#latin issues

[normal-thoughts-official]

So apparently some Swiss company found out that Brazilian blood has more immunoglobulin (which is used in some medications made by pharma companies) than European blood, and now international pharma companies are lobbying to change Brazilian law to allow them to use our blood as a resource

There is no current evidence that those things are related, but it just so happens that at the same time there is also another law being discussed that would get rid of "bureaucracy" when it comes to ethics analyses of trials on humans. It would also remove the right, which all brazilians currently have, to access to the medication resulting from the trials they participated in

Both sources are in Portuguese because both news have been recently broke by a Brazilian investigative news agency, but if you don't speak it, you can always use automatic translation

I know there's a lot of fucked up shit happening in the world right now, but please pay attention to medical rights in Brasil right now. Especially if you're European, because virtually every company related to this is from your continent and plans to benefit you above all

ETA: using blood as a resource for these medications is not new; however, current law in brasil only allows that use to come from donated blood (because it comes from the plasma and apparently not all of it is used in blood transfusion; I'm not a doctor so I'm not clear on the details but that's the gist of it) and to be processed and used by Hemobrás, the State-owned company that handles this type of medical technology. The new law would allow for private companies to buy our blood from blood banks for their use. It is worth noting that at least one company has already explicitly stated that they won't be making the resulting medication available in the Brazilian market, so, essentially, they will be taking blood Brazilians donated to help other Brazilians and using it to treat immunocompromised Europeans, to the detriment of immunocompromised Brazilians that need the medicine. In the process, they will be making it harder for our State-owned company to use that same blood, forcing us to import from them and therefore making the medication more expensive. They also want to make it possible for Brazilians to sell their own blood - a deeply ethically questionable practice that is discouraged by the WHO and that has led to HIV outbreaks in Brasil in the past

[reasonsforhope]

Early mornings are chilly in Los Romero, a village high up in the mountains of western Guatemala. As in other predominantly Mam villages – Indigenous Maya people who have lived here since pre-Columbian times – households come quietly to life before dawn. Isabel Romero, a grandmother with long black hair, used to feel somewhat trapped in hers.

“I was afraid of speaking because I was cooped up at home. I didn’t go out,” she says, explaining that like many Mam women, her days were dedicated to the hard work of running a household with little money, and she rarely spoke with other women. “I worried a lot and had headaches.”

Residents of Los Romero live mainly from subsistence farming, growing maize, beans and squash, or grazing livestock. Almost 50% of the population is Indigenous in Guatemala, Central America’s biggest economy, but they do not share in its prosperity. Indigenous women in particular are discriminated against and dispossessed, with a life expectancy 13 years lower, and a maternal mortality rate two times higher, than the national average, according to the World Bank.

In Romero’s village and throughout the region, a community-based collective of women’s circles has been quietly improving Indigenous women’s lives, empowering them to find voices that have been suppressed through centuries of marginalisation.

It was a long process, but Romero’s headaches and fear are now a thing of the past. These days she gets out to workshops, meetings and women’s circles. She shares her knowledge of weaving traditional textiles on a backstrap loom and has a leadership role in the women’s group she co- founded: Buena Semilla (Good Seed).

The initiative emerged from Maya Mam women’s experiences, when French physician Anne Marie Chomat brought them together for interviews for her doctoral fieldwork in 2010- 2012. The simple act of gathering with others and sharing their experiences had a profound impact on the women, many of whom are still dealing with the traumatic legacy of Guatemala’s civil war.

During the 1960-1996 armed conflict between leftist guerrilla groups and the military, more than 200,000 people were killed, overwhelmingly Indigenous Maya civilians killed by the army. Another 45,000 were ‘disappeared’. A truth commission concluded that the state committed acts of genocide...

“There’s so much chronic stress and other issues that are not being addressed,” says Chomat, Buena Semilla’s international coordinator, who now lives in Canada. “So much healing happened in that space of women connecting with other women, getting out of their houses, realising: ‘I’m not alone’.”

Once Chomat’s fieldwork was finalised, several participants decided they wanted to continue meeting and with Chomat came up with the idea of women’s circles. With the help of a grant, the project got going in 2013 and now more than 300 women in two municipalities participate every week or two in circles, each comprising roughly 10 to 25 women.

