#queerness is next to godliness

[lesbianjudasiscariot]

Queerness is next to Godliness

Colourblind - Taylor Janzen / God Must Hate Me - Catie Turner / Daughter of God - Phemiec / Youth Group - Semler / Faggot - Sam Vance Law / God is a Woman - Rett Madison / Devotion - Taylor Janzen / Sun Bleached Flies - Ethel Cain / Pray it Away - Alex G / Hey Jesus - Trey Pearson

#mine #queerness is next to godliness #taylor janzen #catie turner #phemiec #semler #sam vance law #rett madison #ethel cain #alex g #trey pearson #web weaving #text #♡

[curiosityschild]

I want to be rich enough to buy a racehorse and name it Trans Rights

#and win the Preakness #other good racehorse names: #Queer As In Fuck You ( can you swear in horse names?) #Gayliness Is Next To Godliness #Let's Go Lesbians #that's a good one #Stop Being Weird About Intersex People #Abortion For Fun And Profit #Horseracing Is Animal Abuse #Kill All Billionaires #wait no just Eat The Rich #There Are So Many Gay Animals #I can't think of any for Bi or Ace or Aro #most of these are super lame but you get the point #why don't more people do like slogans #Buy My Son's New Cryptocurrency It's Not A Scam I Promise #Birds Are Dinosaurs #*announcer voice* #“and now it's Trans Rights! Trans Rights and Let's Go Lesbians are right together into the first corner #Birds Are Dinosaurs has third behind them then it's Eat the Rich trailing behind!“ #is this anything I have no fucking clue how horse races work

[jankwritten]

I’ve been thinking a lot about what a Hazel and Jason friendship would look like.

Hazel tentatively reaching out after finally understanding that Jason isn’t everything she built him up to be in her head, influenced both by Nico and by what she actually observed of Jason herself

Jason assumes she just wants tips on leadership or maybe how to fight better, so he obliged by offering to train with her

Hazel expects Jason to go easy on her like Percy and Annabeth and Piper do, but instead she gets taken down within a few minutes and has Jason ruthlessly pointing out what things she could improve on.

(Cue: Hazel finally having an opponent who doesn’t underestimate her. Hazel who finally feels like she has somebody she can spar against who will help and not just let her win because she’s young and small. Hazel who finally gets why Nico spends so much time talking about how kind and helpful Jason is, even if what she’s seeing isn’t necessarily kind.)

Jason starts hanging out with Hazel outside of sparring but in other groups, like with Piper, or Nico. He learns that she loves dancing and horses and likes to test the hardness of a stone against her fingernails, likes to collect shiny non-precious things just like Nico does, likes to swear loudly whenever possible as if she’s doing it to purposely piss people off.

Hazel asks Jason if he wants to go hang out one day after the Argo quest is over, maybe go to some museum in NYC that she’s heard Percy talk about, or find metaphysical shops to walk through (I HC that Hazel really loves modern mortal interpretations of magic and that she’s fascinated by the ways mortals accidentally connect to the gods etc.) and Jason assumes she means with someone else and agrees, only to find out they’re going alone.

Jason panicking for a moment about potential misinterpretations, once he realizes, and stammering out some garbled thing about how he really likes her but not like that because ofc all he’s known so far is that being alone with a girl = someone will assume romantic intent. Hazel openly laughs in his face and rather boldly states that she KNOWS Jason is in love with her brother.

Hazel, eventually, being the first person Jason feels safe coming out to. Jason, in return, being the first person Hazel feels safe to talk about being asexual with. The two of them discussing their feelings more and more often while exploring new places together, like Hazel talking about how she did so much researching into queer history and labels when she first found out Nico is gay, Jason telling her that he still doesn’t feel like Thalia is his sister as if he might not be the same Jason Grace she remembers, the two of them coming to terms with being on the aromantic spectrum together.

Jason talking Hazel out of joining the Hunters when she’s having a very very bad day. Hazel stopping Jason from disappearing back out into the mortal world to finish school without first giving his other friends a chance to have input.

(Hazel and Jason inadvertently saving each other’s lives by tweaking fate, thus making their friendship literally woven into their lives forever indisputably. Hades/Pluto patting Jason on the back and telling him thank you with no context or clarification the next time they meet. Hera/Juno, tight lipped and silent, offering Hazel some kind of gift or blessing the next time she returns to New Rome. Hazel and Jason laughing it off when they tell each other because wow, their godly parents are weird as hell.)

#pjo #hoo #jason grace #hazel levesque #I really do think their friendship would be so fun and cool for them #they develop a sibling kinda thing #like yeah Jason still sees her as a little kid sometimes #but she’s HIS little kid sibling and hazel is okay with that because they both know it doesn’t mean he sees her as weak or lesser #idk man people need to hop on this Jason Hazel friendship train I’m digging this shit soooo much #GIGGLING at the idea of Jason casually saying he used to have a crush on Frank and Hazel hitting him with a pillow #they’re gossiping. they’re beating each other up. they’re sharing their deepest darkest secrets. #I’m sure it’s not all happy sparkly rainbows all the time either #like I’m SURE hazel gets pissed off at Jason super easily for shit he does and Jason gets annoyed when Hazel just Decides Stuff without #input from anyone else (Jason does this too but he’s a hypocrite) #like they also. hate each other sometimes but that’s fine. they always figure it out and are friends again before the end of the day #there’s just so much POTENTIAL guys #Percy Jackson and the Olympians #heroes of Olympus #pjato #these are my kids my children

[hidetothink]

Just want you to know that as a homosexual raised religious, reading your posts about your life now vs when you finally made the decision to come out gives me so much hope. Yes, this is just a tumblr blog, but it means something to read how much life has changed for you in so many beautiful ways.

