GenderFeer

Xe/xim/xer k? k. I am 22 year old demisexual demiboy/genderqueer polyamorous Norse Pagan/Lokean leukemia fighter. Nazis unwelcome here. Exclusionist not welcome here. Devotee of Freyja and Loki. i also work with Thor, Idunn, Fenrir, Hel, Odin, and Bragi. I post a lot of queer esp nonbinary and aspec stuff as well as a lot of stuff about heathenry/norse paganism.

[jaydenssoulmate-blog]

About the future of this blog

Tw for death and illness. This blog was run by Chris, and Im xir partner Matt.

Chris got a lung infection a few months ago and has been on a breathing tube for that time. Today we were told that the tube isnt working and theres nothing they can do

We decided on a peaceful passing, with everyone who can come with xem as xe passes. This blog will no longer be active, but I will keep it up as a tribute to Chris.

Xe loved this blog and xir mutuals. Thank you for giving xem a good time while xe was online.

I hope Chris will go to Frejas hall like xe wanted.

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Homeless while queer

I am in serious need of relief, it’s getting cold out there and my rations of food and drink are depleted … please help if you are able

https://www.paypal.me/olivergraham9

PayPal or Google pay email address: [email protected]

Venmo: @transitionmatrix

Cash app: $OliverGraham9

[jaydenssoulmate-blog]

So today was a day. I had an anaphalictic reaction to a med they gave me, had to take a breathing trwatmwnt and painkillers, spiked a fever which they took hrs bringing doqn, then at the end of this i was severely dehydrated form not drinking for hours, but im finally starting to feel much better! I could feel Thor watchong over and protecting me the whole time, and i kmow all my Gods love me, and i can get through this bone marrow transplant process.💚💚

[resonance-of-libra]

This is the Lucky Ace. Reblog to recieve a wad of cash that is oddly specific to your current needs.

[softheartedbutch]

it worries me so much that there’s been this (mostly unintentional) culture built up around coming out, to where young lgbt kids are putting themselves in danger at school and at home because they don’t want to “live a lie.” i just want to say, i came out when i was 15 and it created a lot of difficulties in my life that i could have avoided by waiting until i was older. it isolated me socially, it exposed me to homophobia from my parents, my family, my teachers, and my classmates at the most important developmental stages of my own confidence and sense of self… closeted people are not living a lie. closeted people are surviving. don’t let anyone pressure you to come out before you’re ready. don’t put yourself at risk when you don’t have to.

[singhisqueer-official-deactivat]

Seriously!

Coming out is not mandatory. Live your life how you want to.

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was cruisin my tl & this is so fucking important

[jumpingjacktrash]

i think the moment i was disillusioned about life was when i was maybe 7 years old and realized the reason all my friends had become assholes was because boys aren’t allowed to have any physcial contact that isn’t fighting

my parents were hippie feminists so my brother and i could play clapping games and sleep in puppy piles and give each other weird hairdos, but all the ‘normal’ boys just up and stopped knowing how to touch anyone without hitting sometime between kindergarten and first grade

and my little kid mind briefly saw the vastness of life stretching out in front of all of us, and all the hugs everyone would need and not get, and for a moment i was just like

maybe life is not such a good idea after all

[comradesepsis]

I grew up around a Russian ballet school. Let me tell you something about Russian men: They touch each other. Especially dancers, who are in my experience almost always super tactile people. They rough house like Americans, but they also hug each other, and sit on each other’s laps, and share blankets when it’s cold backstage.

So I grew up knowing full well that the whole Men Don’t Touch thing was puritanical bullshit.

What I was absolutely not prepared for, however, is the super intense effect it has on straight men’s romantic relationships.

Because when you are literally the only person it is okay for your boyfriend to touch, Jesus fucking Christ, that changes the game.

I strongly suspect that a lot of Str8 Dude feelings of entitlement to women’s bodies, particularly the bodies of their wives and girlfriends, is a direct result of those women being the only non-violent physical contact they’re allowed to have.

