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How Is an Emotionally Abusive Family Created?

How Is an Emotionally Abusive Family Created?

Published by Jenni Sidey

All it takes for an emotionally abusive family to be created is for one parent to emotionally abuse the other, or for one parent to emotionally abuse one of the children. Emotional abuse spreads throughout the family like an infectious disease. The constant criticism, belittling, unreasonable expectations, gaslighting, intimidation, dismissing, competition, and silent treatment get passed on from one family member to the next. For example, if the mother in the family is being emotionally abused by the father, the mother may take the anger she is feeling toward her husband out on her children by yelling at them, being overly critical of them, or by making unreasonable demands. Or, so overwhelmed and weakened by the onslaught of unreasonable expectations, constant criticism and accusations, as well as gaslighting, the abused parent may take refuge in alcohol, drugs, or sleep and abandon their responsibilities and their children in the process, creating another form of abuse—neglect. In an emotionally abusive family, every member of the family is affected—everyone becomes part of an extremely toxic environment. Absolutely no …

She created a chic bohemian bungalow using color and vintage furniture

She created a chic bohemian bungalow using color and vintage furniture

Published by Sam Flores

One peek inside wardrobe stylist and art director Morgan Jordan’s apartment in Glendale, and it’s clear she is not afraid of paint. “A lot of renters are,” Jordan says. In this series, we spotlight L.A. rentals with style. From perfect gallery walls to temporary decor hacks, these renters get creative, even in small spaces. And Angelenos need the inspiration: Most are renters. The apartment, which Jordan rents for $2,300 and found on Westside Rentals, already had character including a Spanish-style rounded entryway that goes from the living room to the dining room. It also met Jordan’s wish list of requirements: It has a bathtub and in-unit laundry and is on the first floor, making her loading and unloading of work supplies easier. Living alone in Los Angeles for the first time, Jordan had visions of eclectic murals to match her vintage furniture and art collection. The apartment marks the first time Jordan, who previously lived with roommates in Echo Park, has lived alone in Los Angeles. She had experience painting sets at work for the …

The Tarot Card Deck Created by Salvador Dalí

The Tarot Card Deck Created by Salvador Dalí

Published by José Betancourt

The Tarot has long been a tool of char­la­tans. But it has also long been embraced by bril­liant, uncon­ven­tion­al thinkers, many of whom them­selves have a touch of the char­la­tan about them (and who would just as like­ly admit it with a smile). William But­ler Yeats was a fan, as is vision­ary Chilean film­mak­er, artist, writer, and psy­cho­naut Ale­jan­dro Jodor­owsky, who has record­ed his own Youtube series explain­ing his take on this clas­sic mode of div­ina­tion. With its arche­typ­al sym­bol­ism, the Tarot’s appeal to artists should be obvi­ous. Most of them, like Jodor­owsky, find far more inter­est­ing uses for it than for­tune-telling. “You must not talk about the future,” Jodor­owsky tells us in his series, “the future is a con. The tarot is a lan­guage that talks about the present.” What might anoth­er vision­ary artist, Sal­vador Dalí, think of Jodorowsky’s Tarot inter­pre­ta­tions? We’ll nev­er know, but I sus­pect he would find them enchant­i­ng. Not only do the two seem like kin­dred spir­its, but Dalí devot­ed some part of his life to the Tarot, design­ing his own …

He created an outrageous home from Disneyland and pop-culture moments

He created an outrageous home from Disneyland and pop-culture moments

Published by Sam Flores

Brandon Shahniani is obsessed with the 1980s sitcom “The Golden Girls,” so much so that he decorated his breezy bedroom in pastel tones that would make Blanche Devereaux, the show’s famously flirtatious character, green with envy. “I want to live in 1980s Miami Beach,” says the 28-year-old who’s the co-owner of the Fair Oaks Pharmacy and Soda Fountain in South Pasadena, a Disney adult, and occasionally, the drag persona known as ’Naynay. “When I ask myself, ‘Where would I want to wake up?,’ the answer is right here,” he says. “And I sleep really well here.” His bedroom, which he calls ’Naynay’s Expo Beach Resort, looks and feels like a hotel, with a soothing scent reminiscent of Coppertone sunscreen coming from a specialized scent-delivery machine, a resort activity schedule on the dresser and an emergency evacuation map on the back of the door. “At ’Naynay’s Expo Beach Resort, there is a light sunscreen scent that, along with the music and the visual queues, makes you actually feel like you’re on vacation in Miami Beach in …

How Chuck Norris Created the Manosphere

How Chuck Norris Created the Manosphere

Published by Daniella Wilson

In 2010 I visited Asheville, North Carolina, to cover an inaugural film event called ActionFest, inspired by Chuck Norris and co-founded by his brother Aaron. For three days in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, audiences turned out to see movies Chuck Norris was in, movies Chuck Norris liked and movies that as far as I could tell had nothing to do with Chuck Norris but that made people spew Chuck Norris Facts anyway. Having just turned 70 and endured more above-the-neck roundhouses than a human head was built to endure, the real Norris was slowing down and not a major presence at the festival. The people lining up for all-day passes didn’t care. To them Norris wasn’t a personality — he was an idea. And this was an event designed to celebrate that idea. Norris died last week at 86. Mostly obituaries dutifully cited his long career. In fact it unspooled in three acts, each of which would have been impressive on its own. First came martial arts. Norris held black belts in karate, taekwondo, Tang Soo Do, …

‘Zombie’ cells created by transplanting genomes into dead bacteria

‘Zombie’ cells created by transplanting genomes into dead bacteria

Published by Miika Tikkanen

A living, synthetic cell has been made by transplanting a complete genome into a dead bacterium, bringing it back to life. The breakthrough could help synthetic biology live up to its huge, but still distant, promise of engineering organisms to create sustainable fuels, pharmaceuticals and new materials. Synthetic biology involves tweaking biological systems or creating new ones to introduce novel functions, such as rewriting yeast DNA so that the organisms make desirable chemicals. In an effort to make more versatile engineered microbes, in 2010 researchers synthesised a bacterial genome and then transplanted it into a living cell, creating what they called the first synthetic cell. But there was a problem. It was very difficult to be sure whether the cell was truly being governed by the synthetic genome rather than its original genome, because bacteria frequently absorb genetic material from the environment and add it to their own genomes in a process called horizontal gene transfer. To get around this issue, John Glass at the J. Craig Venter Institute (JCVI) in La Jolla, California, and …

How Jon Stewart created Tucker Carlson

How Jon Stewart created Tucker Carlson

Published by Sam Flores

For those of us who were adults during the second Iraq War, one of the legendary victories for basic sense and decency in politics was the day Jon Stewart nuked Tucker Carlson on “Crossfire” in 2004. Stewart was riding high as the popular host of “The Daily Show” on Comedy Central, and he reluctantly agreed to appear on the popular debate show that had aired on CNN since 1982. “Crossfire” was artificial, he felt, closer to a scripted wrestling match between partisans than a real political discussion. Stewart did not refrain from expressing this opinion in the saltiest terms on-air, especially to Carlson, the show’s co-host who was cast as the overgrown college Republican with odious views and a polka dot bowtie. Carlson, he said, was a “d**k.” Stewart accused all the show’s hosts of being “hacks” who were “hurting America” by treating politics like an entertainment product instead of a serious business. At the time, Stewart’s criticism struck deep. “Crossfire” was canceled shortly thereafter. But the moral clarity Stewart championed didn’t last long. On …