Niamh's Musings

cryofthemorrigan:

mtwitherspoon:

I’m getting tired of people misinterpreting the word “warrior.” I’ve been told that I’m not a warrior (most recently) because I don’t like the use of “they” as a gender-neutral pronoun. Does this make any sense? I really think this all falls at the feet of dumb bitches who want to change things to better suit how they feel than accept them for what they are.

On a side note, I consider myself a warrior because I know how to fight and am rather good at it. I don’t, however, think that the Morrígan is the goddess to pray to for the civil rights movement.

Let’s consult Cormac, as he knows what it really means to be a Celtic warrior:

“I was gentle towards allies”

Seeing as other people who work with the Morrigan—your fellow warriors—were offended by your queerphobia and mysogniny, don’t you think it makes sense to be a little more gentle. 

“I was weak towards the feeble”

Yeah, that includes oppressed minority groups.

“I was not arrogant though I was wise…I was not boastful though I was a good fighter.”

I’d say that saying you’re good at fighting and thus can be a warrior without respecting any sort of honor code is the exact opposite.

“I would not speak about any one in his absence

I would not reproach, but I would praise
I would not ask, but I would give
For it is through these habits that the young become old and kingly warriors.”

Nuff said.

“O Cormac, grandson of Conn”, said Carbery, “What is the worst pleading and arguing?”
“Not hard to tell”, said Cormac.
Contending against knowledge,
contending without proofs
taking refuge in bad language
a stiff delivery
a muttering speech
hair-splitting
uncertain proofs,
despising books
turning against custom
shifting one’s pleading
inciting the mob
blowing one’s own trumpet
shouting at the top of one’s voice.

Again, nuff said.

Being a warrior is not about fighting. It’s about honor. Anyone can fight. It takes real effort to be chivalrous and honorable.

(Source: an-dia-duicerd-samhildanach)

laserscrewdriver:

AVENGE ME HAMLET
FOR I WAS KILLED BY YOUR UNCLE, AND MY BROTHER 

(via cryofthemorrigan)

Aoife MacMurrough (1145–1188, Irish: Aoife Ní Diarmait), also known by later historians as Eva of Leinster, was the daughter of Dermot MacMurrough (Irish: Diarmait MacMurchada), King of Leinster, and his wife Mor O’Toole (c.1114-1191).

On the 29 August 1170, following the Norman invasion of Ireland that her father had requested, she married Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, better known as Strongbow, the leader of the Norman invasion force, in Reginald’s Tower in Waterford. She had been promised to Strongbow by her father who had visited England to ask for an invasion army. He was not allowed to give his daughter away, as under Early Irish Law Aoife had the choice of whom she married, but she had to agree to an arranged marriage.

Under Anglo-Norman law, this gave Strongbow succession rights to the Kingdom of Leinster. Under Irish Brehon law, the marriage gave her a life interest only, after which any land would normally revert to male cousins; but Brehon law also recognised a transfer of “swordland” following a conquest. Aoife conducted battles on behalf of her husband and is sometimes known as Red Eva (Irish: Aoife Rua). She had two sons and a daughter with her husband Richard de Clare, and within several generations her descendants included much of the nobility of northwestern Europe, including Robert the Bruce and Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall who was elected King of the Romans in 1257.

Aoife is the ancestress of many Kings of England by a number of lineal descent, such as that of her granddaughter Eva Marshal, whose daughterMaud de Braose, married Roger de Mortimer. All the monarchs of England from 1413, as well as Mary, Queen of Scots, were directly descended from Maud, as is the current British Royal Family. Queen consorts Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, Catherine Howard, and Catherine Parr were also notable descendants of Aoife through multiple lines. By her descendant, Lady Katherine Mortimer, who married Thomas de Beauchamp, 11th Earl of Warwick, Aoife and Strongbow were ancestors of the Earls of Warwick and the last of the Plantagenet kings which included Richard III of England and his wife, Lady Anne Neville.

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crazychick08:

thearcanetheory:

modernanglophilia:

Tumblr, please spread this like WILDFIRE. This teenager has been wrongly suspected of being one of the Boston bombers. He’s scared for his family. 

Please pass it on.

Source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2311248/Sala-Barhoum-track-star-teenager-denies-involvement-Boston-Marathon-bombing-picture-widely-circulated.html

racism kills

stop it

Signal boost or GTFO. NOW.