I know for certain that the framing of any and all platonic physical contact as un-manly has been directly responsible for a lot of sexual dysfunction (and then the attendant misery of trying to get that treated at the ripe old age of 22) with at least one of my exes. It’s a mess when you can’t get it up because you’re depressed and want to be held but you’ve been brainwashed into thinking what you actually want is sex because being held is for girls.

Amazing how the erectile dysfunction went completely away when he learned the difference between feeling horny and feeling cuddly. /sarcasm

[fierceawakening]

“I strongly suspect that a lot of Str8 Dude feelings of entitlement to women’s bodies, particularly the bodies of their wives and girlfriends, is a direct result of those women being the only non-violent physical contact they’re allowed to have.”

Omfg

No wonder the worst of them seem crazy… profound isolation does exactly that

[lazzchan]

When I taught in Japan, the boys were all super comfortable with each other. They’d sit on laps and hug and roughhouse and it wasn’t seen as bad ? Like it surprised me at first, but then you realize the problem is with so many men feeling that they have to prove… something? I dunno. I personally don’t like hugs or touches, but that is my own personal reasons and nothing of how I was brought up.

[skaoi-on-ao3]

Thank you all for this.  Specifically @ferenofnopewood.

Because when you are literally the only person it is okay for your boyfriend to touch, Jesus fucking Christ, that changes the game.

Things I never thought of…I couldn’t imagine if my husband were the only person I was allowed to touch.  As I think on it, that extends to the kids, too.  The dudes aren’t allowed to really even cuddle their own damned children or nieces and nephews.

Wow.

[lierdumoa]

Also explains why western media romanticizes co-dependency in romantic relationships to such an insane degree.

[sanicdahedghog]

LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT MONTEREY BAY SPICE CO.

You need herbs in bulk and you don’t have a lot of money? This place has your back.

Here is the first order I received, ¼ pound bag each of sage, bay leaf, rosemary, basil, sea salt, and cinnamon sticks. How much did all this together run me? $22. 

That’s WITH shipping. I am so ecstatic about this place and I figured that everyone needed to know about it. You can find their website HERE. They also sell teas, essential oils, glassware, spice blends, and all sorts of supplies. I love this place and it is now a valuable resource in my life

[stormbornwitch]

If you’re in the US I would recommend using this website.

[ulfeid]

art bt: Johan Egerkrans

[edda-for-dummies]

Hi! So I see a lot of art of Loke with lines around the mouth, and honestly, I don't know why they are there. Have been trying to figure out why on my own, but no luck. Do you know why?

I do, and I’ll tell you!

There’s a story that goes along the lines of Loki cuts Sif’s hair and Sif tells Thor to beat him to pulp and Thor tells Loki he so will do just that, unless Loki gets Sif new golden hair, right now.

So Loki finds a few dwarves, because they’re known as capable of making neat stuff quickly. He makes a bet that can only benefit Asgard, whichever way it goes - two dwarf brothers will compete against each other and whichever makes the stuff Asgard’s chief gods (Odin, Freyr and Thor) like more, wins. They would get paid well. And Loki wagers his own head because no, of course he’s not lying, he would never, how dare you.

Of course he lied, so Sif gets her hair and Odin gets a spear and Freyr gets a bunch of cool stuff, but the dwarves get nothing, really.

They finally ask for Loki’s head and every god in Asgard is like “yeah, please do”. Loki is, of course, not so taken with the idea and probably a bit insulted at that point already - like, excuse you, who got you all these new fancy treasures? The dwarves are angry that they were tricked and Loki is faced with the threat of an axe to his neck.

“I’m a man of my word, and my head is your prize, but we never said anything about my neck,” he says. The dwarves are even angrier now because they were double-tricked. One dwarf is ready to sew his mouth shut because by Hel, NO ONE wants to listen to Loki at that point.

