When will we see him smile for real?
dating and relationships r so boring i want whatever these two were doing
swevani-deactivated20170107
the number one surefire way to make people remember something is to annoy them so here’s an annoying announcement that some of the douchebags i keep seeing are gonna get mad at and then remember because it made them mad
[sidenote: gay/bi/pan/etc, trans, and ace are not mutually exclusive identities and this comic does not imply that. just in case anyone tries to get picky. you can be het-ace-trans and acephobic/biphobic, aro-gay-trans and homophobic, etc etc. endless possibilities exist for being a shitty person.]
skelediddly
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dokan-satoshi
🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
stunningpicture
My 7 year old son was shot down by his 1st grade teacher
kastortheunlockable
The american public education system in a nutshell tho
svviggle
My third grade teacher actually had a conversation with my mom that I was reading to well and told her to stop having me read at home
My first grade teacher said that it was problematic that I was reading ahead of the rest of the kids in my grade and asked my parents to stop letting me read Harry Potter.
My fourth grade teacher thought it was wrong for my dad to be teaching me complex math because it fascinated me.
My elementary school music teacher hated the way my piano teacher taught me, and how I was more advanced than many of her students, and so told me, in front of my peers and my mother, that I was not good enough to participate in the state solo festival. She would not give me the form. We had to procure it from the district instead. She also hated how I excelled at reading and playing music for the recorder, and so she refused to give me my “belts” (colored beads to signify our level) and humiliated me in front of the class repeatedly.
My eighth grade algebra teacher used to fail me on take home tests because I didn’t solve problems exactly the way she showed us in class; I used methods that we had learned for other types of problems that also applied to these. She took points off my tests because I didn’t bring a calculator even though I got 100% without it, because I was able to do it by hand. I had to call my father, who is an engineer, down to the school to shout her down and give me back my A in the class.
My 10th grade Spanish teacher yelled at me in front of the class numerous times because she didn’t like the way I took notes; she thought that since I didn’t write every word off the slide, I wasn’t getting it all down. I had to explain to her that people who have taken advanced courses, like AP or IB classes, know that in a fast-paced learning environment you need to take quick shorthand notes that contain the necessary information rather than wasting time writing every word. She almost gave me detention.
My 11th grade English teacher gave me a poor mark on my first short essay because she believed that I was looking up unnecessarily complex words in a thesaurus to try and get better marks. The phrases in question: “laced with expletives” and “bombarded”. She wouldn’t hear any defense from me.
My 11th grade history teacher failed me on an essay about the 1950s because I misread the prompt. Except the prompt wasn’t words; it was a political cartoon. One of the figures was clearly president Eisenhower, but the other I couldn’t place. My teacher would not tell us who it was. I labelled him as the governor of Little Rock Arkansas during the integration period, and wrote an essay about that subject. My teacher said that no, it was Joseph McCarthy, and that there was a small picture of the man in our textbook and therefore I should have recognized him instantly. Half the class, apparently, did not.
The American school system is not here to educate us or to encourage us to learn; it’s here to keep us in line and silent. It’s here to keep us from deviating and being our own people and forming our own ideas. Don’t let it win.
dont get too caught up in thinking youre not good enough at art for your age
there is no age limit for learning or beginning art like your artistic career isnt over if youre not perfect and amazing by the "old" age of mid 20s and i know its hard to not compare yourself to younger people who you think are more talented or have more followers than you but this mindset is not good for anyone...