Wearing traditional embroidered huipil blouses and hand-loomed skirts, the women gather, arriving on foot via the dirt roads that weave through the villages. They meet in a home or community building, or outside when they can for the connection with nature. The circle opens with a welcome and a prayer and then the group engages in breathing and movement exercises. Next up is discussion of the nahual, the day’s name and energy according to one of the interlocking ancient Mayan calendars, traditionally used for ceremonial practices. “Here in Santiago Atitlán it is only maybe 20% of people who speak about [knowledge of nahuals], so we are reviving it,” says Quiejú.

Then it’s time for the sharing circle. “More than anything, it is speaking what they have in their hearts,” says Quiejú. But every time and each circle is different, even though the leaders all work from the same guide, she says.

Sometimes circles will have a guided meditation. Sometimes they’ll have a workshop to learn weaving, or another skill that can help them earn money. Sometimes they eat together. Sometimes they cry. Often they laugh. No matter what, they generally end with a group embrace...

Only 1% of Guatemala’s national health budget is designated for mental health, and nearly all of that goes to the country’s one psychiatric hospital. Most mental health professionals are concentrated in the capital, offering psychotherapy and prescribing medications. For those in rural areas, there is little discussion of mental health or access to services.

“There is nothing for the preventative side, to work with families, to work with communities,” says Garavito. However, he emphasised that the concept of buen vivir (good living) among many Indigenous peoples in Latin America, which includes the traditional festivities, ceremonies and community of everyday village life, inherently incorporates good mental health. “Mental health is a fundamentally social concept and that has been a historical and common practice among Indigenous peoples, without them calling it that.”

...Financial constraints also pose challenges. Since 2020, Buena Semilla’s budget has been funded through crowdfunding and small grants. Staff and leaders all work part-time and many volunteer unpaid, but most circles now meet bi-weekly due to a squeeze on funds...

[Note: If you'd like to help, you can find out more and support Buena Semilla here, at their website.]

Despite the challenges, interest keeps growing. Elsa Cortez joined a circle earlier this year, motivated by her sister’s positive experience with Buena Semilla. In her mid-20s, she lives with her parents and as well as helping to run the household, she weaves belts, drawing from a basket full of spools of brightly coloured thread. She did not go out much before.

“There was a mentality that women were only supposed to be in the home or should only do certain things. That’s how we were raised,” she says. “My family was like that too.”

Thanks to Buena Semilla, those dynamics have started to shift in some families, including her own, says Cortez. Now she is exploring the idea of starting a circle specifically for girls, to help build their self-worth and self-esteem.

“It used to be difficult for me to socialise or chat, but now I am starting to socialise more easily,” says Cortez. “In the group I feel like it is psychological therapy every time we meet.”

-via Positive.News, December 8, 2023

[thousand-winters]

This isn't a diss against anybody, but extremely funny to me I kept seeing people being impressed at Kit knowing Latin and Greek when all he did was translate 'Incipit'. That's such a basic ass word 😭 I'm so sorry. But of course he knows that lmao. It would be actually sad if he didn't after 3 years of studying the language.

[canisalbus]

About the accents: if someone has a very "proper" Italian they are either foreigners or politicians/dignitaries/etc. So that fits perfectly for Machete, but I think it would be so funny if he sometimes slipped up and used a Nepalese word bc he forgot one in "proper" Italian lol

(Funny to me cause Naples has its own language in addition to accent, and most people don't actually know those words)

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[limononada]

Trevor Noah's joke about how Shakira is "the greatest thing out of Colombia that isn’t a felony” is SO disgusting & especially distasteful given the political climate of the way all latinos are currently being portrayed as criminals. I'm glad Shakira used her speech to talk about the situation and discrimination of latinos and immigrants.

