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jen|made of blood and salt and witchcraft|artist, writer, witch, pagan|found mostly in the twilight zones of ohio, dreaming of a bayou

[easternhawk]

[little-urban-witch]

“You have to be in a calm, peaceful, positive mindset to work magic!”

No.

Magic isn’t some pixie-dust fairy tale cure that can only do good.

Magic is power. It is chaos, change, control.

I will not quell my emotions to suit your ‘magic’. Flowers will bloom with my laughter and hell fire will rain down with my fury.

Emotions do not weaken my magic. They make it stronger.

[coeykuhn]

Creature that was in my dream the other night, I wanted to draw it <3 It wouldn’t stop whispering. -COEY! ________

[newblogisjacindaelena]

by Ray Rhodes

[one-big-hassle]

My friend sent me this after she won 3000 dollars off a scratch off. Reblog so that you can have good luck too

[goluxexmachina]

that’s a lot of dollars

[lohrien]

Illustrations by Lisa Falzon

website l shop

[blood-root-blog1]

[fumbletongue]

“Blessed Be” Alternatives

Some people are uncomfortable when you bless them. Here are alternatives you can use so you don’t insult or offend people who don’t want your blessings:

“Good health to you”

“Happiness to you and yours”

“Fair winds”

“Farewell”

“Sweet water and light laughter till we next meet”

“May your journey be swift”

“Well met”

“Until our paths cross again”

“Good fortune to you”

“Pleasant travels”

“May your forge burn bright”

“Until then”

“To your health”

“Guidance and clarity find you”

Feel free to add some you use or enjoy.

[thistletongue]

Nice to see my stuff still circulates.

[jackthebard]

Just remember. There is no such thing as a fake geek girl. There are only fake geek boys. Science fiction was invented by a woman.

[sourcedumal]

[shuttersmiley]

Specifically a teenage girl. You know, someone who would be a part of the demographic that some of these boys are violently rejecting.

[foxsan-deactivated20140515]

Isaac Asimov.

[sim0nbaz-deactivated20170205]

yo mary shelley wrote frankenstein in 1818 and isaac asimov was born in 1920 so you kinda get my point

[fancyeliza-deactivated20200804]

If you want to push it back even further Margaret Cavendish, the duchess of Newcastle (1623-1673) wrote The Blazing World in 1666, about a young woman who discovers a Utopian world that can only be accessed via the North Pole - oft credited as one of the first scifi novels

Women have always been at the forefront of literature, the first novel (what we would consider a novel in modern terms) was written by a woman (Lady Muraskai’s the Tale of Genji in the early 1000s) take your snide “Isaac Asimov” reblogs and stick it

even in terms of male scifi authors, asimov was predated by Jules Verne, HG Wells, George Orwell, you could have even cited Poe or Jonathan Swift has a case but Asimov?

PbbBFFTTBBBTBTTBBTBTTT so desperate to discredit the idea of Mary Shelly as the mother of modern science fiction you didn’t even do a frickin google search For Shame

[cryptovalid]

And if you want to go back even further, the first named, identified author in history was Enheduanna of Akkad, a Sumerian high priestess.

[gunthatshootsennui]

Kinda funny, considering this Isaac Asimov quote on the subject:

Mary Shelley was the first to make use of a new finding of science which she advanced further to a logical extreme, and it is that which makes Frankenstein the first true science fiction story.

[deathcomes4u]

Even Isaac Asimov ain’t having none of your shit, not even posthumously.

[velocigrey-deactivated20160825]

You know what else was invented by women? Masked vigilantes, the precursor to the modern superhero. Baroness Emma Orczy wrote The Scarlet Pimpernel in 1905. The character would later inspire better known masked vigilantes such as Zorro and Batman.

[geekinlibrariansclothing]

Got that?

[bettieleetwo]

Stick that in your international pipe and smoke it

[la-knight]

I have literally been telling people this for over a year.

[athenadark]

the first extended prose piece - ie a novel, was not, as many male scholars will shout, Don Quixote (1605) but The Tale of Genji (1008) written by a woman

[thepsychicclam]

The first autobiography ever written in English is also attributed to a woman, The Book of Margery Kempe (1430s).

[ladynorbert]

The day may come when I find this post and do not reblog it, but it is not this day.

