#natal 2017

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im curious what’s your venus sign and what’s your favorite perfume/ scent?

[lugaresinexistentes]

natal do castelo rá tim bum no grand plaza shopping são paulo, 2017

status: foi uma atração temporária para o natal de 2017 somente.

enviado por: luiz @Mr_luiz_hp_gradin obrigada pela contribuição! <3

[edsonjnovaes]

Manchester, a beira mar

Título original: Manchester by the Sea (2016). Wikipedia Drama Dirigido e escrito por Kenneth Lonergan. A produção é estrelada por Casey Affleck, Michelle Williams, Kyle Chandler e Lucas Hedges. Lee Chandler é forçado a retornar para sua cidade natal com o objetivo de tomar conta do sobrinho adolescente após o pai do menino, seu irmão, falecer precocemente. Esta volta ficará ainda mais…

[psikonauti]

Vince Natale

The One that Got Away, 2017

Oil on panel

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"Why won't Venezuelans just address the blockade?"

If you're wondering why, read below.

Let me start by saying that I wrote this after I finished work, with less than three hours of sleep and a single meal in my body, so if you find any grammar mistakes, my apologies.

This is the comment that kickstarted this post. I believe I've mentioned this before, but when you're living in a country that weaponizes propaganda and hijacks every single media outlet, you have to master the fine arts of fact checking and cross-referencing. Which is exactly what we're going to do right now, addressing the claim that 40,000 Venezuelans have been killed by the US sanctions, and why We Won't Engage with You In This Particular Argument.

*Note: click the underlined text for links and sources.

In the paper Economic Sanctions as Collective Punishment: The Case of Venezuela by Mark Weisbrot and Jeffrey Sachs (who will be referred to as WS in this post), WS mention that between the years of 2017-2019, the economic sanctions caused a 31% increase in the general mortality rate in Venezuela, a number that they calculate may be of about 40,000 deaths. While they cite ENCOVI and a UN report from 2019 as the sources of this statistic, they clarify the following in the footnotes:

The ENCOVI 2018 survey has not been made public, the mortality statistic cited here is from the UN Report (2019).

As of this date, WS has not made public the data source for this estimate, and the UN report used as a source (Venezuela: Overview of Priority Humanitarian Needs, March 2019) is not publicly available.

So let's take a look at some sources that ARE publicly available.

The World Bank Group World Development Indicators registers at least a 30% increase in the infant mortality rate in Venezuela from the dates of 2013 to 2016. Similar numbers are reported in this paper, seeing a 40% increase in the infant mortality rate in Venezuela between the dates on 2008-2016. Here's an excerpt from the paper Impact of the 2017 Sanctions on Venezuela:

While different than other overall mortality rates, increases in infant mortality rates are generally interpretable as a preventable consequence of inadequate pre- and post-natal care for otherwise healthy but vulnerable infants. Thus, infant mortality is often recognized as a good proxy measure of the quality on overall public health provision.

What this tells us is that THERE HAS BEEN an increase in general mortality rate - one that started long before the 2017 sanctions.

However, this doesn't mean that in the periods of 2017-2019 there wasn't a high death toll. Let's look at another publicly available source.

The National Hospital Survey (2019) found that between November 2018 and February 2019, 1557 people died owing to the lack of supplies in hospitals [...]. 40 patients died as a result of the power outages in March 2019.

We see the first mention of a number in the 2019 Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.

Something interesting this report mentions is that 40 deaths were caused by the blackout in March 2019. A blackout that lasted 7 days and affected our 23 states.

The energy crisis which caused this nationwide blackout started in 2010. The Wikipedia article is a good summary, if a bit simple, of the events that led to and took place during and after the energy crisis (which affects us Venezuelans living in the country to this day)

Back to the UN Report. Something else this report indicates is the following:

In 2018, the Government registered 5,287 such killings, while the non-governmental organization Observatorio Venezolano de la Violencia reported at least 7,523 killings under this category. Between 1 January and 19 May 2019, the Government reported 1,569 killings for resistance to authority. The Observatorio Venezolano de la Violencia reported at least 2,124 such killings between January and May 2019. Information analysed by OHCHR suggests many of these killings may constitute extrajudicial executions.

[...] Six young men executed by the Special Action Forces (SEBIN) in reprisal for their role in anti-government protests in 2019.

This means that between the dates of 2018-2019, there have been approximately 9,647 deaths in the context of security operations - which includes Venezuelans that took part of the protests in 2019. Very similar to what we have been reporting since after the elections in July 28.

2017 to 2019 was one of the most difficult periods in Venezuelan history, marked by the sanctions imposed by Trump which affected oil export, access to diesel, and food and medicine imports. Some people argue that the economic recession in Venezuela was caused by the sanctions - failing to notice the negative trends in the years prior to these.

Bahar, Bustos, Morales and Santos (who will be referred to as BBMS in this post) conclude in their paper, Impact of the 2017 Sanctions on Venezuela, that while the sanctions had a negative effect in the oil production, "it is quite impossible to attribute the fall [...] to one single event (i.e., the sanctions), when many other confounding events were happening at the same time."

