#Magdalena Gale

[miraplayssims]

The day of Benjamin and Theodora´s wedding had come. The bethroded hadn´t talked or even seen to eachother since their parents told them about their planned marriage and Benjamin felt it was high time to do so.

Leaving his parents and future in-laws talking outside, Benjamin walked in to the church where his sisters were waiting for the ceremony to begin.

He walked up to his Magdalena and cleared his throat, "Magda, do you know where Theo is?"

“I believe she´s getting ready in the sacristy," she said, giving him a sympathetic look, "how are you feeling, brother?"

"I´m fine," he sighed, "thank you."

Benjamin knocked on the door and heard a quiet "come in" from inside. When he entered and saw his childhood friend dressed in all white, silently sobbing with her face buried in her hands, his heart sank. My dear, dear friend, he thought, how I wish you wouldn´t be crying on your wedding day.

Benjamin kneeled down in front of the crying girl, "Oh Theo," he mumbled, "it´ll be all right."

Theodora looked up at him, wiping the tears from her cheeks, "yes," she nodded softly, "I´m being dramatic."

He grabbed her cold hands and squessed them thight, "no, you´re not. Cry if you want to, God knows I have," he whispered, "listen Theo, I swear to you I´ll try my best to make you happy, as a friend or as a husband. We don´t ever even have to share a bed, if that´s what you wish. We decide how this will work, no one else."

Theodora had stopped sobbing, but tears still trickled down her face, "I know you´ll be good to me, that´s not my worry. It´s just-," her voice thickened, "well, it´s just that I wish to have children some day. But as you said, perhaps we´ll never share the marital bed."

"If you wish to have children, we´ll have children," he reassured her.

Theodora stood up, smiling bleakly, "thank you," she whispered and embraced him, "you´re my dearest friend."

They stood there for a while in a silent embrace before Benjamin finally broke away, "come now, I think it´s time."

[backstagebeauty]

[cinemalbeuf]

"And here it would seem from some ambiguity in her terms that she was censuring both sexes equally, as if she belonged to neither; and indeed, for the time being, she seemed to vacillate; she was man; she was woman; she knew the secrets, shared the weaknesses of each. It was a a most bewildering and whirligig state of mind to be in. The comforts of ignorance seemed utterly denied her. She was a feather blown on the gale."

-Virginia Woolf, Orlando: A Biography

- Magdalena Montezuma in Ulrike Ottinger's Freak Orlando (1981)

- Isabelle Huppert in Robert Wilson's Paris production of Orlando (1993)

- Tilda Swinton in Sally Potter's Orlando (1993)

- Emma Corrin in Michael Grandage's West End production of Orlando (2022)

[belethlegwen]

Henry and Atticus Jamsesh OOC

Myself and @adjacentperception have been letting our boys chill out together in the Concept Space lately while we're chatting and working out some writing energies and the like. Today, Henry and Atticus got together for a jam sesh (Henry on violin and Atticus on guitar) while me and Zip were hanging out with our friends in the real world, and when we got back this fun little moment happened and I thought y'all would like it: ---------------------------------------------------------------

Henry: =suddenly aghast= I DIDN'T TEACH HIM THE SONG ABOUT THE GIRL WITH THE LARGE DONKEY Belle: This is an ass joke, I just-- Henry: IT'S A SONG ABOUT ASSES Belle: =sigh=

Atticus: =separately, elsewhere= aw fuck he didn't tell me about the ass song Atticus: =sprinting back through the conceptual ether= YO Atticus: NASTY SONG [Zip: this is important]

Henry: =rifling through his things for his bow and his journal where he wrote all the lyrics= I learned this one from a very drunk woman in Gale's Port, literally drank my ship's first mate under the table and stole his coinpurse. She may have been my first love. Henry: =immediately starting a dramatic chord like it's the national anthem of the USSR or something= ANYWAY, this is a song about Magdelena Horace and her fat, fat donkey.

Atticus: =crying laughing @ the song and the tale and just the theater of it ALL= Atticus: You are literally one of the coolest people. Atticus: This is the best thing. I'm dead. Fucks sake dude. Atticus: Worth it. Thank you for this. I'll have to think of something equally as good to throw back at you.

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LYRICS (as best as I can do them, I'm not a songwriter and don't know what I'm doing at the best of times but ENJOY)

Magdalena was herself quite known for having something quite profound Parading through the villages and towns: A donkey that was very round. She got it from her Mother you see, Who got it whence from Grandma Nell, you'd think her aunt would've gifted been, but her aunt was gifted… well… The Horace's had quite a farm and her aunt: two plump, round cows but they weren't known to leave the barn so Mother got the donkey, now and into town she'd go, singing:

[Chorus about a girl carting her fat donkey all over town and getting boys attentions]

Second verse is Magdalena being born, and everyone wondering if she'd be gifted that Fat, Fat Donkey Third verse is Oh Damn She Got That Donkey Fourth verse is Everyone Wants That Donkey Fifth verse is she charges for donkey rides End song

[finishinglinepress]

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A storm, engine problems, or a ripped sail can halt your #sailing dreams. For this #traveling family of six, it was not weather, mechanics, or techniques, it was #leukemia. From the middle of the Pacific, after the Marquesas, the Tuamotu Atolls, and Tahiti, sailing had to come to an abrupt stop. Just living life became the challenge. Poet Magdalena Hirt and her family stayed State-side to save her brother who was diagnosed with #AML Leukemia, and then returned to continue their journey onwards to Moorea and Bora Bora. In Pacific Prescription: Leukemia Cyclone, there are #poems of dreams and poems of #survival. In sequential order, these poems tell the story of the #ocean and sacrifice.

