Dr. Tamara L. Siuda

@tamarasiuda.com

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she/they🏳️‍🌈| author & editor | Egypt: Coptic Studies (martyrology, music); Egyptology (TIP, AE religion) | Indigenous (reconnecting Haudenosaunee & Métis) | Haiti/Vodou | tech & its (mis)use | religion | RS≠endorsement | linktree/tamarasiuda | patreon/tsiuda

A white plastic cap to a cold brew concentrate bottle, with a “best by” BB date of February 30, 2027 printed on top in black ink.
A fragment of a face of dynasty 18 queen Tiye (ancient Egypt). The most exquisite pair of lips and a soft, beautiful bottom half of a woman’s face are carved in a light yellow stone polished so smooth it looks alive. Now at the metropolitan museum of art, NYC.
A grey and white Siberian cat with pale free eyes is in a wire-topped cat crate inside a dark-interiored car on the passenger seat. He is staring accusingly at the camera.
A polydactyl grey and white Siberian cat with wide green eyes pokes his head and front feet out of a green cat bed with a black and white oval pattern. He is sitting on a table next to a bamboo placemat and in frontv of wooden window blinds.
An early 20th century gas station, turned into a Route 66 Museum. It is a small limestone/plastered to look like stone building painted yellow with the words CUCAMONGA SERVICE STATION painted in blue above the archway. Two yellow gas pumps from the same early time period are beneath the arch. To the left a white and red ‘57 Chevy or similar vintage vehicle is parked. Other buildings, clouds, and the mountains a few miles north are in the background. Route 66 is visible in the foreground, from which the photograph was taken.
Three-panel seagull meme with three lines from the Sabaton song "Primo Victoria" assigned to the bird in its three stages of shouting (small beak gull/first panel says "Through the gates of hell"; second panel says "As we make our way to heaven" as the seagull throws its head back; third panel all caps "THROUGH THE NAZI LINE!!!" with the seagull in glowing red with glowing red eyes and wide beak)
Ambassador Sallama Shaker, PhD (left) and Dr. Tamara L. Siuda (right), standing in graduation regalia, May 2019. The seal of Claremont Graduate University is on the wall behind them.
A grey and white ragdoll kitten sits curled up in a bathroom sink.
A photo of a metal panel inside an elevator. A red button is labeled HELP IS ON THE WAY
A cartoon elephant dressed in a green tuxedo wearing a golden crown.
A grey and white kitten (seen only from the side with head and shoulders visible) is sleeping on a desk calendar, with a computer and some cabling vaguely visible behind him.
A plaque at Presidents Hall, University of Alabama, explaining its name. The building was originally named for a past president who was a confederate, an enslaver, and a person unworthy of honor. One wonders how long this plaque gets to stay with Alabama’s new anti-DEI laws already targeting the department whose name was changed and whose instructors may no longer speak about the history of slavery and its legacy on campus
Meme of a meter labeled with an arc of colors. Left is green labeled “low yikes,” center and partially to the right a yellow section labeled “medium yikes” and to the right a red section labeled “critical high yikes.” There is an arrow indicator pointing at the highest side of the red/critical high yikes section.
A large grey and white long haired Siberian cat sits on a cardboard moving box slightly in front of a slightly smaller and mostly white but also grey Ragdoll kitten. Both are looking curiously at the camera.
meme image: A colored meter made of a half circle divided into a green section at the left labeled LOW YIKES, a central yellow section labeled MEDIUM YIKES, and a right side red section labeled CRITICAL HIGH YIKES. A white arrow is pointing at the highest edge of the red section indicating the highest of critical high yikes.
A light colored ragdoll kitten sits inside the open door of a dishwasher filled with dishes. He looks very proud of himself and is meowing about it. A dark wooden stool is off to the left side near the cabinets.
A very fluffy polydactyl grey and white cat lays on a grey cloth couch. A smaller white and grey kitten with white socks is poking one of his paws as he also lays across the couch.
Excerpt from a Qualtrics email: …” with companies under pressure to show AI returns, our research reveals four critical trends that separate success from failure: - AI customer service disappoints while other AI succeeds - survey fatigue leaves businesses guessing about customer churn - value won’t be enough to secure loyalty in 2026 - consumers demand transparency over personalization tactics CX leaders, the numbers don’t lie: customers crave authentic connection more than ever as AI disappoints. This isn’t just a trend, it’s your opportunity to lead. Join thousands of CX professionals who are putting human connection back at the heart of customer experience.”
A fluffy long haired grey and white cat sits on top of stacked cardboard moving boxes, to the right of an open doorway leading into a hall. A black fan is sitting on the hallway floor in front of a sliding closet door. Just behind the larger cat, a mostly white kitten about half the cat’s size is also sitting on top of the boxes.
A person with long greying brown hair and glasses wears an orange T shirt with Haudenosaunee geometric and floral designs in black and white and a black central circle labeled EVERY CHILD MATTERS in honor of the commemoration of generations of children lost to Indian boarding school genocide across the USA and Canada.
