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what do people in their twentys do except go to the grocery store……….

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St. Elizabeth Ann Seton (1774–1821) was born in New York to a wealthy, virtuous, and influential family. She married a businessman, and together they lived on Wall Street and attended an Episcopalian church where Elizabeth was very active in charitable works to the poor.  When her father-in-law died, she became mother to her husband’s six younger siblings in addition to their own five children. During a trip to Italy she was introduced to Catholicism, and she converted to the Catholic faith after the death of her husband. After losing her family fortune, she spent her life working to improve education and provide for the poor, as well as her own children. She established the first Catholic school in the nation, and founded the first American religious community, the Sisters of Charity. She is known as the patron of widows and those who have lost parents or children. St. Elizabeth Ann Seton was the first native-born citizen of the United States to be declared a saint. Her feast day is January 4.

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ten year old girl who loves historical fiction moodboard

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real catholic aesthetic/mood

the rosary is tangled

you can gregorian chant anything if you’re determined enough

idk where most of these prayer cards came from but they are fancy bookmarks now

“christian radio is so cheesy right? lol” *blasts I’m Diving In and Priceless in the car*

tried to untangle the rosary and now it is broken

somehow no art/merch of your fave saints

How Many Fun Ways Can We Cook Fish/Seafood?: A Novel

Have Fun With That, We Never Eat Meat Anyway Lol: The Companion Novel by Your Vegan/Vegetarian Brothers & Sisters

fixed the rosary, got a new one anyway, new one is tangled with the old one

saying one random word in Latin and somehow impressing everyone even though that’s all you know

BONE CHURCH

all these candles around our house with pictures of bible scenes or saints never get used but when our power goes out we never need any flashlights

HAIL MARY FULL OF GRACE, PUNCH THE DEVIL IN THE FACE

can we use incense for this? can we please use incense for this?? can i just please have incense at all times???

we definitely don’t have a thing for fire. nope. definitely not. light more candles. light them now.

BONE

CHURCH

is this a sign from God or…?

i’m telling MOM

overall aesthetic basically just goes from Peaceful Lovely Prayerful Pastels to Metal AF Heavenly Warriors FIGHT ME

the Creator of the Universe gets stuck to the roof of your mouth. you hope He thinks it’s funny. He probably does tbh.

and just wHY IS IT TANGLED??? WHY IS THE ROSARY ALWAYS TANGLED??? AND NOW IT BROKE AGAIN!!!!

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The most iconic version of Cinderella (starring Brandy and Whitney Houston) premiered 20 years ago

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William had a dream of bringing electricity and running water to his village. And he was not prepared to wait for politicians or aid groups to do it for him. The need for action was even greater in 2002 following one of Malawi’s worst droughts, which killed thousands of people and left his family on the brink of starvation.

Unable to attend school, he kept up his education by using a local library. Fascinated by science, his life changed one day when he picked up a tattered textbook and saw a picture of a windmill. Mr Kamkwamba told the BBC News website: “I was very interested when I saw the windmill could make electricity and pump water.

“I thought: ‘That could be a defense against hunger. Maybe I should build one for myself’.” When not helping his family farm maize, he plugged away at his prototype, working by the light of a paraffin lamp in the evenings. But his ingenious project met blank looks in his community of about 200 people.

“Many, including my mother, thought I was going crazy,” he recalls. “They had never seen a windmill before.” [x]

In 2014, William Kamkwamba received his 4 year degree at Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire where he was a student.

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Of all the places to discover a lost city, this pleasing little community seems an unlikely candidate.

There are no vine-covered temples or impenetrable jungles here — just an old-fashioned downtown, a drug store that serves up root beer floats and rambling houses along shady brick lanes.

Yet there’s always been something — something just below the surface.

Locals have long scoured fields and river banks for arrowheads and bits of pottery, amassing huge collections. Then there were those murky tales of a sprawling city on the Great Plains and a chief who drank from a goblet of gold.

