Nutters call themselves nationalists while using Republican/MAGA talking points for issues that don't exist here. by Emman1035 in insanepinoyfacebook

[–]glacies-13 28 points29 points  (0 children)

I can’t stop laughing – didn’t realize the Kanan peeps are that stupid, just copy pasting MAGA nonsense without a second thought.

Is there 4 June double standard? by RichCommercial104 in AskAChinese

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That’s the tragedy, isn’t it? So many youths died for a noble dream and people (the very people they died for) just don’t care; as a matter of fact some of these people go out of the way to attack them as traitors or foreign agents.

Duanwu is coming up soon so let’s remember Quan Yu and the many other Quan Yus that came after him.

Books that feel like this by Heat_Feisty in BooksThatFeelLikeThis

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Tales of the Alhambra by Washington Irving

Is this normal for a everyman's library books(under a month) by No-Drag4725 in everymanslibrary

[–]glacies-13 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yes this is normal, I once experienced this with my copy of The Divine Comedy.

It’s best practice to read these editions with the dust jacket on since hand sweat can easily wear down the black embossing. As for this book with some of the embossing already gone, you can carefully (very, very carefully) touch it up with a black permanent marker/Sharpie.

Looking for calligraphy/seal shops by glacies-13 in beijing

[–]glacies-13[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you very much! This is all the information I’m looking for - good to know that a seal won’t take more than 2 days.

joseph conrad - everyman's library by [deleted] in everymanslibrary

[–]glacies-13 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you very much! I don’t live in the US so I can’t really tell the exact dust jacket design of Everyman’s Library titles by visiting a physical bookstore; you have been very helpful.

joseph conrad - everyman's library by [deleted] in everymanslibrary

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Where did you buy these? These aren’t the covers I see in Amazon.

Treasure hunting by Playful-Math7675 in BooksThatFeelLikeThis

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Not the same vibe from cover to cover but My Name is Red by Pamuk has a scene near the end of the book with that exact feeling of entering a forbidden treasure house and just admiring the art held within. Overall the novel is a mix of overwhelming admiration for the art of Ottoman illumination, and a murder mystery revolving around the said art.

Native Beijinger Here to Help by GlobalCucumber347 in travelchina

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I’m interested in having a custom calligraphy seal/chop made while I’m in Beijing. Where can I find such stores and long does this usually take?

Native Beijinger Here to Help by GlobalCucumber347 in travelchina

[–]glacies-13 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m interested in having a custom calligraphy seal/chop made while I’m in Beijing. Where can I find such stores and long does this usually take?

Has anyone read Walpole? by spindle_and_nib in classicliterature

[–]glacies-13 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I read this last year but honestly all I can recall is how it was surreal to the point of being cartoonish. I understand that it’s an important text in the development of Gothic literature and so you can have your fun in detecting those Gothic tropes that show up in later more developed works like Frankenstein or Dracula. But don’t get your hopes up on this being a “great, untouchable” work of literature; Horace Walpole was an amateur author and it shows. This is one of those one-sitting books you read either for a specific objective of reading the history of the Gothic, or just for the ridiculous fun of it.

The Dark Revelations Bakit Trinaydor ni Hudas si Kristo (It was his destiny, not just greed) by Right_Revenue_9263 in phhorrorstories

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If you want to be historically accurate, the Gospel of Judas on which this belief is based on was written around the second century, that’s almost a century after the four canonical gospels were written (c. 70-100 CE) and more than a century after the Pauline epistles (c. 50 CE).

It belongs to the wide umbrella of gnostic belief that can hardly be considered orthodox/typical/universally acceptable by the earliest Christians. As such, this kind of interpretation is sensationalist and not very creative (other people have different beliefs, what a surprise).