When I FIRST came out to my parents, it was actually a few months BEFORE I went to college. I'd just graduated high school, and I was finally moving into the next stage of my life. Everyone was so excited. The only thing keeping me from slitting my wrists was knowing I'd spend eternity in hell for it

I wanted to die. The loneliness I anticipated for my life was unbearable. I believed, based on how I was taught about sexuality, morality, etc. that I was potentially dangerous to the people around me. I quietly but intentionally cut off my friends. I spent more and more time alone at home. If I let people be friends with me but didn't tell them I was a homosexual, I risked tricking THEM into sin, even sending THEM to hell. This was my life, forever, as a queer. I would always be alone, for everyone's safety

So it was the night of my graduation. I'd just gotten home from driving to a grad party, parking in the driveway, and returning home in tears without leaving the car. I texted a suicide hotline at midnight and poured out four years of agony. My parents knocked on the door. I'd texted them by accident instead

I told my parents the truth. I came out. I was a homosexual. But more importantly, I knew how disgusting and unacceptable that was. I told them I was a homosexual, and I would never let myself act on that sinful urge

But I needed to know they could love me. Not the son who would grow up and marry a woman, give them grandchildren, and be the godly man I was called to be. I needed to know they loved me as I was, as a homosexual. I needed to know they'd love me if I couldn't fit it

My mother pulled me aside at one point that following summer. "Are you sure you couldn't try to change it?" I assured her I had tried. I didn't show the dried blood on my childhood bible, proof of my DIY conversion attempts. My father never said a word. His first and only comment came over a year later when I admited I was more than a homosexual, I planned to act on it. "We aren't talking about this." We didn't. We didn't share a single word about it for more than a year

It's 2023. In a year, it will have been a decade since I graduated HS

My mom taps me on the arm. Her entire face smiles as she nods to my boyfriend and whispers just loud enough for me to hear. "We really like this one. We REALLY like him."

I can't even remember what she was commenting on. She's said it too many times now

Time cannot heal all wounds, but it can do incredible things anon. Be well <3

[supernaturallyliterate]

Okay I know I’m late but I just watched PJO episode 7!

SPOILERS FOR SHOW AND BOOKS AHEAD

We get so much more Sally POV!! I am here for it honestly

The fact that Poseidon showed up for Sally when she prayed to him?! MAN this is a change I can stand by. It shows so much more depth to Poseidon’s character, shows that he is fully aware of how much his family sucks but that he is still bound by its rules. He is still powerless to stand up to the norms of Olympus. He knows he can’t interfere in Percy’s life because it would be 1. Acknowledging that he’s his son and 2. Would make him a target for an insta kill like Zeus killed Maria Di Angelo & tried to kill Bianca and Nico. Don’t tell me Poseidon didn’t know about that.

The RAGE on Percy’s face in the preview during his fight with Ares! YES. GIVE ME FERAL PERCY.

The little scene preview of Luke clapping Percy on the back during the foreworks JDKDKDKFKRK BOOK READERS Y’ALL KNOW WHATS COMING

I am really interested in the moment on the Fields of Asphodel when Annabeth gets rooted to the ground by regret. This is a significant change from the books and honestly I liked this one too. Especially Annabeth’s line, “I trust your dad.” If you noticed, she calls Athena, “mother” but she calls Poseidon Percy’s “dad.” It is doing so much set up with just two simple words.

But also! What is she rooted by? Regret for Thalia’s death? She was six! Regret for Percy getting turned into gold? He did that shit intentionally. Honestly there’s so much that baby Annabeth could be regretting but I think it’s Thalia’s death. Especially because she’s seeing what happens after death here. So she can’t help but imagine her friend Thalia. Being turned into a tree in life. To prevent her from… being turned into a tree, only in death.

And of course there’s Elysium and rebirth and the fields of punishment. But most people go to the fields of Asphodel.

The change of the Fields of Asphodel having people wander around aimlessly to being turned into trees rooted to the ground unmoving is interesting. It felt a little like an intentional parallel to Thalia. But I wonder if it’s based in any Greek myth lore

Grover being eaten by Cerberus not gonna lie I was worried about our resident goat boy!! But it makes sense for him to be the one to lose his pearl. Even though it also could’ve worked with Annabeth

Not gonna lie I was a little disappointed that Annabeth wasn’t the one to almost fall into Tartarus instead of Grover. That would’ve been an AMAZING parallel to the fall into Tartarus later in the series. Heroes of Olympus.

Hades is characterized a little differently. More friendly? More animated? Lmao lively. He gives queer or metrosexual energy. He still has his unbothered attitude about the godly affairs which sets him apart from other Olympians

CRUSTY’S. Okay. I was excited that they included the scene with Crusty. But again, I felt like it was another moment of “Percy knows too much”. He immediately knew who Crusty was, I assume because Hermes told him. He knew how the bed trap worked. He knew about the secret passage to the underworld. I just. I don’t like how the series just GIVES Percy and the trio so much information or they just HAVE it. It’s one of my biggest critiques of the show. Give me clueless Percy asking Annabeth who someone is from Greek myths. Give me Annabeth’s AHA moment when she remembers a Greek myth and puts in context with their situation. I wanna see the trio being so fucking confused and have to work to figure out who they’re up against.

