutshell?

Someone, with God's support, speaks uncomfortable truths. Someone with power gets threatened by it and responds by trying to silence the truth-teller. But the one who is working with God's help isn't silenced by threats. Because God's power isn't a part of human power struggles, and God helps us face our fears. Amos even says, “I'm not a prophet, I'm just saying what God tells me to say.” (Fair question on how we know that, but that's for another day.)

The King Herod / John the Baptist story in Mark is similar in its function. As I was trying to remember all the details of the relationships of the characters and the political plots they were maneuvering, I came across a line in the Wikipedia article on Herodias that made me stop, “Herodias' second husband was Herod Antipas (born before 20 BC; died after 39 AD) half-brother of Herod II (her first husband). He is best known today for his role in events that led to the executions of John the Baptist and Jesus of Nazareth.”1

The gist of things is that King Herod had been married off by his father in a political allegiance, and yet he was seeking to consolidate power. He thought that his brother's wife would be more useful to him in that, so he exiled his first wife and Herodias divorced her husband, and they married. Ironically, perhaps, he was eventually displaced by the angry father of his first wife. Similarly, the things he did to consolidate his power and then to protect himself from accusations against him are exactly the things history remembers him for.

So what's that story in a nutshell? The King ignored common decency, political allegiances, family ties, and generally accepted morality in order to seek power. The story told in the Gospels is maybe not factual. Instead, it is reflective of the differences between the moral standards of the common people and the fast and loose dealings of those on the top of the pyramid with the lives of those on the bottom.

Our story says that as Jesus was gaining fame, King Herod was living in fear that he was John the Baptist resurrected. That would mean that the Government's power to KILL wasn't powerful enough. #Foreshadowing. It also suggests that the King feels a little guilty.

Common morality of the day wouldn't have permitted a woman to dance in public. So judgement is also present in that. The story also seems to parody how decisions get made about people's lives. One person is drunk and makes excessive promises, another seeks an easy way out of a difficult situation, and voila, a prophet is killed. As one scholar put it, “A more sarcastic social caricature could not have been spun by the bitterest Galilean peasant.”2

Underlying this story is the knowledge that Jesus was a disciple of John's, that Jesus largely took up John's mantle, that the early Christians think of John as the messenger sharing that Jesus was coming, and that the powers of the world would also kill Jesus, and he wouldn't conveniently go away either.

What strikes me in this story is how many times I've heard it. That is, a person with large amount of power in something – government, an industry, finances – wants to accumulate more, does so by illicit means, and then does even worse things to cover it up. And, usually, they get away with it. And, often, everyone knows but no one feels like they can do anything about it. This is the narrative of much of the #MeToo movement. This is the narrative of cover ups in COVID policies. This is the narrative of pretty much every scandal you read about in the news.

In this case, the prophet is the one willing to share the news that others are too scared to say, and to name that immoral behavior is – in fact – immoral.

I think it is fair to say that being a prophet is no fun. And it is very dangerous. (Although I have friends who I think it is fair to say are prophets, and they tend to think some parts of it ARE fun. It may just be that I'm a naturally more cautious person than they are.)

To bring the world from how it is to how God wants it to be requires prophets though. Did you know that the vast majority of theft in the US is wage theft, which almost always goes unpunished?3 One report concludes that wage theft (not paying workers what is owed to them) costs $50 BILLION a year in the US, as compared to the grand total of all robberies, burglaries, larcenies, and motor vehicle thefts in the nation costing their victims less than $14 billion.

Yet somehow petty theft often results in incarceration, and wage theft – in the rare case it is prosecuted – results in fines. The system that lets those with power and money play fast and loose with the lives of people in poverty is still going strong, and our “justice” system empowers it.

This is, of course, one of innumerable examples of how the structures and systems of the world keep on finding new ways to look the same, and what should be outdated in the Bible turns out to be just the same today.

The world tempt us to look away, to justify the actions of those in power, to ignore the cries of the marginalized, to care more about “the economy” then the lowest paid workers in it, to side with the modern kings of the world. There is something deep in human nature that assumes that the ones in power got their by their own merits and the same is true of those without power. But it isn't so.

