#gynaiko

[botanikos]

😁💻

😁 — what’s your favorite part about being part of the rpc?

Making new friends and, of course, writing! I've met some really incredible people, and I just think that's the neatest part!

💻 — how many friends have you made in the rpc? feel free to tag a few of them!

I've known @bigdicblitzo & @thepalesiren so long, they'd probably hunt me down if I don't mention them! I've made a lot of new friends, to be honest. I'm too shy/nervous to tag them and find out the feeling might be unrequited, haha! But to name a few I feel I might be safe mentioning. . . . @gynaiko @bliitzo @lustsang @poisonedspider @blitzisms @doublejango @holyfurnace @chasingrainbcws @redemonarc @aroyaltailor @rradiio @stolsas OKAY THAT'S SO MANY and that's where my semi-confidence ends. ajsdkflg; There are people I still talk to/interact with but I don't wanna cross a line and say we might be friends ;v; BUT I HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE I LOOK AT AND TALK TO AND SWOON OVER OKAY THANKS.

[catfcng]

“Those are cute little knives.” / from Lady on over @gynaiko

⋆ ❤︎ 🐾 ॱ⋅.˳ "Cute?" He blushes bashfully. "Ma, these are used on the job. They're not cute." They're lethal. Deadly. But he doesn't want to say that in fears of concerning her.

[arachnaemboss]

‘ i think that i’m still human. ’ / from Carmilla on over @gynaiko!

lyric starters!

  TO FIND AN END to the most cycloidal of states of mind could be much a sisyphean task, in this one perpetual wink. What was a sinner, if not a human, yet not one at the very same time? Remnants of who one once was, mixed thoroughly with a creature execrable ( deserving not of enlightment, divinity & eternal rest )! Tainted and soaked to the marrow, corrupted and corroding through the eons until nothing was left of the babe long ago born PURE on Earth. Her statement a simple one, yet one not lacking of its complexity from deep within ( through the crevices could zestial find understanding... ), thus did lower pair of eyes open akin top row, bespeckled gaze landing upon her form.

  “Be that something which BOTHERS you, my friend?” A clink of porcelain punctuated a query, as cup was gently set down. Brows knit but slightly in concern! “Denyeth not thine roots —- through the years have I found that should a demon e'er forget one's humanity, so would find'st their minds instability and certain doom.” Their vices all but free, and a growing strength which FOLLOWED, but at what unavoidable cost could it come, if not madness? “Are you all right?”

[foundcr]

@gynaiko     said:       “what   ,   you   think   i’m   not   qualified   ?”     [       LOONA       ]

charlie   frowned   at   her   response,   instantly   needing   to   reel   it   back   as   she   smiled   nervously,   waving   her   hands   around   in   dismissal.

"    not   at   all!    i   just   don't   think   you'd   like   the   environment   some   of   the   people   that   check   in   bring…    trust   me,   we   only   have   three   members   of   staff   that   are   girls,   me   included,   it   gets   a   bit…    y'know.    "

gesturing,   she   tried   to   put   the   whole   ‘being   a   woman   gets   you   hit   on’   lightly   onto   the   hellhound   as   she   smiled   all   the   way   through,   trying   to   be   sincere.    it   wasn't   that   she   was   opposed   to   her   working   at   the   hotel,   far   from   it!    she   just   was   worried   what   would   happen   to   her   if   she   did   work   here.    she's   working   with   sinners;   and   from   charlie's   observation,   not   a   lot   of   hellhounds   mingle   with   sinners.

it's   for   good   reason   probably.

[sainticidal-arch]

‘ you should get some sleep. ‘ / from Keenie from @gynaiko

“ no. ”

it comes out harsher than she intends it to. there are bags forming under her eyes, hours upon days upon weeks without sleep. an angel doesn’t need it, she knows, but it is still nice sometimes. her usual facade falls and replaces with worry when michael realises how cruel her response came, then exhales a heavy sigh and rubs her temples. a hand waves the cherub away, wanting them to simply abscond from her space posthaste, but they have been ever-difficult on that front. michael, heavens imposer of the divine will. the cherubs, upholders of heavens laws. it is no surprise to any that they work on close proximity. shoulders slump over the desk michael works at, a stack of papers at its corner. michael runs her free hands through her blonde and silver hair; she is tired.

“ it’s fine, ” she says, reaffirming the other. there is a weak smile that does not reach her eyes; she is doing her best. but michael feels that she is falling terribly short of perfection. “ it will be fine. ”

[the-kittyphiles]

- Gyneneophilia -

The paraphilic attraction to women/girls younger than oneself.

This is the opposite to the term gynepalphilia.

