Liv Castle

[Liv Castle]

[fiercefatfeminist]

It is our duty as feminists to protect and respect women in Hijabs

[fiercefatfeminist]

Now. More. Than. Ever.

[littlepumpkinprincess]

Question: if I see someone pull off a Hijab, what should I do? I know there are reasons they are worn so I want to if i should stand in between them and who did this, should i protect them from view somehow, or something else? This has been happening a lot so I feel it’s something everyone needs to know.

[protectnevillelongbottom]

Good question! I cannot correctly and effectively answer, as I am a white, non-Muslim person; however, I will reblog in case any of my followers can answer. 

[inquisitivespirit]

I asked my Hijabi friend, so here’s one Hijabi’s answer: 

“my opinion is, definitely try cover them or give them something to cover themselves with. And perhaps shoo off the person, without putting oneself in danger! God forbid, if that happened to me, I would like someone to come and comfort me and give me something to cover my hair with and then help me report it to the cops “

[animatedamerican]

(Followers, if any of you are hijabi and would like to expand on this answer or offer alternatives, please do.)

[sarsbabe77]

If u see it happen to 1 of us, pls cover our head + hair with a coat or shawl or any piece of cloth, while hugging us in comfort. Please don’t get hurt by lashing out @ the perpetrators in any way, coz if they dare to do that, they’re probably too far gone in their own hatred to listen to any reason. Much love + Thank You to anyone who supports us.

[raphaelsdumort]

yes !! everything said here is important af. if you see someone pull off a girl’s hijab immediately cover her hair and provide comfort. don’t talk to the perpetrator but try to get the woman out of there if you can. maybe if you have a scarf on you at the time give it to her so she can wear it until she’s alone and can replace her hijab. please please protect muslim girls because we already had it hard before donald trump became president and now its gonna be worse with people going around thinking their violence and cruelty is justified 

[hollowedskin]

for my other white ppl who might have a hard time, it’s my understanding that a hijab is like a major item of clothing, not an accessory like a hat or a scarf.
so think abt it more like if someone just ripped someone’s shirt or skirt off. u don’t want to be left there exposed or have to walk home without it.

everyone, even outside America needs to protect our Muslim sisters in these times.

[testxsterone]

as a man, what would be the best thing to do? should i turn my head and avoid looking at their hair? can i still offer a jacket or something similar?

[wear-it-like-armour-bastard]

^I’m hoping someone has an answer islamaphpbia is on the rise in my town and I want to be a good male non Muslim ally

[soul-angelos]

For men, yes please, we would prefer it if you avoided looking at our hair, and if we don’t have something to substitute as a hijab at that moment, anything you could lend us, a jacket, etc, would be very appreciated.

Also, since most girls avoid physical contact with men they’re not related to, please do not hug them, but rather shoo the offender away if you can, or at least escort the girl to a safe place. You can still offer words of encouragement and support. Furthermore, understand that the victim may not be very welcoming towards you because she’ll obviously be shaken, and won’t know where you are coming from. If that’s the case, please still give her something to cover herself (hijab is very important, think of it as someone ripping your shirt off) and stand some distance away until you are sure she’s in safe hands.

Thank you so much for your support, we really appreciate it, god bless all of you.

[clairethehuntress]

In the horrible climate we’re currently in, please take note of this.

[d6-da-maniac]

Reblogging this again for the guy-instructions

[geekandmisandry]

Same

[knitmeapony]

If you’ve got an emergency kit for events/rallys/etc, an inexpensive/thrift store shawl or scarf is a great addition to it.  It can keep you/someone else warm, it can be used as a makeshift sling or bag, and it can be used for this!  Something light but opaque that can be folded to many sizes is ideal.

[arachnospooky]

[song-bird-shawn]

I LOVE YOU Y'ALL SO MUCH. BLESS YOU

[Liv Castle]

[biologicalstepfather]

If you know who Emmett Till is please reblog.

I’m trying to prove a point to my dad.

[Liv Castle]

[uncomfortablesharks]

SO

Good news! I got a cool job and an apartment!!!! Bad news! We are having trouble getting the money for the first 2 months rent, let alone food and utilities and so on. I start my job Monday, which isn’t enough time between checks and rent being due to afford it. Me n Rory over at @coolwitchmom have done the math and with the money we would be bringing in, we are still one thousand dollars short and we need it by February 1st. 

We can draw you up a gift or write a gay poem or something for compensation (feet pics?), and we appreciate any help you can give, reblogging or donating or asking you mom if you can give 5 bucks to these two poor NB WLW BITCHES.

