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allenhalsted · 1 year ago

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Classic with a Twist: Elevate Your Style with a White Ruffled Blouse

A white ruffled blouse is a classic wardrobe staple that never goes out of style. Its timeless elegance and feminine charm make it a versatile piece that can be dressed up or down for any occasion. Whether you prefer a polished and sophisticated look or a more relaxed and effortless vibe, a white ruffled blouse can be the perfect addition to your outfit. In this article, we will explore how to elevate your style with a white ruffled blouse, adding a twist of modernity and personality to your ensemble.

1. Pair with Tailored Trousers

For a chic and refined look, pair your white ruffled blouse with tailored trousers. Choose a high-waisted, wide-leg or straight-leg style to create a sleek and elongating silhouette. Tuck in the blouse to accentuate your waistline and add structure to the outfit. Complete the look with a pair of pointed-toe heels or loafers for a sophisticated touch. This combination effortlessly blends classic and contemporary elements, creating a timeless yet modern ensemble.

2. Tuck into a Midi Skirt

Create a feminine and elegant outfit by tucking your white ruffled blouse into a midi skirt. Opt for a pleated, A-line, or pencil skirt in a complementary color or a playful pattern. The contrast between the structured skirt and the soft ruffles of the blouse adds visual interest and creates a balanced look. Finish off the ensemble with heeled sandals or pumps for a touch of sophistication. This pairing is perfect for a brunch date, a garden party, or any occasion where you want to exude grace and style.

3. Layer with a Statement Jacket

Add a contemporary twist to your white ruffled blouse by layering it with a statement jacket. Choose a leather biker jacket, a tailored blazer, or a denim jacket to inject an edgy or casual vibe to your outfit. The juxtaposition of the feminine blouse and the bold jacket creates a striking and fashionable contrast. Complete the look with skinny jeans or cropped pants and ankle boots for a modern and stylish ensemble. This combination is ideal for a night out with friends or a casual weekend outing.

4. Dress it Down with Denim

For a more relaxed and effortless look, pair your white ruffled blouse with denim. Opt for high-waisted jeans, whether they are skinny, straight, or flared, to create a flattering silhouette. Leave the blouse untucked for a carefree feel or do a half-tuck for a hint of structure. Add a pair of sneakers or ankle boots and accessorize with minimalist jewelry to achieve a modern and casual chic aesthetic. This combination is perfect for running errands, casual lunches, or weekend adventures.

5. Play with Patterns and Prints

Elevate your style with a white ruffled blouse by pairing it with patterns and prints. Experiment with bold or subtle patterns, such as floral, stripes, or animal prints, for a playful and eye-catching look. Choose a skirt, pants, or shorts in a pattern that complements the white blouse. The ruffles of the blouse add a soft and feminine touch to the overall ensemble. Complete the look with neutral or complementary colored accessories to maintain balance and allow the blouse to take center stage.

6. Add Statement Accessories

Infuse personality and individuality into your outfit by adding statement accessories to your white ruffled blouse ensemble. Opt for bold and unique pieces such as oversized earrings, a chunky necklace, or a statement belt. These accessories can instantly transform a classic and understated blouse into a fashion-forward and attention-grabbing outfit. Experiment with different textures, colors, and shapes to create a personalized and expressive style statement.

7. Confidence is Key

No matter how you choose to style your white ruffled blouse, remember that confidence is the ultimate accessory. Wear your outfit with pride and embrace your personal style. The elegance and versatility of a white ruffled blouse allow you to express yourself and exude a sense of sophistication and poise. When you feel confident, your style shines through, making any outfit truly exceptional.

In conclusion, a white ruffled blouse is a wardrobe staple that can elevate your style with its classic charm and endless versatility. Whether you choose to pair it with tailored trousers, a midi skirt, or denim, the possibilities are limitless. By adding a twist of modernity through layering, pattern mixing, or statement accessories, you can create a unique and fashion-forward look that reflects your personal style. Embrace the timeless elegance of a white ruffled blouse and let it be a canvas for your creativity and self-expression.

#women's shirt #women's tops #women's tops uk #black triangle bikini top #women's tops and blouses

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thetriumphantpanda · 8 months ago

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freedom felt like summer | joel miller

Summary | Weeks of flirting back and forth with your neighbour Joel all comes to a head when he makes sure every inch of you in covered in suncream.

Pairing | Joel Miller x F!Reader

Word Count | 2.6K

Warnings | Explicit - reader wears a bikini and uses sun cream but is otherwise a blank slate. Alcohol consumption. Swearing, flirting, and dirty talk. Explicit smut - oral (f receiving), fingering, unprotected PiV smut, creampie. No outbreak au and no use of y/n.

Authors Note | We've had a slither of sun in the UK and this is what happens. Big thanks to @undercoverpena for the shorts idea ;) I hope you enjoy! If you do, please consider reblogging, leaving comments or leaving a tip via my Ko-Fi.

Divider by the wonderful @saradika

Main Masterlist | Ko-Fi.

There’s nothing quite like an Austin summer. Hot sun beating down, but with the new pool your parents had built when you’d moved out and their fully stocked fridge of soda and ice, it wasn’t too bad at all.

They’d gone on their annual holiday, two weeks in Mexico, which meant you had two weeks of lounging by the pool, soaking up the sun and bleeding them for their food and drinks. No responsibilities, is what you’d told yourself, laptop shut and job applications waiting, whilst you soaked the sun into your skin and made margaritas too strong once the clock struck 1pm.

The heat across your skin had dried the chlorine water quickly, coconut scented suncream slathered across every inch you could reach, not worrying about your back because it was pressed against the back of the lounger. You’re just started to drift off, eyes closing behind your sunglasses, when a voice jolts you.

“You manage to reach your back with that?”

There’s a small smirk that flashes across your mouth, quickly bitten away by your teeth as you sit up and turn around a little, looking over to the fence where Joel Miller is leaning over, pointing to the bottle of suncream on the small table next to you.

“Hard to reach there when it’s just me,” You shrug, “But it’s okay, it’s not getting any of the sun anyhow.”

He shakes his head and makes a tsk sound with his tongue against his teeth, “Don’t mean you shouldn’t try and cover it,” He says, sounding more like your dad than you’d care to admit, “The sun ain’t gonna look at that lounger and think it can’t burn you.”

“Well, I'm here on my own,” You offer, “Unless you’re gonna volunteer to smear it on my back, Miller, I'm gonna have to risk it.”

You can see him thinking over the fence, wondering if this is a good idea, much like he’s been thinking since you came home - degree done, jobs waiting - he’d flirted with you at your dad’s cookout in honour of you graduating, swapped numbers with you the day your parents left for vacation ‘in case you needed him’, and has spent the last week making any excuse to peek his head over the fence and talk to you, specifically when you’re out in your bikini, mostly when you’re dripping wet from coming out of the pool.

He holds his finger up and then disappears from view, only to come back seconds later through the gate at the bottom of your garden that connects your land with his. Your dad had been weary of it at first, but as soon as he’d met Joel, they’d hit it off, and now the gate is used more than the front door when they want to drink together.

He’s dressed simply, a pair of jeans and a worn t-shirt. Too stifling for you, you think, but you know he’s spent most of his life on building sites, so he must be used to the heat of the sun on his skin. Joel comes to a stop near the small table, but instead of picking up the bottle of cream, he opts for the half-empty glass of margarita you’d made not too long ago. He takes a sip and makes a face, which makes you laugh.

“Never understand how you women like this stuff.”

Setting the glass down, he picks up the bottle of cream and flips the lid, motioning for you to sit up, which you do, turning on the lounger so your back is facing him. The bottle of cream is really on its last legs, coming to the very end, so you can hear the bottle express more air than cream the first time he squeezes it. You hear him rubbing his hands together and then feel him step a little closer to your back.

“Ready?” He asks, voice low, to which you nod your head.

