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A Sting in the Tail

The following short story written by Mary Hoffman is from the official Stravaganza-website, which doesn't exist anymore. It is accessible through the Wayback Machine, but I am uploading the short stories here to a) act as a secondary archive and b) to make them accessible to fans. If this story is ever re-published somewhere or I am asked to delete it, I will do so. This post will be unrebloggable, but feel free to link to it if you wish to add comments/discuss the story. I do not own the story, and it is directly copy-pasted from the old website.

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In 1450, the famous horse race of Remora was still run on the straight. Every other year on 15th August, companies from each of the city’s Twelfths massed at the Gate of the Moon in the south of the city and raced their horses north along the Strada delle Stelle to the middle of the Campo. On the alternate years they began the race at the Gate of the Sun and ran south to the same place.

That’s how, about a hundred years before, the race had got its name — the Stellata (short for Corsa Stellata, the Race of the Stars) — from its being run along the Strada delle Stelle. Of course, the whole city revolved around the concept of the stars, ever since Pope Benedict, following a decree of his predecessor, had built the broad Road of Stars that ran from the north to the south of the city, and the circular piazza at its heart, known as the Campo delle Stelle, the field of stars.

But in the middle of the fifteenth century, the Remorans were still happy to run their race in a straight line, although it meant that the onlookers saw only a short section of it and the Campo was the most popular place for spectators, because there you could see the finish line.

Fabrizio di Chimici was not yet the first Duke of Giglia and Remora was the unchallenged leading city of Talia. Ferrando, the first di Chimici Prince of Remora, who would one day dance with the Duchessa of Bellezza on the night she wore the glass mask, was not yet born.

So, although the Stellata was run according to pacts and plots hatched between different Twelfths, as it still was 128 years later for the race in which a twenty-first century girl from our world got involved, there was then no particular prejudice in favour of the Lady or the Twins.

In 1450 there was to be a Stellata Straordinaria, an extra race, run in September to commemorate an outstanding event. Maestro Giovanni Ortolano, the great sculptor and architect, had completed his starry pavement in the black and white striped cathedral and it was to be unveiled on the evening of the race. He had also designed a special Stellata banner to show his circular black and white masterpiece as well as the obligatory signs of all the Twelfths.

What fortune that would be — to win the star-sprinkled banner in the race of the stars! Every Twelfth was even more determined than usual to be the one that grasped the banner from the finish line and carry it in triumph to the Duomo.

And in no Twelfth did that desire burn more strongly than the Scorpion. It was the Nonna, the grandmother — the name given to the Twelfth which hadn’t won for the longest time. Poor Scorpion hadn’t won a Stellata that century.

“But this year will break our run of bad luck, I’m sure of it,” said Antonio, Horsemaster of the Scorpion. “And what a way to break it, to win Maestro Ortolano’s banner! Why, no one would be able to hold a candle to us after that.”

He was at a meeting with the Twelfths of the other Water signs — the Crab and the Fishes (for the Scorpion is the third Water sign of the Zodiac, not the water-bearer Aquarius, as you might think). Much liquid was consumed at these meetings, and that not of a watery nature. This one was taking place in a tavern in the Twelfth of the Crab, up in the north of the city.

The Horsemasters of Crab and Fishes, Giusto and Orlando, exchanged indulgent glances. They could afford not to contradict Antonio; the Crab had won six Stellate in fifty years and Fishes had won only last year. They knew in their hearts how Antonio suffered and how it was only his hope that kept him going. A dozen Horsemasters had come and gone in the Scorpion since it last had a win and every one of them had spent their few years as Capitano striving their utmost for victory and retired frustrated. Why should Antonio be any different? But no one was going to say that to him.

“What are you thinking of running?” asked Orlando.

“We have a new mare,” said Antonio. “A grey — pure white and delicate boned. Benedetta, we call her — the blessed one. And she will be our blessing if she wins. But we mustn’t have a long start; she is highly strung and wouldn’t cope well with a lot of hanging around at the start-line.”

His fellow Water Capitani nodded. This was a perennial problem. The horses with the heart and spirit to win the Stellata were the intelligent ones, who were often too nervous to handle the delays that could happen before a valid start to the race was declared. The more placid animals who could brook the false starts were usually lacking that extra spark that made a winner. The Scorpion had chosen the other option in the August race and their solid brown gelding Matteo had come second, which, in Remora, was almost worse than coming last.

They guessed that Antonio had paid a good deal of money for Benedetta; the Twelvers of the Scorpion were so desperate for victory that they had dug deep in their pockets for a new mount. But what would that leave to spend out on pacts and bribes? It was no good having even the best horse in the city if you hadn’t laid out enough cash on your agreements with other Twelfths.

As Antonio crossed the circular Campo on his way back home from the meeting, he took a detour off into the black and white cathedral. It was in the Twins’ territory, but that was all right. Twins and Scorpion were not allies but neither were they adversaries. It was much harder for Twelvers of the Bull, who had to cross into enemy territory every time they wanted to worship at the Duomo.

Workmen were busy in a side chapel, following orders of Maestro Giovanni. They were setting in one of the panels of his new pavement, sweating and straining with ropes while they lowered a segment of the astrological circle into place, shaped like one of the Twelfths of the city. (Like a slice of pizza, in fact, but no fifteenth-century Remoran would have thought of that comparison, since pizza had not been invented then.)

As he drew nearer, Antonio’s pulse quickened. He could see from the segments which had already been set into the floor, that the one being positioned now was his own, the house of the Scorpion. Surely this was an omen? He made the Hand of Fortune — thumb and little finger of the right hand touching — and swiftly pressed the middle fingers against his brow and breast, before crossing himself in the more orthodox manner of someone in a Christian church.

“Hey you!” shouted one of the workman rudely. “Clear off! No previews before the race.”

Antonio backed hastily away, though the preoccupied sculptor looked round mildly and smiled at Antonio, as if he didn’t mind his work being seen before its official unveiling. He wasn’t a temperamental artist, but his workers were very protective of him and proud of their association with such a great man.

The Horsemaster, after saying a fervent prayer for victory, came out of the cool shadowy interior and down the steep back steps outside the cathedral, past the baptistery, and skirted the rest of the Campo till he reached the entrance to his own Twelfth. Entering its familiar streets calmed him down.

The blue and purple banners still fluttered from flagpoles and hung from balconies, where Twelvers had left them out after the race last month; no point in taking them down with the Straordinaria coming so soon after. At every crossroads stood a statue of their totem animal, not the most beautiful, as Antonio readily conceded, but their own symbol after all. “In my tail do you see my true nature” was the motto of Scorpione, which each Twelver interpreted in his or her own way.

“Don’t underestimate us,” was Antonio’s reading of it; “Don’t write us off, because we’ll surprise you in the end.”  His heart swelled as he walked up the broad Via Scorpione to the Piazza della Fonte Nuova. All the Water Twelfths made much of their fountains and the one in the Scorpion, the “new fountain”, had been created at least two hundred years before by a sculptor whose name was now forgotten and who was known just as the “Master of the New Fountain”.

Antonio sat on the broad marble ledge around the fountain and took off his blue and purple scarf to dip in the clear water.  He dabbed his hot face with the cool wet cloth and looked at the intricate carvings of insects and small animals that surrounded the rim of the white marble basin with its inner ring of scorpions. “What a sculptor!” he thought. Then he stopped, with the cloth clamped to his head so that the water trickled down it in ever-warmer drops. If there had been anyone to see him, they would have thought their Horsemaster had lost his wits, but it was siesta-time and the square was empty.

“Sculptor!” he said out loud. The very Guild with which his Twelfth was associated was that of the sculptors — one reason it was so lavishly decorated with good models of its difficult-to-portray insect. And had a sculptor not just smiled on him — the very one whose work this extra Stellata was to celebrate?

“A second omen!” thought Antonio, amazed that he hadn’t made the connection before.

*  *  *  *  *

In the stables of the Scorpion a young boy, no more than fifteen, was brushing Matteo the brown gelding. The horse would almost certainly not run in the Stellata again, having proved not quite fiery enough to win, but he was a good riding mount and would never be sold. The boy, Ciro, was very fond of him. And of all the horses in the stables. He was a Scorpion himself, born in the Twelfth and baptised twice, like all Remorans — once by the priest in the church of St John the Baptist and once by the Horsemaster in the Fonte Nuova with his fellow Twelvers looking on.

Not this Horsemaster, of course, but the one of the time. Ciro was no kin to Antonio — in fact he was no kin to anyone, but an orphan the Horsemaster had taken on to help at the stables. He was a devoted lover of horses and hoped to ride for the Scorpion in the Stellata himself one day. Meanwhile, he tended the beasts and knew them all by name and by nature. Benedetta now was a lovely creature and Ciro had great hopes for her in this special race. He burned with his Twelfth’s shame at being such an old Nonna and longed for victory.

Ciro was too young and restless to spend his afternoons sleeping; he found it more relaxing to brush swishing manes and tails in the warm silence of the stables which smelt of horses and the sweet almond oil he had rubbed into their coarse hair before brushing it.

*  *  *  *  *

Antonio stepped into the church of San Gianbattista to offer up thanks for his two good omens and utter an even more fervent prayer for victory. The church was empty and peaceful. The two statues, one of the Baptist, with his coarse hairy tunic, and the other of the Lady, holding her miraculous Child, were both draped and adorned with offerings — trumpery gold necklaces, flowers, lace and other trinkets.

On a moment’s impulse, Antonio tied his wet neck cloth around the saint’s foot and prayed as he had never prayed before. In the silence of the church, he seemed to hear the high whinny of a horse. He looked round nervously but there was no one else there, neither four-legged nor human. The only time a horse came into this church was for the blessing before each Stellata; Benedetta would stand there herself in a week’s time, living up to her name.

Then Antonio shook himself and hurried out of the church and along the narrow cobbled streets back to the stables. He hadn’t gone far before he heard the sound of approaching music and the feet of many people and some horses on the cobbles.

It was a haunting music, of flutes, drums and fiddles and, as the music-makers rounded a corner, Antonio realised who they were.

“Oh no!” he moaned to himself. “Zinti!”

The travelling people who came from the east of Europa (and some say from even further east originally) were no more than tolerated in Remora. They were always around at the time of the Stellata because it was held, unfortunately as most Remorans thought, on the same day as the Zinti’s major festival — the Day of the Goddess. They liked horses and could do anything with them, but they were not interested in the great race or the spectacular procession that preceded it.

The Zinti gathered in the City of Stars to stay up all night on 14th August, worshipping their goddess and greeting her consort, the sun, at daybreak on the fifteenth. Their ceremonies and rituals were over long before the race began, which is why they were allowed to carry them out in the circular Campo.

But their presence made native Remorans uneasy. The Zinti were strange people, nomadic, carrying all their possessions with them — and those possessions mainly outlandish colourful clothing and musical instruments. They slept in the open air under the stars; no member of their tribe ever lay down in a house, although they would accept hospitality in the daytime. They were always courteous to citizens and caused no trouble in the city, but their coming made Remorans restless and their departure always brought a slight feeling of relief. Antonio had no idea why these ones were still in the city nearly a month after the August Stellata.

Still, he raised his hat to them as they passed him and the man who seemed to be the leader of this group returned the courtesy with his own red velvet cap. He looked keenly into Antonio’s face as their paths crossed and Antonio had the strangest feeling that the stranger could read the secrets of his heart.

And that was an uncomfortable thought — because at that moment Antonio was thinking, “Surely to meet the Zinti in the Scorpion is a bad omen to set against the two good ones?”

Now in his head he seemed to hear a voice say, “Why so? The Zinti bear no ill will to the Scorpion, or any other Twelfth,” even though no one had spoken out loud.

Antonio stopped, ashamed of his discourteous thought, and the group of Zinti halted too, their music dwindling to a close.

“Capitano?” said the man with the red cap, squashing it back on his long light brown hair. Antonio was surprised that his position was known, although officially Horsemasters assume the title of Capitano only in the week of the race. He had again the disconcerting feeling that the Zinti knew so much more about him than he did about them.

Now he had to say something, so he invited the colourful group back to his stables for refreshment.