[ihatebrainstorm]

been thinking about Botborne Crossover Au again (Transformers x Bloodborne) for the past few days and like- ik I already set Prowl as Maria but like it would've been pretty funny if Prowl were Darkbeast Paarl

Solely for the reason that I think it'd be funny if Prowl's name was butchered into "Poowl"

atm Paarl is set as Ravage,, bc lore reasons and bc I think drawing Ravage as a giant lightning infused darkbeast would be sick as hell

[sisilovespink]

꧁✬◦°⋆⋆°◦. 𝓪 𝓵𝓲𝓽𝓽𝓵𝓮 𝓲𝓷𝓽𝓻𝓸 ◦°⋆⋆°◦✬꧂

𝕙𝕖𝕪! 𝕚 𝕕𝕖𝕔𝕚𝕕𝕖𝕕 𝕤𝕚𝕟𝕔𝕖 𝕚 𝕙𝕒𝕧𝕖 𝕟𝕠𝕥 𝕞𝕦𝕔𝕙 𝕥𝕠 𝕕𝕠 𝕕𝕦𝕣𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕕𝕒𝕪 𝕟𝕠𝕣 𝕟𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥, 𝕚𝕞 𝕛𝕦𝕤𝕥 𝕘𝕠𝕟𝕟𝕒 𝕤𝕥𝕒𝕣𝕥 𝕒 𝕝𝕚𝕥𝕥𝕝𝕖 𝕓𝕝𝕠𝕘. 𝕚 𝕙𝕠𝕟𝕖𝕤𝕥𝕝𝕪 𝕕𝕠𝕟𝕥 𝕖𝕩𝕡𝕖𝕔𝕥 𝕒𝕟𝕪𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕗𝕣𝕠𝕞 𝕚𝕥: 𝕗𝕠𝕝𝕝𝕠𝕨𝕖𝕣𝕤, 𝕞𝕠𝕠𝕥𝕤, 𝕒𝕟𝕪𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘, 𝕚 𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕝𝕝𝕪 𝕕𝕠𝕟𝕥. 𝕚 𝕓𝕖𝕝𝕚𝕖𝕧𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕨𝕚𝕝𝕝 𝕓𝕖 𝕞𝕠𝕣𝕖 𝕝𝕚𝕜𝕖 𝕒 𝕛𝕠𝕦𝕣𝕟𝕒𝕝, 𝕒 𝕕𝕚𝕘𝕚𝕥𝕒𝕝 𝕠𝕟𝕖. 𝕨𝕖𝕚𝕣𝕕𝕝𝕪 𝕖𝕟𝕠𝕦𝕘𝕙, 𝕒 𝕞𝕠𝕣𝕖 𝕤𝕖𝕔𝕣𝕖𝕥𝕚𝕧𝕖 𝕛𝕠𝕦𝕣𝕟𝕒𝕝 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕟 𝕨𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕒 𝕡𝕙𝕪𝕤𝕚𝕔𝕒𝕝 𝕠𝕟𝕖 𝕔𝕠𝕦𝕝𝕕 𝕓𝕖. 𝕟𝕠 𝕚𝕕𝕖𝕒 𝕨𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕚𝕞 𝕘𝕠𝕟𝕟𝕒 𝕡𝕠𝕤𝕥 𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕖, 𝕞𝕒𝕪𝕓𝕖 𝕛𝕦𝕤𝕥 𝕞𝕪 𝕞𝕚𝕟𝕕. 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕤𝕖𝕖𝕞𝕤 𝕒𝕓𝕠𝕦𝕥 𝕣𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥. 𝕞𝕒𝕪𝕓𝕖 𝕠𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕣 𝕡𝕖𝕠𝕡𝕝𝕖 𝕨𝕚𝕝𝕝 𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕕 𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕤, 𝕞𝕒𝕪𝕓𝕖 𝕚𝕥 𝕨𝕚𝕝𝕝 𝕠𝕟𝕝𝕪 𝕓𝕖 𝕞𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕕𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕤, 𝕝𝕚𝕜𝕖 𝕒 𝕝𝕚𝕥𝕥𝕝𝕖 𝕥𝕚𝕞𝕖 𝕔𝕒𝕡𝕤𝕦𝕝𝕖. 𝕤𝕠 𝕚 𝕓𝕖𝕝𝕚𝕖𝕧𝕖 𝕚𝕥 𝕚𝕤 𝕠𝕟𝕝𝕪 𝕗𝕒𝕚𝕣 𝕥𝕠 𝕘𝕚𝕧𝕖 𝕠𝕦𝕥 𝕒 𝕝𝕚𝕥𝕥𝕝𝕖 𝕚𝕟𝕥𝕣𝕠𝕕𝕦𝕔𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟.

