Land_of_the_losers
@polishknight "Strong, independent woman"?
@polishknight Absolutely. ... I don't know who this chick is trying to kid.
3mo ago The Hub
@Lionsmane8 The mainstream Iranian daily is Ettela'at ("Information") ettelaat.com/ which might require Google Translate to get it into English; it reflects .
For the government-sponsored English-language mouthpiece, PressTV www.presstv.ir/ and is heavily propagandistic.
Iran International on Youtube is based in London and is produced by Iranian expatriates and is heavily critical of the Tehran government; it's the news source that Iranians check via VPN when they don't want to see official sources.
3mo ago The Hub
@MentORPHEUS You're correct correct that "Houthi" is an Arabic tribal name. The nuance might be lost on English-speaking audiences; framing the conflict in tribal terms is in the interests of countries like Saudi Arabia and the Yemeni factions which they support because they can make it seem like a narrow group. The group's official name "Ansar Allah" (Partisans of God) isn't tribal, but ideological-sounding. I sometimes look at the Iranian media (I have weird hobbies) and they NEVER use "Houthi" as the name of that group.
3mo ago The Hub
@deeplydisturbed I don't get how "tradwife" is being "feminist." A great deal of feminist identity is wrapped-up in NOT doing anything that smacks of "tradition."
@Land_of_the_losers Yup... A true asshole can never call you out on your bullshit - and even if he does, he's an asshole, it doesn't count. Women's pleasure circuits are singularly animalistic (only men derive pleasure from higher-order endeavors, such as creativity), so it's the asshole that allows them to function in an animal-like, present-moment, consequences-be-damned mode, that gives them the tingles.
3mo ago The Hub
@Lone_Ranger I used to not understand this kind of propagandizing, thinking it was just a lie that women said to make themselves look righteous. But now I know it's a result of an elaborate rationalization to protect one's self-image. "if I fuck a man who is an asshole, it would suggest something unsavory about my preferences; such a man can therefore never be an asshole"
@polishknight "strong, independent woman"
@polishknight I don't see why not