A cream and tan kitten sits next to a cardboard toy on a grey carpet. To his right a grey and white long haired cat is laying down. He watches the camera quietly with one eye half closed. Other cat toys, boxes, and furniture are further in the background and an ottoman with a brown wooden frame is off the left.
A Siamese kitten and an adult Siberian cat with very similar coloration are playing with a large paper bag on top of a white down comforter spread across a bed. The walls of the room are also white but there are blackout curtains (in black) at the right of the image, along with a black lamp and electronics on a bedside table.
A five month old lynx point Siamese kitten sits on top of a pastel pink and blue blanket.
A large, grey Siberian cat (left) walks toward a small lynx point Siamese kitten. They are almost touching noses and both seem to be reacting positively to each other’s presence. An abandoned grey wool puff toy sits on the carpet between them.
A still from Legend (1985 film) of Tim Curry as The Lord of Darkness. He is shown in extensive makeup and prosthetics rendering him into a Satanic figure with bright red skin, grinning fangs, and large glossy black horns.
Black and white photo of Boris Karloff as the Mummy (1932). An actor wearing a fez holds a bowl lamp in one hand. His face is leathery from stage makeup designed to make him look like a resurrected mummy, and his eyes are intensely staring at the camera.
Thulsa Doom, the villain of Conan the Barbarian (1981), after he is transformed. A film still in which a man wearing a red and black leather hood is shown with the head of a brown and grey striped snake against a scaly golden background.
An image of Rell, the cyclopean character who appears in the fantasy film called Krull (1983). Image shows a black and white photo of a man with a single eye in the center of his forehead over a very large nose, with shaggy hair, in a closeup of his head and shoulders against a forest background.
A still from Adeche Atelier (@adeche.atelier on Instagram)'s most recent video. A Black woman and a Black man are leaning into each other and smiling as they sit in front of a bookshelf with many books about African mythology on it. In front of them on the table are other books, including my own book which is the bright blue book at the bottom right of the stack. The text at the top of the video says "we almost forgot this was the whole point"
A picture of Seamus, a polydactyl Siberian cat, who is light grey and white in color, stretched out on top of a light brown couch near a sunny window. A pillow with art deco Egyptian designs on it is in front of him.
A golden square image with another image of a golden lion whose mane looks like sunbeams or fire and a solar disk floating above his head is labeled "Di Wep Ronpet Nofret! Happy New Year! Year of Ra-Horakhty" in white letters around the image of the lion, and below the lion in smaller black letters it says " tamarasiuda.com * patreon.com/tsiuda solar lion image: @MZane_Art "
A purple background behind a photograph an image of Nephthys from an ancient Egyptian granite sarcophagus. She is kneeling on top of a hieroglyph meaning "gold" with her arms held up to her sides. The hieroglyphs of her name: a basket stacked on top of a temple in a manner resembling a chalice, are on top of her head like a crown. Words on the photo say "happy birthday Nephthys!" and below the photo "Epagomenal Day 5."
A blue square with a photograph of the goddess Isis in a painting from the tomb of King Siptah in the Valley of the Kings in Luxor, Egypt. She is kneeling behind a lion bed and her hand is reaching out toward a round hieroglyph on the floor in front of her. Hieroglyphs for her name (a throne and an egg) are on her head and she is wearing a short white bag-crown. The text says "Happy birthday Isis!" and "Epagomenal Day 4."
A red square with a photograph of the temple wall of Abu Simbel temple in Nubia, showing the ancient Egyptian god Set holding a palm frond in one hand and reaching out to bless King Ramses II with the other hand. Hieroglyphs are in vertical lines above their heads. The text says "Happy birthday Set!" and "Epagomenal Day 3."
A statue of Horus in front of a temple courtyard wall is in a photo on a pale yellow background. The text says Happy birthday Horus! Epagomenal Day 2.
an image of Osiris from an ancient Egyptian temple wall is in a photo on a light green background. The text says Happy birthday Osiris! Epagomenal Day 1.
A phone warning from the MyShake earthquake app, saying CRITICAL Earthquake - Drop, cover, hold on. Mag 4.5 eq in Rialto CA, USA, on 7-31-2025 at 9:32AM PDT
A paperback book with a black cover and an image of the Egyptian goddess Mut on it is shown on the background of a white cloth covered in tiny green leaves. The book’s title is Mother of Mothers: an Anthology for Mut and the authors name, Chelsea Luellon Bolton, is at the bottom of the book edge.
