#rc mary brown

[romance-club-daily]

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ROUND 1 MATCH 21

Victor propaganda:

No Victor propaganda :(

Mary propaganda:

“OK, to understand why I love Mary so much in Arcanum, you need to know that the entire story revolves around the MC, who was a complete asshole in real life. The MC lost her family in a fire, grew up in an orphanage and closed herself off from other people. She was a perfectionist and only cared about her job, everything else was disposal. And Arcanum is the story of her redemption (or not, the player doesn't have to get redemption points and can get the non-redemption ending)

Anyway, in the real world, Mary was distressed by something in her personal life and made a mistake at work (making bridge plans). The MC spots the error and fires Mary on the spot, without caring about the circumstances or giving her a chance to correct the error. She also talks some shit to Mary, but the MC was an asshole remember. The MC is such a confident and arrogant character who holds herself and everyone to impossible standards.

When the MC is transported to a fantasy world, where none of the people in her life remember her, she is drawn to Mary who is now more her equal than boss/employee. Even without memories, Mary seems to know and recognize the MC. And the entire crux and development of this relationship is the MC coming to terms with how she used to treat people. And how she wants to apologize to Mary, even though Mary does not have any memories of their real lives. And yes, the realization that she treated everyone like shit so she wouldn't be vulnerable. Growth, thank goodness. The MC and Mary meet in 3 different worlds, a fantasy world with a plague, a fairy world during a conflict with humans and a fairytale world. In each iteration, Mary's memories are reset, but they fall for each other over and over again.

Also show in a real world flashback, you see how Mary was at a low point after she was fired from her job, but she started to pick herself back up and became more confident in herself.”

[reneedenoailles]

look i know selena was cruel towards the ending but i think she kinda had a right to fire mary 🤷‍♀️ your life may be at stake but so is everybody else's lmao

[twiceasmanysunbeams]

arcanum cast vs. haunted house (real)

rob didn't go with but he managed to meet a real ghost anyways | @rc-appreciationweeks

sound on please 🙏🔊

[atlasisntdead]

I finished Arcanum yesterday, and damn I got so emotional. I thought from the start that the ending would really determine how good this story was (because the ending would reveal the point of everything) and boy did it deliver. I had faith that Alice would manage to wrap everything up in the last two chapters and she really did, it was very satisfying. It all unravelled kind of exactly how I expected, and I'm glad that's the case, I feel like everything made sense. But I can't believe it's over, I already miss these characters. Bert is one of the few LIs I got so attached to that I can't imagine my MC with anyone else, ever, and I was very touched when they reunited in the end. I only wish this author didn't always priorities romance, cause I kinda feel like that's a pattern at this point, with all of her stories so far (Shadows of Saintfour, Heaven's secret and Arcanum) having a main cast of what feels like MC+LIs, instead of MC and a group of friends. Just when I would start seeing the characters as friends, they would all get a shitty ending or not stay in contact with MC at all, except for the LI. SOS basically had Luke die cause I didn't date him, had almost too many LIs (is this a valid complaint?) including the freaking villains lmao (I mean... I normally don't judge but damn... The masked man??? John?? also ain't MC a minor...), yet only one female LI (and not only was Candy never made a LI much to my disappointment but, spoiler alert, she died in MC's arms in that one special story???), and the one guy (Derek) who didn't like MC turned out to have liked her all along. In HS, everyone except your LI literally dies (I think?? they did for me). I really thought it would be different in Arcanum, but no, Selena only stays in touch with the LI. I guess the thing about male to female LI ratio could be said about all 3 stories, but also many others in RC. Hopefully they start changing that in all the newer stories, and not just some, but I also just wish romance and LIs didn't get prioritised over friends. I hope I'm not the only one thinking this. DLS, Theodora and HOT, for example, really highlight the friendship between the main characters, while also giving attention to the relationship you might pursue. But other than this, I freaking loved Arcanum and it's still my favorite story on the app, and I'm definitely gonna be replaying it! I just wanted to share my thoughts.

