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embossross · 9 months

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Do you have any Korean/Japanese lit recommendations? Or any lit recommendations in general? I’m trying to get into reading more literature from different countries. :)

do i?!?! this is only my favorite question lol. so glad to hear you're diversifying your reading :) i've personally found it to be so gratifying

i can give you my faves broken down my region! it's so much more than you asked for (i'm sorry!) but plenty of choices for you to shop around and find your next read wherever in the world!!

asia

the vegetarian by han kang (south korea)

kafka on the shore by haruki murakami (japan)

convenience store woman by sayaka murata (japan)

breasts and eggs by mieko kawakami (japan)

tales of mystery & imagination by edogawa rampo (japan)

the blind owl by sadegh hedayat (iran)

i am a cat by natsume soseki (japan)

mr. n by najwa barakat (lebanon)

midnight's children by salman rushdie (india)

toddler hunting & other stories by taeko kono (japan) - huge trigger warning for paraphilias and sadism towards children

latin america & the caribbean

the passion according to g.h. by clarice lispector (brazil)

the brief wondrous life of oscar wao by junot diaz (dominican republic + u.s.)

when we cease to understand the world by benjamin labatut (chile)

signs preceding the end of the world by yuri herrera (mexico)

mexican gothic by silvia garcia-moreno (mexico + u.s.)

love in the time of cholera by gabriel garcia marquez (colombia)

pedro paramo by juan rulfo (mexico)

the posthumous memoirs of bras cubas by machado de assis (brazil)

brick makers by selva almada (argentina)

yesterday by juan emar (chile)

africa

miramar by naguib mahfouz (egypt)

homegoing by yaa gyasi (ghana + u.s.)

half of a yellow sun by chimamanda ngozi adichie (nigeria)

the moor's account by laila lalami (morocco)

the interpreters by wole soyinka (nigeria)

woman at point zero by nawal el saadawi (egypt)

the house of rust by khadija abdalla bajaber (kenya)

disgrace by j.m. coetzee (south africa)

at night all blood is black by david diop (senegal)

freshwater by akwaeke emezi (nigeria + u.s.)

europe (excl. great britain and ireland)

the employees by olga ravn (denmark)

the unbearable lightness of being by milan kundera (czech republic)

my brilliant friend by elena ferrante (italy)

anna karenina by leo tolstoy (russia)

crime and punishment by fyodor dostoevsky (russia)

the awakening by kate chopin (france)

lolita by vladimir nabokov (russia + u.s.)

empty wardrobes by maria judite de carvalho (portugal)

perfume: the story of a murderer by patrick suskind (germany)

focault's pendulum by umberto eco (italy)

#thank you so much for this fun ask💖💖💖#i'm always so excited to rec/talk about books #and also always so flattered #(i know my japanese recs are pretty normie btw #but my experience is the best of japanese translated fiction #tend to be the hyped ones)#the publishers have a good eye lol #asks

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patricedumonde · 3 months

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Went to see Chloe Misseldine's debut as O/O. It was magnificent! It was everything I wanted and more. What gorgeous lines, port de bras etc. She had a great partnership with Aran Bell and they really told the story well. She's definitely going places and is probably the next big star at ABT. She just has that IT girl quality you know?

Y E S. I could tell from the rehearsal, she looked very much like Olga Smirnova to me. You are so lucky to have watched her!!! I am so glad her debut went well 💞

#patrice answers #chloe misseldine

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coconutcordiale · 1 year

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thank you sm @double-j @heartsofminds @mothdruid @mandylove1000 for tagging me ily all this was fun!

nickname; mae (it's my middle name)

sign; virgo

height; i literally thought i was 5'2 my entire adult life and then went to my flight physical a few months ago to have the nurse tell me i was 5'4 so let's go with 5'3

last thing i googled; 'hurt locker cereal scene' because it's not enough that i watched the movie last night i now have to watch that scene 10 times so i can write a stupid long fic inspired by it (don't come for me, i know i have other stuff to finish. but for real that scene is brilliant)

song stuck in head; summer in new york- sofi tukker

number of followers; 1044 (i love you guys tysm for following me even though i'm unhinged)

amount of sleep; 6 hours which is low for me i'm a 9 hour kinda gal but i stayed up late watching hell or high water (that movie is so good how i have i not seen it before - my dads been telling me to watch it since it came out i really should listen to him more)

lucky number; i really like the number 39. and 19. no idea why. so my lucky number is probably 9?

