Happy Portuguese Freedom Day! 🌸 Today Portugal remembers the nonviolent rebellion that ended a 50-year long dictatorship; reestablished democracy in the country and led the path to decolonisation and independence for Angola, Cape Verde, São Tomé e Príncipe, Mozambique and Guinea-Bissau.
Feliz dia 25 de abril e lembrem-se:
Happy 25 de Abril! 🌹 Feliz 25 de Abril! 🌹
'as mãos da revolução', 2024 or, 'the hands of the revolution' we're celebrating 50 years of the carnation revolution today in portugal - 50 years since the dictatorship fell, 50 years of being able to express yourself without fear of beatings, incarceration or worse.
it is a date that sits very close to my heart despite being a post-revolution baby. i have enjoyed over 30 years of freedom and i try to not take it for granted.
An illustration commemorating the 50 years of the Carnation Revolution that took place in Portugal on the 25th of April of 1974, and the woman, Celeste Caeiro, who gave the revolution its name with a simple gesture :)
25 de Abril sempre! Fascismo nunca mais! ✊
portuguese history meme + the carnation revolution [3/9 moments]
A revolution took place in Portugal. (…) The revolution was the most profound to have taken place in Europe since the Second World War. During those 19 months, hundreds of thousands of workers went on strike, hundreds of workplaces were occupied sometimes for months and perhaps 3 million people took place in demonstrations, occupations and commissions. (…) Nobody predicted that so many would try quickly to learn and put into practice the ideas that explode from those who are exploited when they try to take control of their own destiny. - Raquel Varela, A People’s History of the Portuguese Revolution
Twin boys
Nothing else to say
obsessed w this gif i can't stop using it for everything.
A FOUL ABOMINATION EMERGES FROM ITS LAIR
This post is so fucking old–the old anon icon? Non-rebloggable asks? The gray bar at the bottom? Truly a relic
people are still reblogging it. incredible. love u all
idk who needs to hear this but when your english teacher asks you to explain why an author chose to use a specific metaphor or literary device, it’s not because you won’t be able to function in real-world society without the essential knowledge of gatsby’s green light or whatever, it’s because that process develops your abilities to parse a text for meaning and fill in gaps in information by yourself, and if you’re wondering what happens when you DON’T develop an adult level of reading comprehension, look no further than the dizzying array of examples right here on tumblr dot com
this post went from 600 to 2400 notes in the time it took me to write 3 emails. i’m already terrified for what’s going to happen in there
k but also, as an addendum, the reason we study literary analysis is because everything an author writes has meaning, whether it was intentional or not, and their biases and agendas are often reflected in their choice of language and literary devices and so forth! and that ties directly into being able to identify, for example, the racist and antisemitic dogwhistles often employed by the right wing, or the subconscious word choices that can unintentionally illustrate someone’s bias or blind spot. LANGUAGE HAS WEIGHT AND MEANING! the way we communicate is a reflection of our inner selves, and that’s true regardless of whether it’s a short story or a novel or a blog post or a tweet. instead of taking a piece of writing at face value and stopping there, assuming that there is no deeper meaning or thought behind the words on the page, ask yourself these two questions instead:
1. what is the author trying to say? 2. what does the author maybe not realize they’re saying?
because the most interesting reading of any piece of literature, imho, usually occupies the space in between those questions.
Also, sometimes it has hidden meaning relating to how art was funded. For example, Dickens never met an adjective he didn’t like because he was paid by the word. Dumas included long and pointless dialogue because he was paid by the line. Even stuff that was purposely included for dumbass reasons can teach us about the world the author lived in.
sometimes a movie about two brothers bickering over Thomas the train can be so personal
BRIAN TYREE HENRY as LEMON BULLET TRAIN (2022) dir. DAVID LEITCH
the bullet train 2 that exists in my head
