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Tricateuse: Witness to the Execution
It is French for knitting woman, but the word tricoteuse has far greater significance than that. As the guillotine slices off another head of the French aristocracy during the Revolution, a tricoteuse sits in morbid calm watching the proceedings, returning … Continue reading
Posted in historical, politics
Tagged 1789, 1793, French history, French Revolution, guillotine, history, Louis XVI, Marie Antoinette, Paris, tricoteuse, Versailles, Women's March on Versailles
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Rape Case in India: Why I Care
It has been on my mind for days now. The details that I can obtain from the story are sketchy at best, a 23 year old woman in New Delhi India was raped by six men on a bus and … Continue reading
Posted in media, Modern Events, politics
Tagged December 17, India, Rape case, Taj Mahal, take Back the NIght
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The Jester: A Historical Political Commentator and Cupid
The Jester was the entertainer of the monarchy: the one who could say what others feared saying. A foil for the aristocracy, he would carry a false scepter in his hands called a bauble that was covered in bells or … Continue reading
Cambrai Cathedral: World War One Photo
It is a picture of Gothic splendour in black and white gone terribly wrong. Where once faithful men and women stood, only trenches of wood and scattered chairs remain. The apse and the alter stand defiantly against the destruction; a … Continue reading
Gran’s Journal Nov 22, 1963- Kennedy’s Assassination
What follows in an excerpt of my gran’s 1963 journal. I thought it was interesting to share a perspective from a Canadian who was hearing it on the radio- this is only the first entry from the day of the … Continue reading
