How To Validate Yourself Without Needing Others

STOP MYTHOLOGIZING THE RICH ABEG!!!

Cultured and Self-Improvement Activities to Undertake when Self Isolation is Over:

Getting a private language tutor. Arabic is my second language and I want to heighten and sharpen my skills even further to full professional capacity. After this, I plan to take group French classes to pick up some lingo!

Cooking classes! I am planning to make a reservation at the best cooking school in the city with a friend for a French 3 course cooking lesson. We will learn to cook ratatouille, cheese soufflé and creme brûlée - paired with glass after glass of red wine!

Salsa dancing: so much fun, great workout and easy way to meet new people!

Deep extraction facial at a high end dermatology clinic to get you ready for your post iso life!

Patisserie lessons at a professional pastry school

Explore high end boutiques with a curated selection of Italian, Scandinavian and European brands of clothing, bags and accessories: learn about fabrics, manufacturing, quality and geography

Watch a classic musical at the Capitol Theatre

Head to community markets in affluent neighbourhoods

Writing workshops! My goal is to exercise the creative side of my writing more, as well as develop professional research methodologies. A 2-3 day group writing workshop is an amazing investment.

Cheese and wine tastings

Horse riding

Boxing classes! Tone up, build insane stamina and lose fat

Supporting local theatre and play performances

Calligraphy class

Improv class - learn to think on the spot, communicate better, and interact with a wide, spontaneous variety of people more effectively!

Seasonal events at art and history museums

Pasta-making class with an Italian nonna!

Exploring a new bar, lounge, pub or venue every week! Experiencing different scenes, vibes, crowds and liquors

What I want is who I am. and the discomfort of becoming is necessary.

not gonna fuckin say it again

May every single blog that touts self improvement but posts mean shit about never making progress never know peace.

So many of yall will couch it in “i post it for me”. Quite literally learn to shut the fuck up.

I miss the true whores 🥲

idk who needs to hear this, but your wants are not outrageous. you want love? you want attention? you want peace? you want comfort? you deserve it. you're not asking for too much.

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The Predictive Validity of Intimate Partner Violence Warning Signs

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Intimate partner violence (IPV) is harmful and prevalent, but leaving abusive partners is often challenging due to investments (e.g., children, shared memories). Identifying warning signs of abuse early on is one prevention strategy to help people avoid abusive long-term relationships. Using university and online samples, the present studies identified warning signs and protective factors that predicted overall, physical, psychological, and sexual abuse cross-sectionally (Study 1) and prospectively over 6 months (Study 2). These studies demonstrated that the number of warning signs a person experienced and the frequency with which they experienced those warning signs predicted overall abuse. Seven warning signs emerged as predictors in both studies (e.g., “My partner acted arrogant or entitled”), suggesting that they are particularly important for identifying potentially abusive relationships. This is the first research to identify warning signs that prospectively predict abuse; findings have implications for IPV prevention efforts in academic and public contexts.

Do not conflate Jewish people with Israel and do not conflate Palestinians with Hamas. Criticising the Israeli government + military and Hamas is completely fair, but you must criticise both for their actions. Don't pin everything that's happening on Hamas alone like I'm seeing people do because everything Hamas does is immediately linked to the Israeli government.

Israel's cruelty created Hamas, and Netanyahu funded and uplifted them to power to get rid of other "more acceptable" Palestinian groups like the PLO to prevent the creation of a Palestinian state. This serves the purpose of turning the world against Palestine and to separate Gaza and the West Bank. They then forced Gaza into an open-air prison, and no election has been held since 2006 to allow the Palestinian people of Gaza to choose their representatives.

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Palestinian people have attempted peaceful negotiations and protests in the past, the most notable being the 2018 protest, The Great March of Return. Protests that took place on Fridays to fight for the right to return to their stolen homes and to end the illegal blockade of Gaza (which remains to this day). Israel responded with violence, using snipers to kill and injure protestors. Many women and children were killed or disabled as a result.

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Many Jewish people in and out of the state of Israel are antizionist and do not support the occupation of Palestine. This has been the cause of many raids by the Israeli police. Jewish people around the world have spoken up and protested against the Israeli government, calling zionism itself antisemitism.

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No matter what the Israeli government cosplays as, it will never be a democracy or a safe place for Jewish people if people are not allowed to protest or criticise the government. Netanyahu's approval continues to drop after months of protest against the proposal to reduce the power of the Supreme Court, giving more power to the government. This has been destroying the illusion of Israel as a democratic state.

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This part is purely based on my snd others' suspicions as it is based on much more recent events and information, but also past actions of the Israeli government. But considering the warning that Israel has received from Egypt days before the October 7th attacks (X), and the sudden change in location of the Universo Paralello Festival 2 days before the event (X), you might question if this was on purpose to both distract from the Israeli's protests and police raids against them and get rid of the Palestinians.

Standing with Palestine is standing against zionism and genocide. Standing with Israel is standing with violence and antisemetism.

We will get nowhere if we continue allowing people to believe all Palestinians are terrorists and that all Jewish people are zionists. We can deal with groups like Hamas later. We can deal with violent zionists later. As we've seen, none of this can be done humanely before Palestine is freed.