Tbh

I get that there are a lot of monsterfuckers who insist that the Beast in these stories doesn’t need to become a Prince in order for there to be a happy ending. But that is not true. It’s important to remember that in most versions of the story the monster is not who the Beast really is. He’s under a curse; one that prevents him from expressing his true self and from interacting with others. Beauty’s love for him is what breaks the spell because by piercing through the false form and seeing him for who he really is the curse loses it’s power. It’s a story of love triumphing over ugliness and loneliness, of how anyone can become beautiful and worth knowing if they are given love and are seen for who they are on the inside.

Shortly before becoming the second man to leave footprints on the moon, Buzz Aldrin became the first man to take communion on the moon (he was an elder at his church and had received special permission to serve himself communion).

Mary Anning, the paleontologist, retained her devout faith as she discovered dinosaur remains that were millions of years old.

A nun (Mary Kenneth Keller) was the first woman in the US to earn a computer science PhD.

Katherine Johnson, a Black woman whose work on orbital mechanics were critical to manned space flight in the US, was a longtime member of her church.