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lyra mae. forever a beginner. eclectic witch||spirit worker about me post coming soon

[lyramaegick]

about lyra ✨

brief intro

types of entities i work with

specific spirits i may post about (with their permission)

pop culture spirits i work with (coming soon — to include both character-based created beings (✔️) and entities that were found in the astral that are the characters from different media, but differ from the characters we know in different ways)

a masterpost of practitioners I’ve personally purchased services from and trust (all mention of paid services will be tagged ‘#shop rec’ to those who wish to blacklist)

general likes/interests

[writing-prompt-s]

Two identical infants lay in the cradle. “One you bore, the other is a Changeling. Choose wisely,” the Fae’s voice echoed from the shadows. “I’m taking both my children,” the mother said defiantly.

[dycefic]

Once upon a time there was a peasant woman who was unhappy because she had no children. She was happy in all other things – her husband was kind and loving, and they owned their farm and had food and money enough. But she longed for children.

She went to church and prayed for a child every Sunday, but no child came. She went to every midwife and wise woman for miles around, and followed all their advice, but no child came.

So at last, though she knew of the dangers, she drew her brown woolen shawl over her head and on Midsummer’s Eve she went out to the forest, to a certain clearing, and dropped a copper penny and a lock of her hair into the old well there, and she wished for a child.

“You know,” a voice said behind her, a low and cunning voice, a voice that had a coax and a wheedle and a sly laugh all mixed up in it together, “that there will be a price to pay later.”

She did not turn to look at the creature. She knew better. “I know it,” she said, still staring into the well. “And I also know that I may set conditions.”

“That is true,” the creature said, after a moment, and there was less laugh in its voice now. It wasn’t pleased that she knew that. “What condition do you set? A boy child? A lucky one?”

“That the child will come to no harm,” she said, lifting her head to stare into the woods. “Whether I succeed in paying your price, or passing your test, or not, the child will not suffer. It will not die, or be hurt, or cursed with ill luck or any other thing. No harm of any kind.”

“Ahhhhh.” The sound was long and low, between a sigh and a hum. “Yes. That is a fair condition. Whatever price there is, whatever test there is, it will be for you and you alone.” A long, slender hand extended into her sight, almost human save for the skin, as pale a green as a new leaf. The hand held a pear, ripe and sweet, though the pears were nowhere ripe yet. “Eat this,” the voice said, and she trembled with the effort of keeping her eyes straight ahead. “All of it, on your way home. Before you enter your own gate, plant the core of it beside the gate, where the ground is soft and rich. You will have what you ask for.”

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[bostoneris]

[so-i-did-this-thing]

“And sin, young man, is when you treat people like things. Including yourself. That's what sin is." --from Carpe Jugulum, by Terry Pratchett.

[gunvolt]

im going to have a stroke

[prideling]

Instead try… Person A: You know… the thing Person B: The “thing”? Person A: Yeah, the thing with the little-! *mutters under their breath* Como es que se llama esa mierda… THE FISHING ROD

[artykyn]

As someone with multiple bilingual friends where English is not the first language, may I present to you a list of actual incidents I have witnessed:

Forgot a word in Spanish, while speaking Spanish to me, but remembered it in English. Became weirdly quiet as they seemed to lose their entire sense of identity.

Used a literal translation of a Russian idiomatic expression while speaking English. He actually does this quite regularly, because he somehow genuinely forgets which idioms belong to which language. It usually takes a minute of everyone staring at him in confused silence before he says “….Ah….. that must be a Russian one then….”

Had to count backwards for something. Could not count backwards in English. Counted backwards in French under her breath until she got to the number she needed, and then translated it into English.

Meant to inform her (French) parents that bread in America is baked with a lot of preservatives. Her brain was still halfway in English Mode so she used the word “préservatifes.” Ended up shocking her parents with the knowledge that apparently, bread in America is full of condoms.

Defined a slang term for me……. with another slang term. In the same language. Which I do not speak.

Was talking to both me and his mother in English when his mother had to revert to Russian to ask him a question about a word. He said “I don’t know” and turned to me and asked “Is there an English equivalent for Нумизматический?” and it took him a solid minute to realize there was no way I would be able to answer that. Meanwhile his mom quietly chuckled behind his back.

Said an expression in English but with Spanish grammar, which turned “How stressful!” into “What stressing!”

Bilingual characters are great but if you’re going to use a linguistic blunder, you have to really understand what they actually blunder over. And it’s usually 10x funnier than “Ooops it’s hard to switch back.”

