#michel surya

[already-14]

Georges Bataille

DISCUSSION SUR LE PÉCHÉ

Présentation de Michel Surya

Texte intégral de la conférence prononcée le 5 mars 1944 par Georges Bataille, et de la célèbre « discussion » qui a suivi. Étaient notamment présents, à l’invitation de Marcel Moré : Arthur Adamov, Maurice Blanchot, Pierre Burgelin, Simone de Beauvoir, Albert Camus, Jean Daniélou, Dominique Dubarle, Maurice de Gandillac, Jean Hyppolite, Pierre Klossowski, Michel Leiris, Jacques Madaule, Gabriel Marcel, Louis Massignon, Maurice Merleau-Ponty, Jean Paulhan, Pierre Prévost, Jean-Paul Sartre...

(via Bataille Georges | MOTS LIÉS)

#georges bataille #michel surya #pierre klossowski #maurice blanchot #michel leiris #discussion sur le péché #1944

[moviesandmania]

PASAR SETAN (2024) Indonesian satanic horror - preview with trailer

Pesar Setan is a 2024 Indonesian horror film about a group of vloggers who go to a restricted forest to capture footage of a ritual. The title translates into English as “Satan’s Market” Directed by Wisnu Surya Pratama from a screenplay written by Pratiwi Juliani. Produced by Susanti Dewi. Executive produced by Fajar Nugros, William Utomo and Winston Utomo. The IDN Pictures production stars Rana…

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#2024 #horror #Indonesian #Kiki Narendra #Michelle Tahalea #movie film #Pangeran Lantang #Pesar Setan #preview #Rana Audi Marissa #Roy Sungkono #trailer #Wisnu Surya Pratama

[lemecdeliott]

                                                             bienvenida seas al

                                       🌟  Gizi Fest 2023 🌟

                      El evento más importante al fin ha llegado:

           Gizi Fest en su versión 2023. ¡Más bomnito, más especial!

                     ¡Con las mejores bandas y solitas del momento!

                                                     ¡Comenzamos!

PRIMADONNA GIRL por marina

AS IF IT’S YOUR LAST  por blackpink

RUNAWAY por aurora

AUF BEIDEN BEINEN por lotte

MICHELLE por the beatles

IT HAPPENED QUIET por aurora.

CURE FOR ME por aurora

ALL I WANTED por paramore

MÊME ROBE QU'HIER por pomme

PLANETARY (GO!) por my chemical romance

A TEMPORARY HIGH por aurora

NA NA NA por my chemical romance

IGNORANCE por paramore

TALLY por blackpink

ANTI-HERO por taylor swift

BEGGIN’ por måneskin

ON BRÛLERA por pomme

MANIKE por jubin nautiyal, yohani, surya ragunaathan

NOT THAT KIND OF GIRL por my chemical romance

I LOVE YOU BUT I LOVE ME MORE por marina

TYPA GIRL por blackpink

ALL OS SOFT INSIDE por aurora

YEAH YEAH YEAH por blackpink

EXIST FOR LOVE por aurora

SHUT DOWN por blackpink

PAULINE por pomme

EVERYTHING MATTERS por aurora ft pomme

CRUSHCRUSHCRUSH por paramore

I AM NOT A ROBOT por marina

ALL EYES ON ME por jisoo

LITHIUM por evanescence

                              ¡FELIZ CUMPLEAÑOS, MI CAMPANITA!          

                      ¡Te quiero mucho! Espero te guste tu regalito.

                                          link del mejor festival del año.                  

                                                             @lemecdlucas​​

#gizi fest 2023* #and we are an atom and a star. ✨ #iniciamos la temporada campanita #!!

[infj-zen]

Voices in figure skating

Interviews with popular figure skaters

How well are you able to recognize similiarities in vocal qualities and speaking patterns between figure skaters of the same MBTI types who are talking about their athletics careers?

Another listening series for falling asleep and helping to cure insomnia

INFJ Karen | Evan | Pascal | Todd

ENFJ Lia | Rachael | Sasha | Anthony | Mervin | Igor

ISFJ Meryl | Satoko | Katia | Mitchell | Paul

ESFJ Isabeau | Jessica | Kaetlyn | Mirai | Alissa | Michelle | Surya | Sandra | Dylan | Scott | Todd

INTJ Bradie | Kaitlyn | Brooklee | Evan

ENTJ Piper | Kristi | Jeffrey

ISTJ Lindsay | Holly | Emily | Madison | Nancy

ESTJ Starr | Olivia | Ashley | Meagan | Polina | Maia | Kimmie | Tara | Yuka | Elvis

INFP Madison | Michal | Victor

ENFP Ashley | Allison | Nam | Joe | Brian

ISFP Christina | Mariah | Tessa | Ilia | Ye | Jason | Lewis | Jean-Luc | Nikolaj | Guillaume | Patrick | Charlie

ESFP Hannah | Amber | Kaitlin | Laurence | Kirsten | Oksana | Elizabeth | Camden | Roman | Jason | Zachary | Adam | Elladj | Asher | Emanuel | Kurt | Scott

INTP Oona | Vincent | Chris | Kevin

ENTP Karina | Tomoki | Christopher

ISTP Gabrielle | Jayne | Nathan

ESTP Madeline | Gracie | Gabriella | Debi | Zachary

#infj #enfj #isfj #esfj #intj #entj #istj #estj #infp #enfp #isfp #esfp #intp #entp #istp #estp #mbti #athletes #voices

[ave-studio]

On Thursday, 16 November 2023, I will be reading a portion of the forthcoming English translation of Michael Surya’s Dead End by Kit Schluter. The entire book will be read by the six of us together. Join us at Black Spring Books.

DEAD END (translated to English from French by Kit Schluter) is a sinuous pornographic work that forms a part of Michel Surya’s series of erotic books released in France over the past four decades. Drafted around 1985, rediscovered among the author’s papers in 2004, and revised in 2006, Dead End speaks with the cerebral starkness of a vanitas painting. Here, the limits of excess themselves are stifling, erotic immoderation no longer satisfies, and worldly anguish reveals itself as ever crueler, more evident. Developing a genre unto itself which might be termed “neurotica,” this flood of language���rawer with every unpunctuated breath—affirms and reaffirms the fear that we are beyond salvation. As full of vertiginous bravado and self-loathing as it is of sensual generosity and the genuine search for mutual pleasure, Dead End’s address of the beloved unspools with the devastating, nearly religious force of total confession. This translation by Kit Schluter, featuring a foreword by French poet Amandine André, marks the debut of Surya’s fiction in the English language.