[bigscooby]

Mary Ending

Screen shots from Theodora Ionescu's YouTube Channel. She's the only Romance Club YouTuber who do nothing but female romance routes. Here's a link for Channel for those interested.

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[welidot]

James Anderson

This Biography is about one of the best Professional Cricketer of the world James Anderson including his Height, weight,Age & Other Detail… Express info Real Name James Michael Anderson Nickname Jimmy, The Burnley Express, The King of Swing, The Burnley Lara Daisy Profession English Cricketer (Bowler) Age (as in 2023) 40 Years old Physical Stats & More Info Height in centimeters- 188 cm in meters- 1.88 m in Feet Inches- 6’2” Weight in Kilograms- 76 kg in Pounds- 168 lbs Body Measurements - Chest: 42 Inches - Waist: 32 Inches - Biceps: 14 Inches Eye Colour Hazel Green Hair Colour Black (Dyed Brown) Cricket of James Anderson International Debut Test- 22 May 2003 vs Zimbabwe in London ODI- 15 December 2002 vs Australia in Melbourne T20- 9 January 2007 vs Australia in Sydney Coach/Mentor Mike Watkinson Jersey Number #9 (England, Lancashire CCC) Domestic/State Teams Auckland, Lancashire Bowling Style Right-arm fast-medium Batting Style Left-hand bat Nature on field Aggressive Likes to play against Australia Records/Achievements (main ones) • Jimmy Anderson became the first English player to take 400 wickets, surpassing the 383 wicket mark held by Ian Botham. • At the age of 20 years 288 days, Anderson became the youngest Lancashire cricketer to take a hat-trick. • With 21 Test and 2 ODI five-wicket hauls, Anderson is currently the 6th highest Test wicket-taker of all time. Personal Life of James Anderson Date of Birth 30 July 1982 Birth Place Burnley, Lancashire, England Zodiac sign/Sun sign Leo Nationality English Hometown Burnley, Lancashire, England School St Mary's, Burnley, Lancashire St Theodore's RC High School, Burnley, Lancashire College Not Known Educational Qualifications Not Known Family Father- Michael Anderson Mother- Catherine Anderson Brother- N/A Sister- N/A Religion Christianity Hobbies Playing Golf & Tennis, Fashion Designing Controversies • Many a time, James Anderson has indulged in on ground Sledging activities with various players like Mitchell Johnson, Virat Kohli, George Bailey, etc. • At the 2013 edition of Ashes, James Anderson along with Kevin Pietersen and Stuart Broad made headlines for allegedly urinating on the Oval pitch following their 3-0 victory celebration on the ground. Favourite Things of James Anderson Favourite Football Club Arsenal Favourite Rock Band Guns N' Roses Favourite Tennis Player Boris Becker Favourite Golfer Rory Mcllory Favourite Holiday Destinations Maldives, Tahiti Favorite Songs Sweet Child of Mine by Guns and Roses, Royal Blood, Alt-J Girls, Family & More of James Anderson Marital Status Married Affairs/Girlfriends Daniella Lloyd Wife Daniella Lloyd (Former Model) Children Daughter- Lola Rose (Born January 2009), Ruby Luxe (Born December 2010)Son- N/A  This Biography Written By  www.welidot.com Read the full article

[revisitingstoneybrook]

#9 The Ghost at Dawn’s House: Chapter 4

We meet the perfect Perkins family!

Notebook entry from Mary Anne. She's still a little mad that Kristy isn't next door anymore and she isn't able to look in Kristy's room but the Perkinses are so perfect they're able to change her attitude! Dawn understands that Mary Anne feels weird going there, ringing the doorbell instead of barging right in.

After ringing the bell, the door opens, and two “blonde-haired, brown-eyed” perfect angels greet her, Myriah and Gabbie. Mrs. Perkins (who I'm assuming is named Beth?) is behind them, struggling to control Chewy. Please, all Myriah has to do is look at Chewy and he'll lie down and behave.

