#anti lent

[winged-thinged]

You do not have to stay up and wait. The end of the world is not coming. You do not have to act as a witness. Nothing bad will happen if you close your eyes. Go to sleep. The man called Jesus is dead. The terror of that night was over a long time ago. Humans hurt each other all the time. It doesn't mean anything. There is nothing you can do about it right now. It's late. The world will still be there in the morning.

Go to sleep.

[the-winds-indecision]

if i were to make a 40 antilent daily suggestions type thing, would y'all be interested in that? i think it'd be fun

lent is coming up next month (starting on valentines day, gross) and i kinda wanna make a 40 anti lent suggestions post

[levi-unpacks-purity-culture]

anti-lent sex-ed sunday #1

this post is part of the 40 day s of anti-lent posting that i'm doing on my main @the-winds-indecision - feel free to follow along there as well!

okay my first suggestion is to get familiar with your downstairs anatomy.  lock yourself in the bathroom or your bedroom with a hand mirror and actually take a look.  to some of you this might sound silly, but the church filled me with such sexual shame that i didn’t actually take a proper look at my own anatomy until i was almost 18.  not groovy.  so grab a mirror and poke around.  learn what you look like from as many different angles as you can manage.  if you have sufficient internet privacy, consider googling “anatomical diagram of *insert genitalia here* and look for a trustworthy medical website in the general search results.  part of the way the church exerts control is by restricting knowledge, but once you have that knowledge, it can’t be taken away

[magical-girl-rose]

That's right also happy Valentine's Day. I know, ew! Both at the same time I am shocked and appalled.

But in that spirit of Anti-lent I had a very delicious Dairy Queen lunch since I refuse to fast and give anything up for 40 stinking days and continue to do so and drink lots of water to stay hydrated

wishing all the ex catholics a very happy beginning of anti-lent

[falafels]

pt.41!! <pt.40 pt.42>

tags for the homies ❤️ @andrewsleftarmband @blurryhour @you-know-i-get-itt @notexactlythatgirl @longspacerat @tessasilverswan @minyard-05 @carbon-dated-gal @bisexualchaosdemon @stormiiflies @watercoloureyes01 @vampire-overlord @iron-sides @azure-wing @buffalo-fox @ohgodnotagainplease @pink-hydrangea @jaywalkerss @ohmynoggin-blog @cosmic-marauder @min-getoutofmy-yard @plazybones @disastersappho @leestars13 @the-witch-forever-lives @minyardsss @post-historical-posts @andabuttonnose @hidinginmyhands @aftg4l @allfor-thegames @kaleidoskuls @inafieldofstarflowers @snowcoming @mooniism @jeanmoreausautismstickers

[beastliness]

if anyone else has vices they'd like to suggest I take up for anti-Lent, the list so far:

hypocrisy

fanaticism

jealousy

neglicence

vanity

pride

Trading Card Games

[wellsbering]

hey everyone - i'm scheduling this to post on ash wednesday to announce that i will not be on tumblr for the next 40 days. i'm giving up social media for lent so i can focus on more important things. i'm setting up my queue to run through easter, sharing 2 fundraisers a day for people in gaza, sudan, ukraine, and la, and that will be the only content on this blog for the duration of lent. if you send me messages, i won't read them until after easter.

i also want to ask you again to share & donate to my friend safaa's fundraiser, linked below. despite the "ceasefire" (which israel has repeatedly violated), the people of gaza still lack basic humanitarian aid. if you can contribute anything to help safaa buy food and medicine for her family, please do - every small donation counts:

[newyorkthegoldenage]

At the Hotel Roosevelt office of "10 Million Americans Mobilizing for Justice," volunteers use adding machines to tabulate signatures obtained in a nationwide drive opposing the censure of Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy, November 26, 1954. They were unsuccessful: the Senate voted to censure him on December 2.

Photo: John Lent for the AP

[recovering-catholic]

I made an Apostate Easter playlist last year and shared it here, so here's this year's.

