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des-herbes-folles · 2 months

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Appel à contribution pour un zine sur les ruralités queers, tout médium, fin de l'appel en mai

Les zones rurales ne sont pas vierges de nos histoires!

Histoires réelles, ou fantasmées, les espaces « hors ville » modifient souvent nos perceptions et nos possibles en tant que queer (et pas que).

Ces espaces apparaissent bien différents selon nos vécus, et se superposent aux enjeux préexistants entre villes et ruralités.

Car si la vie queer est évidente en ville, elle semble impalpable hors des « hameaux » de 20 000 habitantx ! ET POURTANT!

>> Partageons nos créations! Racontons nos enjeux, nos mémoires, nos réflexions, nos questionnements et les spécificités de nos environnements.

Nous attendons avec impatience vos contributions autour des ruralités en tant que personnes queer*!

Envoyez d'ici mai, de manière anonymes ou non, vos textes, images, poésies, photos, archives...à [email protected]

(et pourquoi pas préciser votre rapport aux zones hors-villes : vécus, aspirations, expériences brèves etc.!)

Ce fanzine sera imprimé avec les moyens du bord, il sera vendu à prix libre ou prix coutant et mis en libre accès sur Infokiosques.net

S’il génère quelques bénéfices, ils seront réinjecté dans de nouveaux projets avec le meme axe ou sera donné à d’autres causes de queer-précaires en galère (mutuelle TPG / frais de justice / asso de soin queer etc.) en vous consultant par mail.

Ce zine est à l’initiative d’une poignée de personnes d’un collectif queer à vocation de stimulation créative.

Il sera diffusé sous la license Creative Commons Attribution: – Pas d’Utilisation Commerciale – Partage dans les Mêmes Conditions (CC BY-NC-SA). Les droits d’auteurices restent à leur auteurices (donc vous)

Les contenus ne seront pas diffusés s’ils nous paraissent véhiculer des propos: misogynes, transmisogynes, putophobes, homophobe, lesbophobe, enbyphobe, transphobe, raciste, nationalistes, islamophobe, antisémite, xénophobe, ethnocentriste, classiste, colonialiste, grossophobe, agiste, capacitiste (/validiste), sérophobes, essentialiste, complotiste...

#zine #fanzine #bagaitte #lgbtqia #queer #france #campagne #ruralité

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kalena-henden · 6 months

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These are all the shows I’ve watched in 2023 so far...

finished:

Alchemy of Souls: Light and Shadow - Fantastic finish to the story! Top 3 Kdrama.

Unlock My Boss - Chae Jong Hyeop shines as an aspiring actor who winds up taking the roll of a lifetime as the new CEO of a tech company when the soul of the previous CEO gets stuck inside his phone. Wild concept but fun found family, corporate intrigue, and a sweet little romance that brews between the young new CEO and his assistant.

The Forbidden Marriage - Top 5 Kdrama. If you want romance, comedy, angst, and alot of love, this is your show. I had so much fun and was rewatching while it was airing.

King2Hearts - An unlikely romance sparks between a South Korean prince and a top North Korean (female) soldier leads to potential reconciliation between their two countries that is threatened by a crazy arms dealer whose cover is a magician. This a James Bond inspired, enemies to lovers, family dynasty, international war games drama. The unhinged villain has his own lair and minions but the only one who can match his off kilter mind games is the wily prince, who is equal parts smart, asshole, and lovable. The North Korean soldier is one of the only one’s who can go toe-to-toe with the prince to eventually bring out the best in him as they fall in love that is literally ride or die. There’s also a secondary romance with the princess and a royal guard. I loved parts of this and liked the rest.

Poong the Joseon Psychiatrist (S1 & S2) - I’m a big Kim Min Jae fan. He shines as a medical doctor who experiences trauma that drives him to suicide. He is saved by a passing noble woman and a short while later he saves her from suicide due to her own trauma. Both of them end up working at a rural clinic with another exiled doctor to treat the locals physical needs but also begin a new practice to treat people’s mental health needs as they try to recover from their own traumas. I loved S1 but S2 brought on some annoying new antagonistic love interests. It is a happy ending though.

