#brave woman

[scotianostra]

On March 5th 1790, Flora MacDonald, the Jacobite heroine, died.

Flora is still one of the most romanticise figures in Scottish history, much has been written about her helping Charles Edward Stuart after his escape from Culloden when he was the most hunted man in Scotland.

Flora Macdonald was born at Milton, on South Uist, where you can still see the ruins of her childhood home. She grew up in the household of the chief of the Macdonalds of Clanranald, who firmly supported the Jacobite cause. When Bonnie Prince Charlie escaped following the Battle of Culloden in 1746 he went into hiding, depending on supporters to shelter him and hide him from his Hanoverian pursuers led by the Duke of Cumberland. At length, he arrived on the island of Benbecula, where it was decided that he should move on to Skye.

The island was under travel restrictions, and the prince could not take the risk of being spotted. A Jacobite supporter and distant kinsman named Captain Conn O'Neill asked Flora to help Charles escape. Macdonald herself did not support the Jacobite cause, but she was moved by the plight of the Jacobites after the Battle of Culloden, and at length she agreed. She later said that she acted from charity, and would have helped the Duke of Cumberland had she found him in a similar situation.

She obtained permission from Hugh Macdonald, commander of the local militia and her stepfather, to leave Benbecula. She was allowed to take two servants, and a crew of six sailors. Bonnie Prince Charlie was dressed as an Irish spinning maid named Betty Burke, and in that guise he sailed with Flora to Skye on 27 June 1746.

Unlike the scene made famous in the popular ‘Skye Boat Song’, the Prince did not leave baffled foes standing on the shore, and managed to make the crossing unchallenged. From Skye, he made his way at length to Moidart, where he boarded a French ship and escaped to refuge in Europe.

When Flora Macdonald’s role in the escape came to light she was arrested and imprisoned in the Tower of London. Though she had committed treason by helping Bonnie Prince Charlie, the public, even staunch Hanoverians, regarded her as a heroic figure, primarily because she was a woman, I have little doubt if it had been a man that helped the Prince in a similar way, he would have been executed.

She was released from the Tower in 1747. She married Allan Macdonald of Kingsburgh in 1750 and settled at Flodigarry on Skye, where she raised a family. In 1774 the couple and their 5 children emigrated to North Carolina. Her husband Alexander joined a regiment of Royal Highland Emigrants in the American War of Independence, where he was captured. He was released in an exchange of prisoners and took up a command in Nova Scotia.

In 1779 Macdonald returned to Scotland, braving an attack by privateers on the way, and settled on Skye where her husband joined her after the war was over. She died in at Kingsburgh in 1790 and was buried in the graveyard beside the 16th-century church at Kilmuir. Tradition says that she was buried in a shroud made from a bed-sheet used by Bonnie Prince Charlie.

Given her popularity as a Jacobite heroine, it is not surprising that a large memorial was erected by her grave, which became a popular destination for tourists. The original monument to Macdonald was destroyed in a gale in 1871. It was replaced by a new memorial designed by Alexander Ross in 1880. Ross’s design includes a 28 foot high Celtic Cross of granite, rising above a slender rectangular chest tomb, also of granite. A marble plaque was added in 1922.

The epitaph reads, 'Her name will be mentioned in history and if courage and fidelity be virtues, mentioned with honour’. It was written by Dr Samuel Johnson of dictionary fame, who met her during his famous tour of the Hebrides with James Boswell.

In 1884, just 4 years after the monument was erected, the Skye Boat Song was published, and the popular ballad ensured that Macdonald’s fame would not fade.

Here is a less well known song about not just Flora by Brian McNeill, you can tell through the song that Brian has not got a high opinion of the Prince, but holds Flora in the highest esteem as a strong woman.

Pics are of Flora’s grave and the statue of the lady herself at Inverness Castle that I took in 2014.

There’s a moment of your story That has always haunted me When you set out in yon open boat To help the poor man flee Was Charlie Stuart’s future Already plain to see Did you know he’d be a waster on his days

If you did, I’d give the world to find A single tear you cried From the Cuillins tae the Carolinas You showed us one and all The courage you could call From the tears that would not fall From your eyes

And after thirty years After all that you’d been through us been marriede haven’ been a Just a memory to rue As you watched your husband putting on His coat of scarlet hue To go and fight for German Geordie’s crown

But you never tried to hide behind The dreams of days gone by From the Cuillins tae the Carolinas You showed us one and all The courage you could call From the tears that would not fall From your eyes

And there’s times I think I see you When I find that kind of face When a woman’s independence Has kept a woman’s grace Where confidence and pride Refuse to know their place Or hide behind the easy tricks of beauty

For to me your lights are like the chimes Across the stormy skies From the Cuillins tae the Carolinas You showed us one and all The courage you could call From the tears that would not fall From your eyes

From the Cuillins tae the Carolinas Strong women rule us all With the courage that they call When the tears refuse to fall From their eyes.

