A merrynest

Gen X, history, fandom, feminism, art, whatever. Pretty things from random places; photos are not mine. She/her.

[gentlyepigrams]

This is the tumblr of Ginger, an older Gen X somewhat fannish woman with interests in history, sff, tabletop rpgs, and (mostly old school) fandoms like Star Wars, Star Trek, Doctor Who and Amber. I've been married for almost a quarter-century to a very lovely man with his own tumblr and I have two cats that I don't post enough pictures of.

Things I post about include my various fannish interests, polls (I love them), chain blessings (I love my friends), history, politics (mostly US/UK), and books. I have autoimmune arthritis and chronic pain and post about that too sometimes.

In November 2023, I was diagnosed with endometrial cancer and posted about it on Tumblr because I'd checked out irregular post-menopausal bleeding after seeing a Tumblr post about it. I had my reproductive organs removed in January 2024, and as of this writing there is no evidence of further disease. My dad had a smoking-related cancer at about the same age, so it was pretty scary. He also survived and lived for another decade and a half.

I am really terrible at answering asks so sorry in advance when I fail or answer super late. Same goes for tag games. If I know you, I will probably spam your DMs with posts I think will interest you.

[lyraeon]

re-learning how to ask for help before it's an emergency will help you get rid of the feeling that you're always having to drag other people into your emergencies btw

[lyraeon]

if you really think it's not fair to keep asking people to step in when things have already gone to shit and it's gonna be super stressful to them, the realistic solution is to ask for help before things have a chance to turn into a crisis so that the help needed is more minor, not to magically become the one person on all of planet earth that never needs help

and if people get mad at you for asking for help on something minor, that's a sign you need different people in your life. I promise there are plenty of people who are not just willing to help a friend, but excited at the opportunity to feel helpful and like you want them in your life!

[ms-demeanor]

How do you feel about driving?

I can drive, I am good at driving, I enjoy driving.

I can drive, I am good at driving, I do not enjoy driving.

I can drive, I am bad at driving, I enjoy driving.

I can drive, I am bad at driving, I do not enjoy driving.

I haven't learned to drive, I think I would enjoy driving.

I haven't learned to drive, I do not think I would enjoy driving.

I can't drive anymore, I was good at it, I enjoyed driving.

I can't drive anymore, I was good at it, I didn't enjoy it.

I can't drive anymore, I was bad at it, I enjoyed it.

I can't drive anymore, I was bad at it, I didn't enjoy it.

Remaining time: 23 hours 49 minutes

[katenepveu]

Alice Dalton Brown, Small Silent Nocturne, 2024

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Oil on linen, 30 × 20 cm.

[universtellar]

Third Doctor Era: Vehicles

[theinternetarchive]

jeanne manford, a founder of pflag (parents and friends of lesbians and gays) marching for gay rights in new york city, june 3, 1974.

[robotslenderman]

I’m sorry my lovelies but the reason you hate yourself is because you treat you like shit. If you came up to me and then told me I was a fuck up who could never do anything right I'd fucking hate you too.

[robotslenderman]

if you didn't let me go to bed until after midnight because you'd rather watch Netflix than let me rest, and then got mad at me for not being productive the next day I'd be PISSED

[robotslenderman]

You keep calling me a fatass but you tell other overweight people they’re beautiful? Why do you keep shitting on MY weight, then?

Oh? It’s different if it’s me? Wow fuck you too

[robotslenderman]

Love is a verb! Self love isn’t a warm fuzzy feeling, it is compassion and action in support of yourself!

And yes, this includes having compassion for the bully in your head. Unfortunately that part is also you and deserves as much of your understanding as the rest of you.

[robotslenderman]

via @corazondebeskar

This is the real reason why you need to be kind to the bully in your brain too, because that motherfucker is really good at doing a switcheroo when you're not paying attention.

[thesanityclause]

Happy Pride Month I wish all my trans friends "You are so powerful and cool I hope this makes you feel very powerful and cool"

[lady-viccy]

"man is gender neutral"

star trek changed their intro speech in the 80s to be more inclusive, changing "where no man has gone before" to "where no one has gone before"

[gentlyepigrams]

Wedding dress, 1921. Cincinnati Art Museum.

[pragnificent]

This is Money Snake. She only appears every 312 years. 

If you reblog her picture within the next twenty-five seconds you will have good luck and fortune for the rest of your life. 

[thingsamylikes]

I reblogged her late last year and my 2024 has been very satisfying work-wise and (secure enough to not stress out) money-wise so far. Money Snake is wise and good.

[lemonsharks]

always reblog money snake

[gentlyepigrams]

[thegunfighters]

was explaining missing episode reconstructions to someone the other day and i basically said "there's some episodes that are missing because the bbc threw out the tapes so only the audio and some still photos exist and if you want to watch that episode you have to watch a reconstruction which is basically a glorified powerpoint presentation with the original audio underneath basically trying to replicate what the episode probably looked like" and they said "wow that's really cool that people reconstructed them like that so you can still experience the story even without the original video" and you know what? they were completely right, that is so fucking cool. i think we take reconstructions for granted in this fandom and they are actually so awesome and it's such an interesting part of our community. like obviously it would be nice if we still had all the original episodes and didn't need reconstructions but still, it's a really unique and cool thing we have as doctor who fans

[chewbacca]

Oh, he's so handsome, just like his reward posters.

ROBIN HOOD (1973)

[clawmarks]

The birds of America - John James Audubon - 1856 - via e-rara

[itseasytoremember]

(To the tune of Rasputin): BLEH BLEH DRACULA, KING OF TRANSYLVANIA, HE IS A BAT AND ALSO A MAN

[textpostscymraeg]

(I'r un alaw â Rasputin): BLA BLA DRACIWLA, BRENIN TRANSYLFANIA, MAE E'N YSTLUM AC HEFYD YN DDYN

[noah-wyles]

all i want for 2026 is that gigantic rancid AI bubble to finally burst in such a catastrophic way that the consequences will be so good and i'll never have to see another AI generated image ever again

[fluoritegalaxy]

Like to charge, reblog to cast.