Then his hands are on you and it’s better than you ever had thought. They’re rough against your skin, but the way they’re gliding across your back is gentle. His hands drag the cream down your spine to the band of your bikini top, before he’s working it into your skin, all the way up to the nape of your neck. You can feel your head tipping forward, struggling to stifle a groan when you feel him gently shift one of the straps of your top down so he can bring the cream up and over your shoulders, his hand big enough that his fingers brush your collarbone. He repeats his actions on the other side, making sure to bring the straps back up when he’s done, then he gives your shoulder a gentle squeeze.

“All done.”

“You’re a professional at that, Miller,” You praise, “Spend a lot of time rubbing suncream into girls backs, do you?”

“All the time.” Is his dry response as you move to lay back down.

When you turn your head, he’s already walking away.

“You can stay,” You offer, “If you’ve got nothing else to do.”

He stands still for a second before he turns over his shoulder, “Let me change and then I’ll come back.”

He’s doing this on purpose, you think, as you watch him glide under the water again, head dipping up as his arms work him down the pool where he comes to a stop, taking wet hands to slick his hair back from his forehead.

“You ever thought of having your own built?” You ask, sipping from the fresh margarita you’d made.

He shakes his head, “Thought about it a fair bit when Sarah was younger but now it would be wasted on me,” He explains, “Besides, I can always come and use yours,” You watch him bend his knees a little in the water so his chest is submerged, “Kinda hot out there, why don’t you come in a cool off.”

Joel has a point, even though it’s mid-afternoon now, the heat is still just as strong as it was when it was midday, so you drag yourself as carefully as you can manage off the lounger and plop yourself down on the side of the pool, dipping your legs in as Joel swims over. You expect him to stop, but he doesn’t, just puts his big palms on your upper thighs and spreads your legs wide, settling himself between them. You lean back, palms against the warm stone behind you, and push your sunglasses onto your head so he can see your eyes.

“Finally gonna make your move, huh?” You ask, eyebrow raised.

“Somethin’ like that.”

His palms are dragging up your thighs, resting on the band of your bikini bottoms, looking up at you like he’s waiting for permission, which you gladly give with a nod of your head. His fingers are hooking into the waistband and dragging down, you lift your hips to make it easier for him, and watch as he steps back in the water to drag them down your legs, leaving them forgotten on the side of the pool as he spreads your thighs wide. You’re not even think about the neighbours on the other side as you watch him, eyes focused on your bare cunt in front of him.

“Like what you see, Miller?” You ask, with a smirk, reaching your hand down your body, using two fingers to gently spread your folds in front of his face, dragging one up the length of your pussy to play with your clit.

You swear he growls at you, big hand gripping your wrist to drag your hand away from your core. He steps back between your thighs and uses the hand not gripping your wrist to push you back a little. Then his mouth is pressing hot kisses to your thighs, working up and across your tummy, back down the other side until you’re squirming and ready to beg.

You can feel the back of his knuckles drag up and down the folds of your cunt, “You gonna be wet if I touch you?” He asks, tone low.

“Why don’t you find out.”

So he does, using a single finger to dip between your folds, dragging down gently until he’s pressing it into your cunt, easy because you are in fact already dripping for him. You feel him work his finger in and out of you, before he’s adding a second and curling them up inside you at just the right angle to have your head tipping back and a moan dropping from your mouth.

“Gotta be quiet, Darlin’,” Joel speaks, “Do you want next door knowin’ what you’re up to?”

You’re about to come back with some smart retort when he leans forward and uses the tip of his tongue to flick gently against your clit, making it all the more harder to keep your moans at bay. Joel continues the light flick of his tongue against you whilst his fingers more in and out of your cunt, until he switches things up and wraps his lips around your clit, suckling it into his mouth whilst his fingers remain buried deep inside you, curling up in a ‘come hither’ motion to caress that perfect spot inside you.

Your hands fly to his hair, tangling deep in his chocolate curls, keeping his face flush to where he’s working you towards the edge.

“Jesus fucking Christ, Joel,” You breathe out, “Don’t stop, please, I’m gonna come.”

At your words, he doubles down, moving his fingers faster inside of you, sucking at your clit with more vigour. He pushes you over the edge easily, easier than anyone ever has before, legs shaking, skin alight, a silent scream sent forth to the sky as his mouth works you through it. Your body feels like jelly when he finally pulls away from you, but there’s enough energy left through your body that you can pull your legs from the water and get up onto your knees.

“Get out of the water, cowboy,” You murmur, bending down to press your lips to Joel’s, tasting yourself on his mouth, “I wanna fuck.”

You push yourself back from him, shuffling back to let him pull himself out of the water. His swim shorts are wet, rivulets of water dripping into pools at his feet, but all your eyes can really focus on is the outline of his cock through his wet shorts. He’s hard and from what you can tell, he’s big. It makes your mouth water, makes you want to wrap your lips around it, but it seems like he has other ideas for you. He’s dragging you up from your knees, walking you over to the low patio chairs, where he sits himself down on one and promptly drags you onto his lap, your thighs wide as they straddle him in the chair.

Your naked pussy is dragging against the wet bulge of his jeans, his hands moving your hips as you lean down again to kiss him, the endless flirting and build up over the last few weeks finally coming to a head as you let your tongue run against his, his hands lifting your hips a little so he can reach between the two of you to pull his shorts down just enough to free his cock.

You can feel the thick line of him running through your folds, wide head of his cock brushing against your clit as he moves, making you moan into his mouth just as he pulls away.

“You wanna sit on it?” He asks lowly, hands moving back to grip your bare ass, spreading you wide.

“I do.”

“Go on then, darlin’,” He speaks, “Show me what you’re made of.”

He helps raise your hips, letting you reach between the two of you to grip his cock, lining him up with your seeping entrance, sinking down just enough to let the tip of his cock notch into you. You lean your forehead against his, both damp with sweat, and revel in the fact that his mouth drops open in a sigh of pleasure just at the same time as yours does. You ease yourself down onto his cock a little more, letting the slight burn and stretch of him easing in, inch by inch, set your skin aflame.

You still once you’ve sunk down fully onto him, letting yourself get used to his length nestled inside you. You feel your cunt fluttering around him, and you know he can feel it too, his teeth sinking into his bottom lip when you start lifting yourself off him and sink back down.

“Shit, baby,” He breathes, leaning up to catch your mouth with his briefly, “You’re so fuckin’ tight.”

He makes you smile when he says things like that, it makes you bold, makes you lift up on him, almost all the way, and then sink back down, but harder and faster than before. As you move, Joel lets go of his grip on your ass and brings them to your bikini top, slipping the straps down, then pulling the material over your tits. He leans down, sucking a nipple into his mouth, rolling his tongue against it until it’s a stiff peak, switching sides to give the same attention to the other.

Once he’s given enough attention to your tits, he takes your hips in his hands, guiding your movements from bouncing to grinding, his cock sitting right within the depths of you as you move backwards and forwards on him. Joel brings a hand between you, using his thumb to draw rough circles over your clit.

“I need to feel you,” He breathes against your skin, “Need to feel you come on my cock.”

“Just…” You breathe right back, “Don’t stop, keep doing that, I’m right there.”

Joel leans up, mouth hot against the skin of your neck as he starts to suck at your skin, tip of his cock brushing just perfectly against that spot inside you as the familiar feeling at your spine builds and builds until it’s crashing over you. You bury your head in his neck, damp with sweat and the remnants of pool water, letting out the quietest moan you can manage as your pussy pulls tight around his length and you feel yourself gush against him, his thumb continuing to work you through the aftershocks of your orgasm.

“You gotta tell me where,” He mutters urgently, “I’m close baby, where do you want me.”

“Inside,” You beg against his skin, realising it was muffled, you turn your head and speak again, “Inside me Joel, please.”

It only takes a few more deep grinds of your hips before he’s gripping your hips tight to keep you still, spilling inside you, warmth spreading through your cunt and as groans your name quietly, so as not to alert the neighbours as to what they just missed in your backyard.

He pulls you close, arms wrapping around your lower back, both of you catching your breath for a moment. You press a kiss to his chest, nuzzling your face into his warm skin as his softening cock slips from your tight heats. You can feel the trickle of his cum down your inner thigh, but make no effort to move, enjoying the feeling of his arms around you.

“Same time tomorrow?” You mumble against his skin.

