#pa culture

[brokenfoxproductions]

As a Pennsylvanian, I'm disgusted with the poor quality of Sheetz food in recent years, especially with delivery.

Order a soda with your meal? It's gone. No refunds for delivery customers.

Order chicken strips? Lol they're cut up tiny for salad.

Custom toppings on your sandwich? I hope you like extra mayo and extra onions, because that's apparently the default.

Step it up Sheetz. You're slacking on your comfort food game lately. Do better. For Pennsylvania.

#Pennsylvania #sheetz #pa culture #pa #pittsburgh #Harrisburg #allentown #wilkes barre

[canisalbus]

What do your boys smell like?

I talked about this a bit on this earlier post and I don't think I have anything significant to add to it at this time. But I could tell you which perfumes they might wear in modern times? (Scents are hard to describe but I included some of their main notes to give you a vaguest idea of what they're like).

Vasco

État libre d'Orange - Tom of Finland (iris, leather, tonka bean) Dior - Homme Parfum (leather, iris, rose) Tom Ford - Tuscan leather (leather, woody, amber)

Machete

Heeley - Cardinal (linen, myrrh, frankincense) État libre d'Orange - Rien Intense Incense (frankincense, amber) Lalique - Encre Noire (cypress, vetiver)

#I'm kind of sensitive to strong smells but also one of those people that are constantly sniffing everything (?) #so navigating perfumery is kind of hazardous a lot of them give me a headache or make me feel sort of ill and dizzy #but I think these are nice I own/have owned all of these except Tuscan Leather #which is so sophisticated and rich and leathery but awfully overpriced and I don't think I can ever afford a full bottle #answered #anonymous #modern au #a lot of overlapping ingredients because big surprise leather and frankincense are my favorites #I usually wear perfumes at home only because smelling strongly is kind of a faux pas in Finnish culture #a lot of schools and workplaces for example are expected or at least strongly encouraged to be as scent free as possible #which is smart I approve that #but it does limit your opportunities to find uses for these things

[blackswaneuroparedux]

What 'War and Peace' is to the novel and 'Hamlet' is to the theatre, Swan Lake' is to ballet - that is, the name which to many people stands for and sums up an art form.

Robert Gottlieb

It’s hard to believe that Swan Lake’s original premiere was seen as disastrous. When it first performed on 4 March 1877, at Moscow’s Bolshoi Theatre.

Tchaikovsky’s magical ballet tells the story of the doomed love of Prince Siegfried and Princess Odette. Prince Siegfried goes out hunting one night and chases a group of swans – one of them transforms into a young woman, Odette, who explains that she and her companions were turned into swans by the evil Baron Von Rothbart. The spell can only be broken if someone who has never loved before swears an oath of undying love and promises to marry her. The Prince declares his love to Odette and promises to be loyal forever.

At a grand reception at the palace, the Prince must choose a bride – but he can think only of Odette. Suddenly a fanfare announces the arrival of two guests - it is Odette! The prince dances with her and asks for her hand in marriage. But it’s not Odette - the mystery woman is the daughter of the evil von Rothbart, Odile. Odette has witnessed the whole scene. Too late, Siegfried realises his mistake.

Siegfried follows Odette to the lake and begs her forgiveness. She says she forgives him but nothing can change the fact he broke his vow. They decide to die together. The lovers throw themselves into the lake.

There are a few different theories as to how Tchaikovsky came up with the idea for Swan Lake. Though the libretto is based on a story by the German author Johann Karl August Musäus The Stolen Veil, many of Tchaikovsky’s contemporaries claimed that he was deeply fascinated by the tragic life story of Bavarian King Ludwig II - sometimes called the Swan King - who died under mysterious circumstances by drowning himself in a lake.

It is likely that Tchaikovsky chose Ludwig II as the prototype of Prince Siegfried. It is easy to tell that the composer clearly enjoyed working on the music for Swan Lake, as he wrote far more material than would ever be required. As a result, the version most commonly performed today is, in fact, an edited one, created after Tchaikovsky’s death and significantly shorter than the original work. 

Considering that Swan Lake is currently the most frequently performed ballet in the world, it's hard to imagine that it was a failure upon its premiere, with near unanimous criticism of different production aspects. Critics were universally disparaging, claiming the production was indistinctive and forgettable. They disliked the set and the choreography, thought the orchestra and dancers were subpar, and thought Tchaikovsky’s score was too complicated. The dancers who performed in the ballet’s premiere also declared Tchaikovsky’s music was too rich to accompany their balletic moves, and simply too difficult to dance to.