-𝕚'𝕞 𝕤𝕚𝕤𝕚 (𝕚𝕤𝕒𝕓𝕖𝕝𝕝𝕒)

-𝕚'𝕞 𝕗𝕣𝕠𝕞 𝕖𝕝 𝕤𝕒𝕝𝕧𝕒𝕕𝕠𝕣, 𝕓𝕦𝕥 𝕚 𝕝𝕚𝕧𝕖 𝕚𝕟 𝕙𝕠𝕟𝕕𝕦𝕣��𝕤

-𝕚 𝕝𝕠𝕧𝕖𝕖𝕖𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕔𝕠𝕝𝕠𝕣 𝕡𝕚𝕟𝕜, 𝕚𝕗 𝕤𝕠𝕞𝕖𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕚𝕤 𝕒𝕧𝕒𝕚𝕝𝕒𝕓𝕖 𝕚𝕟 𝕡𝕚𝕟𝕜, 𝕚'𝕝𝕝 𝕘𝕖𝕥 𝕚𝕥

-𝕚 𝕝𝕠𝕧𝕖 𝕝𝕚𝕤𝕥𝕖𝕟𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕠 𝕝𝕒𝕟𝕒 𝕕𝕖𝕝 𝕣𝕖𝕪, 𝕖𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕝 𝕔𝕒𝕚𝕟, 𝕟𝕖𝕤𝕤𝕒 𝕓𝕒𝕣𝕣𝕖𝕥𝕥, 𝕤𝕒𝕕𝕖, 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕤𝕠𝕕𝕒 𝕤𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕖𝕠

-𝕚 𝕒𝕕𝕠𝕣𝕖 𝕞𝕪 𝕓𝕖𝕤𝕥 𝕗𝕣𝕚𝕖𝕟𝕕 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙 𝕒𝕝𝕝 𝕠𝕗 𝕞𝕪 𝕤𝕠𝕦𝕝 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕨𝕚𝕤𝕙 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕓𝕖𝕤𝕥 𝕥𝕠 𝕙𝕖𝕣

-𝕚'𝕧𝕖 𝕒 𝕤𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕖 𝕙𝕪𝕡𝕖𝕣𝕗𝕚𝕩𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙 𝕞𝕪 𝕗𝕠𝕣𝕞𝕖𝕣 𝕤𝕡𝕒𝕟𝕚𝕤𝕙 𝕥𝕖𝕒𝕔𝕙𝕖𝕣, 𝕚 𝕤𝕨𝕖𝕒𝕣 𝕚 𝕒𝕕𝕠𝕣𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕞𝕒𝕟. 𝕚 𝕨𝕒𝕟𝕟𝕒 𝕞𝕒𝕜𝕖 𝕠𝕦𝕥 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙 𝕙𝕚𝕞𝕞𝕞𝕞𝕞

-𝕚 𝕒𝕕𝕠𝕣𝕖 𝕙𝕚𝕤𝕥𝕠𝕣𝕪, 𝕔𝕙𝕖𝕞𝕚𝕤𝕥𝕣𝕪 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕞𝕦𝕤𝕚𝕔

-𝕚 𝕝𝕠𝕧𝕖 𝕘𝕠𝕤𝕤𝕚𝕡𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕣𝕒𝕟𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕒𝕓𝕠𝕦𝕥 𝕞𝕪 𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕪 𝕚𝕟𝕔𝕠𝕟𝕧𝕖𝕟𝕚𝕖𝕟𝕔𝕖

-𝕞𝕪 𝕗𝕒𝕧𝕠𝕣𝕚𝕥𝕖 𝕞𝕠𝕧𝕚𝕖𝕤 𝕒𝕣𝕖: 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕧𝕚𝕣𝕘𝕚𝕟 𝕤𝕦𝕚𝕔𝕚𝕕𝕖𝕤 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕔𝕒𝕝𝕝 𝕞𝕖 𝕓𝕪 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕟𝕒𝕞𝕖

