#kille oksanen

[marypickfords]

The Song of the Scarlet Flower (Teuvo Tulio, 1938)

[cinenthusiast]

The Song of the Scarlet Flower (1938, Tulio)

[women-writing-women]

50 Countries, 50 Books by Women

! indicates lesbian/bisexual main characters

Algeria: So Vast the Prison by Assia Djebar [realistic]

Australia: Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty [thriller]

Bolivia: Women Talking by Miriam Toews [realistic - philosophical]

Botswana: Juggling Truths by Unity Dow [historical - 1960s]

Brazil: The Hour of the Star by Clarice Lispector [realistic]

Cambodia: First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers by Loung Ung [memoir]

Canada: Heart Berries by Terese Marie Mailhot [memoir]

Chile: The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende [historical - 20th c.]

China: The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang [high fantasy]

Colombia: Fruit of the Drunken Tree by Ingrid Rojas Contreras [realistic]

!Democratic Republic of Congo: Everfair by Nisi Shawl [alternate history]

Egypt: Woman at Point Zero by Nawal El Saadawi [realistic]

France: The Alice Network by Kate Quinn [historical - 1940s]

Germany (present day Poland): Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys [historical - 1940s]

Ghana: Homegoing by Yaa Gyashi [historical - 1700s to present]

Greece: Medea by Crista Wolf [mythology]

Iran: Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi [memoir]

!Ireland: Hood by Emma Donoghue [realistic]

India: The Unlikely Adventures of the Shergill Sisters by Balli Kaur Jaswal [realistic]

Israel: The Dovekeepers by Alice Hoffman [historical - 1st c.]

Italy: My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante [historial - mid. 20th c.]

!Jamaica: The Other Side of Paradise by Staceyann Chin [memoir]

Japan: Pachinko by Min Jin Lee [historical - early 20th c.]

Malaysia: The Night Tiger by Yangsze Choo [historical fantasy - early 20th c.]

Mauritius: Eve Out of Her Ruins by Ananda Devi [realistic]

Mexico: Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia [historical fantasy - early 20th c.]

Morocco: Year of the Elephant: A Moroccan Woman’s Journey Toward Independence by Leila Abouzeid [historical - mid 20th c.]

Netherlands: An Address in Amsterdam by Mary Dingee Fillmore [historical - 1940s]

!Nigeria: Under the Udala Trees by Chinelo Okparanta [historical - mid 20th c.]

North Korea: The Girl with Seven Names: A North Korean Defector’s Story by Hyeonseo Lee [memoir]

!Norway: The Mercies by Kiran Millwood Hargrave [historical - 17th c.]

Pakistan: Broken Verses by Kamila Shamsie [mystery]

Peru: Blood of the Dawn by Claudia Salazar Jiménez [realistic]

Poland: Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk [mystery]

Romania: Bottled Goods by Sophie van Llewyn [magical realism - late 20th c.]

!Russia (present day Moldova): Beyond the Pale by Elana Dykewomon [historical - late 19th/early 20th c.]

Rwanda: The Girl Who Smiled Beads: A Story of War and What Comes After by Clemantine Wamariya [memoir]

!Saudi Arabia: The Others by Seba Al-Herz [realistic]

Senegal: So Long a Letter by Mariama Bâ [realistic]

!South Africa: The World Unseen by Shamim Sarif [historical - 1950s]

South Korea: The Vegetarian by Han Kang [realistic]

!Sweden: The Engelsfors Trilogy by Sara B. Elfgren [urban fantasy]

Trinidad and Tobago: ‘Til the Well Runs Dry by Lauren Francis-Sharma [historical - mid 20th c.]

Turkey: The Bastard of Istanbul by Elif Shafak [realistic]

Ukraine: Dog Park by Sofi Oksanen [realistic]

United Kingdom: Milkman by Anna Burns [realistic]

United States: The Plague of Doves by Louise Erdrich [historical - late 19th c. to present]

!Uruguay: Cantoras by Carolina De Robertis [realistic]

Vietnam: The Mountains Sing by Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai [historical - 1950s to present]

Zimbabwe: We Need New Names by NoViolet Bulawayo [realistic]

[holographicraccoon]

1-50

1. Kulta-Katriina, Juhlamokka vai Muumitee?

- Juhlamokka

2. Miten teet makaronilaatikon?

- Äiteen ohjeilla :)