Magdalena Louise Hirt has a Master of Arts in English Literature from the University of Toledo and a Master of Letters from the University of Highlands and Islands for Scottish Highlands and Islands Literature. Magdalena has multiple published articles in Cruising World, one in Enchanted Living, and another in Literary Traveler. Her first four poetry chapbooks, Levels of the Ocean, Her Sea-filled Arms: Layers of Blue, Pacific Pieces, and Pacific Prescription: Leukemia Cyclone are available for purchase. One more chapbook, Her Bloody Project, and her first book, Distant Story Blue, are due to be released by January of 2025. Currently, she homeschools her four children and writes from her sailboat, which is a Westerly 49, named Selkie. Their family of six sails to circumnavigate the globe. So far, they have completed an Atlantic circumnavigation and a Pacific crossing. Magdalena enjoys cooking and dancing—most of the time together. With pen, spatula, and helm in hand, her sailing soul belongs on the sea where she chooses words, academics, ingredients, and destinations. Follow their story at www.sealongingselkie.net.

PRAISE FOR Pacific Prescription: Leukemia Cyclone by Magdalena Louise Hirt

In her most overwhelming collection yet–Pacific Prescription—Maggie Hirthas taken on the full impact of being willing without hesitation to save the life of her brother. This is poetry for anyone with even a twitch of empathy and an itch of curiosity. Hirt lives a life most of us discover only in dream, aboard a sailing vessel where she lives all over the watery globe with her husband and children. On another idyllic day, she is informed that her brother has leukemia. They test her blood. She’s a match. Without hesitation she says, “Yes,” to a transfusion and is at his side. The poems move from a stunningly magical evocation of her world at sea to that of terror. I will tell you the ending. She’s back aboard, her brother recovering, the ship, her family back “sailing and away from it all” yet carrying it all. Why tell you? Because the book is asking you to enter this personal world altering experience. The poet doesn’t want us caught up in wondering if it all works out. Hirt’s work has always been arresting. In this collection, she has developed a fascinating use of line and form to evoke and embody roiling emotional tidal waves. Pacific Prescription is a collection torn from the heart, yet it is never self-involved. Instead, we are. Are we ever.

—Jack Ridl, author of Practicing to Walk Like a Heron, named finest collection of poetry by ForeWord Reviews, and All at Once, to be published by CavanKerry Press, autumn of 2024

Every sailor faces stormy weather and, on many voyages, they encounter storms with no escape. This leaves only one option: face the gale head-on. To do this with success, one must assemble a wholehearted crew to rally around a single purpose —weather the storm to save the vessel! Just like sailing, life has its own storms; some can be navigated, while others are unavoidable. When a storm raged into my life in the form of AML Leukemia, I had no escape. Like a sailor watching the dark clouds gather and winds build, knowing what turbulence lies ahead, I listened to doctors and looked to my wholehearted crew. Along with my assembled crew of supportive family and friends, we pointed our ship, my ship, into the storm. Our one cause—save the vessel, my vessel. My sister Maggie was fast to keep me from sinking, volunteering to donate stem cells to save my life. I believe, just as she eagerly underwent hardships so I could survive my storm, in Pacific Prescription: Leukemia Cyclone, Maggie has keenly communicated the highs and lows of living dreams and helping others live theirs, promoting leukemia awareness. Follow her poems as she takes you on a journey from ocean to hospital and back to ocean again.

–Benjamin Schakel (brother)

This is a love story in poems, from a woman whose loves are far-reaching. She launches us into her passion for ocean and returns us there after a global voyage of sea-faring and life-saving with and for her family. This is vivid, reflective writing from a perceptive and compassionate mother, sister, sailor and, above all, poet.

–Mandy Haggith, writer

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[bombasticglamour]

[cristinborgia]

The Queen and The Duchess (4/?)

In 1532 another male child was born, George of York. That same year the wife of the Prince of Ireland Charles, Catherine of Austria died giving birth to her third daughter, María Magdalena, creating a great inheritance problem due to the lack of a male child. The Dukes of York did not think so and offered their newborn son as the future King of Ireland to keep the Tudor surname, in addition to his sex. This did not please Charles thinking that they could take advantage of the Irish crown, but little George was supported by the Boleyn family, some other noble families such as the Seymours, The Howard, the Cleves and even the Emperor Charles V thought that it would be the best option. than the prince's daughter, Henrietta Tudor.

In 1533 the wedding between the Prince of Wales, Edward and his cousin, Eleanor of York was celebrated, being a very celebrated event in England and even in Germany. The couple had been in love since they were children and it is known that Edward was an attentive husband, as well as calm like his father the King.

In 1535 Charles "of Ireland" declared his eldest daughter, Henrietta Tudor, as heir and this did not please his uncle, Henry Tudor and he wanted Charles to compromise his daughter with his, but the prince would only accept if the child was only king consort of Ireland and that none of her family intervened, something that displeased the Duke.