I guess being in the presence of two beings of perfection has an impact on Chewy, because he jumps up on the door to greet Mary Anne too. He also knocks over Gabbie (in her baldet shoes), but don't worry; a single white rose grows out of the ground from the spot where Gabbie fell. Mrs. Perkins leaves and says she has no special instructions. Hell, Myriah could probably babysit but she'd rather hire a babysitter in case word got out she was leaving two little kids home alone.

Mary Anne, being the shy one, doesn't know how to break the ice. Never fear, Myriah does! She takes Mary Anne to see her room and Mary Anne is sad to see it's Kristy's old one. Dollhouse instead of a desk, pictures of ballerinas and animals instead of sports posters, Barbies instead of the torture equipment Kristy uses on members when they defy her. Yeah, Mary Anne asks Myriah to show her around elsewhere before she starts sobbing. I wonder who's the unlucky one who got David Michael's closet-bedroom.

They go downstairs and are greeted with Gabbie and her Cabbage Patch doll and the family's cat RC (Rat Catcher). Do we ever hear of this cat again or does it join Sarge in Stoneybrook's Land of Long-Forgotten Cats? As the girls color with Mary Anne, they sing Take Me Out to the Ballgame and Hush Little Baby flawlessly. Mary Anne raises her eyebrows in surprise since she doesn't know the words to either of them. As she ponders this, Myriah and Gabbie sing Hamilton in its entirety.

Gabbie hands her picture to Mary Anne and Dawn gives us a lecture about how you should say “Tell me about it!” instead of “What is it?” because if the kid knows you don't know what it is, they'll get upset. So here's what Gabbie's drawing looks like:

Mary Anne asks Gabbie to tell her about it and Gabbie says it's her mom and the “baby growing in her tummy.” Hey BSC, you know what this means! BABIES!!!!!!! Mary Anne tries to take their minds off this, knowing that little kids aren't usually thrilled about new additions to the family. But not the Perfect Perkins girls! They're thrilled and are even hoping it's a boy! The BSC won't have the problem of Myriah and Gabbie plotting the downfall of their new sibling like Jamie Newton did when he almost doused Lucy with punch.

Mary Anne takes the girls for a walk around the neighborhood to meet their new neighbors and the other angelic charges of the BSC. Get used to them, Myriah and Gabbie; you will spend every minute of your free time with them in BSC-hosted activities! Mrs. Perkins then comes home and she has no problem with Gabbie announcing to the babysitter that she's pregnant. Then Mary Anne surprises Myriah by showing her that their bedrooms are directly across from each other. All she has to do is have Myriah learn the flashlight code and call her a baby and it'll be just like old times.

Oh, and this was Myriah's drawing:

[theliebgotts]

Meet Joe Liebgott!

(based solely on Ross McCall's portrayal of him from Band of Brothers)

basic information

full name — Joseph David Liebgott, Jr.

nicknames — Joe, Joey, Lieb

birth date — May 17th

age — 28

zodiac sign — Taurus

gender & pronouns — male, he/him

sexual orientation — heterosexual

languages — English, German, some Yiddish

occupation — Cab driver, barber, paratrooper

place of birth — Michigan

place of residence — California

relationships

parents — Mary Liebgott (49) & Joseph Liebgott Sr. (52)

siblings — oldest of six

romantic tendencies — doesn't care to bog himself down with a relationship right now, is looking to wait til he gets home

sexual tendencies — he'll get it when and where he can

physical characteristics

hair color and texture — brunette, soft waves

eye color — amber brown

body type — slim, muscular

height — 5'9" (1m, 75cm)

skin color — fair

voice — raspy, on the higher end of tone, generally loud

dominant hand — right hand

glasses — no

other physical features — often gets comments on his "perfect" hair

physical illness — none

personality traits

positive aspects — charismatic, funny, smarter than he lets on, emotionally intelligent

negative aspects — scrappy, hotheaded, holds grudges, temperamental

phobias — none

extra information

smoking — definitely

quirks — chewing his nails

favorite color — blue

favorite food — pastrami and swiss hoagie from Lucca's

favorite drink — beer, whiskey, RC Cola (its better than that Coca Cola shit..)