Because of these distractions, the actual brilliant score by Tchaikovsky got largely overlooked amidst the chaos.  Although a few critics did recognise the virtues of the masterful score, it was considered far too complex for ballet, too “noisy” and too “symphonic”, resembling the grand, weighty music of Richard Wagner. Even the initial ballet dancers deemed the music too difficult to dance to as its density clashed with the fluid and graceful balletic movements.

One of the issues for the premiere performance was the absence of the Bolshoi’s prima ballerina, Anna Sobeshchanskaya. Sobeshchanskaya rejoined the production as Odette/Odile in April 1877 but insisted on making certain changes to the choreography and score. Two years later the original choreographer, Julius Reisinger, left Moscow and was replaced by Belgian choreographer Joseph Pater Hansen. Hansen set about re-staging Swan Lake, launching his new version in January 1880.  All 33 performances of the ballet between 1877-1883 sold out, attesting to the ballet’s increasing popularity amongst audiences.

A planned revival of the ballet in the early 1890s was cast into doubt by the death of Tchaikovsky in November 1893, who didn’t live to see the ultimate success of his ballet. Tchaikovsky had written far more material than was ever required, and after his death, Riccardo Drigo took on the job of revising Tchaikovsky’s score, with the approval of his brother Modest Tchaikovsky.

The revised and edited version – commonly the version of the score used today - is considerably shorter than the original, full-length work. It premiered on 15 January 1895 by the Maryinsky Ballet at the Maryinsky Theatre to overwhelmingly positive reviews.

Call it what you like - Dance of the Four Swans, Dance of the Cygnets, The Four Little Swans - but for me the pas de quatre from Swan Lake is one of the most iconic dances in one of the most iconic classical ballets of all time. It is a coveted role for a ballerina, one that requires technical precision and teamwork. The light-hearted Dance of the Cygnets involves 16 pas de chat performed by four dancers moving sideways in exact unison with their arms interlaced. 

I’ve always found its spirit of sheer innocence and beauty breath-taking to watch. I’m left with wonder restored and a distinct feeling of the flight of innocence coming back to rest in my hardened heart.

Video: Royal Ballet's Swan Lake (2018)

#gottlieb #robert gottlieb #quote #tchaikovsky #swan lake #ballet #ballerina #music #dance #dancers #history #music history #technique #movement #pas de quatre #dance of the cygnets #pas de chat #beauty #arts #culture

[lunarmoves]

i love how everyone collectively in dca au fics (where they're CreaturesTM who arent named) were like. yeah those two fellas look like the sun and moon. im gonna name them sun and moon bc it's obvious. we are all side eyeing each other knowingly.

#like what if their names were bob and george and u committed some social faux pas in their creature culture #what then #shut up shay!!

[yrrtyrrtwhenihrrthrrt]

More Nonsense from My Ambrosius Stan Account Post:

As someone who got on Tumblr a couple years ago not really knowing the culture and rarely posts because I don't think anyone cares about the silly worms in my brain I'd like to give everyone who thought it was funny and left a like or a tag or a reblog a very I Love You and here is some more thoughts about it I had through the day that I thought nobody would care about but am posting now

The account was named @gold_loin_love and gained notoriety for being the only stan account Ambrosius actually followed

During the live stream Ballister answered the questions (that he had his followers submit beforehand) while still in character, despite the fact that he was laughing his ass off and Ambrosius was with him.

Example: "'Do you think Ballister and Ambrosius are going to get divorced?' Absolutely. They're terrible together and honestly not even cute. They probably had some cringy beach wedding with their weird pink child officiating. Ew, next question"

Ambrosius would frequently interject

"Do I think Ambrosius was toxic for cutting off Ballister's arm?"

Ambrosius, stealing the phone: "Yes he needs to be cancelled immediately."

Ballister, taking it back: "Wrong that weird creep deserved it to be honest"

He read a couple questions that were defending him and after giving them his joke answer about how they were wrong, thanked them sincerely

(sad time) The first thing he posted after the events of the movie, during which he obviously wasn't posting although how fucking funny would it have been to be Ambrosius and see Ballister's fake stan account post "lol get his ass I hope he died" over footage of him MAIMING HIM in light of all that was happening was "I'm sorry that I've been gone, the death of the Queen really took a toll on me, she was a real role model and inspiration of mine. I'm especially sorry to Ambrosius. I wish I hadn't run away. I wish I'd been there for you through all this, I know it must have been so hard. I really hope everyone forgives him."