Even Percy realizing that it’s Kronos in his dreams! It felt like something mundane and not a big revelation.

I like the gold percy and gold Sally Jackson parallel. That was good.

I’m so excited to see Percy kick so God of War ass (well, ankle) next episode!

I have more thoughts but have these ones for now

#percy jackson #pjo #percy jackson disney+ #annabeth chase #pjo show spoilers #pjo show #pjo spoilers #percy jackson show spoilers #Percy Jackson and the Olympians #percy jackson and the olympians spoilers #spoilers #major spoilers #grover underwood #hades #Poseidon

[mysticalsoot]

connor's godverse [source material]

godverse/godbur taglist; @lillylvjy @witheredroseanon @enanon (msg/ask if you wanna be added!)

due to the recent popularity, my autism latching to this au and the few requests to let others dabble in it themselves; I've decided to make this central post of the godbur-verse and all it has to offer. you may use godbur or goddess!wilma and write them how you wish but do credit me mainly because I want to see what others create with my ideas!! that is all, now enjoy my tism vomit.

main masterlist // godverse masterlist

meet wilbur and wilma, our characters in this story of power and love and god-like shenanigans. the two of them are godly twins who rule their respective sectors in their shared world. they're an unlikely match, almost polar opposites; but not quite.

WILBUR; the cat

strong-willed and fairminded; colder on the exterior but with a heart two sizes too big.

visually 27 yrs old // queer leaning // autistic coded // less present with believers // 6'7" tall

wilbur rules the left sector of the golden realm. he focuses on doing right with his devotees, guiding them on the path of what's right and moral, keeping them from going astray. he keeps his relationships professional and has yet to drift from that rule.

wilbur has many rules he holds himself to, but most of them are one's he's given himself; in fear he would fall from his holiness if he did not. there is nothing to fall to. what he knows is what is there.

he keeps piles of journals filled with every thought and idea he's ever had, most are to himself. most aren't very kind. he keeps his rules listed in one specific journal. one he's decorated with painted doodles on the front and flowers pressed in the pages.

wilbur keeps great distance between himself and his believers. his golden rule being;

'distance is good for the start, when it will end in distance too'

he fears attachment will wreck his thoughts and deem him unrulable if he was to ever lose a mortal he grew attached to. regardless if it's a common tradition for a mortal to be assumed by their god.

that is cut short when one particular mortal catches his eye and captures his heart with their love and kindness and appreciation for what he's given them.

his first rule he broke, was close communication. there was something about this one mortal that his mind cling to, and they seemed very keen on him too. they weren’t in any belief of any god in particular until he claimed them (get your mind out of the gutter).

little did he know, they would take to it as well as they did. they enjoyed his company and his words and guidance. reaching for his metaphorical hand to lead them to the best outcome. they trusted him, he was trusted. he’d be lying if he said he didn’t break the next rule soon after.

falling in love. he was enraptured by them, and their continuous devotion to him, doing all they could to see him. to be with him. to be by him for as long as they can. to stay living in his world.

despite his growing love for this sweet one, wilbur had to cast them out, back to their life. they were meant to be mortal and he couldn’t let his emotions get in the way of what’s meant to be.

when he finally awarded his mortal with a life in his realm; he felt his shoulders lighten and a big weight of worry lift from him. they were safe with him, even if it meant he broke his golden rule amongst many other rules. he finally understood when people said they would do anything for their love, because he’d do just that for them.

wilbur like any other god, adorns both fangs and white feathered wings. he can retract them at any moment he wishes, and often chooses to hide them; especially around his mortal. he doesn't want to scare or overwhelm them so he keeps those features to himself.

the left sector is the home of the eldest twin. the one with moral responsibility who doesn’t stray from the rules unless prompted, and even then he fights back. the world is covered in sunlight and flowers. a beautiful garden at the back door of wilbur’s home. a place to write and be quiet and play music and just be. where butterflies and bees and animals roam and scurry on the grass and through the fields, where one can admire what is around them without worry of what could be happening. a safe haven.

WILMA; the dove

laid back and relaxed counterpart to wilbur; the divine feminine

visually 27 years old // mtf, feminine preference // autistic/adhd coded // hyper diligent with believers // 6'3"

wilma rules the right sector, the world of beauty and art and femininity. she focuses on bringing love and art to her believers, showing them what beauty is in the world; especially if they hadn’t viewed it in such a way before.

wilma has closer relationships with her believers, not upholding herself to the same strict standards as her brother holds himself. she believes that each person deserves to have a heart and hand reach out to them, pulling them into a hug and away from danger.

through wilma's art you’ll find the many attachments she’s had to her believers but never once giving in. they must have the best mortal life possible, and she can’t meddle with that. it would be unfair to them, cruel even.

her golden rule is this;

‘you must leave them be, even if the heart screams otherwise, let them free like doves must be’

so she paints and she sculpts and her emotions end up seeping into her every piece, and each piece has its place in her home. unlike her brother, her work in creativity is more inline with what she thinks and feels rather than lists of rules and thoughts and worries. she’s a brighter being, sunnier and lighter. she finds peace in everything.

sketchbooks and canvases and have finished sculptures line the halls of her home, making it here through her efforts in the arts.

although her efforts to not let her attachments get the best of her are fruitful for a while, there is (as always) one mortal who causes her to break her only rule. one with a beautiful heart and mind that always finds the sweetness in nature and those around them. someone spiritually equal to her that she can care for and love on and be inspired by.

she grew closer and closer to this mortal, their shared attachment to one another grew into a deep and loving bond, that left the other with a feeling of emptiness when they couldn't have the other.