#scotland #scottish #hebridean #bonnie prince charlie #jacobites #history #over the sea to skye #skye boat song #daring escape #heroism #heroine #brave woman #strong woman

[indianbrainsworld]

A special Gift for mom.

#mother's day #mother #gift for mother #woman poetry #brave woman #poems

[bottegapowerpoint]

Luis Ricardo Falero, Playing with the Tiger

#Luis Ricardo Falero #powerpoint slides #brave woman #tiger playing #pittori spagnoli #spanish artworks

[helengie]

(via "I am Authentic" Racerback Tank Top for Sale by HelenGie)

#findyourthing #redbubble #helengie #racerback tank top #pink #fuchsia #courage to be yourself #be yourself #brave girls #brave women #brave woman #brave girl #dark blue #self acceptance

[oasisr]

yes i am a prude, and hypersexuality is ruining friendships, relationships and society as a whole.

#hypersexual #hypersexuality #sexualization #brave new world #relationships #fds #female dating strategy #feminism #tradfem #christian #conspiracy #freeblr #bible #conspiracy theory #truther #truth #christian woman

[amaditalks]

I have found my new quest.

Someone in a Facebook group I’m in posted this picture of a hanukkiah they saw in a thrift shop and did not purchase. Everyone in the group was telling them to go back and get it. They didn’t recognize what they were seeing.

It’s Yehudit brandishing her sword and the head of Holofernes.

She is being anointed with oil to honor her for her triumph.

On a hannukiah.

I need this so badly I can taste it. 

#yehudit #Yehudit slaying holofernes #aka Judith #judith slaying holofernes #Yehudit ​the heroine #eat a cheese latke #and think of this brave woman #hanukkah #hanukkiah #menorah #it’s so beautiful #jewish history #Jewish #jewish holidays #jumblr

[sarasade]

One of the most generally useful things to come out of Hbomberguy's plagiarism video and Todd in the Shadows' similar video on misinformation is how they bring transparency to the internet phenomenon of "I made up a guy to get mad at".

Seriously, I've seen people make up a lot of stupid shit on the internet over the years and it's often just a manipulative attempt to paint a group of marginalized people in a bad light.

That's the TL;DR version of this post. 

ANYWAY here is the long version

Those videos are mostly about James Somerton's plagiarism of other queer people's work. However I'd like to talk about that 20-30% of Somerton's original writing- and oh boy. It's mostly about complaining about White Straight Women and misgendering well-known trans creators such as Rebecca Sugar and calling Becky Albertalli a straight woman while it's pretty common knowledge that she was forced to out herself as bi because she received so much harassment over "being a cishet woman who appropriates LGBT+ stories".

One thing that irks me especially is how in his Killing Stalking and Gay Shipping videos Somerton brings up how straight women/ teen girl shippers exploit gay men for their personal sexual fantasies. This gets brought up several times in his videos.

Being all up and arms about Somerton being a "White Cis Gay Who Hates Women and Queer People tm" is not that useful because the kind of rhetoric he's using is extremely common in fandom and LGBT+ spaces on Tumblr, TikTok and Twitter. We really don't need to bring Somerton's identity to this since he is in no way an unique example.

It's hypocritical to make this about an individual person when I've seen A TON of posts, tweets and videos where queer people talk about these Sinister Straight Women who are supposedly out there fetishizing and exploiting queer men. It's pretty clear to me that this is just an excuse to shit on women and queer people for having any sexual interests. At worst these comments are spreading misinformation about BL, a form of media that has been excessively studied by both Asian feminists and Asian queer women.

This all sounds really familiar and I think it's good that people are calling it out as what it is: misogyny and transphobia. I'd also point out the potentially racist motives behind being this hypervigilant about Asian media.

People can absolutely be misogynist regardless of gender or orientation. I really don't know why we need to create some kind of made up enemy to get mad at. I actually think it's almost sinister how "anti-fujoshi" people call Slash shippers and fujoshi misogynists or claim that they have internalised misogyny while being dismissive about women's interests and creative pursuits under Japanese obscenity laws, China's censorship, book bans in American schools and various other disadvances that are part of being a queer and/or female creator.