“Same time tomorrow, baby.”

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kneesofpoultry · 9 months ago

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So, ages ago, I saw (as I'm sure a lot of us did) THIS post about the Middle Eastern, men-only cover of The Sims 2. I kind of thought it was a hoax, mostly due to the crazy high price tag and the fact that I'd genuinely never heard of it before. But a couple of replies on that original post had owned that copy or seen it before.

Anyway, a few weeks ago I'm searching through ebay for the thick Sims 2 expansion pack cases when I find a listing from the UK for around $70AUD, with three expansion packs and, the best part, a version of The Sims 2 base game with the all male cover! I'm happy to say it wasn't a scam and it arrived today, photos below.

More photos and comparisons under the cut:

Left is the all-men cover(a 2009 copy according to the box), right is an Australian version (2006). I think my favourite part about this difference is how the guy in a brown shirt on the very left is the same in both copies, he just doesn't have the woman with him anymore.

(When I say "Australian Copy", I mean sold in Australia. I'm about 90% sure most copies of the sims 2 have either this cover, or the later produced cover with additional sims, such as an alien and a man in black, on it)

The back of the cases, left being the all-men cover, right being the Australian 2006 copy. There are more differences here, notably almost all of the women are gone except for the scientist lady in the top right. The sim in Create-A-Sim is a man on the Middle Eastern copy, the children in the top left are different. The poolside hang out on the 2006 copy had women in bikinis in it, but the Middle Eastern copy instead has a photo of men reacting to a kitchen fire. The women in the centre are gone (once again leaving brown-shirt guy maidenless) and replaced with a butler, a feature that isn't even present in the sims 2 base game. Both the image of the villa and the Grim Reaper have been removed from the Middle Eastern copy.

Inside of both cases. Interestingly, the Middle Eastern copy (bottom) has women on the disc, but the top 2006 copy is just a plain blue disc. I haven't read the manuals to compare them extensively but both seem to have the same information, just in a slightly different order. The Middle Eastern manual is thicker as it has both an English section and an Arabic section.

I won't be able to install this base version onto my pc due to catchment, but if you did play this version please let me know if there were any differences! Thank you for reading along with me, I hope you found this as interesting as I did.

#the sims 2 #the sims #the sims 2 middle eastern copy #anyway yeah im going insane

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mast3rofnonee · 7 months ago

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0:Height- 5'10/11

1:Virgin?- yes

2:Shoe size-11

3:Do you smoke?-no

4:Do you drink?-no

5:Do you take drugs?-no

6:Age you get mistaken for- 18

7:Have tattoos? -yes but no

8:Want any tattoos? -yesssss

9:Got any piercings? -yes (septum)

10:Want any piercings?-eyebrow, nose stud vertical labaret, belly, and my all of my ears

11:Best friend?- yes but not really (i literally fell out with my bestie of four years. Lmk for a storytime)

12:Relationship status- takennn

13:Biggest turn ons- intellectual/intelligence, funny, kinda really mean, big nose(s), and height (ntm tho)

14:Biggest turn offs - disrespectful to women (or anyone but mainly women) in ANY way, too sexual, dumb, immature!!

15:Favorite movie- CMBYN

16:I’ll love you if- you let me do weird stuff with you. like weird esoteric off-putting shit.

17:Someone you miss- My bestie, my man.

18:Most traumatic experience- idek know atp tbh but maybe when i got outted and when my parents thought i was doing drugs.

19:A fact about your personality- i am very goofy and a weirdo <3 (no corny stuff lmao)

20:What I hate most about myself- mouth lol

21:What I love most about myself- face, personality mainly tho

22:What I want to be when I get older- psychiatrist/forensic scientist

23:My relationship with my sibling(s)- good!!

24:My relationship with my parent(s) - fine. (dad), my mother im pretty close to id say.

25:My idea of a perfect date- picnic by a waterfall in a secluded forest in a cute bikini and fresh fruit with a charcuterie board with a speaker playing my music.

26:My biggest pet peeves- chewing with your mouth open, "ALPHA MALE" men, self centered people, being that try and force stuff on you (cough cough), being greedy, MEAN PEOPLE!

27:A description of the girl/boy I like- short king(lmao), curly hair, chubby, nerdy. (my bf)

28:A description of the person I dislike the most- normal height, afro hair, lightskin, crooked teeth, huge boobs.

29:A reason I’ve lied to a friend - she would get mad at the truth ( dont do that anymore idgaf)

30:What I hate the most about work/school - teachers.

31:What your last text message says- idk

32:What words upset me the most- "youre not my _ anymore " idek i have sm

33:What words make me feel the best about myself- youre so beautiful, i can trust you, i love you.

34:What I find attractive in women- basically everything if i find them attractive. but even if not, i still like everything, ( i think women are the most gorgeous creatures on earth)

35:What I find attractive in men - big noses, body hair (hear me out), freckles, messy (long) hair / curly hair, pretty eyes, long eyelashes, thighs, ass, arms/ hands.

36:Where I would like to live- Countrysides in the medteranian (idk if italy counts), UK/ireland/scotland/iceland (idk if italy counts), any big city in western europe, NYC, brasil, or somwhere in washington state!!

37:One of my insecurities- my height sometimes, stretch marks sometimes.

38:My childhood career choice- archaeologist.

39:My favorite ice cream flavor- coffee

40:Who wish I could be- if i had to Zendaya.

41:Where I want to be right now- anywhere i would like to travel to, just anywhere, in a cute outfit with my favorite DILF.

42:The last thing I ate- whole grain crackers.

43:Sexiest person that comes to my mind immediately- Pedro Pascal and then after that one of my DILF teachers (teehee)

44: A random fact about anything- In WWII during the blitz in the UK, they shipped all of the children to the countryside of Britain to protect them.

#lana del rey #female hysteria #femcel #feminine hysteria #girl interrupted #girl interupted syndrome #girlblogging #idk how to tag this #just girly things #lana del ray aesthetic

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djuvlipen · 2 years ago

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Religion, Roma and Misogyny

So I've been meaning to make a post on Roma and religion but I don't know how to properly put my thoughts into words. But basically:

The Evangelical Christian faith is the fastest growing religious movement among Roma

Nowadays, about a third of European Roma are Evangelical Christians (x)

The movement is particularly popular in Spain and in France (x, x), but also in the UK (x,x) and in the Balkan (x, x)

Evangelical missionaries convert Roma by spreading lies about our origin. A common talking point is that Roma actually don't come from India but from Israel. That kind of misinformation is pretty bad because Roma should be aware of our actual history if we want to fight for our rights and for properly educating our children about our past. This talking point also often comes accompanied with anti-Indian racism and anti-Palestinian racism. It also leads to images like these, which are not statements of solidarity but rather, an attempt at blurring Romani identity and conceiling our true origins:

Evangelical missionaries are one of the leading causes of the disappearance of traditional Romani beliefs and cultural practices: fortune telling, saints worship (including the worship of Saint Sara e Kali, a protective figure whose worship among Roma can be traced back to the year 1000, when we left India)

Evangelical missionaries are not only setting back Romani rights by promoting cultural assimilation, they are also actively spreading homophobia and misogyny among Romani communities...

which is clearly bad considering LGB Roma and Romani women are already treated so bad in the community

Here is a list of things I have personally heard or read from Romani evangelical (straight) men:

Homosexuality is an abomination and homosexual Roma should be stoned to death

No self respecting Romani person can be homosexual, if you are both Romani and gay you have to be thrown out of your community

Self respecting Romani girls and women can't wear skirts or shorts or show their knees

Romani girls and women shouldn't be allowed to wear swimsuits in front of men, including in front of their brothers, father and grandfather, lest they be labelled "whores"

Romani women should listen to their husbands and not take decisions. They should cook for their husband, clean for their husband, and remain in the household while their Romani husband works

If you are a Romani woman or an LGB Roma and you want to assert your rights, then you're not really Romani, you are actually white or you have been corrupted by white culture. No Romani woman or LGB would be so assertive or stand up for themself

Here is a list of behaviour and events I have personally seen and witnessed from Evangelical Roma:

An effeminate Romani traveler (male teenager) was making tiktoks about his life as a Romani traveler, pretty casual and chill videos. His comment section got flooded by comments from Evangelical Roma saying: if I were your mother I would be ashamed; if I were your dad I would beat you up so badly; your parents should throw you out; your behaviour is so shameful, I'm ashamed by the youngest generations of Roma. They also spammed homophobic slurs in Sinti language and in my country's official language. Please note that there was no indication this teenager was homosexual, he just had an effeminate voice and mannerisms.

