#mandated

[finalatomicbuster]

Bruno and Mike Spanner for Mandate, July 1976 Photography by Target Studios

[visohyenadraws]

Ya this slogan was real and I love it, would you vote for him? 🦅🇱🇷🗽🔵🫏

[dirt-goth]

As much as I want to be a wholly joyous about the fact that Henry Kissinger is finally fucking dead, as he deserves... There's a lot of me that can't help being upset with. With the fact that he lived to 100 years old. He got better medical care, better housing, and a better, more stable life for those 100 years than billions on this planet ever going to see and he did it specifically through exploitation, state sanctioned murder, and lies. He lived to 100 years comfortably on a legacy of violence that rarely threatened his personal comfort. I want to be joyous that he's finally dead, because the world IS better with him dead, but the reality is he won a long time ago.

[jockodeparis]

Mandate – Great Outdoors: Marooned, July 1981 photographed by Malcolm Hoare

"The water's warmth washes his superb musculature. The skimpy rag of a t-shirt delineates his strong pecs and lats. No need to worry. Fantasies are the stuff of dreams and this scenario has fulfilled our very wish. Over the dune, he can hear the civilized voices of Fire Island men enjoying midsummer delights. Marooned on Fire Island! What a way to go."

[the-golden-kingdom]

Smthing smthing i need them to slowdance in these dresses

[just-an-enby-lemon]

I think people going about Jon being in the therapist office are forgetting the very important part that they were in a place for court-ordered therapy. We don't have the insane take of a version of Jonathan Sims that seeks help we have a version of Jonathan Sims that somehow commited a crime and was forced by law to finally go to therapy.

[speckled-jim]

ʏᴏᴜ ᴋɴᴏᴡ, ʀᴇᴀʟ ʀᴀꜱʜɪᴅ, ɪ'ᴍ ᴘʀᴇᴛᴛʏ ɢᴏᴏᴅ ᴀᴛ ᴍʏ ᴊᴏʙ. ᴀ ʙʀɪɢʜᴛ ʏᴏᴜɴɢ ʀᴇᴘᴏʀᴛᴇʀ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴀ ᴘᴏɪɴᴛ ᴏꜰ ᴠɪᴇᴡ. ɪɴᴛᴇʀᴠɪᴇᴡᴇᴅ ᴀ ꜰᴀʟʟᴇɴ ᴄᴀᴛʜᴏʟɪᴄ ᴀʀᴄʜʙɪꜱʜᴏᴘ, ꜰᴏᴜʀ ᴇɴʀᴏɴ ᴠɪᴄᴇ ᴘʀᴇꜱɪᴅᴇɴᴛꜱ… ᴀɴᴅ ɪꜰ ᴛʜᴇʏ'ᴠᴇ ɢᴏᴛ ꜱᴏᴍᴇᴛʜɪɴɢ ᴛᴏ ʜɪᴅᴇ, ᴛʜᴇʏ ᴀʟᴡᴀʏꜱ ꜱᴛᴀʀᴛ ᴡɪᴛʜ ꜱᴏᴍᴇ ᴋɪɴᴅ ᴏꜰ ᴅɪꜱɢᴜɪꜱᴇ.

ɴᴏᴛ ʟɪᴛᴇʀᴀʟʟʏ, ɴᴏᴛ ꜱᴏᴍᴇ ᴅᴜᴍʙ ʜᴀʟʟᴏᴡᴇᴇɴ ᴄᴏꜱᴛᴜᴍᴇ -- ɢʟᴏᴠᴇꜱ, ᴄᴏɴᴛᴀᴄᴛ ʟᴇɴꜱᴇꜱ -- ᴛʜᴇʏ ᴛᴇʟʟ ᴊᴏᴋᴇꜱ…

ᴛʜᴇʏ'ʀᴇ ᴄʜᴀʀᴍɪɴɢ…

ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇɴ ᴀᴛ ꜱᴏᴍᴇ ᴄʀɪꜱɪꜱ ᴘᴏɪɴᴛ, ᴡʜᴇɴ ɪ ɢᴇᴛ ᴄʟᴏꜱᴇ, ɪᴛ ᴅʀᴏᴘꜱ ᴀᴡᴀʏ…

ᴀɴᴅ ɪ ꜱᴇᴇ ᴀ ꜰʟᴀꜱʜ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ᴛʀᴜᴛʜ.