[cricketcat9]

I use Spanish and English daily, none is my native language. When I’m tired or did not have enough sleep I loose track of who to address in which language;  I caught myself explaining something in Spanish to my English-speaking friends more than once. When I’m REALLY tired I’ll throw some Polish words in the mix. 

[justgot1]

There is nothing more painful than bad fake Spanglish by an American writer. Bilingual people don’t just randomly drop words in nonsensical places in their sentences ffs. “I’m muy tired! I think I’ll go to my cama and go to sleep!“ Nobody does that.

From my bilingual parents:

- Only being able to do math in their original language. “Ok so that would beeeeee … *muttering* ocho por cuatro menos tres…”

- Losing words and getting mad at you about it. “Gimme the - the - UGH, ESA COSA AHI’ CARAJO. The thing, the oven mitt. Christ.”

- Making asides to you in Spanish even though you’ve told them to not do this as lots of people here speak Spanish. “Oye, mira esa, que cara fea.” “MOM FFS WE’RE IN A MEXICAN NEIGHBORHOOD.”

- Swears in English don’t count.

- Swears in Spanish mean you’d better fucking run, kid.

- Introducing you to English-only Americans using your Spanish name so that they mispronounce your name for all eternity because that’s what your mom said your name was. “Hi Dee-yanna!” “sigh, Just call me Diana.” “Yeah but your mom said your name was Dee-yanna.” 

- Your parents give you a name that only makes sense in Spanish. “Your name is Floor?” “No, my name is Flor.” “FLOOR?” “Sigh.”

[silentwalrus1]

 - conjugating English words with Russian grammar and vice versa. Sometimes both at once, which is extra fun.  самолет ->  самолетас ->  самолетасы

- when vice versa, dropping English articles entirely. The, a, an: all gone. e.g. “I go to store and buy thing, I fix car and go to place.” This also happens when i am very tired 

- speaking English with heavy accent you don’t actually have - when my family and I are switching over fast, we say the English words in a very heavy Russian accent that mostly doesn’t show up otherwise 

bonus: 

- keysmashing in the wrong language when your keyboard is still switched over

- using ))))) instead of :))) or other culture-specific emoji/typing quirks

[cobaltmoony]

all of the above

[lourdesdeath]

I don’t actually speak Tagalog, but my mom’s Filipino. One of my favorite things is when she forgets how to preposition, so something is ‘in the table’. 

[theleakypen]

SOMEHOW I NEVER REBLOGGED THIS?!?!?!?!? this is one of my absolute favorite posts on all of tumblr also, to add to the pile of fun things bilinguals do: cackling over bilingual puns that nobody else in the room will get and then being completely unable to explain why this is funny

[theboywhocan11]

Interesting. Reblogging this for future reference.

[eg515]

my favourite is that feeling when you have the perfect response to something but halfway through saying it you realised it’s in a language the other person doesn’t speak so you either just kind of… fade out, or try desperately to make it make sense in the other language

[riskpig]

I lose my place all the time when I’m counting in English, but never when I count in German.

[araku-validrava]

I’m swedish but at this point I’m so fluent in english that I can switch between languages on a dime.

[yum-cy]

i hate forgetting a word in english and having to describe but realizing that i cant describe it in english. so im just stuttering between russian and english and none of my english speaking friends can help

[averruncusho]

in singapore, we speak a dialect called singlish, which is just english with chinese grammar rules, plus some malay and indian words

[applejuicewerewolf]

I’m learning Japanese on duolingo and for some reason my brain decided that the Japanese language files should go into the same folder as my Italian lessons I had back in school.

Once I wanted to say “His name is Wolfgang” in Italian and what came out was “Wolfgang は chiamo”, which doesn’t make sense in ANY grammar.

[queenofhearts7378]

When I started learning French, I started forgetting the English words for things

[cosmic-dust-poltergeist]

I’m only fluent in English and I’m no more near being bilingual, but I grew up in Spanish speaking areas and am dyslexic on top of it so sometimes I just don’t know what word I’m looking for because I either never learned it at all or I only heard the Spanish word for it. So sometimes I’ll be asked for something in English, because I’m in predominantly English speaking areas nowadays, I have no idea what I’m being asked about, even if it’s something I’ve used or done a million times.

[orca-iguana]

What gets me is when I am talking to friend and bust out an expression and then realize its a german expression and have to be like, “sorry I was not trying to be rude by calling you a glückschwine, it means I’m calling you a pig. WAIT no it means I’m calling you lucky BY calling you a pig. It’s not mean I promise.”

[joan-frommars]

i didn’t see anyone saying anything about ASL as a second language, so ill let you guys know that im learning ASL right now (and i’d assume this is the same for every/most sign languages) but when i talk i use my facial expressions so much more than i used to and sometimes a sign will slip in here or there too. i’m much more animated with my hands and face than i used to be.