Henry, despite being married to the woman he claimed to love, had different lovers, but his favorite was always his wife's sister, Mary Boleyn, who was previously the lover of the King of France Francis I. Anne, dead of jealousy, decided to marry her sister with a French nobleman, François de Lorraine, taking her away from England and Henry.

The duke began to fall ill around the year 1541 and it is believed that he had syphilis infected by a prostitute, he remained in bed for a few months weak and his attractive face began to deteriorate. At the beginning of the year 1542, the Duke of York died at the age of 51 without having dictated a will, being succeeded by his first son, Maximilian of York.

The death of the duke was felt by the royal family, but more so for Ana Bolena because she and her children were unprotected before her stepchildren, Maximilian who was declared Duke of York and Eleanor of York who would be the future queen. from England. Maximilian I of York exiled his stepmother from the duchy and the court once his mourning ended, but he granted her the "favor" of keeping his stepsister, "Duchess Elizabeth" under his protection and that he could march with his youngest son, George.

In the end, Anne went to France with her youngest son George, being received for a few years by her sister, Mary Boleyn, who was Countess of Lambesc. Maximiliano granted him part of her inheritance, which was hers, her jewels, her horses, and a pension from her for having been the duke's wife.

In 1544 the Queen of England, Catherine of Aragon began to present serious health problems and she had to remain in bed for months in which she was cared for by her own husband, Arthur, who did not separate from his beloved wife. her. In the end the queen she passed away that same year of a supposed cancer in the heart at the age of 60.

It is believed that the King after learning of the death of his wife fainted at the impression of this news. Her death was painful for her children and for England who remembered her as her great queen.

En 1532 nació otro hijo varón, Jorge de York. Ese mismo año la esposa del príncipe de Irlanda Carlos, Catalina de Austria murió dando a luz a su tercera hija, María Magdalena creando un gran problema sucesorio por la falta de hijo varón. Los duques de York no lo pensaron y ofrecieron a su hijo recién nacido como futuro Rey de Irlanda para mantener el apellido Tudor, además de su sexo. Esto no gusto a Carlos pensando que podrían aprovecharse de la corona Irlandesa, pero el pequeño Jorge era apoyado por la familia Bolena, algunas otras familias nobles como los Seymour, Los Howard, los Cleves e incluso el Emperador Carlos V pensó que sería la mejor opción que la hija del príncipe, Enriqueta Tudor.

En 1533 se celebro la boda entre el príncipe de Gales, Eduardo y su prima, Leonor de York siendo un acontecimiento muy celebrado en Inglaterra e incluso en Alemania. La pareja estaba enamorada desde niños y se sabe que Eduardo fue un esposo atento, además de tranquilo como su padre el Rey.

En 1535 Carlos “de Irlanda” declaro como heredera a su hija mayor, Enriqueta Tudor y esto no agrado a su tío, Enrique Tudor y busco que Carlos comprometiera a su hija con el suyo, pero el príncipe solo aceptaría si el niño solo fuera rey consorte de Irlanda y que ninguno de su familia interviniera, algo que disgusto al Duque. 

Enrique pese a estar casado con la mujer que decía amar tuvo distintas amantes, pero su favorita siempre fue la hermana de su esposa, María Bolena que antes era amante del rey de Francia Francisco I. Ana muerta de celos decidió casar a su hermana con un noble francés, François de Lorena, alejándola de Inglaterra y de Enrique.

El duque empezó a enfermar por el año 1541 y se cree que enfermo de sífilis contagiado por alguna prostituta, permaneció en cama por algunos meses débil y su atractivo rostro empezaba a demacrarse. A principios del año 1542 el duque de York falleció a los 51 años de edad sin haber dictado un testamento siendo sucedido por su primer hijo, Maximiliano de York.

La muerte del duque fue sentida por la familia real, pero mas para Ana Bolena debido a que ella y sus hijos se encontraban desprotegidos ante sus hijastros, Maximiliano que fue declaro duque de York y Leonor de York que sería la futura reina de Inglaterra. Maximiliano I de York exilio a su madrastra del ducado y de la corte una vez acabo su luto, pero le concedió el “favor” de mantener a su hermanastra, “Duquesa Isabel” a su protección y que podría marchar junto a su hijo menor, Jorge.

Al final Ana se fue a Francia junto a su hijo menor Jorge siendo recibidos por unos años por su hermana, María Bolena que era Condesa de Lambesc. Maximiliano le concedió parte de su herencia que era sus joyas, caballos y una pensión por haber sido la esposa del duque.

En 1544 la reina de Inglaterra, Catalina de Aragon empezó a presentar graves problemas de salud y tuvo que permanecer en cama por meses en los que fue cuidada por su propio esposo, Arturo, el cual no se separo de su amada esposa. Al final la reina falleció ese mismo año de un supuesto cáncer en el corazón a los 60 años de edad.

Se cree que el Rey tras enterarse de la muerte de su esposa se desmayo por la impresión de esta noticia. Su muerte fue dolorosa para sus hijos y para Inglaterra que la recordaba como su gran reina.

[whooolaanmo]

CTTO : Ang sulat ng pokmarung taga LAGUNA!