dream job; writer (yes i know i'm in flight school don't talk to me it's for the $$ and to only work 3 days a week)

wearing; ptula leggings, aerie sports bra, socks with wine glasses on them (????), tcu sweatshirt

movie/book that summarizes you; oh man this is a loaded question. am i allowed to say new girl? i don't have roommates anymore but the whole running theme of trying to figure yourself out, you and all your friends being too old to act the way you do (ex: my friends are getting a bounce house for their nye party), having to grow up but not really wanting to while simultaneously feeling very old. i'm at the age where most acquaintances have started getting married and having kids but the people in my core group are not there yet (and may never be). a lot of that show hits home

favorite song; SO MANY so i have to give you a few, ones that have stuck with me through the years that always hit no matter what mood i'm in

future people- alabama shakes

arabella- arctic monkeys

late night- odesza

favorite instrument; the cello. no rhyme or reason. i just love it i think it's hauntingly beautiful (see above about new girl summarizing me: i'm nick miller with good hygiene)

aesthetic; very 70s / 80s (but think like, everybody wants some 80s not hairband 80s). i love bright, bold, lots of color, maximalist style. modern farmhouse makes me shake with anger

favorite author; oooooh boy. i'm weird about claiming specific authors because people love to disappoint you so lets go with favorite books

the book of salt- monique truong

a visit from the goon squad- jennifer egan

welcome to my country- lauren slater

confessions of a sociopath- m.e. thomas

i'm also in the middle of devotion- adam makos & flights- olga tokarczuk right now and they're both fantastic

fun fact- i learned how to make latte art years ago??? i'm pretty sure i could deadlift glen powell?? i've been to every us state except 2? i have no idea what i'm doing with my life? do these qualify, idk

no pressure tags- @currentlybradshaw @thewrittennerd @sweetlittlegingy @marsontoast @justfandomwritings @stickxjockey @forever-sleepy-sloth @gigisimsonmars @oncasette

#can i just answer the questions without some sort of commentary? No but thanks for asking #tag games

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batllethinker · 4 months

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that pic of olga sunbathing bra less and alexia clicking her photo, where you can catch her famous foot tattoo in her reflection feels too personal and intimate for no reason 🫠

It's such a 🫠 photo tho, I can only imagine what her camera roll looks like

#cas answers #anon ask #the barca submissions

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beyondadoubt · 1 year

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The Lost Women of Ciudad, Jaurez: Giving a Name to Rising Female Homicide in Mexico

For the past two decades, the city of Ciudad, Juárez has been gripped with fear for their daughters, sisters, and wives from the growing violence against women in Mexico. Now considered a pandemic by the United Nations, female homicide rates are at an all time high. Hundreds of parents that are interconnected by a morbid planetary fate have been asking the same question: Who is violently raping and murdering their daughters on the outskirts of Juárez, Mexico? Between 1993 and 2005, more than 370 young girls and women have been found tortured, mutilated, and murdered in the deserts of Mexico. Many of the girls shared the same characteristics: Over 70% of the girls were teenagers that came from poverty stricken backgrounds, a majority of them were either Maquiladora (factory) workers or students, and they shared the same physical characteristics such as having a slender build, dark toned skin, dark eyes, and dark, shoulder length hair. Out of the nearly 400 reported murders over a decade long time span, one third of those cases involved violent sexual assault. Despite the vast amounts of missing women, only roughly 20% of those cases are presumed “solved” with a majority of the victims remaining unidentified. According to the citizens of Juárez, a lack of respectable police work is behind the continued slaying of women in their city. Why do you believe there aren’t more precautions put into place to protect its citizens and most importantly, who is doing this?

Ciudad, Juárez is considered “The Gateway to the North” due to its placement against the United States. With only the city of El Paso, Texas and the Rio Bravo River separating these two countries, it attracts high levels of gang violence and drug smuggling due to easy importing and exporting of goods at the border. Despite the high levels of gang violence, only roughly 70% of the murders committed between 1993 and 2005 were due to gang violence, with one third of them being violent sexual assaults against women.

On May 12, 1993 the body of an unidentified woman was found in the slopes of Cerro Bola laying on her back with her trousers unzipped and pulled down around her knees. It was immediately clear that she suffered a frenzied attack; She suffered bite wounds to her breast and nipple, abrasions to her jaw and right cheek, an abrasion to her chin, and was bleeding in her nose and mouth. Her bra was pushed up revealing her breasts. The first victim of “feminicidio” had light brown skin, was approximately 24 years old and her cause of death was asphyxia caused by strangulation; she remains unidentified.

Between May and October of 1993 ten bodies were found on the outskirts of Juárez; all ten of these bodies showed signs of sexual assault.

During the year of 1994, at least seven women came forward and reported being raped and strangled. A twelve year old girl was found murdered after walking to a public bus stop. For these crimes, five men were arrested and charged.

On August 22, 1995 the skeletal remains of sixteen year old maquiladora worker Angélica Márquez Ledezma were found next to an unidentified woman she worked with. On the day of her disappearance, she left for work with her husband and never returned home.

On September 1, 1995 the body of sixteen year old Silvia Elena Rivera was found- eight days later, the body of twenty year old Olga Alicia Carrillo was discovered. Both victims showed evidence of having pieces of their breasts and nipples bitten off; due to an advanced state of decomposition, it was impossible to determine if these wounds were inflicted by scavenging animals or if they suffered them during their murders.