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cryofthemorrigan:

I am weirdly sized, I think. I cannot find clothes that fit. I have heard that size fourteen is particularly large but I’m actually a pretty tiny person and my sewing pattern measurements are usually 14-16 in the waist. Maybe this is Juniors’ sizes but I think Juniors’ is only in odd numbers.

I don’t buy clothes very often for this reason but sometimes I’m just reminded. I bought some shorts from Target a few weeks ago and it was just really weird.

It could also be a result of the fact that, for whatever reason (I’m not sure why) the sizes they put on patterns are not the sizes pre-made clothes come in.  So, while I wear a 14 (Canadian sizes) when I shop in stores, when I sew I tend to be using size 22 patterns.

“Saskatchewan’s education system needs to put a greater emphasis on aboriginal languages to improve graduation and employment rates, a committee says in a report released Monday.”

Click the link to read more.

I am not from Saskatchewan, but it will be interesting to see if the task force’s findings are actually implemented by their government.  And if they are, how this may (or may not) affect education in the rest of Canada.

cryofthemorrigan:

hedgeandherbs:

asksecularwitch:

untyingthegordianknot:

ironheartwitch:

amber-and-ice:

 rangerkimmy:

the new semi-realistic avatar maker on rinmaru is SUPER NEAT

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I have a bad case of chronic bitchface

cryofthemorrigan:

We hate you, please die…or at least take off your triskeles. You’re making us look bad.

Love,

Celtic pagans and polytheists everywhere

Chaucer Doth Tweet ‏@LeVostreGC

A giante wolfe ys lette free from hys fetteres to runne across Chicago wyth hys frendes: FENRIS BUELLERES DAYE OFFE.      

Reblogging again because I’d forgotten it and was pleasantly delighted to find it on my blog.

(Source: theemperorsfeather, via threedifferentways)

cryofthemorrigan:

mtwitherspoon:

I’m getting tired of people misinterpreting the word “warrior.” I’ve been told that I’m not a warrior (most recently) because I don’t like the use of “they” as a gender-neutral pronoun. Does this make any sense? I really think this all falls at the feet of dumb bitches who want to change things to better suit how they feel than accept them for what they are.

On a side note, I consider myself a warrior because I know how to fight and am rather good at it. I don’t, however, think that the Morrígan is the goddess to pray to for the civil rights movement.

Let’s consult Cormac, as he knows what it really means to be a Celtic warrior:

“I was gentle towards allies”

Seeing as other people who work with the Morrigan—your fellow warriors—were offended by your queerphobia and mysogniny, don’t you think it makes sense to be a little more gentle. 

“I was weak towards the feeble”

Yeah, that includes oppressed minority groups.

“I was not arrogant though I was wise…I was not boastful though I was a good fighter.”

I’d say that saying you’re good at fighting and thus can be a warrior without respecting any sort of honor code is the exact opposite.

“I would not speak about any one in his absence

I would not reproach, but I would praise
I would not ask, but I would give
For it is through these habits that the young become old and kingly warriors.”

Nuff said.

“O Cormac, grandson of Conn”, said Carbery, “What is the worst pleading and arguing?”
“Not hard to tell”, said Cormac.
Contending against knowledge,
contending without proofs
taking refuge in bad language
a stiff delivery
a muttering speech
hair-splitting
uncertain proofs,
despising books
turning against custom
shifting one’s pleading
inciting the mob
blowing one’s own trumpet
shouting at the top of one’s voice.

Again, nuff said.

Being a warrior is not about fighting. It’s about honor. Anyone can fight. It takes real effort to be chivalrous and honorable.

(Source: an-dia-duicerd-samhildanach)

slutrockerbitch:

Birth Control is Green!

It’s almost Earth Day and you’re thinking about what you can do to help the planet. An article blaming your birth control pill for a plethora of environmental woes, from intersex fish to male prostate cancer, shows up in your twitter feed. So, in…

Some intriguing thoughts.

dewognatos:

*cackling* I think this is the best parody of this I’ve seen yet.

(Source: whistlewhileeyework, via dewognatos-deactivated20130511)

finedineandwineme:

castielsminions:

bucketofchum:

fuckskinnyletsgetfit:

Advertising’s image of women. Watch this and get your mind blown. 

This needs to stop.

I am not female but I really don’t think that matters. EVERYONE needs to see this. 

Truth

(Source: hustleforchange, via dianaandpansson)

this is the arrow of destiny. reblog this and see what comes up next. this person/saying/thing will have something to do with your future

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