[dovewithscales]

I’m learning Greek right now and I know a little of half a dozen languages but I’m not fluent in any of them. I relate so hard to the person talking about puns and not being able to explain them. I love multilingual puns but it’s so rare anyone else appreciates them.

[leatherwingsinc-deactivated2015]

[caluummhood-deactivated20140506]

HOLY SHIT, IT WAS THE ORIGINAL ONE

MAKE A WISH

[jamesjoeboyleeeee-deactivated20]

the first post ever on tumblr

[powerpuffsposts-deactivated2025]

I WAS EXPECTING IT TO BE A REMAKE OF SOME SORT HOLY FUCK

[kpopdotexe-blog]

WHO THE FUCK KEEPS BRINGING THIS BACK

[worldheritagepostorganization]

World Heritage Post

[adulthoodisokay]

like actually though. i’m in AWE of the notecount.

[yearns-in-lesbian]

reblog to give your friend a bad day

[dinosoverhumans]

this is the monalisa of tumblr

[matt-murdockk-deactivated202203]

“And to your right you’ll see the colour of the sky post, and tumblrinas desperately trying to scroll down to it’s end.”

[anonymouse-the-asian-deactivate]

this is it, this post started it all

[best-of-reblogs]

[exit-path]

NOW THAT TUMBLR HAS ANNOUNCED TO SHORTEN LONG POSTS, REBLOG TO TORMENT YOUR FOLLOWERS ONE LAST TIME

[happyheidi]

‘a potion is brewing’ by titsay ♡

[kiwi]

HEY THIS IS IMPORTANT whats your favorite place to find drawing references?

[kiwi]

so far we’ve got

senshi stock

croquis cafe

line-of-action.com

quickposes.com

posemaniacs

clip studio paint models

pexels.com

sketchdaily

eggazyoutatsu atarichan drawer

designdoll

if you have any more please reply!

[nohara]

Unsplash: All photos published on Unsplash can be used for free. You can use them for commercial and noncommercial purposes. You do not need to ask permission from or provide credit to the photographer or Unsplash, although it is appreciated when possible. More precisely, Unsplash grants you an irrevocable, nonexclusive copyright license to download, copy, modify, distribute, perform, and use photos from Unsplash for free, including for commercial purposes, without permission from or attributing the photographer or Unsplash. This license does not include the right to compile photos from Unsplash to replicate a similar or competing service.

Freeimages: You can use the images in digital format on websites, blog posts, social media, advertisements, film and television productions, web and mobile applications. In printed materials such as magazines, newspapers, books, brochures, flyers, product packaging for decorative use in your home, office or any public place or personal use. The rights granted to you by FreeImages.com are: Perpetual, meaning there is no expiration or end date on your rights to use the content. Non-exclusive, meaning that you do not have exclusive rights to use the content. FreeImages.com can license the same content to other customers. Unlimited, meaning you can use the content in an unlimited number of projects and in any media. For purposes of this agreement, “use” means to copy, reproduce, modify, edit, synchronize, perform, display, broadcast, publish, or otherwise make use of.

Stocksnap: Every single image on StockSnap are governed exclusively by the generous terms of the Creative Commons CC0 license. Specifically, that license means you can do any and all of the following: Download the image file.Publish, revise, copy, alter, and share that image. Use the image (as-is or as you’ve altered it), in both personal and commercial contexts. Moreover, you can put StockSnap CC0 images to any of these usages without buying the right to do it, acquiring written permission from the image’s creator, or attributing the work to the image creator. In other words, there’s no fee to download or use these StockSnap images in accordance with the CC0 license. They’re free to download, free to edit, and free to use - even in a commercial project! You don’t even need to attribute the image to the creator, the way you do with other CC or traditional copyright licensing schemes. (However, even though it’s not required, we here at StockSnap do encourage you to include an appropriate attribution. It’s a nice thing to do.)

Burst.Shopify: Burst is a free stock photo platform that is powered by Shopify. Their image library includes thousands of high-resolution, royalty-free images that were shot by their global community of photographers. You can use their pictures for just about anything — your website, blog or online store, school projects, Instagram ads, facebook posts, desktop backgrounds, client work and more. All of their photos are free for commercial use with no attribution required.

Pixabay: Images and Videos on Pixabay are released under Creative Commons CC0. To the extent possible under law, uploaders of Pixabay have waived their copyright and related or neighboring rights to these Images and Videos. You are free to adapt and use them for commercial purposes without attributing the original author or source. Although not required, a link back to Pixabay is appreciated.

