Joy
@joy-shines.bsky.social
Into: Divination as spiritual care. Ritual creation. Storytelling and re-telling.
she/her.
ALT pic: Hades-style illustration of a white, blonde woman in a corset and bracers, by WaldosAkimbo
ALT banner: Collage of caves, bulls, mirrors, and grapes.
she/her.
ALT pic: Hades-style illustration of a white, blonde woman in a corset and bracers, by WaldosAkimbo
ALT banner: Collage of caves, bulls, mirrors, and grapes.
I watched Men (2022) tonight, and my immediate response was, "Wow, that was really transphobic...I think. Probably? I wonder who's written about that?"
A quick search gave me @judedoyle.bsky.social 's newsletter about it, which was a delight, so thank you for your generosity.
A quick search gave me @judedoyle.bsky.social 's newsletter about it, which was a delight, so thank you for your generosity.
October 15, 2025 at 3:22 AM
I watched Men (2022) tonight, and my immediate response was, "Wow, that was really transphobic...I think. Probably? I wonder who's written about that?"
A quick search gave me @judedoyle.bsky.social 's newsletter about it, which was a delight, so thank you for your generosity.
A quick search gave me @judedoyle.bsky.social 's newsletter about it, which was a delight, so thank you for your generosity.
10 horror movies to get to know me by:
🧶 Pan's Labyrinth
🦢 Black Swan
🐌 The Wicker Man ('73 - Summerisle cut for preference)
🎶 A Dark Song
🎸 Sinners
😈 The Devils
📖 Byzantium
🩰 Suspiria (2018)
🐻 Midsommar
🧑🎤 The Hunger
🧶 Pan's Labyrinth
🦢 Black Swan
🐌 The Wicker Man ('73 - Summerisle cut for preference)
🎶 A Dark Song
🎸 Sinners
😈 The Devils
📖 Byzantium
🩰 Suspiria (2018)
🐻 Midsommar
🧑🎤 The Hunger
10 horror movies to get to know me
Let the right one in (swedish version)
The Thing
Ring (Jp version)
The eye (original korean)
The Ritual
Dark Water (original jp)
Pans Labyrinth
Nosferatu (new one)
The night of the demon
Frankenstein
Let the right one in (swedish version)
The Thing
Ring (Jp version)
The eye (original korean)
The Ritual
Dark Water (original jp)
Pans Labyrinth
Nosferatu (new one)
The night of the demon
Frankenstein
13 (can't choose) horror movies to get to know me by
The Ring (both Japanese and the remake)
Ju-on/The Grudge (also both)
Dark Water
A Tale of Two Sisters
Babadook
The Ritual
Hereditary
Annihilation
The Relic (1997) As a kid I loved that beast!
Pan's Labyrinth
The Devil's Backbone
Coraline xD
The Ring (both Japanese and the remake)
Ju-on/The Grudge (also both)
Dark Water
A Tale of Two Sisters
Babadook
The Ritual
Hereditary
Annihilation
The Relic (1997) As a kid I loved that beast!
Pan's Labyrinth
The Devil's Backbone
Coraline xD
October 8, 2025 at 2:19 PM
10 horror movies to get to know me by:
🧶 Pan's Labyrinth
🦢 Black Swan
🐌 The Wicker Man ('73 - Summerisle cut for preference)
🎶 A Dark Song
🎸 Sinners
😈 The Devils
📖 Byzantium
🩰 Suspiria (2018)
🐻 Midsommar
🧑🎤 The Hunger
🧶 Pan's Labyrinth
🦢 Black Swan
🐌 The Wicker Man ('73 - Summerisle cut for preference)
🎶 A Dark Song
🎸 Sinners
😈 The Devils
📖 Byzantium
🩰 Suspiria (2018)
🐻 Midsommar
🧑🎤 The Hunger
Top Five Pies:
Chocolate pecan pie
Coconut cream pie
Tomato pie
Key lime pie
Peach pie ONLY IF made with fresh, in-season peaches - otherwise, apple.
Chocolate pecan pie
Coconut cream pie
Tomato pie
Key lime pie
Peach pie ONLY IF made with fresh, in-season peaches - otherwise, apple.