hobbies — cutting hair, reading comics, drawing

tokens — Magen David necklace

[wtfzodiacsigns]

Signs as Famous Artists

Aries: Vincent Van Gogh, Leonardo Da Vinci, Raphael, Francisco Goya

Taurus: Salvador Dali, John James Audubon, George Braque, Leo Michelson

Gemini: Diego Velazquez, Mary Cassatt, John Trumbull, Henri Rousseau

Cancer: Edgar Degas, Frida Kahlo, Rembrandt, Edward Hopper

Leo: Andy Warhol, Zelda Fitzgerald, Asher Brown Durand, RC Gorman

Virgo: Grandma Moses, Ruffino Tamayo, Frank Von Der Lancken, Wilfrid Zogbaum

Libra: Caravaggio, Benjamin West, Umberto Boccioni, Ray Johnson

Scorpio: Pablo Picasso, Claude Monet, Bob Ross, Georgia O'Keeffe

Sagittarius: Diego Rivera, Emily Carr, Edvard Munch, George's Suerat

Capricorn: Henri Matisse, Paul Cezanne, John Singer Sargent, Jean-Michel Basquiat

Aquarius: Jackson Pollock, Edouard Manet, Yoko Ono, Norman Rockwell

Pisces: Michelangelo, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Colin Campbell Cooper, Piet Mondrian

Source: zodi-ology

[raisingcain-onceagain]

I was tagged by @loxxxlay - thank you muchly! These are super fun. 

Are you named after anyone? . . . oh lordy, am I ever. My legal name goes like this: Virgin Mary+maternal grandmother (first name), ship my dad sailed around the world in (middle name), and patron saint of writing (Confirmation name). Then my chosen name, RC, is actually taken from this URL so idk if that counts? 

When was the last time you cried? :eyes emoji: Can I take a pass on this one? Let’s just say late night phone conversation? 

Do you have or want kids? Mmmmmmm nope. Being the oldest of six and seeing how we were raised due to largely invisible cultural contexts and familial trauma has put me off the idea pretty thoroughly. I’m totally down for being the cool aunt, though, or for being a mentor figure to my kids, i.e. my comp students each semester. 

Do you use sarcasm a lot? Never. /s

What’s the first thing you notice about others? Tattoos! They always catch my eye, particularly those with any kind of pop culture flavor to them and those with strong lines, bright colors, or well-executed shading. These things can all be hard to do well, and even harder to sit still for! Also, in my experience people tend to have strong personal reasons for getting tattoos, so seeing their artwork is a really neat way to get a glimpse of them as individuals even before talking to them!

What’s your eye color? brown

Scary movie or a happy ending? mmmm I don’t know. . . Both fall into formulas a little too easily for my taste? 

Any special talents? I can eat a dozen Krispy Kreme donuts in one sitting? 

Where were you born? A since-decommissioned military base in Japan

What are your hobbies? sleeping, writing, reading fic, playing D&D, keeping up with a select few shows and YouTube channels, spending time here on tumblr (I have too many sideblogs), prepping for conferences/research projects (no, really), and driving!

Do you have any pets? i wiiiiiiish. . . unfortunately, my lease and my schedule don’t really allow for one right now. 

What sports do you play/have you played? Gymnastics, basketball, and tennis 

How tall are you? 5′8

Favorite school subject? I’m not sure, actually. Believe it or not, biology and math used to be up there on the list! Also believe it or not, I’ve always hated creative writing classes (. . . my mom tried to teach me once and I took two in undergrad. Never again.) 