Last summer, a young gitana (Spanish Romani) woman posted a tiktok in which she was wearing a bikini. She was harassed by young Romani men for a week, calling her a whore, a slut, and shameful. They said her father and brother must be feeling so ashamed by her behaviour. That woman eventually made a tiktok defending her right to wear a bikini because she was still unmarried, thus implicitly conceding that a married Romani woman should cover herself.

An old Sinti woman and Holocaust survivor was testifying about her time in Auschwitz. She described the behaviour of some of the Sinti women she was sharing her barrack with. She said some of them had lesbian relationships. She then said, "that behaviour was so disgusting, and is not something we do in Sinti culture. If us, Sinti, ever catch one of our women doing this, we would rightfully beat her up. These people should be lynched and dealt with". That woman became an Evangelical after the Holocaust and said that God helped her and our people survived the genocide.

TL;Dr, I hate Evangelical Christians. They are homophobes and misogynists that make the lives of Romani women and LGB even harder. They are advocating for restricting Romani women's rights and for the murder of LGB Roma. This is happening all over Europe – including in Western Europe, where it is supposedly soooo easy to be gay or a woman. The Evangelical faith is a disaster for us. Yet it is one of the most widespread religion among Roma, and no one knows it because it's barely documented or covered by media. You can't support Romani women's and LGB rights if you support religion, and the evangelical one first and foremost

#Roma #Anti Religion #Homophobia #Misogyny #cultural misogyny

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zalrb · 5 months ago

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Anon-requested Love Island USA Review - Episode 1 (out of, like, 6 million)

PEOPLE, there are only so many frolicking in bikini intercuts I can TAKE.

I was going to make a joke but then realized that people would probably get offended and not realize when I'm intentionally being an asshole (it's happened!) so moving on.

"If he's tiktok famous" oh honey, no.

This set looks like a sensory nightmare, jesus.

This entire show is a sensory nightmare tbh.

The voiceover is SO WEIRD, lol, what IS this show?

So. MUCH. S C R E A M I N G.

Are the ladies excited?? I THINK THEY'RE EXCITED. BE EXCITED! *SCREAMS*

A triple Leo??? Girl.

Oh my god, the men are going to be insufferable as SHIT.

Every reality show needs one "military brat". It's the law.

LMAO she said her credit score and that she pays her taxes on time, I respect it because I do not.

Oh! One Sagittarius. Lol, I hope I like her.

Oh, so someone from VPR is the host of this show? Worlds collide. Or anon suggestions anyway.

Meanwhile my cat is just knocking shit down. You had all day, but you chose 2 in the morning?

Every time I see the male contestants on these shows, they look AI-generated.

WHY IS THERE A VOICE OVER MAKING CORNY COMMENTARY? I am SO confused.

Kendall, Kordelle, Coyne, jesus.

IT HAS BEEN TWENTY MINUTES.

Every time they frolic or jump on the spot I just think of them filming.

"I'm a Ken doll, I'm just Ken!" it's like WATCHING a dating app profile.

"I see myself as dangerous! Spicy! Goofy! Nerdy!" YOU'RE JUST THROWING OUT ADJECTIVES.

My parents got divorced so now I have irreversible trauma and commitment issues says every man ever because only they have EVER experienced their parents being divorced, shut UP.

This is either the perfect time or the worst time for me to watch this show, roflmao.

"What are you looking for in a girl?" "I'm looking for someone with a great sense of humour" and ... who doesn't take herself too seriously?? iykyk.

I hate Aaron on principle, he's from North Devon and when I was living in the UK, I was living in a small town in North Devon. NO.

Also he looks like he should be hosting the hunger games idk.

Should I be drunk for. this?

Sir, you think you're on the level to pull a woman who looks like Margot Robbie? If you do not SIT DOWN.

You have three golden retrievers but unfortunately, you are not blonde and he wants Margot Robbie, so. I mean. It's clearly your loss.

Oh, so your personality is your height. Typical.

I am NOT an asshole, I have a chihuahua. Can't argue with that logic.

You're 21, you can JUST drink legally. GO HOME.

Rob, you're dull as shit. You will probably make the most trouble.

Oh, he's been on here before. So. You're a dick.

Last time I slept completely alone, and you deserved that. I know it.

Because you just compared women to snakes.

IT HAS BEEN THIRTY MINUTES.

I will never stop trying to make the girl I'm with laugh and the problem is she's probably begging you to.

This is the LONGEST intro.

Why are you whistling at fireworks though?

MORE SCREAMING.

OK so this whole kissing before you choose who to pair up with, "try before you buy" are all the guys and all the girls going to end up kissing so they can make "informed decisions" otherwise, what?

"Kiss two islanders who give you green flag vibes" well, I would just have to sit down.

The link is buffering, the ancestors are trying to save me.

"Kiss the islander that you think would have the highest body count" lmao they're wrong for that.

"I saw her smile from a mile away and it lit up the whole villa" the villa that looks like a fucking cruise ship.

LOL i know everyone was mad when tall dude picked her up to kiss her because for the guys, how do you beat that and for the ladies, that wasn't you. Lmao rude.

Does Rob know how to imbue his voice with any type of emotion or is he a robot?

Why does everyone want to kiss Rob?

"I'm not wearing panties so don't pick me up" well played.

Three women chose Coye. Oh, the men are maaaaaaaaad.

"We all can't be 6'8." TRY HARDER.

Asking why these three women chose the tallest, most attractive man on that island when all they had to go on was who they found attractive and who they had the best kiss with is the most asinine thing ever. Why do you THINK they chose him? They just really liked the personality he didn't show?

Not choosing the woman you picked up is crazy.

"None of the girls chose to stand on your heart, how are you feeling?" LMAO unnecessarily cruel. OBVIOUSLY none of them chose to stand with him, he's standing ALONE. You can just ask hey bud, how you doing?

"It's just doves all around" I have never heard that, is that a thing?

There's a voting component to this? I have no idea what this show IS LMAO.

This is cOoOoOoOLLLL i mean is it that cool?

oh my god, you live in the city that I'm from? WE BOTH HAD RELATIONSHIPS THAT LASTED FIVE YEARS?? WE ARE SO SIMILAR. calm down.

"You were like Kendall, you're super hot but you're not 6'8 HAHAHAHA" men and their height.

"[Kendall] has a great personality" idk, looks like he's trying to have a great personality rather than just having one.

"Sorry I had to ... ... ... because he's 6'8" that's 1 for the weird narrator.

Just two humble attractive people (one is 6'8) talking about how they're not trying to brag because they're just so humble.

A man who has trust issues, how novel.

"Am I making you nervous?" "Nah, you don't make me nervous." "I don't make you nervous??" JaNa, come on, he's 6'8. He's basically god.

Oh my GOOOOOOOOD THE BRIT DOES NOT KNOW WHAT CHIPOTLE IS.

"I'm kinda basically a vegan." "Oh. My best friend is a vegan." This is the most ABSURD interaction. It's just veganism???

"Aaaand I'll show you my size" i spit out my drink.

So I am 65% sure that Rob is not, in fact, human.

His programming is just feeding him lines pulled from Hinge: What is your passion? What are your special skills? Does not compute. Does not compute.

"He's like a southern, respectable man" no, he just does not have a personality.

"She's a little bit mean but that's good" she has literally said nothing mean? I guess that part was edited out because what is this robot talking about?

They all have to sleep together in one room? OK, some things I saw on twitter are starting to make sense now.

I also feel like this episode has no business being this long.

"So what are your long term goals?" "Like ... explain." "... ... Your goals, long term." LMAO yes.