“Gyne-“ coming from the Greek word for women (gynaikos) and “-neo” coming from the Latin word for younger (neóteros)

Free to use/repost without credit for anyone EXCEPT pro-contact big three paras.

[ID: Two identical flags with five stripes, each stripe being a different shade of pink. However, the second flag has the symbol for female in the centre. END ID]

[cisthoughtcrime]

alright i'm asking this to you because you're like. one of the #1 radfems on this website. how is "gyn" pronounced? is the G pronounced like the G in vagina, or like the G in gynecologist? because like, what if i meet a super cool radfem in real life and mispronounce it and embarrass myself? how could i ever survive that? if i embarrassed myself by mispronouncing a word in front of a beautiful woman i think i would explode and die.

humbly, I believe "gyn" is pronounced as in "gynecology".

with a Y, gyn is from the Greek γυνή (gyne) / γῠναικός (gynaikos), which means "woman". the g sound here is the same as the g in girl, NOT the g in giraffe.

while gyn with a Y is Greek (the Y is the transliteration of υ or upsilon), vagina with an I is directly from the Latin word for "sheath" or "scabbard". technically, the Latin would also be pronounced as vuh-GYE-nuh rather than vuh-JYE-nuh, but it's pretty regular for English to put J sounds into Latin words.

TLDR: "gyn" with a Y is the same root as in "gynecologist" and is completely unrelated to the "gin" with an I in "vagina". I pronounce it as G not J, as in "hey, guys" but with an N: "hey, gyns."

[hellsscape]

"You're running your mouth, it's wearing me down." / from Loona on @gynaiko for Millie!

〞WELL    PARDON    ME    FOR    HAVIN’    proper    manners  ! when    ya    ask    the    damn    question  ,    i’m    gonna    fuckin'    ANSWER  . . .  !〝

[botanikos]

speaking of Stella. . . Not thoughts, head empty, just @gynaiko 's Stella ♡

[orthodoxyrodos]

θεραπεία της συγκύπτουσης γυναικός- ο κίνδυνος της παρουσίας του Σατανά στη ζωή μας https://orthodoxy.rodos-island.gr/therapeia-tis-sygkyptousis-gynaikos-kindynos-tis-parousias-tou-satana-sti/

[catfcng]

“I said I’d play, didn’t say fair.” / to Moxxie from Loona over at @gynaiko

⋆ ❤︎ 🐾 ॱ⋅.˳ There's a low irritated growl. He tries to temper his mood though with a sip to his mug of coffee. What a way to start the day. "I should have known." Returned back dryly and disappointed. "Can you bother someone else? It's too early." A beat. "Not any clients that may come in though."

[ms-hells-bells]

i'm guessing they mean us using the term 'gyns', and they assume it means vulva because gynecology, because they're fucking stupid and don't know how to google lmao. hot tip for the future, it literally just means 'woman' in greek (gynaiko). if you don't mean that, then you are just a different kind of stupid, and i can't help you with that.

Radfems be like "I'm not a TERF" then they'll refer to women as vulvas

[plazaflowergiftshop-blog]

