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your fave is selling a pedophilic fantasy
ti just genuienly think its odd that people will look at a lolita inspired photoshoot and not call sabrina weird as fuck for it along with her oher questionable actions. anyway i dont wanna just reepeat why shes weird. the writer of this substack article did it almost perfectly really. it is not just about sabrina, its the whole culture of femininity and what that means on an intersectional level
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syllubs on miniature things
this isnt technically social commentary and not an article but i have no where else to put it. the website in general is veryyyyy cool and this is one of my fav sections
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moral limits
"—Mashallah, Inti zay el amar—that El Akkad tells us can’t be translated, not because the words don’t exist, but because the histories and emotions behind them cannot resonate for someone who has not grown up hearing them." " “Oh, but if some child has to be bombed for the world order to continue, I don’t want it to be my child.” The deepest problem of moral scarcity that El Akkad traces occurs not when one cares about a limited number of people. It is rather this belief that life can only be good for some, that one side will always be consumed." - touched on many interesting and ever so relevant topics.
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anti-anti- rape
i shoudlve included this b4 but i forgor. but it was raw and real. on how because rape and sa in general is so prevelant, stories now become boring. i do think that the writer missed the mark onlu slightly when assuming that it is not the same for rich/privillaged white women (which she also doubted via amber heard). i mean if anything, they just end up finding out the hard way that their class/race does not protect them from going through hell if they do press charges esp in the public eye
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Legal Papers & Research
Domestic and Family Violence in Post-Conflict Communities International Human Rights Law and the State’s Obligation to Protect Women and Children
another great paper wihtin the topic of conflict gbv-- this one is esp good for its legal analysis of some local laws like Timor Leste
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Women in Post-Conflict Reconstruction: Dilemmas and Directions
also one of the papers most influential for the paper im writing now (i mean aside from the previous one mentioned). also harrowing accounts of gross violence against women, unimaginable horrors like in the congo and rwanda
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THE COST OF IGNORING GENDER IN CONFLICT AND POST-CONFLICT SITUATIONS: A FEMINIST PERSPECTIVE
very rich analysis and made me want to research enloe and watch her interviews
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ICJ "ADVISORY OPINION LEGAL CONSEQUENCES ARISING FROM THE POLICIES AND PRACTICES OF ISRAEL IN THE OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORY, INCLUDING EAST JERUSALEM"
had to read for my thesis. interesting document made me want to read more like it
Literary Commentary