Top Five Pies:
Pecan
Key lime *
Chess
Grape hull
Atlantic Beach lemon pie
* Controversial position: it's still a key lime pie if made with regular Persian limes, both are good, fight me
Pecan
Key lime *
Chess
Grape hull
Atlantic Beach lemon pie
* Controversial position: it's still a key lime pie if made with regular Persian limes, both are good, fight me
1. Chocolate pie
2. Oreo pie
3. Other pudding pies
4. Pot pie
5. All other pies
2. Oreo pie
3. Other pudding pies
4. Pot pie
5. All other pies
September 9, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Top Five Pies:
Chocolate pecan pie
Coconut cream pie
Tomato pie
Key lime pie
Peach pie ONLY IF made with fresh, in-season peaches - otherwise, apple.
Chocolate pecan pie
Coconut cream pie
Tomato pie
Key lime pie
Peach pie ONLY IF made with fresh, in-season peaches - otherwise, apple.
Introduce yourself with:
One book 📚 - Susanna Clarke, *Piranesi*
One movie 🎥 - *Suspira* (2019, dir. Luca Guadagnino)
One album 💿 - The Decemberists, *The Hazards of Love*
One TV Show 📺 - *Russian Doll* (2019, 2022)
One book 📚 - Susanna Clarke, *Piranesi*
One movie 🎥 - *Suspira* (2019, dir. Luca Guadagnino)
One album 💿 - The Decemberists, *The Hazards of Love*
One TV Show 📺 - *Russian Doll* (2019, 2022)
Introduce yourself with:
One book 📚 - Alyson Greaves, WELCOME TO DORLEY HALL (2021)
One movie 🎥 - THE WITCH (2015, dir. Robert Eggers)
One album 💿 - Brother Sun Sister Moon, THE GREAT GAME (1997)
One TV Show 📺 - TWIN PEAKS (1990-1991, 2017)
One book 📚 - Alyson Greaves, WELCOME TO DORLEY HALL (2021)
One movie 🎥 - THE WITCH (2015, dir. Robert Eggers)
One album 💿 - Brother Sun Sister Moon, THE GREAT GAME (1997)
One TV Show 📺 - TWIN PEAKS (1990-1991, 2017)
Introduce yourself with:
One book 📚 - The Hobbit
One movie 🎥 - Conan The Barbarian (1982)
One album 💿 - Paranoid - Black Sabbath
One TV Show 📺- Babylon 5
One book 📚 - The Hobbit
One movie 🎥 - Conan The Barbarian (1982)
One album 💿 - Paranoid - Black Sabbath
One TV Show 📺- Babylon 5
August 31, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Introduce yourself with:
One book 📚 - Susanna Clarke, *Piranesi*
One movie 🎥 - *Suspira* (2019, dir. Luca Guadagnino)
One album 💿 - The Decemberists, *The Hazards of Love*
One TV Show 📺 - *Russian Doll* (2019, 2022)
One book 📚 - Susanna Clarke, *Piranesi*
One movie 🎥 - *Suspira* (2019, dir. Luca Guadagnino)
One album 💿 - The Decemberists, *The Hazards of Love*
One TV Show 📺 - *Russian Doll* (2019, 2022)
My grandmother gave me both *Jane Eyre* and *The Mists of Avalon* in my sixth grade year. (She didn't really know what she was giving me, with the latter, just "Oooh! Arthurian book from the women's perspective!")
...and the rest is, well, me.
...and the rest is, well, me.
Quote this with a book you read way too young that explains why you are the way you are.
Mine is probably also The Stand, but honestly I read so much, so early, and my parents never limited what I was allowed. So who truly knows 😂
Mine is probably also The Stand, but honestly I read so much, so early, and my parents never limited what I was allowed. So who truly knows 😂
Quote this with a book you read way too young that explains why you are the way you are.
The Stand, Complete & Uncut
The Stand, Complete & Uncut
August 12, 2025 at 8:39 PM
My grandmother gave me both *Jane Eyre* and *The Mists of Avalon* in my sixth grade year. (She didn't really know what she was giving me, with the latter, just "Oooh! Arthurian book from the women's perspective!")
...and the rest is, well, me.
...and the rest is, well, me.
We made a few different attempts at/iterations on *kykeon* as described in the Iliad, the Odyssey, and the Homeric Hymn to Demeter. This is a thing I've been wanting to fuck around with for a goodly while - not as a scholar or even a reconstructionist, but as a sometimes-pedantic text-nerd.
SO.
🧶
SO.
🧶
So we made kykeon.
And... it wasn't bad?
We didn't make it as thick and sludgey as @tastinghistory.bsky.social did though.
