#times magazine

[theerastour]

Times Magazine 2023 Person of the Year: "can I bring my cat."

[luxuriascloset]

Scarlett Johansson for Times Magazine, July 2024.

[melauhh]

📍 Barcelona, 2024

🎞️ Olympus MJU II

[theromaboo]

I've been looking at this map of the Roman Empire for a long time and I still have no idea what the fuck is going on with it. This is literally from Time Magazine. There is no way they can screw up so badly with a map.

So the red means "at death of Julius Caesar." Does that mean the land Rome had at the death of Caesar? No it can't mean that, because Roman land during 44 BC was certainly not made up entirely of Egypt, North Spain, and a bit of Central Europe. Rome didn't even have those yet.

Maybe it means land that was acquired after the death of Julius Caesar and before the death of Augustus? If they meant that, I think they should've said that, but it doesn't matter. If that's what they meant, it seems to make some sense.

So the orange means "at death of Augustus Caesar." They certainly didn't have all that in the East at the death of Augustus! So maybe it means land that was acquired after the death of Augustus and before the death of Trajan? Which (not including the Britain-sized elephant in the room) seems to make some sense.

But the brown means "at death of Trajan." What does that mean now? The Romans certainly did not acquire Italy after Trajan died! This ruins the entire pattern I was setting up!

I thought maybe the colors were just mismatched, but I have no idea how to match them back up. I thought maybe orange was supposed to mean "at death of Trajan," and red was supposed to mean "at death of Augustus," and that seems okayish enough (cough cough except britain).

But the brown can't mean "at death of Caesar," because they didn't have that much Britain in 44 BC! Or that much Germany.

(I'm just going to ignore how the Roman Empire is depicted as having both all that Britain and all that Germany at the exact same time... maybe the map is just depicting the land in Germany to be permanent to make it more simple. But if the color of lands acquired is supposed to change at Augustus' death, then Germany and Britain can't be the same color!)

Now that I look closer, what's that Galatia-shaped hole doing there in the East? Why isn't it colored in at all?

But, the brown. What's going on with the brown? Is there supposed to be an extra color? I think the brown was likely supposed to be "at death of Julius Caesar," but then someone fumbled by adding all that extra land especially in North-West Europe.

Maybe I figured it out? What the map is trying (poorly) to say? Brown is (attempting to be) death of Caesar. Red is (mostly) death of Augustus. And orange is (mostly) death of Trajan? Which is absolutely not what the key says but oh well.

But, if I'm right, how did all that slip through the cracks? How did someone make a map so poorly? How did everyone who looked it over give the green light? I must be misunderstanding what the map is trying to say. It's probably obviously correct to everyone else.

But, there's no way I'm the problem. What Roman Empire growth map shows Italy and Britain as the same color, but Egypt as a different color? I just don't understand what happened. Who made that map?

[felicity-rose-jones]

Felicity Jones, 2019

[user08762662727272]

Times decided to name taylor swift the person of the year because she has a popular music career (and I say this with as much as respect as possible), not Plestia or Motaz Or Bisan who risk their lives in the midst of b0mbings, d@sth and destruction to show the world what Palestine is going through and to fight for their country, but no, a white lady with a successful music career deserves to be the person of the year. Once again, no hate to Taylor swift but it had to be said.

[soovermyself]

[onetimetwotimesthreetimess]

Times Person Of The Year Russia Invaded Ukraine

Times Person Of The Year Palestinians are going through a genocide

A BIG FUCK YOU TO TIMES MAGAZINE

Here are a few alternatives to person/people of the year

GO FUCK YOURSELF TIMES MAGAZINE AND ANYONE WHO CHOOSES TO STAY SILENT WHILE BEING NOMINATED/WINNING THIS AWARD

[op1umkat]

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[topnotchquark]

Vale never got mentioned on the times list of 100 most influential people in the world ever just goes on to show the list ain't shit tbh.

[megaruquin]

HELP IM LITERALLY DYING OVER THIS

[theerastour]

POTY 2023

[candlesenthusiast]

am i being totally insufferable and have made both my mum and my best friend look at and read the time’s magazine for david tennant? yes, i absolutely have

[foreverylie]

THERE’S A SNAKE NEXT TO “TAYLORS VERSON”

@shallyne

[akechi-if-he-slayed]

apush teacher let me borrow his hamilton magazine.

[andshecrieswolf]

Regarding Taylor Swift being crowned Times Person of the Year:

As a huge swiftie, I can acknowledge that she has had a massive impact on the music industry as well as the economies of more than one country, and in the same breath i can say her silence on a literal genocide happening before our eyes is deafening.

Sure, simply as a pop culture figure, she doesn't have any obligation to choose a political side, but she's not just an artist and this is not about simply choosing a side.

There are no sides here. Children, some of whom aren't even a year old are littered on the streets of Gaza. Hundreds of thousands are dead, nearly a half of them younger than 25.

Taylor has undoubtedly done a lot this year for the music industry but what the reporters, medicos and firefighters have done for Gaza is far more important than anything else at this stage. They are on the frontlines, they are at the most risk of dying anytime, and yet they are still there, still fighting, still giving, and if that doesn't make them the most profoundly selfless people on the planet I don't know what else will.

Taylor has chosen to remain silent on this topic, which means she's neutral, she isn't taking sides, and she will go down in history for remaining silent when she could have done so much more with the massive platform she has. She could've posted a simple video urging people to donate to Gaza's relief fund, to hold the politicians responsible to be accountable, to simply join protests in solidarity with Palestine and she has done nothing and that is a shame she has to bear for the rest of her life.

This goes for all kinds of celebrities who think that remaining neutral will somehow help them maintain their fanbase and not poison people against them, but this is greater than their fragile hold on parasocial relationships with regular people.

I love Taylor's music, it has saved me in a literal sense. But all this shows her 'journey' to become an 'activist' is nothing but a big joke which paints her as the poster girl for white feminism which she uses and discards only when it suits her capitalist interests.