At the end of 1995, sixteen year old Cecelia Covarrubia, her newborn child, and her two friends Adriana Torres and Ignacia Morales went missing. The three girls’ bodies were located but Cecelia’s newborn is never found.

There were 42 recorded murders in 1995 and in eighteen of those cases, there was evidence of sexual assault.

Between March and April of 1996, eight bodies are discovered on the outskirts of the city. These bodies include the semi-naked bodies of sixteen year old Verónica Guadalupe Castro and seventeen year old Rosario Garcia Leal. The victims were bound with their own shoelaces- Verónica’s cause of death was fatal stab wounds and Rosario died from asphyxia caused by strangulation. The remaining six girls found could not be identified.

On July 8, 1996 seventeen year old maquiladora worker Sandra Jaurez failed to make it to work and was later discovered murdered by strangulation.

On August 10, 1996 the body of fourteen year old maquiladora worker Sandra Ivette Ramirez was discovered after failing to return home from her shift.

In December of 1996 fifteen year old Brenda Lizeth Najera and thirteen year old Susanna Flores are found dead. Both victims showed signs of violent sexual assault and torture.

In 1996, 43 women were murdered with 19 cases showing evidence of sexual assault; a majority of those girls remain unidentified.

Between March and April of 1997, ten women went missing and were found murdered. Six of them were naked and showed signs of sexual assault. Five of these victims were identified as ten year old Cinthia Rocio Acosta, eleven year old Ana Maria Gardea, nineteen year old Maribel Palomino, nineteen year old Sylvia Guadalupe, and sixteen year old Myriam Aguilar. Out of the 37 women murdered in 1997, sixteen were sexually assaulted and only eight were identified.

On January 3, 1998 the body of thirteen year old Jesica Martinez Morales is found. On March 11 Silvia Arce is reported missing and is never seen again. On April 21, 1998 the body of 22-year-old Argelia Irene Salazar is discovered semi naked under a railway bridge. She was last seen on her way to work at a maquiladora factory.

The body of a Dutch tourist, Hester Van Nierop was discovered under a hotel bed with her throat cut.

In 1998 a total of 38 women were murdered, with 17 of them being sexually assaulted.

In July of 1998 the Comision Nacional de Derechos Humanos, or National Human Rights Convention recommended that under official review, that the judicial, state, and municipal authorities of Ciudad, Juárez and Chihuahua, Mexico were guilty of negligence and dereliction of duty. Shortly after, the Special Prosecutors Office for the Investigation of the Murders of Women was founded.

In 1999, a fourteen year old girl survived a brutal sexual assault before being left for dead in the deserts of Mexico. Miraculously, she survived the attack and identified her attacker: Jesús Manuel Guardado Márquez, nicknamed “El Tolteca,” was a bus driver for the Maquiladora she worked for. After his arrest, he gave the names of four other men that were involved in the murders of 20 Maquiladora workers between 1998 and 1999.

In order to process the magnitude of the problem of femicide in Mexico, one must ask two crucial questions: Why is this happening and what can we, as a nation do to stop it?

According to IACHR Special Rapporteur, 257 women that went missing between 1993 and 2002 remain unaccounted for. However, non-governmental organizations located in Mexico claim that the number is well over 400. Out of the nearly 400 women that went missing, 50% of the victims were between the ages of 13 and 22, making adolescents the main target of these brutal attacks. 70% of the victims from 1993 to 2002 died from asphyxia caused by strangulation or blunt force trauma. Of all of these murders, and despite the similarities between assaults, only 20% are considered “solved.”

In July of 2017 the Mexican government and local Human rights activists created a smartphone app called “No Estoy Sola,” or “I Am Not Alone.” The program is designed to send a distress call to five preloaded contacts in your phone in the event of an attack or kidnapping. By shaking the phone or pressing any button, a message containing your coordinates is sent directly to your preloaded contacts. Many civilians in Mexico do not choose to download authorities onto this distress call for lack of trust in their abilities and motivations.

With the sheer number of young women and girls that have went missing or been brutally murdered in Juárez and chihuahua, how has the Mexican government not done more to protect this young age group? The statistics are there- the likelihood of Mexican authorities solving a murder, rape, or disappearance is less than 30%- and the numbers of violent assaults and murders is rising. In 2016, Juárez’s murder rate doubled from its 2015 statistics. If you are a citizen of Juárez, for every 100,000 residents, statistically there will be 43.63 homicides.

What do you believe is the cause of femicide in Mexico?

Sources: http://www.womenontheborder.org/sex_serial_english.pdf

https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/amr41/026/2003/en/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/07/10/hundreds-of-women-disappear-in-ciudad-juarez-each-year-a-smartphone-app-could-help/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.89a807892f2a

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