Isipin mo taga-LAGUNA ako pero di mo ako bini-BIÑAN halaga. Tapos tatanungin mo ko kung okey CALAMBA? Di mo ba naisip andaming nanligaw sakin PILA-pila pa. Sa tuwing dadalaw sila may dala pang monay BAE/BAY. Akala ko ba bubuo tayo ng masayang FAMYly. Wala ka rin pala e yung mga pangako mo panay na CALAUAN na. Ang PAETE ng nararamdaman ko ngayon. PAKIL talaga sa puso kayong mga Lalaki. pinaPAGSANJAN mo lang pala ako, ako naman si tanga umasa din. Para na akong pulubi pALAMINOS na bumalik ka. Sino ba yang bago mong CAVINTI gabi-gabi. Mas maganda ba sa akin at mukha na ba kong LUISIANA? Sumagot ka!! Sakin ka pa humingi ng pambili ng VICTORIA secret para iregalo sa iba. Ang puso ko ngayon ay malungkot at LUMBAN na lumbay na. Tuwid na daan ang sabi mo’y tatahakin bat ngayon ay MABITAC na. Tuwang tuwa ako sayo nung una at aLILIW na aliw sayo. naSINILOAN mo talaga ang puso ko sa galing mong mambola. Sabi mo pa nga para kang si RIZAL handang mamatay para sa akin. Ngayon lumabas ang tunay mong PANGIL at may sungay pa pala. Sabi mo hihingi ka lng ng space KALAYAAN na pala ang gusto mo. MAJAYJAY-blood talaga ko sayo nito. NAGCARLANg ako para mahanap ka lang. nakaCABUYAO na talaga yang ugali mo. Pero kahit ganun mahal na mahal pa rin kita isang sorry mo lang okey na ulit ako. Ipagluluto kita ng paborito mong ulam kilawing LOS BAÑOS at mustasa. Ipinagdarasal ko ang pagbabalik mo mahal ko. Tulungan nyo po ako SAN PEDRO, SANTA CRUZ, SANTA ROSA, SAN PABLO AT SANTA MARIA nawa’y magbalik na ang aking mahal di na ko galit sa kanya.

Nagmamahal at Umaasa,

MAGDALENA

📝 by Kim Carlo Giron

bored sya pero galing ah lahat ng bayan ng Laguna 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Sept. 04, 2021

[thevagaries]

I realize this is profoundly niche so I’m putting it under a read more, but 12 monkeys and the major arcana(tarot). Suggestions welcome

0 the Fool -Jennifer

1 the Magician-Jones

2 the High priestess- Mantis

3 Empress- Cassie

4 Emperor -Cole

5 Hierophant-General Foster

6 Lovers- Cassie and Cole

7 Chariot- the Machine

8 Strength - Whitney

9 Hermit- Aaron

10 Wheel- Ramse

11 Justice- Gale

12 the hanged man- Athan

13 Death- Deacon

14- Temperance- Dr Adler

15 Devil -the red forest

16 Tower - Tall Man

17 Star- Dr Eckland

18 Moon- Olivia/the witness

19 Sun - Hannah

20 Judgement-Time

21- World- Old Jennifer

People who didn’t get a card so feel free to add them in: Max, Eliza, the Daughters, the word of the Witness(object), Magdalena,Mallick, Oliver Peters, the hyenas, Emma, Elena, Sam(Elena and Ramse’s son), the Keeper.

[miraplayssims]

After one of her weekly meetings with the women’s suffrage group, Magdalena stayed behind to show Irene Billingsley one of her manuscripts.

She sat in quiet suspense, watching to older woman read.

“This is brilliant, Ms. Gale,” Irene finally said and sat down next to Magdalena, “you have quite a way with words. You write on a machine, no?”

Magdalena nodded excitedly, “thank you Ms. Billingsley, I do!”

“Very impressive,” Irene said. She seemed to think for a while before clearing her throat, “I have a proposition. Would you like to come work for me, or for us? We’re expanding and need a new secretary. There’s also talk about starting a monthly newsletter, so if you’re interested perhaps you could write columns for that as well.”

Magdalena let out an involuntary squeal, “my goodness, of course! I’d be honoured!”

That night, Magdalena stood in front of her parents´ bedroom door, gathering up courage to tell them the news. Finally she knocked and Alice opened the door, "Magda," she smiled, "did you want something?"

"Good evening mama, may I come in?" Magdalena asked, Alice nodded and gestured her daughter inside, "good evening, papa."

"What´s on your mind, dear?" Alice asked and walked over to Eugene.

"Well, I´ve been offered work," Magdalena said slowly, "it would be six days a week, monday to saturday. I´d still have time to help out at home," she swallowed nervously, "I´m going to accept."

"Why, of course you will!" Eugene exclaimed.

Alice walked over to her daughter and hugged her tight, "congratulations my love. We´re very happy for you."

[surrealistnyc]

A Spark in Search of a Powderkeg

Rebellion is its own justification, completely independent of the chance it has to modify the state of affairs that gives rise to it. It’s a spark in the wind, but a spark in search of a powder keg.