Oil production: Oil prices dropped during 2015, and oil production decreased as a result of lack of maintenance and investment.

Energy crisis: By 2009, when the energy crisis was first declared, the electrical grid had already been suffering from the lack of maintenance and investment since 1998. The Chávez administration distributed million dollar contracts [...] that enriched high officials of his government and the works were never built. [1] [2] [3]

Economic decline and hyper-inflation: Actions taken by the Chávez administration such as expropriation and price control, as well as the PDVSA purge in 2002 led the country to depend almost entirely on its already declining oil industry, causing shortages and price rises in common goods, food, medical supplies and so on. By 2015, 60% of the Venezuelan population was living in poverty. [1] [2] [3] [4]

From only these three points, we can establish a negative trend starting way before the first US Sanctions. Thus, we can conclude that by the time the devastating 2017-2019 sanctions took place, Venezuela was already deep in a state of generalized crisis.

WS conclude in their paper:

[...] One of the most important impacts of the sanctions is to lock Venezuela into a downward economic spiral. [...] An economic recovery could have already begun in the absence of economic sanctions.

While Bahar, Bustos, Morales and Santos declare:

[...] Our analysis finds insufficient evidence to conclude that they [sanctions] were responsible for the worsening of the socio-economic crisis. [...] The weight of evidence seems to indicate that, rather than being a result of US-imposed sanctions, much of the suffering and devastation in Venezuela has been, in line with most accounts, inflicted by those in power.

In conclusion - both papers seem to agree that the crisis in Venezuela started before 2017, but where WS claim that it worsened due to US sanctions, BBMS place a higher blame on the deterioration caused by the Venezuelan government.

Now, you may keep whichever analysis you prefer, but one thing we know for sure: the 40,000 Venezuelans that WS claimed died due to the sanctions cannot be found in any public report, while the death toll of protests and extrajudicial killings has been extensively reported.

Why is this relevant?

Contrary to what some people on this site would say, Venezuelans generally agree on the negative impacts of US-imposed sanctions (note: this poll accounts only for Venezuelans in Florida, as polls aren't often published inside Venezuela). However, the general consensus is that US-sanctions only added up to a crisis that had been building up since Chávez rose to power, and rather than the cause, it was yet another symptom.

Yes, the US is the Big Bad, but placing the blame solely on the sanctions only takes the responsibility away from the government and diverts the attention from the poor governance, rampaging corruption, violent repression and denialism that we've grown used to in the last 25 years.

So if you ask "why don't you address the blockade?", my response is: why don't you address the 9,647 extrajudicial killings, the 40 deaths caused by the energy crisis, the energy crisis itself, the economic decline, the lack of maintenance in the infrastructure, the violent repression, the forceful abductions and the censoring?

What we want you to understand is that when you center the US as the cause of the crisis, you are actively participating in our state-funded propaganda and knowingly turning a blind eye on the suffering of all Venezuelans. You are no better than imperialists - you ARE participating in imperialism.

Remember:

Last, but not least - be careful with your sources. This Venezuelanalysis article was written by Andreína Chávez, former editor-in-chief of TeleSUR, a government-funded news channel known for spreading Maduro propaganda. One of their most recent claims: dead Venezuelans are shown as having voted in the ballots shown in resultadosconvenezuela.com. Needless to say, this is false. This news portal is what some people would call, BIASED.

For more information, please read the amazing analysis written by @systhemes HERE.

A more direct response by @achillesmonochrome HERE.

For other sources, check HERE.

*Fellow Venezuelans, feel free to include anything I might have missed.

[ducktoonsfanart]

Fenton Crackshell-Cabrera and Gyro Gearloose (Fenro) celebrate Christmas and New Year's Eve together with Scrooge McDuck and Boyd Gearloose (formerly Beaks) at McDuck Manor - Duckblr Santa - Duck Santa - My gift for a friend - Ducktales 2017 - My style

It's time for Duckblr Santa and this drawing I drew is my gift to @amaolly and that I am your Duckblr Santa for this year - @duckblr-secret-santa. I drew Fenton Crackshell-Cabrera and Gyro Gearloose as a Fenro couple, who are together wearing a winter Christmas sweater and drinking hot chocolate during the winter and these joyful holidays. In addition to them, there is also Scrooge McDuck in a Christmas sweater in his own style in his McDuck Manor, and there is Boyd, Gyro's invention and a baby parrot who became Gyro and Fento's child who plays with the train. Of course there is also Little Helper, or Lil Bulb. As an addition, I also drew Young Emo Donald Duck and Young Della Duck as a memory of their Christmas when they were children. Yes, I drew in Ducktales 2017 style, in my own way, since I am not a fan of the Ducktales 2017 style, but I am certainly of these characters. I hope you like these drawings and these characters and I hope you to like my gift for you. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you! Buon Natale e felice anno nuovo anche a te!

I hope you like this drawing and these characters and feel free to like and reblog this, just don't copy the same ideas without mentioning me and Amaolly. Thank you! Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year and happy holidays!

