This is so important. From Daniel Sloss HBO standup special ‘X’.
“If you think this does not affect the women in your life, it’s not because it’s not happening to them. It’s because they don’t trust you enough to talk to you about it.”
I remember a guy in my team at work saying “I don’t know anyone who…” and I was like, “nah mate, no one trusts you enough to tell you that, cos we know the same people”
When you encourage the behavior instead of talking them down or calling them out. You are part of the problem and we see it.
Saljevanje strahe (strave/staha) is a ritual practiced by Bosnian Muslims (though the ritual can be found in Christians as well) intended to chase a “fear” from a person’s heart. It is said to help with ailments that cannot be treated by traditional medicine and is usually preformed by an older woman. It can be anything from stuttering, anxiety, to nightmares and insomnia.
The face of the person who is having their fears removed is covered with a red cloth. A cup with water is held above their head and a piece of warmed up lead is thrown in the water. This is repeated with the cup of water held next to the person’s heart and feet. The lead is then taken out and the shapes are read to discover the reason of the person’s fear. The lead is then instructed to thrown into a body of flowing water such as a stream or a river.
Despite being incorporated in the current religious practice it is of pre-Islamic/Christian roots. This ritual is problematic within the Muslim community due to the fact that it uses excerpts from the Koran ( Ihlas, Felek and Nas) as well as chants such as (“Bježi stravo iz glave”, “Hajde uroci niz potoci”, “Salij da ga nije”) as well as instructing the person suffering from ailment to wash themselves with the water in an order opposite to the one used in Islamic ritual washing. Because of this it is considered witchcraft and not part of the official religious canon.
One of the problematic aspects of this practice is the fact that it uses led which can lead to lead poisoning if the person drinks the water.
I’m really curious if each individual pokemon has at least one person on earth where that Pokemon is their absolute favorite! If possible, reblog this and add your favorite in the tags and I’ll try and compile the data in a spreadsheet or something!
If y'all are gonna be putting multiple Pokemon in the tags im just going to pick the first one i think, no double dipping >:(
’Per me si va ne la città dolente, / per me si va ne l'etterno dolore, / per me si va tra la perduta gente. Giustizia mosse il mio alto fattore; / fecemi la divina podestate, / la somma sapïenza e ’l primo amore. Dinanzi a me non fuor cose create / se non etterne, e io etterno duro. / Lasciate ogne speranza, voi ch’intrate’.
(Illustration for the Divine Comedy, Inferno, Canto III, vv. 1-9) 1857 Engraving Ed. Orig. (Ed. Lic.: CC0 1.0)
