Gemini Fashion Pt. 2
—Lucas for Dazed: August 2018 Issue.
n. a state of exhaustion inspired by an act of senseless violence, which forces you to revise your image of what can happen in this world—mending the fences of your expectations, weeding out invasive truths, cultivating the perennial good that’s buried under the surface—before propping yourself up in the middle of it like an old scarecrow, who’s bursting at the seams but powerless to do anything but stand there and watch.
his smile is so beautiful
you know… with this rise in interest in east asian culture and “aesthetics” over the past couple of years also comes with a rise in asian cultural appropriation… so for every nonasian out there who would consider themselves a fan of cutesy asian things or stuff like kpop or anime, you guys have an obligation to people of the culture you’re enjoying to be informed and educated about their struggles. it’s not right to love and consume cultures that’s not your own while ignoring the people who are part of them. read up on appropriation, the fetishisation and infantilisation of east asian women and desexualisation of asian men, whitewashing in media, xenophobia, the erasure of our achievements and the model minority myth. you owe it to us east asians to be educated on topics that concern us if you’re going to continue to consume media and content we make.
EDIT: if you’re nonasian please reblog this so that other nonasians can see it!!
This is a list of all the sites that I’ve used to research my family history. Some of these sites may be state specific (Carolinas) but most of them include information from through the country. I will continue to update the list as time goes on 🤌🏾
Slave Narratives (I was able to find one of my ancestors through this, they were interviewed) https://www.loc.gov/collections/slave-narratives-from-the-federal-writers-project-1936-to-1938/about-this-collection/
Slave Voyages (If you would like to get information on the slave ships, ports, and possibly markets) https://www.slavevoyages.org/
Lowcountry Africana (lists the names of freedmen and their counties, this is focusing on the state of South Carolina) https://lowcountryafricana.com/
South Carolina Plantations (lists the plantations owned throughout the state, some have more information) https://south-carolina-plantations.com/
Race and Slavery Petitions (legal documents concerning slaves, free people of color, and white people) https://dlas.uncg.edu/petitions/
Fold3 (military related records) https://www.googleadservices.com/pagead/aclk?sa=L&ai=DChcSEwjzyemb27P-AhXHFdQBHdQhAKcYABAAGgJvYQ&ae=2&ohost=www.google.com&cid=CAESa-D22pb5Baezi2zOQjbzS8dX8mAHU3FYMHV7nDM6hDG-QfuJjyvM5UhkOdqQKmnYkPmOw4WLqYwmNPsmIEkWhD537b9hOSATv7xHExAvsLnbo8ak8vURfKWQgQjP1ngE1JDxgkvDP0TPPzZl&sig=AOD64_2CatEJVnBDXpyjDm9G2h0saZZ9tw&q&adurl&ved=2ahUKEwjOkdyb27P-AhVymGoFHWKhA4EQ0Qx6BAgGEAE
Plantations of North Carolina (list of plantations throughout the state split into counties) https://www.ncgenweb.us/ncstate/plantations/nc_plantations.html
Eris’s birth is a bit of a mystery - some accounts say she is the daughter of Zeus and Hera, other’s say she is the daughter of Nyx. It was Eris that turned the gods against each other causing the Trojan War all because she wasn’t invited to a wedding between Achilles’s parents, Peleus and Thetis. She brought the Golden Apple, or the Apple of Discord, to the party generally stating it was for “the fairest one” (looking at Walt Disney funny on this one because HI Snow White) - Hera, Aphrodite, and Athena fought over who deserved it. Paris of Troy was told to pick who got the apple by Zeus - Aphrodite promised him the prettiest woman in the world. Helen. So he picked Aphrodite. This is what caused the Trojan War. Eris IN MY OPINION shows a) where you may tend to start trouble, b) where you confront people most, c) the types of rivalries you may experience, and/or d) the type of exclusion you may face (check the other characters’ in the story and the aspects they have towards Eris for this one).
i encourage you to look into the aspects of eris along with the sign, degree, and house placement. for the more advanced astrologers, take a look at the persona chart of eris AND/OR add the other characters involved to see how they support or impede eris!
OTHER RELATED ASTEROIDS: aphrodite (1388), athene (881), pallas (2), hera (103), nyx (3908), zeus (5731), thetis (17), peleus (11311), paris (3317), and helena (101)!
please use my “ask me anything” button if you want to see a specific asteroid god/goddess next! if you’d like my input on your placements/aspects of this asteroid feel free to comment them or dm me!
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