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A poster with flowers or clusters of flowers produced by twelve species of flowering plants from different families. A flower, sometimes known as a bloom or blossom, is the reproductive structure found in flowering plants (plants of the division Magnoliophyta, also called angiosperms). The biological function of a flower is to effect reproduction, usually by providing a mechanism for the union of sperm with eggs. Flowers may facilitate outcrossing (fusion of sperm and eggs from different individuals in a population) or allow selfing (fusion of sperm and egg from the same flower). Some flowers produce diaspores without fertilization (parthenocarpy). Flowers contain sporangia and are the site where gametophytes develop. Many flowers have evolved to be attractive to animals, so as to cause them to be vectors for the transfer of pollen. After fertilization, the ovary of the flower develops into fruit containing seeds. A flower, sometimes known as a bloom or blossom, is the reproductive structure found in flowering plants (plants of the division Magnoliophyta, also called angiosperms). The biological function of a flower is to effect reproduction, usually by providing a mechanism for the union of sperm with eggs. Flowers may facilitate outcrossing (fusion of sperm and eggs from different individuals in a population) or allow selfing (fusion of sperm and egg from the same flower). Some flowers produce diaspores without fertilization (parthenocarpy). Flowers contain sporangia and are the site where gametophytes develop. Many flowers have evolved to be attractive to animals, so as to cause them to be vectors for the transfer of pollen. After fertilization, the ovary of the flower develops into fruit containing seeds. The essential parts of a flower can be considered in two parts: the vegetative part, consisting of petals and associated structures in the perianth, and the reproductive or sexual parts. A stereotypical flower consists of four kinds of structures attached to the tip of a short stalk. Each of these kinds of parts is arranged in a whorl on the receptacle. The four main whorls (starting from the base of the flower or lowest node and working upwards) are as follows: Perianth Main articles: Perianth, Sepal, and Corolla (flower) Collectively the calyx and corolla form the perianth (see diagram). Calyx: the outermost whorl consisting of units called sepals; these are typically green and enclose the rest of the flower in the bud stage, however, they can be absent or prominent and petal-like in some species. Corolla: the next whorl toward the apex, composed of units called petals, which are typically thin, soft and colored to attract animals that help the process of pollination. Reproductive Main articles: Plant reproductive morphology, Androecium, and Gynoecium Reproductive parts of Easter Lily (Lilium longiflorum). 1. Stigma, 2. Style, 3. Stamens, 4. Filament, 5. Petal Androecium (from Greek andros oikia: man's house): the next whorl (sometimes multiplied into several whorls), consisting of units called stamens. Stamens consist of two parts: a stalk called a filament, topped by an anther where pollen is produced by meiosis and eventually dispersed. Gynoecium (from Greek gynaikos oikia: woman's house): the innermost whorl of a flower, consisting of one or more units called carpels. The carpel or multiple fused carpels form a hollow structure called an ovary, which produces ovules internally. Ovules are megasporangia and they in turn produce megaspores by meiosis which develop into female gametophytes. These give rise to egg cells. The gynoecium of a flower is also described using an alternative terminology wherein the structure one sees in the innermost whorl (consisting of an ovary, style and stigma) is called a pistil. A pistil may consist of a single carpel or a number of carpels fused together. The sticky tip of the pistil, the stigma, is the receptor of pollen. The supportive stalk, the style, becomes the pathway for pollen tubes to grow from pollen grains adhering to the stigma. The relationship to the gynoecium on the receptacle is described as hypogynous (beneath a superior ovary), perigynous (surrounding a superior ovary), or epigynous (above inferior ovary).

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[titeka-blog1]

Flowers

A flower, sometimes known as a bloom or blossom, is the reproductive structure found in flowering plants (plants of the division Magnoliophyta, also called angiosperms). The biological function of a flower is to effect reproduction, usually by providing a mechanism for the union of sperm with eggs. Flowers may facilitate outcrossing (fusion of sperm and eggs from different individuals in a population) or allow selfing (fusion of sperm and egg from the same flower). Some flowers produce diaspores without fertilization (parthenocarpy). Flowers contain sporangia and are the site where gametophytes develop. Many flowers have evolved to be attractive to animals, so as to cause them to be vectors for the transfer of pollen. After fertilization, the ovary of the flower develops into fruit containing seeds.

In addition to facilitating the reproduction of flowering plants, flowers have long been admired and used by humans to bring beauty to their environment, and also as objects of romance, ritual, religion, medicine and as a source of food.

Floral parts

The essential parts of a flower can be considered in two parts: the vegetative part, consisting of petals and associated structures in the perianth, and the reproductive or sexual parts. A stereotypical flower consists of four kinds of structures attached to the tip of a short stalk. Each of these kinds of parts is arranged in a whorl on the receptacle. The four main whorls (starting from the base of the flower or lowest node and working upwards) are as follows: Perianth Main articles: Perianth, Sepal, and Corolla (flower)

Collectively the calyx and corolla form the perianth (see diagram).

   Calyx: the outermost whorl consisting of units called sepals; these are typically green and enclose the rest of the flower in the bud stage, however, they can be absent or prominent and petal-like in some species.    Corolla: the next whorl toward the apex, composed of units called petals, which are typically thin, soft and colored to attract animals that help the process of pollination.

Reproductive Main articles: Plant reproductive morphology, Androecium, and Gynoecium Reproductive parts of Easter Lily (Lilium longiflorum). 1. Stigma, 2. Style, 3. Stamens, 4. Filament, 5. Petal

   Androecium (from Greek andros oikia: man's house): the next whorl (sometimes multiplied into several whorls), consisting of units called stamens. Stamens consist of two parts: a stalk called a filament, topped by an anther where pollen is produced by meiosis and eventually dispersed.    Gynoecium (from Greek gynaikos oikia: woman's house): the innermost whorl of a flower, consisting of one or more units called carpels. The carpel or multiple fused carpels form a hollow structure called an ovary, which produces ovules internally. Ovules are megasporangia and they in turn produce megaspores by meiosis which develop into female gametophytes. These give rise to egg cells. The gynoecium of a flower is also described using an alternative terminology wherein the structure one sees in the innermost whorl (consisting of an ovary, style and stigma) is called a pistil. A pistil may consist of a single carpel or a number of carpels fused together. The sticky tip of the pistil, the stigma, is the receptor of pollen. The supportive stalk, the style, becomes the pathway for pollen tubes to grow from pollen grains adhering to the stigma. The relationship to the gynoecium on the receptacle is described as hypogynous (beneath a superior ovary), perigynous (surrounding a superior ovary), or epigynous (above inferior ovary).