wilma fought her desire to bring this mortal to her, wanting them to have the best life in their own world they possibly could. she couldn't even dare disrupt it. they could do so much! so much, without wilma.

she fought herself and her mind and her heart, for months it was aching for her mortal. she needed them, but she couldn't give in. her mortal reached out to her many times, without response as she struggled to justify bringing them to her.

finally, after watching her brother give in to his own wants, she does the same. it isn't all that bad, and what's the worst that could happen? her mortal doesn't like it in her world? she could send them back! they'll be happy either way.

so she brought them to her, and they were finally together. her muse was with her, in front of her eyes and in the flesh.

wilma and her mortal spent their days in the flower fields and ponds, embracing and giggling and admiring one another. adoring each other and their flaws and beauties.

as with wilbur, and any other god; wilma has the same fangs and wings. she doesn't choose to hide them as her brother does, keeping them on display, besides when she met her mortal; best not to scare them off.

she takes great pride in her appearance and her special features, showing them off 90% of the time. they don't bother her mortal, so she keeps them on display and she tries her best to show them off.

the right sector is home to the feminine, the beauty and the art of nature. creativity, divinity seep into the ground of this sector. ponds and rivers and fields of flowers adorn this world and make it what it is. it's a safety net for creatives who don't feel there's a place to belong in their own world. a safe haven.

its euphoric in its sights and aesthetics, tunnels covered in vines and flowers, water flowing beneath it. golden light covers the sights in a blanket of love and peace that wilma admires greatly.

#connor's godverse #godburverse #godbur #god!wilbur #godbur x gn!reader #god!wilbur x gn!reader #wilbur x reader #wilbur x gn!reader #wilbur soot x reader #wilbur soot x gn!reader #goddess!wilma #godma #god!wilma #wilma #wilma soot #wilma soot x reader #wilma soot x gn!reader #goddess!wilma x reader #goddess!wilma soot x reader #goddess!wilma soot x gn!reader #goddess!wilma x gn!reader #godma x reader #godma x gn!reader #Spotify

[ecstacy-appleofmyeye]

cabin 12//dionysus children headcanons

a/n: the hcs will be edited and updated as i come up with more of them

warnings: mentions of alcohol consumption, mentions of smoking weed

dionysus kids get the least elegant and most humiliating claiming ever.

they show up at camp and mr d's already claimed them, before trying to trick them into bringing him wine. when chiron comes in and stops them, mr d sends them away to their cabin.

it definitely feels weird knowing that their dad is a few meters away from them, when all their friends complain that they've never even seen their godly parents.

their hair is a burgundy/bronge colour, usually curly. for some their eyes seem purple in certain lighting, but they're most green or brown.

not very athletic. they prefer ditching training and just laying around, either at the strawberry fields or in the woods with the satyrs.

they like collecting grape vines and making ropes with them. for no particular reason, they just do it to keep their hands busy when they're bored.

a lot of dionysus kids have bipolar or bpd.

these kids can use mania better than others, tho it came with the expense of their own health.

they like hanging out with the demeter cabin at the strawberry fields.

they love junk food.

they also can't keep their cabin clean to save their lives. on inspection days they just shove everything under or in their closet and call it a day. the next day it's worse.

dionysus kids either love or hate drinking wine. some find it the best alcoholic beverage and others think it's disgusting (but they drink other stuff).

a common misconception is that dionysus kids are irresponsible alcoholics when in reality they rarely drink. but when they do drink, they consume gallons of alcohol.

some get easily drunk and the rest of their siblings tease them for it.

some of the older siblings smoke weed with demeter kids.

they all have weird hobbies or small collections (one of the reasons why their cabin is always so clustered)

(another reason is that they're lazy as fuck and can't bother cleaning up if it's gonna get dirty again anyway)

at the back of their cabin is a watermelon garden. it's been there for decades, though no one knows who started it, and they keep it for the sake of keeping it.

dionysus kids are very good with woodworking and some with carpentry. im sure there's at least one shelf dedicated to their works.

they are very proud ppl. not like ares kids, or to the point of being arrogant and self-centred.

they're the second cabin with the most queer kids (I think that dionysus was said to be the protector of trans and intersex kids).

dionysus kids are those weird kids at the playground that would look at you straight into your soul and eat dirt or sand without breaking eye contact.

they often get compared to foxes and crows.

their motto is (along with apollo kids) go big or go home.

they never go home (i dont even think they have one)

always prepared for every holiday. and i mean every holiday.

they had a pet snake they named Snoodle but they got found out and they had to leave it out in wild 😔

it's still roaming in the forest and it became a (sort of) cryptid.

#the-tower's-archive #percy jackson #dionysus cabin #dionysus cabin headcanons #cabin headcanons

[a-hypnos-v]

Me and my mom went to visit her friend’s mother,

The woman was sick, recovering from a stroke and currently experiencing 4th stage kidney disease, I think

The home was fine, lived in. Family photos, childhood drawings adorning many walls, decorations of all sorts on shelves tables and such. I sit fidgety as her and my mother have their heartfelt moment, she (the one we visited) was the mother of one of my mom’s friends reaching all the way from childhood, I think. They hugged, the older woman seeming to almost cry and as they spoke later on I felt myself holding in tears.

I’ve been struggling in studies, more than I ever have. Kicked out of school and left at home to finish my work, the school prohibiting me from even enrolling next year, (mind you I’ve been going there since e1st grade)

My mother asked for advice with.. me. What to do with me, she, concerned, me, quietly wishing she gave birth to a better kid.