Dream job? I vacillate between tenure-track lit professor or editor/proofreader. Both have their upsides and downsides, and each makes use of a different part of my current education and experience, so. . . 

Tagging, and of course, only if you want to: @moringottos, @heskils, @kris-why, @jane-ways, @cheese-holidays, @thebyrchentwigges, @morgause1, @afoxamongthetrees, @siadea, @magpiescholar, and @prackspoor! Plus anyone else who sees this and wants to give these questions a go!

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ROUND 2 MATCH 11

Linhardt propaganda:

“Submitting anti-war Nap King Lindhardt for this round too. He just wants to sleep! Or sometimes he wants to research something so hard he forgets to eat and sleep.”

Mary propaganda:

“OK, to understand why I love Mary so much in Arcanum, you need to know that the entire story revolves around the MC, who was a complete asshole in real life. The MC lost her family in a fire, grew up in an orphanage and closed herself off from other people. She was a perfectionist and only cared about her job, everything else was disposal. And Arcanum is the story of her redemption (or not, the player doesn't have to get redemption points and can get the non-redemption ending)

Anyway, in the real world, Mary was distressed by something in her personal life and made a mistake at work (making bridge plans). The MC spots the error and fires Mary on the spot, without caring about the circumstances or giving her a chance to correct the error. She also talks some shit to Mary, but the MC was an asshole remember. The MC is such a confident and arrogant character who holds herself and everyone to impossible standards.

When the MC is transported to a fantasy world, where none of the people in her life remember her, she is drawn to Mary who is now more her equal than boss/employee. Even without memories, Mary seems to know and recognize the MC. And the entire crux and development of this relationship is the MC coming to terms with how she used to treat people. And how she wants to apologize to Mary, even though Mary does not have any memories of their real lives. And yes, the realization that she treated everyone like shit so she wouldn't be vulnerable. Growth, thank goodness. The MC and Mary meet in 3 different worlds, a fantasy world with a plague, a fairy world during a conflict with humans and a fairytale world. In each iteration, Mary's memories are reset, but they fall for each other over and over again.

Also show in a real world flashback, you see how Mary was at a low point after she was fired from her job, but she started to pick herself back up and became more confident in herself.”

[awitnesstocorruption]

The aspect of reality which troubles me is this perception of one person who I know and then either a voice and/or identity different from that of the individual I know.

Its different from meeting someone and then noticing purposeful behavior so different from normal human that one has to posit something else, luckily my context was already set for me.

But by that time I already knew or thought I did I wonder when I came to the conclusion

I suppose its funny isnt it, that the Rapture belief is derived from perhaps the same NT Scriptural quote as the RC belief in the Assumption of the ....well Ive always wondered where does the term the Dormition ......

But that InOur Time Bbc Radio 4 edition on the Rapture was when I first heard it, just wonderful. But it seems a different version was used later which de-emphasized the obvious absurdity of the belief.

It still remains the best short explanation of all the important details of Rapture thinking

But the Reformed know as much about eschatology as they do about the Sacraments and the Real

Presence; its not their fault, of course. Just bad use of their faculty of reason.

But its good that its that kind of mistake, an omissive mistake, and not a full fledged deception

and an attempt to re-cast Christianity in foreign terms; e.g. the Islamic Koran using Jesus & Mary as literary characters; and the Book of Mormon declaring on behalf of God that black people are black as a punishment. Brown people must be in Purgatory or something, I dunno. But where did the UFO stuff come from?

