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hearth-and-veil · 1 month

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Now THAT is a great card to get during a career reading. Let's FUCKING GO!

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hearth-and-veil · 1 month

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Me: I'm a reasonable, normal person. I know shit but I'm not some high authority. I don't want to be in a position of power.

Also me: I figured out how to become a god, you in?

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hearth-and-veil · 1 month

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Once I

realized I can wear makeup without foundation

abandoned the idea of resale value and just painted my house

and realized being liked isn't important

I have been living quite freely.

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hearth-and-veil · 1 month

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My dad says I cuss too much so henceforth I will be replacing "fuck off" and "fuck you" with "fling yourself off a cliff." Thank you for understanding.

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hearth-and-veil · 2 months

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We are up and running! We should have been days ago, but I sent my post to drafts lol!

Let's take a quick look at some of the body parts that women need to be acquainted with.

Here's a detailed illustration, lest you think the female reproductive system is some damn easy bake oven. But we're starting with the basics!

Bartholin's Glands: These are located on either side of the vaginal canal and emit mucus that ranges from almost watery to thick and gooey depending on the need. This mucus combines with the plasma produced by the vaginal walls during arousal. The mucus from the Bartholin's gland is acidic, ranging from 3.8-4.5 on the pH scale (7.0 is neutral).

Cervix: The cervix functions as a gate between the vagina and uterus. It is a deceptively small part of the system when "inactive" but it can dilate significantly to accommodate a fetus. While something inserted into the vagina may touch the outer opening of the cervix, the cervix sits closed most of the time, so you're at no risk of losing a tampon. The cervix opens a little bit during ovulation, menstruation, and childbirth.

Clitoris: Research into the functions of the clitoris has been extremely limited. It has both an internal and external aspect, with the external being located above the urethra, and the internal wrapping around either side of the vagina. The only known function is arousal and sexual stimulation, which also improves fertility.

Fallopian Tubes: The fallopian tubes catch eggs released during ovulation and hold them in the ampulla until the egg is either fertilized - when the then-zygote is sent into the uterus to attach - or not, and released during menstruation.

Labia Majora: The external set of labia is called the labia majora. The labia majora functions to protect the rest of the vulva, the urethra, and the vagina. The labia majora typically swells with blood and slightly parts during arousal.

Labia Minora: The labia minora are the small, inner set of skin folds going from the clitoris to the bottom of the vaginal opening. Like the labia majora, their role is to protect everything encased in them. Unlike with labia majora, it isn't common to grow hair on the labia minora, which may cause discomfort and ingrown hair, leading to infection risks.

Ovaries: Ovaries are small round-ish sacs that contain eggs, the female half of the human gamete. Every month, a new egg drops out of the ovaries and floats (hopefully) to the fallopian tubes. Ovaries aren't attached to the fallopian tubes, so sometimes the eggs just get released into the abdominal cavity. During sex, sperm typically also ends up in the abdominal cavity, and that's how we get extrauterine pregnancies (ectopic pregnancy). Even without a uterus or fallopian tubes, a woman with even just one ovary can still experience pregnancy. Ovaries are also one of the biggest hormone controlling mechanisms in the female body.

Pubic Hair: Beginning at the start of puberty, girls develop pubic hair. By womanhood, this hair typically comes from the pelvis all the way down, covering the labia majora, extending onto the inner thighs, and down and back over the perineum and up around the anus. Pubic hair is there to help us keep clean. Typically the texture is springy, coarse, and curled. This helps prevent detritus from reaching the inner labia and vagina, which can cause irritation and infection. Pubic hair also wicks sweat and moisture away from the vulva. This is a very important function as the vagina and vulva are typically a little wet, due to discharge, and that moisture needs to be removed as it is replaced.

Skene's Glands: Located on either side and slightly under the urethra, these glands can release an "ultrafiltrate" of blood plasma, but typically only during (a really good) orgasm in a phenomenon known as female ejaculation/squirting/gushing. This is not urine. Fun fact: The fluid from Skene's glands is sweet, and has a very high concentration of both glucose and fructose.

Uterus: The uterus is an interesting and multi-purpose structure. Most commonly referenced, the uterus holds a fetus, develops the placenta, and does most of the work in reproduction. However, the uterus also serves as a "weight bearing" organ helping to define and maintain the structure of the abdominal cavity. Newer research is also indicating that the uterus plays an important part in hormone control, and overall health - for example, a hysterectomy increases your chance of developing dementia later in life.

Vagina: The vagina is a tube-like muscle organ that connects up to the cervix. When 'at rest' the vagina is quite short, but when a woman is aroused it lengthens. (Average vagina depth directly correlates to average penis length within a group - if the average penis length is 4-5 inches, the average vaginal depth when aroused is 4-5 inches.) As it's made of muscle, the vagina is highly maneuverable and can be clenched and released whether to increase pleasure during stimulation, or to help push a baby out.

Vulva: The external portion of the female reproductive system, comprising of the labia majora, labia minora, vaginal opening, clitoris, urethra, and associated glands. Everything you can see is the vulva. (|i|) << all vulva.