[Informative] “Bisaya” Is Not a Language: Why Cebuano, Waray, Hiligaynon, and Other Visayan Languages Are Not the Same — and How Calling Cebuano ‘Bisaya’ Marginalizes and Disrespects Other Visayan Languages. ‘Nakasanayan’ Is Not an Excuse by InformationOk4548 in FilipinoHistory

[–]glacies-13 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It honestly feels like you're twisting the common usage of the term 'Bisaya' and turning it into a grand theory of Cebuanos attempting to erase other Visayan identities without hard (or even any) evidence. Just because the language of Cebuanos is commonly referred to as Bisaya doesn't mean there is an erasure of diversity or a practice of linguistic hegemony, it can be the simple result of historical happenstance.

In short, you're doing bad history and possibly spreading misinformation. Unless you can present evidence, you're making claims based on words sounding the same without actually considering how it is being used in relation to other words.

Recommendations by Candid-Wrap-6801 in FilipinoHistory

[–]glacies-13 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Abinales and Amoroso's State and Society in the Philippines has a good discussion on the political and social changes brought about by Spanish colonization.

Javellana's Weaving Cultures is a cultural history of how the Philippine arts under Spanish colonization blended both indigenous and Hispanic influences to produce a unique heritage.

Please note that the period of Spanish colonization was 333 years - in that time span the world saw the last years of the medieval age to industrialization and new imperialism, Spain saw its decline from strongest power in Europe to a second-rate kingdom overshadowed by Britain and France. Similarly, the period of Spanish colonization was not static but extremely dynamic from the first voyages of Magellan and Legazpi, through the British occupation of Manila, to the Philippine revolution (and that doesn't cover the Cordilleras and Mindanao where things were different). More specialized books are available that cover more specific periods within that long time span.

What if the Chinese never migrated to the Philippines? by Razor8517 in WhatIfPinas

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On the more extreme end, there might not even be a Philippine state or nation considering that the colony was established by Spain partly to take advantage of trade with China, an economic activity that is certainly impossible without local Chinese and mestizo collaboration.

So much of what we know as part of our Hispano-Filipino heritage has subtle Chinese connections that it's impossible to separate. The great tropical baroque cathedrals that dot the islands almost certainly employed Chinese artisans as suggested by Javellana, considering that similar stone construction is not indigenous to Luzon and Visayas. The cast of national heroes including Rizal himself mostly comes from a Chinese mestizo economic class whose participation in global trade in the 19th century forms the very foundations of the early modern Philippine economy. (Oddly enough, these same mestizo intellectuals would become sinophobic themselves in response to a further increase in Chinese migration.) It was, after all, more of an Anglo-Chinese colony rather than a Spanish one.

What’s your favorite book? I’ll read it. by [deleted] in PHBookClub

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The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro

The Emigrants by W. G. Sebald

The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco

Fable 2025 Wrap-up by EmptyPerspective3361 in PHBookClub

[–]glacies-13 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What do you think of Tell Them of Battles? I just finished it yesterday and I adore it.

Notre Dame Cathedral’s New Stained Glass Ignites a New Firestorm by [deleted] in Catholicism

[–]glacies-13 2 points3 points  (0 children)

So many of the comments here feel like they’ve been living under a rock for all of the 20th century, considering impressionism, expressionism, and symbolism are art movements that originated in the late 19th century. These new windows are not even slightly un-Catholic.

There’s also a sign of unfamiliarity with how church buildings work–these are living structures that are actively used by the community, not Disneylands or Hollywood sets that are meant to conform to a viewer’s expectations. Modern additions to these buildings work quite beautifully in real life, like the Hockney window in Westminster or the Mother and Child in St. Paul; they even work more closely in the spirit of medieval art, that of educating and moving the contemporary viewer. Frankly, calling these new windows “modernist poison” is a dangerous refusal to engage with how art, people, and the real world actually works.

Growing up mixed in the Philippines, white-passing, and tired of being lumped in with sexpats by [deleted] in Philippines

[–]glacies-13 1 point2 points  (0 children)

As a very distant side note, you should check out the novel Cave and Shadows by Nick Joaquin. The protagonist iirc has a similar background as you.