3. Pahin koululiikuntatrauma?

- Uiminen

4. Pelottavin/oudoin lastenohjelma?

- oudoin, teletapit

5. Eppu Normaali vai Leevi and The Leavings?

- Leevi

6. Oletko ikinä joutunut Sukupuolitautien poliklinikalle?

- En

7. Rakkain tuutulaulu?

- Ei oo

8. Tupakoitko? Mikä merkki?

- LM Sininen

9. Käytätkö nuuskaa?

- Joskus, LD Salmiak

10. Juotko ES?

- En, mut kaikkia muita :D

11. Tanssitko hitaita alakoulun diskossa?

- En

12. Vihta vai vasta?

- Vihta

13. Kotsa vai köksä?

-Köksä

14. Pratar du svenska?

- Lite

15. Uni jonka muistat?

- tyhjiö

16. Kuka on mielestäsi syyllinen Bodomin murhiin?

- En tii

17. Paras kotimainen kirjailija?

- Sofi Oksanen

18. Kerro joku oman tai vaikka mummon kotikylän juoru.

- Ei tuu mielee

19. Oletko koskaan “vienyt” kenenkään neitsyttä?

- Ehkä

20. Kenen suomitumputtajan epäilet olevan Antti Holma?

- @satanicgaykittens

21. Koskettavin suomenkielinen biisi?

- Mä loistan kuin hämärä

22. Kieltäydytkö asepalveluksesta?

- En

23. Mitä mieltä olet siitä, että Suomi on Venäjän naapurimaa?

- halpaa votkaa ja bensaa

24. Paras muumitikkarin maku?

- Jaaa a :D

25. Paras Fazerin konvehti?

- Fazer Present, kait

26. Karhu vai Karjala?

- Karjala

27. Paras kansanlaulu?

- Ei ny tuu mittää mielee

28. Fuck, marry, kill: Väinämöinen, Lemminkäinen, Aino?

Marry Väinämöinen, kill, kill

29. Fuck, marry, kill: Simeoni, Eero, Juhani

- Only kill

30. Mitä mieltä olet metsästyksestä?

- Ei ny liiemmi kinee :D

31. Ketä pussasit viimeksi?

- @hintalappu

32. Meri vai järvi?

- Meri

33. Hauskin suomimeemi?

- Tonnin seteli, ei tuu muuta mielee :D

34. Minkä Pasi Viherahon kokkailuista söisit?

- Makaryllikeittoa ft kinkku tsiipaleita

35. Valitse yksi Iltalehden otsikko joka kuvaa sinua.

- “ Iltalehti: Vartija töhersi miehen naamaan kirkkoveneen Prismassa ja lähetti kuvan kavereilleen “

36. Pitäisikö suojaikärajaa nostaa?

- Näpit irti niistä penskoista saatana

37. Pitäisikö äänestysikärajaa laskea?

- 16v olisin kyl ite halunnu jo päästä ainaki äänestää

38. Kuulutko kirkkoon?

- Taijan mää viel kuulua

39. Haluatko muuttaa ulkomaille?

- Ois siistii mutta ei näillä palkoilla ja alalla

40. Mehukkain juoru yläkoulustasi?

- Ei oo enää juoru mutta ylä-asteelta  tuttu tekijähä se soramonttumurhan takana oli

41. Noloin asia jonka suostut myöntämään?

- En myönnä mitään

42. Onko Olavi Uusivirta ihana?

- Ei sentää vaikka iha jees musaa tekeeki

43. Oletko koskaan nukkunut puistonpenkillä?

- En

44. Onko sinulla diagnosoitu mielenterveyden häiriö?

- Ei ole

45. Pahin painajaisesi?

- tyhjiö

46. Mökki vai vene?

- Jaa a :D

47. Oletko uinut alasti?

- Tottakai

48. Oletko uinut vaatteet päällä?

- Kyllä

49. Oletko kierinyt alasti lumihangessa?

- En oo vielä nii päissää ollu

50. Paras uusi sibs-maku: hernekeitto, viina, teline vai johannes

- hernekeitto sipsit olis aika kova :D

[iliatar]

Get to know me tag!

i was tagged by @whatcanidobass aaaaa thank you outi for tagging me!! 💜💜 i love doing these tags! (even though sometimes it takes me a while to do them lmao)

Name: leena

Nicknames: don’t have any, although sometimes my friends at uni call me lensku because they know i hate it agdksgfksgf

Gender: female

Zodiac: libra sun, virgo moon and scorpio rising. i have no idea what any of that means tho

