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jadwiga und jerzy zaremsky in schmuck der moderne: 1960-1998 modern jewellery - fritz falk + cornelie holzach (1999)

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Alexander McQueen autumn/winter 2004

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taxco mexican silver

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Flashback to 1969 when Mikimoto won the DeBeers Diamonds International Awards with this beautifully abstract brooch “Prelude to Space”. @official_mikimoto #mikimoto #fbf #1969 #debeers #internationalawards #preludetospace #pearls #diamonds

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I went to watch challengers alone and there were only three other people there. The soundtrack fucks and the boys had better chemistry with each other than they did with Zendaya.

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There’s evidence that Palestinians in the mass graves (including babies, children, people in medical scrubs) were buried alive.

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it is so incredibly sad to constantly see kids on instagram and tiktok who are younger than my brother have to literally beg for shelter, food, water, medicine, and their right to exist as human beings

i mean, this young girl is only ten years old, yet she is essentially responsible for convincing random people scrolling through instagram that her and her family’s life are worth fighting for

on top of that, their gofundme is not even 10% funded and time is running out, please if you can’t donate, just share

please don’t let this little girl die begging

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Ayo Edebiri photographed by Angelo Pennetta for Vogue Magazine

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Art from Kumari Loves a Monster by Rashmi Devadasan. Illustrated by Shyam. 

“The young maidens in these pages all have beauty, brains and talent / They while away the night and day / With monsters fierce and gallant.

 A romantic picture book of young girls who have fallen in love with monsters.”

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kobi levi in for the love of shoes - patrice farameh (2013)

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same seller

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And what’s funny to me is that the main character in the movie is the embodiment of a Hindu god. And there’s multiple scenes that show and praise the power of Hindu gods and goddesses but all of that is overlooked because it criticises a political party that somewhat resembles the current ruling party in India. This just comes to show that Hinduvta supporters aren’t actual devout Hindus, they’re bigots who want power over Muslims and other religious minorities.

#ok I’m done

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“Monkey Man” was shot and completed in 2021, and Netflix soon after acquired the rights for around $30 million, but it’s been on the shelf for three years and they‘ve all of a sudden decided to get rid of it? What gives? It turns out, according to an in-the-know source, that it was the portrayal of a fictional right-wing Hindu Nationalist character in the film that worried Netflix about their future dealings in India. And even though they had paid more than twice the production cost, they decided to give the film back to the producers, which is what caused the long delay. Universal and Peele eventually took a particular liking to the film, so much so that they suggested possible editing changes and delayed the release until what they thought would be the right date. It’s as simple as that. In the end, it was all about politics and optics for the streaming giant, especially since India has become the current top growth market for Netflix. Co-Founder Reed Hastings has mentioned that a majority of the service's next 100 million subscribers would most likely come from India.

Universal/Jordan Peele's "suggested possible editing changes" in question:

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MONKEY MAN 2024, dir. Dev Patel

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Bollywood rarely makes good movies now, it’s mostly cop and military propaganda. And Netflix bowing to censorship and not making and releasing Monkey Man because of the backlash that they have faced for some other movies (Ex. Annapoorani) that hurt the sentiments of Hinduvta supporters. All because they don’t want to lose subscribers. It’s v sad but thank god for piracy.

Also, they should’ve left the orange flags be instead of changing them to red.

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Movie of all time. I wish I could’ve watched it in a theatre.

Finally watching monkey man thank u flixtor