Lighter & Princess - A poor computer programing genius clashes with an ambitious rich girl in his college classes but sparks fly when they vie for control of the school’s entrepreneurial programming club leading to unlikely but hard won romance. This was excellent.

Love to Hate You - A brash entertainment lawyer gets entangled with a romance actor who keeps his distance from women due to a trauma. A bit over the top, lots of role reversals but also fun. I liked it but didn’t love it.

A Very Secret Service (Au Service De La France) - This a dry, witty French comedy about espionage and spies in the 1960s. Quirky and enjoyable with good character development.

Taxi Driver (S1 & S2) - Lee Je Hoon leads this team of vigilantes who try to root out the evils of society for individuals in crisis that they were never able to do for themselves. The cases are mostly based on real life events. Violent, emotional, satisfying. I love this found family.

Crash Course in Romance - A beloved, handsome math academy professor falls for the single mother of one of his students leading to an uproar amongst the parents. There’s a cute love triangle with the daughter and her classmates (I’m Team Geonhu) and a unsatisfying serial killer plotline.

Gaus Electronics - This is an over the top, quirky, office comedy. It’s so crazy, especially at the beginning, that it’s almost too much but it’s smart and fun with an unlikely enemies to lovers romance that is quite sweet.

The Heavenly Idol - A high priest from another realm in the middle of a battle with the devil unexpectedly switches places with a failed idol grasping for his last chance at success. Kim Min Kyu is a great fish out of water but the story is a bit all over the place. I like his sweet healing romance with the band’s new manager though.

The King: Eternal Monarch - Parallel worlds, time travel, doppelgängers. Lee Min Ho, Kim Go Eun, Woo Do Hwan. There were some great concepts and good execution but it lacked the follow through to make it truly satisfying.

Dr. Romantic (S1, S2, & S3) - Top 10 Kdrama. A small town hospital where a visionary maverick doctor, Master Kim, mentors 30-something year old doctors with his unorthodox methods while they fall in love with each other. It has a huge found Doldam Family with the hospital workers of all ages and their complex relationships with each other. I love this show!

Our Blooming Youth - Park Hyung Shik leads this Joeson-era mystery romance. It’s okay but it’s too slow and doesn’t develop the characters enough. It should have been 16 episodes, not 20.

Call It Love - Introverted adults in their 30s try to overcome childhood trauma inflicted by their parents as they unwittingly fall in love while working together. This one is slower, complex and compelling. It’s one of my favorite dramas of 2023.

Please Don’t Date Him - I watched this solely for Lee Junyoung as a young firefigher who falls in love with a woman who works with A.I. in home appliances and stumbles upon a government spy program. It’s a light comedy if you’re looking for fluff.

Find Me in Your Memory - An actress who’s lost her memory and an anchorman who can never forget fall in love. I mainly watched this because of the actors cameo as these character in Sh**ting Stars. It was okay.

Healer - I know this is a fan fave but I liked it, didn’t love it.

Bora! Deborah (True to Love) - So much potential but a bit of a let down. I like both Yoo In Na and Yoon Hyun Min.

When the Weather is Fine - I was here for the small town romance with the local bookstore owner and the fun found family of their all ages book club. However, the last third of the story wallowed in the revealed family trauma too much and lost sight of everything else.

Tale of the Nine-Tailed 1938 - When this was on point, it was compelling, funny and so much darn fun! There was bromance, romance, adventure, healing, friendship, and battles both personal and national. It had some slow times but overall Lee Dong Wook was clearing having the time of his life and Kim Bum stole the show as Lee Rang came into his own.

Thirty But Seventeen - 10/10. Top 5 Kdrama. A teenage violinist gets into an accident and wakes up from her coma 13 year later to find the world vastly different. This was so much darn fun, great found family, cute romance, angst, and healing. Even when it was sad, I was so happy watching it. Shin Hye Sun, Yang Se Jong, and Ahn Hyo Seop are fantastic!

Something in the Rain - I wanted so much to like noona romance with Son Ye Jin and Jung Hae In but man did it drag. Her mother is especially heinous. I completed it which was difficult.

See You in My 19th Life - I weirdly dislike-watched this in one weekend cause I wanted to see what all the fuss was about. It was okay. There were some interesting things about it with the relationships and past lives stuff but not for me.

