Then We Shall Truly Dance
deflare: tumblino: rose-verres: “A three second exposure meant that subjects had to stand very still to avoid being blurred, and holding a smile for that period was tricky. As a result, we have a tendency to see our Victorian ancestors as even more formal and stern than they might have been.” oh gosh I feel like this is an important image to see and think about, because the original comment is exactly right—the limitations of photography color our perceptions of the past in unreasonable ways. I think many people think of the Victorian age as being drab and stern, because the black-and-white photos have turned sepia toned, their subjects were holding still for quite a long time, and the physical artifacts we can look at have become faded over time. People don’t change much, though. Loving couples were every bit as silly and adorable then as now. Many liked bright colors and gaudy fashions (while others preferred drabber and subdued styles, same as now). They had their crappy music and their classics, their frightening new media and their own inventive pornography. And the same is true of other historical eras, going back in time all the way to the upright apes in Africa. Life has always been hard for humanity, to varying degrees, but even in the darkness, silliness, love, and beauty can survive.
glasmond: ponthion: letyourfreakflagwave: lonelyeyesonly: shelovesmitexx: audiodrops: the-unpopular-opinions: Did you know we’re actually NOT Nazi’s and there’s a lot more to our history than just Hitler? Did you know a lot of Germans were forced into supporting Hitler because otherwise the Gestapo would take you in the middle of the night and kill you and possibly your family? And that children were taught to tattle on their parents if they weren’t in support of the Nazi party? Did you know SS soldiers and Concentration Camp soldiers were actually executed for secretly sneaking food or helping the prisoners? Did you know a German made the first globe, first car, alcohol and mercury thermometer, electron microscope, the first freely programmable computer, the bunsen burner, etc?  Probobly not since you’re too busy insulting my country and only thinking of Nazis when you hear it’s name and calling me a Nazi when I say, “Yes I’m German.” NO I AM NOT SAYING FORGET THE HOLOCAUST AND THE WAR. I’m just saying you don’t need to bring that up when I say I’m German. If that’s all you know about my country, kindly shut up. Talk to me about it. Germany has an extremely colorful and fascinating history, and today continues to pay reparations and support Israel as an ally. So yes. This. Not a german, but so much THIS. THIS THIS and I’m seriously so tired of it!! Very relevant since I’m informing myself about a semester abroad or just an internship in England, and I’ve stumbled across so much irrational hate against Germans it really makes me uncomfortable. A quick exchange of experiences:A friend of mine (girl, she was 14 back then) was beaten up abroad because not for being mean (she was very kind and quiet) but simply for being German. Almost every time when I did a student exchange with another country the group leaders told us in the bus that we shouldn’t tell anybody except our exchangefamily (who of course did know) that we’re from Germany but Austria or Switzerland because it was too dangerous. Back in school my teachers told us that we never should say something like “Germany rules!” and that we shouldn’t act like patriots (like america, for example). All those events caused shame. I remember that when I got in contact with international people in the internet for the first time I was extremly ashamed for being German. And I know many other Germans on Tumblr who begged me not to reveal their nationality because they are ashamed and/or afraid to be hated.        Having lived abroad most of my life, going through school as, usually. the only German person there, I can really understand this. I can’t quite recall who said these words but they went something like this: We bear the weight of our forefathers sins.  This is so true. Every German today has or will at some point in their life feel the burden of the previous generations’ mistakes. Mistakes may not be the right term for them, but either way, the shame still exists. I don’t understand how we, as a nation, continue to repent, when other countries have done similar in past ages. I guess that’s just the way it is. I, for one, can say that I am proud to be German.
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—— “This is from the slut walk. One of the arguments is that girls ask for rape because they wear slutty clothes, short skirts, tight, low-cut tops. This girl is an example of the fact that rape victims can look like anyone, you, me, this girl. Rapists. Dont. Discriminate.I promised a long time ago that I’d reblog this whenever I saw it on my dash. No regrets, it breaks my heart every single time.An incredibly important message, rape is rape. no one is ever asking for it. a woman has the right to dress how ever they want - it is society that identifies risque dressing as ‘asking for it’, and in my opinion, that way of thinking needs to be diminished.That way of thinking shouldn’t be diminished: it should be destroyed.” —— Found this on Facebook. Couldn’t agree more.