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Welcome to my website! Here you will find all you need to know about Gothceltgirl, who she is, what gothceltgirl means and her goals, ambitions, thoughts, beliefs, opinions, feelings, and ideas...Look at this page for information about subjects that I care about. Some may be rather controversial. So if some subjects make you uncomfortable, then don't read any further. Simple.

I will periodically insert videos, podcasts, playlists, or anything else that I feel embody my personal expression, tastes, and preferences. Check out my BLOG!

Here are some of the topics that I will be discussing, posting links to, etc.:

Women's rights
Paganism
Gothic subculture, fashion, and entertainment
Environmental issues
Animal rights
Vegetarianism
Health & Illness
Fibromyalgia
Abuse
Fundamentalism and its cult-like qualities

I have written some essays about some of the above subjects. They are only reflections of my own personal experiences, views, and opinions.

Gothic Subculture Essay
Vegetarianism Essay
Fibromyalgia Essay
Childfree Essay
Christian Fundamentalism

I celebrate my Paganism and encourage others to read about it before they judge Paganism based on what they have seen in the media.

The media still does not cast Pagans, Witches, & Wiccans in a positive light. We are made out to be kooks, crazy, or (in many cases) evil. This is not the case and we as Pagans must fight these negative stereotypes.

I use Paganism as a catch-all term to describe anyone who does not conform to the popular Judeo-Christian mono-theistic way of thinking.

I am childfree by choice. I believe in women's rights to make their own reproductive decisions and choices above men. All the men out there who oppose women's rights to choose will never be pregnant. And people, couples, stop saying "we're" pregnant. This drives me bananas. I have been pregnant before. I had an abortion. I am not ashamed. I am not proud. I am no more proud of it than I would be to get my tonsils removed. I am simply relieved and grateful that I live in a country and a time when/where I am allowed to make the decision for myself.

I am an ovo-lacto vegetarian. That means that I will only consume/use products from animals if they did not have to suffer/be slaughtered for me to obtain the product. I am disgusted and repulsed by all meat, from hamburgers to shrimp. I can't stand the smell. I have never liked the smell of meat, while it's raw or when it's being cooked. It nauseates me. I do believe that humans are omnivores. However I feel that if you really must eat meat then make better choices. Find out where your meat comes from. Also learn about the practices of the meat industry and how horribly the animals are treated. Just because they are going to be killed anyway doesn't mean that they should be made to suffer or be tortured throughout what there is of their lives. Buy organic, grass-fed, more humanely obtained meat. And only buy dairy from "Happy Cows".

I recently learned of something called Mastitis. It is inflamed breast tissue and very painful for breastfeeding mothers. It occurs in animals as well. It is common among livestock. The livestock that are used for conventional dairy. This is one of the reasons that we need to boycott them, their practices, and make more humane choices to only buy/consume/support dairy obtained from happy cows. I admit I do not always make the wisest decisions. There may be a night that I may have had a few drinks and get the munchies and stop for a quick slice of pizza b/c it's cheap and convenient. But what I'm attempting to do here is raise consciousness and awareness. The more we know, the better we can do.

I know at times it can seem overwhelming with all the news and information being thrown at us all the time. We're told one week that eggs are healthy, then the next week they're not. It's confusing. What we need to focus on is our own bodies. We were made to have variety in our diet. That much we can all agree on. Moderation is important in our lives as well. Now we know that you can die from too much water. Nature is all about balance. Our natural state is to be balanced. That's why something that helps someone bulk up can also help someone lose fat/weight. Nature is constantly seeking that balance. However it is our unnatural human-created lifestyles which throws that balance off.

I am pretty liberal. I believe gay people should be able to get married. Why shouldn't they get to enjoy the pain and annoyance of marriage/divorce just like the rest of us?! Marriage is only sacred to those who are taking part in it. I think people forget that we made it up. Marriage was created by people. It's like money, it has only the value we apply to it. It's made up. I'm not saying that it isn't real. I was married and now divorced. At the time, I felt this strange inexplicable connection to my ex-husband. Ritualizing events is important to us as human beings. Rites of passage and milestones should be celebrated. I believe in celebrating all that there is to celebrate in life. But don't make it out to be some mystical, magickal, holy event.

Now for a little fun

I think they should've gone for a strange Cinnamon-like beverage, thickly sweet with syrup (not HFC) so that it perhaps actually resembled blood. But that's just me. How long will it be before there really is synthetic blood, I wonder?

I have tried Tru Blood the beverage and it is interesting. It tastes like a combination of orange soda and Hawaiian Punch. It has that strange bite to it that Hawaiian Punch has. So because of this I'm not sure how it will mix with alcohol. I did mix it with vodka, but unfortunately it was really cheap stuff. And although the taste of the beverage alone is strong, the mixture with the cheap vodka simply made it resemble some kind of torturous medication. This drink is listed on HBO's website as a Fangbanger. If you try it, take my advice and use high quality liquor.

I am going to get serious again for a moment. I am seriously concerned with fundamentalist Christian practices. They've got so many antiquated, misogynistic, patriarchal views. I grew up in a fundamentalist environment. And I can say with certainty that I'm so glad that I escaped. I feel so much sympathy for all the poor children made to adhere to these dogmatic rules and regulations. They talk of "training" your children. They are human, with emotions, feelings, etc. So many of these people think that children's feelings are less because they're smalle than adults. But you have the same emotional capacity as an adult as you did as a child. You're capable of love, hate, anger, annoyance, and all of the other myriad emotions that people experience throughout their lives. I am appalled at this site No Greater Joy

With people beating their children to death and all of the cruelty that humans inflict on each other as well as endure, why must we perpetuate this practice? Why do we continue to teach our young people that those that love you also hurt you? This is the message. And we wonder why there is so much domestic violence.

They have the philosophy that God hates divorce. Uh, how do they know? A woman shouldn't divorce her husband no matter what. If he's abusive, then they do at least advocate calling the police, but the woman should still remain faithful to him. WTF?!! I am RAGE! I wish I could strike them all down with a mighty sword of justice.

I found this through The Flying Spaghetti Monster website, it is funny yet appalling. Fundies say the darndest things. Yes, yes they do... When you check out the FSM site, please do read some of the crazy hate mail they receive. People get so angry about this, when they explain very clearly why and how the FSM "religion" started. It's just a bit of fun. These people don't really seem to understand the term SATIRE

But then fundies are taught not to "mock" God or religion b/c to even make a joke of it in this way is wrong and sinful and many other things meant to control people with fear. RAmen...

Interesting Links. Stuff that I think is important or interesting and that I want others to investigate.
Childfree Info
Libertarian Party
Unexplained Mysteries
The Celtic Connection (Wicca site)
Fibromyalgia Info
Online books
Stem cell therapy
Childfree by Choice
Vegweb
Quintessence

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