Viintage: All images hosted by Viintage.com are considered to be public domain images, each image is presumed to be in the public domain. It may be distributed or copied as permitted by applicable law. Viintage.com assumes no ownership of the images and they may be downloaded and can be used free of charge for any purpose. They may be downloaded and used for commercial and personal use. Understand “public domain” as the permission to freely use an image without asking permission from the photographer or the illustrator. Thus, the creator of the work will not sue you for violating his/her copyrights. It is your responsibility to make sure, displaying the image does not violate any other law. Viintage.com assumes no responsibility for how or where you use the images found on the site.

Gratisography: You may use Gratisography pictures as you please for both personal and commercial projects. You can adapt and modify the images and get paid for work that incorporates the pictures. This includes advertising campaigns, adding your logo or text to an image, printed in any size print runs (e.g., book covers, magazines, posters, etc.), on your website, blog, or other digital mediums, and on merchandise as long as the picture itself is not the merchandise.

[chiptunecreature]

As someone who draws a lot of faeries, Faestock is godlike.

[uselessarttips]

A wonderful addition to the list!

[sepdet]

Unsplash. Another whopping huge free images site like pixabay: free for commercial and noncommercial use and remixing; just don’t sell the photos unmodified or add them to other photo-sharing sites.

Morguefile. Big old free photo archive from the dawn of the web. “We are a community-based free photo site, and all photos found in the Morguefile archive are free for you to download and re-use in your work, be it commercial or not. The photos have been contributed by a wide range of creatives from around the world, ranging from amateur photo hobbyists to professionals.”

Open Access at the Met. The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York: “Whether you’re an artist or a designer, an educator or a student, a professional or a hobbyist, you now have more than 406,000 images of artworks from The Met collection to use, share, and remix—without restriction.”

Smithsonian Open Access. Download, share, and reuse millions of the Smithsonian’s images […] from across the Smithsonian’s 19 museums, nine research centers, libraries, archives, and the National Zoo.

Limited use, if you’re doing a Science and need control panels/rockets/futuristic an image search with qualifier site: nasa.gov You have to double-check a photo’s caption it’s really a NASA photo, but photos which were taken by NASA spacecraft and astronauts are public domain, since they’re funded by taxpayer dollars. (This also goes for images of animals archived at the USFWS Digital Library, i.e the US Fish and Wildlife Service, or rocks and landscapes on USGS websites.

[soft-lily]

Okay updating and consolidating lots of info here; as well as adding links for ease of access. Adding a brief description for some too; as is the case that not all of them have descriptions above. (Warning that some of these links contain nude refs, I will try to mark where possible which ones have more prominent ones.)

Posing Sites and Apps:

Adorkastock. Stock photos for pose refs. DeviantArt gallery started in 2007.

FreePhotoMuscle.com. (translated page link click here) Japanese stock photo pose site that includes buff people, but in funny poses and costumes.

CroquoisCafe. (NSFW, nude model poses warning) A stock photo pose site. You should be aware this org has been linked as pro-Trump. I leave it to y’all to decide if you want to use the resources or not. I highly encourage not financially supporting them and trying to support the individual models if you can.

Line of Action. Fantastic site that includes posing refs, community discussions from other artists, figure study, anatomy, etc. So much stuff in here.

PoseSpace. Extensive library of poses. Some free resources others are paid. I’ve not fully evaluated both, but you should be able to use this all mostly free and get great use out of it.

SketchDaily. This one is one of the better ones out there. You can time yourself, search by pose, clothing options, body type, perspective, etc. All real models.

JustSketch.me. A pose app for any device. Has apps for most devices and a webapp. Customize and pose models/props/scenes.

Quickposes. Pose site that gives you timed challenges to become more proficient at poses.

POSEMANIACS. Ref site with anatomical poses. All the ref pics are of 3D models with only the bones and muscles. Can be helpful for seeing how muscles behave in certain poses. limited to two body types tho.

MagicPoser. A wonderful app that’s great on mobile. Lets you choose size of models, number of them, style, etc. Significant features are use of snap point with the physics engine, adjustable lighting, multiple perspective, 360 angle, articulated hand posing.

Clip Studio Paint Modeler. Free 3d tool that works with Clip Studio Paint. You can import your own data or other models you find online. Not quite an alternative to Blender, but the integration with CSP is very nice.

Egg a Zyoutatsu Atarichan Drawer. (requires enabling flash player or downloading and using standalone flashplayer) Drawing tool for pose practice. The developer is working on an html5 version.