And... it wasn't bad?
We didn't make it as thick and sludgey as @tastinghistory.bsky.social did though.
The kykeon! www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtkA...
July 19, 2025 at 2:25 PM
We made a few different attempts at/iterations on *kykeon* as described in the Iliad, the Odyssey, and the Homeric Hymn to Demeter. This is a thing I've been wanting to fuck around with for a goodly while - not as a scholar or even a reconstructionist, but as a sometimes-pedantic text-nerd.
SO.
🧶
SO.
🧶
Beginning @thewordwitch.bsky.social 's *Queer Devotion* tonight, and I love that I'm reveling in the chapter on Aphrodite after spending the day thinking on last year's Pride month ritual dedicated to Kybele...and planning for this year's to Inanna.
June 2, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Beginning @thewordwitch.bsky.social 's *Queer Devotion* tonight, and I love that I'm reveling in the chapter on Aphrodite after spending the day thinking on last year's Pride month ritual dedicated to Kybele...and planning for this year's to Inanna.
The biscuits and gravy from a little place in the then-rundown downtown area of my hometown. The sausage had *permeated* the gravy, and it was worth getting up early to have it before school.
I've never since had their equal.
I've never since had their equal.
I don't want to hear about your lost loves, tell me about the restaurant food that haunts you because you'll never be able to taste it again
April 24, 2025 at 3:28 AM
The biscuits and gravy from a little place in the then-rundown downtown area of my hometown. The sausage had *permeated* the gravy, and it was worth getting up early to have it before school.
I've never since had their equal.
I've never since had their equal.
Third night of having @thewordwitch.bsky.social 's Gay Marseille deck among my offerings when reading at @arcanadurham.bsky.social . Third night of saying, to myself and my clients, "I am so glad I have this deck, for this particular moment."
(I hate that I need it. But I'm glad I have it.)
(I hate that I need it. But I'm glad I have it.)
March 3, 2025 at 4:51 AM
Third night of having @thewordwitch.bsky.social 's Gay Marseille deck among my offerings when reading at @arcanadurham.bsky.social . Third night of saying, to myself and my clients, "I am so glad I have this deck, for this particular moment."
(I hate that I need it. But I'm glad I have it.)
(I hate that I need it. But I'm glad I have it.)
Today is Rejoicing In Witchy Shit Day! Both my armband from @satyrmagos.bsky.social and my linen GORGEOUSNESS from @morningwitch.com arrived today!
February 7, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Today is Rejoicing In Witchy Shit Day! Both my armband from @satyrmagos.bsky.social and my linen GORGEOUSNESS from @morningwitch.com arrived today!
A collection of my basic, most-used tools.
A collage icon I made for Kybele, for a Pride Month ritual in Her honor.
Me, all garbed up, post-solstice ritual at the queer/lesbian tarot-themed bar where I read and do community ritual.
A collage icon I made for Kybele, for a Pride Month ritual in Her honor.
Me, all garbed up, post-solstice ritual at the queer/lesbian tarot-themed bar where I read and do community ritual.
January 25, 2025 at 2:10 AM
A collection of my basic, most-used tools.
A collage icon I made for Kybele, for a Pride Month ritual in Her honor.
Me, all garbed up, post-solstice ritual at the queer/lesbian tarot-themed bar where I read and do community ritual.
A collage icon I made for Kybele, for a Pride Month ritual in Her honor.
Me, all garbed up, post-solstice ritual at the queer/lesbian tarot-themed bar where I read and do community ritual.
Hated list, first: Lord of the Flies, All Quiet on the Western Front, For Whom The Bell Tolls, A Farewell to Arms, Heart of Darkness, The Great Gatsby, The Good Earth.
I REALLY hated Hemingway, ok.
I REALLY hated Hemingway, ok.
US and UK friends, I'm curious: What books were part of your required reading for highschool literature class? Which of them do you remember loving, and which did you loathe?
January 7, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Hated list, first: Lord of the Flies, All Quiet on the Western Front, For Whom The Bell Tolls, A Farewell to Arms, Heart of Darkness, The Great Gatsby, The Good Earth.
I REALLY hated Hemingway, ok.
I REALLY hated Hemingway, ok.
Gonna (non-traditionally) wassail some (non-apple) fruit trees tonight. Thinking of you and yours, @lissaharris.bsky.social . <3
Well may you bloom and well may you bear!
Well may you bloom and well may you bear!
