goose medoosa

goose blog with occult characteristics. go by Viviana Goosesummer for poetry reasons. it/its or she/her do people still do the thing where they list all their adjectives? ~~~ geese pictures stolen from @bird-doodles-daily (pfp) and whereowlsknowmyname92 (banner)

[stuckinapril]

lol i hate today’s era of absolutely zero nuance takes. a friend didn’t behave exactly as you’d wanted them to? cut them off. a guy didn’t text you back instantly bc he has his own life? he’s just giving you breadcrumbs. doing something makes you uncomfortable? don’t do it anymore. someone isn’t instantly available for you? disinterest. just absolutist statements that often don’t apply to the multilayer situations of everyday life. like. stop. literally just stop it

[rollerska8er]

It's incredible how much pop psychology and therapyspeak boils down to treating individualism as the phenomenological norm for human beings and any form of human communication or relationship based on negotiation, compromise, self-sacrifice and trust as an act of violence against the individual

[goosemedoosa]

something that fascinates me is how "red flag" so quickly went from its original meaning, "a sign that something MIGHT be wrong," to its current meaning, "a problem in itself that warrants immediate action" and i think its because our culture doesnt like the gray area of "this requires investigation but not action."

[homunculus-argument]

Hey idk who needs this but helpful reminder that "virgin blood" in any witchcraft shit that requires that means "virgin" in the same sense as "virgin hair" means hair that hasn't been dyed or processed in any way, natural in the default sense. So no, "virgin blood" doesn't mean blood from a virgin, just blood that hasn't been used for any other kind of witchy shit earlier.

Whether nor not someone has fucked before is completely irrelevant. Any act of fucking doesn't instantly make someone contaminated or un-magic any of their shit. You're just not supposed to re-use blood for blood magic. That's just not. Just do not. Like that's just weird who does that.

[homunculus-argument]

no wait that- no that's not- no.

Unles you've like, poured out ALL OF YOUR BLOOD, used it for a spell, and then somehow SIPHONED THE WHOLE THING BACK IN, that doesn't mean the blood on the inside of you is also used. And even then, if you'd had your sacrifical blood IV'd back into your body-

actually nevermind, I need to draw a graph to illustrate:

I hope this helps.

[wardenaristraith]

The blood inside of you is used. Constantly. It's why there is blood there.

If anything, the blood on the outside is unused.

[homunculus-argument]

damn they ain't lying, it is like talking to a fucking genie with you people.

[enomie]

Ok, but that was a good point before the diagram.

What if you use the blood in a dialysis machine. As in, you grab a few pints, use them in a ritual, and then dump it back in the machine to be put back in the body (assuming you don't add anything extra to the blood for the blood rite, poor woman would die for sure). Assuming you do this multiple times and eventually use all the blood in cycled in the body for the rites:

Is any blood in the woman's body still blood rite eligible?

As blood gets replenished (because red blood cells die and get replaced), does the blood eventually become virgin again or is the blood in the body now permanently unvirgin?

Are the red blood cells the only part that's necessary for virgin blood (like can I centrifuge the blood and use a solid cube of RBC for the rites) or must all the plasma, white blood cells, insulin and stuff also be in the blood?

Does putting unvirgin blood in the blood dialysis machine make it virgin again?

If I feed the bone marrow unvirgin (but nutritious) blood, will the blood it produces be virgin or unvirgin (Theseus style)?

[homunculus-argument]

I think it works the opposite way from holy water: Any amount of blood that was used in blood sacrifice getting mixed with blood that hasn't been used as a blood sacrifice is going to make the blood used blood. But nonetheless the blood refreshes itself naturally as the body creates new blood and old blood cells get discarded, so I believe that the blood is good to use again in whatever time it takes for the whole blood amount in the body to get 100% recycled?

For the rest of those questions, I genuinely don't know. I'm not a witch, a doctor, or a witch doctor. You'll need to find all three and compare their answers.

[lost-at-thecrossroads]

Ngl I thought historically and traditionally "virgin blood" meant blood that was untouched by chemicals, alcohol and drugs.