DesignDoll. One of the best pose tool apps out there. You can customize so many things. They also have an extensive collection of ready made poses here. You can use the free or pay once for life and have the poses integrated into the client as well as the ability to export your obj to other programs like blender or smt.

Stock Photo Sites:

Unsplash. Giant free stock image site.

freeimages.com. Another stock photo site, less features than some others.

StockSnap.io. Stock photos with a creative commons CC0 license, which essentially means you can use the photos however you want and don’t have to attribute to them. (though its nice if you do attribute)

Burst.Shopify. Tons of royalty free high quality images. Similar licensing to StockSnap.

pixabay. I feel like most people know about this one, but it features entirely free CC0 licensed Photos, Videos, and Music. No attribution required, but still nice to support a giant site with all this content.

Viintage. Big collection of public domain vintage photos.

Gratisography. For commercial or personal use. They specialize in odd, quirky, wild stock photos.

pexels. Great free stock photos and videos. Only a few stipulations of what they don’t allow, but their license info can be found here.

Faestock. An artist and model with a huge amount of fantasy and fae and other types of photos available. Their terms for use are here.

MorgueFile. Old stock photo archive that’s been around a long time.

Museum and Institution Open Access sites:

USA National Gallery of Art. Over 50k works available for download.

New York Metropolitan Museum open access. 490k works to browse. Even codes for Animal Crossing New Horizons patterns.

The Smithsonian Institution open access. Probably one of the largest open access collections available online. Around 3.9 million items available to view.

Many More. This article from Apollo magazine has an extensive list of open access museums and institutions from around the world. A brief list of places includes: Art Institute of Chicago,  Belvedere, Vienna ,  Birmingham Museums Trust , Cleveland Art Museum , Harvard Art Museums , J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles , Kunstmuseum Basel , Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.,  Los Angeles County Museum of Art , Mauritshuis, The Hague , Minneapolis Institute of Art , Munch Museet, Norway , Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington , Národní galerie Praha , Nationalmuseet Danmark , Nationalmuseum, Stockholm  , New York Public Library , Paris Musées ,  Pinakotheken, Munich,  Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam,  Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich,  Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen ,  Wellcome Collection, London ,  Yale University .

[kiwi]

wow its been a while since ive seen this post, im so glad more useful info has been added!

[neonswitchhouse]

BoS/Grimoire/BoM Prompts and Ideas for the Pop Culture Witch / Pop Culture Pagan!

If you’re like me, you might spend a lot of time searching for prompts to help fill pages in your Book of Shadows, Grimoire, Book of Mirrors, whatever you wish to call your magical record keeping log. If you’re also like me, you’re a bit overwhelmed and discouraged by all the prompts that are more so for Wiccan-based paths and the like when you’re not exactly going that route. So, here’s some ideas on what to put in your books if you’re a pop culture practitioner of sorts!

General

What are your theories as to pop culture magic(k)/witchcraft/paganism and the like? (I recommend the book “Pop Culture Magic 2.0” by Taylor Ellwood if you need context or ideas for your own theories)

What about pop culture magic(k)/witchcraft/paganism appeals to you?

Do you also incorporate more “traditional” spirits and the like in your practice? How do things intertwine and work together?

Entities/Spirits/Deities/Etc.

Who or what do you work with/worship/devote yourself to?

What sort of media do they originate from?

When did you start working with/worshipping/devoting yourself to them?

What draws you to them?

What is their lore and canon?

Are there any “alternate universes”/differing canons within their main source? (I.e, do they have different backstories between movies, tv series, comics, games, etc?) If so, how does this affect your practice with them?

(If working with archetypes) What archetypes do they represent?

(If you interact with the fandom of your media of choice) How does the fandom in general view this character? How does this affect your practice with them?

Offering/Dedication Pages

Something I do in my own personal practice is making offering/dedication pages of sorts. It involves things like making mood boards based on whomever I’m working with, taking magazine clip outs or stickers of things that remind me of them, even writing personal poetry whenever I’m feeling up to the task.

If you’re looking for something more discreet, try doing digital pages of sorts in programs like Notion, OneNote, or other similar programs. Make a main book and store fan art, links to fan fictions, mood boards, personal notes, etc. within the subpages. Even making something akin to a Pinterest board and filling it with things that remind of you them works as well.

I’ll try to update this as I get more ideas or even ideas from any comments left on this post, but I hope this can give you some ideas and help get the ball rolling.

Stay safe, have fun, stay spooky 💜

[will-o-the-witch]

Spirit Check-In Spread

This is just built to be a good general spread to check in with your spirit companions and/or guides! The 6th card is a bonus card draw.

