#western affair

[starbodii]

[bebemoon]

look for the name: TARA

magda butrym sheer floral tattoo printed gown in grey print

givenchy "voyou" floral leather shoulder bag, s/s 2o23

western affair "spotlight silver" leather heels w/ silver metal spikes

tokyomilk "ice queen no. 73" eau de parfum

floating world "demon tail" handmade sterling silver earrings

[fashion-boots]

Brooke Candy in busted brand catsuit and Western Affair boots

[namtans-jean-jacket]

i just think that more american lesbians need to watch thai gl series so that we as a collective can stop hoping that hollywood will suddenly respect us

so in pursuit of that, I've put a few recs in the tags

[politijohn]

Source

[workersolidarity]

Politico defending LITERAL WWII Nazis.

Politico seriously suggests there is "nuance" around Yaroslav Hunka's joining of the Nazi 14th Waffen SS Grenadier Division (1st Galicia) to fight the Soviet Union and, like Canadian commentators over the last few days, suggests no war crimes were committed by this Division.

That's COMPLETE AND UTTER LUNACY.

The Nazi Germany 14th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS was NOTORIOUS for SLAUGHTERING their way through Ukraine, enthusiastically participating in the genocide of Poles, Roma, Jews, and Socialists/Communists

These people are manipulating history and your ignorance of it to make Nazis go from black and white obvious evil, to shades of grey in which you're not "expert" enough to have an opinion on, thereby weakening efforts to expose fascist ideology being integrated into Western society.

[the-brave-and-the-dumb]

Ok but like I feel like people, especially living in the West kinda don't understand how difficult the situation in Ukraine is, especially given how little information we have about the real victims rate.

It is possible, close to certain say some, that in 2025 Russian and Belarusian military will try to attack other countries and many people here totally are making plans where to hide and preparing for the worst.

The West won't be affected as in bombed or having Russians roaming through their citizen's houses, commiting atrocities so it's easy to forget and ignore but it's a huge mistake to do that.

Supporting Ukraine is vital for the whole Europe and United States and I want you all to remember that, pushing your politicians to take any possible action.

[communistkenobi]

playing more horizon forbidden west and Aloy being like “your peacekeepers look a lot like warriors to me” is so funny and so indicative of a liberal understanding of a gotcha. how do you think peace is enforced

[loving-n0t-heyting]

Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer met with opposition leader Yair Lapid on Wednesday, where he told him that chants supporting Hamas, including calls like “from the river to the sea,” will become a criminal offense in Austria.

I love hate speech, i love misinformation, and i love political extremism!

[sanctiphera]

I thought that the mantra of most western worlds was ‘we don't negotiate with terrorists.’ So why is everyone expecting Israel to negotiate with them?

[browsethestacks]

5 Random Atlas Comics

[triviareads]

Nisha Sharma is doing THE MOST to romanticize Indian clothes and jewelry in Marriage and Masti and I'm loving it so far— the mangalsutra, choora, him draping her dupatta for her, the chiming of her anklets while he's like, UNDER her lehenga skirt, him helping her with her baliyan earrings afterwards........

[coochiequeens]

This Veterans Day don't let the media gloss over the women that served

By Lori Tobias | For The Oregonian/OregonLive

Ask most any of the 26,000 female Oregon military veterans about invisibility and not only will she know exactly what you are talking about, she’ll no doubt have a story or two of her own. That includes Dr. Nakeia Council Daniels, interim director of Oregon’s own Department of Veterans’ Affairs. Daniels said she didn’t even realize she was considered a veteran after servingin the U.S. Army from 1998 to 2003.

“I do not recall the word actually being used when I was processing out of the military,” Daniels said. “I remember the word civilian being used quite often in transition. There were no images of women. When I saw veterans, I saw older white men who had wartime paraphernalia on their headgear or on their clothing. Culturally, women have historically been disconnected. We don’t see ourselves as women veterans. I actually thought you had to be a certain age to be a veteran.”

Stories like Daniels are what inspired the “I Am Not Invisible” traveling photo exhibit created in 2017 by the Oregon Department of Veterans Affairs (ODVA) to “raise awareness and visibility of the women as veterans in Oregon.” This week, the exhibit is on display at Western Oregon University in Monmouth.

The idea for the exhibit grew out of a conversation with the Portland State University Veterans Resource Center, said Nicole Hoeft, ODVA Strategic Communications Division director. Oregon women veterans coordinator Elizabeth Estabrooks and PSU Veterans Resource Center director Felicia Singleton were in a meeting with women veterans discussing the veterans’ sense of feeling invisible. And from there, “I Am Not Invisible” was born.