"The mortgage usually be low but that's because the utilities be high" I'm sorry, what? WHAT? WHO PUT THIS CHILD ON THIS SHOW?

Liv? Who? What exactly IS this show??

It's a blonde Australian. Uh oh, Aaron, is this your true Margot Robbie??

I have nothing against sleeping around I JUST DON'T DO IT. I AM NOT THAT KINDA GIRL.

LMAO. omg i was vibing with hannah but then a blonde walked in and i don't know what to do with myself. fuck off, aaron.

I'm actually glad to have another blonde in the villa. Why, are you an endangered species?

I want a plot twist where Liv hooks up with one of the ladies and they leave the villa together.

"But we do know it's not men in terrible hats." Drag him, narrator.

Maybe he's not a robot, maybe he's a snake. Maybe it's like when nagini was animating bathilda.

LOL if the narrator keeps up with THIS kind of commentary then the voiceover will be less weird to me me.

THEY'RE IN OUR SPOT. You have a spot after one day?

You're crying ALREADY?

Oh my god, I thought it was over. THERE'S TEN MORE MINUTES.

I was humbled. I was just there and no one came out. "You're so attractive, though" but Liv, he is not 6'8.

"I feel like you're really hard to read" because he's not human.

"Well, Leah, you are now single and as you know, it's never good to be single on Love Island" why, will she be burned at the stake?

Every man on this show just doing the blue steel.

OKAY it's done.

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Why do u have to make that comment about the bodysuits??! It’s Simone Biles with the gymnastics team and track and field. Those are arguably the most recognizable and favorite events in the Olympics

This was just a fun lil video and u have to turn it in to a bigger deal than it actually is

Don't be dense. This is NBC. Their women's Olympics coverage prioritizes leotards and bikinis. They promote women's volleyball but not men's. They promote men's basketball but not women's. There's three or four clips of the men's basketball team in this promo. And the women's team is 100% erased. Invisible. Irrelevant.

Sometimes things in life are exactly what they look like. And when it comes to NBC's attitude towards women's sports, well, it's exactly what it looks like. Last Olympics, I had to stream UK and Canadian channels to watch the women's events I wanted to see.

If USABWNT won all their golds while wearing leotards, they'd be the main stars of NBC Olympic coverage. The Australians did that for decades and their women's national basketball team is celebrated throughout their country. So maybe the US should try the onesies. They would absolutely be front and center in NBC promotional videos if they had the onesies

#wnba #usabwnt

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In January 2023, Andrew Tate was alone in a Romanian prison cell. But he hadn’t been abandoned.

“THE WAR ROOM Network has my life completely in order while I’m unjustly detained,” Tate told his legions of followers in January 2023. “I have brothers on the outside who have taken on my responsibilities,” he added.

At the time, the 36-year-old influencer and self-proclaimed misogynist wasn’t surrounded by the sports cars, cigars and bikini-clad women that have become a staple of his online content. The British-American Tate, his brother Tristan and two alleged female accomplices had been arrested and detained in December 2022 on suspicion of a number of alleged crimes, including human trafficking, rape and forming an organised crime group.

None of the allegations have yet been proven in a court of law, while the Tate brothers and their representatives have consistently denied the charges against them.

Despite being formally charged in June 2023, Andrew Tate remains hugely popular. From his home just north of Bucharest, where he was under house arrest until August 2023, Tate continues to post online about the War Room and his other businesses. Tens of thousands of men, if not more, have been estimated to sign up for his online money-making courses. A virtual army bombards social media with clips of Tate’s videos. Millions of devotees take to social media every day to view his content.

Tate’s popularity and influence is a worry to many, including UK educators. Some schools there have provided resources and training to tackle Tate’s influence among young men and boys amidst warnings from teachers that some male students “idolise” Tate and have copied his attitudes, catchphrases and behaviours. A 2022 survey by the investment bank, Piper Sandler, found Tate was among the most popular influencers among US teenagers who participated.

Most media coverage of Tate and his brother Tristan has, understandably, focused on the two men themselves. But, as Tate has previously said, “you won’t go far alone” — a man, in his view, needs “powerful brothers to call on” because “lone wolves are never champions.”

For Tate, some of those ‘brothers”’ are the senior members of his so-called War Room. As he said on Telegram in January 2023: “THE WAR ROOM Network has my life completely in order while I’m unjustly detained. I have brothers on the outside who have taken on my responsibilities”. While there is no evidence these men are involved in any illegal activity – and none are in any way linked to the charges currently laid against the Tate Brothers in Romania – they either promote his ideology, protect his image or appear to participate in some of the activities that make up his personal brand. Several of them have sought to do all this while hiding their real identities.

According to Nina Jankowicz, author of “How to be A Woman Online” and an expert on online abuse, “it is just as important to hold the networks [Tate] built to account as it is to focus on Tate himself” given the influence and following the Tate ideology has gathered in recent years.

Patrik Hermansson, a senior researcher at UK anti-extremism advocacy group Hope Not Hate, said: “We cannot forget that Tate is just one of many people in this sphere.” He added: “Some of them are close to him and appear in his videos, they support him and amplify his views to their own followers.”

Ensuring the War Room audience remains engaged also appears to be a lucrative business, with reports estimating that Tate’s online courses bring him millions of dollars a month. Those who gain access to The War Room, meanwhile, are asked to send US$7,979 (around €7,290 or £6,280) to either a cryptocurrency wallet or a bank account. They are then asked to sign a non disclosure agreement. However, some have spoken out about what they saw there. “The War Room is basically just a bunch of Telegram chats,” one former member claimed in May 2023. “There’s a chat for business…a chat for girls…for money, a chat for freelance, a chat for fitness, and all that stuff.” The same former member said that in-person War Room meetups also took place.

According to several vlog reviews from individuals who say they had access to the War Room, members still need to pay thousands of dollars to be admitted to more ‘elite’ chat rooms after paying their entry fee.

While there are others who are more open about their association with the War Room, Bellingcat has decided to focus on a small number of individuals who have been more cautious about sharing their true identities.

War Room Leaders in the Shadows

1. Joule Sullivan/‘Sartorial Shooter’

One of the War Room’s most prominent representatives is a Dubai-based Australian who goes by the moniker of ‘Sartorial Shooter’.

“I’m here to represent the Tate brothers and the War Room,” he states at the beginning of a July 2023 YouTube interview. He goes on to describe his background: a soldier in the Australian armed forces who then “went into the intelligence world” who has worked across the Middle East and Africa. He further claims that he met the Tates after Andrew “helped out” with an unnamed task in Romania, and then thanked him by taking him to one of “[his] facilities in Ukraine — I have various weapons and tactics training facilities around the world.”

It’s easy to find Sartorial Shooter’s real name with a simple online search — Joule Sullivan, a former director of international security at a global healthcare company. In several interviews online, including in the above from July 2023, interviewers refer to him by name as ‘Joule’, and it has been noted as his full name in a broadcast about Tate’s arrest by Antena 3, a Romanian news channel.

Some of Sullivan’s public comments appear to echo the Tates’ worldview. In August 2022, Vice News visited a War Room event in Romania. In the documentary, Sullivan suggests that it’s acceptable for Tate to use phrases like “my women” and adds that men “at certain levels” can provide for multiple women at the same time. However he also claimed in the same documentary that misogyny was not what the War Room was about and that if anyone exhibited racist or sexist behaviour they would be “out straight away.” In a June 2023 appearance on a popular American podcast — a podcast which just a few weeks later would host a prominent American far-right extremist who openly denied the Holocaust — Sullivan called the Tates “cultural icons leading the fight against wokeism, against modern degeneracy, against all of the perversion we see in western society.”

In a reply to questions from Bellingcat, Sullivan confirmed his identity and stated he was “one of the leaders in the War Room”, mentoring members and running events and seminars. He described the War Room as “a very positive and supportive community of men” that “focuses on all areas of life from fitness to business to nutrition.”

Through the War Room, he said he had “also helped many men come back from very difficult places in their life” and that he had received significant harassment because of his association with Tate. While he acknowledged Tate had made a lot of “negative comments” online, he said he had not seen any indication that he was engaged in any of the crimes alleged against him.

