Riennynn's Adventures

30. Recently minted PhD. Biomedical engineer. Cancer researcher. Historical costumer. Fan of Supernatural, Star Trek, Doctor Who and Torchwood. Baker, jewelry maker, and former hula dancer. Custom Elizabethan corset maker, Regency bonnets, and more. My inbox is always open - I'm here to chat, share ideas, and simply listen.

[mypetufo]

i cant wait to get a boyfriend, im all prepared. i punched some holes in the lid of this jar and i put some grass and a twig in it

[berlynn-wohl]

I once put this in my OKCupid profile and didn’t get a message for two months

[thegodthief]

My observations and experiences as a Pagan Woman of Color:

On finding out I’m of black descent, people keep asking me who my Met Tet is. Who my Head Orisha is. Which Lwa am I bound to. And then saying “Why not? It’s your bloodline after all!”, when I tell them I don’t follow a African Diasporic Path.

When I was serving Loki, I was spit on by a local (Caucasian) Asatru, who felt me claiming such a bond was an insult to his “warrior race” ancestors. I was later told by well-meaning others to never bring up my connection to Loki among other pagans. Not because of “Loki = Bad” spite, but because it will be assumed I’m fluffier than a bag of cotton balls because no black person would be accepted by the Aesir/Vanir.

I was invited to a local Open Circle by a Caucasian friend. The Open Circle was held purposely for allowing those not grouped or covened to join in a seasonal festival and was open to the general public. After arriving and confirming my attendance, I was discreetly told that the ritual would “probably not be good for you and your energies because your kind of gods are so different from ours”. I repeated these words to the High Priestess, who looked every where but at me and then said, “She wasn’t supposed to say it like that, but yes.”. I asked her if she knew which gods I was beholden to, she said, “The Voodoo ones.”. My stone face corrected her. I did leave, but I took a red pen and hashmarked my name from the attendance sheet, then wrote beside it why I was leaving. “My race is not welcome.” My friend said it looked like I had left a blood mark on the paper. She later told me another person spoke up and said, “The nigger left? Oh good. Now we can have a proper ritual.”.

Online, everyone assumes I am Caucasian because of my assumed name, and that I use runes for magic and tarot for divination. When I correct them, they usually drop the thread at once. On occasion, I have had my comments removed because “Only whites can understand the Goddess. Non-whites have males Gods as their patrons. This has been documented throughout history.”.

The “Pagan Community” is as whitewashed as the British Colonial Empire. There are outstanding individuals and groups that stand against the tide. But for the majority, it’s either conform to the ‘standard’, or be exotically invisible.

It is for these reasons (and so many experiences like them), I find it hard to claim I am pagan at times. The connotation of the word has shifted from “country-dweller”, to “person not of a Abrahamic faith”, to “a person of European ancestry following a religion loosely based on Western European and/or Northern European religions”.

If I say I am pagan, it is assumed I am white. If I correct that, then I am accused of race-baiting, wanting to be a Special Snowflake, denying my ancestry, or wanting to be white. I am immediately considered a charlatan compared with infamous characters as Miss Cleo and Dionne Warwick. I’m obviously trying to lead young impressionable real pagans (read: white) away with my fake hoodoo mumbo jumbo.

If I remain silent, I am viewed as commiserating with the very people that would render me invisible.

If I speak up, I am viewed as spreading lies and assaulting white people everywhere in my quest to destroy the Caucasian race and self-worth.

I have nothing to add to the arguments discussions being held back and forth. I’m just a Pagan Woman of Color, that has found refuge in her personal friends, but views the Pagan Community at large racially hostile towards People of Color and has had that view justified far too many times than not.

[thisshitaintpagan]

THIS is why the Pagans of Colour blog needs to exist, because these are not isolated incidences.

[clearedcache]

Reblog if you still ship Arthur/Eames

[akafoxxcub]

where is aja why does this only have 500 notes

[bookshop]

Screaming, I AM HERE, I AM HERE. I AM JUST A LITTLE LATE IS ALL!!!!!! (actually i have no idea when this was posted, but in honor of THAT TIME WE VOTED SIX MILLION TIMES FOR THIS PAIRING, surely we can boost the numbers a bit!)

forever and ever and ever

[dreamhusbands]

I started re-watching Inception yesterday and got all the feels again.