Loki tries to run away with his magic shoes that let him walk on the sky, and Thor flings his arm around to throw his new hammer at him, after which Loki falls like a rock. The dwarf gets a needle “and its brother, Awl” to punch holes through Loki’s lips like a shoemaker, and sews his mouth shut.

Loki rips the stiches off at some point, I figure, so the lines around his mouth are scars from that. (Which is why I also didn’t draw them on him on the young version, just creating the world.)

The story is told in Snorri’s Edda in its entirety. The idea of scars around the mouth is also why it’s thought that the Snaptun Stone is an image of Loki.

[wtf-fun-factss]

India’s Plastic Roads - WTF fun fact

[brunhiddensmusings]

‘we are dumping all this waste that will not biodegrade and will still be present intact in hundreds of years’ ‘we also have these roads that degrade in less then twenty years and need frequent costly repairs’ ‘guess these two completely unrelated problems will never be solved’

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WHAT ARE WE WAITING FOR

[lastoneout]

[whatsnew-lgbtq]

Not to get controversial or anything but can we stop with making fun of women being abused by their husbands and playing it off as ‘straight culture’

[whatsnew-lgbtq]

I lost 10 followers for saying we shouldnt make fun of domestic abuse victims.

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it’s native american heritage month in the us, and there’s been a lot abt finding out abt and researching the ppl who’s land you’re occupying, which is rly important, but how abt you take the next step and buy some indigenous-made products?

here is the link to beyond buckskin’s buy native list, which lists companies and etsy stores owned by indigenous ppl on turtle island.  

it’s great to learn abt the past and all, but it’s incredibly important that you also make sure to support living indigenous ppl, not just during november, but every other month of the year as well.

[morgan-dragonfly-witch]

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Think of the witchy potential! you could make an ice bowl and fill it with herbs and/or flowers and/or stones to meet a specific purpose, and then fill it with water as a scrying bowl, or use it as an offering bowl, or as a spell! I’m so excited to do this!

[curiowitch]

The possibilities are endless for this!

[angrywomen]

ps if u boil the water first it won’t be all foggy!!!

[wild-ruin]

This would be great for leaving offerings out in nature. You can still put them in a bowl, without littering. I think I’ll use it for making a midsummer offering at the river. I’ve been trying to work out what I can put offerings in that will float without littering. 

[the-brambled-way]

Sweet mother of milk cows, I want to make an offering in one of these.

[making-a-ru]

Omg Omg Omg Moon Water Bowls!!!!!!!!!

[eleganceflawed]

@holey-jona-d

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Yessss

[academia-darling-deactivated202]

This is brilliant!! I can’t wait to try :)

[memecucker]

What I think is really interesting about the papyrus account of the workers building the tomb of Rameses III going on strike to demand better wages is really fascinating to me because if you look at the description given by the royal scribe you see that there was an attempt to satisfy the workers by bringing a large amount of food at once but that was rebuffed by the workers who declared that it wasn’t just that they were hungry at the moment but had serious charges to bring that “something bad had been done in this place of Pharoah” (is poor wages and mistreatment). They understood themselves as having long term economic interests as a -class- and organized together knowing that by doing so they could put forward their demands collectively. It so strongly flies in the face of narratives that are like “in this Time and Place people were happy to be serve because they believed in the God-King and maybe you get some intellectual outliers but certainly no common person questioned that”. If historical sources might paint that sorta picture of cultural homogeneity it is because those sources sought not to describe something true but invent a myth for the stability of a regime.

[memecucker]

Since this is getting notes here’s a link to a translation of the papyrus scroll and here’s an article that gets further into the economic situation surrounding the strike and giving an explanation of the events. The workers didnt just refuse to construct Rameses III’s future tomb, they actually occupied the Valley of the Kings and were preventing anyone from entering to perform rituals or funerals. Basically they set up the first ever recorded picket line

Again the workers went on strike, this time taking over and blocking all access to the Valley of the Kings. The significance of this act was that no priests or family members of the deceased were able to enter with food and drink offerings for the dead and this was considered a serious offense to the memory of those who had passed on to the afterlife. When officials appeared with armed guards and threatened to remove the men by force, a striker responded that he would damage the royal tombs before they could move against him and so the two sides were stalemated.