King the Land - Lee Junho acted his heart out in this fluffy romcom and Im Yoona was a worthy partner in crime. I came to have a good time and they gave it to me.

Heartbeat - Ok Taecyeon did a good job of carrying this unsteady vampire show that had some good moments but didn’t deliver on its premise.

Legend of the Blue Sea - I really do like Lee Min Ho. He has a casual charisma that is undeniable. Jun Ji Hyun was an excellent literal fish out of water. While I liked the intertwining of the past and present lives, the story never quite hit the mark for me. Liked it, didn’t love it.

Never Have I Ever (S4) - This show never let me down. A satisfying finale season!

Meteor Garden (2018) - I needed more Dylan Wang after Love Between Fairy and Devil. This was an unexpected crazy fun ride. It was so outrageous at times. It inspired me to one day watch all the adaptations of Boys Over Flowers, as I’ve already seen 3 now.

Hidden Love - A slow burn, age gap romance between a college girl and her older brother’s longtime friend. I really liked this but I wasn’t in love with it like everyone seems to be.

Nadiya’s Time to Eat - A fave Great British Bake Off winner’s cooking show. Inspiring.

Nadiya Bakes - And her baking show too.

Shadow and Bone (S2) - I think it improved on some things from the first season but they really crammed the second two books into one and some of Six of Crows too. Still a bit too fast-paced but I enjoyed it.

The Night Agent - An FBI agent gets an emergency call that starts a race to find a government mole and protect the informant. I binged this almost straight through. A good watch.

Queen Charlotte - This Bridgerton spinoff sheds light on royal power dynamics, mental illness, and social and racial divides.

LuLaRich - This is a compelling documentary on the rise and fall of Lularoe’s multi-level-marketing scheme. A must watch.

Sweet Magnolias (S3) - This is a comfort drama. I’m just here checking in to see how the little town is doing.

Star Trek: Picard (S3) - Showrunner Terry Matalas brings some of his 12 Monkeys (the tv series) magic to the final reuniting of the Next Generation cast while setting up a compelling potential Legacy spinoff.

My Lovely Liar - I enjoyed the romance between Hwang Minhyun and Kim So Hyun but the show itself is okay.

Destined With You - Magic, Curses, Past Lives, Symbolism, Spells, Fated Love. I thought it was going to be the next great fantasy romance but it chucked the fantasy halfway through and left a million unanswered questions at the end. At least we got a decent romance, even if the story lost its way. A big disappointment for me but I would recommend to see Rowoon acting his heart out in a cute romance.

The Uncanny Counter 2 - I was back to see the demon hunters fight for their humanity and loved ones again.

Celebrity - A solid takedown of influencer culture with mystery, intrigue, and a tiny bit of romance.

It’s Okay Not To Be Okay - I’ve been hearing about how good this drama is forever and it lived up to expectations. Great characters and development. I was surprised at how funny it was and enjoyed the romance too. Highly recommend.

True Beauty - This has been on my list for a long time and I needed more Cha Eun Woo while waiting for new episodes of A Good Day To Be A Dog. A great high school romcom with angst about a girl bullied for her acne getting a second chance at a new school who turns into a ‘goddess’ when she learns to do her own makeup. Love the romance, bromance and friendships! I love the second male lead as a character but never got second lead syndrome because I loved the main romance. I enjoyed the whole way through.

Beckham - A docuseries about soccer (football to the rest of the world) star David Beckham that made you feel like you had front row seat to his past triumphs and struggles through the reflective lens of the present.

#true beauty #dr romantic #it’s okay not to be okay #the forbidden marriage #thirty but seventeen #call it love #tale of the nine tailed 1938 #kdrama #kalenapost #kalena watched kdramas #tv #tv list

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smolhoneybat · 2 months

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hi! i've been a fan for quite a while. i really admire how you seem to articulate, i found myself becoming more introspective with every video. also it's really nice to see someone talking about games and series i really love. aside from that, i wanted to ask if you had any recommendations like games, books, shows, movies?

hi hi!! thank you so much, pinning the words down is hard but worth it haha 💛

Ooh I have so many... obviously there's the games and shows I've talked about on my channel but standouts would have to be Darkwood, Nier Automata and Arcane but ALSO

Games: -A Space for the Unbound: chill fetch quests in a small town in rural Indonesia, finish your summer bucket list with your gf, pet cats, dive into the subconsciousnesses of your neighbours!