God keeps helping us open our hearts so we can see more clearly. God reminds us that the purpose of an economy is to find ways to care for everyone in it, the purpose of a society is to create real justice for everyone so everyone can thrive, and the purpose of a church is to help people expand their own humanity so they can let their hearts be broken by other people's pain. God's values aren't the world's. God sees fully, profound, beloved value in each and every person, and wants good for all.

And we, dear ones, seek to do the same. May God's values transform our own, again and again, and again. Amen

1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herodias Accessed 7/8/21.

2 Ched Myers, Binding the Strong Man (Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 1998 and 2008,) 216.

3 https://www.epi.org/publication/epidemic-wage-theft-costing-workers-hundreds/

July 11, 2021

[janiedean]

secretagentofcaos ha risposto al tuo post “Pareri? Posso creare un tag per "omero discourse"? ...” 

I think the The Guardian article makes a far better case for the translation than the Vox one re: the history of English language female translators of classics & their relationship with the text, & how now there might be more room for more interpretations. I'm curious, tbh, though I find it hard to read any text translated into English - it feels more foreign than if I read it in Spanish. As for the no muse thing, who knows what comes in the following verses.  I'm reminded of this translation/version from ancient Castilian of an epic poem (mío cid) into 20th century Spanish by a Chilean poet in the 1920s. The poet (Huidobro) was very much an avant-garde type & thus I remember a motorcycle being involved O_o. The old Castilian version is barely readable, anyway. I only remember the Mío Cid movie bc it starred Sophia Loren. As long as no one pretends to be publishing the one and true and absolute, time travelling-accurate translation, it's all good. (I'm kind of curious as to which is the best Spanish version, but I'm afraid it'd involve European Spanish & if it does I'll tear my hair out because there's nothing I loathe more than specifically European Spanish expressions being used as 'neutral' or 'universal' Spanish when they are not. Don't make think Odysseus sound like he comes from Spain, please.

thing is, even if we suppose that the muse is in the following verses, just the fact that she says *a* man making it look like Odysseus is... a random guy they just picked and that then she defines him *complicated* rather than the thousand more appropriate translations that word has, and that se says *tell* and not, like, sing or narrate or any more specific verb already shows that she’s getting it colossally wrong because the entire point is that they’re talking about one guy who has no other like him, that the person telling the story is narrating it or singing it through the muse and that the guy has a lot of resources and a lot of faces to him, but he’s not complicated. it’s a modernization that has nothing to do with the original text because that just... doesn’t exist in the original. like, the thing is that they make it seem like a woman translating Homer is some kind of novelty when in the rest of the world it’s not (especially not here where as stated the to-go high school translation was made by a woman in the sixties) and they don’t even recognize that. and on top of that the fact that she decided to interpret it in the modern social justice key is kind of ridiculous because ancient greece is like, so far from modern customs it’s really nonsense. also the fact that she thinks we don’t know why penelope doesn’t marry any of them nor sends them away shows that she has a really shallow understanding of the text, and changing the meaning of the words to be more socially aware (as if I don’t understand that the handmaiden is a slave or that ancient greece had accepted slavery) is... like, making an ancient text fit your modern view when it’s not that and on top of that making it seem like it’s a novelty that women in the western world translate classics really is intellectual dishonesty. If it’s an anglosaxon problem it’s their problem. and like, the wild modern interpretations of ancient texts are why people think the greeks were all chill with male homosexuality (they weren’t, and not even in athens for that matter) and a whole lot of other things that do not have any basis in the text. like, I don’t think it’s very intellectually honest to take a text written millennia ago and read it like it’s modern. *shrug*

sorry for the horrid rant but I mean I’ve spent half of my life dealing with the topic (directly or indirectly I mean guys my father studies that stuff for a living and I know for a fact I got epic poems instead of fairytales before going to bed even if I don’t remember it xD), seeing this stuff that makes it sound like she’s fixing the moral mistake in the original text really doesn’t give me any good vibes *shrug* then maybe Vox sold it worse than other people and I’ll see what the Guardian says, but this sounds to me like interpreting without considering the historical and cultural context (which is what 90% of american critics do these days anyway, see the kant discourse) and that’s... not a very good way to approach a classical text. D:

[sorjomagazine]

By Fabliha Anbar

     In all sorts of entertainment industries whether it’s Hollywood or the music industry, South Asians are usually ignored and are trapped in a marginalized box. Even on social media. We are forced to succumb to a one-dimensional image that doesn’t represent even half of what we are.