“I am proud of the work that War Room does in supporting men to be the best version of themselves,” Sullivan continued, adding that it was “a valuable community of brothers.”

2. Miles Sonkin/‘Iggy Semmelweis’

Unlike Sullivan, another senior member in the Vice documentary refused to speak on camera — a grey-bearded self-described hypnotist who called himself ‘Iggy Semmelweis,’ the name of a 19th-century Hungarian physician.

In the documentary, Semmelweis is described as “Andrew’s right-hand man” and the “second in command” of the War Room behind Tate himself. On his Twitter account, which has more than 56,000 followers, Semmelweis regularly promotes the War Room, speaks of himself as a senior day-to-day leader, shares content praising the Tates and retweets conspiracist and anti-trans content from prominent far-right Twitter accounts.

“The War Room has never been stronger as it is now,” Semmelweis said in a June 2023 tweet. “Our ranks grow daily as we attract the Best and the Brightest Men from around the world.”

Semmelweis is no newbie to the Tates or, as a scroll through his Twitter feed makes clear, to their worldview. In 2019, Semmelweis tweeted an endorsement of one of Andrew Tate’s ‘webcam courses’, stating that women “exist as assets to be upgraded by MEN.”

In early 2023, anonymous and unverified claims had appeared on Twitter that claimed Semmelweis was actually an American man by the name of Miles Gary Sonkin.

In an effort to verify whether these claims were correct, Bellingcat used several publicly-available, paid and unpaid online search tools to look for the name “Miles Gary Sonkin”. This search revealed a number of potential contact details.

Bellingcat’s journalist entered potential phone numbers revealed by this search into a mobile phone contact book and then checked common social media apps such as WhatsApp and Signal to see if the numbers were attached to any accounts. One of these numbers was attached to a WhatsApp account with a profile photo of a man strongly resembling Semmelweis, alongside a woman herself strongly resembling a woman who has been seen with Semmelweis in War Room promotional videos.

Bellingcat also used TrueCaller, a publicly-available phone contact book app, where users can see who is calling them thanks to shared contact books of other users. We discovered this number was identified on the app as “Miles Sonkin.”

Bellingcat contacted Sonkin on WhatsApp and on Telegram, asking him to confirm his identity and his role within the War Room; though the WhatsApp message was viewed, he had not yet replied by publication. Bellingcat further reached out to multiple War Room email accounts, as well as the Telegram account associated with Tristan Tate’s Telegram channel, to enquire about Sonkin. Though both Telegram messages were viewed, we received no reply. Bellingcat also left a voicemail with the same phone number that had appeared for Miles Sonkin.

3. Jonathan Bowe

In July 2022, Semmelweis stated on Twitter that an anonymous user with the handle ‘@1stPriestWudan’ had been “my Right Hand since the earliest days of The War Room; making possible much of whatever little I have been able to accomplish,” and boasted about how with “the new systems @1stPriestWudan is putting into place The War Room will be capable of serving 10K Men easily”.

The @1stPriestWudan account, as of July 2023, has barely more than 1,000 followers and only a few hundred tweets, many of which are retweets of Andrew Tate and other content supportive of Tate. The account also isn’t shy about sharing misogynistic views. In an exchange with Semmelweis in June 2021, ‘@1stPriestWudan’ mused about why women experiencing menopause were “in the workforce to begin with.”

Later in 2021 the same account wrote that the best way to “fix the [United States] military quick” was to “get rid of women.” The operator of the account claimed to have military experience, stating they were a pilot and, specifically, an “Antarctic Ice Certified Instructor” in another 2021 tweet.

In an attempt to identify who @1stPriestWudan was, we began digging into other potentially useful online content from Tate and his associates.

In the comments to a 2022 Reddit post about Andrew Tate’s car collection, a user linked to a fundraising page for an electric motorbike manufacturer, claiming that Andrew Tate as well as a “war room insider” were listed as team members. While there’s no mention of either on the current page, an archived version from December 2022 shows that Tate and an individual named Jonathan Bowe listed as team members.

Bowe is described on the archived page as “a former United States Air Force Major…[and] Antarctic Ice Landing Instructor” who “supervises Logistics and Event Planning for Tate Ltd., putting on private events worldwide.”

Searching further online for the exact phrase “Antarctic Ice Landing Instructor” revealed another fundraising page for the same manufacturer of electric motorbikes, with both Bowe and Tate mentioned — but, unlike the archived version of the other fundraising page, accompanied by a photo of Bowe.

In the 2023 Vice documentary about Tate’s War Room, there are several scenes featuring a man next to Tate with his face blurred. In the photo below, this man stands to Tate’s right, while Semmelweis stands to Tate’s left.

Despite the blurring, it was easy to find an un-blurred photo of the man standing next to Tate — from the War Room’s own Twitter account in May 2023 which documented the same event.

A photograph of a man who looks like Bowe also appears in a 2019 tweet from Semmelweis. “The Man who makes my visions real in this world,” he tweeted along with a photo of Bowe. “With him at my side we guide, we protect, we conquer.” An archived version of the account tagged by Semmelweis has a profile picture of Bowe, and a description similar to archived versions of ‘@1stPriestWudan’’s account, including referencing themselves as “Hand of Wudan,” “Master of Logistics” and “Chief Cam Technologist.” It appears likely this is an old handle of Bowe’s as the Semmelweis post that included his image was dated to 2019. The new owner of the account set it up in June 2022.

The @1stPriestWudan account, meanwhile, was set up in December 2020. Just five months later, one of Tristan Tate’s previous Twitter accounts tagged four of his “friends” in two photos, including the ‘@1stPriestWudan’ account. Clearly identifiable in one of the photos — as are the other three men, who are identifiable and can be matched up by name to their tagged Twitter accounts — is Jonathan Bowe.

The image itself details an Instagram handle above Bowe’s head rather than the @1stPriestWudan Twitter handle. While the Instagram account is private, Bowe is clearly visible in the profile picture. The name Jonathan also adorns the account, while the profile states: “Former USAF C17/757 EP/IP.” The C-17 is an aircraft that can make ice landings.

Bellingcat asked Bowe via Telegram (both his personal Telegram account and the War Room’s main contact account) as well as via an Instagram message whether he was indeed the owner of the @1stPriestWudan Twitter account, and about his role in the War Room. He did not respond to requests for comment before publication. Bellingcat further reached out to multiple War Room email accounts, as well as the Telegram account associated with Tristan Tate’s Telegram channel, to enquire about Bowe, and to ask that he be made aware of our correspondence. Though the message to Tristan Tate’s Telegram channel was viewed, we received no reply.

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Holidays 7.14

Holidays

Bastille Day (France)

Beh Deinkhlan (Meghalaya, India)

Black Country Day (UK)

Comedy Celebration Day

Corkboard Day

Drukpa Tshechi (Sikkim, India)

Emmeline Pankhurst Day (UK)

Fete Nationale (Guadaloupe, Mayotte, New Caledonia, Reunion, Saint Barthelemy, Saint Martin, Saint Pierre et Miquelon, Wallis and Futuna)

Hondurans’ Day (Honduras)

International Non-Binary People’s Day

International Nude Day

International Sister Cities Day

Lá Cuimhneacháin Náisiúnta (Republic of Ireland)

Mad Pride Day

National Be Nice to Bugs Day

National Break Free From the Big Three Day (Bad Habits, Relationships & Stale Mobile Plans)

National Car Wash Day

National Day of Remembrance for Victims of Honor Based Abuse & Forced Marriage (UK)

National Joey Day

National La Chancla Day

National Marco Day

National Nude Day (New Zealand)

National Psychologist Appreciation Day

National Reese Day

National Tape Measure Day

Pandemonium Day

Quatorze Juillet (France)

Sage Plant Day (French Republic)

Shark Awareness Day

Silver Day (South Korea)

SpongeBob Day

Sunflower Day (Japan)

Tape Measure Day

Unaine Day (Elderly Women’s Day; Kiribati)

Victims of the Nice, France Attack Day

Victoria Day (Sweden)