André Breton

If only one thing has brought me joy in the last few weeks, it began when the matriarchs at Unist’ot’en burned the Canadian flag and declared reconciliation is dead. Like wildfire, it swept through the hearts of youth across the territories. Reconciliation was a distraction, a way for them to dangle a carrot in front of us and trick us into behaving. Do we not have a right to the land stolen from our ancestors? It’s time to shut everything the fuck down!

Tawinikay (aka Southern Wind Woman)

The toxic cargo carried in Canadian pipelines, whether it be tar sands oil or fracked liquid natural gas (LNG), is, according to all serious climate scientists, a major, perhaps even decisive contribution to global warming, i.e. ecological catastrophe.   Meant to fuel industrial expansion, the pipelines have themselves become fuel for revolt. Designed to move these dirty fossil fuels from one location to another, they are a crucial element in normalizing the dubious paradise of unlimited growth in awe of which all obedient consumer/citizens are supposed to genuflect. In what the colonial mapmakers have called British Columbia (BC), resource extraction has always been the name of the game. However, the emergence in February of this year of a widespread oppositional network ranging from “land back” Indigenous warriors to elder traditionalists and from Extinction Rebellion activists to anarchist insurrectionaries was heartening. Railways, highways and ferries were blockaded, provincial legislatures, government administrative offices, banks and corporate headquarters were occupied. The catalyst for this rebellion was a widespread Indigenous uprising that refused the illusory promises of reconciliation. Together, these rebel forces disrupted business as usual in solidarity with the Unist’ot’en Big Frog clan of the Wet’suwet’en tribal house.

       ​As objective chance would have it, the primary Indigenous land defense camp is situated not far from the same Hazelton, B.C. area to which surrealist Kurt Seligmann and his wife Arlette had journeyed in 1938. During that time, they visited Gitxsan and Wet’suwet’en villages, marveled at the imaginative power of the totem poles and ceremonial objects, made field notes, shot 16mm film, collected stories and recorded mythic histories. Now, in 2020, growing numbers of these same Indigenous peoples have been threatening to bring the Canadian economy to a grinding halt. Unwilling to be bought off by corporate petrodollars or mollified by a legal system that has never done anything but pacify, brutalize, or betray them in the process of stealing their land, Indigenous peoples passionately fought back against the forces of colonial law and order in a radical whirlwind of willful disobedience and social disruption. One action built upon another in creating a rolling momentum that seemed unstoppable. When one railroad blockade would be busted by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), another would spring up in its place elsewhere extending the frontlines of the battle all across the continent. Then the debilitating Covid-19 virus arrived to compound the damage that had previously been done to the capitalist economy by the incendiary virus of revolt. The resistance of these Indigenous communities against the pipelines concerns all of us, worldwide, since they are on the front lines of the struggle to prevent cataclysmic climate change.

       ​In the future, a key question will be whether Canadian authorities can successfully put the genie of Indigenous rebellion back in the colonial bottle of “reconciliation”. As surrealists, we hope they will not, and we stand in solidarity with the unreconciled insurgent spirit of defiant Indigenous resistance. A new reality is to be invented and lived instead of the one that today as yesterday imposes its environmental miserabilism and its colonialist and racist hierarchies.  As surrealists, we honor our historical affinity with the Kwakwaka’wakw Peace Dance headdress that for so long had occupied a place of reverence in André Breton’s study during his lifetime before being ceremoniously returned in 2003 to Alert Bay on Cormorant Island by his daughter, Aube Elléouet, in keeping with her father’s wishes. With this former correspondence in mind, we presently assert that our ongoing desire to manifest the emancipation of the human community as distinctively undertaken in the surrealist domain of intervention is in perfect harmony with the fight of the Indigenous communities of the Americas against globalized Western Civilisation and its ecocidal folly.

                                                                                                               Surrealists in the United States: Gale Ahrens, Will Alexander, Andy Alper, Byron Baker, J.K. Bogartte, Eric Bragg, Thom Burns, Max Cafard, Casi Cline, Steven Cline, Jennifer Cohen, Laura Corsiglia, David Coulter, Jean-Jacques Dauben, Rikki Ducornet, Terri Engels, Barrett John Erickson, Alice Farley, Natalia Fernandez, Brandon Freels, Beth Garon, Paul Garon, Robert Green, Maurice Greenia, Brigitte Nicole Grice, Janice Hathaway, Dale Houstman, Karl Howeth, Joseph Jablonski, Timothy Robert Johnson, Robin D.G. Kelly, Paul McRandle, Irene Plazewska, Theresa Plese, Michael Stone-Richards, David Roediger, Penelope Rosemont, LaDonna Smith, Tamara Smith, Steve Smith, Abigail Susik, Sasha Vlad, Richard Waara, Joel Williams, Craig S. Wilson

Surrealists in the UK: Jay Blackwood, Paul Cowdell, Jill Fenton, Rachel Fijalkowski, Krzysztof Fijalkowski, Merl Fluin, Kathy Fox, Lorna Kirin, Rob Marsden, Douglas Park, Michel Remy, Wedgwood Steventon, Frank Wright, the Leeds Surrealist Group (Gareth Brown, Stephen J. Clark, Kenneth Cox, Luke Dominey, Amalia Higham, Bill Howe, Sarah Metcalf, Peter Overton, Jonathan Tarry, Martin Trippett), the London Surrealist Group (Stuart Inman, Philip Kane, Timothy B. Layden, Jane Sparkes, Darren Thomas) and the surrealists of Wales (Jean Bonnin, Neil Combs, David Greenslade, Jeremy Over, John Richardson, John Welson)

