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Almost all figures in folklore and pagan myths are somewhat morally ambiguous. Guess why? Bc humans are morally ambiguous by nature. This whole good vs. evil, madonna vs. whore bullshit is of uniquely Christian origin.
i love figures in folklore who are morally ambiguous like. their wikipedia page will say like 'they will help lost travellers find their way back to the path also they are sometimes known to drown people and eat their bones.' ok!!!
You haven't read The Second Sex, have you? 'Becoming' a woman is what de Beauvoir critics. The social behaviours of woman, forced upon them by society and men, wich make them into women, are what makes their oppression.
Feminism is not equality, feminism is glory to women. We can’t equate two things that are completely different. We can only admire each sex’s strengths and natural gifts.
Simone De Beauvoir once said: One is not born, but rather becomes a woman. To be a woman is not to call for equality, that’s usually a step down. To be a woman, is to understand your importance and role in this world.
Couldn't agree more. The movie was enjoyable, yet still a huge let down. A YouTuber I'm subscribed to mostly for AOIAF content really praised the book series and also mentioned in one of his videos how Pauls character is not a hero but a cautionary tale. The movie may have hinted at this with Paul's religious war dream/vision. I just hope this dose not turn out to be some weird good vs. evil colonizer narrative after all, but I don't really have high expectations on that end...
reviews that complain about Dune being bleak and humorless make me want to throw myself against a brick wall.
listen.
Dune is not for everybody. there are many people who won't enjoy it, many who will think it's weird and strange, and whatever. and that's fine. there plenty of valid criticisms of the movie out there, but sweetheart, this ain't one of them.
hollywood's obsession with making mass profits off of movies that passively amuse and entertain people has brainwashed most of the movie-going population into thinking that all good sci-fi/action/adventure movies must have comedic overtones, and that humor is the only way to engage with a movie and its characters (looking at you marvel). i laughed maybe TWICE during the entirety of Dune and i was more invested in the characters and the story than i was with the last three star wars movies.
Dune is a political-thriller space opera. it's an EPIC. it's bleak because jihad and exploitation are its central themes. inserting comedy into the film would have been an enormous disservice to the story and its themes.
we finally got a blockbuster movie that's refreshingly innovative and unique and y'all are whining because it doesn't fit your expectations based on years and years of consuming formulaic, action = humor media. i am going to scream.
I just saw Dune and while I enjoyed the ride this movie just doesn't even come close to what I expected from such a highly praised book series. The political scheming was pretty upfront, simple and painfully spelled out to the audience. I could neither feel the invasion looming, nor was I surprised or shocked when it finally happened. A lot of the emotional moments just fell completely flat and the dialogue was for the most part terrible. The characters motivations and emotions were pretty muddied (not in a good way). Instead of a sense of mystery I felt that the movie didn't know how it wanted to portray its own characters.
I think a lot of these problems have to do with pacing, compared to the astonishing amount of events and characters that are introduced to us, there is shockingly little setup or building to any of them. Instead the film is littered with scenes that just feel unnecessary and say nothing or at least not something we didn't already know.
And yes the movie was humorless, but that's fine with me. They should have committed and cut out the scene with Jason Momoa as well. Not a single person in the packed theater laughed at that cheap 'joke'.
Furthermore Dune wasn't that weird, sure it has some unique ideas, gotta love the sandworms, the fremen and the gene besserit. The inherent evils of colonization and fucked up eugenics are unusual, yet very relevant themes. Aside from that nothing we haven't seen before, but I am open to be surprised by the sequels.
There were some things I really enjoyed about the movie. First and foremost it looked beautiful. I don't regret spending 12 bucks to go see it in theater at all. And although it didn't really spark any special passions in my heart it had me on the edge of my seat for a good amount of the runtime. All in all enjoyable, but nothing special with very little rewatch value
reviews that complain about Dune being bleak and humorless make me want to throw myself against a brick wall.
listen.
Dune is not for everybody. there are many people who won't enjoy it, many who will think it's weird and strange, and whatever. and that's fine. there plenty of valid criticisms of the movie out there, but sweetheart, this ain't one of them.
hollywood's obsession with making mass profits off of movies that passively amuse and entertain people has brainwashed most of the movie-going population into thinking that all good sci-fi/action/adventure movies must have comedic overtones, and that humor is the only way to engage with a movie and its characters (looking at you marvel). i laughed maybe TWICE during the entirety of Dune and i was more invested in the characters and the story than i was with the last three star wars movies.