(sad time over, silliness resumed) He'd use the account to make fun of Ambrosius and himself in every capacity imaginable

"Check out what Ambrosius wore to the national conference, I love how it's so shiny you can't tell how busy and incongruent the patterns are 😍 we love a maximalist king!!!"

"Ballister Ballhard surprises nobody wearing armor he got at the emo booth of a Renaissance Fair."

There is so much potential for this and I'd love to see more of Ballister being a silly goofball

#nimona #ballister boldheart #ambrosius goldenloin #goldenheart #idk tumblr culture if i do something wrong pls tell me #im always scared to post if i might commit a faux pas #and to the people who said they'd want to draw this or write or read about it #you have my every permission #and i love you #if someone made something inspired by my cringe brain? #id cry so hard i threw up from love #ive stolen so many people's headcanons for the jumbled fic in my google drive that will never see the light of dat

[a-very-tired-jew]

To Eat Your Own

Anyone who has been involved in activist spaces, politics, and pushed for equity in any capacity is well aware of how quickly any of these groups can (and will) turn on itself. Often this is due purity politics and "No True Scotsman" logic. If you don't agree 100% with what each individual member, not just leadership, thinks and believes then you're not part of the group. If any action doesn't meet the criteria of certain individuals then they will raise hell, complain, splinter off into more radical camps, and/or they will try and ruin someone. In this case, I have seen Leftists and Progressives go after John Fetterman for his support of Israel. Now...they were goin after him prior to this as he met with Jewish groups in PA during his run for Senate. This is not new. How do I know? I'm from Philly. I grew up there. My family is from there. My family business is there. I worked in delis there to make my way through college. I have been a part of most major progressive movements and groups for over two decades and I know most of the big players in these spaces. There has long been an antisemitic undertone to Leftist groups in PA that trade in the standard conspiracy theories. These do differ from Right Wing replacement theories and instead focus on the good ole "Jews control the money" as it is couched in anti-Capitalist language. Other antisemitic conspiracies are also often couched in Leftist language as well. As such, these people openly enjoy Jewish culture, food, and business while also believing that the people behind it are "evil Jews Capitalists Zionists". It does not help that many of the safe spaces that Leftists attend are owned or co-owned by Jewish business people (e.g. Tabu). PA has one of the largest Jewish populations in the USA outside of NYC and NJ. It has long been established and there's so much Jewish culture that has made its way into Eastern PA culture that you'd have to actively work to avoid it. However, because it has become a part of the mainstream culture, a lot of people take for granted the actual presence of the Jewish community and/or don't understand how large it is. So what does this have to do with Fetterman? Take a look at this rant from today.

Fig. 1. User rants about Fetterman and calls him an Imperialist. Prior to 10/7 someone like this would be praising Fetterman for appearing "disheveled" and fighting against the status quo's emphasis on a dress code. His disrespectful nature and calling out of Republicans in Congress was highly praised. His voting record was also praised. But now? Now that he supports Israel, he's bad. He's no longer the Leftist's ideal politician, but instead a representation of the "evil Zionist agenda". Fetterman is from PA. That means he grew up in a state that has Jewish culture and identity woven throughout it. He knows Jews. He's worked with Jews. Jews have influenced his politics and identity as much as he has them. But this person likely doesn't understand that. They mention Fetterman and Casey so I know they're from PA, and they mentioned calling Fetterman as their rep. But they, like most others, don't understand much regarding Jews and their impact on their state, politics, media, and belief. Fetterman does and that's why he is such a supporter of Israel and the Jewish Diaspora. But because he supports the "Big Bad Zionist Entity" he is now no longer a Progressive/Leftist. In fact, Fetterman himself has said he no longer identifies as a progressive Democrat, but simply as a Democrat. All because of the rise in rampant antisemitism on the Left. This is how you lose politicians and leaders who support your ideals. Let's step away from Israel for a second and look at Fetterman and what he supports vs the people going after him. Both parties actively support LGBTQ+ rights, equity movements, choice, and so on. But Fetterman is not supporting a terrorist group that actively suppresses and/or kills people belonging to these groups or campaigning for them, the activists are in the name of "Resistance". Contradictions and cognitive dissonance are viable forms of politics if you want to make change. They are viable forms of ideology and belief though, and because this conflict has become an ideological war full of antisemitic hate, conspiracy theories, and downright vitriolic lies...it makes sense that the pedestal they put Fetterman on has crumbled. (Also note that this person is 22. Again, age plays a major factor in activist spaces and I will refer you back to one of my other writings for those thoughts.)

