#Traditions

Toonix The Complainer

dashing_toonix

if someone's wondering why it's such a common thing for parents to force their children to be hetero/cishet:it's because they want their children to leave descendants, they want to continue

Medieval Indonesia

siwaratrikalpa

Apparently it's #NationalTeaDay in the UK. Today I'm drinking one of the best black teas - Qímén ('Keemun', 祁門紅茶) from Anhui province in China.Anyway, question: Did people in island Southeast

Avezamal | المولد

Avezamal_

"If Islam is a religion for all of mankind then why is it so distinctly Arab?"Islam is an imperialist and imposing faith, it brings with it distinctly Arab values and

The War Father

TheWarFather

Once upon a time, men and women were raised in small communities. Those communities, by shared history and purpose, held common cultural traditions known to all. Children were shepherded to

Gowhar

Gowhar_

1. Doing a thread on Mother Aisha's age. This is a transcript from @iyad_elbaghdadi's website that I found quite interesting. I'd have linked the page but it no longer exists.Q:

Jenny Bhatt

jennybhatt

Something that's been on my mind recently after reading two 2020 debut #shortstory collections by desi writers. Both of equal caliber and writing about similar themes. One got a big

Internal Tech Emails

TechEmails

Roelof Botha: Would YouTube like to meet with Sequoia?August 5, 2005 Roelof Botha: YouTube investment memoCirca 2005 [This document is from Viacom v. YouTube (2010).] Further reading from @bizcarson:https://www.protocol.com/sequoia-roelof-

Jasmine D. Parker, Ph.D.

DrJasmineParker

The national anthem was written by a noted racist. This is undisputed fact. The game of football was also invented by a well-documented racist. Both must be accounted for in

Arihant

haryannvi

Annihilation of Jaati is a fool’s errand. Those who support it have zero understanding of human nature.In fact, in all the areas where ‘progressives’ have tried to annihilate it, Jaatiwad

Taimur Rahman

Taimur_Laal

If you argue the case for science, secularism, democracy, and socialism you can expect to be called an "orientalist". Even if you have spent your entire life with the working-class

Śrīkānta

shrikanth_krish

On Trad - Raita fights (summarizing conversation with @akshayalladi You can't have the cake and eat it tooIf you seek tradition, give up on Hindu-unityIf you seek Hindu unity, relax

Claudia the Doomer 🧦🇦🇺

ClaudiaBrown100

This video is worth watching.Honestly, while I've never been to China I did find it a bit hard to believe that the average 'wet market' is just this thing where

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BabyVanara

Why would anyone believe in X, if X doesn't benefit them?If someone lacks the basic mental faculty to at least ask that question, then they can't be helped. There was

Haris Tarin

HarisTarin

A few important points on the Taliban and the peace process in Afghanistan: 1) Its been fascinating watching western raised liberal Afghans in the west and Afghanistan suddenly change their

Michael M. Hughes

michaelmhughes

Yes, intention and integration and healing and soul work are important aspects of psychedelics (particularly for decrim efforts), but I'm getting bored by all the therapyspeak. Sometimes they can just

Timo H. Schaefer

TimoHSchaefer

So pleased to see that Helga Baitenmann's "Zapata's Justice" (@JLAScamb 51/4) won the 2020 @LASAMEXICO best social-sciences article prize.The article begins by noting that Zapata's Plan de Ayala ended with