Dune is a political-thriller space opera. it's an EPIC. it's bleak because jihad and exploitation are its central themes. inserting comedy into the film would have been an enormous disservice to the story and its themes.
we finally got a blockbuster movie that's refreshingly innovative and unique and y'all are whining because it doesn't fit your expectations based on years and years of consuming formulaic, action = humor media. i am going to scream.
Sugar…..spice…..and everything nice. These were the ingredients chosen to create the perfect little girl. But Professor Utonium accidentally added an EXTRA INGREDIENT to the concoction…. CHEMICAL X.
You seriously think Jews are not (perceived to be) of a race different from the white majority groups in European countries? Bc I got bad news for you that societies and especially fascists definitions might differ significantly. Why do you think the Nazis killed German Catholics for no other reason than the fact that they had a single Jewish grandparent? For funsies? What defines that kind of person as an 'other' If not their race/genetics? Culturally they would be the same as anyone else
ykw im actually extremely tired of europeans butting in to conversations about race to say 'actually there is racism against white people in europe :/' cuz no there isnt, yall need to cut it out. there is rampant xenophobia in europe, that is true and its a major problem, but the fact is it would be worse if you werent white. its extremely tone deaf of all of you to make the claim that white people experience racism anywhere when we both know damn well being discriminated against for not being from western europe would be worse if you arent white. as a caribbean native i know this because of the way our diaspora in europe is treated (since theyre both foreigners and nonwhite) and the state of territories like martinique (literally european, still experience discrimination). what you experience isnt fucking racism, and its not comparable to the racism europeans of colour face. just because you experience some discrimination doesnt mean you dont benefit from whiteness and you should all shut the fuck up and realise your hands arent as clean as you seem to think.
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Bc you can define it in different ways?
ykw im actually extremely tired of europeans butting in to conversations about race to say 'actually there is racism against white people in europe :/' cuz no there isnt, yall need to cut it out. there is rampant xenophobia in europe, that is true and its a major problem, but the fact is it would be worse if you werent white. its extremely tone deaf of all of you to make the claim that white people experience racism anywhere when we both know damn well being discriminated against for not being from western europe would be worse if you arent white. as a caribbean native i know this because of the way our diaspora in europe is treated (since theyre both foreigners and nonwhite) and the state of territories like martinique (literally european, still experience discrimination). what you experience isnt fucking racism, and its not comparable to the racism europeans of colour face. just because you experience some discrimination doesnt mean you dont benefit from whiteness and you should all shut the fuck up and realise your hands arent as clean as you seem to think.
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How was I wrong though? I really don't get it. This is exactly what I argued and how did you do more than a quick google search that's exactly the same wikipedia I read as well. Definitions of in- and outgroups or othering are essential to all forms of discrimination, racism as you define it as well as sexism or homophobia. This wikipedia definition is pretty broad and would also include discrimination against poc, wich is not surprising since xenophobia is sometimes used as an umbrella term. I recognize that racism is systemic. I would never claim anything contrary to that. That's not at all what I am trying to argue. I am not even saying that racism is the best term bc I recognize that discrimination against poc takes different forms and has whole other levels of vileness, but xenophobia just does not cut it or rather the strong differentiation between racism and xenophobia is flawed.
ykw im actually extremely tired of europeans butting in to conversations about race to say 'actually there is racism against white people in europe :/' cuz no there isnt, yall need to cut it out. there is rampant xenophobia in europe, that is true and its a major problem, but the fact is it would be worse if you werent white. its extremely tone deaf of all of you to make the claim that white people experience racism anywhere when we both know damn well being discriminated against for not being from western europe would be worse if you arent white. as a caribbean native i know this because of the way our diaspora in europe is treated (since theyre both foreigners and nonwhite) and the state of territories like martinique (literally european, still experience discrimination). what you experience isnt fucking racism, and its not comparable to the racism europeans of colour face. just because you experience some discrimination doesnt mean you dont benefit from whiteness and you should all shut the fuck up and realise your hands arent as clean as you seem to think.
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From the oxford dictionary
"noun: xenophobia
dislike of or prejudice against people from other countries."
