his parents literally said he doesnt practice at all he doesnt pray (which is mandatory for muslims) he isnt even fasting in ramadan (which is mandatory for muslims) and he was blatantly homophobic…. american media and politicians love pinning the blame on muslims so that they do not have to feel like part of the problem and because this, once again, is apparently a matter of religion so that they dont have to reexamine their own views on gun control or homophobia

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I don’t usually post things like this, even though I should.  But this rang so true for me, as I’m sure it did many other people.  Growing up evangelical christian, I never felt comfortable with myself.  Until I was at Woody’s.  It was a place I felt I was able to relax and really be who I was without judgement.  I was never into the club scene, and I’m still not, and I probably never will be.  But when I did go, especially as a teenager, I was happy. I was validated.  So thank you, whoever Jeremy Kraatz is for pointing this out, because it’s something a lot of people miss. 

I Used A Dating Site Once. Never Again.

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I had never tried online dating, I’d never had a reason to. Usually my luck with guys was pretty decent and, even when it wasn’t, I was just fine doing my own thing. After my last relationship fizzled out, I decided to avoid playing the dating game for a while; I had other things I wanted to devote my energy to, like a promotion at work that was being dangled promisingly in front of me. “A while” turned into a few years of chronic singledom, which was apparently becoming an issue to everyone but me, and before I knew it, I was pushing spinsterhood at the ripe old age of 29.

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Bee Coin From Ephesos, Ionia, C. 390-325 BC

A silver tetradrachm. Obverse: Magistrate Antialkidas. E-Φ , bee with straight wings. Reverse: ANTIAΛKIΔAΣ, forepart of a stag to right, its head turned back to face left, a palm-tree on left.

Ephesos (Ephesus) used the bee on its coins since it was a producer of honey, so the bee advertised their most famous product. The bee was also mythologically connected to Ephesus because, according to Philostratos, the colonizing Athenians were led to Ephesus and Ionia by the Muses who took the form of bees.

The city was also the location of the famous Temple of Artemis. Her priestesses were called ‘melissai" or “honey bees” of the goddess. The stag, like the one used on this coin is also an attribute of Artemis, the goddess of the hunt. This animal was regarded as sacred to her and stag figures were said to have flanked the cult statue of Artemis in her  temple at Ephesus. The palm tree on the obverse alludes to Artemis’ birthplace, the island of Delos, where the goddess Leto gave birth to Artemis and her twin brother Apollo underneath a palm tree. This coin represents its city of origin well.

Ephesus was an ancient Greek city on the coast of Ionia, three kilometers southwest of present-day Selçuk in Izmir Province, Turkey. It was built in the 10th century BC on the site of the former Arzawan capital by Attic and Ionian Greek colonists.

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