[punkpandapatrixk]

🐶The Moon’s Message to Your Inner Child ♦︎ Timeless Pick A Card

This PAC is in collaboration with @faerytreealtars and her part of the PAC covers a message from the Sun🌞Check out her PAC to get a full circle reading~🍃😉

["Wisdom from the Sun" – how to reach your divine self]

‘Do you like to draw with crayons? I’m not very good at it. But it doesn’t matter. It’s the fun of doing it that’s important. Now, I wouldn’t have made that if I’d just thought about it. No matter how anybody says it is, it feels good to have made something. The best thing is that each person’s would be different. In a way, you’ve already won in this world. Because you’re the only one who can be you. And that’s the way it’s supposed to be.’ – Mr Rogers

SONG: Take Me by Miso

MOVIE: Finding Neverland (2004) & Goodbye Christopher Robin (2017)

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Pile 1 – Kinder and Kinder to Your Younger Self

VIBE: BAD MODE by Utada Hikaru

your heart’s secret desires – XIX The Sun

You are actually somebody who believes deeply in world peace. You desperately want to see the world become a sweetly welcoming place for all, especially children and animals. You have a belief that children and animals are so deserving of gentleness and safety. But you often forget that all adults are just as deserving of the same kindness we bestow children and cute animals.

At some point if Life, you grew up and became tough. I think you thought that you needed to become so. I think your environment made you believe it was important to become so tough the world you wouldn’t beat you to it. You’ve experienced quite a bit of hardships, too, so it was rather easy to fall prey to this cruel notion that adults must all toughen up.

‘If you’re tough with yourself, the world will be gentle with you.’ ??

Though it may seem like those words contain so much practical wisdom, deep down, your heart is terribly disturbed by it. There’s just something that’s not quite right about it. If everybody is hard on themselves… how can anybody be gentle with someone else?

in your element – 2 of Swords

Irrespective of what your Moon Sign is or where in your natal chart it is placed, you’re technically not a person who wants to toughen up. I think you’re a deeply sensitive Soul who still believes that patience and compassion can solve many of the world’s problems. Because in fact, your Higher Heart knows this to be true. You’re somebody who can make real compromises to accommodate the needs of others and you’re genuinely capable of real charity because you’re the type that tries to understand wholeheartedly where somebody else is coming from.

When you help others, you do so with their best interest at heart and you don’t even expect anything in return. When you are useful to other people, when your existence can improve other people’s life situations, you feel most like yourself. All that you hope for is that people are at minimum grateful because when people are grateful, they’re really only increasing their own ability to manifest even more ease and abundance. You’re not even expecting them to be grateful to you. My goodness, you must be God🤩

But uhm… You sure, honey, you’re not compromising way too much because you’re also somewhat people pleasing for a lack of gentleness in your childhood?

making dreams a Reality – V The Hierophant

See, The Sun is no.19 in the Major Arcana; that reduces to 10. The Hierophant is no.5 and this is telling me that you’re about halfway to manifesting all your dreams of ease and world peace. The half of your manifestation is already stored in your Higher Heart and you have nothing to worry about it. What you do need to focus on is learning to be kinder and gentler with your own younger self. You’re so kind and accommodating to others but often forget that you need tender care yourself.

There’s a possibility that you grew up with stern adults who didn’t know how to be gentle with children. You grew up being a victim to this kind of behaviour so you overcompensate by being overly nice to others because you don’t want to become like them. But you’re still hard on yourself because this is like already programmed in your subconscious, and if you notice, you have a tendency to also be quite stern with those closest to you. And wow… that often kinda gets messy.

Can you imagine if you became a parent yourself? You could become a perpetrator of a cycle of old people pointing fingers at young people who are still trying to figure out their place in the world. I don’t think you’d be happy with yourself in your older years when you realise you haven’t broken this pattern yourself. I believe you’re someone who wants to leave a legacy of a more peaceful nature🍂It begins by creating a new world by creating a new you, after forgiving yourself for past mistakes you made when you didn’t yet know so much🍃

INNER ALCHEMY🔻❤️

balancing logic and emotions – Silver Astrologer (John Dee)

speaking with conviction – Priestess of Inspiration

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Pile 2 – Baby Venus, You Came Here to Beautify This World

VIBE: Forever by aespa

your heart’s secret desires – Ace of Cups

You are for sure a Lightworker. Maybe even a Starseed. Or something of a cosmic mystic. Could also be from the faery or elven realm. The point is, your Soul is deeply connected to a realm other than this Earth we perceive consciously right now. That makes your heart EXTRA pure and sparkly because the essence of your being is more refined, baby!

What does it even mean to be Human? Often you don’t have an answer to that. Only thing is, a lot of things about common human conducts that seem to denote their humanness don’t seem all too humane for you. It’s like you’re wondering, ‘If these are the traits that make people Human… then what am I? Because I certainly am not that harsh, deceitful, destructive, or whatever else!’

You have a strong morality about you and you should damn well honour this. The Human world is ugly, indeed, and from your place of beauty, your Soul volunteered to be born here to teach Humans about beauty. Beauty is nice. Beauty is good. Beauty elevates the Human Spirit and if only more people would open themselves to the possibilities, surely everyone would be a lot happier than they are now.