[zodi-ology]

Signs as Famous Artists

Aries: Vincent Van Gogh, Leonardo Da Vinci, Raphael, Francisco Goya

Taurus: Salvador Dali, John James Audubon, George Braque, Leo Michelson

Gemini: Diego Velazquez, Mary Cassatt, John Trumbull, Henri Rousseau

Cancer: Edgar Degas, Frida Kahlo, Rembrandt, Edward Hopper

Leo: Andy Warhol, Zelda Fitzgerald, Asher Brown Durand, RC Gorman

Virgo: Grandma Moses, Ruffino Tamayo, Frank Von Der Lancken, Wilfrid Zogbaum

Libra: Caravaggio, Benjamin West, Umberto Boccioni, Ray Johnson

Scorpio: Pablo Picasso, Claude Monet, Bob Ross, Georgia O'Keeffe

Sagittarius: Diego Rivera, Emily Carr, Edvard Munch, George's Suerat

Capricorn: Henri Matisse, Paul Cezanne, John Singer Sargent, Jean-Michel Basquiat

Aquarius: Jackson Pollock, Edouard Manet, Yoko Ono, Norman Rockwell

Pisces: Michelangelo, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Colin Campbell Cooper, Piet Mondrian

[vsionvry]

To My Sisters: Photographer Liv Latricia Habel On Her Resilient Self-Portrait Series ‘Diasporan Daughters’

Danish American photographer Liv Latricia Habel is the creator of the reflective visual diary ‘Diasporan Daughters’. It’s a moving series of self-portraits that explore her take on what it means to be a mixed Black woman, and what it is to be seen as a mixed Black woman in Denmark. Raised in Germany by her mum and currently living in Copenhagen, Liv’s series comments on her personal experiences of being one of the few brown faces in her community growing up. She also dives into her connections with America and her different relationships with religion. This interesting combination of personal lived experiences informs not only the style of her photographs but also the meanings behind them. Liv explores societal expectations, her personal views, representation and resilience through her images. I got the pleasure to sit down with her (over Zoom) and talk all things self-love, fighting spirit, sisterhood, alter egos, and the craziness that is code-switching.

RC: Hey Liv. how are you doing?

LH: I’m doing good, I’ve just moved to a new apartment.

RC: That sounds fun; you get to decorate a new space. Do you do all that feng shui stuff?

LH: I don’t really know anything about that [laughs]

RC: Neither do I! You just put what feels right wherever.

LH: Right, exactly. How are you?

RC: I’m doing good too, tired but good! I’m happy I got to hop on this call with you though, it’s a cool change of pace.

RC: So do you study film or photography or something else creative?

LH: Yeah, I study at Copenhagen Film and Photography School. It's a one year compact course and it’s ending this December. I also studied Visual Communications a few years ago.

RC: Ooh, that’s a good combo, they work together well.

LH: Right now I’m using my skills, but it's not really what I want to work with.

RC: What do you want to work with?

LH: Photography!

RC: [laughs] I like that.

LH: I like working with photography, but it’s not my main income.

RC: Sometimes you need a plan B to help your plan A.

LH: Yeah.

RC: So is the book Diasporan Daughters a project for school or a personal project?

LH: This is a personal project, my evaluation project for school is about young female and Black artists, which I’ve been photographing.

RC: That’s super relevant nowadays, it’s also nice to do a little showcasing because all this talent is there, but not a lot of people know about it.

LH: Yeah, exactly.

RC: I was wondering what made you come up with this project?

LH: [laughs] Okay the interview is starting!

I came up with it because of my own story. My mum is Danish and my dad’s Black American. I grew up in Germany with my mum who’s white and with my white family. My school and community were totally white, so I spent my childhood and adolescent life learning to look like everyone else. I couldn’t mirror myself in anyone around me, neither in my family nor my friends till I was 19 and moved to Copenhagen and found my own community and friends.

RC: Oh wow!

LH: I was 20 when I had my first Black friend and started having contact with my family in the US, so it wasn’t that many years ago. I think of it as being a chameleon sometimes since I have so many identities that frame who I am today. I guess everyone has different identities and we can code-switch when we talk and adapt. Which is just superhuman! But for me, as a mixed Black woman, it's even crazier because of the way I grew up: I have so many identities. There are the ones that I’ve been living with, but also the identities society has given to me – which are a reflection of structural racism too. So you know, when I’m walking down the street in a specific neighborhood in Copenhagen, where there’s a lot of sex workers, and I’ve dressed up, and look good: men directly ask me how much I am.

