#brownie mary

[oldguardleatherdog]

The post about San Francisco medical cannabis outlaws Dennis Peron and "Brownie Mary" Rathbun where I added the story about my encounters with them and how they saved me from dying of AIDS wasting in 1996 has come around again, and this comment never fails to bring a tear to my eye...

"You're my family now. I will take care of you."

When I'm feeling burned to a crisp in my activist life, when I'm going up the wall in frustration with my community's inaction and maddening self-involved nearsightedness, when I think about how easy it would be just to give it up and enjoy life on all fours, something like this crosses my dash and reminds me what true compassion, true selflessness, looks like in practice -

and I get off my high horse, quit whining and feeling sorry for myself, and get back to work for my family, and I renew my promise to always take care of you 🧡 as much as any dog can

[lifewithchronicpain]

Damn, this post suddenly got popular again. It’s my most reblogged post and it’s a good one. Especially with this addition by @oldguardleatherdog, thank you! Glad it’s going around again this disability pride month.

In photographs, she looks like a scout leader about to ask if you’ve had anything to eat today. It takes a moment to see that often, just out of focus, her fingers are holding a joint and her vest is covered in risque pins, including an embroidered cannabis leaf.

Mary Jane Rathbun, jailed thrice and the reason for California’s groundbreaking action on medical cannabis, was better known as Brownie Mary, the patron saint of AIDS patients. More than twenty years after her death, it’s not hard to understand why this grandmotherly figure remains one of San Francisco’s most beloved activists.

She’s been called the Florence Nightingale of HIV/AIDS. She was famous for bringing her magic brownies to gay men and others suffering from wasting syndrome, a name for the deleterious effects on appetite caused by the stigmatized retrovirus.

Much like Nightingale’s work on hygiene and compassionate care, Brownie Mary’s legacy lives on in the recipes and procedures still used today in medicinal edible production.

Rathbun’s illicit distribution began in the early 1970s, when she was in her early 50s, while she worked at an IHOP in the Castro, 37 years before government-approved research finally proved that her hypothesis about distributing ingestible cannabis to AIDS patients was worth investigating. (Read more at link)

[ask-philosophical-stars]

[kraymerman]

Now that the Grand Fest has officially come to an end and the winners announced, I would like to give a few words.

To Team Past: Congratulations big time for your win! You put in the good fight and prevailed despite, quite frankly, overwhelming odds (and out of our two opponents, you were the ones I would've wanted to win, if it wasn't us)! Well well done! 👏👏👏

And to my fellow folks on Team Future: Well done! We faced the same overwhelming odds as Team Past, combined with Past's odds stacked against us, and although we came in a very, very dead last, by Joe we didn't go down without a fight, and the effort alone, the drive to never give up, deserves praise enough. That just makes us underdogs, just like the dear idols that represented us! And unlike the Past or the Present, there is no way of escaping the Future, it'll come whether you like it or not! Be it tomorrow, next week, or next year, we will, eventually, prevail! Because we're the Future, and the Future is the marching passage of Time! Well done, guys! Well done indeed! 👏👏👏

(have the Splatpost I made after the fest ended. it's the exact same one that I had for the fest, but I just added the underdog part)

[maryfisk]

Mary was waiting on the couch when Wilson stepped through the doors of the penthouse. Depsite the sun setting she hadn't bothered to turn on the light, leaving the main room shrouded in darkness. Their home smelled faintly of brownies and oddly enough mints from a source she hadn't quite figure out yet. Her gaze was stuck on her husband as he approached her, she raised a hand stopping his incoming kiss, and pointed to the couch. "Sit down, please. We need to talk." She spoke, brushing her hair out of her face.

She glanced over to Wesley who had arrived with groceries hours before. They had spent most of the day baking and listening to oldies but goodies.

@misterjameswesley

[littleplantfreak]

this could be us after a really sick slumber party js

[fairylandblog]

Domesticated Fairies

Known for her work in the field of folklore, Katharine Mary Briggs made a significant contribution to the study of fairy tales through the introduction of her concept of domesticated fairies. Her work in folklore explored how ordinary people incorporated these legendary figures, often perceived as wild and otherworldly, into their lives. Domesticated fairies have intimate relationships with people, usually in the house or community, and adopt more human-like traits than their wilder counterparts. Briggs named a variety of domesticated fairies, including brownies and hobgoblins, that lived in human buildings. Most of the time, people believed that these fairies were helpful since they would help with farm work or perform duties around the house throughout the night. It was common practice to provide them with small presents or food in exchange for their services, such as a bowl of cream or a piece of bread. People believed these fairies to embody the family's spirit and regarded their presence as a blessing, guaranteeing prosperity and protection.