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hearth-and-veil · 2 months

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Is the temple of eternal still around? The discord link is no longer valid.

Yes but mostly no. It died off while I was dealing with some personal matters. I intend to bring it back later this year when I am more able to devote the appropriate time to it. Running three religious groups at once, plus a full time job, plus everything else, was just too much for me.

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hearth-and-veil · 2 months

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Ooooh! When will the women's health sideblog be up?

I'm glad you sent this, because I didn't realize that I had sent my posts to drafts instead of posting them. Creatrix-Codex is up and running :)

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hearth-and-veil · 2 months

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Poor Fei Lian. He and Yu Huan share one braincell and it just isn't his turn to use it.

#mirror tale of twin cities #cdrama #bros with one braincell is one of my favorite tropes

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hearth-and-veil · 2 months

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Hello ladies! I'm having my mental health wrecked by just how uneducated women have been kept about our bodies. I'm going to have a stress aneurysm. To mitigate that, I'm opening a sideblog dedicated to women's health and anatomy. Learn ❤️

Today I explained to a 40 year old woman, who gave vaginal birth to three children, what her cervix is - and what it is not.

I want to go apeshit.

Major medical texts don't have clitoral anatomy. Most people think female ejaculation is urination. Doctors don't even think the cervix has nerve endings. The uterus is treated like a bloatware app. Basically nobody knows how the HPV vaccine has changed the cadence of gynecological exams.

It's unsafe. It's unreasonable. It's unfair.

I am extremely fortunate that I have reliable, knowledgeable women I can speak to. All women deserve that opportunity. I'm going to talk generally about important things. If you have questions, ask.

While the female body is beautiful, glorious, and magical, it's long past time for it being mysterious.

#womens health #female anatomy #feminism #medical misogyny #womens rights

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hearth-and-veil · 2 months

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I know it "wasn't" a cyberattack that compromised the two largest internet service providers in the United States, removing AT&T service completely, and causing both AT&T and Verizon to run inconsistently for four days, just a few short days after a data breach revealed a lot of compromising information about China....

...but keep an eye on your credit monitoring anyway, ok? Because if we can't trust these companies to admit they were hacked, we can't trust them to tell us if anything was stolen.

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hearth-and-veil · 2 months

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My petty ass is reporting all pro-Israel ads for violence. But look at this one: paid for by Christians. Unsurprising, as zionism is 100% dependent on psycho Christians who don't understand their own religion.

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hearth-and-veil · 2 months

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#this is literally what happened #only horny jail was horny seclusion #and the bonk was with the punishment whip #33 times #mzds #the untamed #lan wangji #lan qiren

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hearth-and-veil · 2 months

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All I want for Valentine's Day is to fist fight my husband's school board in the Chili's parking lot.

#valentines day

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hearth-and-veil · 2 months

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ADHD:

I love Chinese palace dramas

Ooh xianxia

This system is based on Daoism

I should spend the next four hours looking up Daoism

Oops, bought the I-Ching

Whoops meant to buy the Tao Te Ching

Bought that too

There was a coup to establish a Daoist theocracy during the reign of Emperor Taiwu

Taiwu ruled from Chang'an, which was the end point of the silk road

Silk road went into the Roman Empire

Attila the Hun was in power around the same time

He didn't take Constantinople

Istanbul not Constantinople

Constantinople is named for Constantine

Constantine converted to Christianity

He was a Roman polytheist before that though

Heavily, but not entirely, inspired by Greek polytheism

Did Roman polytheists have nymphs

They did

Nymphs are really similar to feitian

The Greeks and Chinese had contact with each other before Constantine

Greco-Chinese xianxia could exist

But when would it take place

The Northern Wei would be a pretty ideal time period

Better research Northern Wei for six hours

Oops, bought a hanfu

#adhd #adhdlife #hyperfocus #hyperfixation

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hearth-and-veil · 3 months

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I relate to Lan Wangji because I, too, would expect my older sibling to stand against society and their own best friend 5ever based on my word and nothing else.

I relate to Lan Xichen because, I, too, would go against society and my own best friend 5ever based on my little brother's word and nothing else.

#middle child problems #mzds #the untamed

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hearth-and-veil · 3 months

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Even putting aside the fact that the Roman Gods aren't just renamed Greek Gods (which we shouldn't put aside) -

Ares =/= Mars

Athena =/= Minerva

If anything

Ares = Bellona

Mars = War-Athena

Minerva = Craft-Athena

If you're going to be wrong, at least get it right. Thank you.

#hellenic polytheism #helpol #roman polytheism #roman paganism #hellenic paganism #ares #mars #athena #bellona #minerva

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hearth-and-veil · 3 months

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The way white men are going around stabbing and shooting and killing Palestinian civilians who are IN THE UNITED STATES. And these Palestinians are all kids who have so much life to live. A six year old was killed. College students shot. A 23 year old stabbed in the chest. Abhorrent, racist violence. Why are these white people not on the news being called terrorists right now

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