Howdy, I'm Mari, 26, my pronouns are she/her/hers, I'm queer, chronically ill, and Appalachian!
If you are interested in comic recs my dms are always open if you want me to give you recs that more generally fit the kinds of comics and stories you already like reading, but if you're looking for more general recs I can give you those too!
I am a CSA survivor- if you pull shit in my inbox EXPECT to be treated accordingly.
You can find me on ao3 under username thequiver, I'm also on tiktok under @the_quiver, you can also find me on Spotify at TheQuiver for playlists based on characters, relationships, and my fics!
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holding ur hand gently as i say this. kneecap isnt the only focain irish language band out there <3. expand ur horizons a chairde there is so much good music as gaeilge around rn
some recommendations:
Súil Amháin is a poet and rapper from Listowel (hon the kingdom!) and I fucking love his music for how it effortlessly positions gaelainn not as a relic of a slowly suffocating culture, but as a language belonging totally to the modern world and to modern Ireland in particular, and at the same time staying true to aspects of traditional Gaelic songs, such as a propensity towards place names lol. the áit dhúchais is as important in Súil Amháin's 'Lá Breá', as it is in any sean-nós song and the leanúnachas between tradition and a bold plunge to the future is inspiring
Róis is an artist from Fermanagh whos album Mo Léan is a beautiful exploration of the tradition of death songs and keening in ireland. its like a mix of sean-nós and electronic music and a bunch else mixed in. personlly i prefer her 2023 album Uisce agus Bean but Mo Léan is the better album without a doubt lol. the attempt to reconcile death in the modern world with irish grieving traditions that span centuries is very affecting and also the songs themselves are absolute tunes 🎶
their website says it best. "Through bold reinterpretations of at-risk Irish language songs, Huartan’s mission is to connect contemporary audiences with the oral singing tradition and native language of Ulster." they call their genre 'tradtronica' and I desperately want to see them live ive heard they're incredible. their music is so fun and energizing and the blend of electronica and trad instrumentation is sublime. also they're very firmly and demonstrably pro-Palestine (éist le Fiáin nó Dorn San Aer / listen to Fiáin or Dorn San Aer!)
IMLÉ is a pretty prominent collective in the Irish language music scene, their stuff is like pop / hip hop / indie and for the most part their singers have Connemara Irish i think. some of their songs annoy the shit out of me lol and im not a huge fan of what James Shannon brings to the table but i LOVE Róisín Seoighe and overall theyre fun!
Róisín Seoighe's individual stuff is brilliant as well, i really love this song of hers.
Amano is a Japanese-Irish singer songwriter from Kerry who released an EP last year, Thread, comprised of 4 incredible songs in Irish. her voice is beautiful and her music energizing and the EP weaves together so many disparate threads 😉 its such a joy to listen to!
Síomha's stuff isn't on spotify anymore but her tunes are so effortlessly stunning and graceful. her website describes her genre as 'cosmic, folk-informed, jazz-tinged, post-pop' lol and her debut album Infinite space is so dreamy. And ofc you only have to listen to Spéir Rua to fall in love with it.
i just love Kíla. theyve been around for a few decades, theyve a wealth of albums and their newest one, Raise the Road, is a collaboration with an 8-piece brass brand ‼️ They're described as 'Contemporary Irish World Music' and their sound is sublime, theyve such palpable energy. ngl tho Rónán Ó Snodaigh is a phenomenal bodhrán player but i find it very hard to understand his irish, idk if its just the dublinness or what lol
and ofc the ogs of using irish to make (not so) contemporary music, Na Fíréin! founded in 1984, they were an attempt at a rock band whose songs were entirely through Irish. Their song Tír na nÓg is genuinely one of my favourite songs ever, i love it so much. Sin Mar a Bhíonn is also great. give them a go! they are very 80s but its nice to know that something like them existed and that the Irish language was a part of the rock scene in Ireland back then.
That's all I have room for lol but please it ye have recommendations for music in Irish feel free to give them! <3
What do historians mean when they say "archive"? One archivist makes the case for a more precise use of the word.
It is a shame to fight over terminology, especially when there is a perfectly accurate and precise term that could be used: personal collections. Not only is “personal collections” more accurate, in my experience it also draws students’ attention to a number of questions that they don’t ask about the term “archive.” When I discuss personal or special collections with students, they begin asking questions that “archive” does not inspire, such as: Collected by whom? Collected why? For what purpose? These are the questions we are trying to teach as historians.
