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rebellum · 8 months

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The whole transandrophobia discussion thing is weird bc it feels like it's a bunch of poc and jewish trans people being like "here are my experiences of how specifically being MASCULINE had affected me, and the discrimination and violence I experienced based on that. And here is how that relates to me being a racial/ethnic minority"

And then a few loud white trans people going "ohhh you wanna be oppressed so bad you *slur*. This is why there aren't any poc in your movement it's because REAL poc understand intersectionality"

#hot take white culturally christian or athiest leftests do not properly interpret white jewish ppl #like as a poc i and other poc understand that white jewish ppl often get racial privilege #but a) not always b) they experience oppression based off of their ethnicity #idk from my perspective it seems like white goyim either see jewish ppl as 'the disgusting exotic enemy' or 'basically WASPS but they #wanna feel special'#with no nuance. no recognition #look maybe this next part is bc i didnt grow up with jewish ppl and therefore didnt know until I was 18/19 that jewish ppl can count as #white. but like. idk how to say this. i dont wanna speak over white jewish ppl. but like.#jewish ppl that have obvious jewish features (whether Ashkenazi facial features OR they dont have those but wear eg kippahs)#arent like. white. idk pls correct me if this is antisemitic or incorrect or something.#but like. light skinned =/= white obviously.#i just struggle to see how my bestfriend with her lovely dark eyes and curls and nice nose counts as 'white' when ppl call her the k slur #across the street. ykwim?#like white doesnt mean light skinned. it means 'part of the in-group of white ppl'#like my ex who is white and jewish? yeah hes white. if he didnt wear his necklace then goyim wouldnt know. you know #like obvs he still experiences ethnic oppression but he doesnt experience racial oppression #but other ppl with more prominent eg ashkenazi (im singling them out bc most jewish ppl here are ash.) like i dont GET how they have racial #privilege.

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7dreamco · 4 months

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Superboof

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philcouture · 7 months

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"Chizu" - oil painting on linen canvas

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Japanese geisha art asian maiko artwork

#japanese #geisha #geisha art #art #artwork #asian artwork #asianart #oil painting #oilpainting #oriental #exotic art #exotic hairstyle #japanese painting #japanese culture #japanese art #kimono

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powerlineprincess · 10 hours

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☆a spider building a web☆35mm 2024 K.E.A Lux Hill☆

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homochadensistm · 3 months

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"conquered and subjugated by islamic imperialists". what kind of imperialism leads to cultural contribution? fucking blunthead historical revisionists. founders of hindu nationalism didn't even call Mughals colonizers, some random israeli and their hindutva buddies think they can just twist the truth and defame a significant population of india. muslims are our pride. so many of our freedom fighters have been muslim, our tailors, cooks, scientists, musicians, poets have been muslim. you zionist and hindutva fucks will not succeed in vilifying this jewel of a people.

#israel #hindublr #the salt mines are officially open #muslims stop crying challenge #anon...idk how to tell u but any form of imperialism and colonialism leads to cultural contribution #because society doesnt exist in a vacuum #just because ur new overlords added in to ur culture doesnt mean that u werent subjugated #when Hwhite ppl do an imperialism = ur oppressed!!#when Exotic People do an imperialism = u were just culturally enriched!!!#hdgavbdjfjs

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pitfallfox · 5 months

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A pair of Plum Headed Parakeets

These were a mated pair in life, unfortunately they passed within a few months of each other after eating a poisonous plant that had grown into their outdoor aviary planted by a neighbouring house. They have been reunited in death and will remain together eternally ❤️

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All animals are sustainably and legally sourced, I am a fully licensed taxidermist in my country

#taxidermist #taxidermy #parakeet #plum headed parakeet #exotic bird #exotic pet #pet #vulture culture #vulture culture uk

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mr-laveau · 5 months

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POC Queer Redacted Culture is...

Knowing that Gavin is both so trans and "exotic POC" coded because yes he is, you can't tell me otherwise.