I think we shouldn't be naive about the bad faith actors who want to turn queer people against each other. For example Fujoshi.info mentions anti-gender (TERF, GC etc) movement using this kind of rhetoric as well.

Anyway if you want to read more:

- about the false info around BL fandom fujoshi.info

-There is the scholar Thomas Baudinette who studies gay media in Japan. Here is a podcast with him and the scholar Khursten Santos

-James Welker is a BL scholar as well. Here is a podcast interview about the new international BL article collection he edited.

-I've already talked about this Youtube channel by KrisPNatz and his great Killing Stalking video that actually engages with the themes of the manhwa

- There is also HR Coleman's thesis DO NOT FEED THE FETISHIZERS: BOYS LOVE FANS RESISTANCE AND CHALLENGE OF PERCEIVED REPUTATION where she interviews 36 BL fans and actually breaks down why fetishization has become such a huge talking point in the fandom discourse. Spoilers, it's mostly about young queer people and women being worried that they will get judged and pathologized for their interest in anything sexual.

-Great podcast about Danmei and censorship with Liang Ge

#Also I don't mean that you can always tell if someone is a transphobe or a TERF based on a couple of things they have said. #My point is that sometimes ok people can have very regressive ideas too. #This is not a call out post about how we should go around accusing anti-fujoshi people #todd in the shadows #hbomberguy #sarasade text #even I've got those “Fandom is mostly straight women fetishizing gay men” comments once and it begins to sound kind of passive-aggressive #when you're a bi woman. Lot of fandom stats at AO3 show that fandoms are montly bi women. who are these people calling straight exactly hmm #also straight women are completely ok leave them alone. I know I know Yes I'm so brave for saying this #cw: transphobia

[memes-from-the-past]

#ancient internet #memes from the past #brave woman

[ghost-in-the-corner]

There was a comment on this post but I have pics so new post!

@pandoraslasthope (sorry to call you out like this you were very polite in your comment)

I don't know if there was an original Spider-Man of Earth-42, and I have no idea what happened to Peter Parker from that universe. But the spider that bit our Miles was supposed to bite Earth-42 Miles.

(sorry about the quality, only half decent videos I could find were from TikTok)

This is the spider that eventually bites our Miles being picked up by the collider. It was going for Earth-42 Miles, you can recognize him by the braids.

There was a Miles who was meant to become Spider-Man. Just not ours. When the collider pulled the spider through, it switched the trajectories of the lives of both variants of Miles. Because of this, Earth-42 never got their spider, and New York became a decaying city only roamed by the Prowler.

#i have the saying from brave stuck in my head #'if ye could chenge yer fate would ye?' #marvel #spiderverse #across the spiderverse #spiderverse spoilers #across the spiderverse spoilers #spiderman #miles morales #the prowler #prowler #aaron davis #jefferson davis #the spot #spider woman #ghost spider #gwen stacy #pavitr prabhakar #spider punk #hobie brown #peter parker #earth 42 #earth 1610 #film #corner conversations

[justiceleague]

#dccastedit #chris pine #gal gadot #wonder woman #wonder woman film #* #by zarin #cast #behind the scenes #ewen bremner #said taghmaoui #eugene brave rock

[scotianostra]

On September 7th 1838 the paddle steamer SS Forfarshire floundered on rocks near the Farne Isles on it's way from Hull to Dundee and a Victorian heroine was “born”

 The Forfarshire struck a rock known as the “Great Hercules” and immediately started to sink. Some of the crew abandoned the ship in a lifeboat, not thinking about the passengers and their fate, and they were picked up at North Shields.  The rest of the passengers and crew were forced to cling to the wreckage and wait for help. The report from the Berwick Advertiser describes what happened next.....

“This was the situation of the survivors till daylight, when the ebbing of the tide enabled them to quit their lurking places and land on the rock. Here they remained for some time, when their situation was descried by the keeper of the outer lighthouse, whose only companion at this dreary place was his daughter, a girl about 19 years of age. To resist attempting to alleviate distress is with some persons utterly impossible; such seems to be the character of William Darling and his daughter Grace.