[ohfreckle]

Forever and ever and ever.

[shakespears-deactivated20160121]

I should probably feel more sorry about this. (insp.)

[blackgirlsreverything]

Since you're such a smart ass what exactly did black women invent? I answer that. Nothing!

Melania Trump’s speech…

[bahamianqueen94]

[trininadz]

[dynastylnoire]

[whateverthepoodle-deactivated20]

Plus things like CCTV, easily removable convertible tops, toilet paper holders, improvements in cataract surgery, and research that lead to touch tone telephones, portable faxes, caller ID, call waiting, and fiber optic cables.

[quesirasiracha]

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/henrietta-lacks-immortal-cells-6421299/

A black woman’s DNA is responsible for majority of the twentieth centuries cell, cancer and vaccine research. Fuck you anon.

[aceunibomber1906-deactivated201]

Sarah E. Goode - Folding Cabinet Bed July 14, 1885 - 322,117

Miriam E. Benjamin (School teacher) -Patented a gong and signal chair for motels- July 17, 1888- 386,289

Anna M. Mangin (Woodside, New York) -Patent for a pastry fork -March 1, 1892 - 470,005

Lyda A. Newman (New York City, NY) -Patent for a hair brush which permitted easy cleaning by having a detachable unit which carried the brush and bristles-

November 15, 1898 -614,335

Madeline Turner (Oakland, California) -Patent for a fruit press.- April 25, 1916 -1,180,959

Alice H. Parker (Morristown, NJ) -Issued a patent for a heating furnace.  The invention provided a mechanism for regulating heat to be carried to various rooms of a building. -December 19,1919 -1,325,905

Marjorie Joyner   (Chicago, Illinois)- Patent for a permanent wave machine which could wave the hair of both white and Black people. -November 27,1928- 1,693,515

Marjorie Joyner was employed by the Madame C.J. Walker Cosmetic Company and assigned her patent rights to that company for a hair styling hot comb (erroneously cited as invented by Walker).

  Madame C.J. Walker, born Sarah Breedlove, invented hair creams to soften the hair.  She also developed other lotions and creams for which she acquired trademarks.

Patricia Carter Ives.  “Creativity and Inventions. (Arlington, VA:  Research Unlimited), 1987.

Henrietta Mahim Bradberry  (Chicago, Illinois) Patented a bed rack which was an attachment to the bed that permitted air to pass through and refreshed worn clothes. - May 25, 1943 2,320,027

Device operated pneumatically and was adapted to discharge torpedoes under the water surface.  - December 11,1945 2,390,688

Mary Beatrice Davidson Kenner (Washington, D.C.) (born in Charlotte, North Carolina) Sanitary Belt. May 15, 1956 2,881,761 Sanitary Belt with Moistureproof Napkin Pocket.  April 14, 1959 2,881,761   Carrier attachment for invalid walkers. (McLean, Virginia) May 18, 1976 - 3,957,071 Bathroom Tissue Holder.   (Williamsburg, Virgina) October 19, 1982  - 4,354,643 Back washer mounted on a shower wall and bathtub. September 29, 1987  4,696,068

 Mildred Austin Smith (Sister of Mary Beatrice Davidson Kenner) Family relationships card game

A game that explores genealogical family relationships.  Marketed under the names “Family Relationships Card Game” and trademarked as Family Treedition, also available in braille October 28, 1980 4,230,321 .

Virgie M. Ammons- Fireplace damper actuating tool. The instrument opens and closes a fireplace damper and is also intended to operate as a securing means to prevent fluttering of the damper due to wind -September 30, 1975 3,908,633.