-Ender Lilies: metroidvania platformer with some tight controls like Hollow Knight, gorgeous artwork and music, you play as Lily, a young amnesiac priestess trying to purify the spirits of the dead and stop the plague ridden rain that won't stop falling, you're small and weak but you recruit different spirits to fight with you but it never feels overwhelming or bloated, really enjoyed it

-Signalis: survival horror as an android looking for her gf, she made a promise and she's going. to. fulfil. it. Dystopian future in space with lots of good old rusty machine body horror, strange senses of time and memory and there's some puzzles in there too.

-Sunless Sea: Victorian London was moved underground by bats. Don't worry about it. Go sail the seas and try and turn a profit without losing your mind from the Horrors ^.^ (deceptively a lot of reading in this, plays like a management sim meets VN)

-Omori: 4 years ago Something happened. Omori dreams his days away in his room, carefully not thinking about that Something. Some of the game is in his colourful dream worlds and some out in the real world. Fights are always tinged with emotional rock paper scissors as how you, your friends and enemies feel will affect the fight! He's about to move house and an old friend comes knocking on the door...

(-alsoPathologicisgoodyesI'moneofthoseyoutubers)

Books: -Va11-Hall-A: I...don't know whether to put a VN under games or books so I'm putting it between the two. You're a barista in a cyberpunk kinda world, you listen to patrons while making them drinks and chat. (It's chill but sometimes gets pretty heavy and has a lot of mature topics in it for the record.) -Deathless by Cathrynne M. Valente: an alternate history book that has one foot in the Russian Revolution and the other in fairytale. Marya Morevna marries Koschei the Deathless, and goes back to his kingdom. She makes friends with various folklore creatures, checks in on her sisters who all married birds and her old and new lives begin to collide.

-The Locked Tomb trilogy by Tamsyn Muir: sci-fi necromancers vie to become the next right bony hand of God, first book is a murder mystery, second is a grim tale by a survivor of the first but something is Wrong and you know it is, third is an oddly domestic political tragedy and I loved them all so much, cannot recommend the audiobooks in particular enough (as the first is a murder mystery, all the voices the narrator does are both incredibly well done but let me pinpoint exactly who was speaking even when I couldn't remember their names, also she voiced Daniella in Haunting Ground!)

-The Gentleman Bastards series by Scott Lynch: small orphan becomes a conman in fantasy Italy. Ends up being drawn into some political intrigue and fucks around finds out, frequently!

-Children of Time: Spiders! Once upon a time an arrogant scientist decided to infect monkey with a virus that would encourage rapid evolution within cooperative species but...it reaches jumping spiders. They have their own form of sign language with vibrational tappy patterns against the ground and wiggling their palps! Scientist's consciousness has melded with an AI and is waiting for her monkeys to become intelligent enough to contact her

Misc: -Dungeon Meshi: do you want to learn about the ecosystem of a dungeon while also figuring out how to cook the creatures inside and watch a guy with a monster special interest live his absolute best life? Yeah you do! (I'm really enjoying this rn so ye)

-Mabel: podcast about a home health carer for an old lady who's only living relative, Mabel, is missing. Anna, the nurse, starts leaving her voicemails like a diary and slowly gets drawn into family secrets, fairy logic and goes exploring places she shouldn't (this one does not shy away from heavy topics including serious child abuse and its effects so if that's not for you then leave this one be)

#sorry this took a while to respond to I was chewing on what to recommend!#I'm sure I like some cheerful things too but I cannot for the life of me think of any #I mean A Space for the Unbound is pretty nice for MOST of it but the last section made me cry a lot

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meriol-lehmann · 1 month

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la vie rurale

#topographies #rural #canada #spring

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suchamiracle-does-exist · 10 months

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Dear @faisonsunreve thanks for the tag. This was definitely a time taking task but so much fun to do. A true time travel to your watching history. To my surprise there are three French films and three Tom Hanks films included. 😄

A few comments about certain choices.

Favorite film of all time: The Thief of Bagdad (1940): The jewel of the film is Conrad Veidt’s insane Jaffar dressed up with the turban.