“The conduct of these two individuals on this occasion is worthy of the highest praise, and we feel assured will not be allowed to pass unrewarded. Although the sea was raging with a fury which might have daunted even a bold spirit, this man and his brave daughter, disdaining all selfish considerations for their own safety, no sooner perceived the perilous situation in which some of their fellow creatures were placed, than they launched their boat, without hesitation into the foaming element, and pulled vigorously to their relief, a distance of “300 yards; and having returned with them all safe to his dwelling, everything that it afforded was willingly placed at their disposal. Such behaviour affords a pleasing contrast to that displayed by the crew of the vessel, who, had they possessed a spark of that generosity and courage which dictated the conduct of Darling and his daughter, would have lingered about the wreck, and in this way, they might have been instrumental in saving their companions from a watery grave.”

As news of her role in the rescue reached the public, her combination of bravery and simple virtue set her out as exemplary, and led to an uneasy role as the nation's heroine. Subscriptions and donations totalling over £700 were raised for her, including £50 from Queen Victoria; more than a dozen portrait painters sailed to her island home to capture her likeness, and hundreds of gifts, letters, and even marriage proposals were delivered to her. Sadly Grace Darling died of tuberculosis in October 1842, aged 26. A Monument in St Aidan's churchyard, Bamburgh marks her grave, a very brave young lass and I hope you agree she deserves a mention on my prominently Scottish page 

#england #English #scottish #heroism #brave woman #history

[revvethasmythh]

nott was deeply iconic this whole fight under the well. everyone is losing it and dying and suffering meanwhile she's darting around the battlefield, making shitty puns a beau that cause her to miss all her attacks, spending her time almost exclusively feeding healing potions to caleb (he went down four times!) even healing him when he was just attacking everyone, did not get directly attacked ONCE, and then accidentally murdered caduceus to end things with a literal bang. who is doing it like her

#woman of all time. character of all time #cr2e55 #critical role #yes another c2 rewatch #nott the brave #veth brenatto #the mighty nein

[sleazyjanet]

éowyn best character

#éowyn #éowyn daughter of éomund #and theodwyn #my woman #MY beautiful smart brave woman #lotr #lord of the rings #art #digital art #i am no man

[splooosh]

“Bonus”

#Brave and the Bold #Spectre #Batman #Robin #Dick Grayson #Green Arrow #Kid Flash #Wally West #Roy Harper #Wonder Woman #Diana Prince #Wildcat #Sgt Rock #Supergirl #Flash #Geeen Lantern #Hal Jordan #Barry Allen #Black Canary #Hawkman #Adam Strange #Metamorpho #Starman #Aquaman

[darkesttiimelines]

Throughout history, women have left an undeniable impact on society with their hard work, creativity, and dedication to progress. Unfortunately, their accomplishments have often gone unnoticed, been undervalued, or even stolen. Despite these challenges, brave women of today continue to push boundaries, break barriers, and pave the way for a more fair and equal world. It's our duty to keep going, so that future generations of women can inherit a kinder, more just, and supportive world. By following in the footsteps of the incredible women who came before us, we can create a world where every woman can flourish and succeed, and where their contributions are recognized and celebrated.

Joan of Arc is a patron saint of France, honored as a defender of the French nation for her role in the siege of Orléans and her insistence on the coronation of Charles VII of France during the Hundred Years' War. Claiming to be acting under divine guidance, she became a military leader who transcended gender roles and gained recognition as a savior of France. She was put on trial by Bishop Pierre Cauchon on accusations of heresy, which included blaspheming by wearing men's clothes, acting upon visions that were demonic, and refusing to submit her words and deeds to the judgment of the church. She was declared guilty and burned at the stake on 30 May 1431, aged about nineteen.

Rani Lakshmibai was the Maharani consort of the princely state of Jhansi from 1843 to 1853. She was one of the leading figures in the Indian Rebellion of 1857 became a symbol of resistance to the British rule in India for Indian nationalists. When the Maharaja died in 1853, the British East India Company under Governor-General Lord Dalhousie refused to recognize the claim of his adpoted heir and annexed Jhansi under the Doctrine of Lapse. She rode into battle with her infant son strapped to her back, and died in June 1858 after being mortally wounded during the British counterattack at Gwalior.

Rosalind Franklin was a British chemist and X-ray crystallographer whose work was instrumental in the discovery of the structure of DNA. Her contributions were largely overlooked by her male colleagues, James Watson and Francis Crick, who used her data without her permission or acknowledgement. This theft of her intellectual property and erasure of her contributions is a prime example of the systemic sexism that has historically plagued the scientific community.

Hedy Lamarr was an Austrian-American actress and inventor who co-invented a frequency-hopping spread spectrum technology during World War II that was used to guide torpedoes. However, her contributions were largely ignored and dismissed by male engineers and the military at the time. It was only later in life that she received recognition for her scientific achievements.