#jumblr #antisemitism #leftist antisemitism #israel #palestine #activism #leftist #People from PA are not nice #We're kind and if you expected any of us to be nice then you know nothing about the culture or state

[randomnameless]

Je viens de voir passer un fanart de Byleth et Dedel à 1min27 dans cette vidéo de France Culture (https://www.facebook.com/watch?v=1377800556269036) sur un sujet qui n'a rien à voir en plus. C'est beau.

C'est magnifique, parfait avec le petit logo "France Culture" pour sponsoriser tout ça.

Je suis fière de participer au service public audiovisuel en payant mes impôts!

Pourquoi sur un sujet qui n'a rien à voir, elle était en train de parler de otome games qui tirent la sonnette d'alarme sur, en gros, les relations toxiques qui peuvent se cacher derrière le traditionnel "je trouve mon âme soeur, on se fait des bisous et tout est bien qui fini bien"! - et justement, Dedel et Billy c'est un peu le même bouzin : Billy suit Dedel parce que l'amour rend aveugle (ou complètement débile?) et ça se donne la main et ça fait un soutien de rang S avec une illustration franchement pas tip top...

Mais le couple toxique se révèle !

Dedel refuse d'accepter l'héritage métisse de Billy, (si bien que le jeu doit se plier en quatre pour faire en sorte que Billy perde son héritage maternel de Nabatéen) et l'a poussée à démolir ce qui lui reste de famille, pour que Billy redevienne la personne détachée qu'elle était auparavant, même si elle détestait son surnom et sa réputation de "démon cendré".

Billy qui a suivi son coeur et ses sentiments se retrouve dans une situation complètement pourrie qu'elle avait adoré quitter, et est condamné à n'être qu'un faire-valoir (les ailes de l'hégémonisme Adrestien uwu) pour servir les desseins de Dedel.

...

Si ça se trouve, c'est exactement ça que voulait dire la personne interviewée par France Culture, qui avait joué à Fleur Vermeille!

ou pas lol

#ladyniniane #fodlan nonsense #et si france culture s'y met aussi #ça tuerait un peu le truc quand même parce qu'on sait tous que FE16 est développé pour un joueur masculin et les 'gna gna professeur uwu' #'c'est le trope usuel de #miss ice princess qui ne regarde personne d'autre que le joueur et n'est elle même qu'avec le joueur #même si certains utilisent ça pour mettre en avant la lecture F/F du jue #Dedel est faite dans une optique M/F #et aussi chiant que ce soit CF /SS c'est le choix de la waifu que Billy veut soutenir #enfin bref Billy/Dedel c'est absolument pas l'icône du féminisme dans le jeu #FE16 #french post

[blueiskewl]

AN EGYPTIAN PAINTED WOOD ANTHROPOID COFFIN FOR PA-DI-TU-AMUN

THIRD INTERMEDIATE PERIOD, 21ST-22ND DYNASTY, CIRCA 945-889 B.C.

71 7/8 in. (182.5 cm.) high

This Third Intermediate Period coffin is one of the finest examples to ever appear. It was acquired by the Swedish scientist Olof Vilhelm Arrhenius during his travels to Egypt in the 1920s and shipped home in a warship. It first became known to a wider audience when his descendants put it on loan in Heidelberg in the early 1980s, and it has since been on loan to 2 other public institutions until the present day. What makes this coffin remarkable is its excellent state of preservation and extensive and fine pictorial reprersentations across almost every surface. In previous periods, Egyptian tombs were decorated with painted or sculpted scenes but due to the extensive destruction during the Third Intermediate Period, this extensive imagery was transferred to coffins as seen here.

#AN EGYPTIAN PAINTED WOOD ANTHROPOID COFFIN FOR PA-DI-TU-AMUN #THIRD INTERMEDIATE PERIOD 21ST-22ND DYNASTY CIRCA 945-889 B.C. #archeology #archeolgst #ancient artifacts #history #history news #ancient history #ancient culture #ancient civilizations #ancient egypt #egyptian history #egyptian hieroglyphs

[majora-is-lurking]

“Hi, I am Pomme Damidot, and you’re watching D&CO!”

She spends all her time decorating her parents's houses, she’s literally Valérie Damidot... CONTEXT: D&CO was a french television program dedicated to interior decoration, presented by Valérie Damidot from 2006 to 2015. It has become a reference in terms of interior decoration in french culture, hence the comparison with Pomme.

#la culture française la vraie #je pensais pas faire une illu avec valérie damidot un jour #Pomme la buildeuse là ♥ #qsmp #qsmp eggs #qsmp fanart #qsmp pomme #my art #qsmp french

[bingewatchintilldawn]

As a bilingual person, I realised that my handwriting is terrible in my native language AND second language...