Best script: Some Like It Hot (1959): The story about two antihero musicians trying to make a living and avoiding gangsters by dressing as women and joining a female band and traveling to Miami is still unique to watch.

Favorite poster: The Empire Strikes Back (1980): Memories from the childhood. Darth Vader’s perhaps a little too epic posture promises you an emotional adventure and that promise will be fulfilled.

"I’ll watch it some day": Napoléon (1927): @missholson and I were introduced to this 6-hour biopic of Napoleon and we were stunned by the shots of the twenty-minute triptych sequence, where widescreen panorama is made by projecting multiple-image montages simultaneously on three screens. Blu-ray is waiting on the shelf.

Big personal impact: Elvis (2022): I wasn’t prepared for the narrative where female gaze and male vulnerability are allowed and validated.

You like, but everyone hates: Angels & Demons (2009): Don’t know today’s reception but when it was released the film was heavily criticized by the critics and the audience. I like both this and The Da Vinci Code (2006), but having more convincing characters, plot and hold for the entirety makes it better than the first one.

Underrated: The Ninth Gate (1999): Polanski is a very contradictory director for his sexual abuse charges, therefore it feels shameful to admit liking his films or considering his films to be valued. Many find Gate as a dull thriller. The film doesn’t rely on jump scares or gore but the mystery around the occult books and the things you can’t see.

"Why do I like this?": Bachelor Party (1984): This is my favourite question of them all. I discussed with @faisonsunreve about on what basis you should answer this and does it reveal your true movie taste. The 80’s crazy comedy is a silly and out-dated genre and that is why the films of this era fascinate me. Bachelor Party is full of lame humor and over-the-top characters. Yet the storyline is versatile and entertaining. Young Tom Hanks embodies the past.

Great soundtrack: La Cage aux Folles (1978): Ennio Morricone has said first he has to understand the film, the images, the story and the director’s intentions before starting to compose. I would like to know his study for Folles, because the soundtrack has such a humorous, characteristic and warm sound.

That cinematography: Furiant (2015): I was balancing between Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011) and La double vie de Véronique (1991), but this short film stands out with the way the rural landscapes, the dimly lit rooms and the unspoken moments are visualized (and edited) by the producer, director, writer, cinematographer and editor Ond��ej Hudeček.

Criminally overlooked: Angélique film series (1964-68): Yes, you could put almost any Conrad Veidt film here, however I chose this. I have been fond of Angélique films since I was a child. These spectacles tell the story of Angélique in the time of King Louis XIV of France. Romance, adventure, scheming with breathtaking soundtrack and costume design, beautiful Michèle Mercier in the leading role and the flashy way of speaking French offer us an exquisite interpretation from the 60’s.

Favorite active director: Peter Strickland: I have seen only The Duke of Burgundy (2014) and Flux Gourmet (2022), nevertheless his style of using the aesthetics of Italian genre films and the intimacy he creates is just heartwarming.

Anyone who wants to make their own version, please do and let me know. 📼📀📦🔦

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photoriadoc · 2 months

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Les petites cabanes et le moulin de Gouville-sur-Mer - Août 2021

Sur la côte normande, niché dans le charmant village de Gouville-sur-Mer, se trouve un trésor caché: un ensemble de petites cabanes et un moulin à vent qui offrent un panorama idyllique sur la Manche. Les cabanes, construites en bois et aux couleurs vives, se dressent fièrement sur la plage de sable fin. Elles invitent à la détente et à la contemplation, offrant un abri paisible face à l'immensité de la mer. Que ce soit pour se relaxer au soleil, lire un livre ou simplement profiter du clapotis des vagues, ces cabanes sont un véritable havre de paix. Le moulin, quant à lui, se dresse majestueusement sur une parcelle à la sortie du village. Construit au 18ème siècle, il a été restauré avec soin et abrite aujourd'hui un musée pédagogique qui retrace l'histoire de la meunerie et de la vie rurale en Normandie. Le site des petites cabanes et du moulin de Gouville est une destination idéale pour les amoureux de la nature et de la tranquillité. C'est un lieu unique où l'on peut se ressourcer et profiter de la beauté des paysages normands. Camera: Canon EOS 2000D Objectif: Canon EF-S 18-55 IS II Post-production avec Skylum Luminar 4 Read the full article

#Cotentin #France #Gouville #Manche #monumenthistorique #moulin #Normandie #paysagecôtier #petitescabanes #touristes #touristique

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xoxoauntscripty · 6 months

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*tw for cannibalism, mass starvation*

So if you've ever wondered, "who has saved the most human lives in the history of ever?"

