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These two are my core beliefs, #Bitcoin embodies hope for people, while #literature offers hope to the reader.
#literature #history #philosophy #women #woman WOW 🤩 For centuries, people thought they were reading Homer. They weren’t. In 2017, Emily Wilson published the first English translation of The Odyssey by a woman. That was the barrier. Four hundred years of translations shaped by male perspectives, smoothing, softening, and rewriting parts of the text without readers realizing it. The risk was distortion. Not of language alone, but of meaning, especially around women, power, and violence. She made a different decision. She translated directly, consistently, without adjusting the text to fit expectations. The struggle wasn’t technical. It was cultural, challenging centuries of accepted interpretation and exposing how translation is never neutral. Then came the breakthrough. Words changed. Enslaved women were no longer called “maids.” Odysseus became “complicated,” not just heroic. Violence was shown as brutal, not noble. The story shifted. Not because it was rewritten, but because it was finally read as it was. That’s the legacy. A reminder that history, literature, and truth are often filtered, and that who tells the story shapes what survives. And it leaves a sharper question. If meaning can be reshaped for centuries without notice, what else are we still reading through someone else’s lens? image
#art #artstr Palestinian artist: Fedaa Boqaileh image
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WolfMacbeth 3 days ago
Mission erfüllt 🤡 „Ich werde den Krieg in der Ukraine beenden. Ich werde das Chaos im Nahen Osten beenden. Und ich werde, ich verspreche es Euch, den 3. Weltkrieg verhindern. Es wird keinen 3. Weltkrieg geben. Denn jetzt stehen wir kurz davor.“ (Donald J. Trump am 13.07.2024 in Butler/PA)