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creepicrawlies: release the kraken!… aww Hello...

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creepicrawlies:

release the kraken!… aww Hello you

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fuckyeahyourdad:

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fuckyeahyourdad:

The Little Mermaid was written as a love letter by Hans...

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The Little Mermaid was written as a love letter by Hans Christian Anderson to Edvard Collin. Anderson, upon hearing of Collin’s engagement to a young woman, proclaimed his love to him. He told him ”I long for you as though you were a beautiful Calabrian girl.” Edvard Collin turned Anderson down, disgusted. Anderson then wrote The Little Mermaid to symbolize his inability to have Collin just as a mermaid cannot be with a human. He sent it to Collin in 1936 and it goes down in history as one of the most profound love letters ever written.

Most scholars and psychoanalysts concluded that Anderson was bisexual; however, he never acted upon his homosexual drives.

The Little Mermaid, as it was originally written, did not have a happy ending.

mandrag: jonathanmoore:Midtown Cloud “I snapped this from the...

Tue, 11 Sep 2012 11:45:31 -0400

mandrag:

jonathanmoore:Midtown Cloud “I snapped this from the window seat as my plane was approaching LaGuardia Airport. The cloud is over Manhattan, while Brooklyn and Queens are visibile in the foreground, separated by Newtown Creek.” Captured by Jeff Weston

perpetualcollapse: celteros: Celteroticism: Male-to-Male...

Thu, 19 Jul 2012 21:55:32 -0400

perpetualcollapse:

celteros:

Celteroticism: Male-to-Male Relationships Believed A Norm Amongst The Celts ~

Historical accounts state the ancient Celts are believed to have fought their battles naked, a notion that holds a certain erotic allure for many. What may not be widely known, mostly because of editing and revisionist history, is that it many historians have concluded that it was not uncommon in Celtic culture for the men to have sex with each other, even preferentially so. Some speculation suggests that life for Celtic warriors could have been a veritable hot-bed of male to male sex for pleasure - and to think people of the modern times have been worried about gays in the military! The Celts were known as some of the fiercest fighters in history strongly suggesting that there was nothing compromised about them.

Some critics say that the modern Irish as descendents of the Celts, had Christianity and its traditionally homophobic ethos forced upon them. Behind all the seemingly cultural anti-gay context that gets talked about around St. Patrick’s Day because some organizers haven’t allowed GLBT groups to march in the day’s celebratory parades (in the USA), is a history of a people who seem to have had a very active natural pleasure ethic and libido. They seem to have seen no problem with same-sex pleasure, affection or love.

The relationship between gender-variance, homeroticism, magic and mystery traditions has been, until fairly recently, a taboo subject for occultists, religionists and academics all. Over the last decade or so, interest in Celtic traditions has grown and has been romanticised to the point that it has spurred some to investigate the aspects of the culture which have been omitted by revisionists.

One offering of information is from Diodorus Siculus in 1 BCE who wrote “Although they have good-looking women, they pay very little attention to them, but are really crazy about having sex with men. They are accustomed to sleeping on the ground on animal skins and roll around naked with male bed-mates on both sides. Heedless of their own dignity, they abandon without qualm the bloom of their bodies to others. And the most incredible thing is that they do not find this shameful. When they proposition someone, they consider it dishonourable if he doesn’t accept the offer!”

From this piece and other information about gender variance amongst the Celts that is available, it seems same-sex relations between warriors were not unknown or for that matter, at all uncommon. There is evidence of homosexuality in Celtic warrior bands which were known as ‘Bleiden’ or ‘Wolf’. What is significant is that, despite similarities (such as shape-shifting & wilderness initiation rituals) there was a marked difference between Greek and Celtic homoeroticism in that unlike the Greeks, the Celts did not consider it shameful that males elected to take the so-called ‘passive’ role.

Three areas where evidence is found for gender-variance and homoeroticism include; hints on same-sex relationships in the life of Cuchullain, the story of the Men of Ulster and the myth of Gwydion and Gilvaethy.

While there are no sweeping statements promoting what today is termed homosexuality in ancient Celtic lore, there are multiple accounts from external observers who commented on the widespread practice of same gender sexuality among the Gaulish Celts. The Greek philosopher Posidonius, who traveled into Gaul to investigate the truth of the stories told about the Celtic tribes, put it rather bluntly: “The Gaulish men prefer to have sex with each other.” This is supported by some Aristotelian commentaries as well.