That’s your philosophy, more or less✨🪷

in your element – VI The Lovers Rx

You may resonate to a large extent with being an activist of sort. Whether or not you call yourself an activist or are involved in any real activist project, you know deep down that you’ve always been an activist before even knowing such a term exists. You want to fight for something good in this world. You want to bring an end to all these uncomfortable things that you are witnessing being perpetuated in the Human world. Problem is…

It's been quite hard for you to find people who are on the same bandwidth of frequency as yourself. I think you have a lifelong mission to find your Soul Tribe whilst being incarnate on Earth. I mean, your kind is far and between, honey. It may take some time to find each other and unite for a good cause.

Although you may feel misunderstood and lonely from time to time, the way I see it, you could view this whole journey to finding kindred spirits as a wholesome adventure story. Like a fairy tale, you know. After all, you are a faery. Your Life Story has a purpose to beautify the human spirit later when all’s weaved together to create a grander story with your kindred spirits. It’s all written in the stars already, so might as well enjoy the story writing itself from now🧚🏻‍♀️

making dreams a Reality – II The High Priestess

For you really aren’t of this world, I sense that you actually possess some kind of a superpower. Sure, others might think you’re a weirdo (even a freak for some of you) and that your interests and hobbies are strange and taboo. But what do they know? These mortals are prisoners of their own fake realities.

Since you were a kid, you’ve always known there are holes within this perceived reality and somehow, you’ve always believed there are ways you can bend reality with thought alone. You kinda just didn’t know exactly how that works, you just know it. Like breathing—unless you’ve studied biology, you wouldn’t know how to explain how breathing works but you just know that it happens and how it feels. Something like that.

Your connection to your personal spirituality, your personal occult practices, and everything else of that nature, holds the key to making your Divine Dreams a part of this mortal reality. It’s a beautiful process that only you can experience in your own divine ways, so I can’t tell you what to do exactly to manifest your Destiny. You’ve just gotta keep going at what you know to be your truth🧜🏻‍♀️

And the truth is, you are a magical being who doesn’t even play in the same dimension as the mortals😉Keep doing your magical shit!

INNER ALCHEMY🔻💗

balancing logic and emotions – Silver Astronomer (Galileo Galilei)

speaking with conviction – Priestess of Illumination

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Pile 3 – Don’t Kill Your Dreams No Matter How Wild

VIBE: Anata (Darling) by Utada Hikaru

your heart’s secret desires – 5 of Cups

Hellow, wildchild. It seems you’ve been through quite a bit in Life. There was something in your childhood that erupted in ways your child mind couldn’t have anticipated and it broke you emotionally and spiritually. You’re a pretty logical person, actually, so there’s a part of you that’s been wishing you could get over this heartache. But it hasn’t been easy, at all.

The reason for that is that you care too much. Because you’re incredibly sensitive and kind, you couldn’t help but care. Your heart gets easily disturbed by any small distortion you perceive in this Matrix Reality. You have spidey senses for this kind of thing. Your inner world is so expansive and this is partly why you always feel like you want to help. You want justice to win over evil.

You tend to feel like you’re the one who has to be strong and prove everything to everyone. Not only are you helpful, but you’re truly heroic! That’s how I see it😎The problematic thing is… human beings are not exactly a grateful bunch, so… Maybe being so helpful and heroic isn’t always the best way to nurture your Soul whilst living in this human world?

in your element – Page of Wands Rx

I’m not saying you should stop caring and become a coldhearted bitch. But perhaps posing to be one is a good strategy to preserve your sanity?😜The truth of the matter is that you’re really too precious for this world. You know when people say, ‘We don’t deserve this man or woman or dog or cat.’ You’re exactly like that.

Your passion for making the world a better place is often used against you. I’m kind of thinking of someone like Elon Musk in your case. He was bullied badly at school, but look what he’s doing now. He’s making attempts to improve the lives of everybody that even those bullies are bound to benefit from his passionate work. The haters today are probably gonna benefit just the same, right?

Well, I’m a coldhearted bitch, so my petty view is that these losers don’t deserve to benefit from the works of Elon Musk LMAO But what do you think of yourself? I know that in this lifetime you are going to make great leaps that will improve the lives of those you care about. But what about your heart? Will you be able to forgive those who have made hell out of your Life? Or will you become a vengeful barbie bitch who shows them the door to hell of their own making?

It’s up to you and it should be a very exciting spectacle to anticipate👻

making dreams a Reality – XII The Hanged Man Rx

The Hanged Man is a card that has some relations to The Lovers (to think you even get the Priestess of Love for the bonus content🤯). The Hanged Man often talks about compromises and sacrifices. It’s like, when you love and care so much you’re bound to make sacrifices because the world is far from utopian. In an ideal world we wouldn’t have to hurt just to manifest blessings and abundance, for ourselves or everybody else. But… this is what we have, so…

But although this world is messy and hurtful, it wouldn’t be wise for you to reduce the brilliance of your dreams just to avoid heartache or disappointments. You’re avantgarde; not that many people can see the value of what you wish to achieve with your talents. Never kowtow to the convention. Although you’re helpful and a very pleasant person to be around, you’ve got your own big dreams that are needed by the community. I think you just haven’t allowed yourself to fully embrace this idea.