It's a mix of apostate jams/songs I interpret as apostate jams/songs that have personal meaning for me related to my deconstruction journey as well as some unrelated stuff I've had on heavy rotation lately.

Check it out if you want to:

Sending love as always. 💜

[winged-thinged]

The Parable of the Younger Son

Once there was a father who had two sons. The older son was obedient; he followed his father's rules and he worshiped his father's god. The younger son was restive and rebellious, and as soon as he came of age, he left home.

"Fine, then," his father said, "take your inheritance and go. You'll come crawling back home soon enough."

And so the son set out to make a life for himself. But when he checked his saddlebags he found that his father had given him far less than he had promised.

He soon spent what money he had on frivolry–a haircut, and a new set of clothes, sex and wine and a kiss in a dark club. He struggled to find a job, and at last he found himself working for another rich man. There, he was paid so little that he went hungry, and as he fed the pigs their daily meal of scraps, envying the animals, he said to himself:

"I will return to my father's house and beg for a job, for even his servants are treated far better than this."

When he returned home, his father ran out to meet him with open arms.

"My child! My child who was dead has returned!" he said, and embraced him. "I will slaughter the fattened calf for you, but first you must do this thing for me: let me call you my daughter, and dress yourself in girl's clothes, and leave your friends, and follow my god, and don't go out at night to kiss in dark clubs, and obey me in everything."

His son turned away, with tears in his eyes, and said, "I would rather eat the pig scraps."

"Ungrateful thing!" his father shouted after him. "Prodigal, sinful, lazy and lascivious slut! My child is truly dead!"

When the older son came outside to ask what the racket was all about, he found the old man alone, standing in the middle of the road.

[the-winds-indecision]

anti-lent day 1

ash wednesday is both the first official day of lent (yuck) and a day of fasting so we're gonna start out small and inconspicuous

inconspicuous: make yourself a hot drink that feels indulgent.  get out the good tea or make your hot chocolate with milk or sweeten your coffee with maple syrup or whatever you like.  once it’s in your mug, chances are nobody’s gonna notice anything.

defiant: forget the fasting guidelines entirely.  eat a meal (ideally a hearty one, but even a sandwich will do) that has meat.  have dessert.  treat yourself to a meal/dessert out if you have the money and it won’t raise any eyebrows at home.  this is hard. i know.  my first time breaking the fast deliberately i ate one piece of salami and then i had to consciously avoid praying for forgiveness the rest of the day.  so don’t worry if it’s hard, or if you can’t do as much as you’d like

[levi-unpacks-purity-culture]

hey y'all, over on my main @the-winds-indecision i'm doing 40 days of anti lent posts and i'm thinking of doing some on the theme of sex ed and/or purity culture

if y'all have ideas or topics you'd like to see please lmk - i'd love to hear them!

[thedogslegart]

The lost art of me doodling

[beastliness]

pride

TAKING NOTES ✍️

(context)

[the-oddest-inkling]

Everytime I watch Porn these days, there's always this uneasy feeling in the back of my head knowing that most of these women are propably forced to do this (especially if you watch like for example japanese porn). You simply can't even enjoy it knowing full well that a lot of these women are not only propably forced into pornography, but propably also drugged and raped.

[kamikazemorgen]

A bit of rambling for Morgen, I suppose. since the inboxes are acting up

Morgen is an unapologetic killer. He IS careful, but honestly, if the situation would be simplified by killing someone rather than risking that person killing or harming innocents? He's on it.

I already know he won't get along with Vash(es) in general, because unlike Wolfwood, he won't be persuaded so easily away from it.

But, any Vash is welcome to *try*, because if you manage to get through that thick ass skull of his, I'll be impressed.

That said, he doesn't go around blindly killing people? Even if others do not agree, he does have his own sense for moral code he upholds on it. When survival hinges on acting for yourself, the only morality you can rely on is what gets you and those you protect through to see tomorrow.