My paypal is http://paypal.me/leah626 

Rory’s is http://paypal.me/ghoulmash

Thank y’all so much!!! Stay sexy

Currently: 0/1000 buckarinos 

[Liv Castle]

[beepboop-its-a-robot]

STORY TIME:

I work in a decent sized, local, indie bookstore. It’s a great job 99% of the time and a lot of our customers are pretty neat people. Any who, middle of the day this little old lady comes up. She’s lovably kooky. She effuses how much she loves the store and how she wishes she could spend more time in it but her husband is waiting in the car (OH! I BETTER BUY HIM SOME CHOCOLATE!), she piles a bunch of art supplies on the counter and then stops and tells me how my bangs are beautiful and remind her of the ocean (“Wooooosh” she says, making a wave gesture with her hand)

Ok. I think to myself. Awesomely happy, weird little old ladies are my favorite kind of customer. They’re thrilled about everything and they’re comfortably bananas. I can have a good time with this one. So we chat and it’s nice.

Then this kid, who’s been up my counter a few times to gather his school textbooks, comes up in line behind her (we’re connected to a major university in the city so we have a lot of harried students pass through). She turns around to him and, out of nowhere, demands that he put his textbooks on the counter. He’s confused but she explains that she’s going to buy his textbooks.

He goes sheetrock white. He refuses and adamantly insists that she can’t do that. It’s like, $400 worth of textbooks. She, this tiny old woman, bodily takes them out of her hands, throws them on the counter and turns to me with a intense stare and tells me to put them on her bill. The kid at this point is practically in tears. He’s confused and shocked and grateful. Then she turns to him and says “you need chocolate.” She starts grabbing handfuls of chocolates and putting them in her pile.

He keeps asking her “why are you doing this?” She responds “Do you like Harry Potter?“ and throws a copy of the new Cursed Child on the pile too.

Finally she’s done and I ring her up for a crazy amount of money. She pays and asks me to please give the kid a few bags for his stuff. While I’m bagging up her merchandise the kid hugs her. We’re both telling her how amazing she is and what an awesome thing she’s done. She turns to both of us and says probably one of the most profound, unscripted things I’ve ever had someone say:

“It’s important to be kind. You can’t know all the times that you’ve hurt people in tiny, significant ways. It’s easy to be cruel without meaning to be. There’s nothing you can do about that. But you can choose to be kind. Be kind.”

The kid thanks her again and leaves. I tell her again how awesome she is. She’s staring out the door after him and says to me: “My son is a homeless meth addict. I don’t know what I did. I see that boy and I see the man my son could have been if someone had chosen to be kind to him at just the right time.”

I’ve bagged up all her stuff and at this point am super awkward and feel like I should say something but I don’t know what. Then she turns to me and says: I wish I could have bangs like that but my darn hair is just too curly.“ And leaves.

And that is the story of the best customer I’ve ever had. Be kind to somebody today.

[shrewreadings]

 I didn’t reblog earlier. 

So I am now. 

[theactualcluegirl]

Be kind. It’s worth the effort.

[Liv Castle]

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[good-thoughts-and-vibes]

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[payulettee]

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[a-fairly-odd-button]

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[Liv Castle]

[birchbloom]

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like = charge

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[Liv Castle]

[thisisthinprivilege]

I work at a daycare with infants.

One of our baby girls is fat, in the 99th percentile for her age. She is super cute and sweet. Lately, she has been sick with various breathing issues, so she has been reluctant to take her bottles. Normally, she’ll take 4 ounces of formula at lunch and 8 ounces in the afternoon. Today, I was lucky to get to her take 5 all day.

There was a substitute covering a lunch break in my classroom today. We emphasized to her that we need to keep trying to get the baby to drink her bottle until she finished it. She said, “Why are you guys so worried about taking her bottle?”

My coworker replied, “That’s where all her nutrients are. She needs the nutrients and the water.”

To which the substitute replied, “But she’s so fat. She doesn’t need it.”

Thin privilege is a small, pretty baby getting better childcare because the caretaker doesn’t think she’s too fat to be allowed to eat.

[thecrazygeek-rant]

This reminds me of a cousin of mine who ended up with her kids being taken away from her by social services for a number of reasons but mostly for nearly killing her baby daughter. How?

By starving her. She insisted that her baby was ‘too fat’ and had an aim to remove any and all ‘chubbyness’ so her baby would be thin. She’d already been warned by her doctor about the baby not getting enough food, but insisted she knew best.