How are you?

What's on your mind?

What do you want to tell me?

What do you want/need from me?

What can I do to strengthen our bond?

(Bonus card draw) Is there anything else I should know?

[graveyarddirt]

PLEASE REBLOG!

Today, March 2nd, a group of Ukrainian witches will be coming together to perform new moon rituals and workings for the benefit of Ukraine. We’re inviting everyone willing to lend a hand to join us and strengthen our international network.

FOCUS: protection, defusion, breaking the cycle, justice, peace

INTENT: seeking protection for the Ukrainian people and their homeland, de-escalating and defusing the threat of nuclear violence (ultimately ending their proliferation), using the current momentum to dismantle imperialist and oppressive systems that treat people and the earth like expendable resources, seeking justice for the innocent

SYMBOLS: sunflower seed (a symbol of resistance and unity), scythe (cutting down negative influences), [to be added: defusion symbol & explanation]

We’re asking our fellow witches and all friends of Ukraine to please incorporate our goals and one of our selected symbols into your personal workings to power our efforts today. No set time, no sign-up page - we simply ask that you join us to the best of your ability.

If you’d like to do something immediately practical please consider buying a protective helmet (£71 GBP / $95 USD) for a civilian volunteer defending their homeland, or donating to a charity helping vulnerable Ukrainians and their animals.

[evelily7023-deactivated20230824]

[injuries-in-dust]

Forgotten By History

Female firefighters at Pearl Harbor (1941).

Donna Tobias - the first woman to graduate from the US Navy’s Deep Sea Diving School in 1975.

Brave women of the Red Cross hitting the beach at Normandy.

Dottie Kamenshek was called the best player in women’s baseball and was once recruited to play for a men’s professional team.

Kate Warne - Private Detective. Born in New York City, almost nothing is known of her prior to 1856 when, as a young widow, she answered an employment advertisement placed by Alan Pinkerton. She was one of four new agents the Pinkerton Detective Agency hired that year and proved to be a natural, taking to undercover work easily. She had taken part in embezzlement and railroad security cases when in 1861 the Pinkertons developed the first lead about an anti-Lincoln conspiracy.

Catherine Leroy, female photographer in Vietnam.

The three women pictured in this incredible photograph from 1885 – Anandibai Joshi of India, Keiko Okami of Japan, and Sabat Islambouli of Syria – each became the first licensed female doctors in their respective countries. The three were students at the Women’s Medical College of Pennsylvania; one of the only places in the world at the time where women could study medicine.

Female Samurai Warrior - Onno-Bugeisha - Female warrior belonging to the Japanese upper class. Many women engaged in battle, commonly alongside samurai men. They were members of the bushi (samurai) class in feudal Japan and were trained in the use of weapons to protect their household, family, and honour in times of war.

One of the most feared of all London street gangs from the late 1880’s was a group of female toughs known as the Clockwork Oranges. They woulde later inspire Anthony burgess’ most notorious novel. Their main Rivals were the All-female “the Forty Elephants” gang.

Maureen Dunlop de Popp, Pioneering female pilot who flew Spitfires during Second World War. She joined the Air Transport Auxiliary (ATA) in 1942 and became one of a small group of female pilots who were trained to fly 38 types of aircraft.

In 1967, Kathrine Switzer was the first woman to run the Boston marathon. After realizing that a woman was running, race organizer Jock Semple went after Switzer shouting, “Get the hell out of my race and give me those numbers.” However, Switzer’s boyfriend and other male runners provided a protective shield during the entire marathon. The photographs taken of the incident made world headlines, and Kathrine later won the NYC marathon with a time of 3:07:29.

[imfemalewarrior]

Women have always participated in fighting; whether that is in war or in breaking down barriers that have been set in front of us by society. 

Take inspiration from our foremothers and continue breaking down barriers, wherever you are. 

-FemaleWarrior, She/They 

[ladylouoflothlorien]

nothing to do with my blog but how could I not reblog this???

[aethelflaedladyofmercia]

Hey, quick point - your image for Onna Bugeisha is actually a kabuki actress. I know, because I’ve used the image for presentations on the subject. In her stead may I introduce Niijima Yae, aka Yamamoto Yaeko.

Born in 1845.

In 1868, fought at the Battle of Aizu. Her father was the gunnery instructor, and she was trained on a Spencer carbine, which she used to defend the castle.

1871, divorced her husband and went to Kyoto to find her brother, who had been taken as a POW.

1871-1898, remarried a western-educated man, co-founded two schools (including a girls’ school), became a certified Tea Master and flower arranging instructor.