Iula O. Carter   (Ohio) Nursery Chair February 9, 1960 2,923,950

Bessie V. Griffin (New Jersey) Portable receptacle April 25, 1951 2,550,554

Maxine Snowden (Washington, D.C.) Rain Hat April 5, 1983 4,378,606

Mary Ann Moore  (Carlisle, Kentucky) Pain relief composition and method of preparing same   December 4, 1979 4,177,266

Patricia Bath, M.D. Los Angeles, CA  Laser apparatus for surgery of cataracts lenses- Dec.1,1998 5,919,186 ,Method and apparatus for ablating and removing cataract May 17,1988 - 5,843,071 Apparatus for Ablating & Removing Cataract Lenses Jul. 6, 1999 4,744,360

Marie V.Brittan Brown  Home security system Dec.2,1969

Joan Clark Los Angeles, CA Medicine tray Apr.1,1986 , Holder for bras & like

Aug.31,1976 D283,249

Beatrice L. Cowans (Washington, DC) and Virginia E. Hall (Washington, DC) Embroidered fruit bowl wall hanging and kit for making same. Apr.5,1977 4,016,314

Ellen Elgin Clothes wringer 1880s

Julia Terry Hammonds (Lebanon, Illinois) Apparatus for holding yarn skeins

Listed in the Official Gazette of the U.S. Patent Office.  Dec.15,1896 572,985

Joanna Hardin(New York, NY) and Bernard Hirschenson (New York, NY) Keyboard standFeb. 23,1993 5,188,321

Ruane Sharon Jeter (Los Angeles, CA)   Toaster April 14,1987 D289,249

Ruane Sharon Jeter (Los Angeles, CA) and Sheila Lynn Jeter(Los Angeles, CA)  and-held, multi-functional devices in one housing including a stapler, staple remover, pencil sharpener, hole punch, calculator, tape measure, architectural and engineering scale.      Sept. 16, 1997 D383,783

Gaba; Rodolfo (Simi Valley, CA); Griffin; Michael (Aqua Dulce, CA); Gusakov; Ignaty (East Aurora, NY); Ruane Sharon Jeter (Los Angeles, CA); Mach; Brian

(Elma, NY); Marsh; Gordon H.  (West Hills, CA).  Medical waste disposal container Sept. 7, 1999 5,947,285 ,  Container installing system Jul. 6, 1999 5,918,762,  Cabinet for housing a medical waste container Jun. 15, 1999D411,008

Natalie R. Love (Baltimore, MD) T-Top roof cover May 5,1992 5,110,178

Brothella Quick (Evanston, IL) Pocketed underwear Nov 23,1993 D341,470

Carol Randall (Los Angeles, CA) Portable holder for tissues Aug.13,1996 Ear brace Nov.20,1990 5,544,750

 Judy W. Reed -Improvement in dough kneader & roller Sep.20,1884

Mary J. Reynolds Hoisting/loading mechanism Apr.20,1920

Archia L. Ross (New York, NY) Runner for Stoops. August 4, 1896 and Trousers Support November 28, 1899 565,301

Theora Stephens Pressing/curling iron

Valerie Thomas(Lanham, MD) Illusion transmitter Oct 21,1980 4,229,761

M. Thomas Float-operated circuit closer May 4,1920

Hirschenson; Bernard (New York, NY); Hardin; Joanna (New York, NY)Keyboard stand February 23, 19935,188,32

I haven’t even touched the 2000′s yet

[andr0mache-deactivated20170706]

I just want to be financially stable and having really good sex.

[elliotpdaily]

Ellen Page talks the Orlando shooting on Chelsea +

[stevebuckeyarchive]

someone: inception wasn’t the greatest. the concept was cool i guess but it was kind of bor-

me: so like, anyways! u know that scene where they’re in the hotel in the dream and eames is on the floor about to put the needle in his wrist—which he was totally capable of doing by himself by the way—and arthur just fuckin, comes over, gently takes eames hand and puts the needle in for him while eames lays back and smiles up at him and is like “security’s gonna run you down hard” and arthur smiles and shoots back “and i will lead them on a merry chase” and eames huffs and says “just be back before the kick” and arthur is like “go to sleep mr eames” like what the fuck? was that eames seriously telling arthur to be careful and to be safe??? was that arthur honestly smiling back at him and saying “of course, im going to be perfectly fine” like it sounds like a conversation they’ve had before? don’t even get me started on the “EAMES? he’s in mombasa!” honestly arthur how the fuck did you know that. HOW! why was there so much subtext, c nolan? i need answers it’s been 5 years i am tired

[sibilantly]

Tom Hardy + memorable lines

[riennynn]

"I bet you don't even have a mother, I bet you congealed from a pile of paisley poly-blends," Arthur said and then re-traced the conversation. "...wait, Eames. You--you didn't talk to my mother, did you?"