Structure

Although the arrangement described above is considered "typical", plant species show a wide variation in floral structure.[1] These modifications have significance in the evolution of flowering plants and are used extensively by botanists to establish relationships among plant species.

The four main parts of a flower are generally defined by their positions on the receptacle and not by their function. Many flowers lack some parts or parts may be modified into other functions and/or look like what is typically another part. In some families, like Ranunculaceae, the petals are greatly reduced and in many species the sepals are colorful and petal-like. Other flowers have modified stamens that are petal-like; the double flowers of Peonies and Roses are mostly petaloid stamens.[2] Flowers show great variation and plant scientists describe this variation in a systematic way to identify and distinguish species.

Specific terminology is used to describe flowers and their parts. Many flower parts are fused together; fused parts originating from the same whorl are connate, while fused parts originating from different whorls are adnate; parts that are not fused are free. When petals are fused into a tube or ring that falls away as a single unit, they are sympetalous (also called gamopetalous). Connate petals may have distinctive regions: the cylindrical base is the tube, the expanding region is the throat and the flaring outer region is the limb. A sympetalous flower, with bilateral symmetry with an upper and lower lip, is bilabiate. Flowers with connate petals or sepals may have various shaped corolla or calyx, including campanulate, funnelform, tubular, urceolate, salverform or rotate.

Referring to "fusion," as it is commonly done, appears questionable because at least some of the processes involved may be non-fusion processes. For example, the addition of intercalary growth at or below the base of the primordia of floral appendages such as sepals, petals, stamens and carpels may lead to a common base that is not the result of fusion.

Development

A flower develops on a modified shoot or axis from a determinate apical meristem (determinate meaning the axis grows to a set size). It has compressed internodes, bearing structures that in classical plant morphology are interpreted as highly modified leaves.[11] Detailed developmental studies, however, have shown that stamens are often initiated more or less like modified stems (caulomes) that in some cases may even resemble branchlets.[5][1] Taking into account the whole diversity in the development of the androecium of flowering plants, we find a continuum between modified leaves (phyllomes), modified stems (caulomes), and modified branchlets (shoots).[12][13] Flowering transition

The transition to flowering is one of the major phase changes that a plant makes during its life cycle. The transition must take place at a time that is favorable for fertilization and the formation of seeds, hence ensuring maximal reproductive success. To meet these needs a plant is able to interpret important endogenous and environmental cues such as changes in levels of plant hormones and seasonable temperature and photoperiod changes.[14] Many perennial and most biennial plants require vernalization to flower. The molecular interpretation of these signals is through the transmission of a complex signal known as florigen, which involves a variety of genes, including CONSTANS, FLOWERING LOCUS C and FLOWERING LOCUS T. Florigen is produced in the leaves in reproductively favorable conditions and acts in buds and growing tips to induce a number of different physiological and morphological changes.[15]

The first step of the transition is the transformation of the vegetative stem primordia into floral primordia. This occurs as biochemical changes take place to change cellular differentiation of leaf, bud and stem tissues into tissue that will grow into the reproductive organs. Growth of the central part of the stem tip stops or flattens out and the sides develop protuberances in a whorled or spiral fashion around the outside of the stem end. These protuberances develop into the sepals, petals, stamens, and carpels. Once this process begins, in most plants, it cannot be reversed and the stems develop flowers, even if the initial start of the flower formation event was dependent of some environmental cue.[16] Once the process begins, even if that cue is removed the stem will continue to develop a flower.

Yvonne Aitken has shown that flowering transition depends on a number of factors, and that plants flowering earliest under given conditions had the least dependence on climate whereas later-flowering varieties reacted strongly to the climate setup.

[ms-hells-bells]

well, gyn comes from gynaikos, the greek word for female, so maybe something greek with gyn in it. gyn something. maybe gyna, since it would be a loan word to english like gynecology we could also play with the pronunciation, like jee-na or jai-na, similar to the last syllable of vagina, so would be easy to swap to, or we could go with proper pronunciation gai-na, which kinda sounds like gaia, so i like it.

i don't think it would really work in terms of swapping, so it'd more just be a community word, because even 70's feminists tried to make womyn a thing and it never really got outside the community.

it seems to be the case for many other slavic and germanic languages too :(

[botanikos]

pspspspsps kraehe's stella—