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if you are a trans boy, especially a teenage trans boy, i wanted to say that as a trans man in their 30's, you have my deepest respects and condolences for what you may be going through right now.

it has become socially acceptable and basically online custom to bully teenage trans boys & mascs, call them cringy, or excuse misgendering them for whatever reason. people put trans boys on this pedestal of "must perform masculinity and manhood to cartoonish degrees" even though they're still children.

people make trans boys fight for their manhood before they can even be boys. i am sorry people can be so judgmental and harsh on you. you are not wrong for wanting to be a boy. you are experiencing something wonderful. it's okay if you still want to be a boy even if people have treated you poorly, or tried to make you feel bad for being a boy. there is nothing wrong with being a boy.

it's okay if you never socially transition. it's okay if you're afraid to come out because it's not safe. it's okay if you never change your outward appearance. it's okay if you try very hard to pass but struggle to. it's okay if you wear "women's" clothing and shoes, bras, makeup, etc., it's okay if you're gay and love other men. it's okay if you're scared of hrt. it's okay if you don't want surgery. it's okay if you mainly occupy girl's spaces still. people will find every reason to pick these things apart and ridicule trans boys for, but they are all perfectly fine experiences that do not make you any less of a boy. you are the one who is in control of your transition, presentation, and state of being- you should be able to prioritize your safety over the comfort of random strangers who have no impact over how you live your life.

i've been put through this too, but later in life as i came out when i was an adult. people still try to make me feel bad for identifying as a trans man, for whatever reason they have in their head to justify hatred of a trans person. i've had enough. there will never be an excuse for how people try to excuse the infantilization and abuse that trans men and trans boys face.

take care of yourselves, no matter what age you are, if you are a trans boy, man, or masc you deserve to know that other trans men care about you, especially when people are scrambling to find ways to punch down on you. there are people who suck, but there are also a lot of people who care about you. keep your chin up. you know who you are

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can anyone help a broke-ass trans woman out with like 30 bucks for some prescriptions? my poor people insurance is once again pulling preauthorization bullshit on meds ive been on for years, and it can get very bad if i have to cycle up and down and can't get them for a while, and im in the midst of fighting my previous employer still to get all my pay from over a month ago and i just can't handle the electric fence brain on top of that lol my v.3nmjo is punkyrooster and c@$h@pp is the same if you can throw anything towards it, and you'll be helping me out so, so fucking immensely

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we sexualize the unemployed failgirls a lot but i think at some point it comes across as a joke, it’s not though. lonely tranny sitting alone in your apartment you can’t afford, averting your eyes from your bank account every time you feel hunger, hiding from the dangerous eyes of the world outside, trapped trapped trapped, i love you i love you i love you and i will still love you when you discover the better world you belonged in since the beginning

[loislaina]

If it is not safe for you to pray out lead because of many reasons, then that is OK as the gods can hear you if you pray in your head. As Odysseus does it in The Odyssey (5 440-444).

I must say you don’t have to pray everyday so never feel pressured to do so I personally pray to Aristeaus every Monday, Athena every Tuesday, and Hermes every Wednesday. I tried to pray to all three once a day but it just wasn’t working.

A special thanks to Aliakai’s great video on prayer that I got the information about Odysseus (as I haven’t read The Odyssey yet but plan to once I read The Iliad)

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You do not have to be Greek to be a Hellenist. Are all Christians Jews? No, Jesus was a Jew and spread his religious thoughts out the world. So I believe you don’t have to be the ethnicity of somewhere to worship certain gods, you don’t have to be Egyptian to worship the Egyptian gods and the same for everywhere else. The theoi are welcoming and don’t care where you come from. I am English and I am a Hellenist and I haven’t disrespected the gods.

In ancient times Trojans worshiped the Greek gods which is where modern-day Turkey is so borders back then were not a big thing and countries changed what they are called.

So all in all you can be from anywhere to worship any god, they don’t mind where you are from. Many people may say ‘You have to be Greek to be a Hellenist’ or ‘I am Greek and I find Hellenism disrespectful’ but these people either want to start an argument or don’t know that Hellenism is a universal religion as all religions are. So it is best to ignore people like that or just say ‘I know many Americans who are Hellenists’ or ‘I know many Greeks who are Hellenists’ which will shut them up. As anyone can worship the Greek theoi.

There are some closed religions i.e The Amish. My main focus was how all pagan religions are open for everyone and I was comparing them being open to one of the main religions of the world Christianity.

[loislaina]

Offerings to Pallas Athene:

-Honey

-Olive oil

-Olives

-Figures of owls

-Wine (if you are of legal age in your country to buy it)

-Water

-Candle

-Incense

-Books

-Statue of her

-Coffee/tea (this can be the drink itself or the steam coming up from it when making it)

Devotional actions:

-Learn martial arts

-Read

-Workout

-Go on walks

-Grow an olive tree

-Learn a new hobby

-Write poetry or hymns for her

-Play strategy games

-Learn about past wars

-Learn anything

-Write a clever book

-Charity (either donating or volunteering or both)

-Learn a new skill

(There are many more offerings and devotional actions but I came up with all the ones I could think of, I hope you have enjoyed and found this helpful. May the gods be with you)

[loislaina]

Shoutout to all the pagans that can't celebrate holidays in a 'traditional' or 'typical' way or can't do 'traditional' or 'typical' devotional acts due to chronic illness, neurodivergence, executive dysfunction, disabilities, anything

You all are still perfectly valid and your deities understand and still love you.

You can't tidy their alters or pray before their alters because you can't get out of bed? They understand

You can't walk barefoot in the grass or pick flowers for Betlane? That's perfectly okay

You can't easily create things for your deities? They understand

You can't clean something for Ostara? That's perfectly okay

Your deities understand. You are still valid. You are still loved.

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fucking goldfish tiktok made me cry bro

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Isn’t it great to wake up and know that our deities see us, love us and care about us, just the way we are?

Isn’t it great that they help us become better people? and i’m sure majority of the time we don’t even notice it

Isn’t it great how out of all the people alive in this space rock we call earth, our deities chose us?

Isn’t it great to have a parental/friendly/warm/partner-in-chaotic-crime figure that will always understand you?

Isn’t it great how these ancient deities that have been existed for yonks, are pleased with trinkets and items that remind us of them?

There is nothing greater than the love between a deity and their devotees and i think that’s fucking gorgeous.

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psst talk to me about minoan women

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My warm-up sketch got out of hand… you know how it is when you’re gay.

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have you seen this one by chance? saw it reposted to pinterest and thought of my favorite public transit blog

Finally a way to market trains to the cruel capitalist

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someone on the dash mentioned butch asari and i had to draw her

terfs fuck off

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this video has been going around for a while but the English subtitles didn't match the energy of the spoken French at all. i had to fix it.

reblog to spread this version

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That is not close to being realistic