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someone who probably calls themselves a leftist cooking up the newest misogynistic term except it’s actually cool and progressive because it’s only going to be used against women who do bad things (the misogynistic term in question will inevitably be used to shame all women into silence regardless of how good or bad they are)

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T.S. Eliot, The Waste Land

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In 1962, children's tv host Sherri Chessen sought to terminate her pregnancy after learning the sedative her husband had brought home from Europe (thalidomide) had been found to cause severe birth defects, despite being marketed as a treatment for morning sickness. It was not authorized in the US, as FDA reviewer Frances Oldham Kelsey realized there was no information on its effects on pregnancy and refused to bow to pressure.

Chessen was unable to obtain permission for an abortion in Arizona. The publicity from her case led to her requiring FBI protection and the loss of her job hosting Romper Room. She was denied a visa to Japan.

On August 7, Kelsey received the President's Award for Distinguished Federal Civilian Service from President Kennedy in recognition of her role in minimizing the damage of the drug in the US.

On August 18, Chessen's pregnancy was terminated in Sweden. She was told the fetus would not have survived.

In 2012, she recounted her story in her own words.

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Those links for all asking Deadly history of women using perfume as poison -Girlhood, medusa and female rage -The allure of gothic horror -Essays and thoughts on girls in horror -Why girls get hungry in horror -Mothers and witches -Women in horror -The female poisoner -female werewolves -Monstrous women - Catherine Lundoff -Female cannibals and consumptive horror -Horror films directed by women -Women, killer plants and annihilation -Female identity within the gothic genre -Women in horror - the vvitch -the vvitch, female sexuality in horror -Angela Carter - The beast is female sexuality -Body horror/monster reading list -Consumptive horror

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Chinese artist Sheep

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I love the labyrinth bc it’s a fantasy coming of age story about growing up and the main character says “goodbye” to all the whimsical creatures she made friends with on her journey. but then the last scene is like SIKE dance party with them all in her room!!!!! bc growing up doesn’t mean forfeiting fun or losing the wonder of your childhood

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Illustration for the new edition of "The Mists of Avalon"

Nimue Lancelet Morgaine & Mordred

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Isn't it odd how much fatter a book gets when you've read it several times? As if something were left between the pages every time you read it. Feelings, thoughts, sounds, smells... and then, when you look at the book again many years later, you find yourself there too.. a slightly younger self, slightly different, as if the book had preserved you like a pressed flower... both strange and familiar.

- Corlenia Funke, The Inkheart

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Nenet girls in traditional outfits, Siberia

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ripley’s out of touch

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Stoker (2013) | dir. Park Chan-wook

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hey do people know about this painting??? because it hangs in the art gallery in my city and it makes me a little insane every time i see it

anyway it's called the victory of faith (1891) and it's by saint george hare

**actually, i'm editing this to add a closeup of their faces too:

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Wendy Red Star. Medicine Crow, 1880 Crow Delegation, 2014.

annotated photograph