Emma Weyant is an American competitive swimmer. She was the US national champion at the individual medley. She qualified for the 2020 Olympic Games in the 400m individual medley and won the silver medal in this event. Weyant finished second in the 500-yard freestyle at the 2022 NCAA Division I Women's Swimming and Diving Championships. She was beaten by William (Lia) Thomas, a fetishist, who when competing as a member of the Penn men's team, which was 2018-19, ranked 554th in the 200 freestyle, 65th in the 500 freestyle and 32nd in the 1650 freestyle. Weyant is the fastest swimmer in the 500-yard freestyle and had her position stolen by a man.

Maryna Viazovska is a Ukrainian mathematician who made a breakthrough in sphere packing, solving the centuries-old mathematical problem known as the densest packing of spheres in dimensions 8 and 24. She was awarded the Fields Medal in July 2022, making her the second woman (after Maryam Mirzakhani), the second person born in the Ukrainian SSR and the first with a degree from a Ukrainian university to ever receive it.

Hannie Schaft was a Dutch resistance fighter during World War II who played a crucial role in the resistance movement against Nazi occupation. Schaft was a former university student who dropped out because she refused to sign a pledge of loyalty to Germany. Nazis arrested and killed her in 1945, just three weeks before the war ended in Europe. According to lore, Schaft’s last words were, “I’m a better shot,” after initially only being wounded by her executioner.

Shakuntala Devi was an Indian mathematician and mental calculator who was known as the "Human Computer" for her exceptional ability to perform complex mathematical calculations in her head. Her extraordinary abilities earned her a place in the 1982 Guinness Book of Records. Her lesser known achievement is that in 1977 she wrote what is considered to be the first book in India on homosexuality titled “The World of Homosexuals.”  

J. K. Rowling is a British author and philanthropist. She wrote Harry Potter, a seven-volume children's fantasy series published from 1997 to 2007. Known for her philanthropy, she was doxxed and harassed after coming out with support for women's and gay rights in 2020. Rowling secretly donated hundreds of thousands of pounds to save 100 female lawyers and their families facing murder in Afghanistan. In 2022, she funded a women's only rape shelter in Edinburgh.

#this post was inspired by me being absolutely sick of trans activists claiming that joan of arc/rani lakshmibai/insert literally any other #strong woman #is actually a trans man #they were no man at all #women have been brave and strong and amazing throughout history #and they still are #if only you'd get your head out of your ass to take a look #radical feminism #radblr #terf #trans #misogny #i am no man

[carry-the-sky]

life ain’t always what it seems—

...

They’re calling him the Punisher.

Karen stares down at his x-ray, ghosts a finger over the shadowy smudge where a bullet went through his skull. Who are you, really?

(Later, alone in the dark, she asks herself the same thing. She falls asleep waiting for an answer.)

...

"It's just a nickname," Foggy tells her, frowning down at the morgue reports on her desk.

"Yeah, well, what if I deserve it?"

She says it without thinking, realizes her mistake too late when she glances up to see her friend's bright eyes cloud over with confusion.

"What're you—”

"Nothing." She forces a smile. "Honestly, it’s nothing." Her face feels stiff and wrong, and she knows Foggy isn't buying it, but he doesn't push.

She can't tell if she's relieved or disappointed.

...

They call him the Punisher, but they don't know that in a past life, Frank Castle used to sing along to 70s funk records.

"For the record, I can't imagine it," Karen says as he takes the corner out of the hotel's parking lot. Neither of them have spoken in a few minutes and the silence in the car is prickling, making her restless. "You, singing."

Frank keeps his eyes on the road. "Guess we're both full of surprises."

Karen darts a glance his way. His face is tangled in strips of shadow and streetlight, and it reminds her of one of those abstract paintings in a museum. Something that almost looks real when you squint at it. 

Here’s what’s real: her hair still smells like smoke and every inch of her aches, but she can breathe. For the first time since his trial, she can breathe.

Who are you?

“Where are we going?” she asks.

“Somewhere with coffee,” Frank mumbles, thumb tapping the steering wheel.

Karen can’t help it; a breathy, half-delirious laugh tumbles out of her. “You’re kidding, right?”

He doesn’t answer, but his lips pinch into something resembling a smile. 

You’re a shining star, no matter who you are...

She reaches for the volume.

#kastle #kastle ff #kastlenetwork #frank x karen #local woman experiencing the worst writing slump of her life and being SO brave about it