World Chimpanzee Day

World Orca Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

International Macaroni & Cheese Day

Macaroni Day

M&Ms Argument Day

National Grand Marnier Day

National Mac and Cheese Day

Roasted Chicken Day

2nd Friday in July

Collector Car Appreciation Day [2nd Friday]

Kebab Day [2nd Friday]

Kilburn Feast begins (Yorkshire, England) [2nd Friday thru Sunday]

National Motorcycle Day [2nd Friday]

Sea Festival begins (Jūras Svētki Sākas; Latvia) [2nd Friday]

Wayne Chicken Show begins [2nd Friday thru Sunday]

White Cloud’s Birthday & Tatanka (Bison) Festival begins (North Dakota) [2nd Friday thru Sunday]

World Kebab Day [2nd Friday]

Worldwide Art Day [2nd Friday]

Independence Days

Ijivate of Rikuchar (Declared; 2015; subsequently dissolved) [unrecognized]

Montenegro Statehood Day Holiday (Montenegro)

Republic Day (Iraq)

Feast Days

Birthday of Osiris (Egyptian God of Agriculture)

Boniface of Savoy (Christian; Saint)

Bona-Venture (Christian; Saint)

Camillus of Lellis (Roman Catholic Church, except in the United States)

Cow Appreciation Day (Pastafarian)

Deusdedit of Canterbury (Christian; Saint)

Ellegua’s Day (Pagan)

St. Ferdinand III (Positivist; Saint)

First Sermon of Lord Buddha (Bhutan)

Gaspar de Bono (Christian; Saint)

Goat Appreciation Day (Pastafarian)

Gustav Klimt (Artology)

Humphrey Bogart Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Idus of Leinster (Christian; Saint)

John Keble (Church of England)

Kateri Tekakwitha (a.k.a. Lily of the Mohawks; Christian; Saint)

Libertus (Christian; Saint)

Matariki (Maori New Year; New Zealand)

Nachi Himatsuri (Fire Festival; Japan)

Nicodemus of the Holy Mountain (Christian; Saint)

Procopius (Christian; Saint) [Czech Republic]

Samson Occom (Episcopal Church (United States))

Whamop the Rental Magician (Muppetism)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Sensho (先勝 Japan) [Good luck in the morning, bad luck in the afternoon.]

Umu Limnu (Evil Day; Babylonian Calendar; 32 of 60)

Premieres

Anchor’s Aweigh (Film; 1945)

The Big Sick (Film; 2017)

The Blair Witch Project (Film; 1999)

Brazil, by Jimmy Dorsey (Song; 1939)

The Deathly Hallows, by J.K. Rowling (Novel; 2007) [Harry Potter #7]

Easy Rider (Film; 1969)

The Flying Mouse (Disney Cartoon; 1934)

For Whom the Bell Tolls (Film; 1943)

Foul Play (Film; 1978)

Gunpowder Milkshake (Film; 2021)

Horehound, by The Dead Weather (Album; 2009)

How to Stuff a Wild Bikini (Film; 1965)

Johnny Bravo (Cartoon Series; 1997)

Licence to Kill (US Film;1989) [James Bond #16]

Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One (Film; 2023)

Muppets from Space (Film; 1999)

The Pride of the Yankees (Film; 1942)

The Stan Freberg (Radio Series; 1957)

Venus, by Shocking Blue (Song; 1969)

War for the Planet of the Apes (Film; 2017)

The Wearing of the Grin (WB LT Cartoon; 1951)

When Harry Met Sally (Film; 1989)

X-Men (Film; 2000)

Today’s Name Days

Goswin, Kamilus, Roland (Austria)

Kamilo, Marcelin, Miroslav (Croatia)

Karolína (Czech Republic)

Bonaventura (Denmark)

Joel, Joosua (Estonia)

Aliisa, Alisa (Finland)

Camille (France)

Roland, Camillo, Goswin (Germany)

Akylas, Nikodemos, Nikodimos (Greece)

Ors, Stella (Hungary)

Camillo, Giusto (Italy)

Loreta, Oskars, Ritvars, Selgars (Latvia)

Eigilė, Libertas, Vydas (Lithuania)

Solfrid, Solrun (Norway)

Bonawentura, Damian, Dobrogost, Franciszek, Izabela, Kosma, Marceli, Marcelin, Marcelina, Stella, Ulrych, Ulryk, Ulryka (Poland)

Angelina (Russia)

Kamil (Slovakia)

Camilo (Spain)

Folke (Sweden)

Priscilla (Ukraine)

Alton, Camden, Cameron, Camron, Camryn, Kameron, Kamryn, Ventura (USA)

Cami, Camilla, Camile, Camille, Camillus, Camilo, Came, Kaamil, Kami, Kamil, Kamila, Kamilla, Kamille (Universal)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 195 of 2024; 170 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 5 of week 28 of 2023

Celtic Tree Calendar: Tinne (Holly) [Day 5 of 28]

Chinese: Month 5 (Wu-Wu), Day 27 (Guide-You)

Chinese Year of the: Rabbit 4721 (until February 10, 2024)

Hebrew: 25 Tammuz 5783

Islamic: 25 Dhu al-Hijjah 1444

J Cal: 15 Lux; Oneday [15 of 30]

Julian: 1 July 2023

Moon: 9%: Waning Crescent

Positivist: 27 Charlemagne (7th Month) [St. Ferdinand III]

Runic Half Month: Ur (Primal Strength) [Day 1 of 15]

Season: Summer (Day 24 of 94)

Zodiac: Cancer (Day 24 of 31)

Calendar Changes

July (a.k.a. Quintilis or Iulius; Julian Calendar) [Month 7 of 12]

Ur (Primal Strength) [Half-Month 14 of 24; Runic Half-Months] (thru 7.28)

#Holidays

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From cowboy-core to flower power, it’s a chance to shake up your fashion this festival season. With the summer sunshine well and truly here, it is only a matter before the festival season rolls around. “Festival fashion dominates the style pages each year,” says shoe expert Paul Donnelly, so whether you’re off to Boomtown or Boardmasters, there’s no better time than a festival to play around with your wardrobe. Whether experimenting with accessories or mustering up the courage to wear something a little outrageous for a change, festival fashion is this perfect time to shake things up. And here’s how… Frills and ruffles View this post on Instagram A post shared by Nasty Gal (@nastygal) With part two of Bridgerton season three coming out this month, it’s natural that frills and ruffles are on trend. So make your outfit a little bit fancy this season and add a feminine touch. Wear it with a dress, frilly collar, or floaty skirt—there are many ways to try this style. Don’t know where to start? “Search for tops or dresses with ruffled sleeves or hemlines, as well as skirts with tiered layers for a dramatic effect, ” says Bonnie Zhao, head of user product and business at AliExpress UK. “Pair these pieces with simple accessories to let the frills take centre stage.” Tuckernuck Pink Ruffel Dress Chunky boots View this post on Instagram A post shared by Kirby Johnson (@kirby_j) Chunky boots have always been in. From Lara Croft to Black Widow, badass women in action movies have been rocking them since dawn. And there’s a reason for it. Not only do they look good, but they’re also practical. The truth about festivals is that they’re often quite gross. Be it mud, using the dreaded portaloos, or jumping around in a mosh pit, it helps to have a sturdy pair of boots to hand. Celebs are getting wise to the trend, too. “The category is: comfort,” model Hailey Bieber wrote on her Instagram story, sharing a mirror selfie of her outfit for Coachella this year, which featured a pair of chunky ankle boots. “Chunky boots are a popular choice for festival-goers for their practicality and style points,” says Donnelly, working with Heavenly Feet. “They are an essential addition to any festival outfit, you can opt for classic black boots or experiment with metallics, which are a huge trend this season.” Black Leather Boot- Dolce Vita Sheer fashion View this post on Instagram A post shared by Tobi 🧚🏽‍♀️ (@tobi_ojora) Dare to bare! From Emily Ratajkowski’s revealing see-through ensemble to actor Phoebe Dynevor’s custom Victoria Beckham gown, sheer was everywhere at the Met Gala this year. But it’s a fashion statement that can not only be pulled off on the red carpet. The perfect addition to your festival wardrobe, “Whether you go for a classic mesh top with your favorite brightly colored bikini top underneath or an ultra-cool transparent maxi skirt to dance the night away in, the secret to nailing this look is in the accessorizing,” says fashion and jewelry expert, Ben Roberts, managing director of Clogau. Cowboy-core View this post on Instagram A post shared by Beyoncé (@beyonce) Giddy up festival goers because cowboy-core is the most significant trend this season. Maybe it was Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling’s Barbie and Ken in matching western outfits that did it, but the cowboy-inspired trend has been everywhere lately, and festival season is the perfect time to hop on this rodeo. “The cowboy trend has been gaining momentum for a number of years, and with Beyonce’s iconic Cowboy Carter, it’s not going to slow down anytime soon,” says Zhao. “This year it’s going to be bigger than ever, as not only are stars buying into the trends, but its versatility means anyone can get involved.” The good news is that you only need a cowboy hat, a fringed jacket, or a necktie to nail this festival trend. Yeehaw! Metallic Cowboy Boots - Jeffrey Campbell Boho chic View this post on Instagram A post shared by Florence Welch (@florence) I thought Boho was out. Think again. The Sixties trend is back and bigger than ever this year for festival season. The floaty and loose style is the perfect way to stay calm and prevent sunburn while catching your favorite bands. “Channelling your inner Vanessa Hudgens at Coachella or Florence Welch is a timeless festival trend, and definitely one we expect to see make a return this festival season,” says Roberts. “If you want to look your best for the ‘summer of love’, I’d recommend picking up anything with fringe detailing, crochet panelling or made from a floaty and gauzy material like linen.” Tie-dye revival View this post on Instagram A post shared by Nasty Gal (@nastygal) In the wave of nostalgia for the Noughties, tie-dye is also returning this summer. The perfect festival fashion statement is back, and best of all, you can do it at home for free. Grab some old white clothes, a bag of dye, and some rubber bands, and get creative. “Its colourful and psychedelic patterns evoke a sense of nostalgia while offering a fun and vibrant look that’s perfect for music festivals,” says Zhao. “Pair with denim or neutral pieces to balance out the boldness of the tie-dye patterns.” Read the full article