Know that you’re supported by the cosmos in pursuing to improve what you know to be your true talents. One day, the world will be so grateful that you never gave up on your Light. But when that day comes, what’s your care? Gratitude is the least of your concerns. Basically you just want to live on your own terms and create magical pathways for the world to enter into🌏Whilst at it, might as well do whatever you like🌞

INNER ALCHEMY🔻🧡

balancing logic and emotions – Gold Historian (Raphael Holinshed)

speaking with conviction – Priestess of Love

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Pluto transits in the Natal Chart

The transit of Pluto is widely considered to be one of the most intense and feared events in astrology. This is because Pluto, known as the lord of the underworld, exerts a powerful and transformative force on both global events and our innermost lives. When Pluto is at least 5° away from a natal planet or significant point in a birth chart, it begins to activate the planet's location on the chart and the houses it rules. For instance, if Pluto forms a trine aspect with the Neptune, and Pisces is on the sixth cusp, the transit will first activate the Neptune and then the natal 6th house matters. Typically, about three years before the exact aspect, one can start to sense the transformative work that Pluto is going to initiate. The conjunction aspect, which has a 5 degree orb, lasts for approximately 4 to 5 years. In summary, the Pluto transit is a potent and transformative astrological event that can bring deep changes to our lives. By understanding how Pluto interacts with our natal chart, we can better prepare ourselves for the changes that are coming and learn to navigate them with grace and insight. You can learn how to interpret the transits for you here

⌦ .｡.:*♡ Transiting the native houses...

⌦ .｡.:*♡ Transiting Pluto conjunct your natal...

⌦ .｡.:*♡ Transiting Pluto trines your natal...

⌦ .｡.:*♡ Transiting Pluto sextile your natal...

⌦ .｡.:*♡ Transiting Pluto opposite your natal...

⌦ .｡.:*♡ Transiting Pluto square your natal...

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Sources:

[1] TOMPKINS, Sue. Aspects in Astrology: A guide to understanding planetary relationships in the horoscope. One Park Street, Rochester, Vermont 057067: Destiny Books, 2002.

[2] RIBEIRO, Anna Maria da Costa. Sinastria: Estudo dos Relacionamentos Teoria e Prática. Rio de Janeiro, RJ: Hipocampo Editora e Distribuidora Ltda., 1989.

[3] ABDUL-KHALIQ, Ajani. Hayden’s Book of Synastry: A Complete Guide to Two-Chart Astrology, Composite Charts, and How to Interpret Them. 13 junho 2017.

[16] LINHA ASTRAL - ASTROLOGIA: Seu site de Pesquisa Astrológica. Disponível em: https://linha-astral.com.br/. Acesso em: 29 de mar. de 2023.

[17] Astromatrix. Disponível em: https://astromatrix.org/. Acesso em: 29 de mar. de 2023.

[18] Astrolibrary.  Disponível em: https://astrolibrary.org/  Acesso em: 29 de mar. de 2023.

[19] Cafe Astrology.  Disponível em: https://cafeastrology.com/.  Acesso em: 29 de mar. de 2023.

[2] Iapetite on deviantart

[3] wildfireresources on deviantart

Art by soudwrong // Render by shiro-2002

[eternal-echoes]

“Below are a nearly a dozen different factors that can sometimes influence a person's sense of sexual identity. Rather than saying any of these things "cause gender dysphoria," it is more accurate to say that they could contribute to a person feeling dysphoric about his or her body. Some individuals might find that some of the factors resonate deeply with them, while others might not relate to any of them. The goal isn't to provide an exhaustive list, but to encourage individuals who experience gender dysphoria to listen with compassionate curiosity to their own story.

Pornography

Although many people assume that nearly all pornography is consumed by males, current studies show that approximately three of four women have viewed it within the past six months.(32) However, more than 80 percent of the most popular porn videos involve the violent degradation of women. When young girls witness adult women being humiliated, objectified, and abused, it is understandable that they might feel disgusted and afraid of sexual intimacy. When they see impossible standards of sexualized beauty, they are likely to devalue their own attractiveness.

How might these things relate to a young woman's sense of gender? In a survey of one hundred detransitioners, 71 percent of women who medically or surgically transitioned said that they did so because "[i]t made me uncomfortable to be perceived romantically/sexually as a member of my natal sex/natal gender."(34) A young women who experiences a significant amount of anxiety regarding her sexuality and identity might fixate on the possibility of becoming another gender as a method of curbing her anxious thoughts. It becomes an escape from sexism, objectification, and societal or romantic expectations.”

-Jason Evert, Male, Female, or Other: A Catholic Guide to Understanding Gender

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Work cited:

32) Cf. M. Daspe et al., "When Pornography Use Feels Out of Control: The Moderation Effect of Relationship and Sexual Satisfaction," Journal of Sex and Marital Therapy (December 2017).