“That is very kind,” said the man in the red cap. “Let me introduce myself. I am Indro and we are Manoush.” He gestured to his companions, who smiled and doffed their many colourful hats and made elaborate bows. Soon, Antonio found himself at the centre of the group of Zinti, or Manoush as they preferred to be known, feeling like a cabbage in the middle of a bouquet of spring flowers.

Ciro was astonished to hear the sounds of many people entering the stable yard and even more so when he looked out and saw the outlandish company that the Horsemaster had brought back with him. It was not yet the end of siesta-time and Antonio’s wife, Stefania, looked bemused to be called out from the house and asked to entertain about a dozen strangers. But she saw the light in Antonio’s eyes and didn’t argue.

Soon the little band of Zinti were sitting at the stone table on the terrace behind the Horsemaster’s house, jostling elbows as they drank ale and ate bread and cheese and olives. The impromptu meal over, they got out their instruments and played while Indro serenaded their hosts. Stefania, now in a clean apron and with her hair combed, turned pink with pleasure. Ciro watched wide-eyed from the stables, where three strange horses were now munching hay alongside the other Scorpion animals, as the Zinti got up and danced around the yard, playing their flutes and fiddles; nothing like that had ever been seen in the Scorpion stables before.

By the time they left, Antonio had stopped thinking that the Zinti were a bad omen. And Ciro had decided there was nothing he wanted more than to join them.

*  *  *  *  *

Benedetta didn’t like the heats at all — the crowds, the noise, the banners and the other horses. It didn’t bode at all well for the race itself. Gloomy Scorpion Twelvers were shaking their heads and thinking they had not spent their money wisely. But real disaster did not strike until the night of the last heat, the Prova Generale.

The Rincorsa, the mount who entered the race at a running start, was the Scorpion’s enemy, the Archer. And because fate had decreed that Benedetta was in the eleventh position, the Archer’s jockey cut at the Scorpion’s man with his whip as the horse ran past. The Scorpion’s jockey flinched, Benedetta reared and, as her forefeet landed back on the track, her leg got entangled with that of the water-bearer’s mount.

Within minutes, Antonio knew that his horse was lame and would be unfit to ride in the next day’s Stellata.

He was in despair. Consulting with his jockey, he knew there was no choice but to run Matteo again, even though he thought their chances slim. Matteo had run no heats and had been eating too much to be a good racing choice. But anything was better than scratching at this stage. Matteo would run in the morning heat and then the Scorpion’s jockey would register his name with the mayor and there would be no backing out for horse or rider.

Antonio took no pleasure in the dinner held in the Scorpion that night. The wine ran as freely as usual, the food laid out on the blue and purple tablecloths was as good as ever, but Antonio’s heart was not in it. He had treasured such high hopes this time and now their expensive grey mare was lame and they had to run a last-minute horse. He resigned himself to the Scorpion remaining the “grandmother” for nearly another year.

But in the early dawn light Ciro was woken from his sleep in the hayloft above Matteo’s stall by a soft whistle. He slid down the ladder and found himself face to face with the man the Zinti called Indro. The man searched the boy’s face, then asked, “Is it true the Scorpion’s horse is wounded?”

“Aye, lame,” said Ciro, his heart leaping at the thought that this strange man might have some subtle horsecraft that would cure Benedetta.

But Indro was shaking his head. “That is bad luck, indeed,” he said. “What will you run instead?”

“This horse, Matteo,” said Ciro. “He’s a good one, but he hasn’t been prepared for the race. Antonio has little hope of victory.”

“Tell the Horsemaster I shall meet him up at the Gate of the Sun, for the morning heat,” said Indro, and was gone before Ciro could ask why.

The last heat was run and Matteo, surprised to be asked to race so early in the morning, came last. Antonio sat on the marble bench around the fountain in the Campo, with his head in his hands. He had run behind the horses all the way from the Gate of the Sun and been greeted with bad news by the Scorpion’s jockey as soon as he reached the Campo. Now he felt a hand on his shoulder and looked up.

The man in the red cap, who had also been at the start of the heat, sat down beside him. “You must register the horse and jockey now, I think,” he said quietly. Antonio nodded.

“I have an offer to make,” said Indro. “You can of course go ahead with your brown horse and your chosen jockey or you can take me and my palomino, Malassa. I will ride for the Scorpion if you want.”

Antonio knew it would be madness to change jockey as well as horse on the day of the Stellata. To trust one of the Zinti. And it would cost him a fortune in pacts broken. But he looked at Indro and saw that he was slight of build and not tall; he could be a jockey. And the Zinti’s skill with horses was legendary. He remembered the palomino from a few days before and she had been beautiful.

“What do I have to lose?” asked Antonio.

*  *  *  *  *

The Stellata Ortolano of 1450 became famous in the history of Remora and its Race of the Stars. There was a sensation at the registering of mounts and riders when the Scorpion announced it would be running Malassa, ridden by Indro Vivoide, instead of Benedetta or Matteo and its previous jockey, who stood glowering nearby, in spite of the large bag of silver Antonio with which had paid him off.

And it was the Manoush, dressed in blue and purple, who led Indro’s palomino mare into the church of San Gianbattista that afternoon for the blessing. “Dia! Dia!” went up the cry when the mare relieved herself on the red carpet, for there was no more lucky sign in the rituals surrounding the Stellata.

Antonio was marching in the solemn procession before the race, dressed in his best ceremonial clothes, behind the drummer and the ensigns waving the giant banners of Scorpione, so he was already at the finish line when the race began from the Gate of the Sun. Ciro had gone with him and heard the cry of “Ottimo!” which meant that a clean start had taken place first time.

He was gripping his master’s hand so tightly that afterwards Antonio found the boy’s nails had drawn blood, but he didn’t notice at the time, because he was screaming encouragement, along with all the other Remorans massed in the Campo.

And suddenly, there were the horses! A blur of colours and sounds and they swept up to the finish line so tightly bunched that none but the official positioned there could tell who had won.

And then, “Scorpione! Scorpione!” echoed round the circular Campo and Antonio nearly fainted with joy. Even his deposed jockey was thumping Indro on the back; the great drought had ended and the Scorpion was the grandmother no longer.

The Duomo roiled with bodies and flags as the special Stellata banner was borne in triumph up to the altar. Antonio couldn’t see his successful jockey; he himself was carried on the shoulders of enthusiastic Scorpions and he expected that Indro was enjoying the same acclaim somewhere in the cathedral. Eventually the priest’s bell brought some sort of order to the mob and the short service of Thanksgiving began.

The next stop was to take the banner to their own church in the Twelfth. But first the priest led the way through the crowd to a corded-off side chapel, where a canvas cloth lay on the floor. Antonio was at the front when the cloth was removed and joined in the gasp as Giovanni Ortolano’s masterpiece was revealed in its entirety for the first time.

The Duomo echoed to the applause and the sculptor himself stood with head bowed to receive it. When he looked up, he exchanged glances with Antonio and came over to clap him on the shoulder.

“Congratulations,” he said. “You are the Capitano of the Scorpion, aren’t you? I saw you here earlier in the week.”

“Thank you, yes,” said Antonio. “And congratulations to you too. The pavement is magnificent.”

It was almost the last thing he could remember about that night. The feasting and drinking in the Twelfth went on till dawn and most Scorpions had spectacular hangovers the next day. Antonio had a vague recollection of toasting Indro but couldn’t remember his being at the feast.

And strangest of all, next day Ciro was nowhere to be found. He was never seen in the Twelfth again and nor was the little band of Zinti, at least not in Antonio’s lifetime.

The Horsemaster continued in his post for eight years and retired after two more wins; the luck of the Scorpion had really changed with the Stellata Ortolano.

But the oddest thing was that, although everyone agreed that Scorpion had won the Stellata Straordinaria of 1450, after a few years everyone was a bit hazy about the horse and jockey who had ridden for them. Including Antonio.

As he got older, he sometimes said that it had been Benedetta, sometimes Matteo. (It was before consistent written records of the Stellata were kept.) When asked the jockey’s name, sometimes he said it had been a young boy called Ciro, other times he gave the name of the jockey who should have run in the race.

One thing he was clear about till his dying day: there had been three good omens for the Scorpion that year. He had seen the workman lowering the section of his Twelfth into Ortolano’s masterpiece pavement, the sculptor had smiled at him and he had met a band of Zinti on his way to the stable.

And when people said, “But surely the Zinti are a bad omen? Aren’t they a wandering and untrustworthy people?” Antonio never missed the opportunity to give them a lecture on acceptance and hospitality towards strangers.

“After all,” he said. “No one can deny they brought me luck.”

*  *  *  *  *

Note: Readers of City of Stars will notice that the celestial pavement has been moved in this story, from Santa Fina to Remora. In fact it is the other way round: Ortolano’s masterpiece was moved from the cathedral in Remora to the one in Santa Fina after part of the Duomo floor subsided and the pavement was in danger of being destroyed. The move was supposed to be temporary, and indeed the problem in Remora was soon sorted out, but the next Pope was sensitive about having such a non-Christian work of art in his Duomo and somehow by 1578 it had become a fixture in the place where Georgia saw it.

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“La gente no es mala, es infeliz”

Abraham Maslow

Abraham Harold Maslow fue un psicólogo estadounidense nacido en Brooklyn Nueva York en abril de 1908. 

Conocido como uno de los fundadores y principales exponentes de la psicología humanista, una corriente psicológica que postula la existencia humana básica hacia la salud mental.

Fue el mayor de 7 hermanos, cuyos padres eran emigrantes judíos procedentes de Ucrania. 

Era un niño lento y ordenado y recordaba su niñez como sola e infeliz, sus juicios sobre su madre fueron marcadamente negativos, llegando a afirmar “fui un niño tremendamente infeliz…Mi familia era desgraciada y mi madre era una criatura horrible… Crecí sin amigos, entre libros y bibliotecas” 

Vivía en un barrio no judío y decía sentirse como un negro en una escuela de blancos.

Estudió psicología en la Universidad de Wisconsin, y en 1928 antes de terminar sus estudios, se casó con su prima mayor Bertha Goodman. 

En 1931, obtuvo su maestría y en 1934 su doctorado. 

Un año después regresó a Nueva York para trabajar en la Universidad de Columbia, en donde comenzó a interesarse en la investigación de la sexualidad humana y colaboró con su mentor el profesor Alfred Adler, psicoterapeuta austriaco fundador de la escuela conocida como psicología individual y uno de los primeros colegas de Sigmund Freud.

Entre 1937 y 1951, entró en contacto con muchos inmigrantes europeos como Erich Fromm, Karen Horney, así como varios psicólogos de la Gestalt y freudianos. 

Dos de sus mentores, la antropóloga Ruth Benedict y el psicólogo Max Wertheimer, causaron tanta admiración en Maslow por ser tan maravillosos seres humanos tan comprometidos en sus campos respectivos que comenzó a tomar notas acerca de ellos y de sus comportamientos. Esta sería la base de su investigación y pensamiento a lo largo de su vida sobre la salud mental y el potencial humano.

Abraham Maslow influyó notablemente en la visión del mundo para la sociedad, proporcionándole un nuevo rostro al estudio del comportamiento humano. Llamó a su nueva disciplina “Psicología Humanista”.

La psicología humanista postula que todas las personas tienen un intenso deseo de realizar completamente su potencial, para alcanzar un nivel de “autorrealización”.

Maslow estudió mentalmente a individuos saludables en lugar de a personas con serios problemas psicológicos. Desde su perspectiva, Maslow creía que las personas auto-realizadas pueden vivir muchas experiencias cumbre durante el día, mientras que otras tienen esas experiencias con menor frecuencia.

Maslow utilizó el término “metamotivación” para describir a las personas auto realizadas que actúan impulsadas por fuerzas innatas que están mas allá de sus necesidades básicas, de tal modo que pueden explorar y alcanzar su completo potencial humano. 

Para Maslow, las personas auto realizadas tienden a enfocar sus problemas fuera de si mismas, y se concentran en lo que consideran deben hacer, sin ponerse en primer plano; tienen un sentido claro de lo que es verdadero y lo que es falso; son espontáneos y creativos y no están demasiado aferrados a las convenciones sociales. Además coinciden en tener una cierta necesidad de aislarse para estar solas consigo mismas y pensar pausadamente sobre sus fines y actividades.

