G. Thornton
@inkgypsy.bsky.social
Writer, Editor, Researcher
Folklore As Resistance
Listed in 'Oxford Companion to Fairy Tales', 'Fairy Tales 101' & other fairy tale study recs
Magic Beans for breakfast -Believes in 398.2 -Ⓥ -She/her
🇺🇦 #SlavaUkraini #IStandWithCanada #IStandWithAltGov
Folklore As Resistance
Listed in 'Oxford Companion to Fairy Tales', 'Fairy Tales 101' & other fairy tale study recs
Magic Beans for breakfast -Believes in 398.2 -Ⓥ -She/her
🇺🇦 #SlavaUkraini #IStandWithCanada #IStandWithAltGov
Reposted by G. Thornton
In Appalachian lore, July was when “the haints started pokin’ ‘round early.” The old folks said if you baked gingerbread in July, it summoned spirits looking for lost Yule offerings. They’d leave you a small gift… or take one. #FairyTaleTuesday
Art: Muddy Colors
Art: Muddy Colors
July 1, 2025 at 11:22 AM
In Appalachian lore, July was when “the haints started pokin’ ‘round early.” The old folks said if you baked gingerbread in July, it summoned spirits looking for lost Yule offerings. They’d leave you a small gift… or take one. #FairyTaleTuesday
Art: Muddy Colors
Art: Muddy Colors
This is an interesting read... inequality.org/article/tax-...
Tax the Rich? We Did That Once - Inequality.org
A little history might just inspire us to try that taxing again.
inequality.org
May 17, 2025 at 7:10 PM
This is an interesting read... inequality.org/article/tax-...
(which I don't see working b/c too many of us unconsciously support systems propping them up & we'd get a re-run at best)
2) prove this is regression/devolution by the empathic, democratic majority outwitting/performing them (a steep uphill battle, % of failure high but technically possible).
2) prove this is regression/devolution by the empathic, democratic majority outwitting/performing them (a steep uphill battle, % of failure high but technically possible).
May 17, 2025 at 6:56 PM
(which I don't see working b/c too many of us unconsciously support systems propping them up & we'd get a re-run at best)
2) prove this is regression/devolution by the empathic, democratic majority outwitting/performing them (a steep uphill battle, % of failure high but technically possible).
2) prove this is regression/devolution by the empathic, democratic majority outwitting/performing them (a steep uphill battle, % of failure high but technically possible).
Interesting idea, partly b/c they argue it's evolutionary dominance (adequate "reasoning" for their touting/pushing eugenics). Without outside intervention (very close to 0% chance of that), I see 2 paths: 1) forcibly take away their $/advantages to make them survive as we do, ...
May 17, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Interesting idea, partly b/c they argue it's evolutionary dominance (adequate "reasoning" for their touting/pushing eugenics). Without outside intervention (very close to 0% chance of that), I see 2 paths: 1) forcibly take away their $/advantages to make them survive as we do, ...
"A key goal of Project 2025". Why?
Their definition of "porn" for the bill includes:
drag queens
transgender
LGBTQ+
(re)defining sexuality & gender
sex-ed
gender studies
consent issues (incl. in marriage)
sex & "open-door" romance books
gender-affirming care
sex worker rights/protections
& MORE..
Their definition of "porn" for the bill includes:
drag queens
transgender
LGBTQ+
(re)defining sexuality & gender
sex-ed
gender studies
consent issues (incl. in marriage)
sex & "open-door" romance books
gender-affirming care
sex worker rights/protections
& MORE..
May 14, 2025 at 3:04 AM
"A key goal of Project 2025". Why?
Their definition of "porn" for the bill includes:
drag queens
transgender
LGBTQ+
(re)defining sexuality & gender
sex-ed
gender studies
consent issues (incl. in marriage)
sex & "open-door" romance books
gender-affirming care
sex worker rights/protections
& MORE..
Their definition of "porn" for the bill includes:
drag queens
transgender
LGBTQ+
(re)defining sexuality & gender
sex-ed
gender studies
consent issues (incl. in marriage)
sex & "open-door" romance books
gender-affirming care
sex worker rights/protections
& MORE..
How many dolls-worth is that? Asking for the kids.
May 12, 2025 at 12:16 AM
How many dolls-worth is that? Asking for the kids.
He would also have to pay taxes too, right? Fairly sure that has to continue as long as you retain citizenship, even if you live abroad, have a dual citizenship and already pay another country's taxes.
