#eraofstories

[tiaramania]

ok after that pumpkin and bat tiara i have to ask: are bat tiaras generally a thing? Are there MORE bat tiaras? I love bats so much...

I love bats too! There are more bat tiaras but they are just bat wings not the whole bat which is not quite as cool. I'll reblog them in a minute. 

Are they pumpkins? I've been leaning towards peaches but I really don’t know. They could also be oranges.

Autumn in Pekin Tiara by Lydia Courtielle

[dedicatedfollower467]

@eraofstories said

“it's a movie on netflix and it has one of the greatest scenes ever commited to film. like. i keep. just pulling up this single scene. like everything else is also good but: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRtJ1Dtzg1o “

i do like this scene but mostly i love how i literally know even less about the premise of this movie than i did before.

[leupagus]

I started therapy again after several false starts, where I worked up the courage to call people and they didn't have room or never got back to me. And I did a really big work presentation that resulted in a big success for me.

THESE ARE SO HUGE! Public presentations and speaking can be the absolute pits; but you did it and crushed it and you’re still reaping the rewards of getting it done! I am so beyond thrilled for you, that’s an awesome accomplishment under your belt.

And oof therapist hunting, it’s ALSO the absolute pits, especially when you’re putting in the time and effort and not getting the response you deserve. I am so glad you stuck with it and found someone at last, even though it took a few tries and probably a lot of frustration on your end; you are such a great and valuable person, I’m really proud of you for finding value in yourself to take that step.

[steelplatedhearts]

@eraofstories replied to your post: @the-hare-gets-fucked replied to your post: ...

please at least like, try taking allergy meds and also pay attention to your neck - I once let allergies get so bad that I coughed a hole in my lungs and air started coming out of them into my neck, which started to feel like bubble wrap. So like “just allergies” isn’t as reassuring necessarily as you might hope? Just like. Be safe?

I did take some benadryl for a few days, and it did nothing besides give me a headache--i've actually never had allergies before, so that's super unlikely, but my mom wanted to cover the bases. thank you, though!

[sashayed]

how do you not have it though? Like, it's just. I am one tiny jewish lesbian, and Steve Bannon gets to advise the president even though he'd describe me as a dyke from a seven sister school, who he doesn't want going to school with his kids. And he and Donald Trump are going to deny asylum to people who will die as a result and even calling my rep and senators won't help because they're already on my side, but they aren't in the majority in congress. And I'm scared. How do you be strong?

BECAUSE FUCK THEM!!!!!!!!!!

I am not going to let them decide what I do. They can and do make me feel things, fury and fear and despair, but they cannot put me out and they cannot exhaust me and they cannot tell me what to do. I am not stronger than you, but I am going to act like a strong person. I am going to take a hot bath now and then I am going to go to sleep and in the morning I’ll have coffee and on Sunday I will go to the No Ban No Wall rally outside the White House and I will stand in the streets with the thousands who agree with me and with you and I will refuse to let these people tell me what America is. Fear is their bread and their currency and I will not take it from their tiny, damp hands. I will act like a person who is not afraid, because we are in history now and I am not going to let terror and complacency put me on the wrong side of it.

And if you are afraid, and if you don’t have anywhere to stay, you can sleep on my sofa. 

[kiriamaya]

eraofstories replied to your post “(Starting to think I should just unfollow/unfriend some folks and move...”

do it. I have AGGRESSIVELY curated my dash, and it's really freeing and nice.

I really, really should.

[tiaramania]

I loved your post about Kamala Harris's pearls. Did you see that Barbara Lee wore Shirley Chisolm's pearls? They're not a flashy piece, but I think it's so beautiful to see these remarkable women in American politics building intergenerational connections even in this completely different model where of course such things aren't necessarily going to be passed down to family. In this case the pearls were given to her by Chisolm's goddaughter.

Yes, I loved that!  Rep. Barbara Lee wrote on Twitter, “On this historic day, I’m wearing Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm’s pearls, given to me by her goddaughter, who said that her godmother “would not want it any other way.” Because of Shirley Chisholm, I am. Because of Shirley Chisholm, Vice President Harris is.”

All of the articles I saw used a different picture of Rep. Chisholm where she was wearing a double strand of pearls but I think the one in this picture is the correct necklace because the pearls in the double strand were larger than the ones worn by Rep. Lee.  For everyone that doesn’t follow U.S. politics, Shirley Chisholm was the first black woman to serve in the U.S. Congress and she ran for president in 1972.

I also liked the ring worn by Amanda Gorman, the inaugural poet.  The ring was made by Of Rare Origin and features coral, jade, chalcedony, and pearls set in 18 karat yellow gold vermeil. The caged bird is a reference to Maya Angelou who was the 1993 inaugural poet.

All in all there were some great and meaningful jewelry choices at the inauguration today.

[tiaramania]

I just wanted to say that i think it's really lovely for you to insist that people tell you a favorite tiara show as well as a least favorite - the internet can be such a negative place, and it's just. really lovely to see people push back on that, even in little ways, you know? Idk, I don't really watch royal tv shows, and everything I know about tiaras I've learned in the last couple weeks of following you, but it made me smile, so I wanted you to know!

Thank you, you’ve made me smile too!  I said that they have to include a favorite a little selfishly because I’m tired of all of the comments and asks I get about how the tiaras in any particular show are terrible.  I have several in my drafts that I haven’t answered yet and I just wanted a little positivity.  I hope you enjoy learning about tiaras.  They make me happy and I hope they make other people happy too!