Las personas auto-realizadas son capaces de apreciar una y otra vez con frescura e ingenuidad, los bienes básicos de la vida, con emoción, placer, asombro e incluso éxtasis. 

La apreciación de la belleza es muy variada: puede consistir tanto en la contemplación de la belleza del propio cónyuge a pesar del paso de los años, como la de un bebé, o maravillarse ante los espectáculos de la naturaleza.

Maslow apostó con decisión y constancia para introducir en la psicología científica los aspectos positivos de la personalidad, sin proclamar teorías filosóficas sino aplicando metodologías experimentales a las cualidades humanas que muestran clara evidencias de hacer el bien a los individuos y a la sociedad.

En 1967 su salud se resintió derivado de una lesion cardiaca no tratada adecuadamente y en junio de 1970 Abraham Maslow muere de un ataque cardiaco masivo durante una sesión de ejercicio en la piscina de su casa, a la edad de 62 años.

Fuentes: Wikipedia y Philosophica.info

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☃️ plotting / starter call for the (now-annual) winter market! ☃️

i mostly adjusted from last year, plus added my new characters! please LIKE this if you want to plot and i’ll shoot you a message (probably on discord) sometime this week; or you can REPLY if you just want to claim a starter with/without plotting. 

no starter cap, but there is a date cut-off, which is december *21. i’m not accepting new starter requests after that~

wei wuxian -- starters for: atlas kipling (hiddenangcls), marlene mckinnon (mcrcki), jester lavorre (circleofstarrs), vic weasley (drvcxrys), wen ning (coreofgold), benedict bridgerton (recklcssabandon), ???

last year, he was heavily involved in the snowball fight! he had a good time, but he doesn’t quite have that level of energy in him this year, so he’s probably going to be a little more chill-- but he’ll pitch in to help your character’s team in the snowball fight or snowman building competition if they need a hand. he’ll also be freezing his ass off in the ice bar. 

yuri plisetsky -- starters for: caitlyn kiramman (masqce), aj campos (wvsteria), five hargreeves (lcnelyhearted), victor nikiforov (irresistiibles), xiao lanhua (tragcdysewn), addison montgomery (hxartbreaker), doom (youllalwaysbemyporcelain), elizabeth swann (irongcld), lizzie midford (drvcxrys), albus severus potter (recklcssabandon), lan jingyi (coreofgold), ???

yuri was talked into offering FREE ice skating lessons at the ice rink. as a professional ice skater, he will help teach your characters how to successfully navigate the ice; however, he will not be very patient about it, so keep that in mind. 

orpheus -- starters for: blue (hiddenangcls), rosemary winters (mcrcki), seth gecko (hxartbreaker), jade west (strwbrrymccn), luke patterson (irongcld), annabeth chase (drvcxyrs), ???

orpheus is running a winter karaoke tent! as long as the song is festive or holiday-ish or winter-ish in nature, the lyrics will be loaded up on the karaoke machine. open for soloists, duets, small groups, whatever! if your character wants to show off their vocal skills, or just enjoy the festive music, drop by. if orpheus catches your character making fun of the singers, though, he’ll be sad and disappointed. 

wen kexing -- starters for: steve rogers (svnlvght), zhou zishu (youllalwaysbemyporcelain), emily fields (wvsteria), zhang chengling (coreofgold), ???

last year he mostly spent time painting ornaments and heckling hot santa, and will most likely be indulging in much of the same this year. he will probably also enjoy a carriage ride or two, and would gladly share the carriage with your character. 

xie lian -- starters for: josh washington (purelybilateral), shi qingxuan (irresistiibles), tylor tuskman (youllalwaysbemyporcelain), jinx (strwbrrymccn), hua cheng (coreofgold), ???

he may not celebrate these holidays but he really enjoys the warm atmosphere of people coming together to celebrate festivities like this. he’ll be bundled up by the bonfires or oo-ing and aa-ing over the creativity of the snowmen others have built. he might try building a gingerbread house, and after some bartering, he’ll probably be wrapped in a collection of 2-5 handmade scarves from the crafts stalls by the end of the week. **he will also be getting tipsy for the first time in his life, accidentally, due to poorly labelled mulled wine 

blathers -- starters for: missandei (wvsteria), jack kline (lcnelyhearted), zhongli (irresistiibles), jeon seol (youllalwaysbemyporcelain), qui-gon jinn (hxartbreaker), xiao xingchen (coreofgold), ???

once again, he will be getting as involved as possible, and with an enthusiastic attitude. if given the opportunity, he will talk to you about anything and everything he has recently witnessed at the market, and i imagine he’ll be spending a lot of time at the hot chocolate and sweets stalls.  

he xuan -- starters for: gu chan-seong (strwbrrymccn), stiles stillinski (recklcssabandon), ???

if you see a man dressed in all black seemingly consuming every edible item offered at the market within a one-mile radius, that’s he xuan.  

sha hualing -- starters for childe (masqce), nymeria (hiddenangcls), james sirius (svnlvght), diana meade (lcnelyhearted), luo binghe (coreofgold), ???

she wants to try everything, the ice skating, the snowboarding, whatever. she wants to crush the competition at the snowball fight. she will run your character’s sled over with her own, or possibly toss it in the street. she’ll be the fastest person in the polar plunge, even though that is not necessarily a competitive situation lol. she will (unfortunately) be documenting it all on tiktok, and she will also be hanging out around the ice bar. 

and then i have a small collection of characters who will NOT enjoy the market, either because they have zero percent festive cheer (most of them don’t celebrate christmas or the january 1 new year anyway) or because they are too stressed to properly enjoy a market like this, or some combination of the two: loid forger, liu qingge, dongfang qingcang, & chu wanning! but they’re still open for starters if you’re interested lol.  -- starters for: yor forger & loid forger (tragcdysewn), ???

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Referências

ANDERSON, Benedict. Comunidades imaginadas. São Paulo: Companhia das Letras, p. 12-32, 2008.

COLLINS, Patricia Hill. Pensamento feminista negro: conhecimento, consciência e a política do empoderamento. Boitempo editorial, 2019.

COLLINS, Patricia Hill. A interseccionalidade como teoria social crítica. Parte 1 – Delimitando as questões. São Paulo: Boitempo, 2022

CRENSHAW, Kimberlé W. Mapping the margins: intersectionality, identiy politics, and violence against women of color. In: Stanford Law Review, vol. 43, 1991.

DOS SANTOS, Gilvan Francisco. Catarina Paraguaçu. Nossa Senhora da Graça, 2020. Disponível em: <https://www.nsenhoradagraca.org/catarina-paragua%C3%A7u>. Acesso em: 7 jul. 2023.

DURKHEIM, Émile. As formas elementares da vida religiosa. 3.ed. Tradução de Joaquim Pereira Neto. São Paulo: Paulus, 2008.

FIGUEIREDO, Ângela. Carta de uma ex-mulata à Judith Butler. Revista Periódicus, v. 1, n. 3, p. 152-169, 2015.

FIGUEIREDO, Taiana; FONTES, Rafael. O caboclo, o dois de julho e o candomblé. Bahia com história, 2015. Disponível em: <http://bahiacomhistoria.ba.gov.br/?reportagem=reportagem-o-caboclo-o-dois-de-julho-e-o-candomble>. Acesso em: 7 jul. 2023.

FRASER, Nancy. Da redistribuição ao reconhecimento? Dilemas da justiça numa era “pós socialista”. Cadernos de Campo, São Paulo, n. 14/15, p. 231-239, 2006.

GONZÁLEZ, Lélia. A mulher negra na sociedade brasileira: uma abordagem político econômica. In GONZÁLEZ, L. Por um feminismo afro-latino americano.Rio de Janeiro: Zahar, 2020. p. 49-64.

GUERRA FILHO, Sérgio A. D. O Povo e a Guerra: Participação das Camadas Populares nas Lutas pela Independência do Brasil na Bahia. (Dissertação de Mestrado) Salvador: UFBA, 2004.

KILOMBA, Grada. Memórias da plantação: episódios de racismo cotidiano. Editora Cobogó, 2020.

LIMA, João Francisco de. A incrível Maria Quitéria. São Paulo: Nova época, 1977.

MOREIRA, Neuracy Maria de Azevedo. Maria Quitéria. Resgate de Memória, n. 2, jul. 2014.

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STAEUBLE, Irmingard. Emaranhados na ordem eurocêntrica do conhecimento: por que a psicologia é difícil de descolonizar. Cidade cidadã: entre o agente construtor e a agência construída, p. 89-97, 2007.

WEBER, Max. Sociologia da dominação. In: WEBER, Max. Economia e sociedade. Brasília: UnB, 1991. p. 187-223.

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Los antropólogos que desmontaron “la ficción poética y peligrosa” del racismo

Muchas de las ideas que hoy damos por descontadas sobre raza, sexo y género provienen del trabajo de un grupo de antropólogos reunidos en EEUU en torno a un emigrante alemán, Franz Boas

[Texto extraído de la sección Ideas de El País]

Por  CHARLES KING

Gran parte de lo que hoy consideramos una forma moderna y abierta de ver el mundo —la identidad multirracial como algo normal, el género más allá de lo binario, las numerosas variantes de la sexualidad humana, el hecho de que las normas sociales influyan en nuestro sentido del bien y del mal— no es una cuestión moral ni de opinión. Esta visión del mundo es consecuencia de una serie de descubrimientos científicos llevados a cabo por un pequeño grupo de investigadores a contracorriente que se propusieron demostrar la unidad esencial de la humanidad. Y el resultado no fue la transformación de nuestra idea del bien y del mal, sino un cambio fundamental de nuestra concepción del sentido común.

En el centro de este grupo estuvo un contestatario profesor norteamericano llamado Franz Boas. Con el pelo alborotado y un acento muy marcado, Papa Franz, como le llamaban sus alumnos, era la viva imagen del científico loco. Había llegado a Estados Unidos procedente de Alemania en la década de 1880, después de pasar más de un año haciendo trabajo de campo como aficionado en el Ártico canadiense. Su propósito era conseguir trabajo como geógrafo o explorador profesional, quizá en la Smithsonian Institution. Pero la mayoría de sus solicitudes de empleo se encontraron con el rechazo. Cuando el siglo estaba a punto de terminar, consiguió, por fin, una plaza de profesor de Antropología en la institución que iba a ser su casa, la Universidad de Columbia.

En 1911 Boas concluyó un importante estudio en el que examinaba las consecuencias de la inmigración en la población de Estados Unidos. Después de tomar las medidas físicas de miles de neoyorquinos, Boas llegó a la conclusión de que “la capacidad de adaptación del inmigrante parece ser mucho mayor de lo que podíamos atrevernos a suponer antes de comenzar nuestras investigaciones”. Los “tipos” naturales en los que se solía clasificar a las personas —por ejemplo, sus razas o grupos étnicos— eran intrínsecamente inestables. Los niños nacidos en EE UU tenían más cosas en común con otros niños también nacidos en EE UU que con el grupo nacional al que pertenecían sus padres. Boas llegó a la conclusión de que, si unas categorías sociales básicas como la raza y la etnia podían cambiar solo con irse a vivir a otro país, entonces no podían utilizarse para explicar diferencias supuestamente permanentes de inteligencia, criminalidad u otros rasgos.

Durante las tres décadas siguientes, Boas repitió sus conclusiones siempre que pudo. La idea de que una característica, ya fuera positiva o negativa, era inherente a una raza concreta constituía, “en el mejor de los casos, una ficción poética y peligrosa”, dijo en una conferencia de eugenistas en 1937. Cuando los nazis se adueñaron de las instituciones educativas alemanas, el centro en el que se había doctorado le retiró el título. Las bibliotecas alemanas retiraron sus obras y las quemaron junto a las de Marx y Freud.

Boas vivió para ver cómo triunfaba por completo el racismo científico en su patria de origen y cómo se reivindicaban sus propias ideas en su nueva patria. Murió en 1942, durante un almuerzo en el club de profesores de Columbia. The New York Times escribió que a partir de ese momento era responsabilidad de sus alumnos proseguir “la esclarecedora labor en la que él fue un audaz pionero”.