As far as we know, the ancient Celts had no laws or known prohibitions against homosexual behavior. To the contrary, there are tales and histories in which homosexuality is mentioned in a rather matter-of-fact way, as well as many other accounts which, while containing no explicit mention of any character’s sexual orientation, celebrate deep affectionate and even physical bonds between persons of the same gender. As Diodorus Siculus noted, often Roman and Greek accounts mention Celtic warriors who were deeply insulted if their offers of male-to-male sex were refused.

Celtic mythology is riddled with deities who do not fit neatly into rigid, stereotypical gender roles. There are Goddesses of war and battle and Gods of love and poetry. There is also a tradition of male praise-poets who wrote about the kings they served as a lover writes of their beloved. Many historical commentaries on warriors and monastics speak of devoted companions who shared a bed and often the love between these companions is celebrated in poetry and songs.

While some scholars believe that “gay identity” is a modern construct and may only exist in reaction to oppression or contemporary social aspects, there is indeed evidence that homosexuality and bisexuality have always existed and appeared most certainly a part of Celtic culture…

Wow.

moriwende: abominog: Tumblr give away for a ‘Bloat the Bubble...

Sun, 15 Apr 2012 17:28:22 -0400

moriwende:

abominog:

Tumblr give away for a ‘Bloat the Bubble Fish’ pet for WoW! Simply like and reblog this post before 24:00GMT for a chance to win!

Can’t hurt to try, right?

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toocooltobehipster: migymig: RUGRATS: Teaching kids that it’s...

Fri, 17 Feb 2012 01:17:21 -0500

toocooltobehipster:

migymig:

RUGRATS: Teaching kids that it’s okay to marry someone of the same gender since 1990.

Hourly moan: They obviously didn’t teach very well because most teenagers *off of Tumblr* are still homophobic and would say it’s weird to marry someone of the same gender.

My Tumblr turned one today. How do I know? They sent me an e-mail to celebrate. Cute.

Mon, 10 May 2010 01:37:11 -0400

My Tumblr turned one today. How do I know? They sent me an e-mail to celebrate.

Cute.

Drugs? Really?

Wed, 28 Apr 2010 22:41:50 -0400

I’ve had an utter fascination in memoirs of substance abusers for as long as I’ve been supporting myself (5 years or so). Meth and Coke, sure, maybe a little Heroin, but the big one is alcohol. The stories I find are usually set in huge cities (LA and New York) and are sometimes as scattered and unorganized as the drug trips themselves. They all start with semi-normal life, descend into drug hazes, and all involve someone that knows the protagonist better than he/she knows him/herself. I’ve never tried any drugs (not even marijuana), and alcohol isn’t very high on my priorities list (yet, at least - we’ll see what happens post-college heh), so what’s my big attraction? Why do I find these stories so compelling?

Sometimes I identify with the main characters because I want to find myself such a wreck. There’s a certain romance to a story like that…whether it’s the drama, or the situational intensity, or whatever else I can’t be sure. But that really isn’t it. I’m much too proud, and more correctly too afraid to ever let myself go that far. Am I “living vicariously”?

Or is this some sort of training course? All of the stories I’ve read are true - they happened to real people in real places. There are people out there that feel like this. There are people out there who want/need what I’ve wanted/needed; someone to just know. To know for real. Am I subconsciously (or consciously, now) setting myself up for an encounter with someone in the future? Someone who will need my help? Will I be the mysteriously-confident figure that will start the recovery process? Is this how I will find my someone? Or will I be this someone to someone else?

The people who write these stories and memories are always very self-aware and lucid after such a grueling experience. It truly changes you. Is it the emotional maturity I’m attracted to?

Or am I just too scared to get out there and experience anything for myself? Nah, it’s really not my thing. I’m really uncomfortable when I smell pot. I’ve never had any encounters (even proximity) with anything harder than that, and alcohol is legal, so how could it be that bad? (ha ha) I don’t have any desire to alter my consciousness…

It didn’t start with anyone in particular…It’s a fascinating world. Should I inch away from the memoirs and start focusing on the theory behind recovery?

Will any of these questions ever get answered? Stay tuned, I guess.

"Spiteful words can hurt your feelings but silence breaks your heart."

Tue, 27 Apr 2010 10:24:14 -0400

“Spiteful words can hurt your feelings but silence breaks your heart.”

- C.S. Lewis (via kari-shma)

thedailywhat: Photo Set of the Day: Thirty eight real-life...

Fri, 15 Jan 2010 13:30:51 -0500

thedailywhat:

Photo Set of the Day: Thirty eight real-life recreations of Calvin & Hobbes snowmen.

Above: Snowman-eating snowman, spotted in Florence, MA.

[nerdcore.]

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