33) Cf. A. Bridges et al., "Aggression and Sexual Behavior in Best-Selling Pornography Videos: A Content Analysis Update," Violence Against Women 16 (2010), 1065-1085.

34) Littman, "Individuals Treated for Gender Dysphoria with Medical and/or Surgical Transition Who Subsequently Detransitioned: A Survey of 100 Detransitioners," 3359.

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For more recommended resources on gender dysphoria, click here.

[worldsandemanations]

Vince Natale The One that Got Away, 2017

[twokinds-es]

First Crush (2017)

Natani ayuda a Zen a confesarse a su primer crush, una muy bonita escena que mi horrible cabeza tuvo que arruinar al recordar que le paso a la haldea natal de estos dos, boceto sugerido por Dadrobit.

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[lugaresinexistentes]

natal do castelo rá tim bum no grand plaza shopping são paulo, 2017

status: foi uma atração temporária para o natal de 2017 somente.

enviado por: luiz @Mr_luiz_hp_gradin obrigada pela contribuição! <3

[eddy25960]

*A moment in the reeds* 2017

Un momento en el lago

Leevi regresa a su Finlandia natal durante el verano para ayudar a su padre a renovar la casa familiar del lago y poder venderla. Tareq, un sirio que busca asilo, acaba de ser contratado para ayudar. Cuando su padre regrese a la ciudad por trabajo, los dos jóvenes establecerán una conexión.

[psikonauti]

Vince Natale

Moon Goddess, 2017

Oil on panel

[siennazhou]

☤ ༄.° 𝓈𝒾𝑒𝓃𝓃𝒶'𝓈 TIMELINE

a trajetória de Sienna Zhou: antes do acampamento, sua a vida como semideusa e os acontecimentos atuais.

༄.°  antes do acampamento

2000: 23 de outubro; sienna nasce, filha de mãe solteira, em Manhattan, NY. 2009: sienna perde a mãe; por um ato impulsivo, sua mãe perde a vida e sienna carrega essa culpa até hoje;  2009 – 2014 (09 - 14 anos): após a morte da mãe, sienna é enviada para um orfanato da cidade de manhattan e frequenta (e é expulsa) algumas das escolas públicas da cidade; aqui ela começa a aprender que suas mãos leves lhe são extremamente úteis e que ela é muito boa em adquirir o que quer; 2014 (14 anos): após tentar (e falhar) roubar dracmas de ouro do bolso de um sátiro rastreador, sienna e outro meio-sangue são levados até o acampamento;

༄.°  no acampamento

2015: foi reclamada por Hermes e se tornou oficialmente uma moradora do Chalé 11;  2015 – 2017 (15 - 17 anos): saída em missões e treinamento no acampamento todos os verões; elevação de nível I para nível II e aperfeiçoamento de seu poder (teletransporte); 2017 – 2019 (guerra contra gaia; 17 - 19 anos): teve participação ativa na preparação para a guerra contra gaia; durante a guerra, combateu inimigos corpo a corpo e auxiliou os irmãos Stoll no posicionamento correto das armadilhas. 2019 – 2023 (período de paz; 19 – 23 anos): elevação de nível II para nível III e total domínio de seu poder, usando-o a seu favor e do acampamento; (2021) sienna se torna instrutora de lança no duelo com armas especializadas e após receber acesso à sua herança, deixa o acampamento para viver em Manhattan, trabalhando como artista plástica e vendendo seus desenhos para marcas (estampas), galerias e afins.

༄.°  eventos atuais

DEZ/23 — O INÍCIO: ao receber o chamado, sienna imediatamente arruma suas coisas e usa seu poder para se teletransportar para o acampamento e descobre que não consegue usar de suas habilidades para deixar o local; DEZ/23 — CELEBRAÇÃO DE NATAL: apesar de sua mãe nunca ter sido religiosa, ela e sienna sempre celebraram os natais juntas e poder fazê-lo no acampamento, junto de sua nova família, trouxe acalento ao seu coração e aliviou, momentaneamente, todas as preocupações e incertezas acerca dos acontecimentos recentes; JAN/24 — O ATAQUE: sienna toma parte do ataque e ajuda os demais semideuses contra o manticore e a quimera; foi ferida e envenenada pela última, o que lhe rendeu alguns poucos dias na enfermaria, onde pôde observar de perto Petrus, ainda em seu estado irresponsivo, enquanto esteve por lá. FEV/24 — A FESTA DOS LÍDERES: sienna, junto dos demais filhos de hermes, ajudou a espalhar a notícia da festa e, portanto, marcou presença na mesma, o que não foi surpresa nenhuma para quíron (ou qualquer outra pessoa). FEV/24 — O SUBMUNDO MANDA UMA SURPRESA: após o incidente com petrus e a abertura da fenda, sienna suspeita do filho de hades, mas não verbaliza nada para ninguém além de seus amigos mais próximos; sua curiosidade sobre a fenda é grande e sempre que possível ela ia até o limite da barreira mágica para poder observar. MAR/24 — UM DEUS INTERROMPE O JANTAR: sienna não foi escolhida para nenhuma missão por zeus, tampouco integrou alguma equipe; limitou-se às suas tarefas e obrigações dentro do acampamento. ABR/24 — SEGREDOS REVELADOS: após as informações serem divulgadas, da mesa de hermes é possível ver sienna dizendo "eu sabia que tinha Algo Esquisito sobre ele", mas apesar de vitoriosa, ela também se compadece pelas memórias roubadas e a forma como ele parece estar intrínsecamente envolvido nos últimos acontecimentos. ABR/24 — ELIMINANDO O MONSTRO: sienna tomou parte da caçada ao cão infernal e, no bosque, ajudou a eliminar os escorpiões que saíram da fenda; JUL/24 — UMA DEUSA NOS CONVIDA A RELAXAR: sienna aproveitou e muito sua estadia na ilha de circe, mas isso não significa que não trabalhou; foi uma das voluntárias na criação, desenvolvimento e posicionamento estratégico de armadilhas na ilha, conforme solicitado pela deusa. AGO/24 — FECHANDO A FENDA: durante o fechamento da fenda, sienna ajudou no combate a Campe e, apesar de ter se ferido, sua curta estadia na enfermaria foi devido ao uso exaustivo de seu poder.