De ese grupo de alumnos saldrían algunas de las mayores figuras intelectuales del siglo XX: Margaret Mead, una de las grandes y más conocidas científicas de Estados Unidos, que separó los conceptos de sexo y género; Ruth Benedict, cuyas investigaciones sobre la cultura japonesa ayudaron a diseñar la ocupación de posguerra; Zora Neale Hurston, la escritora del Renacimiento de Harlem cuyos estudios etnográficos con Boas influyeron directamente en su clásica novela Sus ojos miraban a Dios, y otras figuras académicas que crearon algunos de los departamentos de antropología más importantes del mundo, como Yale, Chicago y Berkeley.

Los alumnos de Boas viajaron por todo el mundo —Mead, a Samoa y Papúa Nueva Guinea; Hurston, a la costa del Golfo y el Caribe; otros, incluso más lejos— para demostrar una tesis fundamental. Creían que la ciencia humana más profunda no era la que nos enseñaba lo que era inmutable en su naturaleza, sino la que revelaba las enormes diferencias de las sociedades humanas, el variado vocabulario del decoro, las costumbres y la idea del bien. Nuestras tradiciones más preciadas, insistían, no son más que una pequeña fracción de los numerosos métodos que han creado los humanos para resolver problemas básicos, desde cómo ordenar la sociedad hasta cómo marcar el paso de la niñez a la edad adulta.

Llamaron relativismo cultural a esa teoría esencial a la que, desde hace casi un siglo, sus detractores han acusado de todo, desde justificar la inmoralidad hasta fomentar la disparatada idea de que quizá EE UU no sea el mejor país de la historia. Pero su mensaje fundamental era que para vivir de manera inteligente en el mundo debemos aplazar nuestra opinión sobre otras formas de ver la realidad social hasta que las comprendamos de verdad.

El relativismo cultural era una teoría sobre la sociedad humana, pero también un manual de instrucciones para la vida. Su intención era azuzar nuestra sensibilidad moral, no extinguirla. Boas pensaba que es muy posible que exista un código moral universal, pero ninguna sociedad —ni siquiera la nuestra— puede conocer con seguridad su contenido. “La cortesía, la modestia, los buenos modales y el cumplimiento de unas normas éticas concretas son universales”, escribió Boas en una ocasión, “pero lo que no es universal es qué constituye cortesía, modestia, buenos modales y normas éticas”. El progreso moral, si es que existe, reside en nuestra capacidad de construir una visión cada vez más amplia de la propia humanidad.

Estos son la conclusión científica y el talante moral que Boas y sus alumnos querían dar a conocer al mundo. Que averigüemos qué comportamiento es el que nuestra sociedad considera mejor y lo practiquemos con el destinatario más impensable de nuestra buena voluntad. Que nos esforcemos por apartarnos de toda teoría que fomente la idea de que somos especiales. Que prestemos menos atención a las normas de comportamiento correcto —­come esto, no toques aquello, cásate con aquel— y más al círculo de humanidad para el que creemos que tienen valor esas normas.

“No hay evolución de las ideas morales”, escribió Boas en 1928. Lo único que cambia es a qué personas creemos que debemos tratar como seres humanos plenos, dignos y determinados. Si ahora es normal que una pareja gay se dé un beso de despedida en el aeropuerto, que un estudiante universitario lea el Bhagavad Gita en una clase sobre grandes libros, que se rechace el racismo por considerarlo un rasgo de decadencia moral y una estupidez evidente; si todas estas cosas no son novedades, sino la forma normal de organizar una sociedad, debemos agradecérselo a las ideas defendidas por el círculo de Boas. El hecho de que aún nos quede trabajo por hacer, la continua lucha que supone vivir en una sociedad y al mismo tiempo ser críticos con ella, era precisamente la tesis que querían transmitir.

Este es un ensayo escrito por Charles King (Arkansas, 1967), profesor de Relaciones Internacionales en la Universidad de Georgetown, adaptado a partir de un capítulo de su reciente libro Escuela de rebeledes. Cómo un grupo de espíritus libres revolucionó las ideas de raza, sexo y género, editado por Taurus.

Traducción de María Luisa Rodríguez Tapia.

[chicarandom11]

Fanfic Benophie fuga

Ok, yo solo estoy obsesionada con Bridgerton, sobretodo con la increíble pareja que serán Benedict y Sophie cuando aparezcan en el show. 

Inspirada en los increíbles análisis de @hopepaigeturner  ,en específico este y este, decidí escribir un fanfic que parece que en todo Ao3 nadie ha hecho todavía (y si hay me dejan el link en comentarios porfa). Un fanfic sobre Ben y Sophie huyendo juntos. 

Estoy segura que la razón de la que nadie escribió esto fue más por no querer ser deprimente, pues ahora llego yo con un fanfic que estará lleno de angustia y pelusa a la vez con un final feliz 😁.

Espero que disfruten este pequeño avance.

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La tortura más insufrible vivia dentro de la mente de Francesca. Su hermano mayor, el hombre que ha sido su figura paterna desde la muerte de su padre, está dispuesto a separar al que podría ser el amor de su vida de su hermano solo porque era una criada. Ella entendía el alboroto de Anthony, sería escandaloso y sin lugar a dudas podía perjudicarlos a todos con un paso en falso, pero podían mentir como todos en la Ton y solo decir que era una chica del campo para luego hacerse los locos mientras Ben y Sophie vivían en paz lejos de las miradas críticas de Londres.

Además es una idiotez que todos se hayan quedado ciegos ante el claro amor que tenía Benedict a la doncella de Eloise. Había aparecido casi a diario en el número 5 y cada vez que miraba Sophie tenía los mismos ojos de cachorro enamorado que tenía Anth al ver a Kate o los de Colin al observar un plato de comida o a Pen. Sophie no se quedaba atrás, veía las miradas de dolor que tenía cada vez que sus ojos se cruzaban con Ben, no eran muy diferentes a las miradas que tuvo Kate durante el tiempo que Anthony estaba decidido en casarse con Edwina.

Ellos dos no merecían esto. No lo merecía el hermano que había sido el hombro para llorar de todos sus hermanos y su madre tras el fallecimiento de su padre. No lo merecía la dulce joven que se encargó de cuidar a Eloise, Hyacinth y Francesca con la misma devoción que lo haría una hermana mayor a sus hermanas menores. 

Dentro de la oficina de sus madre, Anthony, Kate y Violet urdían un plan para separarlos, pues Francesca escucharía detrás de la puerta para hacer un plan para que Benedict y Sophie lograran estar juntos.

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He avanzado unas 400 palabras más pero aún no están corregidas por lo que tendrán que esperar hasta el capítulo completo.

Como verán, Francesca será parte fundamental del plan siendo la que ideará el plan. Al igual que Colin será el apoyo que Benedict no tenía. El resto también tendrán su protagonismo pero por ahora ellos serán los principales aliados de la pareja mientras que Kate y Violet actuarán como mediadores. 

Escribiría más pero tengo un examen por el cual depende que apruebe un curso mañana y debería estar estudiando.

Saludos

--------------Chica Random 11 --------------------------------

[brookstonalmanac]

Beer Events 11.21

Events

Jacob Ludwig patented a Device for Handling Barrels (1889)

Albert Lieber patented an Air Filter (1905)

Carl Rach patented Brewing Apparatus (1905)

Wartime Prohibition Act passed, it was the 1st U.S. alcohol prohibition law (1918)

Charles Horansky and Frank Suchanek patented a Beer Return Device (1939)

Fremont Benedict patented a Process for Separating Solid Matter from Hot Wort (1950)

Mack Johnston patented a Beer Tapping Device (1967)

Elie Nekimken patented a keg Drip Tray (1967)

1st “official” Sierra Nevada Pale Ale brewed (1980)

Guinness bought the Spanish brewery La Cruz del Campo (1990)

Four Anheuser-Busch employees filed a lawsuit alleging false arrest, assault & battery, invasion of privacy, defamation, and wrongful termination (1995)

World Record largest glass of beer filled, 330 gallons of Guinness, at The Auld Dubliner Irish Pub (Tustin, California; 2009)

Brew Masters TV show debuted on the Discovery channel (2010)

Breweries Opened

Zip City Brewing (New York; 1991)

Shannon Kelly's Brewpub (Minnesota; 1994)

Bissell Brothers Brewing (Maine; 2013)

[escritoriodeartesmaxuelrodri]

A Nova Ordem de Cristo por meio das suas Preceptorias ...

Internacional (Brasil)

Preceptoria Templária Nacional do Paraguay (01)

Preceptoria Templária Nacional do Paraguay (02)

Preceptoria Templária Nacional da Venezuela

Preceptoria Templária Nacional da Felipinas

Preceptoria Templária Nacional do Suriname

Preceptoria Templária Nacional Senegal

Preceptorias Templária Nacional Moçambique

Preceptoria Templária Estadual do Rio de Janeiro

Preceptoria Templária Estadual de São Paulo

Acampamento Hugo Dupayn (Lajedo Pernambuco)

Acampamento Jacques Borgonha de Molay (Paraguay)

Acampamento Conde de Sant Germany (Paraguay)

Acampamento Robert Burns ( São Paulo)

Acampamento Resiliência ( Minas Gerais)

Acampamento Joana D'Arc ( Río de Janeiro)

Expressamos nossos sentimentos de pesar pelo desenlace corpóreo do PAPA BENTO XVI.

Que ele possa se readaptar ao mundo quântico o mais rápido possível , na mais armoniosa saúde Psiquê.

Nossos cinceros votos de pesar a todos os maís de 1 bilhão de católicos em todos os 194 países do globo terrestre.

Maxuel Rodrigues de Moraes.

Artista Plástico

Nautonnier Grão Mestre da Nova Ordem de Cristo.

The New Order of Christ through its Preceptories...

International (Brazil)

National Templar Preceptory of Paraguay (01)

National Templar Preceptory of Paraguay (02)

National Templar Preceptory of Venezuela

National Templar Preceptory of the Philippines

National Templar Preceptory of Suriname

National Templar Preceptory Senegal

National Templar Preceptories Mozambique

State Templar Preceptory of Rio de Janeiro

State Templar Preceptory of São Paulo

Camp Hugo Dupayn (Lajedo Pernambuco)

Camp Jacques Burgundy de Molay (Paraguay)

Camp Conde de Sant Germany (Paraguay)

Camp Robert Burns (Sao Paulo)

Resilience Camp (Minas Gerais)

Camp Joana D'Arc (Rio de Janeiro)

We express our feelings of regret for the bodily outcome of POPE BENEDICT XVI.

May he readapt to the quantum world as soon as possible, in the most harmonious Psyche health.

Our heartfelt condolences to all over 1 billion Catholics in all 194 countries of the globe.

Maxuel Rodrigues de Moraes.

plastic artist

Nautonnier Grand Master of the New Order of Christ.

La Nueva Orden de Cristo a través de sus Preceptorías...

Internacional (Brasil)

Preceptoría Nacional Templaria del Paraguay (01)

Preceptoría Templaria Nacional del Paraguay (02)

Preceptoría Nacional Templaria de Venezuela

Preceptoría Templaria Nacional de Filipinas

Preceptoría Templaria Nacional de Surinam

Preceptoría Templaria Nacional Senegal

Preceptorías Nacionales Templarias Mozambique

Preceptoría Estatal Templaria de Río de Janeiro

Preceptoría Estatal Templaria de São Paulo

Campamento Hugo Dupayn (Lajedo Pernambuco)

Campamento Jacques Borgoña de Molay (Paraguay)

Campo Conde de Sant Alemania (Paraguay)

Campamento Robert Burns (Sao Paulo)

Campamento de Resiliencia (Minas Gerais)

Campamento Juana de Arco (Río de Janeiro)

Expresamos nuestros sentimientos de pesar por el desenlace corporal del PAPA BENEDICTO XVI.

Que se readapte al mundo cuántico lo antes posible, en la más armoniosa salud de Psique.

