I'm Not Saying Those Two People In That Piece Of Media Shouldn't Or Couldn't Be Gay Or In Romantic Love.
I'm not saying those two people in that piece of media shouldn't or couldn't be gay or in romantic love.
What I'm saying is, I think there needs to be more tenderness in friendships portrayed in media. Especially when both characters are men. I want men being tender with each other especially in platonic relationships. I have so many male friends who are so thoughtful and nice to each other and I rarely see that reflected in media.
Romantic relationships can be amazing. But the people that know me best and have known me the longest aren't the same people I'm romantic with and I don't want to be romantic with those people. Anyone I decide to be romantic with has DECADES of intimacy to catch up before they can start to compare with my friends.
What I think a lot of media portrays is that there is only one relationship that matters and it's the one with your lover and your friendships pale in comparison and I think some fans see what could be an amazing and deeply intimate friendship and automatically think they should be/are sleeping together.
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New Penguin Shakespeare book covers by Paul Hogarth, 1984. Part 2/1
Mad at myself for not listening to this song all the time in 2013.
Just so good.
Golden Temple Amritsar Punjab
Open now!
I recently opened an etsy shop full of vintage books and storage items.
The Pretentious Academic is about quality and beauty in the everday.
There will be a wider variety of items in the future but I wanted to start posting things now.
Some items include:
A set of four F. Scott Fitzgerald novels. Publication dates range from 1948-1969
The Study Of American Folklore, 1968
Metal Index Card File (multiple listings with different colors and sizes)
A large 4x6 index card drawer set
Roman-era statues of Aphrodite and Dionysus unearthed in Turkey
According to Greek mythology, the deities Aphrodite and Dionysus had a grand love affair. So, perhaps it’s fitting that archaeologists found the ancient statuary heads of the goddess of love and the drunk reveler near each other during a dig in the ancient city of Aizanoi, in western Turkey.
The discovery of the deities’ heads helps top off a previous find; on an earlier dig, archaeologists found the statues’ headless bodies, Gokhan Coskun, an archaeologist at Kütahya Dumlupınar University in Turkey and the excavation coordinator, told Anadolu Agency, a Turkish state-run news organization.
“These are important findings for us, as they show that the polytheistic culture of ancient Greece existed for a long time without losing its importance in the Roman era,” Coskun said. “The findings suggest that there may have been a sculpture workshop in the region.” Read more.
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