Cambridge has a similar definition. I had greek in high school and If I remember correctly xenos translates to stranger. I'm not about to call someone on the internet an idiot but you should have looked that up...
ykw im actually extremely tired of europeans butting in to conversations about race to say 'actually there is racism against white people in europe :/' cuz no there isnt, yall need to cut it out. there is rampant xenophobia in europe, that is true and its a major problem, but the fact is it would be worse if you werent white. its extremely tone deaf of all of you to make the claim that white people experience racism anywhere when we both know damn well being discriminated against for not being from western europe would be worse if you arent white. as a caribbean native i know this because of the way our diaspora in europe is treated (since theyre both foreigners and nonwhite) and the state of territories like martinique (literally european, still experience discrimination). what you experience isnt fucking racism, and its not comparable to the racism europeans of colour face. just because you experience some discrimination doesnt mean you dont benefit from whiteness and you should all shut the fuck up and realise your hands arent as clean as you seem to think.
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My bad but xenophobia is discrimination based on cultural differences and implies that it's hate against people coming from somewhere else. That's not the case with a lot of hate against ethnic minorities that have been part of certain regions/countries for century's. Maybe there is something getting lost in translation as well idk
ykw im actually extremely tired of europeans butting in to conversations about race to say 'actually there is racism against white people in europe :/' cuz no there isnt, yall need to cut it out. there is rampant xenophobia in europe, that is true and its a major problem, but the fact is it would be worse if you werent white. its extremely tone deaf of all of you to make the claim that white people experience racism anywhere when we both know damn well being discriminated against for not being from western europe would be worse if you arent white. as a caribbean native i know this because of the way our diaspora in europe is treated (since theyre both foreigners and nonwhite) and the state of territories like martinique (literally european, still experience discrimination). what you experience isnt fucking racism, and its not comparable to the racism europeans of colour face. just because you experience some discrimination doesnt mean you dont benefit from whiteness and you should all shut the fuck up and realise your hands arent as clean as you seem to think.
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Hard agree that racism in Europe is way worse against people of colour in every single country no matter what specific group of white people inherit those places but simply calling all discrimination against other 'white' ethnicities xenophobia is just wrong (not like totally wrong bc xenophobia is very popular these days especially as a cover for more overt racism) and it disregards discrimination based on "genetic" not just cultural differences. Fascist in my home country literally believe that Slavic people are sub-human and an inferior race. Maybe racism is not the best term to use in this context bc it can disregard the struggles poc face but there is more to it then just xenophobia. I mean If you look at Yugoslavia the last ethnically motivated genocides in Europe happened just 25-30 years ago. The Nazis genocides against multiple 'white' ethnicities were only 75-80 years ago. I'm white so hunt me down: Please block me and/or delete this If you feel like it's inappropriate. I wanted to comment though bc I often feel like Americans are well meaning and want to protect European poc, but may miss the whole picture and throw people under the bus who may be in desperate need of protection now or may be again in the future
ykw im actually extremely tired of europeans butting in to conversations about race to say 'actually there is racism against white people in europe :/' cuz no there isnt, yall need to cut it out. there is rampant xenophobia in europe, that is true and its a major problem, but the fact is it would be worse if you werent white. its extremely tone deaf of all of you to make the claim that white people experience racism anywhere when we both know damn well being discriminated against for not being from western europe would be worse if you arent white. as a caribbean native i know this because of the way our diaspora in europe is treated (since theyre both foreigners and nonwhite) and the state of territories like martinique (literally european, still experience discrimination). what you experience isnt fucking racism, and its not comparable to the racism europeans of colour face. just because you experience some discrimination doesnt mean you dont benefit from whiteness and you should all shut the fuck up and realise your hands arent as clean as you seem to think.
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Not a classic rock fan in particular, but I do enjoy the genre and just wanted to add my two cents: I enjoyed listening to quite a few of their songs, but then grew tired of them very quickly. I think Maneskin make well produced rock. They have a great singer. They play their instruments well enough. Though nothing extraordinary, they'll probably get better with time. Their lyrics I can't judge since I don't speak Italian, but their themes seem to be decent with a nice message. Their real strong suit is their looks and branding. And that's about it. They are good, not great, at what they are doing, yet what they are doing is nothing special or new. Maybe it's enough to bring back some attention to rock music, but it will not be enough to kickstart any new movements or influence the direction of rock music in a new or subversive way. Things like that come from strong and vibrant underground scenes, wich Maneskin is not a sign of. I'm sorry, but they just aren't that innovative. They don't need to be either, but some people set them on this pedestal and it kinda irks me...
Is it just me or is it true, that everyone who is in the classic rock/ rock fandom gives a shit about Måneskin? Like they are viewed as some form of rock in the media (maybe also as a band who keeps rock alive idk) but no one who actually listens to rock music gives a fuck about them?