Here are some badass South Asian social media influencers that crushes the marginalized box the Western world has created that you should definitely check out! 

1. Heleena. M

via @heleenatattoos on instagram

Heleena is an Indian tattoo artist from Leicester, United Kingdom. A lot of her tattoo designs are inspired by Hindu and Indian art. She proudly lets her heritage and religion creatively influence her work in a beautiful and brilliant way. 

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via @heleenatattoos

Besides the stunning tattoo designs she creates, she also creates portraits where she represents Indian women no one usually views them as. Powerful. She takes traditional Indian art and combines it with modern 21st century edginess. She doesn’t portray the Indian women in her art as fragile and submissive where most tradition Indian art does. There’s a sense of control, confidence and compellingness that shines through each of her work. 

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via @heleenatattoos

She includes alcohol, cigarettes, nudity in her portraits of women which are things South Asian women are never to be displayed with. With her dynamic and powerful artwork, she’s destroying archaic standards and expectations of South Asian women and presenting what we truly are; badass. 

You can also buy her t-shirts and cards with her designs and artwork on them! 

Check out Heleena’s instagram: here Buy her clothing and artwork here  

  2. Alok Vaid-Menon

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Alok Vaid-Menon is a gender non conforming poet, performer, artist and educator. I guess you can say they’re all in one, literally.

They shed light on issues involving the LGBTQ+ community and devotes their career on activism while educating people about struggles trans and gender nonconforming folks face. 

They have appeared on major fashion magazines and broadcasting industries such as Harper’s Bazaar India, The New York Times and so much more. They also recently completed a world tour travelling to more than 30 different countries and presenting their work at 300 hundred venues. How badass is that?

Alok’s writing is absolutely soul crushing. Each word they write is filled with profound pain, pleasure, trauma and beauty.

Watch StyleLikeU’s video on Youtube where they talk about what it was like growing up in a conservative Indian family in the suburbs and performing another one of their ground breaking poetry:

Alok Vaid-Menon is unapologetically queer and their radiance and confidence beams not only through their fashion choices, but every other aspect of their life. Alok crushes the one-deminsenional visual of Indians. 

Check out Alok’s instagram here Read more of their poetry/writings here

  3. Cas Jerome 

via @casxvii on instagram / photographer: simrah farrukh 

Cas is well known on Instagram and Twitter for her witty humor and striking beauty. Not only does she post  pictures of her snatched, beat face but she also discusses her battle with depression. 

She recently posted on Instagram;

“I wanted to share a little bit about my mental health in honor of #mentalhealthawareness & also bc I have a ton of new followers hiiii. I’ve suffered with depression and anxiety for most of my life but only was diagnosed when I started high school. There have been a lot of things I have seen and experienced that have contributed to my depression and anxiety. A lot of you know I lived in Africa for most of my life until I moved to the United States, it was hard to adjust and that itself caused me a lot of stress. I never thought I was beautiful. For most of my life I avoided looking in mirrors, I didn’t want to see myself. I hated myself. I wanted to die, I didn’t think there was any reason I deserved to be alive. I didn’t contribute anything to anyone. This impacted my school work, my friendships and absolutely corrupted my mind. I’ve battled self harming, an eating disorder and so much more that would shock you because that’s NOT who I am today. With a lot of help and determination I pick myself up everyday and prove that I am NOT useless. I know what it feels like to feel ugly, useless and unappealing. I know it’s hard to talk about and that talking doesn’t always help. Please trust me when I say that I didn’t know about my potential and you don’t know yours. You will meet people that will add so much joy and love to your life. Don’t miss out on letting yourself find that. I stayed alive and it was worth it. It will be worth it for you too. Even though I don’t know all of you individually, I really care. I don’t want anyone to hurt the way I have and do”

She uses her platform to discuss other topics like colorism as well. In her video on Youtube, she bravely speaks out against the South Asian community’s racist beauty standards and her experiences where she was criticized and bullied for her dark skin complexion. 

In her posts on social media, she proudly models with traditional Indian clothing and shows that there’s nothing more badass than representing your culture and being proud of your ethnicity. 

