#voluptuarian

[wulfhalls]

I didn't lose out to depression, instead my parents convinced me a 4 year traditional degree was pointless and I should take a medical coding course instead, did that for almost a year, finished not knowing how to code and unemployable but couldn't afford to move out while still in school so went into low grade office work that quickly stopped being enough to live off and ended up having to start regular college anyway but at 28 instead 🙃 Graduated with my history BA last summer at 35-- sadly still unemployable, jobless, and dirt poor, and still with a Masters to get that I can't afford. At least I can rub it in my dad's face since he dropped out his BA program with like one term left.

just as a note of support to you/the history BA anon: 28 is young <3 you've still got time for good things, even if it feels like you're "behind" right now. I'm 32 and after years in the depression wilderness I'm retraining for a career that I hope will allow me the flexibility to enjoy life, not merely survive it. I saw someone say recently "the time will pass anyway, you may as well do what you really want" xxx

oh, no! don't call yourself pathetic because i think it's genuinely really inspirational to go back to uni at 30. i finished my bachelors but always wanted to do masters and phd too, but i was so burned out due to depression that i decided to take a break... which lasted for way longer than i intended because my mental health only worsened. now every day im trying to break away from whatever has me so in chokehold, lol. will probably start preparing for masters this year and enroll the next. sometimes i'm scared 28 is too "late" but this fear goes away whenever i hear about people going to uni in their late 20s/early 30s!

Babes, I'm in academic hell now too, you're not alone! I did do my bachelor's straight out of school cause I had no choice not too but I wish I had taken some years to actually get my health in order so I was able to learn and not just survive. I'm now finishing my MA this year after deferring assignments and my dissertation for two years because of health. Yay! My fellows look at me like I'm a pensioner at 25. But in regards to others, I accidentally locked myself out of the library in first year and had to get a grad student to let me back in (no joke, he looked like a broke but fitter Jon Snow with the man bun and all). He did his BA at 28 and MA at 31. Being an older student just gives you more vibes, more sex appeal, you're more mysterious and know how to pay bills.

ugh u guys don't even know what a balm to the soul hearing all this is (well. actually u probably do) it's just such a relief to know I'm not the only one. we ARE all in this together ❤️ and maybe depression (or other factors) got us good for a long while but we're back we're trying and we're getting there <3

[ravenkings]

honestly, i have a half-baked theory that, even though i did kind of enjoy it when it was airing, the influence of game of thrones is partially responsible for the abysmal state of prestige television these days

[bloodybosom]

Great scene from another cheesy Vincent Price Peter Cushing flick

Twins of Evil, 1971

thanks @sowhatifiliveinfukuoka

thanks @voluptuarian

[goddessinnerglow]

୨♡୧ Giveaway Winners Announcement ୨♡୧

Thank you to everyone who participated in the giveaway, it means so much to me! After reviewing all the entries, I’m excited to announce the winners:

🏆 1st Place Inner Glow-Up Bundle: @fairies-and-wheatfields

🥈 2nd Place The Glow-Up Handbook: @glowettee

Congratulations to both of you! I’ll be reaching out shortly with all the details.

But wait, there’s more…

To show my gratitude to the other 6 amazing participants, I’ll be gifting each of you my Self-Acceptance Workbook as a thank-you for your support!

Special shout-out to:

@themagiciantarocchi

@raya124

@persephonekiss-2009

@lailajanae

@luthimia

@voluptuarian

You’re all incredible, and this is my way of saying how much I appreciate you. I’ll reach out soon with the details on how to claim your gift. Thank you again for being part of this, it means the world to me!

[tuulikki]

One of the most astonishing things about the Quran is how it inherits beliefs that were bouncing around apocryphal traditions. Look at the Surah Maryam (the Surah about the Virgin Mary):

This is Gospel of Pseudo-Matthew content! Somehow this folktale about the Virgin Mary was in such significant circulation that it ended up all over the place! And it was so strongly present in popular culture that it actually ended up in the Quran.