Eventually the tomb workers were able to win the day and acquire their demands and actually set a precedent for organized labor and strikes in Egyptian society that continued for a long time

The jubilee in 1156 BCE was a great success and, as at all festivals, the participants forgot about their daily troubles with dancing and drink. The problem did not go away, however, and the workers continued their strikes and their struggle for fair payment in the following months. At last some sort of resolution seems to have been reached whereby officials were able to make payments to the workers on time but the dynamic of the relationship between temple officials and workers had changed – as had the practical application of the concept of ma’at – and these would never really revert to their former understandings again. Ma’at was the responsibility of the pharaoh to oversee and maintain, not the workers; and yet the men of Deir el-Medina had taken it upon themselves to correct what they saw as a breach in the policies which helped to maintain essential harmony and balance. The common people had been forced to assume the responsibilities of the king.

[…]

The success of the tomb-worker/artisan strikes inspired others to do the same. Just as the official records of the battle with the Sea Peoples never recorded the Egyptian losses in the land battle, neither do they record any mention of the strikes. The record of the strike comes from a papyrus scroll discovered at Deir el-Medina and most probably written by the scribe Amennakht. The precedent of workers walking away from their jobs was set by these events and, although there are no extant official reports of other similar events, workers now understood they had more power than previously thought. Strikes are mentioned in the latter part of the New Kingdom and Late Period and there is no doubt the practice began with the workers at Deir el-Medina in the time of Ramesses III.

[openedwaystarot-blog]

Interviewing your Crystals

This is a fairly simple spread that I came up with after buying some new crystals and not really knowing what to do with them. This is just one of the many ways you can get to know your crystals and find out how to put them to good use!

1. What are your energies? I consider this to explain the overall ‘personality’ of the crystal. If you aren’t great at sensing energy, or can’t get a fix on the energy, this could help you.

2. What can you heal/cleanse? So many people use crystals for healing and cleansing themselves, spaces, etc. Consider this the form of cleaning your crystal is best at.

3. In what ways can you fit into my practice? There are so many hundreds of ways to use crystals! If you like to have specific crystals for specific things, this will help a lot.

4. What lessons can be learned from you? Meditating and scrying with crystals can show you many things, and sometimes there are lessons to be learned. There might be a specific message this crystal wishes to get across. 

As an added note, you can also use the first card to figure out what the crystal’s associations might be (that is if you’re like me and don’t always feel like common crystal associations fit 100% of the time).

Feel free to tag me or let me know how this spread works! It worked pretty well for me, and I’d love to see what other people think!!!

[luminatress]

Tarot Tips

🃏 Find The Empress in your deck. The card behind her will reveal what you need to do to nurture and care for yourself. 

🃏 When in conflict or competition with someone, look for 5 of Wands. The card behind it will reveal the solution to the problem.

🃏 If you see the same card over and over again in readings, it is a sign and you must pay attention to its message for you.

🃏 For a better understanding of each card, observe it closely and form your own interpretation that follows its themes. It will help you interpret readings better.

🃏 To find out what is making you feel stuck or delayed, look to The Hanged Man. The card underneath him will show what is holding you back. The card in front of him will show you how to overcome it.

🃏 When shuffling your cards, if any card drops out of your grasp, take it as a sign and read the card. 

🃏 You do not need crystals with you to do proper readings, but a good way to cleanse your deck is to place a clear quartz on the top of your deck before each reading. Keep in mind; there’s a variety of ways you can cleanse your deck.

🃏 Often when The High Priestess appears in a reading, she is trying to tell you that you know the answers and that you should listen to your inner voice.

🃏 There is no wrong way to shuffle or cleanse your deck. Do what feels right for you!

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