Surrealists in Paris: Ody Saban and The Surrealist Group of Paris (Elise Aru, Michèle Bachelet, Anny Bonnin, Massimo Borghese, Claude-Lucien Cauët, Taisiia Cherkasova, Sylwia Chrostowska, Hervé Delabarre, Alfredo Fernandes, Joël Gayraud, Régis Gayraud, Guy Girard, Michael Löwy, Pierre-André Sauvageot, Bertrand Schmitt, Sylvain Tanquerel, Virginia Tentindo, Michel Zimbacca)

Surrealists in Canada: Montréal (Jacques Desbiens, Peter Dube, Sabatini Lasiesta, Bernar Sancha), Toronto (Beatriz Hausner, Sherri Higgins), Québec City (David Nadeau), Victoria (Erik Volet), the Ottawa Surrealist Group (Jason Abdelhadi, Lake, Patrick Provonost) and the Inner Island Surrealist Group (as.matta, Jesse Gentes, Sheila Nopper, Ron Sakolsky)

The Surrealist Group of Madrid: Eugenio Castro, Andrés Devesa, Jesús Garcia Rodriguez, Vicente Gutiérrez Escudero, Lurdes Martinez, Noé Ortega, Antonio Ramirez, Jose Manuel Rojo, María Santana, Angel Zapata

Surrealists in Sweden: Johannes Bergmark, Erik Bohman, Kalle Eklund, Mattias Forshage, Riyota Kasamatsu, Michael Lundberg, Emma Lundenmark, Maja Lundgren, Kristoffer Noheden, Sebastian Osorio

Surrealists in Holland: Jan Bervoets, Elizé Bleys, Josse De Haan, Rik Lina, Hans Plomp, Pieter Schermer, Wijnand Steemers, Laurens Vancrevel, Her de Vries, Bastiaan Van der Velden

Surrealists in Brazil: Alex Januario, Mário Aldo Barnabé, Diego Cardoso, Elvio Fernandes, Beau Gomez, Rodrigo Qohen, Sergio Lima, Natan Schäfer, Renato Souza

Surrealists in Chile: Jaime Alfaro, Magdalena Benavente, Jorge Herrera F., Miguel Ángel Huerta, Ximena Olguín, Enrique de Santiago, Andrés Soto, Claudia Vila

 The Middle East and North Africa Surrealist Group: Algeria (Onfwan Foud), Egypt (Yasser Abdelkawy, Mohsen El-Belasy, Ghadah Kamal), Iraq (Miechel Al Raie), Syria (Tahani Jalloul), and Palestine (Fakhry Ratrout)

Surrealists in Prague: Frantisek Dryje, Joe Grim Feinberg, Katerina Pinosova, Martin Stejskal, Jan Svankmajer

The Athens Surrealist Group (Elias Melios, Sotiris Liontos, Nikos Stabakis, Theoni Tambaki, Thomas Typaldos, Marianna Xanthopoulou)

Surrealists in Costa Rica: Gaetano Andreoni, Amirah Gazel, Miguel Lohlé, Denis Magarman, Alfonso Peña

Surrealists in Buenos Aires: Silvia Guiard, Luís Conde, Alejandro Michel

Surrealists in Australia: Anthony Redmond, Michael Vandelaar, Tim White

Surrealists in Portugal: Miguel de Carvalho, Luiz Morgadinho

Surrealists in Bucharest (Dan Stanciu), Mexico (Susana Wald), and the Canary Islands (Jose Miguel Perez Corales)

 Postscript: During the process of gathering signatures for the above declaration, we were inspired to see its uncompromising stance against white supremacy and police repression reflected in the brightly sparkling flames of the Minneapolis uprising that lit a powder keg of pent-up rage and incited an earth-shaking eruption of spontaneous rebellion in the streets of America. It was only fitting that in solidarity with the uprising about police brutality kicked off by George Floyd’s execution/lynching at the hands of the police, anti-racism protestors in the United States would take direct action by beheading or bringing down statues of Christopher Columbus, genocidal symbol of the colonial expropriation of Native American lands. (Guy Girard, Michael Löwy, Penelope Rosemont, and Ron Sakolsky, June 18, 2020).

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A New Addition To The Imperial Royal Family!!!

Just days after newlyweds were seen attending mass at the Church of Our Lady St Seraphina, the couple have announced that they are expecting their first child together!

Following the announcement it was revealed that the couple and Lady Joanna's daughter had moved out of the Aurelian Palace, the Windsor’s Family seat and moved into Gale Manor, an expansive property in Newcrest. The Propery reportedly cost 120 million simoleons although the official price has not been disclosed to the puplic.

Gale manor has some family history. It was once owned by HIRM Empress Magdalena, wife to the first Emperor of Marasea. The Empress used it as a holiday home and was a gift from her her husband on their wedding day. The property is also were she died, 5 years after her husband. The property was eventually sold and has passed between various owners none of which were financially able maintain the property. It has now remained empty for almost four decades. As a Windsor, Lady Joanna has access to billions and her husband is a millionaire in his own right. Now back in the family, the pair should have no problem maintaining the property.