Check out her instagram here Subscribe to her Youtube channel here 

  4. Sanam Sindhi

via @trustmedaddy on instagram

Also known as ‘trustmedaddy’ on Instagram for her badass attitude and fashion sense, Rihanna found her and immediately featured Sanam on her viral hit music video, Bitch Better Have My Money, where she was played part of Rihanna’s bangin’ girl group. 

She occasionally changes her fashion and beauty look but they’re all always influenced by her Indian roots. In her interview with Elle, she says; 

“I really, really love old Bollywood movies–the makeup is always sooo amazing. I also love just lurking the on the Internet. Right now I’m really into this makeup artist Ania Milczarczyk. But I actually don’t know a whole lot about makeup. I’ve just been using the same stuff forever. I looove rosebud salve. I’ve been using it on days that I don’t wear eyeliner—like dabbing it on my cheeks and eyelids and browbone and lips and the highlight and glow it gives you is sooo good!!”

On Instagram, she regularly talks about her experiences with abusive men and exploring her sexuality.

She also has written several articles and has DJ’d for clubs.

Sanam shows that South Asian women doesn’t have to be frail, innocent and obedient. We don’t always play by the rules. Her entire look and attitude is completely badass. 

Check out her instagram here 

  5. Ayqa Khan 

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22 year old Ayqa Khan is a first generation Pakistani American artist. She illustrates art that stands against Eurocentric beauty standards while trying to normalize brown bodies in art and body hair. 

She regularly posts minimalistic and captivating short videos on Instagram of simple everyday moments.

Khan also co-created the Instagram page @southasia.art where she features other fellow South Asian artist’s work. She recently curated a gallery in Chinatown Soup and showcased work of several other South Asian artists.

Watch Khan’s interview with The Turmeric Project where she talks about body hair, her family and being queer:

Ayqa Khan shows that South Asians are more than doctors, engineers and IT technicians Hollywood displays us as. We are creative artists which Khan shows with her badass illustrations. 

You can buy and check out her illustrations here Follow Ayqa on instagram here

  6. Minahil Mahmood 

21 year old First generation Pakistani American, Minahil, is popular and widely known on Instagram for promoting body positivity. She uses her social media platform to tackle body shaming and rejects myths of what plus-size women could or could not wear. 

She also speaks out about social justice issues, lack of diversity in fashion and global politics. 

Minahil, or Mina, also talks about what it’s like being a first generation and fighting against traditional expectations in her video with Allure:

Mina breaks down stereotypes of what a South Asian woman looks like. With her beautiful curves and sassy attitude, she is truly a badass. 

Follow her on Instagram here

  7. Riya Hamid 

Brooklyn-native Riya Hamid from Bangladesh challenges archaic stereotypes with how she uses her social media platform and clothes. 

She confidently posts striking photos of herself wearing only her underwear and a bra, or overalls with no shirt underneath which are against the conservative ideology of how ‘proper Bengali girls’ should act. 

In her interview with Vogue, she says;

“For a long time, I was ashamed of having breasts. I went through puberty considerably early and was made to feel very self-conscious about them. Even if I were just wearing a basic T-shirt and your average pair of jeans, I would be told to wear a veil over my chest in case I stirred lust in the eyes of some guy. I remember getting ready for a family picnic once and my mom telling me to do that. When I asked her why, she answered, ‘Because your uncles are going to be there.’ And I was just like, ‘Wait a minute, if I’m a 13-year-old girl and my 40-something-year-old uncles are looking at my chest, isn’t that their fault? Wouldn’t that make them creepy?’ My mother’s beliefs are largely the result of men misconstruing a religion and molding it in a way that benefits them and enforcing the patriarchy for centuries, so I absolve her of fault. But after that, I just started doing my own thing—thinking critically and nursing this newfound freedom to be whoever and however I wanted to be.”

Hamid was recently featured in an ad with other women of color for THINX and for Lonely Lingerie. 

via @riyahamid & @lonelylingerie on instagram

via @riyahamid & @shethinx on instagram

As a Bengali myself, it’s amazing to see another Bengali women do amazing things like Hamid. Bangladeshis are usually overlook and ignored even in the South Asian community. 

She also posts poetry on her Tumblr page, @softestanimal, that explores her interconnection with her Bengali heritage and her femininity. Each word of her poem strikes a chord in my soul as I start to think back to my young teens years. 

Riya Hamid denouncing the conventional expectations and standards of South Asian women with her confidence and representing brown bodies in the fashion industry is very badass. 

Follow her on instagram here  Read her poetry here

  8. Ushshi Rahman

Ushshi Rahman is a Bangladeshi born fat activist and fashion/beauty blogger who currently resides in New York City. 

In her Instagram posts, she posts alluring photos of herself with clothes plus size women are told not to wear. But she still defies societal expectations and rocks her crop tops and low v-neck shirts without a care in the world. 

She was featured in Bustle’s body positivity podcast with Marie Southard-Ospina and discussed the history of the fat postitivity movement. You can check it out here:

As you look through her Instagram feed, you can see how she occasionally changes her looks. She dyes her hair in fun different colors like lavender, green, purple and now in a cute pink bob. South Asians are usually told not to dye our hair in bright bold colors since it ‘doesn’t go well with our skin complexion and features but Ushshi didn’t let that stop her.

Rahman’s defiant attitude and bold fashion breaks down barriers of what it means to be a plus-size Bengali woman. And that is badass.

Check out her fashion/beauty blog here Follow her on Instagram here

  9. Tai

Also known as ‘taithegal’ on Instagram, she regularly posts snatched pictures of herself and her badass artwork.

via @taithegal on instagram

via @taitheartist on instagram

Follow her on instagram here Check out her illustrations here 

  10. Devin Halbal

19 year old Devin Halbal not only uses their social media platform to post their bangin’ selfies with their hoop earrings but also speaks out against bigotry gender nonconforming folks face on a daily basis while educating their audience about gender fluidity.

Halbal also created a short film, Still Figuring Out, that shows a young teen exploring gender while facing torment from the public eye and family:

Devin’s unapologetic presence in social media shows just how badass it is to be yourself without giving a fuck what the cis-heteronormative society has to say.

Follow Devin’s Instagram here Read Devin’s recent article on Teen Vogue here

  11. Chawntell Kulkarn

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Chawntell Kulkarn is an Indian-British artist and model for Storm Management. Kulkarn breaks down Eurocentric and conventional beauty standards as she models for major fashion industries such as Burberry and H&M. 

She also shows her artistic talent on Instagram. Here are some of her illustrations:

via @lilchanzart on instagram

via @lilchanzart on instagram

Chawntell’s badass look are showing young South Asian girls that we can also be models and be the face of fashion and beauty. I don’t think anything can be more badass than that.

Follow her on Instagram here Check out her art here

  12. Kiran Rai

via @kay__ray on instagram

Punjabi and Canadian born Youtuber, Kiran Rai, directs and writes her own captivating short films and her own online web-series. 

Hollywood tends to make cliche flat characters of South Asians, portraying them as obedient, conservative math-genius. But Rai crushes all of these stereotypes by producing relatable content for South Asian audience. She explores topics like mental health, relationships and realistic conflicts brown girls face. 

Written by Rai and produced by MsMutta, Kiran created a web-series drama, Anarkali, where a young Punjabi woman in Canada tries to make sense of her life after her fiancee breaks off their two year engagement. It’s funny, dramatic and intense all in one. I watched it all in one sitting! Watch it here:

Kiran’s never-ending creativity and portrayal of strong yet vulnerable brown women shows just how powerful cinema can be, which mainstream Hollywood isn’t able to show. Kiran Rai is the definition of badass.

Subscribe to her Youtube channel here

All 12 of these desi social media influencers show how dynamic and complex South Asians are. We are artists, models, activists and people with real feelings. 

These wonderful and talented people makes me so proud to be South Asian. 

This is why representation is truly important. 

12 South Asian Social Media Influencers That Are Badass

By Fabliha Anbar      In all sorts of entertainment industries whether it’s Hollywood or the music industry, South Asians are usually ignored and are trapped in a marginalized box.

12 South Asian Social Media Influencers That Are Badass By Fabliha Anbar      In all sorts of entertainment industries whether it's Hollywood or the music industry, South Asians are usually ignored and are trapped in a marginalized box.

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Section from Japanese Wikipedia on criticism of Endo Shusaku’s Silence

Criticism from the Catholic Church and later statements from Endo

"Silence" received strong backlash from the Catholic Church when it was first published. According to some, it was treated like a banned book, particularly in Nagasaki, largely due to criticism from church leaders that did not see the shocking ending (of a priest committing apostasy by stepping on a fumi-e icon) in a positive light.

An article dealing with Endo's treatment of fumi-e was published in the January 13, 1972 (Showa 47) edition of the Catholic Weekly, a Japanese newspaper). In response to a quote from Endo [in an article titled "Fumi-e" published in Catholic Weekly on January 2]: "[Rodrigues] feels that the face of Christ [on the fumi-e] is telling him, 'Trample on me quickly. It's fine. I exist for the sake of your weakness.'"1, the editors at the time of the magazine Catholic Life, Fr. Federico Barbaro and Fr. Aloysio Del Col, both members of the Salesian Society, held that Endo's scene depicting fumi-e constituted a justification of that behavior, and rebutted it:

"If Jesus had abandoned his concept of 'blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness (Matthew 5:10)' and considered only the immediate happiness of these poor, weak humans, we would have something like what Mr. Endo has described. [...] Every day, as humans and as believers, we are made to stand before fumi-e in a variety of ways. We are constantly tested: Do we choose Christ, the kingdom of Christ, the love of Christ, or do we choose our own pride, profit, and greed?

"In this case, if the weak should choose the easy option, and if, therefore, Christ came for the sake of the weak, and we use that as an excuse for our actions, then the words of Christ, "Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect (Matthew 5:48)", ring hollow. If that is the case, then Christ is no longer "an emblem of the noble road that humanity ought to walk"(?), and instead becomes "a messenger of humanity's weakness and base nature, and the greatest traitor to that which is most holy and sublime within humanity". Christ became an emblem of humanity's nobility precisely because he gave his life to defend the ideals of justice, love, and truth."

In Endo's 1974 collection of essays "The Village of Christians", Endo states his own thoughts towards apostates:

"Of course there are reasons to think that way. An apostate, to the Christian2 Church, is a rotten apple, something they don't want to talk about. If something smells bad, put a lid over it. The motivation for apostates to commit apostasy, their psychology, how they live their lives afterward, are all things outside the Church's sphere of interest, and is something that Kirishitan2 scholars absolutely do not want to research further.

"[...] Thus the weak are silenced by politicians and historians. They are buried in the ash of silence. But the weak are humans just like us. When they betrayed what had been their ideals, and what they had thought was the best, most beautiful thing in the world until that point, how can one say that they shed no tears? How can one say that regret and shame did not wrack their bodies? As a novelist, I cannot remain indifferent to their sorrow and suffering. Even after they fell, if they clasped their crooked fingers and desperately offered up wordless prayers, I too would cry."

Endo's concept of a "companion Jesus" who walks alongside the weak is fully realized in his novel "The Samurai", published in 1980.

1 This passage is from that article as far as I can tell, but the Wikipedia page doesn't link to it directly so all I can find is that one quote, cited in the rebuttal. The Wikipedia author page for Endo cites the date of his article as being January 23, but if the rebuttal appeared on the 13, that doesn't make much sense. There are pages with the rebuttal up (citing the date of Endo's article as January 2, which seems more authoritative), but they are quite long so I am gonna skip those for now.

2 Endo uses 基督 (used in the book) and 切支丹 (not used extensively in the book) here, rather than the more modern キリスト (Christian, rather than Catholic), so I'm not sure if he's trying to specifically refer to the Christian church/believers in Japan in the 1600s (which were Catholic by default) or if that was just the style when he was writing?

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In the ancient opportunities, vocals of the magic, hocus-pocus and hocus-pocus were often had as a weatherglass prior to any type of kingdom or realm will certainly take any type of act, action or admonishments before going into wars, slight or even significant ventures or even everyday schedule of an empire. Because components were imported even in old opportunities shows the importance from perfume. The ancient Chinese really loved and also cherished blossoms a great deal that they maded fresh cut flowers in their temples, and also made art works explaining florals on scrolls, silk textile, flower holders, plates and items from embroidery. Should you loved this article and you wish to receive much more information relating to yellow pages residential search uk (just click the up coming site) kindly visit the web-page. 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