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Why are the Romance languages so much more fun to yell at people with? By comparison Norwegian and English are so clunky Spanish just flows. Maybe I’ll change my mind when I get better at the other two (I phrased this awkwardly. I meant Spanish and Norwegian when I said “other two” because Spanish is my, admittedly not fluent anymore, Second language and Norwegian is my, also not fluent yet but I have more of an excuse with that one, language) but in my experience so far one definitely feels more bulky, if that makes any sense?
#emma posts#you know someone is going to try saying it’s racism but Italian is like that too#I just barely know any of that#I’m very rusty at Spanish and new at Norwegian but so far my experience with Germanic languages (including my first) has just been more… idk#rough I guess? if i want to threaten a guy it can feel more like a punch#but cursing someone out feels more flat#Latin vs old Norse and old English is like that too#but I know Latin mostly from science#vs old English from classes on the history of literature in this language#and old Norse from books because I was bored I guess?#I’m not good enough at anything else that i would trust having a conversation in them#but in my limited experience this tends to track#except whatever the fuck French is doing. i feel like I’m clearing my throat when i try to copy French people#sorry but that’s just how it feels#especially Canadian French#I’m not really interested in learning German or anything tbh#but I am interested in being able to read some Nordic ones and just ended up digging deeper into my special interest languages#maybe it’s just because Nordic languages are slightly more familiar? not enough for conversation. but more familiar#as well as Spanish. which i actually could hold a conversation in at one point#I’m not really interested in French either#just more English. Norwegian. Swedish. Spanish. and one day Icelandic.#I WILL read those old books before I die! provided i don’t die young#i don’t care if i can get them translated. I want to read THOSE ones.#‘you have an English Bible and aren’t even Christian’ i don’t care! I want to be able to read the Icelandic one! I want to read what#my great grandparents did! I want to read the Norwegian postcard from my great grandparents family overseas#we got it translated. but it’s not the same!#and I’d also like to be able to speak the second most popular language in my country#that is probably more practical and i have had more experience with it#I just cannot get the gendered ‘the’s correct. la and el are currently my biggest hurdle#that and the difference between making my brain focus on practical skills vs my hyperfixations
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Sometimes I get a bit ticked about the whole "invisible Canada" thing, but I went to a visiting scholar lecture about the Battle of the North Atlantic in WW2 from a British academic this morning, and he verbatim said: "Canada isn't involved enough it makes a difference." And the friend I went with pats my shoulder like, "I'm sure you guys did everything that you could do."
If that isn't the most concise summation of general opinions of Atlantic history I've ever seen, I'll never see a better one.
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valkaryah · 7 months
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god forgive me but I'm lusting after a french-canadian actor playing a spaniard cardinal trying to control the vatican, rome and the rest of the italian states
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canadachronicles · 1 year
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Nice, sympa, eh?
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thinking abt my "culture" as a concept is super... strange. as a white north american. and i dont know how to articulate this beyond "its so big it's nothing" and im aware it's so so so incredibly privileged to have a big disconnect from "my culture" because it's everywhere as opposed to because people tried to stamp it out! I know. i'm just thinking out loud about how it is strange.
[on "no reblogs" just bc i dont know if im articulating this exactly as what i mean and im mostly thinking out loud in the tags]
#hello bat if you see this youve actually sparked thinkingthoughts bc of that oc question on nicola-writes skdhfksdf#anyway.#i dont know the actual CULTURAL origin of the food i eat or the clothes i wear or the music i listen to or w/e#i know its. european. presumably. and i know it's canadian/american clusterfuck. and i also know it is influenced by other cultures#on some level ! like i dont live in a bubble with NO other cultures in it but i dont rlly think anyone does lol#but like..... all the influence i can NAME is ONLY influence from /other/ cultures. not mine#i can recognize when something *isnt* part of my culture but i also dont rlly know how to define what my *culture* is beyond...#idk ! a big ol slab of White#the hallmarks of my culture are like. whiteness. overarching influence. white christianity. having everything made for ''wide audiences''#usually just made w/people like me in mind (most popular clothes most common food most tv characters etc)#and again thats SUPER privileged. obviously. im not complaining about anything (though ofc i dont think it /should/ be like this).#this isnt a ''poor white ppl :( no culture :('' thing this is more... wow we really did just destroy our own individuality for the sake of#white supremacy didnt we.#i dont know many people around here who can name parts of French or English or German or Irish or w/e culture SPECIFICALLY#even if thats what they are.#i read somethign once written by a woman of colour talking about how she noticed that white ppl seem to sacrifice actual individual culture#for the culture of Whiteness and White Supremacy (she capitalized it like that specifically. dont remember why)#especially white north americans (its less common in other places)#which CREATES this phenomenon where we genuinely just don't participate with culture on a conscious level very often#because. its everywhere. it's the ''default assumption'' of north american society. POC & their cultures are ignored in favor of us#and we really only notice when something is *not* our culture but not when something *is* our culture bc we never have to look for it#we participate with culture. obviously. its impossible not to. but we often dont do it on purpose.#idk. thoughts!! thought times. sometimes i have a single thought in my brain#and i am aware this is like 1 perspective and also the least important perspective on race & culture ever kdjhksdjf#i am just thinking.
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jbbartram-illu · 1 year
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Top 5 favorite foods your family makes?
I love this one!! I've picked my family's most important dishes, historically (a.k.a. nostalgically):
1) Spanish Cream custard
2) Cassoulet
3) Gougère OR my mom's Tourtière (equally cosy)
4) Waffles (made with separated eggs/beaten-to-a-stiff-peak egg whites in an ancient waffle maker that makes thinner waffles than modern machines. They're the absolute BEST - very crispy on the outside & light & fluffy inside)
5) Watermelon salad (chunks of watermelon w/a balsamic vinagrette, kalmata olives, feta, and basil)
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zincbot · 11 months
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so used to american podcast that i gaslit myself into thinking i was imagining 'the wrong station' having canadian references
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gh0st-city · 1 year
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Apparently we're gonna have influencers coming to the shop where I work to promote our grand opening and I'm gonna have to do my best not to make fun of them
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sofarsofastmp3 · 2 months
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was gonna start reading rick buker’s book “rise of the pittsburgh penguins 2009-2018” and then in the acknowledgments he first and foremost thanks “our heavenly father and my lord and savior jesus christ” for providing him with the inspiration and drive to write the book. and i got a really big ick. so maybe it’s not the right time.
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theinfinitedivides · 5 months
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ey. it my mother's country and i love it to death but Dominica does vex me sometimes fr fr
#ethnic blogging????? on the main????? from yours truly THEE local gay????? this is a national holiday now mark the date#anyway. apparently some f*ckass white American family bought citizenship (that's some entirely different sh*t don't ask what#the government is doing down there) moved into the country and then just. promptly began picking fights with the villagers and the#French Canadian owners of a resort who had lived there since the 90s. over a f*cking road that goes through the property#(an old plantation btw. i want to know how the government let them buy it especially but then again i don't think i want to know)#took it through court court said the road was public and they had to allow access. main mf*cker took it upon himself (ey.) to hire a hitman#to get rid of said French Canadian owners so he could have his road. this is all over the news rn there's video footage of#the mf*cker's wife treating the villagers like sh*t and then some that is bad mindedness. maliciousness. the nerve. the gall#of him to be smiling and waving at reporters when his f*ckass is being charged with double homicide excuse me??????#if he was doing something useful with his life he wouldn't have time to be planning assassinations. Lord you see and you know#these creatures and characteristics are allowed to walk free they're not dying Lord. other people dying but not them#they there with their not-dying selves making time to kill other people!!!!!!!! if they had stayed their backside in their country#and tried that it not road that would be passing through them yk it gun. bullet. light up their ass but bc they down there they getting#away with it i rebuke that. no we cannot have that something needs to be done. that's some sh*t that cannot stand some maji#and malé they trying to bring on us there i say enough#edit: if you read through all of this and somehow understood it congratulations bc as you can see the angrier i get the more#it turns into hardcore Caribbean English/some patois. not apologizing for that. if you read through all of this and didn't understand#good luck Google is your best friend sksksksk#dominica
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transgaysex · 11 months
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also the "imaginaire" part of the class was a fucking lie the whole time all we covered was the history of quebec. which infuriates me to no end bc class 2 is supposed to be "Literature and Imagination" and class 3 is supposed to be "Quebecoise Literature" so like wtf am i gonna learn in class 3. im just gonna see the same stupid material again ?
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plumrat · 1 year
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It’s funny being a Canadian in Canada with friends that don’t understand ANY French
One time I went to a clothing store with a friend, she held up a shirt that said “Je Ne Sais Pas” and we had this gem of a conversation:
Friend: “what does this mean?”
Me: “I don’t know”
Friend: “oh, okay. I just figured since you know some French that you might know what this means”
Me: “no, it means I don’t know”
Friend: “it’s okay not to know! Maybe I’ll just google translate it”
Me: “….. LISTEN”
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macknnons · 2 years
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One thing about me is I will never stop using my not-being-American-or-Canadian privilege in the hockey fandom.
My fic is bad? Sorry, English isn’t my first language. I haven’t seen a team play in ages? My bad, games are in the middle of the night here. In the same vibe, I messed-up my fantasy line-up? Yeah I was already asleep when X team announced their starting goalie. I don’t know this hall-of-famer legend? Oops, didn’t grow up around hockey.
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wosowrites · 8 months
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Good Girl (Ona Batlle x Reader)
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warnings: smut, pr@ise k!nk
a/n: based off this request here and it is not proof read sorry.
prompt: in which it’s Ona and the readers first time sleeping together so the reader gets really nervous, resulting in Ona taking over and showing her dominant side.
You were extremely outgoing. You were the loudest in the changing rooms, the one who played the music, the first on the dance floor and the last to back down from a challenge. When you scored the opening goal or any goal during a tournament you made sure the whole stadium could hear your screams of joy. Your celebrations were famous throughout the women’s football community. So that’s why no one could have ever expected how absolutely nervous and almost submissive you were in bed.
When Ona found this out… she could not have been more pleased.
There had been some flirting between you and Ona for a year now. But it was very hard to tell what was just good old spanish friendliness and what was genuine romantic interest. The line was thin.
Ona would hold you close to her for long periods of time, guide you by your waist through crowds, kiss your cheek dangerously close to your lips, let her hand rest low on your hips and make a point of hugging you often when you were out on swim trips together. Nothing drove her more insane than the feeling of your skin on hers.
But neither of you had ever given in to your desires, both assuming the other wasn’t interested. You proved the other wrong in a hotel pool.
Manchester was playing Aston Villa in London and Mark had decided to let the team have the day off in London so the team would be arriving 24 hours before the game, spending the night at a hotel and then having a quick morning training session before the 3:00 pm game.
You all walked London, checking out landmarks and eating strongly mediocre food. Although your english was flawless and you barely had an accent, you were french Canadian and had played in France so you often missed the food in France.
By 9:00 most girls were lying in bed as instructed, but because you were rooming by yourself this time around due to an un even number of people there was no one to tell you to stay in bed. So, you slipped your bathing suit on and headed to the roof where there was a pool.
You loved swimming, especially in London spring. It was chilly and the water, cold as well, made your body feel good and helped you forget about every worry and unwelcome thought in your head.
You climbed to the roof, happy to see it deserted. You threw your towel to the side and then dived into the deep end. You loved the water so much because when you were around water during your childhood, it was one of the rare times you were happy. You let the water consume you and wash away your thoughts. You thoughts of tomorrows game, thoughts of the fight against Canada Soccer, thoughts of Ona…
But the second your brain wandered to Ona you couldn’t help it. When Ona was in your brain, so was her body. The way her hand we’re carved out to perfection, the shape of her chest under her training top and the way her arms flexed when she took shots.
All these thoughts ran through your head in only a couple seconds and then you emerged out of the water.
"Night swim?" a voice asked while your eyes were still closed due to you recently emerging from the water.
"Holy crap. Do not sneak up on me like that!" you squealed, opening your eyes and pushing your hair back and away from your face. "Sorry chica," Ona said with a wink.
You swam towards her to the edge of the pool, crossing your arms on the deck and looking up at her. The spaniard slipped off her shorts and hoodie, revealing her abs, arm muscles and tattoos. You stared to say the least until Ona snapped her fingers in front of your face, making you blush. "Sorry," you mumbled. "Don’t apologize, I’m looking at you too," she said, dipping her feet into the pool.
It was hard to tell with the young defender, hard to know what was flirting and what was just classic Ona.
"The waters really nice," you said to her, pushing your feet against the wall and gliding on your back, away from Ona and into the shallow end.
You held eye contact with the brunette, until a glow came across her face. "How much trouble do you think we would get in if we skinny dipped?" Ona said, walking around the pool towards you.
"Skinny dipping?!" you shrieked, taken aback and sounding a little more childish and stuck up than you wanted. You wanted the spaniard to think of you as being fun and loose. "Yeah y/l/n," she answered with a playful smirk. "Well. Jeez I think we’d get in a lot of trouble," you answered with a concerned frown on your face. "So you’re saying you wouldn’t like it?" Ona said, pushing a little further.
She had never seen this side of you before. You were always loud, energetic, and borderline agressive. This? This was different.
"No! I mean. No. I-yes. Yes I would like it," you blushed, starting to head into Ona’s direction.
She watched you with unblinking eyes as you swam up to her and stood up in the shallow end. Ona sat down with her toes in the water and spread her legs slightly for you to stand between, focusing on the small piece of cloth keeping you decent. "There aren’t any cameras, I asked," Ona said to you, looking up from your chest and into your eyes. "Something about not violating the privacy of the clients. Hotel policy," she added. "Mhm," you said softly, looking up into Ona’s eyes.
Your angle gave her a perfect view of you. Your wet hair, your sparkling body decorated with droplets of water. "You look beautiful," Ona said softly, just barely audible over the sound of the street below and your racing heart. "Where is all of this coming from?" you said softly, suddenly avoiding eye contact with her. "It’s coming from the fact that you are beautiful. Not just right now but always. And I may have had a drink and one drink Ona is extremely confident," she said, using her index to lift your chin.
The spaniard was now sitting on the edge of the pool with only a red bathing suit on to cover her up. Her stomach was toned and her arms were strong. Not in a threatening way, just in a hot way.
"No cameras, you said?" you whispered, your voice a hushed sound. "No cameras," she said, leaning back and subtly flexing her abdominals.
You were still standing between her legs and you gently placed your hands on her thighs, digging your nails into them softly and surely leaving little crescents on her skin. She didn’t even flinch.
Ona sat up straight and then stood up, giving you a look to follow her. You pushed yourself out of the pool and stood facing the slightly taller girl.
Her eyes were dark and hungry, but also warm and welcoming. She had always had that contrast. The one of always being alert and the one of being laid back. It was a strange mix.
The spaniard turned around and moved her loose hair out of the way, brining it to lie on her front. You saw that the back of her suit was tied by a string and slowly, with shaking hands, you lifted them up and grabbed both ends of the tie.
The way the strings fell apart freely and then slipped off Ona’s shoulder sent your body into over drive. You stood with your hands hovering over her bare back until she slowly turned around to face you. Your eyes brushed over her bare chest before landing on her eyes. "You’re beautiful. Tu est tellement parfaite." You told her adoringly. She smiled at you, a big toothy grin before slipping her thumbs under her bikini bottom and pulling it off.
You mimicked her, letting her unclasp the back of your bathing suit and then letting it fall to the ground. She put her hands on your waist and turned you around.
You felt like a ballerina.
A super gay, super secretly in love ballerina.
Ona slipped off your bottoms and then cupped your face gently. "Ready?" she asked you, her voice steady while you knew yours would be hectic. "Yeah," you let out.
Ona went in first, lowering herself to the pool and then turning to face you. You threw a worried glance behind your shoulder, half expecting someone to come in screaming at you both, but no one did. So, you walked down the stairs leading to the pool and pushed your way towards Ona. "I can’t believe we’re doing this," you laughed, avoiding eye contact with her. "I can’t believe your so shy. You’re usually loud and excited. Confident," she added.
"I’m not not confident… this is just new," you said, raising your head.
You gently placed your hands on Ona’s hips and rubbed your thumbs around her hip bone. The taller girl gently pulled you in by pushing your lower back closer to her. You moved your hands up from her hips to her ribs and then down to her ass. "Kiss me," you said to her, looking between her eyes and lips.
She did not have to be begged, within milliseconds her lips were trapped into yours, her hands had found shelter on your ass before slipping down to your thighs to pull your legs around her waist. You roughly kissed back, letting her hands roam your hair and using your abs to hold yourself up onto her. Ona’s hands traced every curve, every perfection, every part of yourself that you deemed an imperfection but she thought beautiful. You wrapped your arms loosely around her neck, playing with her baby hairs and scratching the back of her head with your nails. Ona took strides through the water to drop you onto the side of the pool, only separating your lips when necessary.
"Ona," you said to her tentatively as you sat on the poolside, avoiding her eyes. "Yes, mi amor," she said, holding you down gently by placing her hands on your thighs. "I’ve never… done this before," you said, thankful for the dark sky as your cheeks got flushed. "What do you mean? Sex? You’ve never had sex?" she asked, slightly shocked. "Ona! Of course I have," you groaned, pushing her slightly and making her send you a classic dazzling smile. "I mean something like this. In this setting. This is… daring," you told her. "Well then, you’re in luck pretty girl. Spaniards love the extra risk," she said.
Ona put her hand on your chest and pushed you down into a laying position. The taller girl bends your knees and places kisses on your thighs before spreading them to her liking. She took no time and gave you no warning before slipping a finger into you. You were already wet from her kissing you and un clothing you, your walls closing around her and making her laugh at you.
Ona pumped her middle finger into you, curling it from time to time and making you arch your back and try to grab on to the concrete desperately.
"Good god, look at you you’re doing such a good job, cariña," Ona praised.
Her words caught you off guard, your eyes flying open and a small smile forming on your face. Your hips bucked and your legs shook, partly from the oncoming orgasm and partly from the effect of her words. Ona chuckled at you as a wave of courage came over you.
"Ona. I need to come, touch me please," you begged her. "One thing at a time mi vida."
The defender made it seem as though she wouldn’t relieve you immediately, but how wrong you were. A couple seconds later, Ona had pulled out her fingers, leaving you with an uncomfortable empty feeling before pushing her face in between your legs. The brunette swiped her tongue through your lips before harshly pressing it against your clit.
Your hips went flying off the surface, grinding into her head and pushing your wetness more and more into her face. She could have gotten high off your smell and the way you slapped your hand over your mouth to muffle the cries of her name.
Ona was clearly experienced, the girl finding the perfect balance of sweet spots praise, and pleasure. You never wanted her to stop.
But eventually, when the spaniard dragged her nails over your bare abs and then latched onto your nipple, there was nothing more you could do to elongate the feeling of her face between your legs. You came onto her shaking and crying out, feeling slightly embarrassed at how easily she had made you cum.
Your hands fell to your sides as your chest heaved heavily, the heat in your stomach slightly fading but the ache in between your legs still present.
You heard movement in the water and soon enough the naked brunette was towering over you. "You did such a good job pretty girl," she said, looking down at you with a teasing smirk.
You knew your face turned bright red when the heat in your stomach transferred to your face.
Ona held out her hand and you grabbed it happily, letting her pull you up. You weren’t on your feet long though as your legs gave out, making Ona grab you underneath the arms and hold you steady. "You okay?" she asked you lovingly, her eyes wide and concerned, hoping not to have hurt you. "Yes. More than, It’s just been a while and you’re…" you gave her a little 'you know' look and she smiled.
Despite being not so tall, she was strong. Before you knew it, you were being carried bridal style towards picnic tables on the pool deck. You rested your head on Ona’s chest and closed your eyes for a couple seconds before opening them. "Wait. I want too- to you. I’m not a pillow princesse," you said to her, looking up. "Another day amor you’re clearly tired," she answered.
The spaniard sat you onto the table and grabbed your towel, gently using it to wipe you down. You surely hadn’t realized how much love was in your eyes as she helped you get dressed into your bathing suit again, but she did. She noticed how dilated your pupils were and how your hands grazed her and held on to her every time she was near.
"Thank you," you told her, leading her to stand between your legs once she was clothed as well. Ona dipped her head and rested it on yours, rubbing her thumb on your cheekbones. You raised yours pull her in by the waist before tilting your head and kissing her sweetly.
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zeldasnotes · 1 month
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Whats in the chart of an escort? 💵
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I will especially take a look at these asteroids:
Aphrodite(1388) - Patron of prostitues, goddess of sex, love and beauty.
Geisha(1047) - Geisha, a member of a professional class of women in Japan whose traditional occupation is to entertain men, in modern times, particularly at businessmen’s parties in restaurants or teahouses.
BLM Lilith(h13) - Rebelling against the traditional expectation and roles for women.
Annie Sprinkle
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Annie M. Sprinkle is an American certified sexologist, performance artist, former prostitute and advocate for sex work.
Aphrodite conjunct Ascendant: She identifies with the same things as Aphrodite. We usually live out the myth of the asteroids we have on the Sun or Ascendant.
BLM Lilith in the 2nd house: Lilith in the 2nd house in common in people who might not want a ”regular job”. Its also common in people who use their body and sex for financial gain. Lilith is also at 10°
Midheaven at 8°: Midheaven in a Scorpio degree often indivates working or being known for something taboo. Shes famous for 8th house matters.
Uranus in the 10th house: Shows changing the industry or society in some way. Shes a an activist for sex workers rights. She worked for the production of feminist based xxx movie content, include understanding of female genitalia and xxx movies based on women's desires, Sprinkle has contributed to feminist pornography and the larger social movement of feminism.
Geisha & Lust in the 6th house: Lust is basically her job & her job very similar as the job of a Geisha. Geisha is in a Sag degree and she worked with sex education and teaching how to please.
Eros in the 2nd house: Makes money on erotica.
Ulla
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Famous French prostitute based in Lyon who, in 1975, led the "Prostitute French Women" movement.
Eros conjunct Ascendant: This makes for a very sexual person who most times enjoys expressing their sexuality.
Midheaven at 11°: Midheaven art an Uranus degree = unconventional job and public image.
Mercury in the 8th house: She is a spokesperson(mercury) for prostitues. Very knowledgeable in the field of 8th house themes.
Asteroid Lilith in the 6th house: She rebels through her work and daily routine.
Pluto in the 5th house: She entertains (5th house) with sex (Pluto). Pluto is also the 8th house ruler.
6th house ruler in the 8th house: Working with 8th house themes.
Ashley Dupre
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(no birthtime)
Ashley Dupre was a high payed call girl who is now married to former governor of New York.
Lust conjunct Moon: Lust conjunct Moon is a sign of a very lustful person.
Eros at 8°: Attracted a powerful and rich man because of this job. (He was her client at first)
Lilith conjunct Sun: She was not what the ”typical” woman is expected to be but still got a high position in America because of her marriage to the governor. Lilith conjunct Sun is typical in the charts of women who demand the same respect as men.
Geisha conjunct North Node: A lifetheme of entertaining men.
Mars at 2°: Making money(2°) of sex and the body(mars)
Nina Arsenault
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Nina Arsenault Canadian performance artist, freelance writer, and former prostitute who only perform oral sex.
Mars at 10°: Her body and pleasure (mars) is her business(10°)
Geisha conjunct North Node: A lifetheme of entertaining men.
Eros in Capricorn: Making erotica her business. Eros is also conjunct MC which strengthens this.
Lust conjunct Pluto: Her lustful nature gave her power and money. She made incredible amounts of money.
ASTEROIDS MENTIONED: 1388, h13, h58, 1181, , 16, 433, 1047, 4386
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neechees · 2 years
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Which legendary Cryptids are appropriated from Indigenous Alaskan/American/Canadian/ cultures?
Honestly, most of them.
Wend!g0: appropriated from Algonquian cultures. The word itself (at least this version that I've censored) is Ojibwe & is an evil cannibal spirit
Sk*nwalkers: Navajo. Evil medicine men
Ravenmockers: Cherokee, called the Kâ'lanû Ahkyeli'skï in the Native language
Deer Woman: various cultures, including Ojibwe, Cherokee, Seminole, Oceti Sakowin, Haudenosaunee, & more.
Bigfoot/Sasquatch/various other giant hairy humanoids: various cultures, especially the Pacific Northwest. My culture also has them, & they're called Mistapew in our language. The word & "cryptid" Sasquatch is a bastardization of the word (& spirit) se'sxa from a Salish language (might be Nlaka'pamuctsin).
Lake Eerie Monster/Ogopogo/various other lake monsters: based on Algonquian horned serpent spirit & other similar spirits. Ogopogo in particular was stolen from the Secwepemc spirit Naitaka & the Sylix spirit nx̌ax̌aitkʷ
Thunderbirds: frequently found in many cultures, but most popular in Pacific Northwest Coast cultures, as evident in their art. Also found in some Algonquian cultures, including mine, & my Cree name has this word in it. This one was just straight up stolen & had a "cryptid" label slapped onto it
Caddy/Cadborosaurus: found in various PNWC cultures, called the hiyitl'iik by the Manhousat people, t'chain-ko by the Sechelt, & numkse lee kwala by the Comox in Vancouver.
Skunk Ape: bastardization of the Seminole Esti Capcaki, fitting the same description.
Shunka Warak’in: based on the name, it sounds like it was stolen from Oceti Sakowin legends, since "Shunka" (šúŋka) means "dog", particularly in Lakota
Adlet: stolen from Inuit legends
Thetis Lake Monster/Canadian Lizard Man: very likely based on & stolen from Haida Gwaii legends
Michigan Dogman: might be a mixture of Odawa legends as well as overlap with wend!g0
Owyhee Mountain Dwarves: stolen from Shoshone and Bannock legends
Nain Rouge: bastardization mix between French folklore called the lutin, and Native legends local to the area
Wampus Cat/Wampus: appears in multiple cultures, including Cherokee.
La Llorona: this one may have been influenced by a "weeping woman" figure that is seen in a few central american cultures, like Cihuacōātl, who has a really similar story with her son Mixcoatl.
Piasa Bird: spirit from Mississippian culture, often depicted in murals and art, including at Cahokia
Pukwudgie: from Wampanoag legends, & is a Wampanoag word. I think similar spirits exist elsewhere
A cryptid is an animal or creature that may or may not biologically exist but has a lot of tall tales surrounding it, and so people into "cryptids" (specifically ones that are appropriated) will use Native legends to fuel their argument & use as "proof" that these "animals" exist/existed, rather than the other way around that these are actually Native spirits that White people got a hold of, decontextualized, bastardized, and then spread inaccurately as "cryptids" or simply "folklore", with the latter being correct. Or people who think that these are just fun stories think "here's a cryptid and oh hey here's a Native spirit fitting the exact same description and the area the cryptid originates from is in the traditional territory as the Native culture this Native spirit is from. It's just a coincidence." & don't think it's because of appropriation at all.
I'm very likely missing some so there's probably more, but I also wouldn't be surprised if multiple OTHER "cryptids" have their origins in Native spirits that we haven't investigated yet. I've also been seeing White people talk about "cryptids" and then just straight up listing Native spirits, even ones that aren't widely known and don't even have a history of being called "cryptids". Which is fucking racist.
Native spirits aren't cryptids.
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