There are a few people who vie for the spot

But the one you don't expect

is Herbert Fucking Hoover

You know.... One of those old timey U.S. presidents who doesn't seem like he did a fuck of a lot? For whom things like Hoovervilles™ are named?

But Herbert Fucking Hoover

Organized the biggest relief mission in history to that point (maybe ever?)

Saved at least 10 million people

And probably accidentally propped up the Bolsheviks and whoopsies, allowed the USSR to become one of the worst slave states in human history

All before he ever became President

So early Soviet Russia was a giant fucking shit show.

In 1917 you have the people topple the tsarist government, pull Russia out of World War I under some pretty fucking atrocious terms, and basically immediately descend into civil war

(which is a "civil war" in name only, because literally dozens of countries sent troops to fight on one side or another, and is in and of itself an entirely confusing and fucked up time frame I don't understand completely)

And while those two wars are finally over by the end of 1920, the Soviet economy is in shambles

Basically all the grain being grown by peasants was being conscripted by the larger government, in part to feed troops, in part to feed "important people" in the government, in part because that's not your grain, it's the people's grain, and by the people the government generally means "whoever we need favors from at the moment"

There are entire train graveyards because of all the trains that have been blown up or sabotaged across 6+ years of war

Rural people are basically wearing rags, living in shacks, and are Poor As Dirt, except they can't get to the dirt for most of the year because of all the fucking snow

The people producing the food are the people who are already underfed

And then in 1920... The fucking wheat harvest fails

Drought and blight basically fuck an entire seasons harvest all across Russia

And you IMMEDIATELY have a humanitarian crisis on your hands

Hard winter + living in rags + already underfed + crop failure = LOTS of people dying

As in, 10,000 to 100,000 people dying each and every week from starvation

If you look at photos, especially of orphanages, it will make you want to fucking cry, because these kids are walking skeletons

By March 1921 you have tens of thousands of cases of cannibalism, mostly unreported

At least 10 butchers shops have to be closed for selling human meat

Kids are literally afraid to go out alone because bands of roving cannibals are especially prizing the meat of children

And all the while, Herbert Hoover has been sitting on the sidelines practically BEGGING Lenin to let foreign relief in, as long as he can make sure the food is actually being distributed equally among the communities

And in March 1921 Lenin finally cracks and gives the go ahead

Now Hoover was the founder and head of the American Relief Administration, which was a US government relief agency

Keep in mind, 1920 is kind of at the height of the first Red Scare

The pinnacle of pre-McCarthy / pre-Cold-War anticommunist thought

There are leftist strikes all over the place. Coal strikes, steel strikes, even the Boston police go on strike around this time

Conservative/wealthy/powerful Americans are shit scared of the left, especially of socialists

And a good number of people just want to let the communists starve

And even though Hoover is staunchly anticommunist himself, he says fuck that noise, people are dying , and talks Congress into giving a whopping $20M in aid ($307 billion fucking dollars in 2023 money), plus $8M from the US military, along with tons of private donations. Altogether Hoover raises over $78M ($1.2 trillion in 2023) and immediately Gets The Fuck to Work.

And he sends in an absolutely staggering amount of support.

200 American ARA leaders hire 125-150,000 Russians on the ground

Commandeers (basically) over 200 ships

Sends over 912,000 tons of food

Sends over 7,500 tons of medical equipment and supplies

At one point has to convince Russia to unfuck its own railroad system and pay their workers so the grain can actually get anywhere

But it works

They set up twenty thousand kitchens

They start feeding 6 million kids and 4 million adults a day

The supplies help 16,000 hospitals and treat a million patients a day

Ten million fucking people don't starve who absolutely would have without aid

Now. We have to acknowledge that this isn't Hoover alone. Obviously it takes a fucking village to save a nation.

But he was the one who fought for it. He spearheaded it, and organized it.