Gosh they are so bad :/ they are like the European version of Greta van Fleet (no offense)
I went out with multiple guys like that. I just always ask myself: What did you expect then? That I am just there for you to satisfy your weird fetishes? Is it so inconceivable to you that I have interests and a personality, wich surprise, surprise match my taste in clothing?
I look at my reflection in the mirror and I can't see me. I ask myself 'is that really me?'. The memory of the first time this happened still haunts me and I relive it over and over and over. Objectively I know that it's me, but when I see my face I can't see me and when I see my body I can't see me, no matter how hard I try. In fact I have a hard time even conceptualizing a holistic image of my outer appearance. Its just all disconnected features, that don't fit together and that, even If I were able to add them up, wouldn't look like me.
I have a special quarrel with my female body. I feel utterly disgusted even by the mere possibility of getting pregnant. I hate the fact that I am able to get pregnant, to an extent that I would probably end my life If I ever did, even If with the option of abortion. Even thinking about it right now is physically painful. My chest hurts and I want to throw up. Just how it looks is upsetting to me as well, but I don't know why.
This has sabotaged all my sexual and thus also all my romantic relationships with men and woman alike. I tends to get with feminine men with long hair, but I ask myself constantly 'what If I don't want to be with them, what If I want to be them?'. What makes it especially suspicious is that I like guys who may look like me If I were male almost to a 't' the same hair and eye color and clothing style, roughly similar in height, weight and facial features. If the men I had dated would have been woman, I would have had dated my doppelganger. Its creepy.
Is it bc it's a female body or is it just bc I hate how it looks? I know I want it to be firmer and skinner, although I way at most 55 kilograms at a height of almost 170 centimeters. Its the same thing yet again: I know I'm not ugly by societal standards bc people have told me so all my life. I know that my face outshines my body by millennia though. But even my face I can't really say I feel like it's beautiful. Its just there.
When I look at myself I don't feel the sensation I usually get when looking at something I find visually pleasing. I wear extravagant or weird clothing and make up, that I think are beautiful, in order to help the disconnect. But its not enough and I come to realize maybe it will never be. I have been living like this ever since I was a pre teen. I turn twenty-one soon. It's been ten years and I'm tired. Sometimes I imagine myself in a male body. Sometimes it gives me a sense of peace, most times it scares me to death.
I have a difficult relationship with being a woman, in the social sense, being assigned female at birth. Being raised as a woman was incredibly painful to me at times, not bc my gender expression, witch was always feminine, clashed with the expectations but my personality did, in a big way. Yet when I look around at other woman I can see the same hurt in their stories. I can see myself in them in a way I will never be able to do with a man. My relationships with woman as a woman are the most defining of my life. Female companionship is life changing. Only among woman I can almost feel what might be called freedom, what might be called peace. I realized: I could never live life as a man. I don't want to live life as a man. But should I be male, am I a man? Maybe non-binary? But what do I do with my body in that case? I don't know, I just don't know. It kills me.
Maybe seek professional help and not rant on tumblr, but one of those costs money and the other is free. I don't know what's wrong with me. Maybe I am dysphoric, but I do have genetic dispositions for depression, bipolar and schizophrenia, so who knows. I just know that this can't be normal. Or do other people live like this just fine? In this agony?
As a side note: This was pretty heavy stuff and I am truly and deeply sorry If I failed to tag one of your triggers. If you feel like it just hit me up and I'll add it. I also thought about adding a trans tag but I think I invade your spaces enough already, so please also hit me up If you think I should take a tag off this post.
never invite me over again just kidding, please do! i really wanna make out with you
This piece features the best new bands and artists we’ve discovered this week in the rock/punk genre (inc, post-punk) via other awesome music blogs/sites. They may not be brand new bands or artists but they are new to She Makes Music nonetheless and we just want to share their amazing music with you!