RC: Really?!

LH: Or if it’s another situation where I might be confused for someone else, only because of my skin color.

RC: I definitely felt that through the book because there were a lot of photographs of you in different settings.

LH: Some of the portraits, I can definitely see myself in, I mean one of them is my alter ego.

RC: Ah which one is that one?!

LH: The one where I’m sitting with the pink bandana.

RC: Boss lady?!

LH: Yeah, its me when I’m the best me [laughs]

RC: That’s really cool, cause it's not only different identities you’re exploring but different versions of yourself as well.

LH: Exactly. It's different versions of myself, that’s what I mean by identities actually. Some of the images aren’t me, but what society thinks of me. Like my expereinces of being mistaken as a sex worker or cleaning lady. They’re stigmatized stereotypes of a Black woman in white society.

“There are the ones that I’ve been living with, but also the identities society has given to me..”

RC: I like that! It’s an ongoing story, you can add more as you go. 

RC: Why did you decide to title your series Diasporan Daughters?

LH: Hmm, being part of the Black diaspora means everything in terms of my looks to me and society. It is also such a big part of who I am, and the title refers to all the women and girls who are part of the Black diaspora. That obviously includes the African diaspora, but for me, being part of the Black diaspora means more since my African roots are pretty far away [laughs].

RC: It felt like a love letter where you said ‘I’m writing this for me, but also for you’. That’s a sweet idea I think.

LH: It is! In the beginning of the book it says “For my Sisters”.

LH: Each one of us is unique with our individual experiences, but we have a lot  in common. Especially when you’re living in the diaspora. I guess it's a different experience to be a Ghanian woman living in Accra for example, where you were born and grew up surrounded by a lot of other Black women. I imagine that experience differs to mine:  living as a Black woman in a white dominated society. So the book is mainly for my sisters in the diaspora.

RC: I also saw one of your images was of you standing beside the Queen Mary statue in Copenhagen. She’s a very powerful woman, why did you feel it was important to take that photo?

LH: I wanted to add this archetype of a fighting personality. And for me, this picture has connections to the Black Panther movement. At the same time, this image also connects to the Black Lives Matter movement that has been expanding worldwide in 2020 after Breonna Taylor and George Floyd's murder. For me, the only public symbol fighting the Black struggle that exists here in Denmark, is the Queen Mary statue. She means so much because she led the labour riots of former slaves and plantation workers in the then Danish colonised West Indies. So, it’s all connected for me: fighting for your liberty as a Black person since slavery till today. 

RC: She’s also powerful because of the scale. The statue is a lot bigger than many others in Copenhagen, so when you get there, you have to look up. I was almost thinking, is this really here? It is one of the only public images of a Black woman – there should be more!

LH: Definitely. For me, this image is not the strongest stylistically in the book, but its content definitely says a lot more than a lot of the other pictures because it has so much more depth.

RC: You’ve spoken about people of color’s experiences, not only in Denmark, but around the world too. There was one photo where you were wearing a red scarf, I was wondering if that had anything to do with the Burqa Ban in Denmark, or if there was any connection with that?

LH: That’s a good question. No, it doesn’t actually. My dad’s family is Muslim, so I got the whole outfit from my aunt. I grew up pretty nonreligious; I only went to church on Christmas, and I had a Confirmation because of the presents and because everyone else in my class had one – so that’s been my relationship with religion. Being in Philly and celebrating Eid made me experience a different religion that’s part of me. I’ll probably never get into Islam because I disagree with parts that I think can be problematic, as a lot of other religions around the world can be. As a Black woman wearing a sign of God means so much, because if you’re walking around in the streets as a brown or Black woman wearing a hijab, you’re looked at way more than if you’re not wearing a scarf. I’ve only worn a hijab once for Eid with my family, but when I’m wearing a scarf just for a bad hair day, I can get looked at differently.