December 29, 2024 at 11:03 PM
Gonna (non-traditionally) wassail some (non-apple) fruit trees tonight. Thinking of you and yours, @lissaharris.bsky.social . <3
Well may you bloom and well may you bear!
Well may you bloom and well may you bear!
@rahaeli.bsky.social - IF you have time and energy, do you have any thoughts/resources on balancing the drying effect of antihistamines with caring for/increasing vocal strength and fluency?
I remember you talking about your vocal training for theater, and thought you might have Opinions.
I remember you talking about your vocal training for theater, and thought you might have Opinions.
September 10, 2024 at 4:57 PM
@rahaeli.bsky.social - IF you have time and energy, do you have any thoughts/resources on balancing the drying effect of antihistamines with caring for/increasing vocal strength and fluency?
I remember you talking about your vocal training for theater, and thought you might have Opinions.
I remember you talking about your vocal training for theater, and thought you might have Opinions.
This homegrown version of a classic brought to you by my rain-swollen gals who were literally bursting with enthusiasm to be plucked.
September 7, 2024 at 7:14 PM
This homegrown version of a classic brought to you by my rain-swollen gals who were literally bursting with enthusiasm to be plucked.
List five things you wanted to be growing up:
1. Ballet dancer
2. Nurse (very short-lived)
3. Physical therapist (because ballet dancer was unlikely)
4. Professor of English Literature
5. Priestess of an ancient order
1. Ballet dancer
2. Nurse (very short-lived)
3. Physical therapist (because ballet dancer was unlikely)
4. Professor of English Literature
5. Priestess of an ancient order
List five things you wanted to be growing up:
1. Poet
2. Author
3. Lawyer
4. Pastor
5. Professor
...look, I'm just saying, it did not actually surprise my family when I ended up in classics, writing, and/or teaching.
1. Poet
2. Author
3. Lawyer
4. Pastor
5. Professor
...look, I'm just saying, it did not actually surprise my family when I ended up in classics, writing, and/or teaching.
List five things you wanted to be growing up:
1. Marine biologist
2. Archaeologist
3. Paleontologist
4. Forensic scientist
5. Mortician
1. Marine biologist
2. Archaeologist
3. Paleontologist
4. Forensic scientist
5. Mortician
August 5, 2024 at 2:44 PM
List five things you wanted to be growing up:
1. Ballet dancer
2. Nurse (very short-lived)
3. Physical therapist (because ballet dancer was unlikely)
4. Professor of English Literature
5. Priestess of an ancient order
1. Ballet dancer
2. Nurse (very short-lived)
3. Physical therapist (because ballet dancer was unlikely)
4. Professor of English Literature
5. Priestess of an ancient order
Now that I've dried my eyes and thoroughly blown my nose, I can tell y'all how wonderful, hilarious, painful, hot, and comforting @meakoopa.bsky.social 's *Dayspring* is. Or, I can't, really, there's too much to say.
But it was one of those books that felt like it was written just for me.
But it was one of those books that felt like it was written just for me.
May 31, 2024 at 5:50 PM
Now that I've dried my eyes and thoroughly blown my nose, I can tell y'all how wonderful, hilarious, painful, hot, and comforting @meakoopa.bsky.social 's *Dayspring* is. Or, I can't, really, there's too much to say.
But it was one of those books that felt like it was written just for me.
But it was one of those books that felt like it was written just for me.
This is one of my absolute favorite pieces of ritual tech, particularly for group rituals. It does what it says on the tin, every time - all the better if the participants have rattles/other hand percussion.
It has also helped me think about how else to use high-energy call and response liturgy.
It has also helped me think about how else to use high-energy call and response liturgy.
B.R.F.R.O.
March 6, 2024 at 7:21 PM
This is one of my absolute favorite pieces of ritual tech, particularly for group rituals. It does what it says on the tin, every time - all the better if the participants have rattles/other hand percussion.
It has also helped me think about how else to use high-energy call and response liturgy.
It has also helped me think about how else to use high-energy call and response liturgy.
Did I *expect* my meeting with a local hospital chaplain re: resources for supporting pagan patients to result in being gifted a copy of this article?
No.
Am I thrilled about it?
EXTREMELY.
No.
Am I thrilled about it?
EXTREMELY.
January 31, 2024 at 10:00 PM
Did I *expect* my meeting with a local hospital chaplain re: resources for supporting pagan patients to result in being gifted a copy of this article?