Nuestro más sentido pésame a los más de mil millones de católicos en los 194 países del mundo.

Maxuel Rodrigues de Moraes.

Artista plástico

Nautonnier Gran Maestre de la Nueva Orden de Cristo.

Нови Христов поредак кроз своја упутства...

међународни (Бразил)

Национални храм темплара Парагваја (01)

Национални храм темплара Парагваја (02)

Национални храм темплара Венецуеле

Национални храм темплара на Филипинима

Национални Темпларски Прецептор Суринама

Национални храм темплара Сенегал

Национални храмови Мозамбика

Државни храм темплара у Рио де Жанеиру

Државни храм темплара у Сао Паулу

Камп Хуго Дупајн (Лаједо Пернамбуко)

Камп Јацкуес Бургунди де Молаи (Парагвај)

Камп Конде де Сант Немачка (Парагвај)

Камп Роберт Бернс (Сао Пауло)

Камп отпорности (Минас Жераис)

Камп Јованке Орлеанке (Рио де Жанеиро)

Изражавамо своја осећања жаљења због телесног исхода ПАПЕ БЕНЕДИКТА КСВИ.

Нека се што пре прилагоди квантном свету, у најскладнијем психолошком здрављу.

Наше искрено саучешће свим преко 1 милијарде католика у све 194 земље света.

Макуел Родригуес де Мораес.

уметник пластике

Наутонниер Велики мајстор Новог Христовог реда.

Novi Hristov poredak kroz svoja uputstva...

međunarodni (Brazil)

Nacionalni hram templara Paragvaja (01)

Nacionalni hram templara Paragvaja (02)

Nacionalni hram templara Venecuele

Nacionalni hram templara na Filipinima

Nacionalni Templarski Preceptor Surinama

Nacionalni hram templara Senegal

Nacionalni hramovi Mozambika

Državni hram templara u Rio de Žaneiru

Državni hram templara u Sao Paulu

Kamp Hugo Dupajn (Lajedo Pernambuko)

Kamp Jackues Burgundi de Molai (Paragvaj)

Kamp Konde de Sant Nemačka (Paragvaj)

Kamp Robert Berns (Sao Paulo)

Kamp otpornosti (Minas Žerais)

Kamp Jovanke Orleanke (Rio de Žaneiro)

Izražavamo svoja osećanja žaljenja zbog telesnog ishoda PAPE BENEDIKTA KSVI.

Neka se što pre prilagodi kvantnom svetu, u najskladnijem psihološkom zdravlju.

Naše iskreno saučešće svim preko 1 milijarde katolika u sve 194 zemlje sveta.

Makuel Rodrigues de Moraes.

umetnik plastike

Nautonnier Veliki majstor Novog Hristovog reda.

Òrdugh Ùr Chrìosd tro a Luchd-teagaisg ...

Eadar-nàiseanta (Braisil)

Neach-tagraidh Nàiseanta Templar ann am Paraguaidh (01)

Neach-tagraidh Nàiseanta Templar ann am Paraguaidh (02)

Neach-lagha Templar Nàiseanta ann am Venezuela

Preceptory Templar Nàiseanta na Philippines

Neach-tagraidh Nàiseanta Templar de Suranam

Senegal Preceptory Templar Nàiseanta

Preceptories Templar Nàiseanta Mozambique

Neach-lagha Teampallach Stàite Rio de Janeiro

Preceptory Templar Stàite São Paulo

Campa Hugo Dupayn (Lajedo Pernambuco)

Camp Jacques Burgundy de Molay (Paraguay)

Campa Conde de Sant Germany (Paraguay)

Camp Robert Burns (Sao Paulo)

Campa Resilience (Minas Gerais)

Seonag à Arc Camp (Rio de Janeiro)

Tha sinn a' cur an cèill ar faireachduinnean aithreachais air son toradh bodhaige PÀIPE BEINN XVI.

Gun leugh e don t-saoghal quantum cho luath ‘s a ghabhas, ann an slàinte Psyche as co-sheirm.

Ar co-fhaireachdainn dùrachdach do chòrr air 1 billean Caitligich anns na 194 dùthchannan air feadh na cruinne.

Maxuel Rodrigues de Moraes.

neach-ealain plastaig

Nautonnier Mòr-mhaighstir Òrdugh Ùr Chrìosd.

Le Nouvel Ordre du Christ à travers ses Préceptorats...

Internationale (Brésil)

Commanderie nationale des Templiers du Paraguay (01)

Commanderie nationale des Templiers du Paraguay (02)

Commandement national des Templiers du Venezuela

Commandement national des Templiers des Philippines

Commandement national des templiers du Suriname

Commanderie Nationale des Templiers Sénégal

Préceptorats Templiers Nationaux Mozambique

Commanderie templière d'État de Rio de Janeiro

Commandement Templier d'État de São Paulo

Camp Hugo Dupayn (Lajedo Pernambuco)

Camp Jacques Bourgogne de Molay (Paraguay)

Camp Conde de Sant Allemagne (Paraguay)

Camp Robert Burns (Sao Paulo)

Camp de résilience (Minas Gerais)

Camp Jeanne d'Arc (Rio de Janeiro)

Nous exprimons nos sentiments de regret pour le résultat corporel du PAPE BENOÎT XVI.

Puisse-t-il se réadapter au plus vite au monde quantique, dans la santé Psyché la plus harmonieuse.

Nos plus sincères condoléances à plus d'un milliard de catholiques dans les 194 pays du monde.

Ang Bagong Orden ni Kristo sa pamamagitan ng mga Preceptories nito...

International (Brazil)

Pambansang Templar Preceptory ng Paraguay (01)

Pambansang Templar Preceptory ng Paraguay (02)

Pambansang Templar Preceptory ng Venezuela

Pambansang Templar Preceptory ng Pilipinas

Pambansang Templar Preceptory ng Suriname

Pambansang Templar Preceptory Senegal

National Templar Preceptories Mozambique

State Templar Preceptory ng Rio de Janeiro

State Templar Preceptory ng São Paulo

Camp Hugo Dupayn (Lajedo Pernambuco)

Camp Jacques Burgundy de Molay (Paraguay)

Camp Conde de Sant Germany (Paraguay)

Camp Robert Burns (Sao Paulo)

Resilience Camp (Minas Gerais)

Joan ng Arc Camp (Rio de Janeiro)

Ipinapahayag namin ang aming damdamin ng panghihinayang sa kinahinatnan ng katawan ni POPE BENEDICT XVI.

Nawa'y mag-readapt siya sa quantum world sa lalong madaling panahon, sa pinaka maayos na kalusugan ng Psyche.

Ang aming taos-pusong pakikiramay sa mahigit 1 bilyong Katoliko sa lahat ng 194 na bansa sa mundo.

Maxuel Rodrigues de Moraes.

plastik na artista

Nautonnier Grand Master ng Bagong Orden ni Kristo.

Il Nuovo Ordine di Cristo attraverso i suoi Precetti...

Internazionale (Brasile)

Precettoria Templare Nazionale del Paraguay (01)

Precettoria Templare Nazionale del Paraguay (02)

Precettoria Nazionale dei Templari del Venezuela

Precettoria Templare Nazionale delle Filippine

Precettoria Nazionale dei Templari del Suriname

Precettoria Nazionale Templare Senegal

Precettorie Templari Nazionali Mozambico

Precettoria Templare di Stato di Rio de Janeiro

Precettoria Templare di Stato di San Paolo

Campo Hugo Dupayn (Lajedo Pernambuco)

Campo Jacques Bourgogne de Molay (Paraguay)

Campo Conde de Sant Germania (Paraguay)

Campo Robert Burns (San Paolo)

Campo di resilienza (Minas Gerais)

Campo di Giovanna d'Arco (Rio de Janeiro)

Esprimiamo i nostri sentimenti di rammarico per l'esito fisico di PAPA BENEDETTO XVI.

Possa lui riadattarsi al mondo dei quanti il ​​prima possibile, nella più armoniosa salute della Psiche.

Le nostre più sentite condoglianze a oltre 1 miliardo di cattolici in tutti i 194 paesi del mondo.

Maxuel Rodrigues de Moraes.

artista plastico

Nautonnier Gran Maestro del Nuovo Ordine di Nova Ordem de Cristo

Preceptoria Templária Da Nova Ordem De Cristo Rj

Preceptoria Templária Estadual de São Paulo

Preceptoria Templária Internacional da Nova Ordem de Cristo

Acampamento Robert Burns N 11

@Acampamento Joana D'Arc

@Acampamento Cond Sant Germany

[doeinthemeadowess]

Por influência de seus irmãos mais velhos que Dorcas demonstrou interesse no Quadribol, afinal de contas ela queria ficar por dentro das atividades que Atlas, Benedict e Christopher aprontavam. Porém, o que era para ser um hobbie familiar, um passatempo entre os irmãos Meadowes, acabou se transformando na grande paixão para a bruxa. Ao invés de fazer aulas de ballett ou piano, como sua mãe vivia insistindo, Doe estava mais interessada em pesquisar sobre os novos modelos de vassouras e acompanhar as partidas dos times. Então, considerando a relação da grifana com o esporte, não era nenhuma surpresa o fato dela fazer parte do time de Quadribol da Grifinória, ou dos momentos em que ela se exaltava em campo. “Diggle”, disse ao ver a bruxa do time rival no campo de Quadribol, e não pode deixar de demonstrar sua expressão de descontentamento com a situação. Há tempos que existia uma rixa entre os alunos da Sonserina e da Grifinória quando o assunto era Quadribol, e para Meadowes era impossível não se envolver. “Já vai tarde, se quer saber”, Doe virou se costas para Ophelia e voltou-se para seus colegas de time: “Tratem de jogar com toda garra e força de vocês, mostrem o talento que existe em cada um de vocês, afinal de contas ninguém aqui precisou subornar o time inteiro com vassouras de última geração para garantir uma vaga”, desde a notícia da saída de Frank do time de Quadribol era inegável que o clima não estava mais o mesmo, de forma que era necessário motivar seus colegas e companheiros de casa. 

Onde: campo de quadribol.

Com quem: @doeinthemeadowess

O primeiro treino de quadribol da Sonserina finalmente havia acabado, e Ophelia estava ofegante e feliz, ainda voando com a vassoura pelo campo. Voar era uma das suas coisas favoritas na vida, o sentimento de leveza e a liberdade da grande vastidão que era o céu, era quase como o paraíso para a garota. Dando algumas piruetas e mais algumas acrobacias, finalmente sentiu-se cansada após as horas de treino. Ophelia era apanhadora do time de sua casa, a pelo menos, 4 anos, desde que Vanity havia se tornado capitã do time. Descendo a vassoura pelo ar, até finalmente chegar ao chão, Ophelia suspirou fundo. Era seu último ano e a garota já se sentia saudosa pelos lugares que não veria mais e que havia passado tanto tempo nesses últimos anos. Estava perdida em pensamentos quando viu uma massa de pessoas em vermelho se aproximando, havia esquecido que o próximo horário de treino era da Grifinória. - Pode deixar, já estou indo embora. - Ophelia disse alto, quando ouviu o burburinho vindo do grupo.

[xmenitionexpedition]

i received a message from the artist, ivan campo, god knows how long ago but i lost it in my drafts when trying to respond to it. i finally got to listen to this song (twice actually), which was written about sherlock and moriarty and their love-hate relationship, and i love it. i particularly liked the lyrics "you lousy bunch of bleeding hearts" & "i did it for you and nobody else" and the part where you sang "you'll never find the clue with a mind like mine". i don't have a big audience but i hope some people could stumble upon this and give it a listen @ivancampomusic

[yourartmatters-itswhatgotmehere]

Representation matters!-in TV/MOVIES.

i am, obviously, not able to type ALL here, but the ones i know and love dearly+the ones I think are most important for the viewers♥- I WILL KEEP UPDATING THIS WHEN NEEDED♥) +obvi not in any important-order!!

1. BISEXUAL-BI-REPRESENTATION (as a bi person myself I still think this should be represented more in media everywhere(when it’s done right!))