RC: Yeah, I guess you can pick it up.

LH: Yes exactly, the photo comments on that, and also for the little part of me that’s Muslim too.

RC: That’s really nice, that you recognize these different dimensions and layers to yourself. It’s not just ‘I didn’t grow up with this, so I’m going to ignore it’, I think that’s quite a powerful photo in your collection.

LH: Thank you, there's also just so much stigma connected to being a Muslim woman and wearing a headscarf, niqab or burqa I find, especially here in Denmark, politically, it’s often connected to Islamophobia.

RC: The other thing I wanted to ask about was the types of text you include in your book. You have poetry from Maya Angelou and lyrics from Cardi B’s and Megan Thee Stallion’s song WAP.

LH: I’ve known the poem from Maya Angelou for some years, and I think it’s a very beautiful poem. I actually have to look up when it was written – it was published around 25 years ago. But it expresses how important it is to have self-worth, self-esteem, show who you are, and to be proud of who you are and every bit of yourself. That’s why I chose it, and WAP, I just think it’s a hilarious song, and I think since Lil’ Kim, Missy Elliott and other female pioneers in Hip Hop have been rapping about femininity, being in control of their own sexuality, and about sex in general. WAP is just the biggest 2020 example of how women should express that part of themselves. It’s a very extroverted song, whereas the Phenomenal Women poem is very ‘You have to stand up for yourself, but you don’t have to shout it out’. WAP, on the other hand, is ‘You shout it out!’- [laughs].

RC: I think that’s pretty interesting because they both talk about the strength and resilience of a woman just in very different ways.

LH: I also added an extract from the report of the African American Policy Forum. It is a list of all the African American women who have been killed by police brutality. And that’s a list of 48 women who have been murdered or died in detention because of the color of their skin. This is only the official list you know –

RC: Somethings aren’t documented…

LH: Yeah, exactly! Where have you actually seen the book?

RC: I saw a version of it online! So I did some stalking [laughs].

LH: Ahh okay, well done! I’ve actually changed a bit of the layout of those names from the online version. I’ve put the names of the women who have died in the same year in the same paragraph. Since 2011, there's been so many murders. The rate has been increasing, but I find that we don’t talk about it as much as the Black men being murdered in the US. 

RC: Is that why you felt it was important to showcase it in your book?

LH: Yes, it's definitely a different rate when we talk about the US. In my experience, we talk a lot about men, and how they are targeted more in terms of police brutality. But after George Floyd, there weren’t that many people talking about Breonna Taylor in my circles, which happened three months before. Even my mum’s friend was like ‘Who’s Breonna Taylor?' and I was like ‘Yoo, educate yourself!’ So that’s why I added them. Also, I’m a woman myself!

RC: You gotta work in your own interest –

LH: Exactly! I can't relate to the men, but I can represent us.

RC: It’s a solidarity moment. What do you hope people take away from your book?

LH: So I hope that everyone who sees and reads it can get something positive, meaningful, and forceful out of it, which they can translate into something that drives them. Secondly, when I’m a bigger photographer and if..

no, when the book gets -

RC: Yes! WHEN! You have to manifest!

LH: [laughs] Yes, when the book is out there on bookshelves, I hope I can also be a representative Black face for young mixed Black kids and girls. Now I’m also saying mixed because I’m that myself, but it'd just be good to get more representation out there. My biggest dream as a child was just to see someone who looks like me in this Western world.

RC: Do you think that would have helped you when you were younger in Germany?

LH: For sure! That said, I’m also extremely privileged because I’m light skinned. Knowing that, It’s very much like standing in between two worlds especially when I’ve only grown up with one side. I’m always thinking I’m not white enough or not Black enough and trying to find an in-between. So with the book, I  wanted to acknowledge that you can be as many different parts of yourself as you want to be

RC: You don’t have to choose.

LH: Exactly, you don’t need to choose!