Maybe I'm wrong though but regardless, I like this version even if it is a modern interpretation. Maybe it's real. I'm not an expert lol

[goosemedoosa]

wait this doesn't make sense. latin virgo traditionally referred to unmarried but marriageable women. later, when christianity made being sexually inexperienced a qualification for marriage, it adopted a meaning of never having had sex. only then did you get the meaning of "untainted" as a sort of metaphor, a dysphemism.

what tradition is this concept of virgin blood from? what word are we translating to virgin that is used in magic? in what culture was blood magic so common that they needed to warn people against re-using blood?

[lost-at-thecrossroads]

So, what do you think it means?

Like if you were to take an educated guess

[goosemedoosa]

i think it depends on where youre reading it. If it's from a specific tradition, you should look into what that term means in that tradition. If it's something being translated, you should look into what phrase is being translated as "virgin blood."

Greek or Roman terms translated as virgin blood are probably referring to parthenos or virgo, both of which mean young marriageable woman. Medieval Latin probably refers to someone sexually inexperienced, probably a young woman, but if its an alchemical text it could be code for something weird like iron rust or something.

If its a source written in Modern English, the author is using a phrase they think is cool but probably means something specific based on their tradition. Certain Dianic Wiccans I'd expect mean menstrual blood, Satanists could mean anything, OP would probably mean unused blood since thats how they said they mean it.

If its another language, look into what colors of meaning the original word has. Also look into what racial tropes might influence the translation. A Spanish text on Aztec magic is going to be influenced by colonialism and racist depictions of Mesoamerican magic. Likewise, an English text on Asian practices might be imposing certain ideas of womahood and sexual purity onto a culture with much different ideas.

(sorry for being verbose i like talking too much)

[homunculus-argument]

Hey idk who needs this but helpful reminder that "virgin blood" in any witchcraft shit that requires that means "virgin" in the same sense as "virgin hair" means hair that hasn't been dyed or processed in any way, natural in the default sense. So no, "virgin blood" doesn't mean blood from a virgin, just blood that hasn't been used for any other kind of witchy shit earlier.

Whether nor not someone has fucked before is completely irrelevant. Any act of fucking doesn't instantly make someone contaminated or un-magic any of their shit. You're just not supposed to re-use blood for blood magic. That's just not. Just do not. Like that's just weird who does that.

[homunculus-argument]

no wait that- no that's not- no.

Unles you've like, poured out ALL OF YOUR BLOOD, used it for a spell, and then somehow SIPHONED THE WHOLE THING BACK IN, that doesn't mean the blood on the inside of you is also used. And even then, if you'd had your sacrifical blood IV'd back into your body-

actually nevermind, I need to draw a graph to illustrate:

I hope this helps.

[wardenaristraith]

The blood inside of you is used. Constantly. It's why there is blood there.

If anything, the blood on the outside is unused.

[homunculus-argument]

damn they ain't lying, it is like talking to a fucking genie with you people.

[enomie]

Ok, but that was a good point before the diagram.

What if you use the blood in a dialysis machine. As in, you grab a few pints, use them in a ritual, and then dump it back in the machine to be put back in the body (assuming you don't add anything extra to the blood for the blood rite, poor woman would die for sure). Assuming you do this multiple times and eventually use all the blood in cycled in the body for the rites:

Is any blood in the woman's body still blood rite eligible?

As blood gets replenished (because red blood cells die and get replaced), does the blood eventually become virgin again or is the blood in the body now permanently unvirgin?

Are the red blood cells the only part that's necessary for virgin blood (like can I centrifuge the blood and use a solid cube of RBC for the rites) or must all the plasma, white blood cells, insulin and stuff also be in the blood?

Does putting unvirgin blood in the blood dialysis machine make it virgin again?

If I feed the bone marrow unvirgin (but nutritious) blood, will the blood it produces be virgin or unvirgin (Theseus style)?

[homunculus-argument]

I think it works the opposite way from holy water: Any amount of blood that was used in blood sacrifice getting mixed with blood that hasn't been used as a blood sacrifice is going to make the blood used blood. But nonetheless the blood refreshes itself naturally as the body creates new blood and old blood cells get discarded, so I believe that the blood is good to use again in whatever time it takes for the whole blood amount in the body to get 100% recycled?