No.
Am I thrilled about it?
EXTREMELY.
No.
Am I thrilled about it?
EXTREMELY.
Tell me where you were born using just one image of food.
(My preference is a chipped ham with cheese and cheddar rounds, but I couldn't find a picture of that.)
(My preference is a chipped ham with cheese and cheddar rounds, but I couldn't find a picture of that.)
January 24, 2024 at 3:48 PM
Tell me where you were born using just one image of food.
(My preference is a chipped ham with cheese and cheddar rounds, but I couldn't find a picture of that.)
(My preference is a chipped ham with cheese and cheddar rounds, but I couldn't find a picture of that.)
My friend: Please send good vibes that I find my lost keys!
Me, an utterly normal person: I am figuratively holding the baby Jesus hostage until St. Anthony helps you find your key.
Me, an utterly normal person: I am figuratively holding the baby Jesus hostage until St. Anthony helps you find your key.
January 23, 2024 at 5:17 PM
My friend: Please send good vibes that I find my lost keys!
Me, an utterly normal person: I am figuratively holding the baby Jesus hostage until St. Anthony helps you find your key.
Me, an utterly normal person: I am figuratively holding the baby Jesus hostage until St. Anthony helps you find your key.
Spouse and I were looking at excursions for the trip we're taking (gods willing) later in spring.
Me: Oooh, this one about Jewish culture in Prague looks good!
Spouse: *reserves it without question*
1/2
Me: Oooh, this one about Jewish culture in Prague looks good!
Spouse: *reserves it without question*
1/2
January 14, 2024 at 9:21 PM
Spouse and I were looking at excursions for the trip we're taking (gods willing) later in spring.
Me: Oooh, this one about Jewish culture in Prague looks good!
Spouse: *reserves it without question*
1/2
Me: Oooh, this one about Jewish culture in Prague looks good!
Spouse: *reserves it without question*
1/2
10 (musical) artists to get to know me:
The Watersons
The Doors
The Indigo Girls
Azam Ali/Vas/Niyaz
The Decemberists
Florence + the Machine
Songs:Ohia
Dead Can Dance
Patti Smith
CSNY
(And so, so many more)
The Watersons
The Doors
The Indigo Girls
Azam Ali/Vas/Niyaz
The Decemberists
Florence + the Machine
Songs:Ohia
Dead Can Dance
Patti Smith
CSNY
(And so, so many more)
10 (musical) artists to get to know me:
The Velvet Underground
Nina Simone
Tori Amos
Billie Holiday
Nick Cave
Tom Waits
Fiona Apple
CRASS
The Cure
The Pixies
*Also, oldies. Doo-wop, Motown, etc
And like a billion others
The Velvet Underground
Nina Simone
Tori Amos
Billie Holiday
Nick Cave
Tom Waits
Fiona Apple
CRASS
The Cure
The Pixies
*Also, oldies. Doo-wop, Motown, etc
And like a billion others
10 artists to get to know me:
Suede
Manic Street Preachers
Depeche Mode
Kylie Minogue
Pet Shop Boys
Prince
New Order
Charlatans
Janelle Monae
David Bowie
Suede
Manic Street Preachers
Depeche Mode
Kylie Minogue
Pet Shop Boys
Prince
New Order
Charlatans
Janelle Monae
David Bowie
December 19, 2023 at 3:12 PM
10 (musical) artists to get to know me:
The Watersons
The Doors
The Indigo Girls
Azam Ali/Vas/Niyaz
The Decemberists
Florence + the Machine
Songs:Ohia
Dead Can Dance
Patti Smith
CSNY
(And so, so many more)
The Watersons
The Doors
The Indigo Girls
Azam Ali/Vas/Niyaz
The Decemberists
Florence + the Machine
Songs:Ohia
Dead Can Dance
Patti Smith
CSNY
(And so, so many more)
Seriously playful mythopoeic bacchant (aspiring)
overly-Irish deuteragonist
December 4, 2023 at 1:08 PM
Seriously playful mythopoeic bacchant (aspiring)
My stickers from @unknownbinaries.bsky.social arrived (bottom left and top right), and I'm really delighted with them. The quote from *The Invisibles*, in particular, is important to me.
November 21, 2023 at 3:15 AM
My stickers from @unknownbinaries.bsky.social arrived (bottom left and top right), and I'm really delighted with them. The quote from *The Invisibles*, in particular, is important to me.