#poetry reading #Black Spring Books #Black Sun Lit #Katy Mongeau #Kit Schluter #V Manuscript #Mitch Azuoni #live #Katie Ebbitt #Maralie #Michael Surya #Brooklyn #poster #flyer #flickr

[botchedandecstatic]

Books Read/Reread, September/October 2022

Ann Radcliffe, The Mysteries of Udolpho* Ann Radcliffe, A Sicilian Romance Laure, The Collected Writings John A. Keel, The Mothman Prophecies* Bill and Jacqueline Kousoulas, Bridging the Tragedy: Silver Linings in the Mysterious Ohio River Valley Henry Petroski, To Forgive Design: Understanding Failure* Patricia Gray, The "Thing": Mothman, Devil, or Spirit Gray Barker, The Silver Bridge Sarah Lyons, How To Study Magic: A Guide to History, Lore, and Building Your Own Practice Montague Summers, The Werewolf Sabine Baring-Gould, The Book of Werewolves: Being an Account of a Terrible Superstition Andrea Long Chu, Females Katie Ives, Imaginary Peaks: The Riesenstein Hoax and Other Mountain Dreams Amina Cain, A Horse at Night: On Writing Annie Ernaux, Happening Anna Badkhen, Bright Unbearable Reality Malcolm Gaskill, The Ruin of All Witches: Life and Death in the New World Michel Surya, Georges Bataille: An Intellectual Biography* * = reread

[krisis-krinein]

#la vie manifeste #flux radiophonique #Amandine André #Anna Carlier #black history month #Jean Genet #Jean-Luc Godard #Pierre Guyotat #Angélique Humbert #Claire Longuet #Martin Luther King #Emmanuel Moreira #Frédéric Neyrat #sun ra #Michel Surya #Tiqqun

[legitime-demence]

Il dit que les choses elles-mêmes attendent de nous qu'elles puissent simplement venir. Pour venir ainsi qu'elles viennent. Emprunteraient-elles, pour venir à nous l'aspect d'une blessure. Dans son cas, celui d'une infirmité. Et Schultz aussi l'a dit. Il a dit, par exemple qu'il se peut qu'il y ait des choses trop éclatantes, trop splendides, pour que venir leur soit seulement possible. Non qu'elles ne viennent pas, sans doute. Elles viennent. Mais nous ne savons pas les accueillir. Et elles se rétractent alors, elles fuient. 'Où' ? Et laissant ce qui est 'comment' ? Pas même dans l'attente. Pas même dans l'attente dès l'instant que nous n'avons pas su nous tenir à la hauteur à laquelle c'est toute attente qui nous installe, sans doute. Pas même dans le regret.

Michel Surya, L'éternel retour.

#jeppe madsen-ohlsen #michel surya

[beanewgirl]

« On n’écrit pas qu’on est mort, ou qu’on l’a été. On écrit pour ne pas l’être – encore. On écrit contre la mort. Tout contre. Ecrire appartient au retour, qu’il s’agit d’éterniser (éternisation en même temps bien sûr impossible). J’ai découvert plus tard qu’un mot de la langue française, un mot rare comme disent les dictionnaires, désignait précisément cet état ou cette situation : l’irréméable ; soit : « d’où l’on ne peut revenir ». Etat, situation de qui a connu d’où l’on ne revient pas et d’où il revient pourtant. Retour sans revenir. (…) L’irréméable est la « contradiction dans les termes » de toute littérature. Une littérature cependant s’y est formée, à l’étroit, comme entre la paroi et le vide. »

Michel Surya et Mathilde Girard, Défense d’écrire, entretiens, Encre Marine, 2018, 118 pages

#michel surya #mathilde girard

[taffetastrology]

The signs as 90s figure skating costumes

Aries

Taurus

Gemini

Cancer

Leo

Virgo

Libra

Scorpio

Sagittarius

Capricorn

Aquarius

Pisces

#the signs as #zodiac aesthetic #astrology #horoscope #figure skating #ice skating #Surya Bonaly #michelle kwan #lu chen #chen lu #olga markova #tara lipinski #kristi yamaguchi #nicole bobek #Maria Butyrskaya

[suryabaudet]

Mont Saint Miche, Bretagne

#Surya #mont st michel

[bebemoon]

looks for names list~

ABIGAIL / ABRIL / ACCURSIA / ADA / ADRI / AGNES / AILEAS / ÁINE / AISHA / ALANNA / ALEX / ALEXA / ALEXANDRA / ALICE / ALIKI / ALMA / AMANDA / AMBER / ANDREA / ANGELICA / ANGELITA / ANIA / ANNA / ANNIE / ANRAI / ANTONELA / ATALANTA / AUDREY / AUGUSTINE / AURIEL / AURORA / AVELIE / AVERY / AYA / AYLA / AZE / BEYZA / BILJANA / BRENNA / BROOKE / BUGSBY / BEATRIX / CADENCE / CAELEN / CALAMITY / CAMRI / CARANZA / CARINE / CARMEN / CAROLINE / CASPER / CATHERINE / CERISE / CHARLIE / CHARLOTTE / CHEN / CHLOE / CLAIRE / CLARA / COCO / CONSTANTINA / DANIELLE / DAPHNE / DAWN / DESTINY / DEVON / DOMINIQUE / DYLAN / EDDI / EDEN / EILEEN / ELAINE / ELENA / ELINOR / ELIZA / ELIZABETH / ELLADORA / ELORA / EMBER / EMIL / EMILY / EMMALINE / ESTELLA / ESTHER / ERIN / ERITREA / EUGENIA / EVA / FABLE / FATEN / FAWN / FERNANDA / FLAVIANNY / FLORENCIA / FRANCIELE / GABRIELLE / GAIA / GEORGIA / GHITA  / GHOST / GIA  / GILLIAN / GINA / HALEY / HANNAH / HELENA / HIBA / IDALIS / IDRIS / IHSANE / IOANA / IRIS / ISADORA / ISEULT / IVY / JACKIE / JACQUELINE / JASMINE / JASPER / JAVIERA / JAYDE / JAYSLYN / JOANA / JOSEPHINE / JULIA / KARA / KASANDRA / KAT / KATARINA / KHEN / KIKI / KIM / KIRUTHIKA / KLAUDIA / KRISTINA / LAILA / LAÍS / LAURA / LAZULI / LEA / LEE / LESLEY / LILICO / LILY / LINA / LINGLONG / LORENA  / LOUISE / LUCILLE / LUCIWYN / LUISA / MAANYA / MADHU / MADISON / MAGDALENA / MAHIRA / MALENA / MARGARET / MARIA / MARIAM / MARIANA / MARINA / MARLENE / MATHILDA / MAYA / MEGHAN / MELISSA / MICAYLA / MICHELLE / MILAGROS / MILLIE / NAAMAH / NATALIA / NEENA / NEXA / NICOL / NIKI / NILE / NINNA / NIOME / ODETTE / OLGA / OLIVIA / PAOLA / PAULINA / PELAGIA / PETRA / PHOEBE / PHOEBE-ANGELICA / PHOENIX / RAFAELLE / RAISA (1) / RAISA (2) / RAMA / RANIA / RAQUEL / REBECCA-RUTH / REGINA / RHIANNON / RIKA / ROBIN / RONI / ROSALINDA / RUBY / RUE / SANDRA / SANJNA / SARA / SELIN / SERENNA / SEVERINE / SHAYNE / SHEENA / SIENNA / SIERRA / SOFIA / SOPHIE / STEPHANIE / SURYA / SYLVIA / TALIESIN / TALLULAH / TANYA / TATIANA / TESSA / TIANA / TIFFANY / ULYANA / VAL / VALANDO / VALENTIN / VALYRIA / VANESA / VERONICA / VETA / VICTORIA / VINCENZA / VIOLA / XUÊ / YAREN / ZADIE / ZAHRA / ZELALEM / ZERO / ZOË / ZORA