-Arthur to Eames in 'Give Me the Number (if you can find it)' by ifeelbetter on AO3

[mindblowingscience]

Condom-free male birth control just passed another trial, and could be on sale within 2 years

Finally!

One of the most promising male birth control techniques so far has just passed another major hurdle, with trials in rabbits showing that one injection can deliver safe and effective contraception to males for at least 12 months - no condoms required.

Importantly, the results so far also indicate that the treatment, known as Vasalgel, is fully reversible, which is pretty exciting after years of condoms being the only reversible way for men to control their fertility. Human trials will begin later this year, with developers claiming it could be available to the public as early as 2018.

Developed by US-based not-for-profit company, the Parsemus Foundation, Vasalgel works by blocking the tube sperm travels down - the vas deferens - with a flexible, spongy, hydrogel material. That means all the important fluids can still get through, but larger objects, like sperm, can’t, which prevents pregnancy.

Injecting Vasalgel into the vas deferens is pretty quick and easy, and the latest animal trials suggest that the contraceptive is longer-lasting than the developers had been expecting.

Continue Reading.

[riennynn]

Now we have to see if men will actually be willing to be the responsible party.

Vast generalization, yes. I'm not feeling charitable today.

[flavorcountry]

Dr. Mae Jemison, MD, the first black woman in space and first actual astronaut to appear on a Star Trek show, one of the very few people on this planet of whom two pictures can be posted depicting them doing their job on a spaceship with entirely different contexts.

[simpleescapism]

Holy shit this is a serious contender for the best post I’ve ever seen on tumblr.

[mediamattersforamerica]

North Carolina is about to “get the pants sued off them by the ACLU.”

[singofsolace]

Whenever I’m feeling a little down, I watch this video. Marina Sirtis speaks beautifully on the subject of loving yourself even when society tells you not to. Her honesty and openness is breathtaking. 

[southdownsnightingales]

To try and save Lisa, Ianto managed to get her out of Canary Wharf, which had been destroyed by cybermen and daleks. He builds a cyber conversion unit, pretty much stalked Jack to get a job in Torchwood Cardiff, snuck her into the basement, and was getting the help of a scientist to try and reverse the conversion. He lies to all of his friends, betraying their trust in an attempt to save the woman he loves. He made that risk of being discovered every single day, and knew what could happen to him, but he wouldn’t give up on her.

To try and save Jack in CoE, after the hub and Jack have been blown up, he’s on the run, and being hunted. He manages to loop back to the hub and watches Jack’s body being collected and taken away. He manages to track the truck that takes Jack away, finds where they’re holding Jack and watches as they fill his cell with concrete. He steals a JCB, rips the cell out of the wall, and gets out of the compound to a quarry where he breaks Jack out of the concrete slab and saves Jack’s life.

Basically, what I’m trying to say is Ianto Jones will do whatever it takes to try and save the person he loves.

[riennynn]

Words that shouldn't be used as slurs or insults

Short Dark-haired Female Cis Hetero Engineer Sarcastic Realistic Whovian Trekkie Feminist The above as insults make about as much sense as shouting "potato chip lover!" as a derogatory term. None of the above amount to being: Racist Misogynist Misandrist Homophobic Transphobic Xenophobic Classist Keep in mind what the real problems are.

[mooseblogtimes]

Mother of Navy Vet Shot at 30 Times by Police Begs For Justice

This video was posted by the mother of India Kager, who was shot 30 times by the police. One more unheard story of a black woman executed by the police for nothing. Moreover, for a really long time Mass Media didn’t have any information about this case. 

In September  India Kager, a 27-year-old Navy veteran from College Park, Maryland, was sitting with her boyfriend and 4-month-old son, Roman.

Perry was a “person of interest” in a  homicide, according to the police. They additionally claim that they had “confidential information” that he “was going to” commit a “violent crime.” But that’s about all they’re willing to say at this time to justify the incident.

Kager had nothing to do with her boyfriends crimes – past or future.

However,  officers began firing rounds that killed both Perry and Kager, indiscriminately. The baby, however, managed to survive – no thanks to the police who sprayed bullets wildly a the car.

Police didn’t explain anything and no justice for her daughter happened, so she is begging for it.

God Help you.