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The sooner this can be understood, the sooner we can do away with victim blaming culture. And the sooner we can do away with victim blaming culture the sooner atrocities like cults, sexual assault, and abuse can stop being so prolific. Victim blaming culture allows these atrocities to thrive. And they will continue to thrive until we shift the blame to where it rightfully belongs.

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May her memory be for a blessing.

Ironically, I’m posting this to talk about Morning Musume. This was SNSD’s 1st solo concert, in 2010. The members of SNSD are born 1989-1991, and the earliest began training in 2000/2001, at age 11/12. So this recording is with an average experience of 8 years, ages 20-21. SNSD’s age range matches that of MM’s Rokkies/6th gen, born late 1988-1989. (not including Mikitty) They debuted with minimal training in 2003, so age 14-15. The height of Platinum Era would coincide in years of experience with SNSD’s, but most any pro will tell you that post-debut XP is so much more than pre-debut, so in practical terms, as of 2010 I’d compare SNSD and Rokkie veteran-ness to be 5 and 7 years-ish, respectively. Colorful Era’s primary vocals are all 9th-11th gen. That’s 2011-2012, age range 1994-1999. Counting from Zukki’s grad this past week, the experience range is 8 years to 4.5 years, at ages 17-22. Anyways, the linked recording. Compare to the original “I can’t believe we’re getting to debut” rookie energy-ful recording. This is tight, controlled, paced. Instead of trying to display the heights of their vocal talent, like champing-at-the-bit rookie them did, they’re singing more cutely to match the lyrics and melodic tonal imagery. In later concert tours, they’d get comfortable/tired enough to start belting a little more again (2013), but that was also after the worst years of them getting overworked. The 2011 performance is still relatively more controlled. ITNW is usually saved for the “last” set or encore set of the concerts, and it shows in the choreography. The dancing is measured, matched to the mid-tempo nature of the song, the veteran SNSD going for smooth and weighted instead of the rookie-sharp that pervades all of the Produce 101 covers. (and all covers of DBSK’s Mirotic, as well) In some tours, the choreo is abandoned entirely for walking and waving to the crowd at their own pace, or the recent ballad version. Platinum had this same sense of very measured pacing. The Gorokkies (5th/6th gen) all had 5-7 years of post-debut experience under their belts at the start of Platinum Era, when SNSD was just debuting, and passed that pacing on to 7th and 8th gen, though the end of 2010. Here’s what their concerts looked like in the same position as the OP video, towards the end of a 2010 concert, end of tour, non-ballad number. Point is, Colorful Era is currently getting around the same experience and age range as SNSD and Platinum Era were in 2010. We should be seeing the same kind of veteran controlled, paced, performance. We are really, really not. The Colorful Era I saw at Zukki’s grad is running themselves into the ground. They’re so fucking EXTRA at every moment. They started at 110% (for pacing), peaked mid-to-late concert at 200%, and finally settled during the encore at 170%. The only vocals that didn’t go horribly ragged were Honey and the non-Maria members of 12th gen that barely got to sing anything. These vocals were going even more ragged than how I saw rookie Berikyuu (sans Airi and Momoko) ruining their voices in the long term back in the day. And Berikyuu have never been this fast-paced and EXTRA in their dances, either. I haven’t checked on the recent Momoclo lives, but I have heard that their belter Momoka is having issues. They’re the other group that does large-scale solo concerts this EXTRA non-stop. I’m really worried about this lineup, guys!

Huh, really interesting to see how this played out over five years. Miraculously, the girls haven’t permanently ruined their voices (though Momoclo’s Momoka did take a break, and Maachan’s voice is rather dubious at times, but it doesn’t seem like it’s doing damage?). Colorful has settled into a veteran rhythm, but without sacrificing the base higher level of energy, as demonstrated by their rock festival performances. I think this speaks to UFA’s current healthy management practices, that the girls aren’t overworked as much as Kpop idols. It seems that TV variety scheduling is really what tends to wreck a talent’s time. But, somehow the Momoclo girls haven’t also ruined their voices, despite having some of the unhealthiest singing styles back in the day. Whatever their vocal and conditioning coaches are doing, it’s working. On the other hand, I can’t know this for sure, because the BR audio is always scrubbed, and often the unedited audio (broadcasts, FC events) does have questionable vocal quality, from going pitchy to ragged timbre. But, we haven’t heard about any nodules.

beautiful, but nothing like the weird mutants humans grow. modern roses are like, the flower equivalent of an animal thats absolutely covered in limbs. like, plant body horror

something something Rose Bride something something Gender Roles something something Allegory Allegorier Allegoriest

Anime idols are always like uguuuuuu the YOUNGEST is a FIRST YEAR in HIGH SCHOOL and the oldest is a THIRD YEAR and irl idols are like “when Geta joined MM at age 15, Fukuchan was 27, 12 year difference baybeeeeeeee” or “the new Byonz generation are 13, 14, and 22 (after 8 years in another group at another agency)”

Ku uutisissa oli taas juttua somekielloista lapsille, ni täs o Ilta-Sanomien artikkeli, joka opastaa älypuhelinten lapsilukkoasetusten käytössä. Ne kaikki "ihmisten pitää antaa henkilötietonsa käyttääkseen somea että lapset pysyy turvassa"-jutut on täysin turhia (niillä vaan mahdollistetaan jokaisen kansalaisen yksityiselämän valvominen ja henkilötietojen päätyminen ties mille huijareille ja rikollisille), vanhemmat pystyy ihan itse kontrolloimaan sitä, mitä sovelluksia lapsi käyttää. Ja sen lapsen kanssa vois vaikka keskustella siitä, että miksi jotkut tietyt sovellukset ja nettisivut on sellaisia, että lasten ei pitäisi käyttää niitä.

Aito Ratkaisu? Lasten turvallinen netinkäyttö alkaa aikuisten opettamisesta turvalliseen netinkäyttöön sekä some-etikettiin, ei kielloista. Vanhempien, opettajien... opettajat ja koulut nimittäin vaarantaa lasten tietoturvaa harva se päivä kaikenmaailman hämärillä EdTech sovelluksilla ja lastenkyttäystekniikalla. SEKÄ lapsille muuta tekemistä ja yllätys puhelin unohtuu kieltämättä: Lähikirjastot, ilmaiset kerhot, harrastukset, matalan kynnyksen puistopelit ja joukkueurheilu, nuorisotilat... jos lähdetään kieltämään ilman vaihtoehtoja, lisätään vain lasten pahoinvointia. Ja tässä tilanteessa jossa orpon hallituksen kurjistamistoimet on saanut aikaan esim nuorten huumeongelmien ja rikollisuuden lisääntymistä ni ota vielä puhelimet pois ja lisääntyy lisää...

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Estonian children who had been forcibly deported to Siberia by Russian authorities. 1952.

The cats, of course, already know this. They are gracious enough to spend their time with us so that we might learn, and so that we can enjoy a few quiet moments of warmth, softness, non judgment, and freedom."

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