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Top 10 ASoIaF Characters → Sandor Clegane
“There are no true knights, no more than there are gods. If you can’t protect yourself, die and get of the way of those who can. Sharp steel and strong arms rule this world, don’t ever believe any different.”
— The Hound (via mrimaginarius)
holy shit Sansa and the hound. YESS. They need to have more scenes of them. They are going north together, and he’s going to keep her safe.
A Separation (2011) by Asghar Farhadi.
best movie I’ve seen this whole year. Completely represents the culture of Iran as it is today, and leaves you thinking for days.
went to Fly last night and they had male strippers. dicks flying everywhere.
Paul Blow, Elections in the Islamic States
Paul Blow, Elections in the Islamic States
I’ve been waiting to see this particular political cartoon again.
To put it bluntly, it’s stupid.
Firstly, the name of this piece. No. The woman is wearing the abaya. It’s only mandatory in Saudi Arabia. Plus the original intent of this was for driving elections. Saudi Arabia isn’t a democracy; it’s a monarchy. Monarchies don’t have elections.
Secondly, anybody who hasn’t personally lived in Saudi Arabia has no place in speaking about its laws and the extent to which they’re enforced, or how its inhabitants are living. If indeed a law were to be passed to let women drive, women will drive. No behind-the-back bull and secret tickets are going to be issued.
Saudi Arabia isn’t crazy enforced like how people/the West makes it seem. Yes, there are strict rules when it comes to specific things, but so so many times things slip by, or are tolerated all in all.
Also, just as a side note, there are women who drive in Saudi Arabia. There’s even a city or two where they’re allowed to completely.
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OK you need to relax for a second and rewind, first of all the abaya is worn by many women, it may only be enforced in Saudi Arabia but Im from Iran and I can tell you from experience many women wear it there on their own accord. Also you need to remember that this dress carries a lot of symbolism. The artist may have drawn an abaya but he is alluding to the general suppression of the people in those countries. And the fact that no matter what level its at, women are expected to cover themselves or face punishment. In Iran its the law to cover hair, arms, legs, and wear a coat that covers your bottom. And in Iran and other islamic law countries there have been widely known fraudulent elections in recent years. This is a cartoon, its not a literary essay. It uses symbolism to show a concept of suppression and it is pretty valid concept.
— F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Beautiful and Damned (via tallpaulsaid)
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