#~organisation~ #i'll keep adding to this but #just to help with duplicate requests ^^' #personal #outfits #link #names #looks for names #masterlist

[vindelllas]

the beauty of shatabhisha ✨⭕️

✨elizabeth berkley: shatabisha chandra

*A MAJOR TW FOR JUST ABOUT ANYTHING!! please put your mental health first and understand that nothing online is more important than your mental state love*

please also read my post on the mythology of rahu and ketu prior to reading this. it will allow you to better understand the nature of shatabhisha:

https://vindelllas.tumblr.com/post/643640120238555137/rahu-and-ketu-in-vedic-astrology-horoscope

👄 shatabhisha lies in the heart of the aquarius rashi. aquarius, being ruled by shani, creates a beautiful juxtaposition of exotic and hypnotizing features that garner the attention of the masses. in general, they could have basic features, but it is almost as if a magnetic film adorns their body to attract the attention of others. their facial structure is typically quite chiseled. shani is said to govern the bones, so they will particularly have great bodily structure overall, especially since aquarius is said to rule the legs (particularly the lower part of the legs). they prefer to have very prominent brows, depending on their time frame, their eyebrows are either very thin (1940s-60s, 90s-00s) or quite bushy (70s, 2010s-). rahu rules the mouth, lips, and teeth. you will notice that many shatabhisha natives will have famous scenes that involve the use of their mouth. such as, sarah michelle-geller’s famous kissing scene in “cruel intentions”, alicia silverstone’s famous chewing gum scene in “clueless”, winona ryder chewing licorice in “heathers”, etc.. even shatabhisha native cindy crawford was known for her pouty lips and has her own lipstick campaign. thanks to the suggestion of the lovely @/vediclover8 on twitter, popular model khawlah al anezi, shatabhisha chandra, has very prominent lips and often takes close-up pictures with her lips being the vocal point of the photograph. according to the bible, the lips denote the interior things of a person, their internal worship, from which is adoration, it is even used to represent a prophet. in the given passage below, the prophet’s lips were touched, and, thus, his iniquity was taken away and his sin expiated. this action is representative of our interior being signified by the lips, denoting charity and its doctrine.

💋Jehovah shall smite the earth with the rod of His mouth, and with the breath of His lips shall He slay the wicked (Isa. 11:4).

✨khawlah al anezi: shatabisha chandra

💄 there is great abundance within the lips. some cultures even believe the lips of a person to be the karaka of their soul. you may tell a great deal of a person based on their lips. hence, why shatabhishas (and other rahu natives) typically obtain larger lips, or other dramatic facial features in general. they wish to transcend cosmic perfection and embody the surreal beauty that almost hurts to look at. they want to be a dream-like being. it’s not unusual for them to favor dramatic facial features, as shani bestows this naturally to his nakshatra natives. however, rahu adds this insatiable and vain desire to obtain his wishes. this insatiable need to embody the collective desire influences them to work hard to obtain what they view to be perfection. they are no stranger to plastic surgery, intense work out routines (they typically have a good respiratory system for this, as rahu is the karaka of the lungs), and makeup and skincare. think of the shatabhisha natives like rihanna who owns tu the multimillion fenty skincare and makeup company or kesha who owns kesha rose, a new makeup line.

✨alicia silverstone: shatabhisha surya

🐉 however, shatabhisha does not want to embody the male fantasy or the status quo. unlike ardra, who wants to devote themselves to their partners, and swati, who naturally embodies the male fantasy. shatabhishas attract high levels of sexual attention because they cater to their own fantasy. this is because shatabhisha is the veil that separates us from the physical and astral plane. this veil subconsciously draws in the adoration and favor of the masses. recall prince, frank sinatra, and elvis presley—who are all shatabhisha natives. they have this highly transcendental nature that transports you to a time of simplicity and deep love. the masses view shatabhishas as this ideal being, this causes many of these natives to feel a great deal of pressure and have many cyclical patterns in their shadow state. what once gave them freedom becomes an entrapment ⭕️. this is why we see these natives reach a level of despair or destruction in their lives. their rahuvian fantasy they created becomes adopted by the masses and popularized. due to the grossing popularity of the traits that once brought individuality to the shatabhisha native, it loses it’s appeal after awhile and people are left continuously craving more from them. examine the undertone shifts of shatabhisha’s music below. you will notice this freshness and unique quality to their earlier music and a dull sense of finality in their later works:

🐎 elvis presley (shatabhisha chandra): “jailhouse rock” (1957) and “blue eyes crying in the rain” (1976)

🐎 prince (shatabhisha chandra): “raspberry beret” (1985) and somebody’s somebody (1996)

🐎 THE MOST SHATABHISHA ARTIST - johnny cash (shatabhisha surya and buddha): “i walk the line” (1957) and “hurt” (2002)

✨alice pagani: shatabhisha surya

⭕️ as discussed earlier, shatabhisha is the cosmic circle. they either have the choice of remaining in this cyclical state or transcending the confines of repetition. because shatabhisha is the height of rahu, the planet of obsessions, they fall prey to many behaviors and tools that rely on addiction and fiendish behaviors. the undoing and unraveling of these natives will be because of their craving for escape from being the middle man between the astral and physical planes. this escape typically comes in the form of addiction to drugs. drugs give these natives the false illusion of breaking the cosmic cycle and finding expansion in imprisonment. prince was addicted to percocets; michael jackson (shatabisha lagna) was addicted to opioids; johnny cash was addicted to cocaine; elvis presley was addicted to opiates and codeine; even the first men to have written about the scientific usages of cocaine, amerigo vespucci had shatabhisha ketu and karl koller had shatabhisha surya and shukra. the most famous drug lord billionaire pablo escobar had shatabhisha lagna. you will also find the primary reasoning for shatabhisha’s death is drug-related. this correlates to the meaning of ouroboros.