-bi boys: Jesper Fahey (Shadow And Bone), Nick Nelson (Heartstopper),  Alex Claremont-Diaz (RWRB-Red White & Royal Blue), Timmy Andrews (The Craft: Legacy), Malakai Mitchell (Heartbreak High), Magnus Bane (Shadowhunters), Gar Logan-BeastBoy(DCTitans), Aki Menzies (GossipGirlHBOMax),, Salem Saberhagen (SabrinaTheTeenageWitch-90s), Li Shang (Mulan1998), Lucifer (Lucifer), Jeremiah Fisher (The Summer I Turned Pretty),  Gael Martinez (Good Trouble), Michael Guerin (Roswell, New Mexico), Evan "Buck" Buckley (9-1-1), Dustin ‘Dusty’ Reid (Heartbreak High), Patrick Zweig (Challengers 2024), Cyrus Henstridge (The Royals),

  - bi girls: Anna Taggaro (OTH-One Tree Hill), (and to me Peyton Sawyer, Brooke Davis(the actress said it so it’s canon!), Rachel Gatina (OTH-One Tree Hill), Nina Zenik (Shadow And Bone),  AJ Campos (Crush2022), Hope Mikaelson (TO-Legacies), Ava Silva (Warrior Nun), Katherine "Kitty" Song-Covey (XO Kitty), Missy Beckett (Heartbreak High), Yasmina-Yaz Fadoula (JWCC- Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous & JWCT-Jurassic World: Chaos Theory), Casey Gardner (Atypical), Noa Olivar (Pretty Little Liars:Original Sin), Abby(Atypical), Beatrix "Bird" Castro (Finding Carter), Marissa Cooper (The O.C), Alex Kelly (The O.C),  Aneesa Qureshi (Never Have I Ever),  Lake Meriwether (Love, Victor),  Vada Cavell (TheFallout-2021), Eve (Lucifer), Stella Yamada (Lemonade Mouth 2011), Sahar Zahid (Heartstopper (sinceS2) ), Nora Holleran (RWRB-Red White & Royal Blue), Haley Dunphy (Modern Family), Eleanor Henstridge (The Royals), Maureen Johnson (Rent the musical), Anthea (Shazam! Fury of the Gods), Daphne Blake (Scooby Doo), Sue Gilbert (Dickinson), Toni Topaz (Riverdale), Marie Moreau (Gen V), Jackie (Love Lies Bleeding), Isobel Evans-Bracken (Roswell, New Mexico), Francesca Bridgerton (Bridgerton), Helga Sinclair (Atlantis: The Lost Empire), Jules Millin & Mika Yasuda (Grey’s Anatomy Since Season 19)

(for an epic and very queer historical-fiction tv show watch MARY & GEORGE !!)

2. PANSEXUAL-PAN-REPRESENTATION

Max Wolfe (GossipGirlHBOMax), Mazikeen (Lucifer), Mal (Descendants Movies), Josie Saltzman (Legacies,TO,TVD), Penelope Park (Legacies), Klaus Hargreeves (The Umbrella Academy), Isabel (Bottoms 2023), Karen Shetty (Mean Girls 2024), Benedict Bridgerton (Bridgerton),

(for an epic and very queer historical-fiction tv show watch MARY & GEORGE !!)

3. ASEXUAL/ ACE REPRESENTATION

Raphael Santiago (Shadowhunters), Isaac Henderson (Heartstopper), Tolya Yul-Bataar (ShadowAndBone-Grishaverse), Tori Spring (Heartstopper), Douglas ‘Cash’ Piggott (Heartbreak High),

4. GAY/ LESBIAN REPRESENTATION

-gay:  Wylan Hendriks/Wylan Van Eck (Shadow And Bone), Prince Henry Fox (RWRB-Red White & Royal Blue), Jack McPhee (Dawson’s Creek),  Alec Lightwood (Shadowhunters), Simon Spier (Love,Simon2018),  Victor Salazar (Love,Victor),  Benji Campbell (Love,Victor), Rahim (Love,Victor), Charlie Spring (Heartstopper), Brimsley and Reynolds (OueenCharlotte-BridgertonSpinoff), Eric Van Der Woodsen (Gossip Girl), Quincy “Q” Shabazian (XOKitty), Damian Hubbard (Mean Girls 2024), Nick Feinstein  (The Fallout 2021), Alistair Ellington (Maxton Hall : The World Between Us (2024)), Wilbur Evans (Geek Girl),

-lesbian: Beatrice (Warrior Nun), Shotgun Mary (Warrior Nun), Diana Berrigan(White Collar), Fabiola Torres (Never Have I Ever), Ellie Chu (The Half Of It), Sammy Gutierrez (JWCC- Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous & JWCT-Jurassic World: Chaos Theory), Emily Fields (Pretty Little Liars),  Maxine Baker (Ginny & Georgia),  Izzie Taylor (Atypical), Calliope "Cal" Burns (First Kill),  Juliette Fairmont (First Kill), Tara Jones (Heartstopper),  Darcy Olsson (Heartstopper), Mia Karp (Vampire Academy), Meredith Beckham (Vampire Academy), Tamar Kir-Bataar (Shadow And Bone), Nadia Zhabin (Shadow And Bone),  Simone Jackson (DaisyJonesAndTheSix), Yuri Han (XO Kitty), PJ and Josie (Bottoms 2023), Hazel Callahan (Bottoms 2023), Madison (Finding Carter),  Kit Tanthalos (Willow), Jade (Willow), Sabina Wilson (Charlie’s Angels 2019), Velma Dinkley (Scooby Doo), Winnie Black (Miller’s Girl), Janis ‘Imi’ike (Mean Girls 2024), Emily Dickinson (Dickinson), Sasha So (Heartbreak High), Monet de Haan (GossipGirlHBOMax), Shirley Honrada & Elodie Honrada(played by THE Lea Salonga!!) (Pretty Little Liars:Original Sin), Summer Field (Time Cut 2024),

(for an epic and very queer historical-fiction tv show watch MARY & GEORGE !!)

5. TRANSGENDER PEOPLE REPRESENTATION

-Elle Argent (Heartstopper),  Anybodys (West Side Story 2021),  Luna La (GossipGirlHBOMax), Chanel (Warrior Nun), Naomi Russell (Heartstopper), Amy (RWRB-Red, White & Royal Blue), Ash Romero (Pretty Little Liars:Original Sin),

6. Non-Binary/Genderqueer/ (they/them) Representation

-Darren Rivers (Heartbreak High), Addison (Never Have I Ever), Klaus Hargreeves (The Umbrella Academy), Jordan Li (Gen V), Darcy Olsson (Heartstopper), Felix Britten (Heartstopper),

(we seriously lack the representation in popular and mostly-watched shows and movies for teenagers and young adults here tho),

7. ASTHMA REPRESENTATION

-I don’t see this represented enough in TV or Movies for Young Adults, nor Kids.

8. DISABLED CHARACTERS REPRESENTATION:

Kaz Brekker & Jesper Fahey & Wylan Van Eck, Genya Safin(Shadow And Bone) , Rebecca Hall-Yoshida (Never Have I Ever), Maxton Hall : The World Between Us (2024),  +  JWCC-Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous & JWCT-Jurassic World: Chaos Theory

+ MORE BELOW(and above in this entire post♥):

9. EPILEPSY REPRESENTATION

Nathan Walter (My Life with The Walter Boys),

10. DIABETES REPRESENTATION

Cassie Salazar (Purple Hearts), Abby Brown (OTH-One Tree Hill), (still not enough tho, if it’s done, it is so often shown WRONG..)

11. ADHD REPRESENTATION

Jesper Fahey (Shadow And Bone),  Percy Jackson + other Demigods (Percy Jackson and the Olympians), Alex Claremont Diaz (RWRB-Red, White & Royal Blue),  Anne Shirley (Anne Of Green Gables 80s movies), Neal Caffrey(White Collar), Stiles (Teen Wolf),  Jesus Adams Foster (The Fosters),  Sara Eriksson (Young Royals),

12. AUTISM REPRESENTATION

Sam Gardner (Atypical), James McEwan (Heartstopper), Wylan Hendriks/Van Eck (Shadow And Bone), David Kostyk (Shadow And Bone), Amanda (Change Of Habit 1969), Oskar Schell (Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close), Sara Eriksson (Young Royals), Quinni Gallagher-Jones (Heartbreak High), Francesca Bridgerton (Bridgerton), Harriet Manners (Geek Girl), Toby Pilgrim (Geek Girl),

13. DYSLEXIA/ DYSGRAPHIA REPRESENTATION

Wylan Hendriks/ Wylan Van Eck (Shadow and Bone), Percy Jackson (movies + tv show as well), Donna Martin (Beverly Hills 90210), CeCe Jones (Shake It Up),  Evan Chapin (Atypical),

14. DEAF/Hard of hearing(whichever u urself use!)COMMUNITY REPRESENTATION+ the use of Sign Language

Feel The Beat 2020, Ginny and Georgia, CODA 2021, Switched at Birth (2011–2017), Echo(Marvel), Eternals,

15. LATINX LEAD REPRESENTATION

Ava Silva (Warrior Nun) , Lissa Dragomir (Vampire Academy), Wednesday Addams (WednesdayNetflix), Anna Taggaro (One Tree Hill), Maria DeLuca (Roswell 90s), Santana Lopez (Glee),  Ella Lopez (Lucifer), Pilar Salazar (Love, Victor), Victor Salazar (Love, Victor), Maria (West Side Story2021), Cassie Salazar (Purple Hearts 2022), Alex Claremont-Diaz (RWRB-Red, White & Royal Blue), Jackie Howard (My Life with The Walter Boys), Noa Olivar (Pretty Little Liars:Original Sin), Descendants (2015) & Descendants 2 (2017) & Descendants 3 (2019),

16. BLACK PEOPLE AS THE LEAD REPRESENTATION

Ariel (TheLittleMermaid2023), Raven Baxter (That's So Raven), Cyborg (Teen Titans), Antwon Skills Taylor (OTH-One Tree Hill),  Darius Bowman (JWCC- Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous & JWCT-Jurassic World: Chaos Theory), Calliope Burns (First Kill), Rose Hathaway (Vampire Academy), Starr Carter (The Hate U Give 2018), Mary (Warrior Nun), Mia Brooks (Love, Victor), Simone Jackson (DaisyJonesAndTheSix), Annabeth Chase (Percy Jackson and the Olympians), Faran Bryant (Pretty Little Liars:Original Sin), Tabitha 'Tabby' Haworthe (Pretty Little Liars:Original Sin), Darren Rivers /they/them/ (Heartbreak High), Toni Topaz (Riverdale), Sarah Fox (My Babysitter’s a Vampire), Wilbur Evans (Geek Girl), Tara Jones (Heartstopper), Lucy Field & Summer Field (Time Cut 2024), Ginny (Ginny & Georgia),

+ Queen Charlotte & Bridgerton

17. INDIGENOUS PEOPLE REPRESENTATION

Malakai Mitchell (Heartbreak High), Missy Beckett (Heartbreak High), Reservation Dogs, Rez Ball (Netflix, out soon), Mohawk Girls,

18. ASIAN LEAD REPRESENTATION

Alina Starkov (Shadow And Bone), Mal Oretsev (Shadow and Bone), Tamar Kir-Bataar (Shadow And Bone), Tolya Yul-Bataar (Shadow And Bone), Lara Jean (To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before), Ellie Chu (The Half Of It 2020), Tao Xu (Heartstopper), Kitty Song-Covey (XO Kitty), Isabel (Bottoms 2023), Minnie 'Mouse' Honrada (Pretty Little Liars:Original Sin), Ash Romero (Pretty Little Liars:Original Sin), Sasha So (Heartbreak High), Jordan Li (Gen V), 

(+desi women) Edwina Sharma & Kate Sharma Bridgerton (Bridgerton), Devi Vishwakumar (Never Have I Ever), Inej Ghafa (Shadow And Bone), Zoya Nazyalensky (Shadow And Bone),  Mohini "Mo" Banjaree (Lemonade Mouth 2011), Princess Jasmine (Aladdin 2019), Emma Morley (OneDayNetflix), Amerie Wadia (Heartbreak High),

 19. POLYNESIAN / PACIFIC ISLANDERS REPRESENTATION

Moana/ Vaiana 1 + 2 , Christopher Kahunahana’s “Waikiki”, Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu’s “Kumu Hina” , “Vai,” , “Patu,” “For My Father’s Kingdom,” “Out Of State,” “Island Soldier,” “Everyday In Kaimuki,” “The Land Has Eyes” , “Naming Number 2,” “Merata: How Mum Decolonised The Screen” ,

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/pacific-islanders-films-representation_n_628bfc65e4b0edd2d0199a0c

20. MUSLIM REPRESENTATION

Rahim (Love, Victor), Aneesa Qureshi (Never Have I Ever), Sana (SKAM),  Kamala Khan (Ms. Marvel),  Adena (The Bold Type),

We Are Lady Parts, Ramy (2019), Ali’s Wedding (2017),

21. JAPANESE REPRESENTATION

Kenji Kon (JWCC-Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous +JWCT-Jurassic World: Chaos Theory), Gar Logan (DCTitans), Paxton Hall-Yoshida (Never Have I Ever), Jo (Running for Grace2018), Hiro + Tadashi Hamada (Bix Hero6), Stella Yamada (Lemonade Mouth 2011),

22. JEWISH PEOPLE REPRESENTATION

Seth Cohen (The O.C), David Gordon (Gordo) (Lizzie McGuire),  Ben Gross (Never Have I Ever), Cyrus Rose (Gossip Girl), Max Wolfe (GossipGirlHBOMax), Danielle (Shiva Baby), Elphaba Thropp (Wicked The Musical Broadway/West End (when played by two Jewish powerhouses Idina Menzel & Caissie Levy)) , Disobedience 2017,

23. VEGAN REPRESENTATION

Gar Logan/Beast Boy (DCTitans), (..like seriously we NEED more representation here..)