#look at that man and tell me people don't treat him like some exotic meat #they do #also he's just trans this is the trith #*truth #POC Queer Redacted Culture is...#redacted asmr #redacted audio #redacted fandom #redactedverse #redacted gavin #redacted asmr gavin #redacted audio gavin #as someone who has had people date them because I was Caribbean and thus “valuable” you can't tell me that's not Gavin

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bantuotaku · 5 months

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A Black History of Stripper Culture👠💵

My exploration of sex history continues with A Black History of Stripper Culture. We talk about historic clubs like Magic City, how Atlanta got fully nude clubs, the black women who were/are strippers, the problems they face, labor history, depictions of black strippers, and how people's attitudes towards them have evolved over time.

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stardust-falling · 25 days

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Anyway as much as I do appreciate westerners taking an interest in Chinese culture it sometimes feels like my culture is just viewed as an art piece. Chinese people and culture are not artworks on display for western viewers’ pleasure. We are very real people, with very real culture, and as someone who has been overseas and removed from my culture for a good portion of my life it sometimes hurts when CN culture is just viewed as surface level “pretty” or heaven forbid “aesthetic,” when it’s so much more than that.

#like!!! hanfu & calligraphy and Chinese architecture are undeniably very pretty!!!#it’s just… we get treated with so much exoticism and orientalists #I spent so many years being called ‘exotic’ as like. a compliment.#that when I see that same kind of sentiment it makes me very uncomfy #I get that Chinese culture is foreign to westerners but it’s not always about you #there can be appreciation without orientalism #so treat Chinese fashion on the same level as western fashion #and other arts too!#hanfu is to me like corsetry and petticoats are to my fully western-raised partner #things like comparing and contrasting styles and techniques from an equal standpoint is super neat too!#and like. treating art as art is one thing but when the entire culture and even the people themselves get wrapped up into that ‘art��#it’s a little bit messed up tbh

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aaronjarnigan · 6 months

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Lamborghini Countach from the Chattanooga Motorcar Festival—owned by the Cathy Truett car collection (owner of CFA). My understanding is only eight of them were painted in this color and less than 2000 were made altogether.

#lamborghini #countach #photographers on tumblr #photography #car photography #exotic car #dream car #wolf of wall street #iconic #performance car #race car #v12 #purple #blue #history #car culture #car collector

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skull-hoarder · 9 months

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Juvenile tamandua skull

I think this is the rarest skull in my collection so far, I just finished it

Well, it's not the rarest but the most "exotic" I have more difficult skulls to get than this one but they are tiny and they are less spectacular so 🤷

#vulture culture #dead things #dead animal #animal skull #animal bones #bones #tamandua skull #exotic skull

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7dreamco · 3 months

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It’s been a minute tumblr…

This is Purple Monkey Balls from Glocanna 😂 here in Michigan

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blueiskewl · 3 months

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2,600-Year-Old Temple Filled With ‘Exotic Offerings’ Found in Greece

In 2017, while exploring a sanctuary devoted to a goddess in Greece, archaeologists discovered the first traces of a monumental structure at the heart of the sanctuary.

Now, after years of excavations, the team has unearthed what has been identified as a temple filled with treasures, altars and “exotic offerings,” according to a Jan. 8 news release from the Swiss School of Archaeology in Greece, which oversaw the excavation with the help of the Ephorate of Antiquities in Euboea.

The temple was discovered “at the heart of the sanctuary of Artemis Amarysia,” researchers said. Artemis was the Greek goddess of wild animals as well as chastity and childbirth.

Archaeologists said the temple — which was built sometime toward the end of the seventh century B.C. — “held a number of surprises,” starting with is floor plan. The building was apsidal, meaning it had a semi-circular dome-like structure at one end.

This kind of floor plan, popularized during the Early Christian era between the fourth and eighth centuries A.D., was “quite unusual” for the time the temple was built, the team said.

The temple was “larger than originally anticipated,” measuring about 100 feet, according to experts. This measurement is symbolic, and several other monuments from the same period share the same dimensions.

Inside the structure, researchers found “another surprising discovery”: an abundance of hearths or altars.

Typical Greek sanctuaries of the time built these structure outside of the temple, but archaeologists said they found the stone platforms — covered with thick layers of ash and bones — within the building.

One altar, shaped like a horseshoe, appears to have occupied a pronaos — a vestibule surrounded by columns on the exterior of the temple — and has evidence that it was used as early as the end of the eighth century B.C., predating the temple, officials from Greece’s Ministry of Culture said in a Jan. 8 news release.