Domesticated fairies reflect the human impulse to explain and personify the enigmatic forces present in both household life and the natural world. The people were able to make sense of the unexplainable occurrences or strokes of luck that occurred in their day-to-day lives by attributing the happenings in their homes to these animals. Fairies and humans shared a mutually beneficial relationship, with the fairies providing nutrition and recognition, and the people benefiting from the fairies' labor and protection. Briggs observed the capricious nature of these fairies. Despite their usual kindness, these fairies can turn mischievous or even vindictive if they perceive injustice or disregard. Regarding the unseen forces that are considered to influence human affairs, this facet of their character served as a reminder to retain respect and care for those invisible forces. The fact that these fairies appear to be both beneficial and possibly destructive is a reflection of the intricacies of human interactions as well as the necessity of maintaining a sense of equilibrium and respect within society.

The concept of domesticated fairies is an example of how folklore evolves to accommodate the social and cultural conditions of the time period. When people lived in agrarian cultures, where their daily lives concentrated around the home and the farm, the incorporation of fairies into these settings offered a means to bring the mystical into the everyday. These tales reaffirmed societal standards and values, emphasizing the importance of appreciation, hospitality, and awareness of one's surroundings. The investigation of domesticated fairies that Katharine Mary Briggs conducted offers a glimpse into the way in which folklore acts as a bridge between the real and the mythological, providing solace and comprehension in a world that is full of uncertainty. Her body of work exemplifies the profound influence that storytelling has on the formation of cultural identities and the maintenance of the collective imagination. Through the examination of these stories, we are able to acquire a more profound understanding of the various ways in which people throughout history have attempted to cohabit with the unseen and the unknown, successfully incorporating them into the fabric of everyday life.

[neonstatic]

Gobbled down a block of medium strong cheese with grapes like a man on the run. Don't know why I was rushing. Didn't even get 5 min into the video I was watching and it was all gone. Barely tasted anything rly. Happy Grapes and Cheese Thursday!

[nightfall-1409]

once again swinging at the hornets nest but if you can in fact swap out the phrase "Filoni's OC" with the phrase "Mary Sue" when you're talking about Ahsoka Tano.

then question why the fuck you feel that way about her.

genuinely what did she do other than be the main character in some star wars properties.

[the-ultimate-squish]

[aiiaiiiyo]

[impulsivemuses]

"Oh, I remember you~!" Emberlynn walked up to Mary, grinning. "I didn't know you were gonna be at this party too!" Small world. - @infernal-feminae

"You got an invite too, hm? I am quite shocked I must say~." Ignore her, Emberlynn... she's already been at this party an hour and already she's tipsy from her 'all you can drink buffet' of the wine aisle in the backyard which is why she's acting so strange. "You look... quite cute that small, have I ever said that before~? Tee hee!" Mary kneels down to Emberlynns height. "You drink, cutie?"

[octaviasdread]

okay, Frankenstein on stage in a 1930s/wartime setting is actually such a good idea

i was so worried about the script adaptation and how they’d choose to stage it - but i went in knowing nothing

and had the BEST time

[angstravaganza]

Brownie Pie a la Mary Pat

[rad-batson]

I’m like 99% sure the Gotham Elite’s social customs are fucked up because Autism-in-Human-Form Bruce Wayne was just so fucking tired of high society’s weird and incomprehensible (and frankly ableist) social etiquette that he went full Virgin Mary About-to-Invent-a-Major-World-Religion, said “oh haven’t you heard?” and just started making his own random social rules. Like who’s going to stop him? The other elites? The dinosaur CEO’s? He’s richer. He hosts the better parties. He could tank your business in a weekend. So when he says “Weird passive aggressive fork language is out. Having a different utensil for every different food texture is in,” you use a different utensil for every food texture. Now when foreign elites visit Gotham, they have to learn a completely new set of social customs to fit in. It’s like a cult, but the cult is run by the most influential man in the world and Gotham’s personal Jesus. The followers are more likely than not mafia bosses named after a bird. You will be judged. There’s a test. Yes, you do get brownie points for being nice to the servers. For the love of god, stop making so much eye contact. The cloth napkins are folded into little ducks. Welcome to Gotham.

[bigbitchmarii]

Brownie Pie a la Mary Pat