✨samantha robinson: shatabhisha chandra

🐍 the insatiable head of rahu and the cyclical expanse of the cosmic circle itself is reminiscent of ouroboros. ouroboros is an ancient symbol depicting a serpent or dragon eating it’s own tail. this symbol originated in ancient egyptian iconography, the ouroboros entered western tradition by greek traditions and became a prominent symbol for gnosticism, alchemy, and hermeticism. the term ouroboros derives from the greek term οὐροβόρος, οὐρά means 'tail' and βορός means'-eating'. it is a symbol often interpreted as the eternal cyclic renewal or the cycle of life, death, and rebirth (themes of shatabhisha). it’s symbolism has been used to describe the kundalini. the yoga-kundalini upanishad, defines this correlation as “the divine power, kundalini, shines like the stem of a young lotus; like a snake, coiled round upon herself she holds her tail in her mouth and lies resting half asleep as the base of the body”. the shedding of a snake’s skin also symbolizes the renewal of self, the snake biting its own tail is a fertility symbol in some religions, and the tail of the snake is a phallic symbol, the mouth is a yonic or womb-like symbol. which correlates to rahu being symbolized by the mouth; shatabhisha being of the most feminine and expansive yoni: the horse yoni; and rahu’s mahavidya, chinnamasta.

✨samara weaving: shatabhisha chandra

🩸 according to the panchatantra grantha, once parvati went with her friends, dakini and varnini, to take a bath in the mandakini river. parvati was elated and enveloped with love, causing her complexion to darken. her friends became hungry and asked parvati to give them some food. parvati asked them to wait and said that she would feed them soon and began walking. soon, her friends once again asked her for food and told her that she was the mother of the universe and the children. they used this reasoning to demand that their hunger be satiated immediately. the lovely parvati laughed and with her fingernail slit her own head. the blood immediately spurted into three directions. her two friends drank the blood from two of the directions and parvati herself drank the blood from the third direction. because parvati cut off her own head, she is known as the tantric mahavidya chinnamasta. chinnamasta is said to symbolize the courageous efforts needed to make the most inconceivable sacrifice for those you love. parvati’s severed head symbolizes the liberation of shatabhisha. as a person’s individual identity is a state of conditioning or limitation, dependent on qualities, think of shatabhisha natives’ susceptibility to illusions and narcotics. the action of decapitation reveals the true maternal being of the feminine yoni that is shatabhisha. which is unconditioned, infinite, and boundlessly free. this symbolism of freedom is reinforced by the aquarius rashi (the natural eleventh house of limitless gains) and chinnamasta’s nudity. her nudity symbolizes that she cannot be covered or contained by any garment, due to her finding abundance in infinity and self-government. to chinnamasta’s left, dakini is black and, to her right, varnini is red. chinnamasta herself is white. these three colors, black, red, and white, represent the three gunas. all three gunas belong to prakriti, the principle of materiality of all nature itself. it denotes that nothing exists or is birthed without the mother (parvati). it is she who is responsible for the limitless abundance of earth and satiates her children with her warm blood, like the milk of a mother or prana.

✨winona ryder: shatabhisha chandra

*i understand that many of you do not follow me on twitter so i want to include a revised thread on shatabhisha i made recently*

🌌 shatabhisha is the nakshatra of limitless possibilities. it is symbolized by the empty circle and a thousand stars/flowers. the deity of shatabhisha is varuna, the deity of the cosmic and terrestrial water, the sky and earth. he is the mystical healer and the lord of maya (illusion). shatabhisha is the final vimshottari nakshatra of rahu. it is here, rahu is calmed by shani, as shatabhisha lies in the aquarius rashi. aquarius is the natural auspicious eleventh house of the zodiac, the house of gains and strong income. it is the house of one’s aspirations and desires. indastro says the the eleventh house is the 5th from the 7th house, which represents our desires, thus, it refers to the fulfillment or the defiance of desires, which is why it is called the house of gains. the eleventh house is also representative of your social environment. this is why shatabishas, which lies in the heart of aquarius, naturally are aware of the desires of others and help you realize what you wish to do in your lifetime. friendship is important to them and likely comes easy to them, almost to the point of obsession.

💐 in the netflix show “baby”, shatabhisha surya native alice pagani plays an underage pr*stitute who ends up befriending an “innocent” and seemingly kind girl (chiara). alice lives a life of not caring about the consequences of her actions, failing school, drinking alcohol, and being an esc*rt. chiara lives a life of craving perfection, great grades, and promise. alice’s character exposes chiara to her world of sugaring. although reluctant to the lifestyle at first, chiara begins to become obsessed with the sugar lifestyle and it becomes the only thing she wants. alice’s character starts to slowly feel trapped by that lifestyle and no longer wants to participate in those behaviors. in the movie “une fille facile”, sofia (played by shatabisha surya native zahia dehar) plays an esc*rt who stays with her innocent cousin in the summer. sofia is promiscuous, care-free, and marches to the beat of her own drum. whereas, her cousin is depicted as a nervous, intelligent, and “pure” person. sofia enjoys taunting older men and enjoying the luxuries of sugaring. her cousin idolizes her lifestyle and wants to be exactly like her, copying her style and even getting her exact same tattoo. chiara and alice pagani’s characters get matching tattoos as well (more on rahu’s tattoo symbolism below). sofia’s cousin becomes obsessed with sofia and, due to amounting circumstances, sofia can no longer take her wanton lifestyle and up and leaves her cousin.

⛓ in “baby”, we saw shatabhisha native alice exposing her friend to the world of sugaring. in “une fille facile”, sofia, another underage esc*rt, exposes her innocent cousin to the world of sugaring. in both storylines, the innocent friend becomes entrenched by the enamoring powers of such a dangerous and expansive lifestyle of shatabhisha and becomes obsessed with both them and their lifestyle. whereas, the shatabhisha natives eventually wake up and realize that the life they are living is what they no longer want. however, their friends are now completely obsessed with their newfound taste of freedom and take issue with leaving their the shatabhisha old friend’s lifestyle. the shatabhisha native ends up feeling trapped and reaches a breaking point and leaves. this is because rahu is the planet of obsession and desires. he is quickly fueled by the magnetic popularity he receives in the eleventh house, but these natives quickly feel trapped and restricted by what they once regarded as their friends.