Rain On Fridays
Location: San Diego, CA What’s the vibe?: Emo indie Rock Discovered via: Loud Women Check Out: ‘Hey Man’
Hey Man by Rain on Fridays
Jess Macc
Location: Sydney, Australia What’s the vibe?: Anthemic Indie Rock Discovered via: Happy Mag Check Out: ‘Hater’
Jess Macc · Hater
Boarder
Location: Leicester, UK What’s the vibe?: Riotous Garage Rock Discovered via: Get In Her Ears Check Out: 'Nowhere to Hide’
Liquid Tone Production · Boarder - Nowhere To Hide
Mermaid Chunky
Location: London, UK What’s the vibe?: Art Punk. FFO The Slits Discovered via: Loud Women Check Out: 'These Girls’
VEST by Mermaid Chunky
M(h)aol
Location: Dublin, Ireland What’s the vibe?: Feminist post-punk Discovered via: Get In Her Ears Check Out: 'Asking For It’
Asking For It by M(h)aol
STUNTDRIVER
Location: Los Angeles, CA What’s the vibe?: Industrial-driven rock/Electro-rock Discovered via: New Noise Check Out: 'Fugitive’
STUNTDRIVER · FUGITIVE (Official)
Zilched
Location: Detroit, MI What’s the vibe?: Grunge/Doom Pop Discovered via: Under the Radar Check Out: 'Sixteen’
ZILCHED · Sixteen
Sunlust
Location: Toronto, Canada What’s the vibe?: Grunge inflected Garage/Indie Rock Discovered via: It’s All Indie Check Out: 'Action Figure’
Sunlust · Action Figure
Miss Jupiter
Location: Los Angeles, CA What’s the vibe?: Space/Sci-Fi Punk Discovered via: Loud Women Check Out: 'Rare Treasure’
Miss Jupiter · Rare Treasure
Strange Breed
Location: Vancouver, Canada What’s the vibe?: Alt Rock. FFO Veruca Salt Discovered via: New Noise Check Out: 'Tethers’
Tethers by Strange Breed
In my experience the media covers Israeli losses way more then those of Palestinians, but then again I am not British. To see antisemitism in media is sadly not surprising at all. I do think though that Palestinians in Gaza suffer more deaths than Israelis simply bc Israel has a pretty damn great missile defense system called the iron dome. Still, measuring human life is impossible and a single death is one too many. Other than that I do agree completely. The question of land-ownership is never one that can be answered indefinitely. I see that point being made way to little probably bc it's such an essential concept of our culture.
There’s no justice in this world.
“ I was walking on the street in Germany, when I noticed on one of the sidewalks a few gold painted stones upon which words were craved in German. They were put in this old spot to honor some of the Jews who were severely oppressed by Nazis. One of those stones was carved with “ Here lived ( name ) who ran away to ( and the word also means refuged to ) Palestine in 1931 “
Yes, It said Palestine.
And another stone with the same words with another name and another date….. I felt like I’ve found an evidence to give those who claim Palestine belongs to the Jews.
I took my phone out and took pictures till they exceeded 20.
A man was passing by me. I asked him with my simple German to explain what was written here and why?!
He explained to me until he got the word “ Palestine “. Then I asked him “ Palestine ? and where is that ? “. “it’s in the Middle East” He answered .
So, I said “ Really! Where ?? I know all Arab countries. There’s no Palestine”… To which he replied “ Now it’s called Israel! “
And as if I knew nothing I asked “ and it’s originally Palestine ?” He said “yes”.
“ Then why did the name change ? “ I asked
He stuttered. As if what he wanted to utter forbidden words that he keeps deep within.
I said to him “ Sir, I am Palestinian. I am sorry, I just wanted to know something and now I do. you mean to say those people ran away to my country and my grandparents welcomed them”.
He said “ Yes”
“ And they were safe there? “
He said “ Yes“
“ And how do you feel about the fact that the grandchildren of those refugees now live in Palestine. And the grandchildren of the welcoming people, like me , have never seen Palestine and have no right to visit it ?”
He shook his head and said “ There is no justice in this world” “
- Hassan Safoury. originally in Arabic
I just had a lecture about gift economies. I thought the gift exchange was highly ritualised and did come with very strong expectations of reciprocity?
the funniest thing in arguments about economics is when someone tries to convince you cavemen were actually mini-capitalists and trading items was the free market or something so capitalism is human nature
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Everyone is welcome :)
Yeah no as someone coming from Europe Easter certainly has pagan roots or at the very least traditions imbedded in it that are pagan. There is so much more to our Easter celebrations than just eggs and a rabbit. We light a huge fire on the saturday before Easter and have a folk fest*. We then roll literal fire wheels through our villages. We cut branches of certain trees and bushes and decorate our house with them. That's not Christian and nobody really bothers acting like it is.
*first documented in 800 ac
Easter customs and pagan origins
Easter is widely believed to have pagan origins. It’s repeated so often that the belief comes more from the repetitions than from any actual evidence. It’s possible that a couple of Easter customs have pagan origins … possible.
Myth #1: Easter is based on a festival of the goddess Eostre.