Soooo I got curious

!!Please reblog for more answers!!

#poll series #my curiosity must be answered #/pa #languages #bilingual #trilingual #multilingual #polygot #guys idk just *insert every culture here* #English culture #French culture #German culture #Arabic culture #african culture #Indian culture #east asain culture #japanese culture #korean culture #Singaporean culture

[alliluyevas]

wondering when exactly and for what reasons the names American children typically called their parents shifted from “ma and pa” to “mama and papa” to “mom and dad”

#at least in my experience w Mormon correspondence it seems like early 19th century it was ma and pa or mother and father #but by the end of the century it had shifted to largely mama and papa. #ma and pa feels very frontier bc of little house on the prairie but idk if this is actually a result of a less frontier culture or #if it just happens to coincede w it. but I have seen several #late 19th century adults who call their own elderly parents Ma and Pa but are mama and papa #to their own kids.

[lotusinjadewell]

Vietnam from South to North. Credit to tommy.nyu7 (Instagram).

#vietnam #vietnamese #culture #travel destinations #travel #architecture #visit vietnam #asian architecture #phu quoc #saigon #ho chi minh #ho chi minh city #hoi an #hanoi #ha giang #sa pa #quang ninh tourism #quang ninh #ninh binh

[abibeur]

Fuck France

Love French speakers

:)

#french #français #france #j'adore la langue certainement pas le pays #la culture aussi est cool (juste que l'état peut s'écrouler) #love the language not the country (also good culture)

[mur-art]

It’s pretty much canon at this point that PA is Gov’s dad. What if in some kind of AU situation Gov and IDC were actual kids back in the day and PA actually had the opportunity to raise them like a normal dad? Anyway, here’s that AU... 

It’s still PA’s birthday here and that’s all that matters. 

Why is PA wearing glasses? Because my own OC versions of PA have always worn glasses so it’s kind of a habit at this point. Plus at least one east coast state needs glasses and I vote for PA. But only for reading. He’s an old-ass man after all.

#wttt #welcome to the table #welcome to the statehouse #wttt history au #wttt pennsylvania #wttt gov #wttt idc #featuring questionably inaccurate 1790s fashion #bonus points if you know what famous painting this is based on #Papa PA teachin them everything he knows about being shady #PAPA PA #idk what's going on with the hair #i was trying to vaguely approximate whatever ben has #but let's say PA is experimenting with the romantic poet look #he's a man of culture #fun fact like my entire family is from PA like super early on #and my very first state OC back in high school was pennsylvania #anyway i'll shut up #mur art

[transingthoseformers]

I love the tfp au vehicons so much, they deserve little prank wars and game nights (... oh primus the game nights must be so fun) and once peace hit a lot of the shenanigans become a bit more well known

#maccadam #transformers #tfp au #vehicons #someone starts playing two trucks through the PA system and it's juuuust quiet enough that one can think they're just imagining it #they make random pop culture references (whether it's from earth_ inside jokes made during the war_ or old ones from Cybertron even) #all the shenanigans

[dreamingoftinystars]

I know Taylor Swift will likely never see this but if she does I just need her to know that her playing Marjorie is so incredibly appreciated. I can’t imagine how difficult it is for her.

I was at her show tonight, and I started crying a lot during it. My grandmother was recently diagnosed with cancer, and while they did catch it early the type of cancer she has has an extremely high mortality rate. So her potential death has been a lot on my mind recently. And seeing Marjorie live, while making me cry because all of that is happening, it did also remind me that people out there understand and get it.

I actually called my grandmother before the concert to show her my outfit and talk to her for a moment and she was like “I’m so excited that you’re doing this. You’ve been a fan of hers since forever. I hope you have a great time”. And that has just made this whole thing more impactful.

So yeah I just wanted to say that I know that the song must be terribly hard to sing but some of us in the audience really appreciate it. Also to everyone holding up your lights, I want to say thank you to you as well because seeing all of the lights reminded me that even when she is gone that the memories and pieces of her will still be around in some capacity. So truly thank you for that

#hearing Taylor also talk about it connecting to pa through her memories to her grandparents is something I feel so strongly #but also it just means a lot because my grandmother is also an immigrant so the idea of every piece of her being taken from me is deeply #Personal as it kind of feels like part of my culture will be as well which is a weird thing to explain #anyway- beautiful Show Thank you for everything Taylor #eras tour #taylor swift #Marjorie Taylor swift #Marjorie song #ts eras tour #Philly eras tour #death mention #cancer mention