[maynardotheratman]

I love how Bedelia is like “If you release Hannibal he is going to kill me and a bunch of other people” and Will is like “Tehee I know” 🤭

[oldcountrybear1955]

Mandate Magazine January 1980

[finalatomicbuster]

Jess Stone for Mandate (August 1981) Photography by Roy Blakey

[totalbenefits]

What is State Mandated Disability or TDB?

New Jersey Temporary Disability Benefits (TDB) and Family Leave Insurance (FLI). The New Jersey Temporary Disability Benefits (TDB) law, enacted in 1948 and later amended in 2008 to include Family Leave Insurance (FLI), allows for NJ covered workers to take paid time off for their own non-occupational related injury or illness (under TDB) or to care for a family member with a serious health…

[abilai]

Hit wife???? NO

[amarriageoftrueminds]

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Since it came up recently, link to that therapist on twitter 👆 who was discussing Bucky's terribile therapist in TFATWS and how they should’ve been. 

Transcript:

"As a therapist myself I've had a lot of feelings about Bucky's therapist on TFatWS, and have decided I need to rant a little to let it all out. I've worked w/active duty, trauma survivors, and court ordered clients, so here's some therapeutic conjecture on Bucky's therapy:

Aesthetically her office and presentation don't fit for someone who has been through the trauma that he’s been through. A client like this would need something non-threatening and safe- the whole vibe is overly formal and official in an office building, not at all therapeutic.

6 months working together she calls him Mr. Barnes and then James-he has identity issues and is struggling with who he is, so I think that one of the 1st things they would have done is figure out what he is comfortable being called, by whom and what that means for him.

He is still full out lying to her about pretty much everything including PTSD sx—I’m not saying clients never lie if they have good therapists, but if after 6 months he still doesn’t feel like he can be truthful at all then they haven’t built any trust/ solid therapeutic rapport

The pen and notebook thing-that’s clearly a trigger for him, there’s no reason to antagonize him and take notes in session like a punishment, it’s a power play on her part and it only emphasizes his lack of control in being forced into therapy (she should know his hx w/notebooks)

The whole little arm motion she made when she said “they need to make sure you don’t…” – that made so much light of what has happened to him, he probably feels like his arm is only good as a weapon and things like that will not help him accept it as part of his body

The rules, UGH the rules—from how they were talking about them clearly not something he actively created for himself, more like directives that he’s been ordered to adhere to—something fed to him and reinforced, feels like a way to sign off on liability only

THE AMENDS—this is probably my biggest issue. Amends are for people who need to take accountability for their actions and the repercussions of those choices. He had NO choice. He was a victim of horrific crimes against him, and framing it in a way that he needs to make up for

the crimes that others used him for is abhorrent. The lack of trauma informed care as astounding in the way it is being framed that he has to atone for sins that weren’t his. Its clearly reinforcing the idea in his head in ep 2 when he says “HYDRA were my people".

NO, HYDRA were your captors. They were not your people. That type of thinking needs to get deconstructed and challenged. He can dedicate himself to bringing good into the world and righting wrongs that happened WITHOUT taking on the responsibility of those actions.

Her whole attitude and demeanor were condescending and demeaning. I know some people have said “I love how she calls him out on his bullshit!” That’s not what I see happening. I call my clients out on their shit all the time—this was not that.

And I can only do that with clients ONCE we’ve built the type of relationship where it’s going to be therapeutic for them to hear it, and it’s done intentionally and with purpose. She just came off shaming and mean because they don’t seem to have any form of therapeutic rapport.