1890, following the death of her husband, became a Red Cross nurse. Served in the First Sino-Japanese War (1894-5) leading a team of 40 nurses, and the Russo-Japanese War (1904). Decorated for her service in both.

[injuries-in-dust]

I’m proud of people adding their own knowledge to this.

[paverics]

“but adding women to [insert title] isn’t accurate!” women existed back then too, baby. history was just written by men, for men

[tiktoksthataregood-ish]

[carrionthird]

"Stop scrolling and please help me spread the word, because if I've landed on your page you're most likely either a black woman or someone who cares about black women and the simple phrase I'm about to share could help save a black woman's life.

Doctors are to black women what police officers are to black men. That may seem controversial but I believe it to be true and I speak from personal experience.

If you've seen this TikTok you know that a 2016 study showed that 50% of medical students and residents thought that black people couldn't feel pain the same as white people.

And we learned from this video that because of a 1999 study, to this day, there's a black correction factor for the creatinin levels in black people's kidneys, meaning we're less likely to recieve a kidney transplant if needed.

So if you go to a doctor, feel you aren't getting proper treatment or they refuse the treatment you've requested, say to them the following:

I will need you to document on record that you are refusing the treatment (or medicine) I've requested, and the reason you are doing so."

[dovewithscales]

This works. I have used it in other situations. If medical staff have to document and take responsibility and be on the hook legally for doing shady shit they behave much differently.

If you weren’t already going to spread this advice because black women are at risk, then spread it because it’s applicable to everyone else as well, including you reading this.

But particularly women, and especially black women.

[adeleneblack]

and watch them document it, then request a copy at the end of your appointment (should be official looking: letterhead, dated, signature, ect)

then they can’t be shady about their record keeping and if they are you have an official document and not just your word

[scorpio-storm]

✨Looking for witchy friends!✨

Hey I'm Rye! Please like or reblog this if you are a

Storm witch

Cosmic witch

Spiritworker

Fae witch

Queer witch

Buddhist or buddhist witch

Druid

Or if you blog about

Tea magick

Dream magick

Tarot

Witch tips

Vulture culture

Goddess Iris

Goddess Rhiannon

Goddess Bast

Goddess Hecate

Looking forward to meeting you! 18+ please. I don't want to interact with minors. Please respect my boundaries.

[iolitewitchcraft]

Wine in Witchcraft!

I saw this post by @cosmic-witch and realized… I don’t think I’ve ever seen correspondences written up for types of wine before! So I spent some time and put some together based on their flavors/aromas/etc. Enjoy, wine-loving witches!

Wine in general is associated with happiness, success, love, relationships, and offerings.

Red Wine

In General

Element: Earth Season: Winter Associations: Love, warmth, contemplation, happiness, success, money, passion, health, lust

Cabernet Sauvignon

Tastes Like: Full-bodied, bell pepper, olives, herbs, black cherry, tannic/rough Element: Earth Associations: Grounding, protection, banishing, strength, energy, lust, fertility, ancestors, written magic such as sigils

Merlot

Tastes Like: Soft/round, blackberry, cherry, plum, herbal notes Element: Water, fire Associations: Unity, love, passion, self-care, protection, healing, prosperity, sexuality, sea witchcraft, water magic

Pinot Noir

Tastes Like: Delicate and fresh, fruity, tea leaf, worn leather, tomato leaf, pale cherry, beet root, strawberry, blackberry, earthy Element: Earth, air Associations: Prosperity, protection, wealth, success, beauty, passion, glamours

Shiraz

Tastes Like: Hearty, spicy, black pepper, black currant, clove, blackberry, plum, leather, tar Element: Fire, earth Associations: Wealth, banishing, divination, tech witchcraft, comfort, mystery, secrets, endings

Zinfandel

Tastes Like: Rich, zesty, raspberry, raisin, black cherry, blackberry, pepper Element: Earth Associations: Growth, wealth, plant magic, vigor, stamina, happiness, love, healing, versatility

White Wine

In General

Element: Air Season: Summer Associations: Joy, happiness, love, relationships, friendships, endings, success, energy, purification

Chardonnay

Tastes Like: Wider-bodied, light, velvety, apricot, mango, green apple, citrus, melon, vanilla Element: Water Associations: Peace, emotions, safety, success, happiness, balance, polarity, purification, mental power/abilities

Muscat

Tastes Like: Sweet, acidic, fruity, grapefruit, musk, citrus, apricot, rose, caramel Element: Air Associations: Love, mystery, lust, relationships, fertility, purity, cleansing, healing, love magic

