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So sorry to keep twitter posting but this had me dead

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there are very few ancient artifacts that make me more emotional than roman tombstones that thank the reader for stopping by and wish them well. there's simply something so sweet and gentle to me about imagining a traveler stopping along the road to read someone's final dedication and being sent away with the blessings of a thankful ghost

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Learning that in Judaism I was allowed to argue with G-d was such a liberating experience.

Like, finally… A worthy opponent.

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there are very few ancient artifacts that make me more emotional than roman tombstones that thank the reader for stopping by and wish them well. there's simply something so sweet and gentle to me about imagining a traveler stopping along the road to read someone's final dedication and being sent away with the blessings of a thankful ghost

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wait you don’t have to believe in an anthropomorphic god in judaism? could you explain a bit if that’s alright?

my favorite way to explain the way jews feel about god is with the story of the oven of akhnai. basically, the sages are arguing about the halachic status of a new type of oven. there's a lot of debate and miracles to try to prove who's right, and eventually one of them is like "ok dude if ur right then god themself will say ur right." and god's like "ya ur right" but the other guy's like "fuck off god this isn't ur business." the torah is not in heaven. it's down on earth with us. we are the ones responsible for our laws and ethics.

a lot of jews i know don't believe in an anthropomorphic god. one of my rabbis believes that god is the oneness of the universe, which is an interpretation i really love. another one i love is that god is in the things we haven't been able to figure out yet, the laws of physics that don't make sense to us yet, the corners of the universe we haven't been able to reach, and the more we figure out the more we know god.

this is very different than what a lot of folks will recognize if they had a christian upbringing, because the christian god is very much seen as an authority figure, someone who is actively granting forgiveness and changing things on earth. so even for jews who do believe in something closer to what most gentiles will recognize as god, our priorities and relationship with god are still very different.

also slightly unrelated but i feel it's important to note that jewish laws were based on a time where we were a nation that was self governing, whereas with christian theology it was intended to be able to be integrated into other cultures and existing judicial systems easily because their goal is proselytizing, so god is their One Uniter. whereas there have been many services i've attended where the rabbis literally did not mention god once unless it was during a prayer or reading, which shocks a lot of ppl lmao.

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anyway just a reminder for the myth lovers out there

king arthur was welsh. merlin was welsh. camelot was in wales. the lady and the lake she pops out of; welsh. excalibur; magic inanimate welsh object. etc.

on the way to see family, i drive past a lake that in which is welsh legend, is the last resting place of excalibur.

i’m just saying in my experience a lot of these legends had been so anglo-fied in the past and it’s like, all this cool shit is celtic welsh legend.

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ovid / x / bilbo fabriko / hozier / @sawasawako / gustave doré / kurt vonnegut / antonio canoza / tim siebels / “Portrait of a Lady On Fire”

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when ur girlfriend tells u to come over so she can "rearrange ur guts" but ur a manananggal and she's a med student 💀✂️

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Orpheus & Eurydice

Commissioned illustration for Follow Me Down, a TTRPG inspired by Greek mythology.

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Tam Lin

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prince lindworm

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Hey i’m a fashion design student so i have tons and tons of pdfs and docs with basic sewing techniques, pattern how-tos, and resources for fabric and trims. I’ve compiled it all into a shareable folder for anyone who wants to look into sewing and making their own clothing. I’ll be adding to this folder whenever i come across new resources

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/16uhmMb8kE4P_vOSycr6XSa9zpmDijZSd?usp=sharing

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finished this as well! :) self care is drawing Mari Lywd with an autumn vibe,,,,

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one of my favorite anecdotes from the Stonewall riots is when the commotion first started rumbling and distracting the cops, one set of arrested people escaped the police wagon handcuffed together. The pair then walked around Greenwich village until they found someone in the S/M community for a handcuff key.

“No kink at pride.” Babe, who’s gonna unlock the handcuffs? 

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it is so important to understand how much the lens of queer life and love that focuses on yearning, pining, hiding, and covert existence is associated with high-class people with money and status who had to hide and yearn and pine to protect their wealth— unless of course one was so wealthy that they were immune to social pressure. whereas lower class queer people were out there sucking and fucking and gender nonconforming the whole time. flagrant faggotry is the territory of the fantastically wealthy and the brutally poor with the middle classes squeezed in between.