The team also discovered a rich collection of offerings, it said.

Among their finds were alabaster artifacts, vases, ritual water jugs, amulets, bronze and iron fittings, and precious jewelry made of gold, silver, coral and amber, officials said in their release.

Experts also identified a “finely chiseled ivory head with Egyptian features,” they said. The “exotic” object was “unrecognizable” when first identified, but it has been restored.

Evidence at the temple indicates that it partially burned down in the later half of the sixth century B.C., according to archaeologists. The building was temporarily restored with mud brick walls until it could be entirely replaced and restored at the end of the century.

EVIDENCE OF AN EVEN EARLIER TEMPLE

Beneath the foundation of the temple, archaeologists said they discovered deep trenches containing remains from a building possibly dating to the ninth or eighth century B.C.

Bronze animal figurines from the same period and a terracotta bull’s head dating to the late Bronze Age — roughly 1200 B.C. — were also found in the trenches, according to researchers. Excavations of the lower levels of remains are ongoing, but early finds indicate that the site was used by Artemis worshipers earlier than the temple’s construction.

BRONZE AGE REMAINS NEARBY

The sanctuary of Artemis Amarysia is at the foot of a hill that was occupied during the Bronze Age, experts said.

Excavations of the hill have identified “imposing walls” that likely belonged to a third millenium B.C. fortification system, archaeologists said.

A tomb, filled with skeletons and offerings, was also unearthed from the hill, according to Greek officials.

Researchers continue to explore the region to determine how the temple and sanctuary fit into the broader “ancient landscape,” they said.

Amarynthos is on the Greek island Evia, also known as Euboea, which is off the country’s southwest coast.

By MOIRA RITTER.

#2600-Year-Old Temple Filled With ‘Exotic Offerings’ Found in Greece #he sanctuary of Artemis Amarysia #Greek island Evia #temple #ancient artifacts #archeology #archeolgst #history #history news #ancient history #ancient culture #ancient civilizations #Ancient Greece #greek history #greek art

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rawliverandgoronspice · 4 months

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Alright I think I’ve sent a ask in before and you answered it, I’m not sure if I’m just repeating myself but if I am feel free to ignore!

Alright I wanted to talk about changes in the gerudo culture, now naturally culture norms will change and fade as time goes on. But with the gerudo I can’t help but feel that they were forced to change much of their culture just to appease the other races.

Like why did they stop training Molduga? Why did they change their style to be more feminine etc.

Personally I feel like they were forced to change their culture so they wouldn’t get attacked. Why? Well example the sheikah, the sheikah are a tribe very close to the royal family. They will take out anyone who is a threat to the royal family, correct? Well who used to actively oppose the royal family, the gerudo.

I believe the sheikah still have a prejudiced against the gerudo because, you cannot find a single gerudo in kakariko village. You can find gerudo npcs outside the village thought, on the dangerous rode. Wouldn’t it be easier and safer for them to just cut through kakariko village? Unless there was still bad blood

I’m sorry to bother with my my insane ramblings I just wanted to share and I felt this place appropriate to share my thoughts.

Thank you for reading and thank you and have a nice night/morning/afternoon

Hey, thanks for the ask!

I mean, regardless of what actually did happen in canon, if anything did, I have to say that BotW, and then TotK's internal narrative regarding the gerudos feels rather worrying to me --for several reasons, some of which you do mention here.

The gerudos, by virtue of having the strongest culture that differs from hylians, is the one that is also the most dynamic in these games' shared reality (so TotK's mythical past, BotW, and then TotK modern era), the one that is the most malleable and ongoing internal change.

The first time we see the gerudos, historically, they have a certain political structure that seems to rely on kinghood, have certain skills related to war (the molduga situation), and even have fashion sensitivities that are relatively different to modern era's gerudos (the mohawk, etc, and I Will Not mention the ear situation for the inconsistent mess that it is). Then, the whole shenanigans with Rauru happen, we see the Sage of Lightning having a fashion sense that feels closer to what we know, and we get to see active collaboration happening.

Fast-forward hundreds-to-thousands of years later: not only are gerudos vassal to Hyrule pre-Calamity, but, while their town is still closed behind walls, the gerudos have a strong cultural focus on seeking (mostly) hylian husbands. We get to hear about the younger generations pushing against the strong rules keeping the city closed, and that the walls aren't as closed as they used to be.