After several months of this her baby passed out cold one day and was rushed into hospital where the doctors found her to have severe malnutrition, a low body temperature and low pulse rate. They asked my cousin what she’d been feeding her daughter and she said “one bottle of skimmed milk a day. I don’t want her growing up fat.”

Even after nearly killing her daughter my cousin maintained her view that fat = bad and ended up with all her kids taken from her because she was starving them and neglecting them.

When your fatphobia leads you to starving your own children then you’ve got serious problems.

(Note. She still, to this day, maintains the view that she was right and the doctors were wrong. “They just want fat kids so they can keep employed treating them for all those diseases that being fat causes.” = her actual words.)

[sinthiasweet]

My mom had me dieting with her when I was eleven. She had me eating less than 600 calories a day because she was worried I was going to “get huge.” She even grounded me once because she found out my friends were bringing me lunches! I ended up passing out, going to the ER, and getting two IVs at once BC I was so goddamn dehydrated. Soooooo surprised they didn’t call child services… And looking back, this was the root of my anorexia. I’m nearly 22 and still fighting it. Please don’t starve your fucking children.

[viergacht]

For fucks sake babies are SUPPOSED to be fat, what is wrong with people? It’s just stored energy, and growing children need stored energy - an 11 year old is just about to hit some major growing years. Damn. 

[fattyatomicmutant]

Fatphobia

Is

Real

and it kills

[tribvtaries]

This is no joke. people will literally starve their own babies cause they don’t want them getting fat. A parent brought in their six month old baby who was having breathing issues and kept getting sick. the parent was asked if the baby was eating regularly and the parent straight up told the doctor that they only feed the baby once a day. ONCE A DAY. A FUCKING BABY. they even had the nerve to say because they didn’t want the baby to get fat. people like this are real. they would rather have a dead baby than a fat one.

[bigfatscience]

My youngest son is a very big boy and has been since he was born. When he was 10 months old I took him for his well-baby check and vaccinations. The nurse noted his weight and said, quite casually, “He is in the 99th percentile for weight so he is at risk for obesity. You may want to keep an eye on that.” I said, “He is exclusively breastfed. He refuses to eat any solids yet.” What did she expect me to do? What would it mean to “keep an eye on” an exclusively breastfed baby’s weight? 

She backed off saying, ‘Well he looks fine!” – proving once again that weight bias is not truly about health – But I know many other parents who are not as informed as I am about weight science and size diversity would react to this interaction by policing their child’s food intake, if not as an infant, then when he was an older child. This is exactly the type of seemingly-inconsequential interaction that starts the ball rolling on a lifetime of dieting, disordered eating, negative body image, and weight-based abuse for too many fat people.

Years later when he was five, another doctor measured his weight and height and commented that he is off the charts on both, but “at least he is in proportion.” And if he was not “in proportion,” I am sure I would have been advised once again to “watch his weight.” 

I no longer allow healthcare providers to weight my children unless it is absolutely medically necessary. They are unable to control their weight talk, which is a known harm for children.

We need to completely eliminate weight talk from medicine, especially when it comes to children. Even the smallest exposure can have terrible consequences.

[loverofbrownsugar]

Wtf…

[mainstreamqueen]

A friend from college had been going to the doctor because she was having trouble breathing. She was told to lose weight. Over the course of several years, she went back to the doctors time and time again, telling them that she’d been sticking to the diet but because of her breathing problems she had been unable to even walk for more than 20 minutes at a time. The doctor got her into an exercise programme and told her that she just needed to really try to lose weight because that was clearly the reason for her breathing problems. By the time they found the tumour on her lungs, it was inoperable. She only lived three months after diagnosis. She was 25. She’d had the tumour for over five years. The doctor was so focused on the fact that my friend was “fat”, that they refused to look for any underlying cause. They killed her.

[thisisthinprivilege]

Weight-first treatment KILLS. Fatphobia KILLS.

[lady-yomi]

I have 2 scary stories to share about fatphobic doctors & parents harming their childs/patients’ health:

1. The 4 years old daughter of a friend of mine came to our house to spend the weekend. She gave me a letter from her mom that said that the child was in a glutenfree diet because she was getting ‘awfully fat’ when eating cookies or bread (my celiac ass; who gets dhiarrea and loses a scary amount of weight whenever I eat something with gluten was like ’???’).

You can bet that I went to the supermarket with the kid and told her ‘go & take whatever you feel like eating’ and the poor child came back smiling with her arms full of biscuits and cupcakes.

She didn’t got sick (as a celiac would get) and told me later that she hated the diet her mother made her follow; because her cousins didn’t had to pass through that.