And when I say it’s astonishing that this ended up in the Quran, what I really mean is that it seems odd that popular discourse on religion don’t talk about these obvious proofs of a dynamic, creative cultural exchange between Christian apocryphal traditions and the imaginative multicultural context that produced Islam. People are out here inventing weird shit about Jesus being based on Osiris or whatever 🙄 when the actual connections are so much cooler and frankly beautiful?

And those of you raised in or adjacent to Christianity may recognise The Cherry Tree Carol, albeit starring a more Levantine-probable tree. (@hymnsofheresy, @linnealurks, @beggars-opera, & @voluptuarian I’m tagging you because I think I’ve seen you all Cherry Tree Carol posting over the years? But I have no sense at all if the broad context is well-known.)

[voluptuarian]

🎄🎄 Voluptuarian's Mini Christmas Countdown Day 4: 🎄🎄

Bell, Book, and Candle (holiday ennui prompts a glamorous young witch to cast a love spell on her hapless neighbor, but the situation becomes complicated when she realizes her feelings for him are very real.)

[god-infected]

tagged by dearest @rosehaunt to post the first 10 songs on my spotify “on repeat” playlist and tag 10 people

@drowsydrunk, @voluptuarian, @artemisinfurs, @felicitypdf, @hecatesdogs, @kxowledge, @nachtwandeling, @orchideennacht, @silkfaun, @ruegracieuse

[a-story-teller]

Rules: without naming them, post a gif from ten of your favourite films, then tag people to do the same.

Tagged by @voluptuarian ✨️

I tag @satellitedyke @stigmataluvr @die-rosastrasse

[forthegothicheroine]

Rules: without naming them, post a gif from ten of your favourite films, then tag people to do the same.

tagged by @voluptuarian

Tagging @susandsnell @maddie-grove @thedupshadove @femmefatalegoth @titleleaf and anyone else who wants to do this

[thelovelygods]

Tagged by @ravenkings and @voluptuarian to post 5 songs I’ve been listening to lately!

tagging @anatomicalmartyr, @2peachy, @intrusivethoughtsandprayers, and @thetinywordnerd ☺️

[thelovelygods]

@voluptuarian

[ravenkings]

Happy birthday!! 🎂🎂🎂🎂

thank you!!!!!!!!!!

[voluptuarian]

🎄🎄 Voluptuarian's Mini-Christmas Countdown Day 7: 🎄🎄

The Tailor of Gloucester by Beatrix Potter (the story of a poor tailor laboring to finish a final commission in time for Christmas; when he falls ill, the talented mice that share his shop unexpectedly come to his aid. Enjoy the choice of an audiobook of the original story, or animated adaptation from the Peter Rabbit and Friends series.) Merry Christmas!!

[thelovelygods]

@voluptuarian

[wulfhalls]

Wait you haven't seen Rome?? Girl, there's Octavia/Octavian action, milf female manipulators, toxic lesbians, Anthony mansplain-manipulate-malewife-ing it up in guyliner and various states of undress-- literally that show has everything!

I know when you watch HBO Rome, Marc Antony will become your fave by far. When told that "peace its own reward" he immediately snarled "SNIVELRY!"

.........fine starting rome (for the approximately 5th time) again rn

[ravenkings]

Your upswing in jane eyre posting has reminded me of a funny persobal story. So I grew up with the 83 version (mother-has-good-taste-privilege) but my sister who is 10 years younger than me didn't get as much exposure to it as a kid as I did. So one day when she was like 17 and still living with my parents she texts me out of the blue with "who was going to tell me young Timothy Dalton was so hot?" and Immediately I was like "Are you watching Jane Eyre?" And of course, she was.

lol classic. i actually didn't watch the 83 version until i was like 21. my first one was the 2006 version, which is probably why it's still low key my favorite.