Hawks’ Bird-like traits headcanons
I simultaneously love and hate him so much >:(
imo the only birb thing he can’t do is lay an egg but i think thats up for debate with the rest of the fandom- But imagine him actually being pretty bird-like pfft
- Has a small obsession with shiny objects and will immediately turn to look at one
- Like if one of his friends is wearing a bracelet/ring, he will subconsciously pick up their hand and fiddle with it
- He will also accidentally repeat phrases and tunes he’s heard from people passing him, in the same way birds mimic sounds and words
- Same with the little head-bop they do. If someone is jamming out to music, guaranteed Hawks is jamming with them
- This brought on a little game in his agency: ‘Who can make the bird man say the weirdest thing/bop to the strangest song’
- His agency’s building really isn’t a place for quiet people
- Another thing would be that Hawks would have brilliant eyesight, but you’ll catch him moving his head around more often because he finds it difficult to move his eyes quickly
- Peep this boy trying to suppress nesting instincts lmfaoo
- But having the coziest, safest bed in the world
- But also him looking longingly at items he wants in his bed but refusing to buy them because he’s a big, strong hero who doesn’t need the extremely soft blanket
- Gods, he wants it though T^T
- A lot of bird species are also monogamous(typically only one mate at a time/for life), so when he catches feelings…he catches feelings hard
- Enjoys spoiling his s/o with small gifts of anything that caught his eye
- Has a scary strong grip and way above average reflexes
- screams for attention prove me wrong
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bigbisonburger
Gamers talking about pc specs
me saying hi! with my keyboard
masochist-incarnate
This is a wretched form of code. I will reward you
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since deciphering this shits fuckin WORK lemme make it easy n just show y'all:
This made my angry but also very happy
nabasynth
any other witchy people in the studyblr community? thinking about posting the details of a simple spell i did today for renewed energy, focus and motivation, if there's any interest 🖤✨
iamthatfuckingbrownbarbie-deact
- HONEY HISTORY -
Throughout history, honey has been associated with sweet and pleasant things because of its rich, thick flavor. Honey began its trek to greatness thousands of years ago, whereas Witchcraft has only been prominently known for around five hundred years. Therefore, it can also be respected for its age and usefulness.
Traditionally, honey jars have been used to promote and invoke kindness, joy, love, good will, and harmony. And the word 'honeymoon' comes from the use of honey mead in ancient times, given to the newlyweds to aid them with fertility.
It’s always appropriate to leave offerings of honey at a gravesite. In addition, the folklore of a number of societies indicates that a blend of honey and milk is an acceptable offering to a deity. In particular, honey is sacred to Aphrodite, the goddess of love and beauty.
In Hindu texts, honey is described as one of the five sacred elixirs of immortality. The Buddhist faith celebrates Madhu Purnima, which honors the day that Buddha made peace among his disciples - and honey is given as a gift to monks in his honor.
-BEE SYMBOLISM-
- Productivity
- Strong Work Ethic
- Peace
- Community
- Togetherness
- Success
- Overcoming Difficulties
- Providence
- Sweetness
- Protection
- Defence
As bees are not actually designed to be able to fly, their drive and will to succeed and overcome their limitations gave them the ability to adapt and evolve into the flying creatures. As such, bees are a beautiful reminder of our ability to overcome difficulties in our own life.
-HONEY PROPERTIES-
- Good Fortune
- Love
- Fertility
- Ancestor Worship
- Purification
- Romance
- Happiness
- Success
- Beauty
- Healing
- HONEY’S COLOR -
The color of honey varies depending on the flowers from which the honey has been derived. If a colony of bees gets their flowers in Autumn, the color of their honey will be much darker than we’re typically familiar with. If the flowers bloom in Summer instead of the later months, you’ll see the more infamous shade of yellow/golden syrup.
With the usual color correspondences, gold stands for wealth, prosperity, abundance, good luck, and fertility. This makes honey perfect for money magic, as well as magic for general abundance. Since honey’s golden shade also represents good luck, an abundance spell done with honey doesn’t have to be super specific because it already brings good luck. For instance, if you were to do an abundance spell that wasn’t super specific without honey (or another good luck ingredient), then it could bring an abundance of sickness or loss or absence of some sort.
If you have access to some darker, autumnal honey, it can be used for earth magic because of its brownish color. Use it for animal magic, earth magic, spring and summer sabbats, and other such forms of Witchcraft.
…I didn’t want to be the one to start this because, as a white person, I’m not qualified to speak on this topic. But I’ve yet to see any serious, ongoing discussions about racism in pagan and witch communities. That can’t slide.
Pagans and witches are not exempt from returning sovereignty to Black, Indigenous, and Witches/Pagans of Color in our communities. It’s time to act and make these changes in our spaces.