Their child, despite not having a title, will be one of the wealthiest members of the family.

The expanisve Manor spans several floors, boasts two reception areas a ballroom, several bedrooms and a large dining room

The impressive price tag is due to the numerous amounts of priceless pieces of art work and the ornate golden architecture.

Emperor Demerius had the property extensively decorated for his bride and spent 1 million simoleons on the renovation; around 50 million in todays money.

Despite the happy news, there is worry in regards to how safe it is for Lady Joanna to have this child. At almost 50, Lady Joanna will be a geriatric mother, and with that comes certain risks, such as a miscarriage, premature birth and other life threatening complications. Now in her second trimester, Lady Joanna will be monitored extensively at both N&W Memorial Hospital and will have an in house Midwife to monitor her pregnancy 24/7.

Congratulations are however due for the newlyweds. We look forward to meeting the newest addition to the Family. 

Original design by @bruxel-reign

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Título: El Cristo muerto en la cruz con Santa María Magdalena, Agustín y Jerónimo, y los ángeles, circa 1618 Artista: Giulio Cesare Procaccini (Bolonia, 1574 - Milán, 14 de noviembre de 1625)

Detalles: Otro título: La bajada de la cruz con Santa María Magdalena, Agustín, Jerónimo y los ángeles Fecha: circa 1618 Categoría de medios: Pintura Materiales utilizados: óleo sobre lienzo Dimensiones: Lona de 238,0 x 171,7 cm; Marco de 274,5 x 207,5 x 12,5 cm Firma y fecha: No firmado. No está fechado. Crédito: Comprado con fondos de la finca del Sr. Walter Hartwig a través de la Galería de Arte de la Fundación Nueva Gales del Sur 2005, Art Gallery NSW Información del museo.

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 CHARACTER NAME MASTERLISTS

under the cut are name ideas for your characters (with meaning) if you're struggling to find one that fits! there is a mixture of generic and odd names, but overall underused in the rpc! they will be seperated into female, male, and unisex!! i hope this helps, and if you need anymore name ideas don’t be afraid to send me a message for some more! i might make a part two if i find or remember more names that weren’t here!!

female:

joanna/johanna/joanne - gift from god

roxanne - dawn of the day

claudia - lame

suzanne - lily

nancy - grace

audrey - noble and strong

calliope - beautiful voice

paulette - small and humble

kiana - ancient

lorelai - to watch a cliff/ambush cliff

effy - well spoken

renata - born again

darby - free from envy

darcy - dark

greta - pearl

mellie - brave strength

veena - musical

brandy - flaming torch

shannon - wise river

sionna - possessor of wisdom

daisy - day’s eye

lara - famous, protection, and cheerful

margot - pearl

lynette - bird

alice - noble

edie - prosperous in war

rosemary - dew of the sea, bitter rose

nicolette - people of victory

lana - harmony

siobhan - the lord is gracious

helen - bright, shining light

helena - bright, shining light

yelena - shining one

natalia - birthday of the lord

enya - fire

anya - grace

samantha - told by god

felicity - good fortune

ramona - wise protector

matilda - battle mighty

bronwyn - white breast

laura - bay laural

blanche - white

cassandra - prophetess

bonnie - beautiful, cheerful

nadia - hope

colette - people of victory

alyssa - noble

sabrina - river severn

beverly - dweller near the beaver stream

heather - a flowering evergreen plant

elodie - foreign riches

melody - song

posy/posey - a bunch of flowers

zelda - dark battle

libby - pledged to god

luna - moon

adina - slender, delicate

rhiannon - divine queen

dolores - lady of sorrows

dorothy - gift of god

agatha - good woman

hannah - grace

cher - beloved

alicia - noble

mina - protector

vanessa - literary invention, butterfly

marcella - warlike

marisa - of the sea

nora - light

janine - god is gracious

valentina - strength, health

valencia - brave, strong

ada - noble

jasmine - flower

magdalena - of magdala

gwendolyn - white ring

sophie/sophia/sofia - wisdom

letitia - joy, gladness

nicole - people of victory

naomi - pleasantness

hilda - battle woman

katerina - pure

audra - noble strength

wendy - friend

viola - violet

tilly - battle mighty

bernadette - brave as a bear

birdie - bird

mara - bitter

imogen - maiden

eloise - healthy, wide

amaya - night rain

amara - grace, bitter

mya/maya - water

diana - divine

anastasia - resurrection

genevieve - woman of the race

angelica - angelic

celine - heavenly

chrissa - follower of christ

myrtle - a flowering shrub

odessa - wrathful

beatrice/beatrix - she who brings happiness

winifred - blessed peacemaking

marnie - rejoice

velma - resolute protection

eleanor - light

elizabeth - pledged to god

ophelia/ofelia - help

gemma - precious stone

greta - pearl

christine - anointed

daphne - laurel or bay tree

juliette - youthful

amber - jewel

dinah - god will judge

danika - morning star

esther - star

marisol - mary of sun or solitude

mariella - bitter or wished for child

mariel - bitter

muriel - of the bright sea

phoebe - radiant, shining one

winona - firstborn daughter

olivia - olive tree

jessica - rich

yvonne - yew wood

camila - young ceremonial attendant 

marcia - warlike

carrie/kerry - free man

victoria - victory

chloe - blooming, fertility

sabine - woman of the people

veronica - she who brings victory, true image

rachel - beautiful in form and countenance

wilhelmina - resolute protection

odeya - i will thank god

tabitha - gazelle

lacy - belonging to lace

willow - willow tree

charisma - charismatic

sarah - princess

sally - princess

cordelia - heart, daughter of the sea

jade - stone of the side

violet - purple

isadora - gift of isis

barbara - foreign woman

moxie - know how

brittany - from briton

dionne - divine

sonia/sonya - wisdom

sibyl - seer, oracle

mallory - unfortunate

male:

warren - park keeper

fitzgerald - son of gerald

fitzwilliam - son of william

tiago - saint james

gideon - hewer

clinton/clint - hilltop town

diego - supplanter

simon - the listener

charles - free man

zachary - the lord has remembered 

edward - wealthy guardian

trevor - from the large village

gregory - vigilant, a watchman

gerald - ruler with the spear

holden - hollow valley

richard - dominant ruler

ronan - little seal

roman - of rome

frank - free man

peter - rock

stanley - near the stony clearing

sebastian - revered

fletcher - arrow maker

steve - garland, crown

jimmy - supplanter

dewey - beloved

james - supplanter

michael - who is like god?

garfield - triangle field

ethan - strong, firm

clive - lives near a cliff

owen - young warrior

jackson - son of jack

christopher - bearer of christ

ernest - serious or resolute

jeffrey - pledge of peace

dean - church official

leonard - brave lion

romeo - pilgrim to rome

duncan - dark warrior

trent - the flooder

malcom - malevolent, devotee of saint columba

roy - red haired

ross - upland, peninsula 

bernard - strong, brave as a bear

jared -  he descends

enrique - estate ruler

axel - father of peace

zayn/zane - god is gracious

xavier - new house or bright

zander - defending men

vincent - conquering

duke - nobility

bo/beau - handsome

william - resolute protection

finn/finnegan - fair

clyde - river

hunter - one who hunts

benjamin - benevolent, son of the right hand

garrett - spear strength

hugo - mind, intellect

oscar - god spear, deer lover, champion warrior

dante - enduring

enzo - estate ruler

mateo - gift of god

wyatt - brave in war

seth - appointed, placed

jay - jaybird

carlos - freeman

logan - small hollow

ace - one, unity

henry - estate ruler

eric/erik - eternal ruler

timothy - honoring god

kent - edge

frederick - peaceful ruler

nicholas - people of victory

anthony - priceless one

asher - fortunate, blessed

dimitri - follower of demeter

sean/shawn - god is gracious

gabriel/gabe - god is my strength

timothy - honoring god

colin - pup

jameson - son of james

conrad - brave counsel

alexander/xander - defending men

harvey - battle worthy

oliver - olive tree

lance - servant

rupert - bright fame

johnathan - gift of jehovah

robert - bright fame

dustin brave warrior, thor’s stone

alberto - noble, bright

nolan - champion

marcus - warlike

elias - yahweh is god

fernald - from the fern slope

klaus - people of victory

jaques - supplanter

bertrand - magnificent crow

atticus - from attica

cole - swarthy, coal black

darian - kingly or possess well

andrew - strong and manly

joshua - the lord is my salvation

joss - the merry one

albert - noble, bright

felix - happy, fortunate

andre - man

maxwell - great stream

maximillian - greatest

willard - resolutely brave

raphael - god has healed

marius - god of war

scott - from scotland

kane - warrior

homer - security, pledge

caleb - devotion to god

alfred/alfie - wise counselor

randy - shield wolf

conner/connor - lover of hounds

unisex:

ashley - lives in the ash tree grove/meadow of ash tree’s

jordan - flowing down

rowan - little redhead

aspen - quiver in the lightest breeze

sutton - from the southern homestead

dylan - child of the sea

shaw - lives by the thicket

cody/kody - helpful, pillow

dakota/decota - friendly one

riley - courageous

reese - ardent, fiery

kendall - valley of the river kent

peyton/payton - fighting mans estate

taylor - tailor

blake - fair haired, dark

arden - valley of the eagle

rory - red king

mica/micah - who is like the lord

wren - spear

spencer - keeper of provisions

maddox - fortunate

lennox - elm grove

casper/kasper - treasurer

quinn - wisdom

casey - brave in battle

andy/andi - strong

drew - strong

jamie - supplanter

cameron - crooked nose

kolbey/colby/etc - from a coal town

regan - little king

aaron/erin - enlightened

max - greatest

gale/gail - my father rejoices

ty/tai - great extreme

kit - pure

morgan - sea born

renee - reborn

joey - jehovah increases

sloane - raider

andrea - strong

brooke - small stream

rooney - descendant of the champion

jackie - supplanter

shelby - estate on the ledge

harper - harp player

allison - noble

sandy - defending men

gal - wave

eman - belief, faith

miles - soldier, merciful

dashiell/dash - unknown

cooper - barrel maker

dale - valley

howard - high guardian or brave heart 

tyler - maker of tiles

mason/maysenne - stoneworker

rudy - famous wolf

ryan - little king

dorian - child of the sea

shane - gift from god

drew - descendant of the druid

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