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Konstantin Somov - The Lovers (1933)

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People washing carpets, Tehran, Iran, 1967

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Trainspotting

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when kafka said “all the love in the world is useless when there is total lack of understanding” and when richard siken said “if you love me, you don’t love me in a way I understand.”

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September mood

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In bonobo societies, all bonobos frequently engage in sexual contact with other members of the community, regardless of sex. Female bonobos in particular are quite promiscuous with both fellow females and males; thus, bonobo society is matrilineal or matrifocal. Since the patriline of each member is unknown due to female bonobos having many sexual partners, the female bonobos take communal care of their collective young, and the male bonobos take on other community-care roles instead. It is theorized that this leads to lower levels of violent conflict, as opposed to chimpanzee, human, and other primate societies that are patriarchal, since male members of these societies must find ways to identify their offspring which inevitably leads to violent, controlling behavior toward female members as well as violence & competitive behavior toward other males who may pose a threat to their social statuses. Bonobo societies are extremely peaceful in comparison to other primate societies.

The feature musical film Mamma Mia! (2008), directed by Phyllida Lloyd, shows an example of what a matrifocal society, resembling the structure of bonobo society, could look like for humans; where several females care for a child whose exact paternity is unknown, and instead of violence resort to prosocial behavior (joyfully singing and dancing) in order to resolve conflict. In this essay I will attempt to

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good things will happen 🧿

things that are meant to be will fall into place 🧿

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from Yasica, Puerto Plata by JP Infante

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Montenegro. Perast.

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Signs

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Going overboard, Olivier Garros

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Sun Dreams   -   Poul Anker Bech , 1973.

Danish, 1942–2009

Oil on canvas,

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THE PLEASURE OF LOVE IN IRAN ‘Plaisir d'amour en Iran’ (1976) dir. Agnès Varda

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can’t stop feeling like this.

insta: laitdelune

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edward minoff / alfred emile stevens / sally storch / milt kobayashi / warren chang / malcolm t. liepke

frank o' hara, from "poem", selected poems

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my year of rest and relaxation by ottessa moshfegh

saul robertson / alex hanna / ron hicks / philip geiger / emil robinson / kim cogan / emil robinson / alex hanna / william oxer