No. Romans were celebrating Easter 600 years before Eostre came along. We’re not even totally certain that Eostre was a goddess: there’s only one reference to her in the historical record, in 8th century northern England, and it could be a folk etymology.
Myth #2: OK, it’s based on the Germanic goddess Ostara, then?
No. Jacob Grimm invented Ostara in the early 1800s. She’s a conjecture, based on Eostre.
Ostara does appear in mediaeval German sources … as the name for the Christian Easter festival, not a pagan goddess.
Myth #3: Ishtar, maybe?
Nope. Easter only has the East-/Ost- name in English and German. Nearly every language calls it something based on Greek/Latin Pascha or Hebrew Pesach.
Myth #4: Well at least the bunny is pagan.
We don’t know that. The bunny first appears in Germany in the late 1600s. And it could be a variety of critters, not just a bunny.
Germany was thoroughly Christian at the time by the way.
Myth #5: But isn’t the bunny sacred to Eostre?
No. Grimm made that up. Only one reference to Eostre, remember? It’s in Bede, and he doesn’t mention bunnies. The bunny first appears in 1600s Germany, Eostre is in 700s northern England.
Myth #6: Well it’s based on the equinox, and that’s pagan at least.
Not particularly. What do you think might have been the earliest attested Roman equinox festival?
Go on, guess.
It was Easter.
Myth #7: It’s bloody well based on a lunar calendar! It must be pagan!
The ancient Hebrew calendar is pagan?
All calendars were lunar a few decades before Easter came along. If they had really wanted something pagan, they’d have used the Roman calendar or the Alexandrian calendar … which were both solar!
Myth #8: Hot cross buns are pagan.
No they bloody aren’t. They were invented in protestant England in the 1700s. They’ve always been mainly commercial anyway, not a church thing.
Myth #9: But I heard they were ancient Greek?
That myth comes from an 1876 book and even the author thinks it’s a weird idea. He just quoted it from someone who was very, very wrong about how ancient Greek works.
Myth #10: But the Romans made bread that was quartered. Gotcha!
I had a pull-apart bread the other night. I didn’t call it a hot cross bun.
Anyway, Roman pull-apart loaves found at Herculaneum are in eighths, not quarters.
Myth #11: I also heard they were invented in St Albans in the 1300s?
First, that’s Christian.
Second, sorry St Albans, it isn’t true. The story comes from a baker in Wardour St, London, ca 1850. He made it up for an advertising flyer, to make his buns sound cooler.
Myth #12: Easter eggs are pagan!
OK, at last we get to one that’s actually possible! Painted eggs are a really widespread custom and there might be a link.
And it might also be that eggs were an Easter treat because people abstained from them during Lent. We don’t know.
Myth #13: Wikipedia says the eggs come from ancient Mesopotamia.
The ultimate source for every single one of Wikipedia’s citations is a book talking about Christians in 17th century Turkey and Persia. Not ancient Babylonians. Wikipedia is wrong.
Myth #14: Aren’t Easter eggs based on phoenix eggs?
It’s true ancient Christians did like the phoenix as a symbol for Jesus’ resurrection.
But phoenixes didn’t lay eggs, in the myth that was current at the time. The new phoenix supposedly grew in the rotting flesh of the old phoenix.
So is there anything pagan about Easter?
Well, maybe the eggs. Maybe.
And if Bede is right about Eostre, then the name ‘Easter’, in English, and only in English, is pagan. (Personally I doubt it: I suspect it comes from a Germanic word for the season of the equinox. Details here.)
And I won’t touch Jesus’ supposed resurrection. I’ll just say: that’s complicated. Dying-and-rising gods aren’t as common as some people say, and Frazer basically designed the idea of them around Jesus, and Mithras doesn’t die, and Osiris dies but doesn’t have a resurrection, and … well, complicated. (More detailed discussion here.)
Further reading with sources and stuff: Part 1 | Part 2
The most extreme black/death metal bands with album covers and music videos full of upside down crosses and pentagrams WISH they could offend the Christian status quo as much as a Black gay rapper did with a single clip
We're just two lost souls
Swimming in a fish bowl
- Wish You Where Here by Pink Floyd
I always have to think about that song when I read those lines and then my eyes start wandering around my bedroom. There is an illustration on my wall. It shows two gold fish each in their own little tank, trying to kiss but never touching. It's titled 'Romeo and Juliet'.
Wow the attention to detail in this movie. They even gave Howl clip-ons and stick-ons since the coward that he is would be to afraid to get them actually pierced
look at me and tell me these earrings aren’t clip-ons