And what’s the scariest thing about this story? Her mother was a NURSE. A fucking nurse who didn’t have a clue of the harm that she was doing to her daughter’s body!

2. My little sister started to feel fatigued and dizzy at 9 years old. She felt nauseated at the sight of food and had abdominal pain that increased with physical activity.

Mom got her to the ER and the doctor dismissed it saying: ‘she’s fat and probably is feeling ill after eating too much burgers, get her to make some exercise and she will be better in no time’.My mom didn’t felt ok with the diagnosis and took my sister with a second doctor who also told her that ‘the child was just fat’.

My sister’s skin was starting to get yellow as the days passed and the abdominal pain was getting awful so my mom (heaven bless her!) got her to the ER for the third time:

SHE HAD STAGE 4 HEPATITIS AND WAS ABOUT TO DIE.

She survived after a long and painful recovery who involved being in bed for a whole year (remember that we’re speaking of a 9 years old child). Luckily they saved her liver and she didn’t went through a transplant… but let this sink:

If it weren’t for my mother, fatphobia would have killed her. Fatphobia kills kids and teenagers, fatphobia kills inocent people everyday. It treats human beings as lesser than others and hurts them in their most vulnerable times.

It’s a real shame that we all have so much stories to share about this issue. A REAL SHAME.

[agreekdoctor]

Future doctors, interns, and residents following me:

FUCKING TAKE NOTE OF THIS!

Don’t let bias against your fat patients kill them!

[clatterbane]

(#and this is just when we actually go to the doctor and tell them we have problems #how many of us just give up #or won’t mention anything that seems like too much of a ‘fat’ problem)

[thelittlestastronaut]

i’d really like my thin followers to reblog this if you can. fat people are already here for each other, we need you guys to help us out too. this is something i never see anyone actually talking about in-depth, and it’s disappointing. be there for your fat siblings, too.

[Liv Castle]

Witchy *Free* PDF book list Masterpost

[dailywitchlings]

Hey lovely witches! I wanted to share some of my PDF witchy books I have on my computer. I know it’s hard to find these books and not everyone has money to buy them or easy access. I hope I can help someone with this <3

Most of the books are on my google drive library, you can click on the link and then download if you’d like to.

• A Manual of Occultism, by Sepharial
• Mastering Witchcraft, by Paul Huson
• Natural Magic, by Pamela J.Ball
• Pagan Spells, Author Unknown
• Herbal Magick - Herbal enchantments, folclore and divination by Gerina Dunwich <3
• Spell Crafts - Creating magical objects, by, Scott Cunningham and David Harrington <3
• The Book of Power, by Idres Shah
• The Complete book of Incense, Oils ad Brews, by Scott Cunningham
• The Essential Skills of Magick - Benjamim Rowe
• The Ultimate Book of Spells - Pamela J. Ball *my favorite spellbook*
• 50 of The Most Powerful Spells, by unknown author
• Witchcraft Today, by Gerald Gardner
• The Gardnerian Book of Shadows
• The Basics of Magic, by K. Amber
• 8 Sabbaths of Witchcraft, by Mike Nichols
• Witchcraft Today, by Gerald Gardner
• Celtic Mythology and Religion, by Alexander Macbain
• The Art and meaning of Magic, By Israel Regardie
• An Introduction to the Study of Tarot, by Paul Foster Case
• The Alchemy of Abundance, by Lisa McSherry
• Encyclopedia of Acient Roman and Greek Mythology, by James Belton
• Asgard and the Gods, by M. W. MacDowall,
• The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Spells by, Michael Johnstone
• Witches’ Bible by, Janet and Stewart Farrar
• The Witch’s Master Grimoire, by Lady Sabrina
  
• The meaning of Witchcraft, by Gerald Gardner
• Aleister Crowley book collection (google drive)
• Lid Off the Cauldron, by Patricia Crowther
• A Grimoire for Modern Cunningfolk, by Peter Paddon
  
• The A to Z of Dream Interpretation, by Pamela J. Ball
• The Dream Oracle, by Pamela J. Ball
• The Great Book of Spells, by Pamela J. Ball <3
• The Techniques of Astral Projection, By Dr. Douglas M. Baker
  
• The Opening of the Third Eye, By Dr. Douglas M. Baker
• Historical Dictionary of Witchcraft, By Bailey Michael
• The Goddess is in Details, by Deborah Blake <3
• Circle, Coven and Grove, by Deborah Blake
• A Witch’s Dozen, by Deborah Blake <3
• Witchcraft on a Shoestring by Deborah Blake
• Egyptian Magic, By Ernest Budge
• Advanced Candle Magick, By Raymond Buckley
• Amulets and Magic, By Budge Walli
• Pen and Ink Witchcrafr , By Collin Calloway
• Basic Sigil Magic, By Philip Cooper
• The Occult Properties of Herbs , By W.B Crow
  
