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While I understand this is aimed at men, I quite resonate with this message on a deeper level being a trans woman myself. Growing up, I could not be myself out of fear of facing violence from these men who are likely the ones who decry the "male loneliness epidemic" while they do nothing to help around the house. I was socialized in that environment. It was interestingly most women in my surroundings who were more affirming of my femininity, and even now, I think back at how much they helped me push through to truly exist as I am.

Now this part I'm ashamed to admit, but I have been guilty of flat out refusing to do chores and it's a pattern I strive to unlearn. Towards the end of last year and the first couple of months, I've had an awakening and realized just how lonely I've become frankly due to certain faults of my own. This is why I try to seek therapy, and I desperately beseech men to do so too. It's so easy to blame society's failings. While there is a discussion to be had about how the diminishing of third spaces, lack of viable transportation, as well as our social media consumption habits all contributing to our social alienation, those aren't the only factors. We are all agentic forces in our own rights, and phrases like "boys will be boys" and "men are helpless" as well as this idea that they're visual creatures who act on impulse is not only deeply insulting to men but it does nothing but abets rape culture.

The incels and red pillers have such a visceral disgust of women, it's borderline gynophobia at this point. Not even going to get into the "nice guys" who only cares about your body and is basically leading you on, making so many women suspicious of guys being nice and it feeding into the neverending cycle of men being lonely because it seems many of them don't value friendships, families or communities as much as they do romance and sex.

A part of me always thought that I could be above it all, that for a while my misandry could distance me from the failings of my AGAB in a sort of twisted way. That maybe I could be one of the "good ones" aka women and girls, but at the same time I do have to stop and wonder. What about trans and queer men? Men who are already doing the work, who respects women and puts money where their mouth is? What about just people in general who are already making the world a better place, in contrast to those who are apathetic or anti-social?

It really hits me that gender is both very complex and yet so simple. The patterns are there, and we need to put a stop to it.

men will do literally anything other than engaging in pro-social community-oriented behavior and then get online and complain about how masculinity is vilified and men aren't allowed to be heroes anymore

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Guys, if you don’t have enough money to donate or are unable to use your money internationally (like me), you can simply go to arab.org and click daily for free. Each click will send money (Lebanese Pound 1 per click. This organization is based in Lebanon and works with the UN) through ad revenues to UNRWA in Gaza. Besides Palestine, you can also support other causes in the Arab world for women, children, refugees, the environment, etc. Therefore, make sure to go to this site on each of your devices and click everyday.

(EDIT) You can also use different kinds of browsers on your devices to give more daily clicks. I've tried this with Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge on my PC. Now, I'm downloading Mozilla Firefox to click again.

(EDIT 2) Using the private mode of a browser after you use non-incognito browsing also allows you to click more in repetition. You don’t have to wait for a day to be over to click again.

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In the version I've read on Wikipedia, the woman was actually donning a white gown. But the story is all the same, chased by Ming forces and the buried woman comes out to lure the assailants away. There are so many stories of Hồ Ly Phu Nhân, whether wicked or righteous, that it's endearingly varied. It makes sense given that Vietnam shares history with her East Asian counterpart, like China, Korea and Japan.

Vietnam's Lê dynasty's clothings: giao lĩnh, đối khâm, yếm & thường.

For the first picture, the woman has fox tails because the artist is depicting Hồ Ly Phu Nhân (Fox Lady), who protected the founder of Lê dynasty, Lê Lợi, from the Ming dynasty army. In early 15th century, Vietnam was under the brutal colonisation of Ming dynasty. Lê Lợi was a revolutionary determined to fight for Vietnam's independence, which made him a criminal under Ming dynasty's eyes. One day, while he was being chased by a group of Chinese soldiers, he saw the naked corpse of a young woman raped and murdered by the colonisers. Despite the rush, he decided to quickly bury her. Her soul was touched by his compassion, so it turned into a fox and lured the soldiers away. Thus, the Fox Lady became a deity when Lê Lợi successfully fought off the Ming dynasty and founded the Lê dynasty.

One of the distinguishing features of Lê dynasty style is that both men and women like to let their hair down. Sometimes, woman used a veil to cover their hair like in the third picture. For the last picture, the woman has her hair up because it's a depiction of Hằng Nga, a character associated with Mid Autumn Festival from Chinese mythology but well-known in Vietnam as well (along with the Vietnamese myth of Chú Cuội).

Credit to Michio Sato for the pictures.

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I second that. Plus, Zelda is basically goddess Hylia in mortal form. Rosalina does not only live for over centuries, but she holds deep knowledge of the universe and can manipulate it at will.

Zelda is basically so overpowered that she's essentially the final weapon of the game. Anyone who thinks she's portrayed as weak is an idiot.

It’s like people who brush off Rosalina as just ‘G-Rated sex appeal’. Dude, in the canon of the Super Mario franchise, Rosalina is basically GOD. I just want people to stop down-playing actually strong female characters for once in their yearning for ‘diversity’.

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A redraw of my favourite page of Rosalina’s story book.The original:

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Super Mario Galaxy - Rosalina fanart

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On a whim, I’d come up with the idea to turn the concept art of Super Mario Galaxy into something akin to Rosalina’s Storybook. Lacking in dialogue ideas, I asked @somnomforest to give me a few lines of text, and…

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a winter Rosalina :D

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sorry, I can’t go out today, it’s a national holiday

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It’s very beautiful. It seems to have a sense of melancholy.

Huevember day 24.

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Power Star

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To celebrate the fact that Rosalina’s 9th Anniversary just passed by (Super Mario Galaxy launched in Japan on November 1st, 2007), I drew her as if she were a Champion Summon in World of Final Fantasy.

The choice of style might seem a bit random. I chose it because I wanted something that wouldn’t be too time consuming, but still kind of interesting to draw. I’ve been wanting to play WoFF (especially since Sora from Kingdom Hearts is coming to the game!) and love the art style there, so I thought it’d be a good fit!

Also, since this has given me some practice with the art style, I might do more Nintendo/Smash characters in this style in the future. I might also make a 3D model of this.

Happy 9th Anniversary, Rosalina! One year off the big ten! I hope Nintendo does something special for that. I know I will try to come up with something!

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“Are you in need of a helping hand? Would you like me to guide you to the Power Star?” Just a little edit I did on my phone. Ever since Super Mario Galaxy 2, I loved Rosalina’s Cosmic Spirit acting as a guide for Mario! Wish this was a palette swap in Super Smash Bros. for Rosalina!

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Rosalinakin Aesthetic for anon - Weavile