You’ve heard about the Madonna/Whore complex, now I propose Mary/Medea: a fictional mother must be an absolute perfect selfless saint whose identity revolves solely around her children, or else be a selfish abusive demon with no redeeming qualities whatsoever
Had some cinnamon tea. Had some good phone conversations with my mom and L. Still taking the muscle relaxants, hoping the pain doesn't come back the second I go off them. I never did hear a word about the results of all those medical tests.
An egregore is a non-physical entity or thought-form created and sustained by the collective thoughts, emotions, and attention of a group of people.
Origins and Etymology
The term "egregore" comes from the French égrégore, derived from the Ancient Greek egrēgoros, meaning "wakeful" or "watcher". Historically, it referred to angelic beings known as "watchers" in the apocryphal Book of Enoch. In modern esoteric and occult traditions, the term evolved to describe a collective psychic or spiritual entity generated by the shared focus of a group.
An egregore is not merely symbolic; it is considered to have a form of independent existence, influencing the thoughts, behaviors, and emotions of the group that created it. It can arise intentionally, through rituals or focused visualization, or unintentionally, through repeated collective attention. The more energy, devotion, or attention a group invests, the stronger and more autonomous the egregore becomes.
The Patriarchy's Secret Weakness | Why Withdrawal Works with the summary: Patriarchy is not just a system of laws. It is a ghost we keep alive by feeding it. In this video, I explore the concept of patriarchy as a "Stealth Egregore"—a self-sustaining psychological pattern that survives not through our consent, but through our compliance
1. Good things first: I updated my soap opera today. I got a lovely Saint Patrick's Day card from dine.
2. I went running today at the lake, but it was FREEZING and my time was as slow as the first of the year. :( On Sunday, I picked up Minor's prescriptions, three of them were $5 each and the epi pen was...$560! I didn't get it. I asked the doctor to send it to another pharmacy and will use a Good Rx coupon to try to get down to something more reasonable. Epi pen. Like the thing that prevents ANAPHYLAXIS. American healthcare, ladies and gentlemen.
And the boys' father changed our insurance. So we used to pay $50 for specialist visits, but now Minor's 20-minute visit to the allergist was...$311. I feel like I need a lie down and a cold compress and smelling salts every time I get a healthcare bill these days.
3. I had an awkward conversation at dinner last night and I came to realize that I have no idea how Minor's brain works, and after a long, long discussion trying to understand, many questions trying to tease out his logic, I still don't understand him. And he said some hurtful things among other things, I am 'a character' to him. :( I wish I were a character in my own fanfic! What a wonderful world that would be.
4. I have a new lady client on Thursday and Friday. We'll see how it goes.
5. Diet isn't working. I am trying to track my calories but failing. I got a year subscription to My Fitness Pal app so I can just scan the barcodes but I am not doing a good job of keeping up with it. The good thing about the diet is I have access to a web portal with Monday, Wednesday, Friday new 20 minute workouts with the Australian/New Zealand young lady screeching at you (not the British lady with the beautiful wife who runs the programme) and it is strangely motivating to do it and finish so she can rest her voice.
6. I got the Netflix (for BTS comback!) and watched Kpop Demon Hunters. It was okay. It was a bit too close to home at the portrayal of kpop fans for me. I feel SEEN and I don't want to be SEEN. But I didn't mind them poking fun at the 6-pack abs phenomenon among kpop idols.
I want to go to my favorite Irish pub today but I can't because I'm on meds where I'm not supposed to have any alcohol. What I'm more upset about is I don't intend to miss my friend's party on Sunday but the buses are fucked up all over Oakland that day because of the damn marathon. I don't know how I'm supposed to get to the Bart station to get into SF to get to my friend's house. It's too far to walk with my arthritis. I talked to a few people who work for the bus company and they didn't know anything about it. Fucking jocks. Think the world revolves around them.
Every time tumblr makes some catastrophic change to the site, there are influxes of new users to other social media sites, and some of them will come here. We've seen this before, and we're probably about to see it again!
For those who aren't aware, Tumblr just introduced an update with basically no warning that completely changes how interaction works on that site, which... basically breaks the core functionality of the site. Instead of each post having one aggregate number of "notes" (which include replies, reblogs, and likes), each reblog that adds anything to the original post functions as a new post, with its own note count. In theory, they claim this will give more recognition to rebloggers who make valuable contributions to a post. In practice, it's a nightmare, because anything adding onto a post has effectively hijacked its engagement away from the OP, who can no longer follow what's happening on their own post. It's a mess! Tumblr users are notoriously resistant to change, but this goes far beyond an ugly interface or adding another click to a commonly-used feature. This will be truly devastating to the whole culture of tumblr if it doesn't get rolled back.
Anyway, as always, I hope we can give tumblr refugees a warm welcome when we see them, and help them navigate doing fandom on this site, as it's very different from what they might be used to.
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