24. THE MAIN CHARACTER WEARING GLASSES REPRESENTATION

Elle Argent (Heartstopper),  Ellie Chu (The Half Of It), Emma Morley (OneDayNetflix), Velma Dinkley (Scooby Doo), Margot Rivers(Get Even(2020) ), Harry Potter

25. NARCISSISTIC/ABUSIVE PARENT REPRESENTATION

Nathan Scott + Lucas Scott & Brooke Davis(OTH-One Tree Hill),  Wylan Hendriks/ Wylan Van Eck (Shadow And Bone),  Pacey Witter (Dawson’s Creek), Chuck Bass (Gossip Girl), Kenji Kon (JWCC- Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous & JWCT-Jurassic World: Chaos Theory), Michael Guerin (Roswell90s/RoswellOG), Blair Waldorf (GossipGirl), Daisy Jones (DaisyJonesAndTheSix), Rose Hathaway (Vampire Academy)  + Disney’s Tangled +  James & Lydia Beaufort (Maxton Hall : The World Between Us (2024))+ Descendants (2015) & Descendants 2 (2017) & Descendants 3 (2019), The Royals, Cruel Intentions 2024,

26. LOSS/ GRIEF REPRESENTATION

OTH-One Tree Hill, Roswell90s/RoswellOG, Shadow And Bone, White Collar, The Last Tycoon, Reign, JWCC-Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous & JWCT-Jurassic World: Chaos Theory, Never Have I Ever,  OneDay(Movie+TV show),

Red, White & Royal Blue(2023), Heartstopper, Vampire Academy(2022), Fallen (2024), Fallen (2016), The Vampire Diaries + Legacies, My Life with The Walter Boys, Wild Cards, Young Royals, Dickinson, Pretty Little Liars:Original Sin/Summer School, Heartbreak High, The Fallout(2021), Maxton Hall : The World Between Us, Dawson’sCreek, All Of Us Strangers 2023, Get Even(2020), Chambers 2019, Feel The Beat 2020, My Old Ass 2024, Anne Of Green Gables 80s movies, The Royals, Agatha All Along, Time Cut 2024, Bridgerton (S2), A Christmas Secret 2014, A Biltmore Christmas 2023, Charlie St. Cloud 2010, According to Greta 2009,

27. BAD MENTAL HEALTH/ DEPRESSION/ SUICIDAL THOUGHTS/SELF-HARM

OTH-One Tree Hill, Roswell90s/RoswellOG , Shadow And Bone, White Collar, JWCC-Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous & JWCT-Jurassic World: Chaos Theory, Legacies, Red, White & Royal Blue(2023), One Day (Movie + TV Show),  According to Greta(2009), Better Off Dead (1985), The Beat Beneath My Feet(2014),  Rocketman(2019), Mary & George, Heartstopper,  Maxton Hall : The World Between Us,  Dawson’sCreek, Fallen (2024), Fallen (2016), Vampire Academy (2022), Get Even(2020), The Royals, Ginny and Georgia,

  28. WRITERS/AUTHORS REPRESENTATION

Anne Shirley (Anne Of Green Gables 80s movies), Lucas Scott (OTH-One Tree Hill), Wednesday Addams (WednesdayNetflix), Emma Morley (OneDayNetflix+Movie), Prince Henry Fox (RWRB-Red White & Royal Blue),  Dan Humphrey (Gossip Girl), Joey Potter (Dawson’s Creek), Ezra Fitz (Pretty Little Liars),  Cairo Sweet (Miller’s Girl), Emily Dickinson (Dickinson), Penelope Featherington Bridgerton (Bridgerton), Lucy Hardgrove (A Biltmore Christmas 2023),

29. FRIENDSHIP/ FOUND-FAMILY REPRESENTATION

OTH-One Tree Hill, Roswell90s/RoswellOG, Shadow And Bone, RWRB-Red White & Royal Blue, JWCC-Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous &  JWCT-Jurassic World: Chaos Theory, White Collar, XO,Kitty, Heartstopper, Love,Victor  ,Teen Titans(OG), Scooby Doo(Everything), Daisy Jones And The Six, Lemonade Mouth 2011, Bottoms 2023, Willow(2022-2023), My Life with The Walter Boys, Charlie’s Angels 2019, Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Pretty Little Liars:Original Sin/Summer School, Heartbreak High, Dawson’s Creek, The Thief Lord(2006), Warrior Nun, Living for the Dead, Maxton Hall:The World Between Us, Legacies, Lockwood&Co, Finding Carter, Fallen(2024), Fallen (2016), Vampire Academy(2022), The Fosters, Lab Rats, My Babysitter’s A Vampire, Descendants (2015) & Descendants 2 (2017) & Descendants 3 (2019), Get Even(2020), Feel The Beat 2020, Anne Of Green Gables 80s +00s movies, A Christmas Secret 2014,

30. FOSTER KIDS/ KIDS WITHOUT A PARENT FIGURE/OR STRUGGLING TO FIND ONE/ ORPHANS/ ADOPTED/

Landon Kirby (TO-Legacies), Anya/Anastasia(1997), Michael Guerin(RoswellOG/Roswell90s), Carter Stevens/Carter Wilson (Finding Carter), Anne Shirley(AnneOfGreenGables 80s movies), Callie Jacob(The Fosters), Sam Walker (OTH-One Tree Hill), Peyton Sawyer(OTH-One Tree Hill), Christian Ozera(Vampire Academy),Lissa Dragomir(Vampire Academy),  Hope Mikaelson(TO-Legacies),Gar Logan(DCTitans),Nick(No Good Nick), SHADOW AND BONE, Heartbreak High, Fallen (2024), Fallen (2016),

[notasfilosoficas]

“La prueba de que la gente maravillosa puede existir y realmente existe .. es suficiente para darnos valor, esperanza, fuerza para seguir luchando, fe en nosotros mismos y en nuestras posibilidades de crecer”

Abraham Maslow

braham Harold Maslow fue un psicólogo estadounidense nacido en Brooklyn Nueva York en abril de 1908. Conocido como uno de los fundadores y principales exponentes de la psicología humanista, una corriente psicológica que postula la existencia humana básica hacia la salud mental.

Fue el mayor de 7 hermanos, cuyos padres eran emigrantes judíos procedentes de Ucrania. Era un niño lento y ordenado y recordaba su niñez como sola e infeliz, sus juicios sobre su madre fueron marcadamente negativos, llegando a afirmar “fui un niño tremendamente infeliz…Mi familia era desgraciada y mi madre era una criatura horrible… Crecí sin amigos, entre libros y bibliotecas” Vivía en un barrio no judío y decía sentirse como un negro en una escuela de blancos.

Estudió psicología en la Universidad de Wisconsin, y en 1928 antes de terminar sus estudios, se casó con su prima mayor Bertha Goodman. En 1931, obtuvo su maestría y en 1934 su doctorado. Un año después regresó a Nueva York para trabajar en la Universidad de Columbia, en donde comenzó a interesarse en la investigación de la sexualidad humana y colaboró con su mentor el profesor Alfred Adler, psicoterapeuta austriaco fundador de la escuela conocida como psicología individual y uno de los primeros colegas de Sigmund Freud.

Entre 1937 y 1951, entró en contacto con muchos inmigrantes europeos como Erich Fromm, Karen Horney, así como varios psicólogos de la Gestalt y freudianos. Dos de sus mentores, la antropóloga Ruth Benedict y el psicólogo Max Wertheimer, causaron tanta admiración en Maslow por ser tan maravillosos seres humanos tan comprometidos en sus campos respectivos que comenzó a tomar notas acerca de ellos y de sus comportamientos. Esta sería la base de su investigación y pensamiento a lo largo de su vida sobre la salud mental y el potencial humano.

Abraham Maslow influyó notablemente en la visión del mundo para la sociedad, proporcionándole un nuevo rostro al estudio del comportamiento humano. Llamó a su nueva disciplina “Psicología Humanista”.

La psicología humanista postula que todas las personas tienen un intenso deseo de realizar completamente su potencial, para alcanzar un nivel de “autorrealización”.

Maslow estudió mentalmente a individuos saludables en lugar de a personas con serios problemas psicológicos. Desde su perspectiva, Maslow creía que las personas autorealizadas pueden vivir muchas experiencias cumbre durante el día, mientras que otras tienen esas experiencias con menor frecuencia.

Maslow utilizó el término “metamotivación” para describir a las personas auto realizadas que actúan impulsadas por fuerzas innatas que están mas allá de sus necesidades básicas, de tal modo que pueden explorar y alcanzar su completo potencial humano. Para Maslow, las personas auto realizadas tienden a enfocar sus problemas fuera de si mismas, y se concentran en lo que consideran deben hacer, sin ponerse en primer plano; tienen un sentido claro de lo que es verdadero y lo que es falso; son espontáneos y creativos y no están demasiado aferrados a las convenciones sociales. Ademas coinciden en tener una cierta necesidad de aislarse para estar solas consigo mismas y pensar pausadamente sobre sus fines y actividades.

Las personas autorealizadas son capaces de apreciar una y otra vez con frescura e ingenuidad, los bienes básicos de la vida, con emoción, placer, asombro e incluso éxtasis. La apreciación de la belleza es muy variada: puede consistir tanto en la contemplación de la belleza del propio cónyuge a pesar del paso de los años, como la de un bebé, o maravillarse ante los espectáculos de la naturaleza.

Maslow apostó con decisión y constancia para introducir en la psicología científica los aspectos positivos de la personalidad, sin proclamar teorías filosóficas sino aplicando metodologías experimentales a las cualidades humanas que muestran clara evidencias de hacer el bien a los individuos y a la sociedad.

En 1967 su salud se resintió derivado de una lesion cardiaca no tratada adecuadamente y en junio de 1970 Abraham Maslow muere de un ataque cardiaco masivo durante una sesión de ejercicio en la piscina de su casa, a la edad de 62 años.