Anyways, spoke talked about family, health, life.

I look to the expanse of one of the living room walls there, covered with photos from across the years and my stomach churns knowing I’ll never quite live like that. The regular, the expected. My folks, my country itself is conservative. But I often ponder on what exactly they were conserving.

I look to the picture frames, family, children, wife and husband- a marriage certificate proudly hung on the wall. We’d in the church, of course. A picture of men in camouflage uniforms, guns hoisted over their chests on their backs, one holding them.

I see two rosaries on the table across from me, another cross probably somewhere else in the room.

I think about myself, selfishly. All I’ve done wrong. Even if somehow I do make it though this, I’ll let them down by the time I’m in my 20’s, i figure.

I am not godly, like them, I am not one for tradition,

The picture of military men, thought to be respectable, but to me only leaving a strange taste in my mouth about what the military is. The altars and crosses reminding me of my duties as a ‘catholic’ the smiling pictures of families making me remember what I have to uphold and upkeep for them,

A queer, a punk, it’s ridiculous to entertain such identities.

I don’t feel quite right in either, whether I swing myself to the left or right I’ll always have remnants of both in me wherever I stand

#rant post #incoherent rambles #diary entry #digital diary #punk #lgbt #religious guilt

[fandomdoormat]

I had this thought about Will Byers with powers and it may be dumb and impossible and have all the ways to be disproven but I'm mostly writing it down so I don't forget it. I remember reading this description of a cleric in DnD and how it's about godly connection and thats where the powers come from, and by now we all know the connections between Will and Vecna and the parallels, both being 'sensitive' kids, the heavy coding of Henry Creel being queer as well, all of that. And so I was thinking, Will doesn't have powers like El does, but what he does have is a connection with Vecna, a direct link between them and most importantly, their minds.

Vecna uses people's minds to get to them, to show them their fears and insecurities based on their trauma right? What if a final moment is Vecna possessing Will, trying to get the best of him, but similarly to how Max turned the possession to her best memories, Will turns the scenario to Henry's best moments? Because sure, Vecna can throw on him how he's different, how he'll never fit in, how he'll never be loved. But that's a lie. Mike never gave up looking for him, his friends followed every lead. They included him in Halloween and they checked on him when he was down, his mom defended him with every fiber of her being and when Jonathan noticed he was a gay in pain, even if it was unspoken, he hugged him and told him he'd always be there for him. Will wasn't alone, no matter how it felt like it sometimes, and he had the support of the people who mattered most to him. Henry didn't. When he started to show he was different, in more ways than one, he was demonized and ostracized and he found his comfort in power. And Will is sorry for him.

So he tries to show Henry how there were good times in his (Henry's) life– how his mom gave him an art kit too, or how he and his sister used to play when he was little, maybe a moment when his dad taught him something or even moving into the creel house and getting to pick his own room and being a little excited for this new opportunity.

And Will, always the honest and compassionate person he is, he kind of understands. He remembers being bullied, he remembers Lonnie shouting slurs and insults at him, and he things if he was alone too and if he had powers, he might've gone a different road too. And there he is in this vision, facing this scared, 'child' Henry who so young chose a road of darkness and was soon taken into one of the worst places to spend a childhood (under Brenner's control). And he kneels next to him and let's him now that it's ok to be different. How he's sorry he never had that kind of support, that he's been feeling the anger he nurtures all the time– and how that, if he could, he'd help him make things different. But the world is not all evil, not every situation goes how his went, sometimes people get support and love and acceptance and that's the world that's worth making. They can't change the past, but maybe they can change the future.

If this is canonically possible because I did not fact check any of this, I am just ranting, someone with more talent and expertise please build on this.

#will byers #stranger things #henry creel #byler #this is how he uses the power of friendship

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

—Sam Sax :: queer, Jewish poet and the author of "Pig", forthcoming this year from Simon & Schuster.

“Three of my poetry teachers died over the past several years, two during the pandemic. While living, they were this connective tissue to a whole history of letters, a bridge between their students and their teachers before them, and their teachers before them, and so on and so on. One remarked to me, while living, that, after his teacher died, he felt abandoned at the edge of a page, slowly arranging letters, an empty space stretching out before him. When a teacher dies, a whole library is destroyed, and then, if we’re lucky, we inherit a piece of those libraries. I don’t know how to say it other than that.”

Pedagogy

now she’s gone my teacher wants to know where the speaker enters the poem

the wind blows open the screen door & it catches on its chain. outback my neighbors are smoking

a pig to make it last. my teacher only became my teacher after she passed. before that

she was a woman who had lived a long time. as always i am an ungrateful child, a student

first of ingratitude. ungracious as a wasp. a knot in a history of rope your hands don’t notice

as you hold on for dear life. dear life, the speaker is the chain holding the door closed & the wind

is my teacher, the smoke curing meat, my teacher had stories about all the dead poets

which made her, while living, prophetic. proximity is next to godliness. for a woman who had no use

for music or pleasure her writing beats the page until knuckles singe. my speaker wants to know

when the teacher enters the poem, if she ever leaves, if she’s always there in the text shaking her heads

cutting the weeds.