Part of an email about my student loan, formatted as if it's offering helpful alternatives but none of them are guaranteed or will be as helpful as the one I'm already on. A screenshot of a portion of an email from the Department of Education about a student loan. Green triangle with ! icon: "Avoid Growing Your Debt": Now that interest will start accruing on Aug. 1, staying in the SAVE forbearance will increase the total amount of federal student loan debt you owe. Having interest accrue while you're not making payments will cost you more in the long run." Clock icon in green: "Pay Off Debt Faster: If you switch to a different plan now and start making payments, you'll pay off your debt more quickly than if you stayed on the SAVE plan in an interest-bearing forbearance." A pie chart with broken out pieces in green: "Plan for the Future: By enrolling in a different plan now, you'll learn your new monthly payment amount and can better plan for how your student loans fit into your budget." Icon in green of a building with a clock above the door: "Public Service Loan Forgiveness: Time spent in the SAVE forbearance *does not* provide credit toward Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF). If you're pursuing PSLF, you'll reach your required 120 qualifying monthly payments faster by starting payments on a different plan." Green icon of a hand with a dollar sign above it: "IBR Loan Forgiveness: If you switch to the Income-Based Repayment (IBR) Plan, you'll be eligible to have any remaining balance on your loans discharged after 20 or 25 years, depending on when you took out your loans. Apply for IBR on StudentAid.gov."
A very small (about an inch tall) plastic figurine of the white/Cesare Borgia style Jesus Christ in a white robe with a light blue sash which says “Jesus ❤️ You” sits atop a wooden mirror frame in a Utah hotel room.
A small statue of the Wolfman peeks out from the window of a mailbox shop. Colorful stickers of trees, a dragonfly, and the shape of the state of Oregon with a green heart in the middle decorate the storefront window .There is a carousel of cards behind the Wolfman statue, which has been placed on top of a diorama of dirt and tiny trees and moss. Photo 2024, Tamara L. Siuda
A headless man carrying a pumpkin in one hand holds the reins of a dark brown horse he is riding with his other hand. They pass behind a red metal sign that says "Legends & Lore HEADLESS HORSEMAN tethers his horse nightly among graves in this churchyard according to The Legend of Sleepy Hollow author Washington Irving. New York Folklore William G. Pomeroy Foundation 2018 63". There are trees in the background which is clearly the Sleepy Hollow, New York cemetery ground.
A screenshot of a part of a message from (names redacted until it's public) sent via Patreon, saying "Hi Tamara, apologies for the late response on here! We can confirm we have received the book and it is absolutely STUNNING!" a black box says View Message at the bottom.
A page spread from "One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish" by Dr. Seuss. On the left side, two children in yellow shirts and black pants are carrying a large bottle filled with blue water that contains a tusked monster, whose head is above the water in the neck of the jar opening. The right page contains the poem: "Look what we found/in the park/in the dark/We will take him home./We will call him Clark. | He will live at our house./He will grow and grow./Will our mother like this?/We don't know."
An original acrylic painting of Pyramid Head, the executioner villain of the video game Silent Hill 2, in a black frame, rests in the midst of many cardboard boxes. The painting is a faithful but darker copy of a painting that appears in the video game itself.
The painting of "Pyramid Head" from Silent Hill 2, which appears in the museum. A man dressed as an executioner with a pyramidal/triangular hat and holding an impossibly long sword stands in front of the rough outlines of bodies hanging from cages on a washed out grey and red background.
a still image from "An American Werewolf in London"
A still image from John Carpenter's The Thing. a creepy spider-like monster is crawling toward a bearded and weary Kurt Russell from behind.
A very annoyed white and grey cat stands on the wooden arm of a chair. There is a colorful patterned blanket all wrinkled up next to him. He really wants pets.
the "xenomorph" Alien from the Alien movie franchise: a dark and shiny black, spiny insectoid alien with very sharp teeth and tail
Fizzgig, a furry ball with many teeth and wide eyes, from the Dark Crystal movie by Jim Henson, whose company logo is at top left. Fizzgig is standing on some rocks in a forest.
A comic book cover from “Swamp Thing Halloween Horror.”
Screenshot showing a post had been labeled by skywatch
A life-size(? Very large) statue of a T-Rex just chilling in a Southern California driveway. Blue sky and an office building and a road are in the background.
A grey and white Siberian cat with extra toes (polydactyl) looks over his shoulder at the camera as he stretches across an open doorway between wooden and tile floors.
A dark blue backgrounded ad, with a photo on the right of the deluxe slipcover edition of The Complete Encyclopedia of Egyptian Deities by Tamara L Siuda. The vertical text at left says deluxe edition and the yellow star has text saying only 10 copies left. Horizontally at bottom is the text saying only at tamarasiuda.com/shop .
A very large plate of corned beef, cabbage, carrots, potatoes, gravy, and what looks like garlic bread, at a Mexican restaurant. Happy St. Patrick’s Day? 💚
A screenshot of a TikTok video from @newbuffalolibrary with overlaid Facebook text @NBTL. A librarian is holding a copy of The Complete Encyclopedia of Egyptian Deities in her hands as she speaks into the camera about it. Library bookshelves are visible in the background.
Ad for The Complete Encyclopedia of Egyptian Deities, a blue and gold book on a granite table with an image of Anubis in a golden shrine. The ad says Deluxe Edition vertically on the left and “10 copies left” in a gold star to the left of the book photo, and “only at tamarasiuda.com/shop” at the bottom.
A copy of The Complete Encyclopedia of Egyptian Deities sits on a dark wood side table in a hotel lobby with a lamp and an old school telephone. A red chair is visible to the right and green foliage behind is visible through the window.