[orteil42]

given the current climate this pride especially i feel i must mention that i love my trans friends, i stand with trans people in the fight against transphobic legislation and those who would enforce it, and this blog is not a good place for you to be if you do not vibe with that

[nextlevelsmp3]

[fishyfishyfishtimes]

*Traces my hand along the surface of a grassy park lawn that was clearly wetland many years ago due to how it floods with water every year* Who did this to you….

[starkwoes]

There's this video of nuns talking about their favourite things to do outside of nun activities and one of them says "ultimate frisbee" and the other one goes "and sister you are so good at that." I literally cannot get "and sister you are so good at that" out of my head. Out of all my stims this one is my fav lolol

[senatortedcruz]

This is what it’s all about. Saturday night. At home. Switching between the same 4 apps on my phone. Getting scared.

[whatkindofnameisella]

ursula k le guin affirmations for your day:

it is our differences which make us dearer to one another

it is never too late to start loving

the enemy is not the foreigner, but the ones who tell you to hate the foreigner

everyone should have food, shelter, and work

everything is a yin and yang metaphor if you try hard enough

sci-fi is important

[ceruleanheaven]

month starting on a monday we have no excuse guys lets get to work and lock the fuck in

[ceruleanheaven]

yk its actually very chic and avant garde to start on tuesday the second

[ceruleanheaven]

many claim theres nothing more subversive and revolutionary than starting on wednesday the third

[frogncranberries]

New sara bareilles music in 2026 we are all saved not even joking

[jean-doe]

[glittervermin]

[prideandprejudice]

HOLLANOV + PRIDE AND PREJUDICE (2005)

[guiigemar]

never met a sentence i couldn't make incredibly long

[mediaeval-muse]

Why is it doing that? : Medieval Panthers

Today, we know that a panther looks like a big kitty. Often black in color. Nothing too spectacular (except that they're fabulous creatures in their own right). But in the Middle Ages, people believed panthers were multicolored!

Several bestiaries state that the panther is known to have a big feast and then sleep in a cave for 3 days afterward. After its nap, it wakes up and eminates a sweet odor, which attracts a creatures the panther preys on (the only notable exception is the dragon, which is immune).

Some medieval people used the panther as an allegory for Christ. The 3 day sleeping period represents the 3 days Jesus spent in the tomb ("on the third day he rose from the grave..."). But there are some other similarities:

The sweet smell that attracts all creatures to the panther represents the way Christ draws all people to him.

The dragon, which is the enemy of the panther, represents Satan.

While the whale uses a sweet smell to deceive, the panthers sweet smell is indicative of its holiness. Sweet smell is associated with holiness, especially when it comes from the uncorrupted body of a saint after death.

Not all panthers were depicted as multicolored, but a lot were! Some scholars suggest the colors represent the multi-faceted nature of Christ (man, god, etc), and I've been in discussion groups that suggest the colors might be medieval people's way of describing iridescence.

There's a famous Old English poem from the Exeter Book about the Panther. It's one of the three Physiologus poems that I described in my post about medieval whales. You can read a translation of the poem here:

[jenny-holzer]

[steveyockey]

affirmations they will not kill me at work today. it is not in my job description to get killed. if they did kill me at work that would be weird and probably not worth it for them

[valtsv]

trying my best to haunt the narrative but no one really gives a shit

[valtsv]

[heatedrivalrysource]

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