#country france

[autumncottageattic]

annakubel

[oldtvandcomics]

HEY GUYS!!

GUYS!!!

FRANCE HAS REACHED THE REQUIRED NUMBER OF SIGNATURES ON THE CITIZEN'S INITIATIVE AGAINST CONVERSION THERAPY IN THE EU!!

ONE COUNTRY DOWN, SIX TO GO!!

We also need still quite a few signatures in order to reach the one million required.

As to date, the six other countries with the most signatures are:

Spain - 38.72%

Finland - 30.31%

Ireland - 24.86%

Netherlands - 24.15%

Germany - 23.54%

Belgium - 23.09%

So yeah, still a long way to go, but we ARE slowly getting closer. Don't stop now! Don't let this stay within the community, either, if you have any friends or family who are open to queer rights, get them to sign, too!

[bethanydelleman]

I'm really tired of the "woman sad about her arranged marriage" trope, especially if that woman is royalty.

I am sure that many women across time were sad about their arranged marriages, but I'm sure a lot of others were excited, ambivalent, or resigned. Again, especially if you were royalty! I am sure if you were born a princess, you were trained from birth that your whole purpose in life was to marry someone important to solidify the power of the person on the throne. And honestly, it's an important job, if it wasn't, they wouldn't have tried so hard to do it.

That woman isn't just marrying another king or prince, she's going to be an ambassador of her country. She's supposed to be there promoting good relations. She isn't just a woman being sold off, she has a job! Also, if she is marrying the reigning monarch (or the heir), she may well end up running the country if the king is off at war or he dies when the heir is really young. That happened a lot throughout history! (or maybe she marries the third son and helps him find his way to the throne. Good for her)

It just feels like a modern sentiment being projected back. In Romeo and Juliet, when Juliet's mother first brings up marrying her to Paris, Juliet's basically cool with it and says she'll try to like him. She would have known this was going to happen because that is what rich women do, they marry into another family so their two families can be buddies. What else would she even be expecting?

It wouldn't bother me so much except that it's all we see! Give me a story about a woman who is like, "Cool, I shall give it my all!" Or she's like rolling up her sleeves and planning how she's going to get the court on her side and rule France, power behind the throne style (these women are mostly portrayed as villains, but who is to say the king would do a better job?). And also, have a little faith in women's fathers? You think men in the past didn't occasionally consider the happiness of their daughters? Not even a little bit?

[xxgwenstacyxx]

y'all...

[livesunique]

Château de Nacqueville,

Urville-Nacqueville, Normandy, France

[satakentiaphoto]

Juillet 16. Pottoks, Pays Basque

[thesixthduke]

C H A M B O R D

[originalartblog]

pamper tiny chuuya tooo pleaseeeee (also can i see tiny verlaine and rimbaud) 🙏

I tinified them :)

[kropotkindersurprise]

October 28/29, 2023 - A small selection of the world-wide protests in solidarity with Palestine. In Europe and North America hundreds of thousands took to the streets to condemn their governments' complicity in Israeli war crimes against the Palestinian people, and demanding an end to Israel's genocide and apartheid. [videos] Solidarity demonstrations pictured here: London, UK Berlin, Germany / New York City, USA Athens, Greece Toronto, Canada / Paris, France / Rome, Italy Detroit, USA / San Francisco, USA Bilbao, Basque Country / Lille, France / Montpellier, France Los Angeles, USA Glasgow, Scotland / Marseille, France Thessaloniki, Greece / Madrid, Spain / Valencia, Spain Den Haag, the Netherlands

[sissa-arrows]

A shop owned by a Black woman in a small town in France received this message.

Translation:

“Hello,

The concept and the idea are interesting for our small town and its people, we’re not saying anything about the fact a Black woman owns the place, she is in the clear as long as she comes from our land and not from Africa. But an Arab? An Arab at the front desk? An Arab everywhere? We’re fed up!! Isn’t there enough Viarmois (name of the people of the town) ? Unemployment is high for our beloved French people and you hire an Arab?

Its simple chores are for Arabs! Cleaning up…

That’s it!

Fire your employee if you don’t want us to make a petition against you!!

She is at the front desk on top of it she isn’t even presentable. Not even a tiny bit pretty!

PS: Hair straighter exists, frizzy/curly hair are not a French thing.”

The comment about the frizzy/curly hair shows that the “Arab” employee is not even a hijabi. So she is playing by their rules. She has a job, she doesn’t wear the hijab but because she is an Arab this person is trying to get her fired. If the shop owner wasn’t a Black woman this could get the Arab woman fired luckily she knows what racism is so she politely sent the racists off.

Anyway to the racists who will see this and comment as usual: I hope you choke in your sleep that will mean one less piece of shit on this planet and it will be one step closer to making this world a better place,

[one-time-i-dreamt]

There were more countries between Norway and Greenland, but they were all owned by France. This was annoying to me.

[sdaedal]

Olympics equestrian cross country announcer, at Versailles, most elegantly: that's a beautiful jumper. What incredible synchronicity between horse and rider. Phenomenal movement.

Me, at home, most ardently: GO HORSIE GO YOU SO FAST YOU SO SMART YOU SO PRETTY YOU BETTER GIVE THAT GOOD GOOD CHAMPION HORSIE PATTY PATS

[weareravershq]

REMA | PARIS FASHION WEEK

[eightyonefour]

another little episode of oscar helping lando - geography edition!

[livesunique]

Chateau de Balleroy, Balleroy-sur-Drôme, Normandy, France,

François Mansart Architect,

Kyle Huber Photography

[satakentiaphoto]

Juillet 16. Pays Basque