She said “you have no history, no family”- there is no therapeutic reason for that, and she’s wrong. He most likely has family alive (he used current tense when talking about his sister) and he was close to Shuri and TChalla, his history is vital to understanding him

When she said “Look, I know that you have been through a lot, but you’ve got your mind back. You are being pardoned. These are good things. You’re free.”—Yeah this feels really dismissive and like toxic positivity. “I know you’ve been through a lot BUT BE HAPPY!!??”

He certainly doesn’t seem to feel like he’s free (especially having therapy mandated), and you can’t just tell someone they’re free. I felt like she was pretty much just like, “shake it off, look to the future!” which feels really shitty when you’ve experienced excessive trauma.

HELLO breach of confidentiality, just introducing herself to Sam as his therapist and confirming it to Walker and the whole police station, it doesn’t matter if they know he’s in therapy you do not break someone’s privacy like that, he still deserves some control over his tx.

Ordering Sam into a session, NO, he’s not your client and you don’t know him well enough to know if that’s appropriate or if it would be harmful to either, and you haven’t asked your client for his consent to have another person in his session

Forcing a trauma victim who was stripped of his bodily autonomy for 70 years into a physically intimate exercise with a coworker that he’s barely interacted with in the last several months? NOPE, just reinforcing to Bucky she has control over him the way his handlers used to

To me, I think she is more focused on signing off on his psychological eval that he isn't a liability rather than any actual healing or attention to his trauma. This unfortunately isn’t unusual in the military where “mental health treatment” is focused on being mission ready.

They are making sure he’s ready to be an “asset” w/ mandated therapy, which he shouldn’t even be forced to do as part of his pardon because he shouldn’t have needed a pardon at all because he was a victim of horrific war crimes, brainwashing, and dehumanization for 70 years.

I’m just saying, if that was me he would be on my big squishy couch, bright open windows, bowl of Hershey kisses, random fidget toys, and two therapy dogs laying all over him while we work through that trauma and he builds back his identity and finds the calm he wants so badly.

And yes he would probably need someone who would see through his BS, call him out when he needs it, not be overly "touchy feely", but only if he feels safe and there is trust, where he gets to work on what HE wants, not what others think he needs.

Anyway thanks for coming to my TEDTalk, I❤️my work and I think being a therapist on retainer for the Avengers would've been a fucking trip, they all needed a team of mental health professionals at their disposal 24/7 and things would've been so much better🤣

ps. They can be a good therapist and just not be a fit for the client, that happens regularly. We know when to make it part of the conversation and when to refer out. Nothing good is going to come out of a contemptuous therapeutic relationship, mandated or not.

pps. That whole situation and the scene with Zemo was so rough. I can't imagine how much it brought back the violation, humiliation, anger, and helplessness of when he was the WS. I'm just imagining him having a therapist he trusts and being able to process that afterwards 😭😭😭"

[riant-draws]

and he thinks he doesn't need therapy

[gaygalore]

Don We Now Our Gay Apparel

Well, what with gay Santa Clauses coming out of the closet, at least in Quebec (see page 5), we decided such a momentous occasion deserved some sort of special attention. Michael Rock lensed a series of titillating shots with a satirical variation on this theme for his provocative line of greeting cards, Rockshots. Here and in our other Christmas photos, Kris Kringle definitely has his hands full of something other than toys as he comes bearing bare gifts for the Yuletide. There is unquestionably something hot about to happen, and it has absolutely nothing to do with chestnuts roasting on an open fire. There's even a touch of something for you leathermen, specificially Claus' sensual black gloves. This something for almost everyone extends to Santa's humpy helper who is quite skilled when it comes to hanging balls… on Christmas trees. Or would you prefer he assist you in making certain the proper things are well hung…meaning stockings, of course. Enough puns for now. Just remember that Christmas is a time for international brotherhood and loving your fellow man. We want you to remember this holiday season and give you a final reminder with the ensuing photograph which we couldn't resist entitling "Sandy Claus."

Mandate, January 1980 photographed by Michael Rock for Rockshots

[oldcountrybear1955]

Mandate Magazine October 1980