Mantilla & Converse

Catholic. Mom. Teacher. Fangirl (disaffected). Zutara salt shaker. Unironically enjoys banjo music. Je parle français aussi.

[vesicapiscean]

bats swimming

[kirkendauhl-v2]

[keepcatholic]

[catie-does-things]

[emziess]

Rocky + Movement Project Hail Mary (2026) dir. Phil Lord, Chris Miller

[ddestroyangels]

Crucifixion With Mary Magdalene Kneeling And Weeping by Francesco Hayez, 1827

Brera Academy of Fine Arts, Milan

[gloriousclio]

Luke Skywalker put away his targeting computer to destroy the Death Star so I don't need AI to help me write an email.

[sashayed]

but ykw at least i'm not on mount everest. at least i'm not paying tens of thousands of dollars to slowly suffocate in a 300-person line at the gates of hell. never in my life will i have to be steered in a hypoxic stupor through the maze of poop and corpses atop mount everest. on this earth a lot of horrible things can happen to you without your permission but there are a few that you have to opt into. you can just say no thanks! and be guaranteed never to have to be on mount everest. much to be grateful for actually

[sashayed]

still not on mount everest this morning 😌 alhamdulillah

[waskitty]

down bad really has everything:

well-written alien abduction metaphor

new romantics reference

jack antonoff

“how dare you say that it’s….” with “over” completing the rhyme but she can’t say it

absolutely incredible fanart

significant additions to taylor’s swear jar

the “FUCK IT, I WAS IN LOVE” scream after the bridge

taking the phrase “down bad” which typically means something cute and positive, and making it extremely negative

“stay down” + “down bad” = “i might stay down bad” and the combination of i’m staying down and i’m refusing to move on. i love this wordplay so much

the best staging of the entire eras tour FIGHT ME

“fuck YOU if i can’t have us”

claiming you’re just gonna lay down and die bc you can’t date someone. been there, bestie

synthesizer

crying at the gym

[mores0]

[potoincorrectquotes]

some of you may not recall the strange affair of the phantom of the opera, a mystery never fully explained, and it shows

[catie-does-things]

My raising a Catholic kid experience of the day was 3yo in the bath playing with her mermaid toy telling me, "Ariel is dying. She needs a priest to come bless her."

[fentonphoto]

Beautiful lighthouse along the rugged Irish Coast. @ireland @irelandwonders @gotoireland @travelingpage

[imissthembutitwasntadisaster]

Every day is a Day when you're friends with Catholics

[imissthembutitwasntadisaster]

Leading me to believe every day must be even more of a Day when you're Catholic

[duchesspeggy]

and happy feast of the Holy Trinity

[imissthembutitwasntadisaster]

[monsterpotion]

"You can now sort your likes from oldest to newest on web and iOS. Do you remember what your first liked post was?"

oh dear

[monsterpotion]

oh its bad back there.

[idylls-of-the-divine-romance]

Happy feast day Jeanne d’Arc!!! St Jeanne d’Arc, Virgin Martyr of God, Soldier Bride of Christ, pray with and for us!

[astrotheyge]

'YOU'RE SMART. YOU'LL FIGURE IT OUT.' PROJECT HAIL MARY (2026) COLOR PROJECT + ORANGE

[whatishowedyouinthedark]

it's so important to have your favourite couple of poems memorized. like, if you don't have a poem memorized that you can recite to yourself standing on a windy bluff overlooking the crashing sea, what even is the point

[didanagy]

THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME (1996)

dir. gary trousdale and kirk wise