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If you ever wonder why women (and anyone in a marginalized and/or racialized body) is fearful of speaking up, being their true selves, being noticed...Here's a visual for you.

This is a scold's bridle. It was used as punishment. Women were to wear it on the street as passerbys watched. The bridles were often made of iron, encased their head and face, and depressed the tongue, sometimes with a spike. Sometimes there was a leash attached to lead the woman down the road and further humiliate her.

We carry these stories in our bodies, and they still have an impact now.

What do you feel when you see these images, and read about this act of abuse?

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(via Here Are All the Positive Climate Stories From 2022)

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Fronds Forever

Fern fronds The curly bits of new fern fronds never, ever bore me. I will always, always stop and admire them. They are simultaneously beautiful and silly. A kind of wondrous site, and also adorable. The growth of new ferns tells me when winter is leaving its last bit of frost behind and making way for sunshine. These stretching, growing ferns reach for my legs as I walk by on the…

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Happy place

Do you have a happy place? Mine is definitely my garden. But it turns out, it’s pretty much any garden. Doesn’t even have to be mine. And it also turns out, that I’m likely to create a garden wherever I go. It’s the first thing I look for in a place. And it’s the first thing I start dreaming about once I arrive. Lavender in my garden. I find gardens endlessly soothing. As someone who can be a…

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Happy place

Do you have a happy place? Mine is definitely my garden. But it turns out, it’s pretty much any garden. Doesn’t even have to be mine. And it also turns out, that I’m likely to create a garden wherever I go. It’s the first thing I look for in a place. And it’s the first thing I start dreaming about once I arrive. Lavender in my garden. I find gardens endlessly soothing. As someone who can be a…

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alanakarsch · 1 year

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Happy place

Do you have a happy place? Mine is definitely my garden. But it turns out, it’s pretty much any garden. Doesn’t even have to be mine. And it also turns out, that I’m likely to create a garden wherever I go. It’s the first thing I look for in a place. And it’s the first thing I start dreaming about once I arrive. Lavender in my garden. I find gardens endlessly soothing. As someone who can be a…

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Yellow

The brightness of a forsythia blooming. It shocks and awes with its boldness, and they are easily spotted on any walk on any block at that time of year. They signal spring, loudly, and with excitement! Here is a forsythia quote: Forsythia is pure joy. There is not an ounce, not a glimmer of sadness or even knowledge in forsythia. Pure, undiluted, untouched joy. Anne Morrow Lindbergh Here are…

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