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WARNING: Contains offensive language and descriptions of sexual violence

In the spring of 2021, Jodie (not her real name) was sent a link to a porn website from an anonymous email account.

Clicking through, she found explicit images and a video of what appeared to be her having sex with various men. Jodie's face had been digitally added onto another woman's body - known as a "deepfake". 

Someone had posted photos of Jodie's face on a porn site saying she made them feel "so horny" and asking if other users on the site could make fake pornography of her. In exchange for the fakes, the user offered to share more photos of Jodie and details about her.

Speaking for the first time about her experience, Jodie, who is now in her mid-20s, says, "I was screaming and crying and violently scrolling through my phone to work out what I was reading and what I was looking at."

She adds: "I knew that this could genuinely ruin my life."

Forcing herself to scroll through the porn site, Jodie said she felt her "whole world fall away".

Then she came across one particular image and she made a horrible realisation.

An unnerving series of events

It was not the first time Jodie had been targeted.

In fact, it was the culmination of years of anonymous online abuse.

When Jodie was a teenager, she discovered that her name and photos were being used on dating apps without her consent.

This went on for years and she even received a Facebook message from a stranger in 2019 who said he was due to meet her at Liverpool Street station in London for a date. 

She told the man that it wasn't her who he had been speaking to. She says she felt "unnerved" because he knew all about who she was and had managed to find her online. He'd found her on Facebook after the "Jodie" on the dating app had stopped responding. 

In May 2020, during the UK's lockdown, Jodie was also alerted by a friend to a number of Twitter accounts that were posting pictures of her, with captions implying she was a sex worker. 

"What would you like to do with little teen Jodie?" read one caption next to an image of Jodie in a bikini, which had been taken from her private social media account.

The Twitter handles posting these images had names like "slut exposer," and "chief perv."

All of the images being used were ones she'd been happy to share on her social media with close friends and family - but no one else.

Then she found that these accounts were also posting images of other women she knew from university, as well as from her hometown of Cambridge.

"In that moment, I feel a very strong sense [that] I'm at the centre of this and this person is looking to hurt me," she said.

Fighting back

Jodie began to contact the other women in the pictures to warn them, including a close friend we are calling Daisy.

"I just felt sick," said Daisy.

Together the friends discovered many other Twitter accounts posting their images.

"The more we looked, the worse it got," said Daisy.

She messaged the Twitter users and asked where they had got their pictures. The reply was that the photos were "submissions" from anonymous senders who wanted them shared.

"It's either an ex or someone who gets off on you," one user replied.

Daisy and Jodie drew up a list of all the men who followed both of them on social media, and who could access both sets of their pictures.

The friends concluded it must be Jodie's ex-boyfriend. Jodie confronted him and blocked him. 

For a few months, the posts stopped - but then an anonymous emailer got in touch.

"Sorry to remain anonymous," the email read, "but I saw this guy was posting pics of you on creepy subreddits. I know this must be really scary."

Jodie clicked on the link and was taken through to the online forum, Reddit, where a user had posted photos of Jodie and two of her friends, numbering them 1, 2 and 3.

Others online were invited to take part in a game - which of these women would you have sex with, marry or kill.

Beneath the post, 55 people had already commented.

The photos used on the site were recent, and had been posted after Jodie blocked her ex. The women realised they had blamed the wrong person.

Six weeks later, the same emailer got in touch again - this time about the deepfakes.

'The ultimate betrayal'

When drawing up their list, Jodie and Daisy had ruled out a handful of men who they completely trusted, such as family - and Jodie's best friend, Alex Woolf.

Jodie and Alex had struck up a firm friendship as teenagers, bonding over their shared love of classical music.

Jodie had sought comfort from Woolf when she discovered that her name and photos were being used on dating apps without her consent.

Woolf went on to get a double first in music from Cambridge University and won BBC Young Composer of the Year 2012, as well as appearing on Mastermind in 2021.

"He [Woolf] was very aware of the issues that faced women, especially on the internet," says Jodie.

"I really felt that he was an advocate." 

However, when she saw the deepfake porn photos, there was a picture of her in profile with the image of King's College, Cambridge, behind her.

She clearly remembered it being taken - and that Woolf had also been in the photo. He was also the only other person she had shared the image with. 

It was Woolf who had been offering to share more original pictures of Jodie in exchange for them being turned into deepfakes.

"He knew the impact that it was having on my life so profoundly," says Jodie. "And yet he still did it."

'Utterly ashamed'

In August 2021, Woolf, 26, was convicted of taking images of 15 women, including Jodie, from social media and uploading them to pornographic websites.

He was given a 20-week prison sentence, suspended for two years and ordered to pay each of his victims £100 in compensation.

Woolf has told the BBC he is "utterly ashamed" of the behaviour which led to his conviction and he is "deeply sorry" for his actions.

"I think about the suffering I caused every day, and have no doubt that I will continue to do so for the rest of my life," he says.

"There are no excuses for what I did, nor can I adequately explain why I acted on these impulses so despicably at that time."

Woolf denies having anything to do with the harassment of Jodie which took place before the events he was charged with.

For Jodie, finding out what her friend had done was the "ultimate betrayal and humiliation".

She says: "I re-lived every conversation that we had, where he had comforted me and supported me and been kind to me. It was all a lie."

We contacted X, formerly Twitter, and Reddit about the posts. X did not respond, but a spokesperson from Reddit said: "Non-consensual intimate media (NCIM) has no place on the Reddit platform. The subreddit in question has been banned." The porn site has also been taken down.

In October 2023, sharing deepfake porn became a criminal offence as part of the Online Safety Bill. 

There are tens of thousands of deepfake videos online. Recent research found that 98% are pornographic.

However, Jodie feels very angry that the new law does not criminalise a person who asks others to create deepfakes, which is what Alex Woolf did.  It is also not illegal to create a deepfake.

"This is affecting thousands of women and we need to have the proper laws and tools in place to stop people from doing this," she says. 

If you have been affected by any of the issues in this story, information and support is available via the BBC Action Line

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