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valarhalla

So, Boris Johnson wrote an essay in which he talked about the Sistine Chapel and then said : “There is nothing like it in Muslim art of that or any age, not just because it is beyond the technical accomplishment of Islamic art, but because it is so theologically offensive to Islam.”

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NOT TO MENTION the fact that the prohibition against direct images in Islam was actually the reason for the development of the incredible advances in higher mathematics of the Islamic Golden Age because they were required to create these structures. The Islamic World basically took the ban on images as a “hold my beer” thing and created an entire artistic culture based on mathematics and architecture where art and science fed into and glorified each other, 700 years before the Italian Renaissance.

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In conclusion

outercorner

i will say that islamic art drove me nuts as a kid because i did not have the math knowledge or capability to create such geometric patterns. it may have been the art of my people but by gOD it was difficult and unnecessarily difficult. however my pride in islamic art is neverending. it was frowned upon to be vain in the house, so artists would deck out the places of worship - but places of worship couldn’t be too garishly decorated, or it might detract from worship! the compromise? calm blues and greens, intricate details hidden into the complex patterns. carefully mapped out and planned patterns that were beyond complex and straight into deliberately confusing and practically impossible to replicate. not only that, but verses from the Quran were hidden along the walls, asking god for blessings and care.

muslim art is stunning and i’ll fight the bitch that says otherwise.

amuseoffyre

Also something underappreciated about the Islamic art is that not only is it geometrically incredible, but the geometry and structure of it has a purpose. In the niches and ceilings, the cascading ornamentation is used for acoustic purposes. In many of the mosques, they are so well laid out and designed that a single person standing on a specific spot can speak/sing/pray and be heard in every single part of the building.

thefaultinourchickennuggets
katebushstandean

if i were showrunner i would have simply licensed ABBA

la-isla-de-circe

I’ve never seen a single episode of supernatural. Is this the ship everyone has been waiting to become canon? Because I get why

peachytamaki

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i sometimes forget that if u haven’t seen spn u would have absolutely no idea that misha collins had to put on this ridiculous fucking voice for 12 years

scretladyspidersblog

you’re leaving out the best part

So originally Misha Collins was supposed to be on for like 3 or 4 episodes tops (even tho he’s given one of the most badass entrances in television history) and so Misha was like “oh well okay I’m this MASSIVE preternatural being inhabit a teeny tiny human, I probably have a big voice and am kind of not sure how to human, so I’ll give him a deep voice, it kind of hurts my throat but it’s only a few episodes”

and then he came on screen in that huge overcoat and lights above him blew and he was shot several times and stabbed and casually took the knife out of his chest made Bobby fall asleep and turned to a terrified angry Dean and said in that deep gravelly voice “I’m the one who gripped you right and raised you from perdition”

and then he had to do it for 12 more years

all because he was told he would only be in a few episodes and so he made a creative choice that ultimately changed the course of pop culture history

ipromisedthesunset

@khathadome

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sadhoc

there is a very real tendency of teenagers with anxiety disorders self diagnosing with considerably more stigmatized and impairing mental illnesses (e.g. schizophrenia, DID, personality disorders), but the best response to that isn't to get angry with them for "appropriating" lol. instead you show them coping resources for the problems they're actually having and deemphasize diagnostic categories in general. if an 18 year old is claiming to have alzheimer's, they're probably making an innocent mistake and are in genuine distress. be kind.

mariaalenkoshepard

Also I think this trend comes, at least in part, from how brushed aside anxiety disorders can be. If your parents and teachers dismiss you with 'oh everyone feels anxious', then inevitably you're going to start thinking that there must be something else going on with you

as-catolica

”You must feel very scared right now; let’s talk about how to help you personally, tailored to your symptoms” will always be more helpful than “stop faking (X) for attention”. If theyre that desperate for attention or an explanation, something is wrong.

caitas-cooing

And like, at least some of them are probably right. Yeah these disorders are less common than things like anxiety disorders, but they are more common than you think they are. Like, they probably shouldn't self diagnose without doing a reasonable amount of research and talking to a professional if possible, but not every single one of them is wrong, and being wrong about something is not the same thing as lying about having something you don't. Be nice to teenagers they're still learning

hachama
dikleyt

If you have a problem with Jews using the word "diaspora," you're the one who needs to go and find a new word, because you're using a Jewish one.

