It should work, right?
At first I was thinking “Awe, the cubone wants to see if they can make a pokemon out of the skull he wears.” then I remembered why they wear the skull and was like “Ow, my heart”
In my neighborhood live families of buddhists, christians, islam, even a paganist.
It doesn’t cause problems because this is fucking 2015 and there’s absolutely no need to throw a hissy fit about this kind of thing anymore.
This is a random tangent rather than a direct reply… But isn’t pagan an insulting term used by Christians to bundle all the old religions together as “dumbass heretics”?
Just kinda weird they’re cool with rolling with that label insteada going with whatever the name of their actual specific religion is, is all I’m saying.
Actually I’m pretty sure “pagan” was the original term and the christians just started misusing both their name and many of their symbols (like the pentagram) because they were just assholes like that.
On the subject of missused symbols, the upsidown cross is actually called the st peters cross because he demanded that he be crucified upside-down so that he does not die in the same manner of his savior. An upside-down cross is a symbol of respect towards jesus.
mine says a female, 18-24, interested in fashion and beauty, so most of my ads are from retailers who specialize in makeup and dresses - so it’s entirely accurate
okay the tags on this post are absolutely golden
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The only thing it got right is that I like computers and electronics
I dig this for a couple of reasons.
First, it’s got great style.
Perhaps more interestingly though, is that it’s a very different tone as far as the direction of aggression. Most people know the Clash of the Titans version where she’s on the hunt for him once he shows up. But let’s face it, Medusa really gets the shaft from destiny overall. She starts out as a priestess in a temple who gets raped by Poseidon and gets cursed for it as if it was all her fault. The result is that she’s basically doomed to live without human contact for eternity. Then she’s hunted down specifically for her head by a demigod whose got all sorts of great toys and backing to get the job done and depicted as some sort of horrible monster for defending her turf from folks out to kill her.
There are some really interesting theories about regarding just what the whole ‘gorgon’ thing was really about from a historical perspective. It’s really quite a tragic tale about the rise of patriarchy and the purge of goddess-centric worshipers. There are also parallels to the Apollo versus Typhon story which is part of the same era. Harsh.
See, even the demystified stories from ancient times are fascinating!
Medusa by *MattRhodes
Reblogging for commentary.
I wish there were more nuanced portrayals of Medusa than as just a scary, snake lady.
Not to mention all this shit went down while she was pregnant with twins, the Pegasus and the giant Chrysaor, as a result from the rape. Perseus would mount Pegasus, and use him and Medusa’s head to kill a sea monster, thus winning him a wife, Andromeda. Medusa was cursed by the very goddess she served, Athena, who also gave Perseus the mirrored shield he used to slay her. Raped, betrayed by her god, hunted down like a beast in her own home while she was pregnant, her own children stolen from her and used to glorify and aide her killers and betrayers. And she’s supposed to be the monster?
That’s how Greek men saw the myth. Greek women viewed it as Athena protecting Medusa by giving her the power to make any man who looked at her completely harmless. Her head was used as a symbol to mark women’s shelters in ancient Greece.
Friendly reminder to remember that women have their own vivid lives and cultures and that the stories which are preserved today come through a heavy filter of gender, race, and class biases.
The above
I would watch a movie about the trauma medusa went through
Just spent 10 minutes looking for my asshole cat…
is there a cat in this picture i honest to god dont see it
Holy
I’ve seen this picture like 4 times on my dash today and I wasn’t gonna reblog it but I can’t do this anymore this is driving me crazy where the fuck is the fucking cat?
I will giv eyou a hint. It’s a black cat.
