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Happy New Years! Was awaiting quite the surprise and playing with my car before it hit. Make #2023 count!

Photographer emintehess captures a rare sighing of a Kodkod cat, one of the smallest wild cats on Earth.

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When thinking of ancient Greek and Roman sex and sexuality, the modern-day mind is immediately drawn to popular modern-day depictions of Greek and Roman sexual-life in films and television such as “Troy”, Alexander” and “Spartacus-Of Blood and Sand”. In these renditions men and women are presented as itching to remove their tunics in an attempt to draw in a sexually frustrated, modern-day teenage audience. This impression gives one the sense that living in the Ancient World was a lot like being in a soft-porn film, but with lower sanitation. It is true to say that the Greek world was filled with sex; everywhere in sight was filled with images and portrayals of sex. However, it has changed a lot in recent years since sex is different from what it was in the Ancient World. In recent years nowadays we seem to live in a more sexually open society with fetishes such as discipline play, BDSM, and other sexual activity becoming more popular. Homosexuality in ancient times was vastly more recognized than it is today. It is amazing to think that in the 6th Century BC, more than 2000 years ago, people were more open and accepting towards homosexuality than they are now. Homosexual love was regarded as one of the purest forms of love and was openly recognized in ancient times. In Xenophon’s work called “The Symposium”, a party hosted by one of Athens’ most prolific patrons, Callias, took place in his house in the Piraeus to honour his beautiful boyfriend Autocolycus. Xenophon’s writings on the subject explored the nature of love in the context of homosexuality, heterosexuality and philosophy. During the battle of Chaeronea (378 BC), the Macedonian and Greek army made love as well as war, with the establishment of 150 homosexual couples who fought against each other by day and made love together by night. This indicates that “The well-known principle of Greek erotic life that desire was not defined by love object, but the erotic aim”-Paul Cartledge, (Ancient Greece, Cambridge Illustrated). This contrasts with modern times, when after years of the idea of homosexuality either being ignored or feeling the brunt of discrimination, homosexuality was only legalized in 1993 in Ireland. Even now, while the attitudes towards homosexuality are gradually becoming more accepting and open discrimination and the idea of homosexuality being “wrong” in a sense is still widespread. Pornography is and was an integral part of sexual life today and in Ancient Times. However, porn was not as closeted in Ancient Greece and Rome as it is now. One only had to look around at the ancient art and architecture in order to gain insight into the sexual world of Greece. Carved phalli can be seen in places of worship such as the temple of Dionysus on Delos, while a common Greek artistic feature was the herm, a statue consisting of a male head on a solid cube with a prominent phallus on the front. Greeks also created the first well-known instance of lesbian eroticism in the West, with Sappho‘s Hymn to Aphrodite and other homoerotic works. Main difference between pornographic culture nowadays and the pornographic culture of the Ancient World is the nature of the art that portrayed these pornographic images. The porn of the Ancient World is seen as being more tasteful and respectful towards sex than the modern-day pornography you’d find on the internet. Another difference is that modern-day, online pornography depicts women as objects of lust and desire whereas women hardly ever featured in pornography in the Ancient World. Through the years, history of sexuality has gone through a cycle. Ancient Greeks adopted an attitude towards sex and sexuality that was open and was influenced little by taboos or restrictions, while we in Ireland went through a period of sexual dormancy up until recent years when we are now developing our ideas of sex to adapt to a new, changing world. © University Times/Aoibhín Murphy #archaeohistories

@AMAZlNGNATURE Fabulous

After three years of waiting, careful calculations, and precise astronomical timing, Leonardo Sens captured this shot.

@DNAmagazine What a beautiful man

He’s giving major main-character energy and that’s just the beginning. See the full feature on Arad Winwin. 📷: Eric Z-Martin. MODEL: Arad Winwin More Pics: dnamagazine.com.au/arad-by-eric-z…

@MrRaceBannon How much per pound ? ;)

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Assman. Hilarious. WAIT FOR IT

En los premios MTV de 1995, Chris Isaak besó a la fuerza a Cameron Diaz, pero Jim Carrey subió al escenario y le dio a probar su propia medicina a Isaak.

I’m like a Cat

I wonder if the guy who views my Grindr profile every single day but never messages me likes my new pic

At some point, you will have to disappoint others to live a life that's honest to you. People pleasing will drain you, not save you. You have every right to set boundaries and choose your peace. You can disappoint people and still be a good person.

@khnh80044 This show is awesome.

One of the wild things about Miami Vice (1984–1989) is the parade of future stars who popped up before they were famous. Bruce Willis, Julia Roberts, Liam Neeson, Benicio del Toro, Michael Madsen, even Chris Rock.

Jack Nicholson’s Mantel is Legendary Happy 89th to a 3 x Oscar Winner 🎂

Jack Nicholson is 89. He’s one of the biggest reasons I started this account. Nicholson has lived these last 89 years the right way. He’s done life right. His effortless charisma- his timeless charm- is something that always keeps me company. My favorite actor. Cheers, Jack 🎂.

@historyinmemes "Heavy and. Death Metal bands and their fans are good people pretending to be bad people. Hippies are a-holes pretending to be good people" - Aristotle.

The more you mature, the more you reaIize you don't want to be around drama, stress, or conflict. You just want a calm cozy home, good food on your table, and to be surrounded by your favourite people.

the decline of cultural criticism is partly why we have cultural slop