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anonymousdandelion · 1 year

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I posted 1,741 times in 2022

That's 1,502 more posts than 2021!

236 posts created (14%)

1,505 posts reblogged (86%)

Blogs I reblogged the most:

@kedreeva

@anonymousdandelion

@fanishjuli

@ngkiscool

@small-cog

I tagged 1,740 of my posts in 2022

#good omens - 643 posts

#aziraphale and crowley - 417 posts

#jumblr - 322 posts

#good omens fanfiction - 264 posts

#judaism - 247 posts

#good omens fanart - 235 posts

#fanfiction - 233 posts

#fanart - 232 posts

#dandelion fics - 168 posts

#dandelion says - 142 posts

Longest Tag: 134 characters

#(in contrast to the potential-but-not-yet-realized life of a fetus which is still highly valued but not on the same level as a person)

My Top Posts in 2022:

You know, I spend so much energy this time of year pushing back against so many misconceptions about Chanukah, I think sometimes I do it a disservice.

Because yes, it's a relatively minor Jewish holiday... but it is deeply important, and I love it.

Yes, many people misunderstand it. But the Chanukah story is a story of hope, of courage, of war, of miracles, of persistence, of faith, of dedication, and of surviving against all the odds.

Yes, gift-giving has nothing to do with Chanukah traditionally... but it is traditional to give children coins to help pay for their education, and I think that says something beautiful about the value we place on learning and on future generations.

Yes, corporations heard about Chanukah and totally misunderstood it in their attempts to commercialize it... but we have absolutely delightful games and songs and foods that are a joy to share with family and with a community.

Yes, Chanukah is constantly beset by the forces of assimilation... but it is a holiday about holding to our identity and resisting assimilation at any cost, and the fact that we are still celebrating it today is proof that we have succeeded at this for thousands of years.

Yes, it is not a holiday primarily focused on peace and love in the way some people may think it is, but I sure do feel great peace and love when I dance with my family and and see the flames in the oil cups dancing along beside the window.

Chag sameach.

Yes, I really do love Chanukah.

656 notes - Posted December 25, 2022

Self-Care Game

So I had a fun, random game idea. Making people practice self-care by reblogging posts is all well and good, but! What if we took it a step further?

Very simple rules to this game:

Everyone who reblogs this post is required to do one thing to care for yourself — something big, something small, whatever works for you.

Every time someone reblogs this post from you, you are also required to do one self-care thing.

Feel free to reblog as many times as you want, from as many people as you want, to make each of them do self-care. You still have to do your part each time, though.

It’s your big chance to make your mutuals, followers, and followees take care of themselves… all with one post. The only catch is that, in order to participate, you have to follow the rules and care for yourself as well. :D

Reblog if you’re up for it. I’ll play too. Wouldn’t be fair otherwise.

(Feel free to share what you’re doing for self-care in the tags or comments if you want to hold yourself accountable or inspire other people. You can also keep it private if you prefer. Honor system.)

759 notes - Posted November 14, 2022

One of the fun things about Judaism is that I can look up a basic question like “What is the reason for this custom?” and find, not just a bunch of different explanations in different articles by different people, but a bunch of different explanations in the same article by the same person.

People say we’re a religion of questioning, and, yeah, that’s true. But part and parcel with questioning, we are also a religion of answering. It’s just that we don’t see the need to limit ourselves to only one answer.

Move aside, “two Jews = three opinions,” and make way for “one Jew = seven opinions.”

996 notes - Posted June 3, 2022

Judaism and Life

I’m thinking about one of the rallying cries of the Jewish people. Our slogan, if you will. We speak it, we shout it, we sing it: עם ישראל חי. Am Yisrael chai. The people of Israel live.

It says a lot, I think, that this of all phrases is among our defining anthems. Out of all the possibilities, this is our motto, our catchphrase, our affirmation: a simple, defiant declaration of our own continued existence against the odds.

I’m also thinking of our traditional exclamation of celebration. The classic, quintessential, go-to Jewish toast, so characteristic as to have reached popular culture through a Broadway musical: לחיים. L’chaim. To life.

One of our primary “good luck” symbols, found on medallions and amulets: the single word, חי. Chai. Life. Our “lucky number” is 18, the number with the gematria value of life. We give momentary gifts and make donations in multiples of 18: giving chai, giving life.

It’s pretty straightforward, really. We just want to live. As people, as Jews, as a community.

I’m thinking about how many ways our culture and traditions repeatedly highlight the centrality of life — both the preservation of individual lives, and the continuation of our collective life. Thinking how terrifyingly often both categories of life fall under threat. And how we still keep going.

מיר וועלן זיי איבערלעבן. Mir veln zey iberlebn. We will outlive them, sung in a field with soldiers and no escape, worst come to worst but singing out defiance anyway.

... and they didn’t survive, those singers, physically they did not outlive their attackers, and too many others didn’t either. But they were still right: we, we as a collective, we did outlive. Barely, and with indescribable and lasting loss... but we did. We’re still here. Existent. Alive. Affirming that and hanging on for dear life, as individual people and as a people.

Am Yisrael chai. Mir veln zey iberlebn. L’chaim.

1,060 notes - Posted January 27, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

Occurs to me that Christian cultural hegemony can be pretty well encapsulated by the fact that it is normal for people to say "Happy Chanukah to those who celebrate," and it is normal for many of those same people to say, "Merry Christmas, everyone!"

3,725 notes - Posted December 19, 2022

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