-𝕞𝕪 𝕗𝕒𝕧𝕠𝕣𝕚𝕥𝕖 𝕥𝕧 𝕤𝕙𝕠𝕨𝕤 𝕒𝕣𝕖: 𝕘𝕚𝕝𝕞𝕠𝕣𝕖 𝕘𝕚𝕣𝕝𝕤, 𝕒𝕟𝕟𝕖 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙 𝕒𝕟 𝕖, 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕓𝕒𝕓𝕪

-𝕞𝕪 𝕗𝕒𝕧𝕠𝕣𝕚𝕥𝕖 𝕒𝕝𝕓𝕦𝕞𝕤 𝕒𝕣𝕖: 𝕙𝕠𝕟𝕖𝕪𝕞𝕠𝕠𝕟 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕡𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕔𝕙𝕖𝕣'𝕤 𝕕𝕒𝕦𝕘𝕙𝕥𝕖𝕣

-𝕚𝕟 𝕞𝕪 𝕗𝕣𝕖𝕖 𝕥𝕚𝕞𝕖 𝕚 𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕕, 𝕨𝕣𝕚𝕥𝕖, 𝕤𝕖𝕨 𝕕𝕣𝕖𝕤𝕤𝕖𝕤, 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕕𝕠 𝕞𝕪 𝕞𝕒𝕜𝕖𝕦𝕡

-𝕚 𝕕𝕠𝕟'𝕥 𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕝𝕝𝕪 𝕝𝕚𝕜𝕖 𝕤𝕡𝕠𝕣𝕥𝕤 𝕓𝕦𝕥 𝕚 𝕡𝕝𝕒𝕪 𝕥𝕖𝕟𝕟𝕚𝕤 𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕪 𝕠𝕟𝕔𝕖 𝕚𝕟 𝕒 𝕨𝕙𝕚𝕝𝕖 𝕒𝕥 𝕞𝕪 𝕘𝕣𝕒𝕟𝕕𝕞𝕒'𝕤

-𝕚'𝕞 𝟙.𝟜𝟡𝕞 (𝟜'𝟙𝟙), 𝕨𝕙𝕚𝕔𝕙 𝕙𝕒𝕤 𝕖𝕒𝕣𝕟𝕖𝕕 𝕞𝕖 𝕞𝕒𝕟𝕪 𝕟𝕚𝕔𝕜𝕟𝕒𝕞𝕖𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕣𝕠𝕦𝕘𝕙𝕠𝕦𝕥 𝕞𝕪 𝕝𝕚𝕗𝕖

-𝕚 𝕤𝕡𝕖𝕒𝕜 𝕤𝕡𝕒𝕟𝕚𝕤𝕙, 𝕖𝕟𝕘𝕝𝕚𝕤𝕙, 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕚'𝕞 𝕓𝟙 𝕚𝕟 𝕗𝕣𝕖𝕟𝕔𝕙

-𝕚'𝕞 𝕒 𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕪 𝕤𝕙𝕪 𝕘𝕚𝕣𝕝, 𝕓𝕦𝕥 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙 𝕥𝕣𝕦𝕤𝕥 𝕚 𝕔𝕒𝕟 𝕓𝕖 𝕒 𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕪 𝕟𝕚𝕔𝕖 𝕗𝕣𝕚𝕖𝕟𝕕

[mango-peach-strawberry]

Oh yeah I never mentioned it here but the Spanish version of Uprising is so fun. They name drop all kinds of Greek mythology (off the top of my head I remember them mentioning: Morpheus, Olympus, Tartarus, nyphms, and other things) and the nicknames the characters give to one another are pretty different.

I was translating a bit of the Spanish version in the 25 Years discord for funsies and was pleasantly surprised by the changes made in the localization!