A few years ago, Donald Blakeslee, an anthropologist and archaeology professor at Wichita State University, began piecing things together. And what he’s found has spurred a rethinking of traditional views on the early settlement of the Midwest, while potentially filling a major gap in American history.

Using freshly translated documents written by the Spanish conquistadors more than 400 years ago and an array of high-tech equipment, Blakeslee located what he believes to be the lost city of Etzanoa, home to perhaps 20,000 people between 1450 and 1700.

They lived in thatched, beehive-shaped houses that ran for at least five miles along the bluffs and banks of the Walnut and Arkansas rivers. Blakeslee says the site is the second-largest ancient settlement in the country after Cahokia in Illinois.

On a recent morning, Blakeslee supervised a group of Wichita State students excavating a series of rectangular pits in a local field.

Jeremiah Perkins, 21, brushed dirt from a half-buried black pot.

Others sifted soil over screened boxes, revealing arrowheads, pottery and stone scrapers used to thin buffalo hides.

Blakeslee, 75, became intrigued by Etzanoa after scholars at UC Berkeley retranslated in 2013 the often muddled Spanish accounts of their forays into what is now Kansas. The new versions were more cogent, precise and vivid.

“I thought, ‘Wow, their eyewitness descriptions are so clear it’s like you were there.’ I wanted to see if the archaeology fit their descriptions,” he said. “Every single detail matched this place.”

Kacie Larsen of Wichita State University shakes dirt through a screened box to see what artifacts may emerge. David Kelly / For The Times

Conquistadors are often associated with Mexico, but a thirst for gold drove them into the Midwest as well.

Francisco Vazquez de Coronado came to central Kansas in 1541 chasing stories of a fabulously wealthy nobleman who napped beneath trees festooned with tinkling gold bells. He found no gold, but he did find Native Americans in a collection of settlements he dubbed Quivira.

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The goodest girl. (via elle91)

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St. Dymphna, patroness of the mentally ill, those suffering from neurological disorders, incest victims, and runaways, pray for us!

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Hello, I'm currently working on a speculative fiction novel in which a slave revolt overthrows the Confederacy. The main character is a black 'lawman' sent to a rural town where white radicals are organizing. The story is set in 1886 and I've struggled hard with the n-word, it feels disingenuous to have the villains avoid using the n-word but as a white writer I've seriously questioned whether I should use it at all. Should I be genuine with the cruelty of racism, or stay in my lane?

Using Racial Slurs for Historical Accuracy

Make sure you do thorough research on the time period’s language towards Black people. Read real time period based texts by white, non-black, and Black people alike. I find that people exaggerate how much the n-word was said in many settings over negro, colored, etc which are obviously problematic now, but accurate and less harsh and triggering than the n-word.

Honestly, I think your story would have more impact if the racism was physically portrayed rather than throwing around slurs.

People can express how they feel without words quite well. Spitting in the direction of the person, a vicious stare or a completely emotionless one, ignoring and turning away when they speak, grunting and scoffing at their presence, you get the idea. You can get creative with how the disrespect and hatred is shown without jumping to the racial slurs.

When/if it is used, you could still allude to the word being said without saying it in your text. Having it described as being said and the reactions of the affected can be enough to get the point across.

“He kicked dust in my direction, and spat out the word that put a tightness in my chest.”

More reading:

Portraying Racist Characters without Racial Slurs

Offensive Terminology and Historical Accuracy

Slur Use in Stories -Includes a book’s example of how to allude to a slur

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The Global Intern is back at it again

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i need feminism because when jesus does a magic trick it’s a goddamn miracle but when a woman does a magic trick she gets burned at the stake

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This is mesmerizing to watch.

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so I’ve got this headcanon that Guardians of the Galaxy is really the Avengers playing a table top roleplaying game, where Bucky’s the DM who suffers through heaps and loads of trolling 

Mostly from Steve

Especially from Steve

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When I lesson plan

The night before:

The actual lesson: