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"why did you write fanfic where the girl actively wants to be turned into a vampire, didn't we learn enough from bella swan?"

"if Bella had actual thanatophobia and had to check if the love of her life is still breathing next to her or not in the night, at random, I fucking bet we would have been kinder to her, so really, I blame stephenie Meyer for short, summary writing."

In other news I dreamt my spouse has something to do with high blood pressure and now I'm hitting the wall with my head because it's fucking impossible to get a simple GP routine appointment and how the fuck am I going to keep them alive and well for at least as long as humanly possible in a country that broke the NHS willingly?

#fuck the tories #nhs #thanatophobia

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This is a master class in pushing the absolute limits of advertising regulations around junk food.

Starting with the words because that's what caught my eye first, the green lettering with the leaf at the end, I actually did read this as "healthy choices", my brain had trouble interpreting what it actually said for a fraction of a second like "healthy choices? HelTsty choices? Oh hello tasty choices".

The water droplets, the little lemon and orange wedges, all pointing to something natural and delicious and refreshing inside. But what's actually in there? Chocolate bars and potato chips, sugary drinks and soda.

I just...when I want to eat chocolate or crisps I do so with lust and gluttony. I want it to be luxurious and a little bit sexy. I want to be lured in by velvety textures and savouring each bite. I don't want to feel refreshed and good about myself, I want to feel full and ashamed. Basically, chocolate adverts need to be sluttier.

#chocolate needs to be sluttier #semiotics

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Collage is just an awesome art form

she’s coming to life

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the idea that restrooms, locker rooms, etc need to be single-sex spaces in order for women to be safe is patriarchy's way of signalling to men & boys that society doesn't expect them to behave themselves around women. it is directly antifeminist. it would be antifeminist even if trans people did not exist. a feminist society would demand that women should be safe in all spaces even when there are men there.

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Yes please

comics spuffy + in bed

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Nan Goldin: Cupid with his wings on fire, Le Louvre (2010)

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And I'll never not reblog Aphrodite either

APHRODITE, Goddess of Love Hades (2020) vs. Hades 2 (TBA)

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Yess!!! I have a witchy event on the 18th that has lots of potential, and with this information now it makes sense what ENORMOUS POTENTIAL it truly has!!!

Witch Tips: the Best Day in May (2024) for Attraction Magic

Astro-tumbleweeds: circle Sunday, May 18th on your calendar because that is our lucky day of the month.

Sun conjunct Jupiter, Venus conjunct Uranus (all four are in a stellium with one another in Taurus), and Mars conjunct the North Node in Aries. The fates are in play so you might as well play the game, too.

All signs point to a great day for luck, money, love, or just getting what you want out of life.

(This goes doubly for you late Taurus types)

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I will always reblog Hestia / Vesta related stuff

Theoi Info Sheets Series Part 1: Hestia

O Hestia Virgin Goddess of the Eternal Flame Great Thea of the Hearth and Home If I Have Ever Felt the Warmth of a Fire Or the Comfort of Candle Flame I Ask That You Hear Me Now I Offer You First Praise and Acknowledgement Oh Great Goddess May You Accept this Offering, and Act of Devotion Du Et Des

Hestia is the first of the Theoi I ever gave offerings to, and the first of the Theoi I ever owned a statue of.

As a queer person, 'hearth and home' have often been a bittersweet concept for me. The house where I lived for most of my childhood was sold when I was 13, when we moved back into the house I was born in. That house, the house I always considered home, was then sold a couple of years ago. I didn't even have a chance to say goodbye as I had already cut ties with my biological family at that point (yet another reason why hearth and home are bittersweet for me).

Over the past 5 years I have lived in three different houses, but none of them have felt like "home". Instead - home has, for me, become a feeling. The feeling I get when my partner returns from work, the joy I experience with our pets, the laughter that comes even when the world around us is crumbling.

This is what Hestia is, not the walls or the foundation or even the land surrounding the two, but the feeling of family. The feeling of loving and being loved by those who you choose to value and value you in return.

Oh Hestia, Goddess of Hearth and Home Lead My Way and Light My Path

*You may have seen this info sheet before on thewitchfarhan.tumblr.com - that is my old Tumblr. These info sheets are my own creation - please do not repost without credit.

#witchblr #witchcraft #pagan witch #hestia #vesta

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The war propaganda to Basically get young kind to be enticed by the idea of being a hero for king and country was severely fucked up in the UK. This was one of the few attempts to break that fucking mindset (it's actually made by an American artist, Clarence Batchelor)

s/o to this skeleton babe from 1936

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Reblog if you're LGBTQIA+ (Yes Trans people and people on the ace/aro spectrum are also valid, shut up)

#boop

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I can't explain how validating yet how long it's going to take me to see that, after a lifetime of being made to feel subhuman because I'm femme but bigger (and that just meant "more masculine"), now the femme presenting people with my body type are getting appreciated?

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That "ai prompters" could even pass themselves for artists and be hired for it it's so ridiculous. as if I should have been hired as a doctor because I played operation

This machine kills AI

#ai art #ai generated #ai artwork #ai image #ai prompt #ai sucks

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But the reason I say that the gods are patient is this; I have yet to do a reading about it. I don't allow much in the means of direct communication when I'm talking about it, because I "could just be imagining it" and no matter what stance they take it's either what I want to hear or what I'm afraid of. Both of which I could see myself imagining.

Shit. This is me.

I could just be imagining. It's either what I want to hear or being berated. Shit. Shit shit shit.

I feel the need to say something. Whether that's because someone might need to hear it, or I just need to get it written down, I don't know and likely never will. Be warned that this post might come across as a little vent-y despite that not being its purpose.

Moral of this post in case you don't want to read it all; the gods are patient. They are kind. Sometimes, in ways you don't expect.

Currently, I am overthinking something. Badly. I can feel it boiling over, and at first I tried to keep it hidden from Loki because I deemed it cringe or bad. Unlovable in some way. (even though I make a point to never label anyone else cringe, this label is often applied to me when I feel self deprecative.)

Eventually I just gave up, because I figured they'd already seen it, and I admit I vented about it. They sat with me and listened, and I could feel that he's just... Distraught. Horrified that I think this part of me is unworthy of existing. He hates that I won't let him help, either.

But the reason I say that the gods are patient is this; I have yet to do a reading about it. I don't allow much in the means of direct communication when I'm talking about it, because I "could just be imagining it" and no matter what stance they take it's either what I want to hear or what I'm afraid of. Both of which I could see myself imagining.

Loki WANTS to help. I can feel him getting antsy, kind of. I almost finally grabbed my cards to do a reading with him tonight, but I'm too tired right now and, admittedly, I'm procrastinating. This is something I am actively beating myself up about, and Loki could absolutely be cruel. They could be my worst fucking nightmare. I know they won't, logically, but emotions are not often logical.

And yet they wait. They're sitting with me right now, I can feel it- and they're going to give me all the time I need. They're a deity, they have all the time in the world. If this were a human friend, and I had vented about this but not been willing to listen to their opinions, I know damn well I would not be given the time I need to prepare myself for that conversation. But Loki isn't human. So they wait until I can pick up those cards and face the fear head-on.

I'm reminded of someone saying that Loki will push you to be far more than you ever knew you could be. I think that's true. But I also think that there's something to say about how patient they are, just... Letting us grow ourselves, walking alongside us while we're fucking terrified, and understanding that these things don't happen overnight.

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Fuxk capitalism always

Witch things to add in your room, poor person edition

Fuck it Most of witchcraft people tell you to buy shit. So here's some stuff u can do for free

grab some sticks from the ground, bind them together in a shape you like, add intent (usually protection), hang it up

make a flower crown, add protection intent, dry it out, hang it up. protection spell and real ward. regularly recharge intent.

dry plants, set warding intent, hang them up.

crushed eggshells on your window sill to prevent bad energy.

wear a bandana or veil somewhere on your body, sometimes i use mine as belts, to protect from bad vibes.

paint your nails in the color meaning you want. mine are pink for self attraction rn

when you light up a candle always ask if theres a spirit or entity there, pyromancy skills can be learned through google, tumblr, and tiktok.

Regularly clean and rearrange your altar if you can't practice everyday, this keeos the space clean and shows entities around that even if ur not active, you're still a witch

A cup of water can be an offering to anyone, imagine being an entity and you can't have water at all for centuries??

If you have glasses, draw a sigil on them while you clean them (i usually wash mine with soap and water to make it extra clean ((and dry with paper towels)))

Give your wall art jobs. Sure they can be decorative, or they can be extra eyes to watch you while you sleep to make sure no one messes with you. (Ive had so much wall art fall in the middle of the night and turns out smth was trying to get in my room...)

If you have black-out/thick curtains, let the sun in!!! I keep them tied during the day so i can use natural light and ease up my electricity bill

Change ur bedsheets semi regularly, it doesn't need to be every week, but keep in mind bedbugs and other entities can get trapped there... or even try to get there to make your sleep unrestful.

If your room is a bio-hazard, at least make pathways so you can walk without injuring yourself.

Thats all i have for now <3 blessed be and fuck capitalism

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That's a lot of words for them to say "I'm a white supremacist" 🤷🏽‍♀️

some Aphrodite devotees get SO mad at me when i say i don’t see Aphrodite as anything but a poc for me because its “not historically accurate”

SHUT UP OH MY GOD

literally just argued with someone about this and blocked them promptly

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Twink joy

Placebo: Nancy boy, live 1997.