#Across The Globe

[angelsaxis]

I keep seeing posts about arranged marriages not actually being That Bad and "why do people always write royal women/girls as being devastated that they're getting married that was a Job to them, maybe they'd say they could try to make it work!!" And like I Get what they're trying to say I really do but are we forgetting that the heterosexual marriage contract traded a man's resources for unfettered access to women's bodies (and whatever other resources she brought). Are we forgetting the lack of civil rights for women especially when they were married. Are we forgetting the concept of sex rights. How the husband could humiliate her and she'd still have to be loyal to him. How yeah resources money political power but also like!!! The woman's body!!! She can't opt out at least not easily!!! We have documented cases of women avoiding marriage in order to hold onto some semblance of power like 😭😭 The Catholic Church is still very much against divorce and would only annul a marriage if the couple never consummated (impossible in a lot of situations) like HUH

[hungryfacesart]

Eternal Beauty in Every Time Zone: Mastering Jet Lag with a Glow.

If there’s one thing I’ve learned through my countless journeys across the globe, it’s that jet lag is the not-so-glamorous sidekick that often accompanies the rare beauty of travel. But fear not, as I’ve curated a collection of beauty secrets, products, and supplements that have become my allies in conquering the time zone blues and unveiling a radiant post-flight glow. Если есть что-то, чему я…

[mexicanistnet]

Santa's festive journey gets a quantum twist! Researcher Posadas suggests St. Nick might use quantum teleportation or the speed of light to zip across the globe. Move over reindeer, Santa's sleigh is getting a tech upgrade for a quantum leap in gift delivery!

[caelstyx]

I wanted to highlight examples of actions I've seen people organize to protest the genocide happening in Palestine.

[ID: A tweet by Demilitarize Western Mass @demilitarizewma that reads “BREAKING. We're blockading all vehicle entrances to the L3Harris facility in Northampton, MA. L3Harris is one of the largest weapons contractors in the world, and they profit from war, the prison industry, and the violent occupation of Palestine..” End ID]

[ID: A tweet by Rebecca Pierce @aptly_engineerd that reads “Happening now: Jewish emergency protest blockading the San Francisco Federal building in solidarity with Gaza and calling for a ceasefire and end to US complicity in the occupation of Palestinians.” End ID]

[ID: A tweet by Jewish Voice for Peace @jvplive that reads “JEWS SAY: STOP THE GENOCIDE OF PALESTINIANS! Over two-thousand Jews protested in front of the offices and homes of elected officials in NYC, San Francisco, Chicago, Seattle, Indiana, Florida, and Los Angeles to demand action to prevent the genocide of Palestinians..” End ID]

Last thing I wanted to highlight was this message from Palestinian-American Author Nadia Shammas. You can read the full thread on twitter.

[ID: A tweet by Nadia Shammas @Nadia_Shammas_ that reads “I want to hear non-Palestinians to hold the same faith in their heart as we do that Palestine will be liberated. I dream of a world where, when it’s too painful to keep faith, I can rest knowing they’ll believe it just as hard for me, that they’ll carry it for me just as firm"]

[destielmemenews]

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[hilacopter]

it's the way american leftists will insist on separating themselves from their government because, you know, a single governing force does not represent an entire country full of people with differing opinions. and then they absolutely refuse to apply that logic to non-western countries.

[birdz]

guys SHHHHH! the businessmen with unique and embarrassing romantic tension are sleeping..

[cordiallyfuturedwight]

kim taehyung (5th muster in seoul ver.) (cr. namuspromised)

[turtleblogatlast]

The fact that Leo can go literally anywhere on earth to be alone with his thoughts at a single moment’s notice is something that shakes around in my head all the time. Like, portals and teleportation are amazing and convenient abilities both in and out of battle, but they could also so easily be used to run away as well.

I don’t think Leo ever would, at least not most of the time. He loves his family too much, and is too dependent on their love and attention to cut himself off so suddenly like that, but it’s a very real possibility nonetheless.

It’s a good thing Leo’s overall temper is more on the mild side and he prefers going to his room or something to complete solitude, because it really is dangerous for a kid to have the ability to isolate themselves like that at their fingertips.