[dailyanarchistposts]

Editor’s Note: Teodoro Antilli was active in the Argentine anarchist movement during a period of severe repression. In late 1909 a state of siege was imposed, many anarchists were imprisoned and their presses, offices and cultural centres were ransacked and closed. Antilli was involved in the publication of the anarchist paper, La Battala, but was arrested in May 1910 along with hundreds of others amid renewed attacks on the anarcho-syndicalist FORA (Selectiol1 58). In 1913, Alltilli was imprisoned for publishing an article accusing all assistant prison governor of raping an anarchist prisoner. He was involved in the general strike ofjanuary 1919, which was ruthlessly suppressed. Over 700 workers were killed, thousands more wounded, and over 50,000 imprisoned in what came to be known as the “Tragic Week.” All anarchist papers, including Antilli’s, were banned. In 1921, another 1,100 workers were massacred during the anarchist rebellion in Patagonia. Antilli and his next paper, La Antorcha, supported the actions of Severino Di Giovanni, a militant Italian anarchist refugee from fascism who began a campaign of illegal actions, including bank robberies and assassinations, in face of this brutal reaction. The following extracts, translated by Paul Sharkey, are taken from Antilli’s Salud a la Anarquia! [Here’s to Anarchy!] (Buenos Aires: La Antorcha, 1924, reprinted in El Anarquismo en America Latina, Caracas: Biblioteca Ayacucho, 1990)

WE SHOULD, IT OCCURS TO US, OFFER a full explanation of our notion of “social struggle” as opposed to “class struggle.” As we see it, they are a s different as n arrow is from wide and the eternal from the ephemeral. Suggesting actions of differing scopes. In fact, someone locked into the class struggle is ill equipped to understand comprehensive social struggle.... If I accept that there is only class struggle, success for me will b e enough. My quarrel is with the propertied and the capitalists. If I join forces with other workers like myself and set up, say, a cooperative, the class struggle will be over as far as we are concerned; we shall have won, as indeed the cooperators and socialists contend. Yet the state of society will not h ave been changed and the class struggle will be over a s far as we are concerned because we h ave made ourselves capitalists, the inner circle of a business that visits its exploitation on outsiders, making every one of us, in equal measure, an exploiter, instead of our being split into exploiters and exploited ... If I extend this to thinking about the entire social system as a “class struggle,” then all that is required is that my class should dictate to the other class, in which case I too shall have emerged the victor.

“Social struggle,” as we understand it, is not just setting a course for revolution and extinguishing the existence of the bourgeoisie; it is also, since we hold that the social also means the sociable, the elimination of all imposition, especially political imposition, by one man upon another; we see humanity as having fought for countless centuries past to achieve a genuinely free society; we plunge into these raging waters and, let there be no mistake about this, we accept all the consequences and, chiefly, the Revolution. Social struggle, therefore, is something humane and all-embracing; the aim is not merely to change society, but that society should be hospitable for men, and every source of oppression or tyranny banished, which is to say, a genuinely free society...

The term “social struggle,” as we employ it, i s that all-encompassing. And we want this borne in mind lest it be confused with class struggle carried through to Revolution. We bring into the Revolution a social struggle as well ... Class struggle carried through to Revolution has as its aim a “proletarian dictatorship.” Social struggle carried through to Revolution has as its object the freedom of Humanity and the ennobling of all of its members.

[galactic-rhea]

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Sometimes I remember my family is, overall, very very stupid

[zimane]

going thru his anecdote transcripts and. this is Probably supposed to be English but wouldn't tourists sufficiently motivated by the promise of poetry recognize English...

[persephoneism]

"The hymn is about Demeter" is one of the weakest arguments you can make against modern iterations of the Persephone myth.

[dearherondale]

We were in latin class and I told the teacher I translated a sentence differently than her and she told me it was genius, that she didn't know that word could mean that IM GOING INSANEEEEE

[darkfictionjude]

Oh my to the nonnie’s nonna with twelve siblings. That’s not a big italian Fam, that’s an army.

Hahah that’s a sports team like that nonna is a soldier I can’t even imagine

[ronanlynchusurper]

male creative arts tutors are my equivalent of defence against the dark arts and latin teachers, in the sense that they are always horrendous villains that crawled out of the depths of satan’s armpit and seem hellbent on making my life miserable, all while convincing everyone else they are gods gift.

[submarinerwrites]

i thoroughly enjoyed conclave but it was a silly little mystery movie trying very hard to be serious dramatic oscar bait which meant the fact that the film’s meaning was so diluted as to be irrelevant was immediately evident.