Height: 170cm (about 5′7′’)

Time: 18:27

Favourite musicians: oof i have so many!!! but some of them are red velvet, jolin tsai, clc, loona, f(x), lee hi, lady leshurr, kehlani, 6lack, bts, ailee, lana del rey, billie eilish, dean, lay, h.e.r., angel haze, gallant, the weeknd, sabrina claudio, fka twigs, jenni vartiainen, vesta, chisu, janelle monáe..... i could go on and on tbh 

Song stuck in my head: billie eilish - when i was older

Last thing I googled: i googled what peach cobbler is lmao

Last movie I saw: naomi kawase’s sweet bean (which i’d definitely recommend for anyone who likes sad and tender dramas!)

Last song I listened to: sam smith feat. normani - dancing with a stranger

Other blogs: i have a movie blog

Do I get asks: nope :/

Why did I chose my username: i just combined a bunch of letters that sounded nice tbh, iliatar doesn’t mean anything. but i did want my url to end with -tar since in finnish it’s a suffix that’s used for female gods/rulers etc

Following: 211

Amount of sleep I get: when i have work it's usually 3-7 hours a night and on my days off it's anything between 6 and 14 hours lmao

Lucky numbers: don’t have any

What I’m wearing: pyjamas

Dream job: don’t have one

Dream trips: ooh off the top of my head i’d love to visit beijing, seoul, budapest, warsaw, reykjavik, rome, singapore, hong kong and a bunch of other places! 😊

Favourite food: i love so many different types of foods tbh, i can't decide!!!!

Instruments: don’t play any, but i love the violin

Favourite songs: some of my current favourites are: 

lay - 快门回溯 

jolin tsai - 紅衣女孩 

code kunst feat. lee hi - xi

k.will feat. hwasa - treat me bad

lady leshurr feat. mr eazi - black madonna

h.e.r.- against me

minseo - is who

joanna kulig - dwa serduszka

yuri - illusion

Relationship status: single

Favourite colors: black and lavender

Three books: oscar wilde's the picture of dorian gray, sofi oksanen's purge and ursula k. le guin's the left hand of darkness

Three TV shows: i haven’t really watched tv shows during the last few years but killing eve, hannibal and a finnish reality show called sohvaperunat

Book I’m reading now: i just started reading yuval noah harari’s sapiens: a brief history of humankind (i’m reading it in finnish tho)

How many blankets do you sleep in: one

Anything I want: to get my uni stuff sorted out, to travel more

and i’m tagging @kirjoa, @unstablecactus, @nvr-dnt-mnd, @kyuq, @blossomsjin and @2ne-sone, if you guys want to do this of course 😊

[soundnvis1on]

so happy that stalin's cows (stalinin lehmät) by sofi oksanen is a finnish book. if the fucking coquette femcelcore edgirls found out about it i would literally kill myself. anyway its such a good fucking book started re-reading it today

[johannathedreamer]

Hi Johanna! Love both your blogs :) What are you reading at the moment?

Thank you! Felt like I needed a second one just for books 😁I have just finished "To kill a mockingbird"and "Kinfolk Entrepreneur". I'm like half way trough a book with Emily Dickinson poems and a Kazuo Ishiguro book that I'm reading for a bookcirkel I'm in. And I have just started Norma by Sofi Oksanen 📚

[zephyjay-blog]

D&D 5th Edition Aarakocra Rework

This is a redo of the Aarakocra race created for the 5th edition Elemental Evil Player’s Companion. In no way do I take credit for the race or stats listed in this document. The stats and racial traits are the original creation of Wizards of the Coast.

A bit of a preface. I’m picky about my character backstories, like, very picky. So often when I see a race I think is cool, I’m often left disappointed in said race. My DM, gods bless him, allows me to rework the race to better fit my perception of them, allowing me to get more creative with choice of weapons, clothing, and even the backstory. One race I took a very polar stance on is the Aarakocra. I feel WotC came up with an amazing race as far as looks and stats go, but the backstory was really weak in my opinion. Some of it is pretty solid, but then it turns into what can only be described as kender with wings. So anytime I play one (which is a lot) I redo the backstory to fit the world. That is the purpose of this document.

………………………………………………………………………………….

 Fresh out of training and they sent most of us into the heat of combat against the undead. “Forged in the fires of war” they said. But I didn’t see any of my commanders around. Skeletons and zombies left and right, my friends and fellow soldiers at my back, but no leadership. “don’t worry, it’ll all be fine” they would tell us, but how is this fine? Sure, one of us could kill five of them, but when we are outnumbered 10 to 1 and as we died we got up to fight alongside the legions of undead, how do we handle that? Training did nothing to prepare us for this.