Pinot Grigio

Tastes Like: Crisp, dry, fruity, peach, pear, acidic Element: Air Associations: Rebirth, endings, new beginnings, happiness, reality, creativity, longevity, divination (especially open-ended, like tarot)

Riesling

Tastes Like: Steely, crisp, fresh, slightly sweet, pear, apple, peach, petrol, honey Element: Fire, water Associations: Energy, movement, growth, rebirth, love, friendship, attraction, activity such as dance, preparation, cleansing

Sauvignon Blanc

Tastes Like: Herbal, grass, bell pepper, green apple, lime, gooseberry, jalapeno, melon, mango, black currant, passionfruit, peach Element: Air, earth Associations: Love, peace, friendship, companionship, arts, healing, happiness, joy, spirit work

Rosé Wine

In General

Element: Air Season: Spring Associations: Beginnings, happiness, excitement, friendship, new romance, love, passion, playfulness, relaxation, luck

Sparkling Wine

In General

Element: Fire Season: Summer Associations: Success, completion, celebration, wealth, opportunity, setting things in motion, prosperity, space witchcraft, weather magic, adding a “spark”

Feel free to use these however you’d like and add your favorite wines!

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HOLY SHIT, IT WAS THE ORIGINAL ONE

MAKE A WISH

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the first post ever on tumblr

[powerpuffsposts-deactivated2025]

I WAS EXPECTING IT TO BE A REMAKE OF SOME SORT HOLY FUCK

[kpopdotexe-blog]

WHO THE FUCK KEEPS BRINGING THIS BACK

[teenyweenynotepad]

reblog this because it shows up every blue moon

[flamboynt-deactivated20151220]

I FOUND IT ✊

[addcolortomysky]

I WAS SO SCARED IT WOULDNT BE THE ORIGINAL

[blairisbae]

Who first posted this?

[ratbastarddotfuck]

I THOUGHT THIS WAS GOING TO END WITH A MEME OR SOME SHIT NO IT’S THE REAL ONE OH MY GOD

[amberdamnn]

Wishing I’ll do well on my finals ✨

[glyxiebear]

IT’S THE FIRST POST ON TUMBLR WAT

[bagofbones6]

IM CRYINGGGGG

[serixskylark-deactivated2022082]

OH MY GOD I DIDN’T KNOW THIS WAS THE FIRST POST AND WHAT IT WAS

NOW I’M BLESSED

[raise-me-up-take-me-up]

HELL YE

[elminx]

Magical ideas for the Cancer Full Moon

Tomorrow evening, on 1/17, the moon will be full at 27° Cancer. There's a lot going on astrologically: the Sun will be conjunct Pluto, the Moon will be opposed Pluto, Venus retrograde will be trine Uranus, Mercury retrograde will be conjunct Saturn and square Uranus, and Saturn is square Uranus. With two personal planet retrograde going on, this isn't the time to focus on things outside of ourselves but it is the divine right time to do things for ourselves and our homes.

The Cancer Full Moon is a great time to:

1. Magically clean your house! - I know that many of us don't like to clean but I promise that (for me at least) working magic into the cleaning process has helped me to enjoy/keep up with mundane housekeeping. I've written a full post about magical housekeeping here, so I won't be redundant BUT it's a watery full moon on Moonday - this is the perfect divine timing to clean up the stagnant winter energy. 2. Work with lunar energies - I mean, every full moon, amiright?!? But the sign of Cancer is ruled by the moon so this stands doubly true for this moon. 3. Do some bath magic - a watery moon is a great time to do a bath spell. You could do a cleansing bath OR make and charge your own salt scrub or bath salts for future bath magic glory. 4. Divination - again, bring it that lunar energy. Whatever your cup o' tea divination is really will do. In fact, do some tasseomancy (tea leaf reader) to double down on the watery energy. 5. Dreamwork - Since Cancer is ruled by the moon, this is a great time to re-up your dream spells or make a dream spell for the first time. This could be a spell to get rid of nightmares, a spell for better sleep in general, or maybe a spell for lucid dreaming.

6. House Magic - Cancer is the ruler of the 4th house which is very focused on House & Home. This is a great time to do any brand of house magic that you prefer - make a simmer pot, do a protection spell for your space, feed your altars, consecrate a new house candle - the sky is the limit here.

7. Work with Emotions - This is pretty open-ended purposefully. You could do a spell to heal your broken heart. Or a spell to make you more open or less open to the emotions of others (as you need in your own life). The caveat here would be that Venus is retrograde so it is very ill-advised to do a spell to affect the emotions of others - focus on yourself during this time. I hope this was helpful - comment and let me know what type of magic you are doing for the Cancer full moon!

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