🪞see, varuna reminds me of the esoteric meaning of the mirror, i know the mirror is said to be inherently venusian, but there is power in the vibrations of your reflection. mirrors are directly linked to the astral plane and are a neutral, but illusionary, device as well. it is all about the vibrations you put into the mirror, because you will receive it directly back. the obsession of one’s appearance and outer reflection is here in shatabhisha. until, eventually, they either embrace the ouroboros and kundalini powers of maya or snap. the limitless expansion within themselves creates this unnerving attraction and causes many individuals to crave to see the shatabhisha native they so wholeheartedly desire staring back at themselves in their reflection. it is like the expansive nature of shatabhisha causes those around them to become consumed and reborn by the shatabhisha native’s ether. it is literally like they give life (whether it is positive or negative) to people. people will resent their unbelievable beauty and carefree nature and people will then walk all over them for it. how the shatabhisha native reacts to this is entirely up to them.

🔪 some other examples of this is are shatabhisha chandra native alice silverstone as ‘cher’ in “clueless” (as suggested by @/vanillemercure on twitter). cher is depicted as a popular and upbeat teenager who has a special penchant for fashion. cher decides to makeover the new girl in school: tai. she tries to make tai into a popular, more fashionable girl. tai was originally quite impressionable and looked up to the opinions of cher. once she was made over, people began to notice her more and fawn over her beauty. this eventually goes over her head and causes her to start to neglect cher and not care about her. due to cher and tai’s fight over a boy, cher reaches a breaking point and realizes the life she truly wants to live and the love she longs for. in “cruel intentions”, shatabhisha chandra sarah michelle-gellar plays kathryn. kathryn seems like your stereotypical shallow rich girl with dark tendencies. she does not care for following the rules and lives as she pleases. she makes a seductive deal with her frenemie sebastian to see if he can take the v*rginity of the new headmaster’s daughter. only, once sebastian starts to get to the know the headmaster’s daughter, he realizes the cruelty of their wager. kathryn is outted for her terrible and harsh past and habits. her reputation (illusion/maya) is completely shattered and destroyed. winona ryder (shatabisha chandra) played ‘veronica’ in the film “heathers”. veronica is a part of the most popular clique at her high school, but she disapproves of the other girls' cruel behavior. when veronica and her new boyfriend, j.d., confront the leader of the popular clique and accidentally poison her, they make it appear a suicide. veronica realizes that j.d. is intentionally killing students he does not like. eventually, she too reaches a breaking point, after stopping j.d. from killing the whole school. she stops trying to fit in with popular clique and realizes life truly has both none and infinite meanings. the same applies to her character in the movie “girl, interrupted”. shatabisha chandra samara weaving plays ‘grace’ in “ready or not”. grace could not be happier after she marries the man of her dreams at his family's luxurious estate. however, she must hide from midnight until dawn while her new in-laws hunt her down with guns, crossbows and other weapons. grace desperately tries to survive the night and continuous comes up with clever ways to save her life. once grace survives the night, her in-laws still continue to try to kill her. however, they are unsuccessful and all attempts are ceased when they start to blow up in front of her. she laughs at their attempts, while she is covered in their blood. she has broken free from her in-laws heinous acts (the cyclical force) against her and embodied the devil himself (prying the veil between the physical and astral plane). shatabhisha is all about you reap what you sow. they are the expansive reality of maya. they are fully aware of the presence of the divine collective and the power of consciousness. they do not care about what is inherently evil or divine, as they know that life is essentially both. it transcends the need for labels. shatabhisha is rebirth and renewal. it’s obsession and transcendence. once they pass the defining stage of their life, they realize that most of the people in this world are just hollow shells bending to the will of the divine collective.

🌠 recall that the aforementioned characters are known for their independence, exactly like chinnamasta. people look to these natives and wish for them to behave as parvati, the cosmic mother. they want these shatabhisha natives to pour their essence into them to feed their uncontrollable longings. like dakini and varnini, their friends and the masses will continuously remind them of their needs and wants (recalling the eleventh house) and feel as if the shatabhisha native owes them happiness and fulfillment.

✨sarah michelle-geller: shatabhisha chandra

💉 rahu is also associated with tattoos, especially the ardra nakshatra. as ardra is the planetary intermingling of the energies of rahu and buddha. buddha, who is also known for bestowing a love for tattoos, is a friend of rahu. rahu is illusionary in nature so the natives of rahu pay great attention to their appearance. in ardra, we see the use of tattoos to simply express who they are. like ardra native margot robbie who has stated many times she enjoys tattooing smiley faces on the toes of her friends. in swati, we see them using tattoos to help reinforce their image. think of swati native adriana lima who has a curved, sharp tattoo on her left ankle. she reportedly got this tattoo during her “rebellious” years and wanted something to commemorate it. in shatabhisha, we see these natives want to adorn themselves with something that is unique and conveys who they truly are. think of erykah badu (shatabhisha surya) who infamously got “allah” tattooed in arabic on her bare shoulders. rihanna (shatabhisha surya) who got the egyptian goddess isis under her breasts to pay tribute to her grandmother and matching star tattoos on the back of her neck to match her ex. this matching tattoo phenomena is a theme of shatabhisha. remember the matching tattoos in “baby” and “une fille facile”. victoria beckham (shatabhisha shukra and brihaspati) and david beckham got the same quote tattooed for their sixth anniversary. sophie turner (shatabhisha surya and mars) and joe jonas have several matching tattoos. macaulay caulkin (shatabhisha chandra) and paris jackson (shatabhisha brihaspati) got matching spoon tattoos. this all correlates to aquarius being the house of great friendship and rahu’s inclination for foreign bodily adornment and niche subcultures, birthing a significant need for finding themselves in hidden meanings (like tattoos, ouroboros, or other occultic topics).