That’s when I heard it. A cacophony of ear shattering screeches from above. I saw easily a dozen creatures falling through the sky like arrows, lightning flashes causing light to reflect off their rapiers. About 45 feet above the ground, massive wings spread from the shapes as a dozen birds landed behind the army of the undead. From the left and right I could see even more. Easily 3, maybe 4 dozen landing in all sorts of vulnerable spots behind the undead. Through the jungle of limbs and weapons I could catch a glimpse of the avians slaughtering the undead with a merciless efficiency I have never witnessed in my life.

It was like a healing potion for our morale. We had to show these warriors what humans were capable of. I raised my sword in the air and we charged through, cutting the undead down. It felt like hours but couldn’t have been more than two minutes before we were converged in the center, fighting side by side with these warriors. Crows, ravens, blue jays, and magpies all dawning light and ornate armor, brandishing precision cut rapiers. None had shields. They fought with bloodthirsty aggression. No holding back, no hesitation. They threw themselves at the battle as though it were their last day on the mortal plane.

Just like that, it was over. The undead lay slain around a necromancer, who was bound and on his knees looking over all of us with defiant arrogance. He looked at each bird, then at me.

“Hey, thanks for the soldiers. You should bring more next time.” He spat in my direction.

The most decorated of the birds, a scarred and older looking raven, looked from him, then to me. He squawked an order to his men who formed a circle around me and the necromancer, threw a knife on the ground between us, and cut him loose…

The fact that I’m sitting here telling this story clearly means I survived. The necromancer? I’m not sure there is enough of him left to prove he was ever alive. That was the only time I was ever proud to take a life. But this story isn’t about me. It’s about the Aarakocra.

While they rarely stand higher than 5 feet tall, they are some of the most intimidating individuals I have ever met. Razor sharp talons on every finger and toe, 15 to 25-foot wingspans, and beaks that could rip flesh from bone so quickly it’d put a hungry orc to shame. But they had a warrior’s code. They believed in honor in the battlefield. If you prove your strength and show respect, they will return said respect. They are a proud race of warriors and when their city fell, the whole world felt it. They knew what was coming and ordered the elderly to flee with the young. While the remaining men and women died, allowing the race’s lineage to escape. They are scattered and without a land to call home. Many seek revenge, some seek to find a new home and rebuild, while others seek to carry on the history of the race.

My only advice if you meet one is to never show pity or sympathy. Do not try to share in their anger either. Bow when you greet one, and show respect.

………………………………………………………………………………….

The Aarakocra are a prideful race of warriors and laborers. They often aren’t physically imposing but they are alarmingly fast. They come from the recently fallen city of Oksanen, where the Temple of Air was located. It was a bridge between the mortal plane and the element of Air. When the city fell, the Aarakocra sent a lone messenger in and destroyed the portal, permanently severing the connection between both worlds. It is estimated of the 1500 Aarakocra in Oksanen, only about 100 remain. Nearly all of them enlist in the military and take roles of scouts or messengers due to their unmatched mobility and speed.

               Every Aarakocra fights as though death is seconds away. It may seem desperate and chaotic to a casual bystander, but to some who knows combat and knows battle, they are fighting aggressively but every move is a calculated attempt to demoralize and overwhelm their opponent. They settle their differences with duels, and even those sometimes end in death. There is no heaven or hell to the Aarakocra. Only Purgatory and Valhalla. If you live a life of honor and die with honor, they believe you will be guided to Valhalla by a Valkyrian. Otherwise, you awaken as an invisible spirit forced to wander the plains in disgrace. They are devout worshippers of the Norse pantheon.

STATS: These are the official Wizards of the Coast stats for this race. The only change is that the Talons trait can be used with dexterity or strength.

Ability Score Increase. Your Dexterity score increases by 2, and your Wisdom score increases by 1.

Age. Aarakocra reach maturity by age 3. Aarakocra don’t usually live longer than 70 years.

Alignment. Most Aarakocra are lawful. Very few believe in “good” and “evil” in the traditional sense. Only the honorable and dishonorable. They act in the best interest of their flock, causing a more neutral leaning alignment.

Size. Aarakocra are about 5 feet tall. They have thin, lightweight bodies that weigh between 80 and 100 pounds. Your size is Medium. Speed. Your base walking speed is 25 feet.