He was also the one that insisted that along with edible food (mostly corn), the aid package include the wheat seeds to plant for next year's harvest, so this wouldn't be a Permanent Problem.

And lo and fucking behold, by autumn 1922, Russia starts to stabilize its food supply

And the famine begins to end

The wild part of this is that if Hoover, an ardent anticommunist, hadn't spearheaded this, the Bolshevik government probably would have fallen

But he cared more about feeding people than he did toppling a government he hated.

If you combine the 10M people he fed in Russia

The 3.1M children he fed in postwar Finland, Latvia, Poland, Estonia, etc

Sources

Herbert Fucking Hoover may have been (arguably) the person most responsible for saving the most lives in history.

Then afuckinggain

When he oversaw the federal response to the stock market crash of 29 and the start of the Great Depression (as President)

He basically thought that poverty relief would keep people from seeking work?

And thought that monetary and housing relief efforts were the responsibilities of the states, not the federal government?

And so basically his response to "help the banking and economic system is collapsing" was to make sure there were plenty of farm plans available and to try to stabilize businesses, not people? And ignored the fact that the people in charge of those loans were conservative dickheads?

So like. Not Perfect. None of them are.

But 13,000,000 people probably care less about that than about the fact that they lived.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_famine_of_1921

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/famine/

(Note: Herbert Hoover is not the same guy, nor AFAIK even related to, J Edgar Hoover.

That guy was a massive piece of shit.

But that's a story for another day.)

#tw cannibalism #tw starvation #history #humanitarianism

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leblogdejennifer-fr · 5 months

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Le blé est omniprésent dans notre cuisine. Qu'allons-nous cuisiner avec de la farine aujourd'hui?

#blé #récolte de blé #cuisine québecoise #cuisine #farine #gâteau #gâteau au citron #pâtisserie #cottagecore #esthétique cottagecore #vie rurale #esthétique rurale #leblogdejennifer

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mickmathersartblog · 6 months

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"Trinity #117 - The Rural Route Trinity"

digital collage, digital drawing & digital painting by Mick Mather

(click image to vie actual size)

#Mick Mather #digital art #digital collage #digital drawing #digital painting #'found' images #digital manipulation #landscape #The Houses Series #MickMathersARTblog

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aurevoirmonty · 6 months

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"Mon vieux, la ruralité que tu rabâches est un principe de vie fondé sur l'immobilité.

On est rural parce que l'on reste fixé dans une unité de lieu d'où l'on accueille le monde. On ne bouge pas de son domaine.

Le cadre de sa vie se parcourt à pied, s'embrasse de l'œil.

On se nourrit de ce qui pousse dans son rayon d'action.

On ne sait rien du cinéma coréen, on se contrefout des primaires américaines mais on comprend pourquoi les champignons poussent au pied de cette souche.

D'une connaissance parcellaire on accède à l'universel."

Sylvain Tesson, Sur les chemins noirs.

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through-the-trees-rpg · 1 year

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ambiance & inspirations.

Through The Trees | Ici, vous plongerez dans la petite ville ensommeillée de Boring, Oregon, dont les mauvaises langues diront qu'elle porte bien son nom. Pour imaginer la vie dans cette bourgade, aux parfums de feux de cheminée et de pétrichor, nous vous proposons un petit aperçu des inspirations et esthétiques qui ont accompagné sa création.

keywords: dark forests ; bigfoot ; vhs tapes ; camping ; old newspapers ; flannel shirts ; backpacks ; velvet curtains ; abandoned railway ; short horror stories ; night at the diner ; fog ; strange footprints ; campfires ; rural exodus ; broken neons ; moss and mushrooms ; hiking trails : sawmills ; flying saucers.