May 12, 2025 at 12:04 AM
He would also have to pay taxes too, right? Fairly sure that has to continue as long as you retain citizenship, even if you live abroad, have a dual citizenship and already pay another country's taxes.
Aaaand that got you a follow. 💚🦉
May 11, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Aaaand that got you a follow. 💚🦉
See? Not so difficult to figure out a Mother's Day present! *repeatedly looks out the window, impatiently waiting for the cabin to appear*
#FolkloreSunday #MothersDay
#FolkloreSunday #MothersDay
This Mother's Day, get her what she's always wanted; a cloak of protection from mischievous fairies, a little cabin that roams through the wildlands on giant chicken legs, and an enchanted dagger to call her own.
May 11, 2025 at 6:50 PM
See? Not so difficult to figure out a Mother's Day present! *repeatedly looks out the window, impatiently waiting for the cabin to appear*
#FolkloreSunday #MothersDay
#FolkloreSunday #MothersDay
There's no doubt real cunning and wise folk have been a force of resistance against snake-oil salesmen for centuries but it can be hard to tell who is who sometimes, and charlatan fairy doctors -often known today as health gurus- still exist.
Beware.
#educateyourself
#NonViolentResistance #resist ✊
Beware.
#educateyourself
#NonViolentResistance #resist ✊
A fairy doctor was a wise woman or cunning man in Ireland who was taught benign magic by fairies. They were called "fairy doctors" because they used their magic to protect people from bad fairies and sorcerers just like a regular doctor protects people from diseases.
#FolkyFriday #FairyFriday
#FolkyFriday #FairyFriday
May 10, 2025 at 6:14 PM
There's no doubt real cunning and wise folk have been a force of resistance against snake-oil salesmen for centuries but it can be hard to tell who is who sometimes, and charlatan fairy doctors -often known today as health gurus- still exist.
Beware.
#educateyourself
#NonViolentResistance #resist ✊
Beware.
#educateyourself
#NonViolentResistance #resist ✊
Or certain types of preachers...
May 10, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Or certain types of preachers...
"...knowledge passed down by whispers and weeds." 💚
In Appalachian hollers, the granny woman delivered babies, made poultices from poke root, whispered over burns, and never charged a dime. She was midwife, healer, herbalist, and keeper of knowledge passed down by whispers and weeds.
via Historium Unearthia
#FolkyFriday #HERstory
via Historium Unearthia
#FolkyFriday #HERstory
May 10, 2025 at 4:46 PM
"...knowledge passed down by whispers and weeds." 💚
Genuine question: why do they announce these things? I mean, the heads up has us freaked, sure but it also galvanizes urgent legal response that may stop it, so why bother? Is it a public flag/signal to their people on the "ground"? Eg "now in phase X, get ready"?
May 10, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Genuine question: why do they announce these things? I mean, the heads up has us freaked, sure but it also galvanizes urgent legal response that may stop it, so why bother? Is it a public flag/signal to their people on the "ground"? Eg "now in phase X, get ready"?
Reposted by G. Thornton
Before pills and prescriptions, there were bone setters, blood stoppers, and cunning folk. They used spider webs to clot wounds, onion poultices for coughs, and prayers to mend hearts and limbs. Not doctors, not witches—just folk. #FolkyFriday
May 9, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Before pills and prescriptions, there were bone setters, blood stoppers, and cunning folk. They used spider webs to clot wounds, onion poultices for coughs, and prayers to mend hearts and limbs. Not doctors, not witches—just folk. #FolkyFriday
Reposted by G. Thornton
A new mineral was discovered and named after the sky-ladder tree from Chinese mythology: umaine.edu/earthclimate... #mythology #chinesemythology #jianmuite #folklore
Edward Grew with international team reports discovery of the new mineral “jianmuite,” named for the sky-ladder tree of Chinese mythology - School of Earth and Climate Sciences - University of Maine
Research Professor Edward Grew in the School of Earth and Climate Sciences is now in his 41st year at the University of Maine-Orono. During his career, Ed has participated in the discovery and charac...