✨drew barrymore: shatabhisha surya

👁 in shatabhisha, you either free yourself from the demands of others and the cyclical nature of life (chinnamasta) or drown in illusion (varuna). i want to close with exploring more of the meanings of ouroboros. in norse mythology, the ouroboros appears as the serpent, named jörmungandr, one of the three children of loki and angrboda. jörmungdar grew so large that it could encircle the world and grasp its tail in its teeth. according to the legends of ragnar lodbrok, the geatish king herraud offers a small lindworm as a gift to his daughter, рora town-hart, the lindworm grows into a large serpent which encircles his daughter’s bedroom and bites itself in the tail. the serpent is then slain by ragnar lodbrok who marries the daughter. ragnar later has a son with another woman named kráka. his son is born with the image of a white snake in one eye. the snake encircled his iris and bit itself in the tail, and, thus, the son was named sigurd snake-in-the-eye. amongst the indigenous people of south america, they believe that the waters at the edge of the disc-shaped world are encircled by a snake, particularly an anaconda, biting its own tail. even in the book of leviathan, the leviathan is a singular creature with no mating partners, whose “tail is placed in its mouth". the phenomena of ouroboros even goes back as far as the poems of kalir (a hebrew poet who wrote classical verses) in the 6th-7th centuries CE. the indigenous people of south america’s emphasis of the circulation of an anaconda around the earth is reminiscent of varuna (the deity of shatabhisha). varuna is the god of the oceans like the anaconda snake who theoretically encapsulates the ocean. varuna’s vehicle is the makara (the crocodile) like the movie “lake placid vs. anaconda”, starring yancy butler (shatabhisha ketu). it is a cheesy film about a town sheriff who has to find a way to kill a gigantic crocodile and anaconda before they kill and destroy the whole town. this is the essence of the uncontrollable nature of varuna. he is a deity that believes in the equilibrium harmony between the “good” and “bad”. these descriptive adjectives do not even exist to varuna, as he is the fluidic being of ether and water. he will allow you to reach your fullest potential and guide you through your earthly desires. hence, sigurd snake-in-the-eye who was born of the earthly desire of his father to move onto another woman. the child received a snake in his eye, both symbolizing the circulatory nature of shatabhisha and rahu’s bestowment of mesmerizing and maya-like (illusionary) eyes. this is due to the eyes being reportedly a “window to the soul”. the more captivating and mesmerizing your eyes are, the more intoxicating and beautiful your soul may seem.

✨cindy crawford: shatabhisha surya

as always, i am open to any constructive criticism! i tried to touch on the appearances, manifestations, and symbolism of shatabhisha and i hope i did these hypnotizing natives justice! shatabhisha is genuinely such an expansive, captivating, and transcendental nakshatra ⭕️🐍 these natives seem to always give off a completely otherworldly presence via their exotic features and them being the cosmic veil. if you are looking for more information about shatabhisha, get to know the overrulers and supreme deities of saturn, yama (god of death) and prajapati (the creator) and rahu, durga (the goddess of power) and the serpent god. also—and i cannot stress this enough—familiarize yourself with the deity of this nakshatra: varuna. if any of my placements or information are incorrect please feel free to let me know! also, i am fully aware of the origins of vedic astrology and if i was in anyway disrespectful to hindu culture, i will take down this post immediately xx

**all of these placements were found using astrotheme/.com and/or astro-charts/.com. it is important to note that some chandra (moon) placements may be off by up to 6 degrees and lagnas (risings) as well, due to the fact that many websites do not have 100% accurate birth times for the given celebrities.

**i take absolutely no credit for the invention of vedic astrology-based appearance profiles. please watch claire nakti on youtube or look into @/cn0bles, @/lovejustlied, @/dh4nishta, and @/vanillemercure on twitter for more in-depth analysis on vedic astrology xx

#shatabhisha #vedicastrology #rahu ketu #nakshatras #astrology #aquarius #aquarius moon #aquarius aesthetic

[madforskating]

We Didn’t Start the Fire (Figure Skating Edition)

Sonja Henie, Salchow, Dick Button, Choctaws

Axel Paulsen, tracing figures, Sabena 548

Protopotrovs, Dorothy Hamill, Peggy Fleming, flying camel

Wedge cuts, triple lutz, no room for the second-rate

 Carmen is a new hit, gold for Katarina Witt

Double Brians, Browning’s quad, Hamilton defies the odds

Yamaguchi saves the day, Ito’s axels pave the way

Tonya Harding, lifetime ban, Baiul edges out Kerrigan

We didn’t start the fire

It was always burning since the world’s been turning

We didn’t start the fire

No we didn’t light it but we tried to fight it 

Jayne Torvill, Chris Dean, Bolero for the winning team

Gordeeva, Grinkov dominating pairs

Ice dance drama, Russian win, Grishuk’s seeing Zhulin

Surya’s backflips give everyone a scare

 Nagano, Lipinski screams, Sarah Hughes, Olympic dream

Salt Lake pairs, double gold, goodbye to the 6.0

French judge taking bribes, Morozov’s got a new wife

Mishin’s boys can’t get along, watch out for newbies Pang/Tong

We didn’t start the fire

It was always burning since the world’s been turning

We didn’t start the fire

No we didn’t light it but we tried to fight it

 Sasha Cohen, Michelle Kwan, Johnny Weir the black swan

Barbara’s glare, looks could kill, Lambiel’s inventing skating skills

Yuna Kim, Mao Asada, Joannie wins bronze for her mama

Lysacek, quad debate, the world wants Tess and Scott to date

Zueva’s going 1-2, Tohoku earthquake, Worlds gets moved

Volosozhar and Trankov meet, Carolina’s back on her feet

Yuzu’s off to senior Worlds, Ando has a baby girl

Patrick Chan, three for three, heading into Sochi

Quad twists, death spirals, Jason’s Riverdance goes viral

Gracie Gold, U.S. crown, Russia’s got new kids in town

We didn’t start the fire

It was always burning since the world’s been turning

We didn’t start the fire

No we didn’t light it but we tried to fight it

Lipnitskaya, red coat, now we’re calling Hanyu GOAT

Plush withdraws, crazy fans, first medal for Kazakhstan

Davis, White, Shcheherezade, men are stacking up the quads

Pink Panther, Masquerade, were the ladies’ judges paid?

