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xaos:

I’ve long wanted to make an alteration to Austin Osman Spare’s drawing The Alphabet of Desire. As the A.O.D. is in common use by Chaos Magi the world over, thanks in part to the work of Peter J. Carroll’s writings upon the subject, I found it somewhat irksome as a model over the years.

The…

strippertweets:

The fearless New Orleans organization Women With A Vision, a group that’s done considerable work for sex worker rights, suffered an arson attack at the end of last week. Their outreach resources—condoms, educational materials, HIV rapid test kits, and anatomical models to demonstrate self-care—were destroyed. This act was one of domestic terrorism; it’s on par with attacks on abortion clinics, and the headline “Arson Attack On Women’s Health Organization” does a great job of summing up the issue at hand. Poor women, trans women, and women of color disproportionately suffer the enforcement of anti-prostitution laws, and an incident this unconscionable should cause prohibitionists to sit up and take notice of the type of company their “sex work is evil” message invites. 

threedifferentways:

lokeanconcubine:

Hail Loki, shape-strong Trickster, I honor You.

Hail Loptr, wily Sky-treader, I cherish You.

For those who offer you insult, I offer you praise.

For those who offer you mistrust, I offer you trust.

For those who offer you hate, I…

amber-and-ice:

tovalholl:

helheim: Ásatrú

ladyquorthon:

Quit insulting my religion and my culture with your ignorance! Thor and Loki could NEVER be together because it’s against Norse religion! Most of you ignorant people have never heard of the Ásatrú before and yet you’re…

I agree the Thor movie and the Avengers movie are shit. I also agree this trend of Thor/Loki fanfic is repugnant. But before you say Never just remember this is the god who turned himself into a female horse in order to fuck a male horse so the Aesir wouldn’t have to pay for a wall.

So if it would somehow make Thor look like a moron (and let’s face it, he’s not too bright), I don’t know…..

systemofaclown:

Somehow this weekend I ended up infected some sort of ‘negativity thoughtform’, and it’s currently wrecking havoc on my attitude, playing on my fears, making me worry needlessly, and making me feel like all my hard work in the gym and good nutrition and so on has been for nothing – as if I have…

blessedonebe:

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THEE OBLIVION OV THEE OBVIOUS

To say in day-to-day life that something is ‘obvious’ means, more often than not, that one concedes a note ov truth in exchange for a tolerance ov thee usual hypocrisy and conditioning. You can, for example, make your opposite admitas being obvious…

blessedonebe:

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THEE OBLIVION OV THEE OBVIOUS

To say in day-to-day life that something is ‘obvious’ means, more often than not, that one concedes a note ov truth in exchange for a tolerance ov thee usual hypocrisy and conditioning. You can, for example, make your opposite admitas being obvious…

blessedonebe:

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THEE OBLIVION OV THEE OBVIOUS

To say in day-to-day life that something is ‘obvious’ means, more often than not, that one concedes a note ov truth in exchange for a tolerance ov thee usual hypocrisy and conditioning. You can, for example, make your opposite admitas being obvious…

americanindignants:

Students stage a protest against tuition fee increases on May 25, 2012 in Montreal. (AFP Photo / Rogerio Barbosa)

TAGS: Protest, Politics, Opposition, Education,North America, Police, Security

Ontario students have pledged to take to the streets in solidarity with their protesting fellows in Montreal and other cities of Quebec. The students are defying emergency laws the authorities are imposing to curb down the wave of dissent.

Students in Quebec have been protesting for more than 100 days now, with violent clashes between police and protesters reported on several occasions. The latest demo on Wednesday night resulted in a police crackdown on demonstrators.

About 700 people were detained throughout the province, which pushed the total number of detentions over the months over 2,500. That is at least five times more than during the 1970 crisis, when martial law was declared in Quebec in response to the actions of radical nationalists.

The protest against the hike of tuition fees was mainly focused in the province’s largest city Montreal, but it is now spreading outside of Quebec. A group of students the neighboring province of Ontario pledged their support of the movement Friday.

“The most important thing we can do in Ontario to support the struggle in Quebec is to bring the spirit of democracy and activism into the province of Ontario,” said student and activist Xavier Lafrance as cited by the Toronto Sun. “The spirit is in the air. Mr. McGuinty needs to be aware that it can and will happen in Ontario.”

Calling the rally scheduled for June 5 the “beginning in Ontario,” Sandy Hudson, Chairperson of the Canadian Federation of Students – Ontario, said the group is expecting to “build a movement and have capacity.”

On May 18, Quebec provincial government issued a controversial emergency regulation called Bill 78 designed to undermine the students’ ability to impose school shutdowns. It restricts public gatherings larger than 50 people, provides fines for protest leaders endorsing unsanctioned events and forbids covering of faces on demos, among other things.

The regulation’s effect on freedom of assembly is drawing an increasing number of older protesters to join their students. The Montreal Gazette cites Henri Fernand, 65, who took part in Wednesday’s rally in his wheelchair as saying: “The youth is our future and I’m proud of them. I’m here in solidarity with the students.”