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[choivyj]

(bae joohyun, mulher cis, ela/dela) prepare to get starstruck! acabamos de ver jieun 'ivy' choi passando pelo tapete vermelho! com seus 31 anos, ela é uma atriz e cantora conhecida pelos seus fãs por ser muito carismática e talentosa, embora há quem diga que nos bastidores ela possa ser bastante perfeccionista e desconfiada. você ouviu o que os tabloides andam dizendo sobre ela? não? ah, eu te conto! estão dizendo que ela conseguiu o seu papel em fire and blood graças ao seu "relacionamento secreto" com o diretor da série! será que isso é verdade? hm… esperamos que não comprometa os seus futuros projetos porque realmente gostamos de vê-la no topo!

ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒇ㅤㅤ⸻ㅤㅤmuse. / self-paras. / tasks. / cnns.

𝚂𝚃𝙰𝚃𝚂 *

nome. jieun 'ivy' choi. apelido. viv, ives. gênero. mulher cis. pronomes. ela/dela. orientação. bissexual. idade. trinta e um anos. mapa astral. leão com ascendente em libras. cidade natal. seul, coreia do sul. ocupação. atriz e cantora.

𝙿𝚁𝙾𝙹𝙴𝚃𝙾𝚂 *

filmes e séries; ㅤhana moon (2010 - 2014, paródia de hannah montana): ivy interpretou hana moon. ㅤherdeiros (2015, paródia de descendentes): ivy interpretou mal. ㅤlos angeles (2017, paródia de la la land): ivy interpretou mila. ㅤshining star (2021, paródia de a star is born): ivy interpretou ellie. ㅤfire and blood (2022 - presente): ivy interpreta alicyn hightower. ㅤwitch (2024 - 2025): ivy interpreta glinda. álbuns e eps; (ariana grande insp.) ㅤyours truly (lançado em 2013) ㅤmy everything (lançado em 2014) ㅤdangerous woman (lançado em 2016) ㅤsweetener (lançado em 2018) ㅤthank u, next (lançado em 2019) ㅤpositions (lançado em 2020) ㅤeternal sunshine (lançado em 2024)