 Broadway songs with words allowed, Wagner ends the US drought

Pooh bears, Glitter Twins, Virtue/Moir back again

Seimei, matador, Zhenya on the hunt for more

Montreal, ice dance, Savchenko’s got a new man

We didn’t start the fire

It was always burning since the world’s been turning

We didn’t start the fire

No we didn’t light it but we tried to fight it

Osmond’s on the comeback trail, Mother Gothel’s girls don’t fail

Tutu queens, backload, Karenina came so close

Sexy lifts, Moulin Rouge, dress malfunction, Shape of You

Rippon, Radford proudly gay, ShibSibs repping Coldplay

 Vera’s wetsuits, Sui and Han, North Koreans, Wakabond

Eteri’s furs, Mirai’s revenge, Virtue/Moir still just friends

Hanyu wins, Spain is proud, Russian flags are not allowed

Savchenko – Olympic champ, Code of Points getting revamped

We didn’t start the fire

It was always burning since the world’s been turning

We didn’t start the fire

No we didn’t light it but we tried to fight it

Ashley Wagner, #MeToo, Nathan’s got homework to do

Shoma needs a coach now, Tarasova still screams out loud

Karina Manta, Amber Glenn, rainbow girls are rising

Kostornaia’s Juliet, Denis Ten, we won’t forget

 Bootleg streams, geoblock, snake charmer Madi Chock

Moskvina’s still a tiny queen, French fed hits the guillotine

Yuzuru gets a grand slam, yellow shirts for Rocketman

Coronavirus, season’s over, can’t get off this rollercoaster

We didn’t start the fire

It was always burning since the world’s been turning

We didn’t start the fire

No we didn’t light it but we tried to fight it

#figure skating #figure skater #nathan chen #yuzuru hanyu #shoma uno #denis ten #katarina witt #brian boitano #brian orser #kristi yamaguchi #oksana baiul #nancy kerrigan #tonya harding #midori ito #scott hamilton #kurt browning #jayne torvill #christopher dean #ekaterina gordeeva #sergei grinkov #surya bonaly #tara lipinski #michelle kwan #johnny weir #sasha cohen #sarah hughes #stephane lambiel #yuna kim #mao asada #joannie rochette

[allekha]

I do not mean this turn into a negativity or a bashing post but I am curious to know: are there any skaters, either present or from history, whom you would consider overrated/overscored, and whose skating style you're not particularly fond of?

Hi, anon! I do generally keep this blog positive, so I’ll try to keep this answer from being too negative. The short answer is yes and yes. I also often wish the judges would use the different PCS categories despite the system not encouraging that, even with skaters I adore. Long answer:

I’ll mostly keep to retired skaters, but I will say that while I generally avoid watching Eteri skaters now because I can’t with that abusive coaching team (guess I’ll have to make an exception for my beloved Zhenya :( ), when my skating friend has made me watch their programs on occasion, I’ve found them pretty overhyped. I mean, to be fair, they are so hyped now that nobody could live up to it, and Daniil’s bad choreo these past few years doesn’t help (judges, what are you watching?). But when people are comparing young teenager skaters to Maya Plisetskaya, it’s like a parody. Sorry, but Daniil being inspired by Plisetskaya is not unique among FS choreographers, and it doesn’t make any skating kid suddenly as graceful and controlled as a trained dancer. (Personally, there are few skaters I would call ‘balletic’, anyway.)

Moving on - I did actually like some of Ashley Wagner’s programs; I saw her at a show once where she performed her Sweet Dreams program, which was super fun. But I remember seeing a lot of comments about how her La La Land FS was so artistic and so underscored when she didn’t get chosen for the Olympic team. I was so confused, because to me, it was empty and bland and didn’t have the spark of her more energetic programs.

Some of Plushenko’s early programs I do kind of like and made me understand how he garnered popularity - he could really project personality on the ice and he could move very fast - but he never quite lost the flaily quality, and his later programs became so jump... skate... jump... pose... jump... skate... jump... spin... while moving over the music that I can’t get into them.

I have really tried to Get Michelle Kwan because she’s The American Ladies Skater, but while she had some beautiful moments, all of her programs I’ve seen range from ‘boring’ to ‘okay’ for me. I saw people enthusing over her Tosca program a few months ago and thought maybe that would be the one to make me Get her, then spent the whole time waiting for her to do something interesting. Maybe you had to be there? I am glad that she, along with Tiffany Chin, inspired so many other Asian-American skaters to try out the sport, though.

Similarly, Surya Bonaly was undoubtedly important to inspiring black French skaters who came after her, and it is terrible that she and other black skaters faced and continue to face so much racism in the skating world. And her one-foot backflip (that she didn’t get banned, dear wrong posts on the internet that ignore the titles she did win) was very cool, though backflipping at a competition practice when you have no reason to and nearly hitting the person who has the right of way because it’s her run-through is very much not. Anyway, her skating doesn’t stand out to me, and I don’t think she was at all robbed at ‘94 Worlds.

Going back further, Ondrej Nepela had some pretty jumps, but his airplane arms bore me and I don’t understand his artistic marks at all. Going even further back, Sonja Henie. I get that figure skating was very different and she was a great innovator for the sport, and she must’ve had real charisma in person, and she had some nice edges and quick spins... but I just don’t see the Pavlova comparisons from her day or the gracefulness that’s been attributed to her even by modern-day fans. Forget about her super hunchy toe jumps, her posture is terrible, especially in her upright spins, and she never straightens her legs when she’s doing a spiral or something. My skating coach once told me to do something a certain way so that I didn’t look like her.

And a few skaters whose skating just doesn’t work for me: Yuna Kim is a skater who when I watch her programs, I can understand why people love her so much at an intellectual level, but they generally leave me cold. Though I know she was Wilson’s ultimate muse, a lot of Wilson’s choreo for other skaters doesn’t do it for me, so I wonder if that’s part of it. (While it’s not in any way her fault, I also find her stans continuing to bash Sotnikova’s every action annoying.) And V/M were incredibly talented, and their Carmen was one of very few where I thought the attempt at sexy choreo was successful (though I dislike most sexy or romantic themes in ice dance), but I’m not a fan of their style.

Hope that answers your question, anon :)

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[ucflibrary]

Every October UCF celebrates Diversity Week and for 2020 it runs from October 19 – 23. The theme is Stronger Together: Unified! Connected! Family! This highlights how together we can make UCF and the surrounding community stronger and more connected with each other.  

One of the fantastic things about UCF is the wide range of cultures and ethnicities of our students, staff, and faculty. We come from all over. We’re just as proud of where we are from as we are of where we are now and where we will be heading in future. 

UCF Libraries is offering a full calendar of virtual Diversity Week activities from family friendly crafts to talks by area experts and film discussions. Don’t miss out on our community showcase which features UCF alumni and faculty and how they support the Knight community. We even have digital puzzles and downloadable coloring pages. And you can also add your voice to the 2020 UCF story by participating in our digital time capsule. To learn about the upcoming events visit: guides.ucf.edu/diversityweek 

Join the UCF Libraries as we celebrate diverse voices and subjects with these suggestions. Click on the link below to see the full list, descriptions, and catalog links for the featured UCF Celebrates Diversity titles suggested by UCF Library employees. These and additional books are on display in the new 4th floor Reading Room.

And thank you to every Knight who works to help others feel accepted and included at UCF!