☄️ Un forum 'slice of life' dans les 90s D'abord, et avant tout, Through The Trees se veut un forum tranche de vie, où l'on explorera les vies quotidiennes des habitant·e·s, leurs relations, leurs émotions. Ici, faites la part belle aux dramas ordinaires, aux retrouvailles et aux déchirements. Car, à Boring, tout le monde se connaît ; et les secrets ne le restent jamais bien longtemps. Pour retranscrire cela, vos personnages pourront rejoindre une, ou plusieurs, communauté(s) de votre choix. La petite ville, qui a connu son heure de gloire dans le passé, se trouve désormais au ralenti, comme figée par le brouillard qui règne en maître sur les lieux. Par ailleurs, le forum se situe en 1992, et nous ne pouvons que vous encourager à vous plonger entièrement dans cette ambiance de fin de vingtième siècle, avant que la photographie argentique, les radios amateures et les cabines téléphoniques ne sombrent dans l'oubli. A noter : le forum n'a pas vocation à être un rpg tourné vers les gangs ou la mafia. Si l'on y trouvera une communauté de bikers, ainsi qu'un speakeasy, le contexte n'en reste pas moins tourné vers la simplicité, propre à la vie de la petite ville qu'est Boring.

☄️ Une esthétique ancrée dans la nature environnante Nous souhaitons inscrire Through The Trees dans le genre du nature writing, qui désigne une littérature profondément ancrée dans les grands espaces, notamment américains, où les personnages évoluent dans un cadre naturel particulièrement scénique, prépondérant dans les récits. Nous plongerons ici dans le pacific northwest, qui comprend généralement les états de washington, de l'idaho et de l'oregon aux états-unis, et la colombie-britannique au canada. L'imaginaire y est tourné vers les immenses forêts de conifères (on parle d'evergreen), qui recèlent de nombreux mystères. Si le forum n'est pas à proprement parler surnaturel, cette ambiance planante, nappée de brume et de fantasmagories, infusera à travers lui.

☄️ Folklore local & phénomènes paranormaux Vous l'aurez compris, dans un endroit comme Boring, les légendes locales ont toute leur place : observations de soucoupes volantes, apparitions de bigfoot, disparitions mystérieuses dans les bois... Au village, on raconte beaucoup d'histoires, et que l'on y croie ou non, elles imprègnent profondément la culture de celles et ceux qui vivent ici. En terme d'esthétique, on parle de cryptidcore, qui peut désigner la quête romantisée de créatures et de phénomènes surnaturels, une passion qui habite certain·e·s de ceux qui vivent ici, voire qui se rendent à Boring à cette fin. Là encore, rien ne prouve leur existence (mais rien n'indique le contraire...) et dans cette petite bourgade, tout le monde a un avis sur la question.

inspirations: twin peaks ; life is strange ; stranger things ; indian creek...

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Quintidi 15 Ventôse An CCXXXII

(lundi 4 mars 2024 / March 4, 2024)

Dans le calendrier républicain français, le 15 Ventôse correspondait à la Chèvre.

Les chèvres, avec leur énergie et leur agilité, représentaient la vitalité et la fécondité qui accompagnaient l'arrivée de la saison du réveil.

Le 15 Ventôse était donc un jour où l'on célébrait l'éveil de la vie après les mois d'hiver rigoureux. Les chèvres, souvent associées à la fertilité et à la prospérité, étaient appréciées pour leur capacité à fournir du lait, de la viande et d'autres produits essentiels à la subsistance des communautés agricoles.

Dans les régions rurales, le 15 Ventôse était parfois marqué par des festivals et des rassemblements communautaires où l'on honorait les chèvres et où l'on célébrait l'abondance à venir. C'était un moment de joie et de gratitude pour les ressources offertes par la nature et un rappel de la symbiose entre l'homme et son environnement.

Ainsi, le 15 Ventôse et la Chèvre étaient associés à la renaissance de la nature et à l'espoir d'une saison de croissance et d'abondance à venir.

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In the French republican calendar, 15 Ventôse corresponded to the Goat.

The goats, with their energy and agility, represented the vitality and fruitfulness that accompanied the arrival of the awakening season.

The 15th Ventôse was therefore a day to celebrate the awakening of life after the harsh winter months. Goats, often associated with fertility and prosperity, were valued for their ability to provide milk, meat and other commodities essential to the livelihoods of farming communities.

In rural areas, 15 Ventôse was sometimes marked by festivals and community gatherings honouring goats and celebrating the abundance to come. It was a moment of joy and gratitude for the resources offered by nature and a reminder of the symbiosis between man and his environment.

Thus, the 15 Ventôse and the Goat were associated with the rebirth of nature and the hope of a season of growth and abundance to come.

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