Fuentes: Wikipedia y Philosophica.info

[ourlasthope]

hope (victoria dakota) carter é uma dama da casta seis, que veio de labrador para ser dama de companhia. aos seus vinte e sete anos, hope é extremamente parecida com olivia cooke. (pinterest | spotify)

Era uma vez… Essa era a forma como Victoria queria que sua história começasse. Num mundo encantado, onde as coisas eram perfeitas, sua família tinha o bom e o melhor, e não existiam preocupações. Infelizmente, aquilo não estava mais longe de ser verdade. Nascida na província de Carolina, num parto atípico numa manjedoura, seu primeiro respiro já foi forte, mostrando que independente das circunstâncias, ela sobreviveria. Seus pais, um casal da casta seis sem muita perspectiva de futuro, estavam fugindo da vida que tinham em busca dos rebeldes. Ouviram dizer que apenas eles seriam capazes de acabar com o sofrimento da população e ajudá-los a ter uma vida melhor. Quem poderia culpá-los por quererem algo a mais em suas vidas? Ambos vinham de famílias grandes, em que a fome era uma amiga comum e a exaustão era o único sentimento que conheciam. 

O nome escolhido para a garota, Victoria, demonstrava grandes expectativas que seus pais tinham. Era a primeira chance que eles tinham de vencer na vida: estavam buscando uma vida nova para que Victoria pudesse florescer e prosperar. Quem sabe um dia ela poderia ser o que ela quisesse: uma atriz famosa ou uma médica. Oras, se ao menos ela aprendesse a ler estaria no lucro. As altas expectativas foram atendidas ao chegarem no acampamento Jericho que mesmo sendo levemente desorganizado, ainda tinha mais possibilidades que a sua antiga vida. Parecia uma realidade paralela onde pessoas de todas as castas conviviam em harmonia e trocavam suas habilidades. Antigos professores eram responsáveis pelas escolas, enquanto antigos trabalhadores braçais garantiam que tivessem comida e casa. Todos precisavam fazer algo. Homens fortes e saudáveis que faziam reuniões atrás de portas fechadas, e aquele era o papel do pai dela: garantir o futuro deles. Victoria era jovem demais para entender no que sua família, principalmente o seu pai, estava se metendo.

Aos cinco anos de idade, seu pai foi numa missão com o objetivo de assassinar o rei Porter. Entretanto, o grupo não teve acesso ao rei, mas os pequenos príncipes estavam em evidência, desprotegidos, e mesmo que não fosse a missão, o líder Theo não queria voltar de mãos vazias. Finn não pode deixar que o homem matasse os príncipes. Benedict tinha a mesma idade da sua filha! Furioso como estava, obviamente Theo não iria deixar o homem escapar intacto. Com o assassinato de Finn Carter na frente da sua família, Paige engoliu qualquer reação para que não fosse a próxima, e então fugiu na calada da noite com a filha. Não tinha como voltar para sua velha vida, então a única possibilidade que tinha era encontrar o outro grupo de rebeldes dos quais ouviam o seu grupo reclamar. 

Foi em Labrador onde os encontraram. Era um campo altamente escondido, mas depois de perambular por um tempo nos arredores das cidades, onde sabia que normalmente os rebeldes encontravam outros fugitivos, viciados, ou apenas pessoas buscando aquela vida, elas foram encontradas e abarcadas no novo grupo. A vida dentro daquele novo grupo parecia estranhamente igual. Talvez porque Paige nunca esteve envolvida com a parte de milícia do outro grupo e, por isso, ela nunca conseguiu confiar completamente.

Durante os próximos anos, Victoria cresceu como uma criança quase normal. Era extremamente curiosa e intrometida. Havia aprendido a ler (um grande sonho da sua mãe), e a contar. Adorava histórias de princesas, mas ela quem lidava com seus próprios dragões. Era sempre muito independente e desbocada, desafiando até mesmo as crianças mais velhas. Cresceu confiante, mas desconfiada. Sua mãe sempre advertiu para ter cuidado com as pessoas. Mesmo os rebeldes nortenhos tendo cuidado delas, Paige não conseguia mais confiar em ninguém, o que fez com que sua filha também desconfiasse. Confie, mas confira. Não era para ela confiar, de fato, mas seguir o fluxo das histórias. Victoria seria quem precisasse ser para sobreviver. Era isso que tinha aprendido com o que sua mãe falava. Oh, se ela fosse uma casta cinco como as pessoas de fora teria sido uma ótima atriz, porque sentia que havia fingido a sua vida inteira.

A propensão para histórias de Victoria foi notada por Augustus, que achou que a moça seria perfeita para se infiltrar no castelo. Por muito tempo os rebeldes queriam uma camaleoa. O maior problema talvez fosse mantê-la interessada na missão, porque oras Victoria não se importaria de mudar de lado se fosse para o seu benefício próprio. Então, Victoria começou a ser treinada para trabalhar para a realeza, só o futuro diria com o quê exatamente.

Com um rosto inofensivo, havia sido fácil demais para os rebeldes do Norte infiltrar-lá no castelo aos vinte e dois anos. Uma vida inteira forjada por pessoas que, iguais à ela, eram infiltradas. Seu novo nome, Hope, era uma grande piada interna dela ser a última esperança. Sua missão era juntar o máximo de informações possíveis sobre a atual família real para que os nortenhos pudessem encontrar as informações sobre o velho mundo e pudessem reverter os caprichos de Gregory Illéa que os haviam levado àquele ponto. Um desejo bastante nobre, Victoria concordava, mas o seu interesse próprio também estava em jogo. Estar no castelo lhe abria um leque novo de oportunidades e, quem sabe, não começaria o seu grande “era uma vez”. Não levou nem um ano completo para que Victoria chamasse atenção do Rei Porter, como uma versão mais jovem da rainha que um dia ele amou (talvez não tanto pela aparência, mas por uma personalidade forte). Pelos privilégios que vinha com o relacionamento, Victoria não estava abaixo de ser amante do Rei, mesmo que ela almejasse a anel em seu dedo.

O novo papel que lhe foi dado, como dama de companhia da Rainha, deveria ser insuportável para a mulher, mas concedia à Victoria vantagens naquele castelo. Outros empregados não ousam questioná-la demais. E era assim que ela vivia os últimos quatro anos.

HEADCANONS (possíveis triggers):

Ela tem uma tatuagem da estrela do norte na lateral do pulso, o símbolo que poucos sabem ser da causa rebelde.

O seu apelido em casa é Tori.

Apesar de saber que seu pai foi assassinado na sua frente, não lembra do acontecido, apenas de um barulho alto e, por conta disso, não gosta de armas, apesar de saber manejar uma.

Existe apenas uma foto do seu pai, que ela guarda num fundo falso na primeira gaveta da sua mesa de cabeceira, junto com a cifra dada por Augustus para que pudessem se comunicar.

Muitas vezes Tori guarda informações passadas pelo rei ou que ela descobre porque se acostumou com a vida no palácio e não quer abrir mão de tudo isso.

Tori nunca admitirá isso em voz alta, mas ela adoraria ter sido uma das selecionadas.

Uma das suas coisas favoritas de fazer no acampamento Lock Haven (Norte) era cavalgar, e é algo que ela ainda faz no seu dia a dia no palácio, sempre que tem um tempo.

Ela tem um pingente dado por Augustus que porta uma pequena cápsula de cianureto de potássio. Tori preferia a morte ao seus termos do que ser capturada nos termos da família real.

Tori carrega duas facas (uma de lâmina fixa e uma de lâmina automática) na coxa, e só as tira quando sabe que irá encontrar com o rei.

Tori conta muitas histórias inventadas de sua infância como casta seis ou em Labrador, todas espelhadas em experiências da sua mãe.

Ela detesta cozinhar, apesar de saber, então se algum dia ela decidir cozinhar para alguém, é especial.

Acha flores o presente mais sem graça da face da terra, e provavelmente jogaria as flores de volta em quem lhe desse um buquê.

[thejamesthomas]

hold on tight | pov

☛ The one that James finds Beatrice passed out after she falls into the lake 

Com o arco na mão direita e as flechas no repositório em suas costas, James estava a caminho do campo de treinamento ao ser interrompido por uma das selecionadas. Por que ele não conseguia viver um dia em paz sem ser sugado pelas confusões das pretendentes de Alexander? Era o príncipe que estava atrás de uma futura esposa, não ele. And yet, as outras pessoas que acabavam tendo que pagar pelas desordens que as mulheres traziam ao palácio. Aquilo lhe parecia injusto, ainda mais quando observava a selecionada falando de forma completamente incoerente na sua frente. Aquela jovem era realmente uma das melhores damas do reino inteiro? Achava difícil de acreditar. “O que foi? Fale direito!”, precisou ordenar a ela para que conseguisse entender que porra estava acontecendo ali. Sem qualquer dificuldade, desprendeu-se do aperto da senhorita sobre seu pulso e cruzou os braços, respirando fundo a fim de juntar toda a sua paciência para escutá-la. James só queria poder treinar em paz, sem enfrentar um grande drama.

Porém, a medida que a mulher explicava melhor a situação, a seriedade do que ela dizia começava a assentar no peito do guarda real. Uma queda no lago, um afogamento, Wayne...Espera aí. Ela havia falado Wayne? Sem nem pensar duas vezes, começou a correr na direção que até poucos segundos atrás a selecionada havia tentado lhe arrastar. No meio do caminho, acabou soltando o arco e se livrando das flechas que carregava, intensificando o ritmo dos passos ao ver Beatrice desmaiada contra uma árvore. Fuck, fuck, fuck. Deixou o corpo cair de joelhos no chão, checando em um misto de urgência e desespero os batimentos cardíacos dela. Estava fria demais e o medo se apossou do corpo dele. Nunca se perdoaria se algo acontecesse com ela. Nunca, jamais. Enquanto a erguia do chão, colando o corpo fraco contra seu peito, destinava inúmeras repreensões a si mesmo. O que os pais de Beatrice iriam falar? O que seus pais pensariam ao saber que a mulher havia se machucado sob sua supervisão? Deveria ter ficado mais atento, dado mais instruções de segurança para ela, talvez mesmo ter sido mais presente. Sentia que quase não tinham se visto desde que ela chegara em Angeles. Estavam mais distantes do que costumavam ser e aquilo era imperdoável. James não se importava que estava ali à trabalho, focando na segurança do príncipe Benedict. Sempre era possível fazer mais, contornar as situações...A lembrança de que havia brigado com ela na última vez que tinham se visto pairou sobre ele como um murro no estômago. Precisava dizer que sentia muito. Ela merecia um pedido de desculpas de sua parte.

Imerso em seu estado de letargia, James correu em direção à enfermaria, ordenando aos guardas que encontrava pelo caminho que trouxessem Alessandro o mais rápido possível. Colocou-a cuidadosamente sobre a cama, afastando-se em seguida para abrir as prateleiras e os armários da enfermaria. Mesmo tendo estado naquele cômodo diversas vezes, sentia que não era capaz de raciocinar muito bem em meio ao desespero. A mente não recordava com exatidão o local dos objetos e parecia que vagava na repetição de uma mesma palavra. Bee, bee, bee, bee...Dizia mentalmente o nome da amiga, como se aquilo carregasse o peso de uma oração. Implorava aos céus para que ela ficasse bem. Conhecia os riscos da hipotermia e não iria subestimar a rapidez dos impactos no corpo de qualquer pessoa, ainda mais em Beatrice, que sempre fora tão pequena e delicada. “You’re gonna be fine”, murmurou para si mesmo em um sussurro, ignorando quão pálida e fria ela parecia estar. Ao finalmente encontrar a sessão de mantas e lençóis, puxou vários e correu de volta para a jornalista, passando a retirar as roupas que ela vestia. Porém, suas mãos tremiam tanto que não tinha muito sucesso em desalinhar os nós dos laços da roupa alheia. “Você vai ficar só olhando ou vai me ajudar?”, perguntou de forma rude e impaciente para a selecionada que o observava com os enormes olhos azuis arregalados. Como se aquilo bastasse para tirá-la de sua epifania, a mulher se aproximou, ajudando na tarefa quase homérica de retirar as roupas encharcadas. A água tornava o tecido mais pesado e grudento sobre a pele de Beatrice. Quando, por fim, deixou-a só com as roupas íntimas, colocou rapidamente as mantas e os lençóis sobre ela e a puxou para um abraço, tentando esquentá-la o máximo possível até a chegada de Alessandro. “You’re gonna be fine”, repetiu para si mesmo, fechando os olhos ao apertá-la ainda mais contra seu peito. @beatricewayne