[Thanks Paul Corby]

#teachers #teaching #pedagogy #poem #poetry #Sam Sax #Paul Corby

[themoralgoats]

W. what happened in the moral orel discord ........

Ok for a little anonymity (and to lighten things up for myself) I’m referring to everyone involved other than myself as Moral Orel characters and said characters’ pronouns. Insanely detailed explanation below

For context of what you’re about to read, I’d like to mention that

“Dottie” and “Agnes” stan Clay, like Danielle, hate Bloberta, make these things very clear (like the way they are about it could peeve someone who doesn’t necessarily disagree with them on those feelings) and as you might guess have been what’s been on my mind during multiple posts here complaining about clay stans.

This server was taken off Disboard and had invites turned off due to constant raiders in every public Moral Orel server. They’ve stopped but the owner of the server officially vanished off the internet beforehand. This helped kill the server notably, which probably contributed to the length of the following drama. At the moment any member is allowed to get invites to give friends, and as of today it would be back on disboard (and probably open) if we were technically able to.

Ok so Reverend Putty suggested for defenders of Danielle (the character; to avoid confusion I’m not nicknaming anyone after him, Clay, Shapey, Orel, or Bloberta) that Danielle “did everyone wrong”. Dottie replied saying that he did that “and slayed”. Agnes agreed saying he’s hot too, and the two had a back and forth about how cool Danielle is.

The next day Reverend responded to Agnes saying that he’s not that great, especially compared to a certain background character that’s somewhat of a meme in the server. Agnes said said character is an overhyped background character with no lore, unlike Danielle who does and is also attractive, blond, queer, and mustached with the latter statement having a lot of emojis. She and Dottie had another, shorter back-and-forth of agreement about how Danielle is awesome and the bg character sucks.

Five days later Joe replied to Putty’s message with (and I quote) “L opinion argue wit ya grammy + Danielle did nun wrong in my eyesight 😍 😍 🤭 🤭”.

A day or two later (aka yesterday at the time of me writing this) Reverend Putty responded to Joe by saying he must be blind to not notice him manipulating Bloberta, Clay and Orel on top of every other shitty thing he’s done. Agnes replied with a gif with an L + ratio caption and Dottie said Bloberta deserved it. Agnes and Dottie had their third described back and forth about how blobs sucks, particularly in that she cheated on Clay and forced him into marriage. Reverend Putty said he still stands by his statement that the background character is superior to Danielle and that all the latter’s “lore” revolves around his relationship with Clay.

I argued (on Reverend’s side) that by the logic that what Danielle did is ok because Bloberta “deserves” it, Clay also “deserved” to be manipulated by him and since he still manipulated Orel, pretends Shapey (his son) does not exist, and set the Figurellis’ house on fire, Danielle “deserves” to be labeled inferior to the “godly” (my quote) background character. Agnes and Dottie had their fourth and final recorded here obnoxious back and forth. I was having an incredibly bad day and am an insecure pussy in general so I didn’t get exactly what they said, but I do know they were being assholes and at the end genuinely suggested the fans of the background character (who, I reiterate, is little more than a meme to most of us “fans” of him) wanted to seem 🤩unique🤩.

A mod I’m naming after censordoll came in a while later (a few hours into the next day in my timezone) telling people calm down and be nice. Florence came in and said that she loves Danielle but he sucks and then listed some shitty things he did, and concluded you can love a character and acknowledge they suck. Dottie came back saying it’s true after someone responded to her comment about bloberta forcing him into marriage with “erm”. Censordoll then reiterated that Dottie was being an asshole about it and the way she voiced her opinions could be interpreted as ruse, partly thanks to a concerned message she got. Agnes turned it into what Dottie was suggesting about them once again supposedly getting attacked and censored for voicing an opinion and (her own idea) that the mods were gatekeeping the server. Censordoll said she’s the only active mod and she doesn’t know how to put things on disboard. Cue some arguing between Censordoll and Agnes. Florence called Agnes out for twisting the story and Dottie for again claiming people are getting angry at her for just expressing opinions on characters. Some Danielle Morality and General Character Discussion later things have finally calmed down.

A few hours later (this afternoon in my timezone) people get their last arguments out and Censordoll announces a warning system and there was a bit of discussion about someone else hopefully gaining ownership of the server. That’s all for now and I hope for the next few months.

#im sorry @ anyone who was actually there and is reading this this must sound so fucking cringe

[luesmainblog]

i’ve been thinking a lot lately about the recent events in my country, and to be frank, i feel i have a patriotic duty to get political for a moment. The United State of America is not a christian theocracy, nor should it be. The american constitution promises a right to Life, Liberty, the Pursuit of Happiness. we are promised Religious Freedom, and Freedom of Speech. all of these things are values I hold dear to my heart. i have been taught from childhood to believe in them, and to love them, and even now as an adult capable of thinking critically about what i have been taught, i still do. and with that comes an acceptance of different forms of life. i do not believe you can honestly call yourself a patriotic american in one breath, and then dictate that the laws should be changed because of what the bible says in the next. being able to force your own beliefs onto others is NOT a part of religious freedom; when you use the bible to defend your positions in how the law should be changed or upheld, you are explicitly denying your fellow americans their right to religious freedom. it does not matter how deeply you believe these things, it does not matter how immoral you consider it to not follow them, it does not matter how deeply you believe that these beliefs come from your god and not from yourself. you do not have the right to force others into your own beliefs. if you do not have a nonreligious argument for your stance, then you do not have an argument. I am religious myself. i have my beliefs, i have things i believe in deeply, and i’m fully aware of how they effect my views on morals, and politics, and how i feel the world ought to be. and yet, i don’t demand that the calenders be changed to include my holidays and practices. and yet, i don’t throw a fit when i’m wished good times for a holiday i don’t celebrate. and yet, i keep my religion out of the discussion when the time comes to speak of politics. and yet, i do not bring my beliefs into every conversation i have in the hopes that i might convert everyone around me. and yet, when atrocities are committed against things that others hold sacred, i am saddned, even though they hold no meaning to me. because i respect your constitutional right to believe in whatever gods you fucking want to, and live according to that. but if your god demands that you ignore that right, that you throw that respect to the wind, that you judge all around you for not adhereing to YOUR ways, then your god has no place in the laws of america. if you demand that transgender people be forced to live as what you want them to be because “that’s how god made them”, you are not a patriot. if you cheer when the government bans abortion because “the soul is created at conception”, you are not a patriot. if you allow the government to dictate what consenting adults do within their own bedrooms because “there’s only one godly way to do it”, you are not a patriot. if you refuse to accept your social responsibility to prevent the deaths of your fellow americans, you are not a patriot. if you are ITCHING to unload your guns onto your fellow americans because they’re liberals and queers and heretics, you are NOT a patriot. if you stand with the government figures who seek to deny us our rights because it aligns with your view of the bible, then you are not patriotic. you are a fucking traitor, and you will be the reason that america falls.