𝙷𝙸𝚂𝚃𝙾𝚁𝚈 *

antes de ser ivy, jieun choi era uma menina de seul vinda de uma boa família. seus pais, ambos com cargos importantes em uma grande empresa, sempre a incentivaram a estudar. entretanto, mesmo em tenra idade, a menina possuía outros planos em mente. boa, madonna, beyoncé, britney spears; são apenas algumas das celebridades que ela cresceu fingindo ser enquanto imitava as suas coreografias na frente do espelho. mariah, whitney; eram as vozes que lhe ensinaram canto, quando as aulas tinham como acompanhamento o barulho da água do chuveiro. isso sem contar o seu fascínio por musicais, jieun tinha todas as músicas e cenas decoradas dos seus favoritos. seus primeiros passos foram dados ainda na idade escolar, em peças da escola. mas foi durante uma viagem á los angeles aos 15 anos que ela decidiu de fato que o estrelato era o sonho que deveria perseguir. ainda na viagem, prestes a completar seus 16 anos, ela aproveitou para fazer testes para grupos musicais e escolas de atuação. já estava de volta na coreia quando descobriu que havia passado em um deles, então a sua volta foi apenas para fazer as malas e partir novamente. com a preocupação dos pais, que mesmo assim não puderam negar, pois era o maior sonho da sua obstinada filha. fez pontas em séries e em filmes, para se manter enquanto estudava, além de ter se juntado a um grupo de teatro musical, onde também conseguira pequenos papeis no inicio. até que em 2010, aos 17 anos, conseguiu o seu primeiro grande papel ao estrelar hana moon, no disney chanel. agora uma ídolo adolescente, disney star, ivy choi, tinha o seu talento reconhecido, mas principalmente, chamava a atenção pela sua personalidade e beleza. o sucesso foi tanto que a disney investiu nos seus primeiros trabalhos musicais, yours truly e my everything, que foram muito bem nas paradas mundiais. o seu último trabalho na disney foi em herdeiros. ivy tinha uma boa relação com a empresa, mas estava em uma fase da vida em que não queria mais se ver relacionada a uma marca "infantil" sentia que precisava amadurecer. além de querer focar exclusivamente na sua carreira musical por um tempo. o seu primeiro lançamento assim que saiu da disney, dangerous woman, era diferente de tudo o que havia feito até o momento. de repente ivy se viu sendo apontada como a garotinha disney que decidiu se rebelar por lançar um álbum com temais mais sensuais. a mídia estava em cima dela mais do que nunca, principalmente em busca de deslizes. ivy choi, agora era o tipo de celebridade vista como uma promessa. não estava aberta para propostas no cinema quando recebeu um convite para los angeles, mesmo assim ela resolveu fazer um teste. a coreana se apaixonou pela história de mila, uma jovem sonhadora em busca do seu lugar ao sol. ivy passou no teste e acabou estreando o filme que rendeu-lhe o seu primeiro oscar. sweetener, o seu álbum lançado no ano seguinte, lhe rendeu o seu primeiro grammy. e nos anos seguintes ela conseguiu dedicar-se a música, com isso lançando thank u, next e positions. em 2021, ivy volta aos cinemas, no remake do seu filme mais intimista até hoje, shining star, onde ela e o seu parceiro de elenco compuseram juntos todas as músicas. também foi o momento onde surgiu a sua primeira grande polêmica, pois todos acreditavam que eles tinham um caso para além das câmeras, enquanto o rapaz era um homem casado. bom, eles nunca tentaram negar e o discurso de ivy ao receber o oscar de melhor canção também foi suspeito aos olhos do público. a sua escalação em fire and blood foi uma grande surpresa, mesmo sendo mais um projeto grandioso para o currículo da atriz, os seus fãs acreditavam que ela continuaria focando na música e nos filmes musicais. a série era completamente diferente de tudo o que ivy havia feito até então, pois era um papel dramático e sem apelo musical. haviam dúvidas sobre a escalação de ivy para a série e com as dúvidas surgiram mais polêmicas, pois alguns meses antes do cast ser revelado a mulher havia sido vista saindo para passeios e jantares com o diretor da

série. mais uma vez uma polêmica entre ivy e alguém da indústria se tornava maior do que o esperado. ainda assim ela mantinha a sua postura de nunca, em hipótese alguma, responder as fofocas. witch sempre foi o seu musical preferido, então mesmo envolvida em fire and blood, um projeto que já tomava boa parte do seu tempo, ela decidiu tentar e dar o seu melhor. ivy não pensou que conseguiria o papel de glinda, pela primeira vez estava desesperançosa, parte disso se deu por estar envolvida em tantas polêmicas em seus últimos trabalhos. ainda assim, ela conseguiu, e foi o pior filme que ela já gravou em toda a sua carreira. afinal, ela se sobrecarregou, desenvolveu síndrome de burn out além de ansiedade, perdeu muito peso, o que também foi notado e criticado pela mídia até os dias atuais. ela ainda lançou o eternal sunshine, um álbum totalmente intimista, feito para presentear principalmente os seus fãs. porém, só o que ivy recebeu foi criticas, por não promovê-lo direito, enquanto se ocupava com os seus outros projetos.

𝚃𝚁𝙸𝚅𝙸𝙰 *

⸻ apesar de ser descrita como perfeccionista e até desconfiada nos bastidores, ivy também é assim na sua vida pessoal. ela é o tipo de pessoa que revisa uma mensagem de texto várias vezes antes de enviá-la e organiza meticulosamente sua agenda, o que às vezes a deixa exausta. ⸻ ivy tem uma fascinação por astrologia. ela tem um diário onde anota fases da lua, trânsitos importantes e até compatibilidades astrológicas das pessoas ao seu redor, o que considera um passatempo secreto. ⸻ encontra consolo na cozinha, especialmente durante momentos de estresse. no entanto, ela raramente cozinha para outras pessoas, pois acha que ninguém apreciará o sabor tanto quanto ela mesma. ⸻ embora tenha uma carreira musical brilhante, ivy ainda carrega inseguranças sobre sua voz. durante a infância, ela foi criticada por não atingir determinadas notas e, até hoje, é a primeira a se autoavaliar de maneira muito crítica. ⸻ nos raros momentos de folga, ivy gosta de bordar. é um hobby que ela começou durante as gravações de fire and blood, quando precisava de algo para manter as mãos ocupadas entre as cenas longas. ⸻ ivy tem um grupo de fãs leais que a acompanham desde hana moon, e ela costuma reconhecer alguns nomes ou rostos em eventos e online. ⸻ quando está sozinha, ivy se refugia assistindo musicais clássicos como o mágico de oz e cantando na chuva.