 A Faithful Reading Partner: a story from a Hakka village by SuHua Huang A welcome addition to dual language literature, the story is about growing up among the Hakka people in Taiwan. In order to succeed, it is important for children to have a reading partner. But in this case, it is a dog with which the children develop deep friendships as they share their books with him. A sub-current to the main story is one of being a minority within a minority and success, which though longed for, inevitably contains sadness wrapped within its joy. Presented to UCF Libraries by the Chinese American Community in Orlando. Suggested by Sai Deng, Acquisitions & Collection Services

 Discrimination and Disparities by Thomas Sowell Challenges believers in such one-factor explanations of economic outcome differences as discrimination, exploitation or genetics. It offers its own new analysis, based on an entirely different approach--and backed up with empirical evidence from around the world. The point is not to recommend some particular policy "fix", but to clarify why so many policy fixes have turned out to be counterproductive, and to expose some seemingly invincible fallacies behind many of those policies Suggested by Cynthia Kisby, Administration

 Equality and Diversity: phenomenological investigations of prejudice and discrimination by Michael D. Barber Examples of prejudice against Jews, women, African Americans, and other minority groups are reported almost daily by the media. Despite educational programs to counteract prejudicial attitudes, this seemingly intractable problem remains an ongoing concern, not only in the United States but throughout the world. It is an interesting and often overlooked fact that the subject of prejudice has been the focus of major works by three prominent philosophers in the phenomenological tradition, works that still offer many insights into contemporary attempts to understand this social problem. Michael Barber examines this striking convergence of interests by these three philosophers and explores the significance of phenomenology for analyzing prejudice as expressed in anti-Semitism, sexism, and racism. Suggested by Sandy Avila, Research & Information Services

 Hacking Diversity: the politics of inclusion in open technology cultures by Christina Dunbar-Hester We regularly read and hear exhortations for women to take up positions in STEM. The call comes from both government and private corporate circles, and it also emanates from enthusiasts for free and open source software (FOSS), i.e. software that anyone is free to use, copy, study, and change in any way. Ironically, rate of participation in FOSS-related work is far lower than in other areas of computing. A 2002 European Union study showed that fewer than 2 percent of software developers in the FOSS world were women. This book is an ethnographic investigation of efforts to improve the diversity in software and hackerspace communities, with particular attention paid to gender diversity advocacy. Suggested by Megan Haught, Student Learning & Engagement/Research & Information Services

 Mothers Work: confronting the Mommy Wars, raising children, and working for social change by Michelle Napierski-Prancl Through a series of focus group interviews and an analysis of the media and popular culture, Napierski-Prancl explores the institution of motherhood and the arenas in which mothering occurs while analyzing how mothers feel about themselves, each other, and the culture that situates them against one another. Suggested by Megan Haught, Student Learning & Engagement/Research & Information Services

 On the Freedom Side: how five decades of youth activists have remixed American history by Wesley C. Hogan As Wesley C. Hogan sees it, the future of democracy belongs to young people. While today's generation of leaders confronts a daunting array of existential challenges, increasingly it is young people in the United States and around the world who are finding new ways of belonging, collaboration, and survival. That reality forms the backbone of this book, as Hogan documents and assesses young people's interventions in the American fight for democracy and its ideals. As Hogan reveals, the the civil rights movement has often been carried forward by young people at the margins of power and wealth in U.S. society. This book foregrounds their voices and gathers their inventions--not in a comprehensive survey, but as an activist mix tape--with lively, fresh perspectives on the promise of twenty-first-century U.S. democracy. Suggested by Megan Haught, Student Learning & Engagement/Research & Information Services

 Pippa Park Raises Her Game by Erin Yun Life is full of great expectations for Korean American Pippa Park. It seems like everyone, from her family to the other kids at school, has a plan for how her life should look. So when Pippa gets a mysterious basketball scholarship to Lakeview Private, she jumps at the chance to reinvent herself by following the "Rules of Cool." At Lakeview, Pippa juggles old and new friends, an unrequited crush, and the pressure to perform academically and athletically while keeping her past and her family's laundromat a secret from her elite new classmates. But when Pippa begins to receive a string of hateful, anonymous messages via social media, her carefully built persona is threatened. As things begin to spiral out of control, Pippa discovers the real reason she was admitted to Lakeview and wonders if she can keep her old and new lives separate, or if she should even try. Presented to UCF Libraries by the Chinese American Community in Orlando. Suggested by Sai Deng, Acquisitions & Collection Services

 Sexuality, Equality, and Diversity by Diane Richardson and Surya Monro Investigating the dynamics of identity and sexual citizenship in a changing world, this compelling text explores key debates around human rights and representation, policy and resistance. Incorporating theory with original research, this is a thought-provoking insight into sexuality and diversity in a global age. Suggested by Sandy Avila, Research & Information Services

 Shame: how America's past sins have polarized our country by Shelby Steele Part memoir and part meditation on the failed efforts to achieve racial equality in Americathis work advances Shelby Steele's provocative argument that "new liberalism" has done more harm than good. Since the 1960s, overt racism against blacks is almost universally condemned, so much so that racism is no longer, by itself, a prohibitive barrier to black advancement. But African Americans remain at a disadvantage in American society, and Steele lays the blame at the feet of white liberals. According to Steele, liberals have refused to acknowledge the country's progress over the past 50 years, in part because their notions of white guilt and black victimization help preserve their position of power over blacks. Suggested by Cynthia Kisby, Administration

 The Boy Who Became a Dragon: a Bruce Lee story by Jim Di Bartolo This book presents a biography of the martial arts legend, describing his childhood in Hong Kong and how it was shaped by World War II, and his success as an international star. Presented to UCF Libraries by the Chinese American Community in Orlando. Suggested by Sai Deng, Acquisitions & Collection Services

 This Promise of Change: one girl's story in the fight for school equality by Jo Ann Allen Boyce and Debbie Levy In 1956, one year before federal troops escorted the Little Rock 9 into Central High School, fourteen year old Jo Ann Allen was one of twelve African-American students who broke the color barrier and integrated Clinton High School in Tennessee. At first things went smoothly for the Clinton 12, but then outside agitators interfered, pitting the townspeople against one another. Uneasiness turned into anger, and even the Clinton Twelve themselves wondered if the easier thing to do would be to go back to their old school. This is the heartbreaking and relatable story of her four months thrust into the national spotlight and as a trailblazer in history. Suggested by Ven Basco, Research & Information Services

 We Rise, We Resist, We Raise Our Voices edited by Wade Hudson and Cheryl Willis Hudson What do we tell our children when the world seems bleak, and prejudice and racism run rampant? With 96 lavishly designed pages of original art, poetry, and prose, fifty diverse creators lend voice and comfort to young activists. Suggested by Ven Basco, Research & Information Services

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