umaine.edu
May 8, 2025 at 7:54 PM
A new mineral was discovered and named after the sky-ladder tree from Chinese mythology: umaine.edu/earthclimate... #mythology #chinesemythology #jianmuite #folklore
Reposted by G. Thornton
Dandelions weren’t always weeds. In old folk belief, blowing the seeds could carry wishes or reveal the name of a future lover. Root for tea, leaf for blood, flower for joy—the dandelion is a whole apothecary in disguise. #FolkloreThursday
🎨Krysten Tapwell
🎨Krysten Tapwell
May 8, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Dandelions weren’t always weeds. In old folk belief, blowing the seeds could carry wishes or reveal the name of a future lover. Root for tea, leaf for blood, flower for joy—the dandelion is a whole apothecary in disguise. #FolkloreThursday
🎨Krysten Tapwell
🎨Krysten Tapwell
So happy to see you here, @altusfs.bsky.social! Welcome to the #AltGov fam and the many supporters you have here!
a small figurine of groot from guardians of the galaxy dancing
Alt: a small figurine of groot from guardians of the galaxy dancing
media.tenor.com
April 30, 2025 at 3:11 AM
So happy to see you here, @altusfs.bsky.social! Welcome to the #AltGov fam and the many supporters you have here!
Reposted by G. Thornton
About the theme "tyrants" for #TolkienTrewsday #TolkienTuesday, I was struck by parts about refusal to study bitter history for "breeding useless regret", and how Gandalf spent years researching to understand about the Ring. I've seen those contrasting attitudes many times regarding history.
April 29, 2025 at 1:55 PM
About the theme "tyrants" for #TolkienTrewsday #TolkienTuesday, I was struck by parts about refusal to study bitter history for "breeding useless regret", and how Gandalf spent years researching to understand about the Ring. I've seen those contrasting attitudes many times regarding history.
I very much agree! 💖 Fairy tales remain ever-relevant. #FolkloreAsResistance
April 29, 2025 at 3:45 PM
I very much agree! 💖 Fairy tales remain ever-relevant. #FolkloreAsResistance
Gosh - what an excellent story about the of abuse of power. Too often when favor turns sour and a person with power/wealth (or a regime) targets someone, they become the societal equivalent of a wyrm. I wish I could think of the equivalent of the Fairy Queen in today's clime.
April 29, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Gosh - what an excellent story about the of abuse of power. Too often when favor turns sour and a person with power/wealth (or a regime) targets someone, they become the societal equivalent of a wyrm. I wish I could think of the equivalent of the Fairy Queen in today's clime.
I love this idea that even ghosts can have a redemption arc/become better people, er, ghosts.
April 29, 2025 at 3:38 PM
I love this idea that even ghosts can have a redemption arc/become better people, er, ghosts.
That's somehow simultaneously delightful and gross.
April 29, 2025 at 3:37 PM
That's somehow simultaneously delightful and gross.
(The illustration is by Stefano Bianchetti.)
Re curses, it may suggest that curses can be mitigated by community, something we should take to heart today. Making the effort to care for, and be responsible for each other, and especially for children, can reduce harm of forces acting against us/them.
Re curses, it may suggest that curses can be mitigated by community, something we should take to heart today. Making the effort to care for, and be responsible for each other, and especially for children, can reduce harm of forces acting against us/them.
April 29, 2025 at 3:35 PM
(The illustration is by Stefano Bianchetti.)
Re curses, it may suggest that curses can be mitigated by community, something we should take to heart today. Making the effort to care for, and be responsible for each other, and especially for children, can reduce harm of forces acting against us/them.
Re curses, it may suggest that curses can be mitigated by community, something we should take to heart today. Making the effort to care for, and be responsible for each other, and especially for children, can reduce harm of forces acting against us/them.
This makes it extra-clear why catching sight of yourself in a mirror is so unnerving... fetch or reflection? The idea of doubles of ourselves, whether doppelganger, reflection, fetch, or identical twins that are super-bonded really challenges the idea that we are unique with one life for one person.
April 29, 2025 at 3:23 PM
This makes it extra-clear why catching sight of yourself in a mirror is so unnerving... fetch or reflection? The idea of doubles of ourselves, whether doppelganger, reflection, fetch, or identical twins that are super-bonded really challenges the idea that we are unique with one life for one person.
What the crap is the new Homeland Security Task Force, created on Jan 20 this year??? This whole EO reads very much like a version of Martial Law.
April 29, 2025 at 4:42 AM
What the crap is the new Homeland Security Task Force, created on Jan 20 this year??? This whole EO reads very much like a version of Martial Law.