Flight. You have a flying speed of 50 feet. To use this speed, you can’t be wearing medium or heavy armor.

Talons. You are proficient with your unarmed strikes, which deal 1d4 slashing damage on a hit. Dexterity or Strength can be used for these attacks.

Language. You can speak, read, and write Common, Aarakocra, and Auran

[nofomoartworld]

Hyperallergic: A Long Overdue Biopic Tells Tom of Finland’s Life Story

A scene from Tom of Finland (all photos courtesy of Protagonist Pictures)

The new biographical film Tom of Finland has a lot of the trappings of the art of Touko Laaksonen, better known by his nom de pencil. There are beautiful, muscle-bound men in taut uniforms and gleaming leather, secretive encounters in moonlit parks, outrageous scenes of eroticism around swimming pools and in leather clubs. But director Dome Karukoski smartly juxtaposes the drawings’ fantasy worlds of libidinous liberation with the extremely repressive world Laaksonen inhabited for much of his life. Beginning with his time fighting in the Finnish army alongside the Nazis and moving through his late-life celebrity, just as the breadth of the AIDS crisis was coming into focus, this elegant biopic frames Laaksonen’s art as a kind of coping mechanism and key to a supportive subculture in the face of pervasive discrimination.

Karukoski’s sensitive direction, which only occasionally gives way to cloying melodrama, offers a perfect platform for actor Pekka Strang to showcase his impressive range in the lead role. The film follows a chronological format speckled with sudden flashbacks and flashforwards that can be jarring at first — including repeated cuts to Laaksonen’s killing of a Soviet parachutist, which becomes a shorthand for the trauma of persecution. As the Finnish army loses ground, he finds an unlikely friend in another closeted officer, a Nazi commander (Taisto Oksanen). Years later, when Laaksonen’s homoerotic drawings land him in jail in Berlin, the former commander comes to his rescue. “It’s not just a piece of paper,” he warns the artist. “It’s an atomic bomb, a drawing like that.”

A scene from Tom of Finland (photo by Josef Persson)

The multilingual film moves between Finland and Germany and eventually to the US, which is presented as a liberated playground compared to the prejudiced Old World (a somewhat inaccurate portrayal). Laaksonen lives a quiet life in Helsinki with his partner Veli (Lauri Tilkanen) and doting sister Kaija (Jessica Grabowsky). He works at the ad agency McCann Erickson by day, attends small parties thrown surreptitiously by the local gay elite at night, and sends his refined drawings of seductive studs off for publication abroad as often as possible. Karukoski portrays this side of Laaksonen’s existence as one of under-the-radar subsistence. By contrast, Southern California — to which two fans, who promote the more widespread exhibition and publication of his art, invite him  — is rendered as a kind of living Tom of Finland drawing, where bulging hot pants and ass-less leather chaps are standard features of every man’s wardrobe. Stylistically, Tom of Finland turns on this contrast between the buttoned-down Scandinavian tastefulness of Helsinki and the over-the-top aesthetics of Hollywood.

The constant in all this is Strang, who plays Laaksonen with a stoic demeanor that cracks — whether from pain or joy — during the film’s dramatic climaxes. The crushing angst of his experiences during the war and of oppression in Helsinki gives way to the powerful release of art making. In moments of inspiration, like during a motorcycle race where he photographs leather-clad mechanics tuning their bikes, Strang’s eyes scintillate. The film highlights how Laaksonen didn’t simply portray an existing subculture, but helped define and expand it by turning conventional figures of heterosexual masculine authority into empowering icons of queer sexuality. Though it may gloss over some history in favor of portraying a stark contrast between American permissiveness and European prejudice, Tom of Finland does an excellent job of illuminating one of the most influential artists of the 20th century — one whose story, until now, hasn’t been widely told.

A scene from Tom of Finland (photo by Mikko Rasila)

Tom of Finland is showing at the Tribeca Film Festival on April 26 at 10:15pm and on April 29 at 9pm.

The post A Long Overdue Biopic Tells Tom of Finland’s Life Story appeared first on Hyperallergic.

from Hyperallergic http://ift.tt/2q9qUe1 via IFTTT

[marypickfords]

The Song of the Scarlet Flower (Teuvo Tulio, 1938)

[marypickfords]

The Song of the Scarlet Flower (Teuvo Tulio, 1938)

[marypickfords]

The Song of the Scarlet Flower (Teuvo Tulio, 1938)