#rant #political #american politics #tw #abortion #homophobia #transphobia #long post #violence #i'm so fucking sick of these right-wing confederates dictating that THEIR way is the american way. #i get it. the right has had a stranglehold on the idea of patriotism for a long time now. #nationalism is built on that. #and having any pride in this country is pretty fucking hard when it continues to be this disgusting #and when it's very foundation is built on racism and opression and the genocide of natives. #but god damn y'all i am so SICK of letting THEM dictate what it means to be a Real American. #if we want to fix what america started as then we need to begin with what it is NOW. #and don't think for a SECOND that i am forgetting about everything we've already been angry about this whole time. #the murders of black children. the antisemetism. the oppression of all things queer. the islamophobia. #it's all fucking interconnected. #and right now i'm mad at the source more than anything else. #removing evangelical christianity from politics would not magically solve everything #but it would be a FUCKING improvement. #white supremecy would not have nearly the leg to stand on it has if it wasn't so deeply tied into people's religious beliefs.

[beloved-not-broken]

thoughts on mad at god by sarah saint james?

Hey, anon!

I hadn't heard the song before so I thought you were referring to a book 😅

Reading the lyrics, I figured the singer was dealing with family tension as a result of being queer, and that her anger was moreso directed at her religious mother for telling her that being gay is sinful. (Her story sounds similar to those of queer folks who grew up in conservative religious families.)

Genius provided this helpful artist summary:

"After going viral on TikTok, Sarah Saint James releases ‘mad at god’, covering her experiences as a plus size, queer female from a small town in Australia."

And Sarah herself (I'm assuming) wrote a bio explaining the meaning behind the song. (Content warning - the following quote mentions being suicidal.)

At age 15 Sarah had spent half of her life bullied for her weight and sexuality. She was trapped in an unsupportive environment that stacked the odds against her because she wasn’t who other people expected her to be. Her viral breakthrough ‘mad at god’ provides an intimate snapshot into her heart-wrenching mindset as a teenager and revisits the depth of her desperation, “I swear to God, I know that this might hurt but I promise it’s your fault.” Sarah contemplated suicide to spite God for not helping her, even though she prayed every night that she would wake up skinny and straight, and find somewhere she belonged, “I never go to parties, cause I never get invited, but I never ever make new friends.”

The song is raw, it's emotional, and it conveys the heartbreak of rejection and disappointment with God that's all too familiar to anyone who identifies as LGBTQ—Christian or otherwise.

This is also one of the only songs I've heard that conveys the pain of growing up religious and being plus-size. Diet culture and purity culture are intertwined, especially in white evangelical communities like the ones I was raised in. And unfortunately, the effects are devastating and long-lasting. (I got to share some of my experiences on an episode of the Kingdom Now podcast called "Thinness is Not Next to Godliness.")

Overall, the song resonates with people for good reason. As Sarah said in her bio, “I want people to take the stories of my life and songs into their own lives and feel empowered and excited. It felt impossible for me at the time, but I know now that life really does get better.”

Those are my thoughts - what about yours? What part of the song resonates with you the most?

#cw suicide mention #cw fat shaming #(implied) #cw religious trauma #asks #anon

[letterboxdafficionado]

cathy "cult of domesticity" moriarty

If scholars have viewed religious men of the ex-gay movement as an example of the way hegemonic masculinity is in conversation with “Godly masculinity”, Cathy Moriarty could be seen as an example of hegemonic and Godly masculinity working in conversation with the cult of “domesticity” and Godly femininity (Gerber, Lynne. 2018. "Grits, Guts, and Vanilla Beans: Godly Masculinity in the Ex-Gay Movement." Pp.252-262 in Gendered Lives, Sexual Beings: A Feminist Anthology, edited by J. Misra, M. Stewart, and M. Brown. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications). Dominant cultural gender roles for both men and women are similar, but not identical, to their counterparts in the Christian context, and the side of this coin as it speaks to the limited power of women in Christian communities holds interesting implications for the queer community. Clearly, hegemonic masculinity’s assertion of male dominance over women and the historical Christian reality that power in the church is to be reserved for the hands of men have pushed Christian women who wish to involve themselves in the church to either withdraw to isolated spaces like convents or to involve themselves only in accordance with their dominant cultural role as nurturers. 