• Shadow Work Guidebook, by Jessica Cross
• Gemstone Sorcery, By Gerina Dunwich <3
• Wicca A to Z By  Gerina Dunwich
• Every Witch Way By Ellen Dugan <3
• Power Of The Witch By Laurie Cabot <3
• The Spiral Dance By Starhawk <3
• Spiritual Power - Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee
• Book of Shadows By, Phyllis Curott:
  
• Witchcrafting By Phyllis Curott
• Spells for the Solitary Witch By Eileen Holland
• Wiccan Magick By Raven Grimassi
• The Witch’s Familiar By Raven Grimassi
• Magical Candle Crafting By Ember Grant
• Magical Powder Recipes By Lady Gianne
• Wicca For Beginners By Lisa Chamberlain

Scott Cunningham’s Books:

• Divination for Beginners
  
• Wicca in the Kitchen <3
• Book of Shadows
• Living Wicca
• Crystal Gem and Metal Magick <3
  
• Wicca
  
• Encyclopedia of Magical Herbs
• Magical Household, Rituals and spells for the home <3
  

D.J Conway’s Books:

• Mystical Dragon
• Norse Magic
• Wicca, The Complete Craft
• Falcon, Feather and Valkyrie Sword
• Celtic Magic

Christopher Penczak’s Books

• Gay Witchcraft - Christopher Penczak
• The Living Temple of Witchcraft V. II- Christopher Penczak
• The Gates of Witchcraft
• The Living Temple of Witchcraft V.II 
• Mystic Foundation
• The Outer Temple Of Witchcraft
• The Inner Temple of Witchcraft
• The Witch’s Shield

Cassandra Eason’s Books:

• A Practical Guide of Witchcraft and Spells, 
• Fabulous Creatures, Mythical Monsters and Animal Power Symbols
• Candle Power
• The Art of Pendulum
• The Complete Guide to Psychic Development

Illes Judika’s Books:

• Magic When You Need It - 150 Spells
  
• Pure Magic
• The Element Encyclopedia of Witchcraft

Ellwood Taylor’s Books:

• Pop Culture Magic
  
• The Pop Culture Grimoire
• Multi-Media Magic
• Manifesting Prosperity

For those of you who wish to see my full library on the drive, feel free to send me a message and I will send you the link!

HAVE FUN!  :)

[Liv Castle]

Proving a point to my boyfriend.

[satanicblowjobs]

PLEASE REBLOG if you (male or female) believe it is perfectly okay and natural for a guy of any age to cry

[alpha-blu]

I’ve never hit reblog faster or harder.

[Liv Castle]

[lostindaydreams-gemz]

*PLEASE READ/SIGNAL BOOST!!*

Friday, November 9th -  Hi everyone, I’m Gemma and I’m so sorry to have to ask this again, but I desperately need help to get groceries + keep my lights on.

As many of you already know, I have been struggling these past few months to make ends meet and pay off my bills and get groceries due to my welfare benefits (Universal Credit and Housing Benefit) having been revoked under the UK’s controversial changes to how benefits are assessed and assigned. I’ve been struggling horribly to keep my heating on as it’s getting into winter where I live, with most nights being 0°C/ 32°F. And as you can see from the image above of my electricity meter, it is back on its emergency credit and I am not due to receive a partial benefit payment until November 25th.

I know that I have asked this a lot these past few months and all the help I have previously received has helped me pay off a few new bills, kept my lights on and helped me to eat and stay warm so far and I absolutely hate to ask for more help but I have no one else to turn to. I’m literally freezing, hungry and drowning in debt at the moment because of my sanctions and since this situation has been ongoing for so long, government aid/food banks are unable to offer me any more assistance.

If anyone could spare any amount to help me, even if it’s just £1/$1/€1, it would literally save my life and, sharing definitely helps just as much as donations. Nobody has to donate if they can’t or don’t want to, I know we’re all struggling. Thank you for your help 💖

PayPal • Ko-fi☕

@thebibliosphere could you please boost for me??💖

[lostindaydreams-gemz]

November 10th: This is getting incredibly urgent, please help out guys if you can. I desperately need help to keep my lights on and get groceries. Literally anything helps right now. 🙏💖

PLEASE HELP!!