Allyship is an ongoing practice that doesn’t end, and this list of “do’s” and “don’t’s” is only meant to get you started. I’m sure this list is far from complete, so if you’re BIPOC and want me to add anything, I’ll gladly do so. Readers, please check back on the OP periodically for these contributions.
Please read all the way through before reblogging.
Things you can do:
Afford BIPOC communal and cultural influence in ALL pagan/witchy spaces, be they Wiccan, Heathen, Hellenic, etc. Paganism and witchcraft are global and intersectional. BIPOC influence in paganism and witchcraft does not begin and end with BIPOC-specific magic and practices.
Confront your internalized racism. I promise you have it, and ignoring it won’t solve it. Having internalized racism doesn’t make you a bad person, but it DOES mean you’re responsible for working on it. Begin by examining any racist tendencies you may have. Sit with it and educate yourself on what you can do to move past it.
Buy direct from BIPOC! Support BIPOC-created art and spiritual shops! If you can’t support financially, use your social media platforms to boost shop links and other BIPOC-created content. Buying from BIPOC also allows for cultural appreciation rather than appropriation.
Use your privilege as a white person to uplift the voices of BIPOC in witch and pagan communities. This looks like giving platform to their thoughts and feelings without trying to co-opt their message for yourself. Find blog posts written by BIPOC that talk about racism or appropriation in our spaces and give them platform.
Recognize helpful allyship vs. performative allyship. Saying you hate racism or that the gods hate racism is a nice sentiment, but unfortunately it doesn’t actually do anything to solve racism. Make sure you back it up with allyship that actively helps BIPOC in our communities!
Read the following: Closed cultures are cultures that have experienced (or are currently experiencing) aggressive colonization and have decided to close off their cultures to their colonizers. In this case of Black Cultures, Indigenous Cultures, and Cultures of Color, their colonizers are white people. White people have only ever been colonized by other white people so white people can’t close their cultures to BIPOC. There. Now you know how that works.
Some Don’t’s:
Don’t appropriate. Seriously. This is baseline at this point. We all start at a place of ignorance, but it’s our job as white witches and pagans to learn what’s appropriation and what isn’t. This includes adapting your practice if you discover you’re appropriating. If you know you appropriate and defend it, you admit your magic only works because it’s stolen. Do you think this truly serves you or anyone else?
Don’t compare the subjugation of BIPOC to the burning of witches or being part of a religious minority. No matter your intention is with this, it won’t come off as commiseration or showing sympathy. Racism is a systemic form of oppression that can’t be compared to any other kind of prejudice. Understand that you can’t understand.
Avoid being a “white savior.” Tackling racism isn’t supposed to feel comfortable, rewarding, or heroic for a white person. It should actually feel like shadow-work. Likewise, don’t expect acclaim or reward for proper allyship.
Don’t work with spirits, deities, or concepts from closed cultures unless it’s permitted by that culture, and only within the context permitted. If you think a spirit from a closed culture is trying to interact with you, seek out a community-recognized spiritual leader from that spirit’s culture to talk to about it.
Don’t say “politics should stay out of spiritual spaces” when it comes to human rights issues. There’s many problems with this: First, Human rights issues and politics are very different. Second, if you want to have a truly inclusive environment, that environment needs to be intersectional. This means allowing other identities to overlap into paganism and witchcraft, including their issues. Regardless of your intention, it’s oppressive to deny room for those issues for the sake of “love and light.” Your “love and light” is not about healing, then, but about maintaining the status-quo.
Remember, true justice isn’t something that happens after a wrong. It’s something that prevents that wrong from ever happening. If we want justice in our pagan and witchcraft communities, we need to do the right work to achieve it.
hasleftthechat-deactivated20211
YOU DO NOT NEED STUFF TO BE A WITCH.
Do not allow capitalism to define your spirituality.
If you want things, cool. Be responsible. Do as little harm as you can.
But I've been a confirmed witch for over 20 years. Listen to me when I tell you, all you need is an immaculate will and other internal elements that no object can possibly touch.
Objects are useful to help focus your attention. But they are not necessary. Stuff is not necessary.
Blessed Fucking Be.
the quartz you find just in the desert is just as good as the shit you buy. if not better because you know where it came from, defiantly ethically acquired