As many historians currently use the word “archives,” they seem to imply that an archive is the natural state in which primary sources arrange themselves after being discarded or left by their creators. It creates the false impression that there is little to no work that goes into making primary sources available to researchers, and—more dangerously—that archives are even a neutral or unmoderated space. When archives and the historical record are used interchangeably in this way, we are unable to see what might be missing.
the thing that bewilders me about a lot of fantasy readers is that they read about settings and plots featuring imperialism, war, and slavery and then call the inclusion of violence, abuse, and sexual exploitation "edgy" and "gratuitous" and it's like what did you think was happening. why were you under the impression that you were going to get a cozy story about fascism or something. far be it from me to criticize anyone for not wanting to read about torture in their spare time, and there are certainly cases where heavy subjects are poorly executed, but is it not equally insulting to sanitize them for a feel-good adventure.. like no one put a gun to your head and forced you to give your fantasy novel an enslaved protagonist. sometimes writing is supposed to make you feel bad
What would you do if you were scrolling through recommended tumblr posts and one was from someone you don't know and it was just a picture of your dad captioned "fucking hate this guy" and it had hundreds of notes
Thank you to @batphobique @cissie-queen-jones @thequiver and @capes-and-arrows for being very helpful in remembering and collecting all of these unhinged tidbits.
a ton of people have unexpectedly followed me over the last 2 days so here is my rent-lowering gunshot:
the american south is the most racially diverse and poorest region of the united states, and any political sentiment that treats the south is stupid or expendable is inherently racist and classist. a lot of y'all are racist and classist. the south is also the heart of american culture. argue with a wall. you cannot deny that everybody in the entire world does not emulate artists from atlanta. there is vested interest in keeping the south poor and uneducated BECAUSE this is the most racially diverse region in this country. if you actually give a fuck about progress, you would fight for the south, not mock us.
I am ONCE AGAIN thinking about Sam Guthrie's conversations with his mother about how his younger siblings are parented and ESPECIALLY the one following his little sister getting groomed
and how Sam's concern is not just out of parental devotion due to the role he was forced into but also out of the fact that he was also groomed and his mom didn't do anything about it
how fucking devastating it would be to hear your mother say she doesn't have to change how she parents in general when you bring a concern to her, but especially in the wake of your little sister feeling so unloved she joined a cult/hate-group and became susceptible to grooming especially after you introduced your mother to your groomer and she liked her
No okay because the way that she's almost constantly changing his role in the family to whatever is most convenient for her
It's perfectly fine and normal and right for Sam to forfeit his education as a child to work in the same place that just killed his father to support his eight younger siblings and for him to parent them and take on the role of father and it's perfectly fine and good and normal and right for his younger brother to feel pressure to do the same after Sam leaves and almost crumble under the pressure - but if Sam expresses guilt over leaving and expresses any thought of trying to reclaim that role after he's finished high school Lucinda acts like she never expected him to be a parent or a breadwinner
like Lucinda not only does Sam remember the events of just a year and a half ago but he also just had a fist fight with his little brother about the fact that you've put Jay in the exact position Sam was in
she literally lies about throwing away a stuffed animal of Paige's that was given to her by her dad, when the Guthries are so poor that they can't justify throwing anything away let alone toys that can be passed down- presumably just to hurt the child she likes the least- and Sam is shown consistently to be putting himself in situations where Paige can choose if he's her brother or her surrogate-dad to try to reach her and help her and take care of her because their mother isn't
Lucinda wants Sam to listen to her, so long as he doesn't have a taste of what life is like outside of Cumberland, once he gets that she tries to rewrite the narrative and frame what he did for his family as something that he volunteered for despite her wishes rather than an expectation that he had to live up to - because now that Sam has had that taste of freedom, he knows that life can be other ways and he's nearly an adult and that means he wouldn't have to listen to her- even though she's been treating him as an adult for longer
And Sam brings home his groomer, and he's not even afraid of Lucinda questioning the age gap, or Lila's career, or any of that- he's worried about his mother's judgement. He worries about Lucinda being mean to his groomer- and clearly this is because he knows that his mother is capable of meanness and that she's judgmental and harsh when things don't meet her standards, and I wonder how he knows that.
And then he watches Joelle become susceptible to grooming because of his mother's clear favoritism - and when he broaches the topic she tells him that nothing needs to change. And then just a few years later he watches the same thing that happened to him happen to Paige, and his mother doesn't even say a goddamn thing about the man who groomed Paige sleeping with her in the air in front of the family during a family emergency.
The fact that Sam is still willing to TALK to his mother makes him a more patient person than me
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