[breelandwalker]

On the day when I stop reminding geekboys who shame the female geek contingent that WE STARTED THIS SHIT, you’ll all be getting a visit from my cackling ghost. Who will then proceed to reblog this FOR ALL ETERNITY.

[metaflesh-deactivated20180415]

a good thing to do for your friends with anxiety disorders: if you have a question you need to ask them or something you need to tell them, explain the subject of the question/the statement in the same message as your opening one!

so basically: instead of saying “can i ask you a question?” and sending just that (which, as a person with an anxiety disorder, makes my anxiety go into hyperdrive) go “can i ask you a question about ___?”

it’s a little thing but honestly few things make me anxious like “i have a question for you” or “there’s something i need to tell you” without immediate explanation. thanks!

[briedoof]

“call me, nothing is wrong, just wanna talk on the phone” would be so much better than “Call me.”

[endlace]

Actually please to all of this please.

[awkwardprincessally]

YES PLEASE.

[thecheshirecass-deactivated2018]

YES THIS OK????? Like I have trained my husband to say “nothing bad, I just need to call you because it’s too much to type.” It helps SO MUCH. Just let me prepare myself, because I guarantee my imagination will take me to much much darker places.

[revanchistsuperstar]

Might I add, if someone with anxiety has just said something to you that’s a lot to process, and you need some time to think about what to say in response, please consider a quick “I’m not ignoring you, I need to think about what to say and I don’t want to say the wrong thing.”

Because that definitely saves your friend with anxiety a lot of strife and assuming they’ve ruined your friendship forever. Nothing is crueler than a “Seen 2:25pm” when it’s 10am the next day and you’re waiting on a reply to a huge confession.

[howto-joelheyman]

Normally I don’t acknowledge my anxiety very much but to any of my friends this would genuinely be helpful. Thanks 

[breelandwalker]

Ugh, ALL OF THIS. And somebody tell all of our parents about the message thing. Because “I need to talk to you, please call me” is fucking nerve-shattering, and so is five missed calls with minimal or no voicemail.

Just…two seconds to say “Nothing’s wrong, I just want to talk about [SUBJECT].” Is that so much to ask?

[hushaby]

[eruphadriel]

[rainydayscoffeeandbooks-deactiv]

Girl of crows and roses. omfg. That’s the prettiest thing ever.

[silviashadow-deactivated2016062]

Girl of Fire and Sun I’m feeling some accuracy here @nadiabaron

[nadiabaron-blog]

King of Wolves and Ash…freakin awesome. Don’t know about the wolves and ash part but I would rather be a king than a queen lol

[soulfulwanderingofawarlock]

My spouses is Women of Wolves and Wolves…

[randumbone]

Woman of Bones and Bones… That’s so not fair….

[tomiehills]

Girl of Bones and Roses. Yesss. 😍 @little-witchh

[one-of-the-birds]

Hmm I got “Boy of Ash & Moss”… I think that fits my fiance ( @weldman94) a hell of a lot more. Did his and it fits me (Girl of Wolves & Bones). Kitka, what is yours?? As your best friend I need to know

[castironjackelope]

Prince of Wolves and Shadow. …. is my YA novel about Old One Eye?

[bywandandsword]

Queen of Ravens & Blood I’m the Morrigan apparently

[cunningcelt]

The Queen of Bones and Iron.

I shall no longer be answering to anything else.

[blood-root-blog1]

The Kingdom of Wolves and Fire. I like.

[alongfalltothetop-deactivated20]

Witchcraft: The ancient art of sneaking into the woods to put small objects in felt bags.

[eclecticwitcheryafoot]

Witchcraft: The ancient art of hoarding jars around your house and throwing random objects in them because reasons.

[alethiometrix]

Witchcraft: the ancient art of lighting candles and yelling at them.

[meritinpu-deactivated20190109]

Witchcraft: the ancient art of collecting random objects for possible spells but never use half of them

[satyinepu]

Witchcraft: The Ancient art of hording kitchen spices and rocks

[thecottonproject]

A quick little comic for class. (I am a plant witch.)

[lemonplanter]

That did not go where I was expecting it to.

[stayupallday-sleepupallnight]

My haunted mansion guest room is finally finished and I love how it turned out. Tomb sweet tomb!!

[handmadepride]

Click here for more DIYs.

[sizvideos]

Woman Surprise Her Girlfriend With The News She Will Be Her Kidney Donor - Watch the full video

[possessedcreampuff]

OH MY GOD THIS IS LOVE

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