[coppersketch]

[rusquared]

imagine reading a novel about the apocalypse and how fiction can save your life in both an ordinary and extraordinary tragedy... and two years later watching the novel wrap up in the middle of a worldwide pandemic ??????????????

[angelsaxis]

I keep seeing posts about arranged marriages not actually being That Bad and "why do people always write royal women/girls as being devastated that they're getting married that was a Job to them, maybe they'd say they could try to make it work!!" And like I Get what they're trying to say I really do but are we forgetting that the heterosexual marriage contract traded a man's resources for unfettered access to women's bodies. Are we forgetting the lack of civil rights for women especially when they were married. Are we forgetting the concept of sex rights. How the husband could humiliate her and she'd still have to be loyal to him. How yeah resources money political power but also like!!! The woman's body!!! She can't opt out at least not easily!!! We have documented cases of women avoiding marriage in order to hold onto some semblance of power like 😭😭 The Catholic Church is still very much against divorce and would only annul a marriage if the couple never consummated (impossible in a lot of situations) like HUH

[brunosaderogatory]

Concept-art!Luca, like canon!Luca, didn't fit in with the other kids his age, but he seemed to be quite close with the elderly population of his village.

[haliaiii]

My twitter timeline in the last 24 hours

[anistarrose]

I think when a lot of queer people who aspire to marriage, and remember (rightly) fighting for the right to marriage, see queer people who don't want marriage, talking about not entering or even reforming or abolishing marriage, there's an assumption I can't fault anyone for having — because it's an assumption borne of trauma — that queers who aren't big on marriage are inadvertently or purposefully going to either foolishly deprive themselves of rights, or dangerously deprive everyone of the rights associated with marriage. But that's markedly untrue. We only want rights to stop being locked behind marriages. We want an end to discrimination against the unmarried.

We want a multitude of rights for polyamorous relationships. We want ways to fully recognize and extend rights to non-romantic and/or non-sexual unions, including but not limited to QPRs, in a setting distinct from the one that (modern) history has spent so long conflating with romance and sex in a way that makes many of us so deeply uncomfortable. And many of us are also disabled queers who are furious about marriage stripping the disabled of all benefits.

We want options to co-parent, and retain legal rights to see children, that extends to more than two people, and by necessity, to non-biological parents (which, by the way, hasn't always automatically followed from same-gender marriage equality even in places where said equality nominally exists. Our struggles are not as different as you think). We would like for (found or biological) family members and siblings to co-habitate as equal members of a household, perhaps even with pooled finances or engaging in aforementioned co-parenting, without anyone trying to fit the dynamic into a "marriage-shaped box" and assume it's incestuous. We want options to leave either marriages, or alternative agreements, that are less onerous than divorce proceedings have historically been.

I can't speak for every person who does not want to marry, but on average, spurning marriage is not a choice we make lightly. We are deeply, deeply aware of the benefits that only marriage can currently provide. And we do not take that information lightly. We demand better.

Now, talking about the benefits of marriage in respective countries' current legal frameworks, so that all people can make choices from an informed place, is all well and good — but is not an appropriate response to someone saying they are uncomfortable with marriage. There are people for whom entering a marriage, with all its associated norms, expectations, and baggage, would feel like a betrayal of one's self and authenticity that would shake them to their core — and every day, I struggle to unpack if I'm one of them or not. If I want to marry for tax benefits, or not. If that's worth the risk of losing disability benefits, in the (very plausible) possibility that I have to apply for them later in life. If that's worth the emotional burden of having to explain over and over, to both well-meaning and deeply conservative family members, that this relationship is not one of romance or sex. (Because, god, trying just to explain aromanticism or asexuality in a world that broadly thinks they're "fake" is emotional labor enough.)

Marriage is a fundamental alteration to who I am, to what rights an ableist government grants me, and to how I am perceived. I don't criticize the institution just because I enjoy a "free spirit" aesthetic or think the wedding industry is annoying, or whatever.

[catmitsumi]

fumi and mitsumi <3