The only power allotted to religious women (who are in their own right a repressed group) is that of the cult of domesticity. If these women cannot monopolize control over their domain - the children, family, moral/political life - then what do they have? This narrative was so powerful that it was used by 19th century activist women (abolitionists, suffragists) to justify their involvement in political life by focusing on issues which most directly impacted the family and morality. Thus, in the same way that men with patriarchal power lashing out against minority groups is seen as an attempt to hold onto their hegemonic power, religious women’s involvement in the anti-LGBT religious movement may be seen as an attempt to retain power over the family structure, which is their domain. Or, at the very least, the portrayal of Cathy as the head of True Directions speaks to a perception that religious women hold some authority over this subject.

When queer people, especially those whose families have “done everything right” and raised them in accordance with the church like Megan’s, attempt to upset or subvert this Christian family structure, it must be fixed in order to align them with their “natural places” in the power order of the church community. And who better to do the fixing than a woman who is able to embody her role as a Christian woman perfectly? This is where Cathy comes in. She is able to function as a leader in the ex-gay movement due to her perceived authority on topics such as the installation of gender roles, the family structure, piety, and sexuality. These values, which are viewed as the domain of Christian women, are then far more strongly instilled in the girls’ True Directions curriculum more than the boys’ (which is focused on things like sports, work, and cars). She teaches the girls how to clean and cook, how to care for children, and most importantly how to center their lives around men. Cathy is empowered not only by her own compliance with a feminine role, but her enforcement of it on the next generation. 

[bigshoeswamp]

8, 34, 39 <3

Hey!! Thanks for the asks <2

8: Want any tattoos?

I have 4 and I'm pretty happy with them at the moment, but i really really want to do one more in the future. Post top-op, I wanna do a tattoo with wild roses branches going from under the scars to the middle of my chest, and then in the middle, a rose stained glass from utena broken into pieces (but still reminiscent of a circular shape). It will take years still tho, since i haven't even done the top-op

i might also do one inspired by this stanza from franny choi's poem "catastrophe is next to godliness":

Lord, I confess I want the clarity of catastrophe but not the catastrophe. Like everyone else, I want a storm I can dance in. I want an excuse to change my life.

But i'm not sure what exactly

34: What I find attractive in women

Hmm, thinking about it, the only women i've fallen for/ had a crush on were people i admire, who are firm and responsible on their conduct and, this part is kind of funny, who are at the same time charismatic but hard to know deeply. Also... tattoos and looking queer in some way are a bonus

39: My favorite ice cream flavor

Pistacchio! This one was easy lmao

#thaanks #this was fun <3 #big shoe answers

[equipper]

Dear friend,

At Family Research Council, we often reference Scripture in our correspondence with our supporters. Today, I want to emphasize a verse that I am sure you have read frequently. Genesis 1:27 reads, "So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them."

According to the inspired Word of God, the words "male" and "female" are unique distinctions in God's creation story. Not only are we all created in God's image, but we are also each designed as one of two biological sexes--all to reflect the glory of God!

As Christians, we can reflect on Genesis 1:27 and celebrate God's intentional design.

But our culture is increasingly rejecting God's design and championing a radical gender identity ideology that is making inroads in every facet of our society: schools, government, military, businesses, media, and even churches.

No place is off-limits, but thankfully, more and more people are waking up to this harmful ideology and declaring, "Enough is enough!"

FRC will continue to sound the alarm and inform believers like you about this radical mindset... but we need your support. Your generous gift will help counter this dangerous ideology and magnify a biblical worldview.

The conservative pushback is growing.

First, there was a swift backlash from parents and conservatives when leaks revealed Disney was purposefully "queering" films and programs aimed at children. Angry moms and dads canceled their Disney trips and Disney+ subscriptions in response to the company's woke agenda.

Then news exploded that State Farm was joining efforts with GenderCool, an extreme group whose mission is to recruit children to the transgender movement. The company's goal was to enroll as many as 550 State Farm employees and flood local libraries and schools with transgender books aimed at children as young as five.

Customers and employees were outraged over State Farm's transgender book drive. The company was inundated with complaints, and the public outcry led to the insurance company breaking ties with the GenderCool book project.

Other Big Business CEOs took notice of the State Farm firestorm and pulled their brands from partnering with GenderCool.

The backlash had a sweeping impact because people were willing to take a stand and use their voices to say NO to the sexual indoctrination of children.

America is waking up to woke corporations, but we must continue to draw a bold line and hold these corporations accountable.

Children are not fodder for indoctrination purposes and must be protected.

It will take a concerted effort to stop the radical sexual agenda in our nation, but every voice makes a difference, especially the voices of parents and grandparents. Will you partner with FRC and join the conservative pushback?

We are equipping pastors and leaders--through initiatives like our Stand Courageous ministry--to preach the whole counsel of God regarding biblical sexuality and the inherent value of every unborn child. FRC is also working at the federal, state, and local levels to educate policymakers and legislators to advance pro-faith, pro-family, and pro-freedom policies.

Our commitment to honoring godly principles manifests itself in two primary ways: spiritually (being rooted and grounded in the Word of God and prayer) and actively engaging with our representative government (using our voices in the public square).

From State Farm to the State Department, we can make a difference when we take a bold, consistent stand.

We must push back and promote a biblical worldview and God's beautiful design for human sexuality and marriage. Will you stand and partner with us?

Thank you in advance for joining FRC's vital mission to impact the culture and advance faith, family, and freedom both now and for the next generation.

For America,

Lt. Gen. (US Army-Ret.) William G. Boykin

Executive Vice President

FRC Action