For the rest of those questions, I genuinely don't know. I'm not a witch, a doctor, or a witch doctor. You'll need to find all three and compare their answers.

[lost-at-thecrossroads]

Ngl I thought historically and traditionally "virgin blood" meant blood that was untouched by chemicals, alcohol and drugs.

Maybe I'm wrong though but regardless, I like this version even if it is a modern interpretation. Maybe it's real. I'm not an expert lol

[goosemedoosa]

wait this doesn't make sense. latin virgo traditionally referred to unmarried but marriageable women. later, when christianity made being sexually inexperienced a qualification for marriage, it adopted a meaning of never having had sex. only then did you get the meaning of "untainted" as a sort of metaphor, a dysphemism.

what tradition is this concept of virgin blood from? what word are we translating to virgin that is used in magic? in what culture was blood magic so common that they needed to warn people against re-using blood?

[jasper-pagan-witch]

Goooooood morning everybody, I wanna see some fights on my dash today so we're beating a dead horse. I'm curious about everyone's individual definitions of what counts as baneful work.

Specifically consider the following:

jinxes

hexes

curses

bindings

banishings

cleansings

And feel free to bring up other spell categories I missed. I'm not really looking for completely shitpost-type replies, there's gotta be a kernel of what you actually believe there.

[rosecoloredtarot]

jinx - mild, short lived negative effects (stubbing your toe, hit every red light on your way home) meant to inconvenience the affected

hex - also mild but longer lasting than a jinx (may all your bacon burn, hit every red light on your way home for a month) still meant as an inconvenience, but can go as far as discomfort and mild harm

curse - moderate to severe negative effects, usually long lasting meant to cause harm (financial ruin, breakup a marriage)

are these concrete, distinct categories? hell no. I may cast a hex and then cast the same spell a week later calling it a curse. but time and severity are the determining factors

binding - using magic to keep a target from continued action, as opposed to punishing those actions. I personally do not consider this baneful.

banishing - using magic to remove the target from a space. also not something I consider baneful, but probably closer to baneful than banishing

cleansing - removing energy from someone/thing/where. the operative word is removing, whereas harnessing the energy and transmuting it would not be what I consider cleansing

oh no, not an ounce of shitpost, just sincerity. who am I?

[goosemedoosa]

so im gonna be a bit weird and say that when i do baneful magic, it is explicitly done as a way to purge myself of hate, anger, and other negative energies. i know the spell was successful if afterwards, i am no longer upset at the person and feel free to move on with my life. their suffering is a secondary benefit, a fun side effect.

i use curse/hex/jinx interchangeably, though they have connotations of severity that i think people use to play up their own power (ie "i am CURSING the problematic people") or to dismiss their own crimes ("just a bit of a jinx, innit?")

you bring up a good point though, that banishing and binding are also "baneful" in a sense. you are doing magic AGAINST something else. (thats how i would define baneful, i think: magic you do against someone/something else.)

most cleansings, id argue, arent baneful in a meaningful sense because you dont really have a target. of course, if what youre doing is cleansing yourself of something specific, purification from something, then id argue thats a baneful cleansing.

idk, just some thoughts

[drchucktingle]

classic way

[goosemedoosa]

i am going to get this framed and put in my study to motivate me to write every day

[goosemedoosa]

feel weird about the last post on my account being about how much i love borger big drink yeehaw america when that is not a very good summary of my feelings on this country

[hugh-lauries-bald-spot]

whats a stereotype for your country that you absolutely do. mine is that i unironically go "eh" and apologize a lot and i often drink maple syrup straight

[asteroidtroglodyte]

The grip that Burger & Big Drink has on the American People cannot be overstated

[goosemedoosa]

[defectivegembrain]

Oh so when Clifford the Big Red Dog grows to enormous size you love and accept him, but when I, Fenrir

[memorycycle]

genius. it creates energy clones of itself to gather resources, while the main body stays alert and safe. and if i attack, it can simply swap bodies with one of its clones