The word "diaspora" was originally coined for the Jewish Diaspora. It has other meanings only by extension.

tikkunolamorgtfo

Oh god, do I even want to know...

transnebulas

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image id: a tweet with the original creator’s identification cropped out that says “when jewish ppl talk abouy being diaspora it reaffirms that they believe in israel as the home land for jews.” in this tweet the a in israel is swapped out for an at symbol

doomhamster

Well 1) Israel IS the homeland of the Jews? This is not a matter of belief, this is a matter of historical record. The Jewish ethnoreligion first arose within the area of land that is now Israel.

2) Believing, or rather, knowing, that Israel is the ancestral homeland of Jews does NOT mean you necessarily believe that, in the modern day, Israel should belong solely to Jews. It definitely doesn’t indicate support for atrocities against Palestinians.

3) Can we just not nag the Jews about “BUT ISRAEL!” any more?

athingofvikings

A lot of people on the political Left get around that pesky bit of historical record by claiming that Jews (who they reduce to solely Ashkenazi) all died out in Roman captivity (or are some other minority group), and that the modern Jews are all descended from converts, with the Khazers being particularly popular to point to as the source. That way, they rationalize, since "Jews" are not actually descended from the ancient Hebrews, there is no way for them to claim that the Levant is our homeland.

Still others engage in even more wholesale historical revisionism by claiming that the Jews never lived there and that it was always the Palestinians going back to prehistory; my "favorites" in that regard are the people who claim that Jesus or Moses or King David were Palestinians.

In fact, BDS and several of its associated groups have openly called genetic studies on Jews and archeology in the Levant "racist science" because, to their mindset, giving the slightest support for the historical record that the Jewish homeland is in the Levant is tantamount to legitimizing Israel entirely. According to their narrative, Israelis are just White Colonizers from Europe, and they can't handle anything that contradicts that simplistic narrative.

ragingcitrustree

Gonna be completely honest, bestie? This feels like talking to a TERF. There is a lot of words and statements going on here that I, as a chronically online person, have cultivated exactly none knowledge of and I feel like commenting on any of it in any way will in fact be like sprinting at full speed with cans tied to strings rattling behind me into a minefield.

Solidarity with my jewish buddies and accomplices and all but like this? This is a whole entire line of horseshit that fucking nobody should engage with. There’s something highly toxic in this mess but I’m not getting close enough to figure out what, exactly.

dragynkeep

how are you gonna compare jews talking about having our terms & history appropriated to the pieces of shit known as terfs like. if you really felt like you couldn't comment because you don't know shit, then don't.

athingofvikings

@ragingcitrustree, the answer then is to ask good faith questions, and attempt to educate yourself, rather than writing off Jews talking about our own experiences and the prejudices we face as akin to attempting to interact with a known hate group. You say that you haven't cultivated any of that knowledge? Then cultivate it, rather than sneering at something you don't already know.

There is indeed something highly toxic in this mess, but it isn't us.

hachama

More than one thing can be true. Something can superficially resemble something else, while also being completely NOT that.

For example, if I say "women should be safe going to the bathroom," it would be really easy to assume that I'm being transphobic. But if someone asks a follow up question, "all women?" I can clarify that when I say "women" I mean trans women, cis women, femmes, nonbinary people who consider themselves woman-adjacent, anyone and everyone who owns any space under or near the broad umbrella of womanhood.

So when I say "Jews are an ethnoreligious tribal group, and both genetics and anthropological evidence show our long-standing ties to the region now known as Israel and Palestine," the intellectually curious, intellectually honest thing to do is either do some research to find out that the evidence I referenced really does exist, or to ask questions to better understand.

Not immediately say "wow, sounds like hateful bullshit. Maybe don't *checks notes* advocate for your own peoplehood and history, bestie."