relief society president of antifa

Amanda, 35, she/her. Pastry chef, chronic autodidact, lay minister, and public theologian. Friend of wasps.

[actualmermaid]

Pinned Post, 2025 Edition

Little bit of blog housekeeping since I'm getting active in fandom again.

I am: Amanda, 35, she/her, married butch lesbian.

I have an English degree, which is why I work in food service [laugh track]. In all seriousness, I've been baking since before I could read, and I now make my living as a pastry chef.

Other interests include medieval history, media literacy, plants and animals, and religion. I'm an Episcopalian lay minister and public theologian.

I've been on tumblr since 2010. I've seen it all.

AO3

[victusinveritas]

Polish folks LARPing as Americans, some photographs of (by Maciej Margielski)

More phots here.

More info on the LARP (4th of July) here. (You can join this year's, there are still spots left.)

[musteilss]

Five hundred cigarettes

[json-derulo]

for sale: Baby Shoes Stylish Infant Boy Girl Unisex First Walker Shoes Toddler Walking Crib Shoes Lightweight Non-Slip Sneakers For 6 9 12 18 24 Months Baby Shoes New With Tags New In Box Excellent Condition Never Worn

[girlcodedhamlet]

it's very frustrating seeing otherwise well-structured posts about media literacy and critical thinking bookended with statements about "nowadays", "nobody has literacy anymore", "this generation is so anti-intellectual", and the like, unquestioningly falling into better past fallacies.

Do we really think the 80s and its Satanic Panic were better at critical thinking? what about the 40s? the Victorian era? societies have always had problems with critical thinking and literacy, because most societies have dealt with propaganda, corrupt leadership, difficulty providing education (due to poverty or discrimination or other issues), and/or people who resist critical thinking (due to privilege or circumstance or what have you). we can criticize media trends without pulling a "well back in the GOOD OLD DAYS" about it.

[deadpowol]

[langernameohnebedeutung]

Schism? Schism today?

[langernameohnebedeutung]

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[turuin]

Wow, I didn't have "catholic schism" on my 2026 bingo card

[mygogglesdosomething]

Schism today

[bedridden-victorian-child]

@heresylog

[townofcrosshollow]

Just to be clear to anybody, especially in the USA because I know that Catholicism isn't as common there, this is not a cool rebellion against authority. While some traditionalist Catholics are purely interested in ecumenical things like the Latin mass, in the USA a significant portion of the movement for traditionalism is made up of violent antisemites. The "church's understanding of, and relationship with Judaism" they reference here is the idea that all Jews are not solely personally responsible for the death of Jesus

[dyke-for-christ]

Yeah, so, do you know how unbelievably too conservative you have to be to be excommunicated from the Catholic Church? This isn’t a cute little rebellion against the pope’s authority or a mild disagreement, it’s partially that but more importantly it’s because SSPX is hardline Latin Mass only, no religious freedom, women can’t wear pants, oh, and Jews killed Jesus anti-Vatican II sect. They’re the kind of people who HATE the pretty minor changes to Mass and seem to believe in tradition for its own sake. In 1988, they consecrated bishops without the approval of the pope and were excommunicated, only for Pope Benedict 16 (I don’t know the Roman numerals) give them a slap on the wrist and brought them back into the fold for the sake of unity. Decades later, they have the pure audacity to do it again, I suspect they either knew they’d get excommunicated again and didn’t care or were bold enough to assume they’d get a different result. Either way, good riddance and I hope they learn their lesson this time.

[tahthetrickster]

did a bit of driving through the state of georgia today and wound up driving through a small town that i later discovered was called newborn, which is an odd name but doesn’t technically have anything wrong with it, except for the fact that i nearly gave myself whiplash doing a double-take at a building sign advertising NEWBORN TAXIDERMY

[lorillee]

big tshirt that says YOUR INTERPRETATIONS MUST HAVE A STRONG BASIS IN THE SOURCE MATERIAL on the front and I HATE FUN on the back

[uququ]

the pagan origins of the fourth of july

[lustcannibalism]

you guys can’t fucking do anything

[carosbee]

No creativity no innovation no nothing. Just dead minds where a living organ once sat, torn out in pieces by an unfeeling machine in the name of shares.

[paradigm-adrift]

I accidentally did a Wikipedia binge about 1st wave feminism and fashion and stumbled upon the 1890s bicycle suit. Do people know about this? Why didn't anyone tell me about this? This is dope as hell.

It's old-fashioned. It's modern. It's butch. It's femme. It's snazzy. It's practical.

Wikipedia talks about the bloomers and the leg-o-mutton sleeves, but I'm also noticing a lot of these outfits have absolute supervillain lapels, which I also like a lot.

[captain-kit-adventuress]

finally, someone else giving some love to the much-slept-on bicycle suit.

[oneheadtoanother]

[divinum-pacis]

Pope Leo XIV prays with the Archbishop of Canterbury, Sarah Mullally, left, in the Urban VIII Chapel inside the Apostolic Palace, at the Vatican, Monday, April 27, 2026. (Vatican Media via AP)

[bellabs-dream-lab]

Just remembered I had this screenshot on my phone somewhere and had to post it here because it really speaks to me

[free-and-to-none-accountable]

Actually it's super rude and problematic of you dismiss my vapid outsider critiques :/ People who have absolutely no idea what the hell they're even talking about deserve to be heard too :/

[pollyoliverrr]

Just hear me out...Hans in this...

[olli-ii]