[goosemedoosa]

Odinn's Sons, Baldur and Hodr by Viviana Goosesummer (me)

[goosemedoosa]

not to be all "this is why im not woke anymore" because im still a committed progressive leftist etc etc but

i really feel like a lot of problems have occurred because someone said "you need to listen to marginalized voices and consider their perspectives in your analysis" and everyone else heard "you need to believe the analysis of marginalized people" which

first, no marginalized group is a monolith even about their marginalization. huge numbers of immigrants in the us wanted to crack down on other immigrants. there was a time in america when women were split pretty evenly on the abortion topic. so many cis gay men are regressive on gay rights.

second, different marginalized groups interact. what do you do when a cishet mestizo immigrant man and a white trans woman have a disagreement? what if it touches on racism - because all things do - but also gender issues - because all things do?

also, its like, marginalized people can be wrong. they can live through an experience and still misunderstand the context of that. they might have a perspective worth sharing but do the math wrong on what it means. "listen to marginalized voices" means actually considering what they say, giving it the same thought we give privileged voices. disagreement is fine; unless we're going to be self-contradictory we're going to disagree with someone. but you have to listen, genuinely listen, first

[photogdenography]

Let's Eat Our Greens With Mama

Canada Goose - Union Bay Natural Area, WA

[goosemedoosa]

gooses !

[goosemedoosa]

honestly between graham platner and my own personal life my trust of men that present left-leaning but still have that good ol white boy personality type is waning

[goosemedoosa]

remember the night seems darkest right before you realize it will only keep getting darker forever 🌚

[scorchroots]

I've never loved anyone as much as I love Ursula Le Guin

[goosemedoosa]

"you gotta write about things you know ? skill issue. i just imagine the things i dont know. but like, props to you writiing about supermarkets and hunching over desks with writers block. guess im just built diff lol

[mousidy]

you know I hear a lot about trans men being mistaken for trans women, but not a lot about trans women being mistaken for trans men

am I just not hearing about it, or is it maybe something to do with the fact that transfemininity is more scrutinized and presumed? like, I wonder if people are more inclined to try to spot it because we are so fearmongered about

[revelware]

I have been on multiple dates where they assumed I was transmasc, and was ghosted when they realized I was transfem. I know it happens when I am inexplicably treated with dignity and respect on accident

[stone-d-butch]

I've talked to a lot of lesbians, and most assume (because I am butch) that I'm transmasc. Also because I have a deeper voice, a lot of people assume that I'm on testosterone. When they find out I am not, that's where pleasant conversation ends. Queer people are fine with a masculine woman, except when she's transfem.

[bite-my-grimy-fleshy-ass]

Happened to me a few times earlier in my transition when I presented more non-binary. Stubble also grew out disgustingly swiftly and contributed to these kinds of misunderstandings. And yeah the amount of people who ghosted me after finding out I was a transfem was all but one of the people with the misconception (and that one still stopped seeing me as a viable romantic partner after realizing)

[doyoulovethewayzeylily]

at some point after I started E, I started getting he/himmed in the same conspicuously-supportive way that I had been getting she/hered. took me a while to figure out that that people were thinking I was transmasc. I didn't understand why they were conspicuously supportive but, when I corrected them to she/her, they'd give me this politely strained smile.

[goosemedoosa]

interesting how stories of TME people being mistaken for trans women is often "things were scary but then i could use the fact that i was AFAB as a fun gotcha" but the stories of TMA people being mistaken for transmascs (at least here) have the reveal that they're transfemme being the part where things get scary

[radicalgraff]

On the 4th of July 2018 some anarchists in Sydney painted a memorial piece for Dan Shersty and Spit Newborn.

Dan and Spit were young anti-fascist skinheads, punk musicians, and founding members of the Las Vegas chapter of Anti-Racist Action.

On the 4th of July 1998 they were lured into the desert on the outskirts of Vegas and gunned down by a gang of 6 white supremacists, only three of whom ever served time for the murders.

Twenty years on, their memory is kept alive in the daily struggle against racism and fascist terror.

Never Forgive, Never Forget