In TotK, not only is the actual language evolving (so even if old hylian seems to have been a thing, the speed of language evolving is to be noted imo), but we see clear examples of the ancestral rules being challenged to the point of near annihilation. By the time we leave the gerudos behind, two hylian men have snuck inside the walls/forced their presence upon them, and we have heard of at least another group who have been working for years to make them bend the rules for their sake. Zelda came around and influenced their war techniques, and even their ancient legends get recontextualized as involving hylian men with the Eight Heroin, or as monstrously evil and something to seek forgiveness for in the case of Ganondorf. Subtextually, I'd argue we are assisting to a culture being assimilated in real time. It might be portrayed as a good thing, as old, useless or even arguably bigoted traditions being cast aside, but I still have to insist that while gerudos are yielding their cultural identity under (mostly) hylian pressures, hylians spend the *entire game* rediscovering and reinforcing their own culture and pushing forward a cultural heritage that is thousand of years old --even reinjecting lost elements of its roots into its prosperous future.

And, yeah. It's kind of worth noting at least.

#asks #totk #totk critical #gerudos #hyrule #botw #when will my brain return from the imprisoning war...#this is what I mean by: if I were Ganondorf (and no matter what awful shit he did do) I'd literally feel ill #ESPECIALLY in the context of the sheikahs being suddenly recontexualized as a subset of the hylians #one can't help but wonder: is this the fate that awaits gerudos as well #if there were to be a volume 3 to the Wild Era (there won't be but a hypothetical one)#would (hylians) become a part of their character profiles?#I do find this entire subtextual arc more than a little upsetting yeah #even if I appreciate the more dynamic angle to their culture #they cannot be the only one to question themselves #they cannot be the only one twisting themselves in a knot to repent and earn forgiveness #they cannot be the only one binding themselves to a child-to-bride pipeline deifying hylian men and structuring their future #around people that *do not respect them* at large #and see them as vaguely intimidating and stuck-up but kind of bumbling insecure exotic hotties #even link do not respect the gerudos' hard “no”s in totk (which I did find quite upsetting to play through)#anyway thanks for the ask and sorry for kind of using your ask to do my own thing sorryyyy

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tozettastone · 4 months

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Today I made the bean soup from the US Senate! I have to admit it tastes pretty good. I stuck a couple containers in my freezer to riff off later.

The recipe is (and it's linked above so you can see it on senate dot gov if you like):

"Bean Soup Recipe (for 5 gallons)

3 pounds dried navy beans

2 pounds of ham and a ham bone

1 quart mashed potatoes

5 onions, chopped

2 stalks of celery, chopped

4 cloves garlic, chopped

half a bunch of parsley, chopped

Clean the beans, then cook them dry. Add ham, bone, and water and bring to a boil. Add potatoes and mix thoroughly. Add chopped vegetables and bring to a boil. Simmer for one hour before serving."

Obviously I did not make 5 gallons of soup and there were some substitutions (hocks with bone exchanged for ham off the bone and a stock cube, for example, as the local supermarket had no smoked hock), but I made a pot in (roughly) these proportions, tasted a little, and then altered it a bit with my own additions.

It's a good base. I recommend adding a little tomato paste, a smattering of parmesan cheese to serve, proportionally more garlic, a little chopped chilli (as in, hot peppers). You know.

#us senate soup #this is exotic american culture #recipe #soup #food

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gundam-jones · 2 months

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I wish that ppl didn’t consider “being upset about racism in the media’s writing/fan reaction” to be “being a Debbie downer” and “being fandom police”

Like I’m a person of color. Yes it’s going to be off putting when there is racist writing in a show. Yes it’s going to be off putting when racist fans of a media franchise come out of the woodworks whenever a person of color is even on screen. It’s actually a regular reaction to go “hey that’s kind of fucked up” when something is awful like that.

#I’m looking at you Star Wars #I’ll never forget how virulently racist ppl were being when the sequel trilogy was coming out #I’ll never forget how so many things in Star Wars are taken from eastern cultures and traditions and then pasted it onto white people #or pasted it onto aliens to make them seem inhumane and exotic #personal #please reading comprehension please #understanding that writing does not exists within a VACCUM please

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