“We wanted to make sure that we had a diverse group of women from all eras as well as positions and branches of service so that we could try to make sure that we had a photo or bio that would resonate with a majority of the other women that would be seeing this,” Hoeft said.

"Culturally, women have historically been disconnected. We don’t see ourselves as women veterans. I actually thought you had to be a certain age to be a veteran,” said Dr. Nakeia Council Daniels, interim director of Oregon’s Department of Veterans’ Affairs.Courtesy of Oregon Department of Veterans' Affairs

“When we go through the gate at the Portland National Air Guard, they look at my husband and expect him to give his card and don’t expect me to. And I outrank him. It never occurs to them that I am the officer,” says Mary Mayer, who retired as a colonel after serving for more than 30 years in the U.S. Air Force.Courtesy of Oregon Department of Veterans' Affairs

Liz Estabrooks, ODVA’s first women's veteran coordinator, and Sen. Jeff Merkley review the exhibit in Washington, D.C., in 2017.Courtesy of Oregon Department of Veterans' Affairs

The women veterans it resonates with include ODVA advisory board member, Mary Mayer. Like Daniels, Mayer also knows what it’s like to feel invisible, though she notes, “invisible means different things to different people.” In her case, it often also meant disrespected.

In 1972, Mayer went to Lackland Air Force Base for officer training, “It was the first time I met our squadron and one guy comes up to me and he says, ‘What are you doing in my man’s Air Force?’” Another time, Mayer needed help learning to march, a skill necessary to be an officer, but the drill instructor refused her request, hoping Mayer would “wash out.” It’s not only the obvious insults, like the lower ranking officer who refused to salute a woman, but the day-to-day slights, even in full dress uniform.

“Initially, we had black coats and white coats, kind of like a tuxedo, and I don’t know how many times I would have the white coat on and they thought I was the waiter,” Mayer recalled. “Another person thought I was a bus driver.” Retired as a colonel after serving for more than 30 years in the U.S. Air Force, Mayer still feels the sting. “When we go through the gate at the Portland National Air Guard, they look at my husband and expect him to give his card and don’t expect me to. And I outrank him. It never occurs to them that I am the officer.”

The issue of visibility isn’t only a lack of recognition but of access to benefits and resources, Daniels said. “This campaign gets right to the heart of education, outreach and awareness, not just to women veterans, but to the next generation that follows and to those military connected families … a way to reach out and ensure that in Oregon, all veterans are accessing their benefits and resources.”

It’s been more than six years since the “I Am Not Invisible” exhibit launched at the Portland Art Museum in February 2017. Mayer, who served on the Advisory Committee to the ODVA, recalled the opening day.

“The room was packed,” Mayer said. “Everyone was very moved. I mean, even the men. It was amazing. We were being seen for the first time. We really mattered.”

Since then, the exhibit has been replicated by the VA’s Center for Women Veterans, as well as dozens of state veterans groups. It was also on display in Washington, D.C., in the rotunda of the Russell Senate Office Building. It opened at the Western Oregon University in Monmouth on Monday and will be on campus through Nov. 11. It can also be seen at the Oregon Department of Veterans Affairs website and in a video presentation at the Pacific Maritime Heritage Center.

“We are extremely, extremely proud of the advocacy that this exhibit has been able to carry on not only for just the first few months, but for six years now,” Hoeft said. “To date, there have been thousands of people that have seen thousands of women veterans’ photos attached to the “I Am Not” Invisible campaign. … We are very, very proud of this whole engagement and our partnerships now with the federal VA and the other state VAs who are also replicating this exact campaign.”

— Lori Tobias, for The Oregonian/OregonLive

[unhonestlymirror]

What's the strongest yet the fragilest thing in the world? Human ego.

Especially when this ego was raised among lack of education.

[workersolidarity]

🇨🇵 French President Emmanuel Macron Has Announced the Recall of the French Ambassador to Niger, Says Military Cooperation with the West African Nation is "Over"

"France has decided to withdraw its ambassador" President Macron told French television in an interview today.

"In the next hours our ambassador and several diplomats will return to France."

Macron added that military cooperation between the two countries was now "over" and French troops would withdraw in the coming weeks and months.

"In the weeks and months to come, we will consult with the putschists because we want this to be done peacefully."

France currently has an estimated 1'500 French soldiers in the Sahel region of Niger.

Previously, the Military junta in Niger had asked the French Ambassador to leave their country and was issued a 48-hour ultimatum to leave or face arrest. Still, the Macron Government refused to recall their ambassador who refused to leave the country of his own accord; a childish episode by an imperialist brat, witnessed the world over.

[cavalierzee]

Africa's Days Of Begging Are Over!