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I genuinely think there was no greater insight into the modern Christian mindset than when the Pope said he very much hoped Hell was empty and he was absolutely hounded by both Catholics and Protestants outraged at the idea of a man who wanted a place of infinite suffering to have nobody in it.

barcarole

Detail from Annunciation, Jan van Eyck, ca. 1434-1436.

lakevida

dog-teeth

brick from a buried 17-1800s wall we found at work :)

nobrashfestivity

Aboriginal rock paintings of Wandjina in Western Australia, dating more than 4000 years ago, some, I've read, are as old as 50,000 years but I am no expert.

The Wandjina are cloud and rain spirits from Australian Aboriginal mythology

luckism

A Franciscan monk taking a break from tending to the fields to pet a cat (2004)

Captured by photographer Steve McCurry at the Sanctuary of Santa Maria della Foresta in Rieti, Italy.

leatherhaikuplasticvenus

joan of arc filet lace pattern, 1913

niurd

instagram.com/p/DRxpb0EETWf/

genderoutlaws

ONYX: Black Lesbian Newsletter was a bimonthly magazine focusing on Black lesbian life, published in the Bay Area from 1982 - 1984. All issues are available to read here.

edinburgh-by-the-sea

grassy path in sea breeze

felixdeon

Paintings of black women (cis-gender, trans, and gender fluid) in love, from Africa, the Caribbean, and the United States, and across 100 years in time. Because love is love. You can find them all as prints in my Etsy shop. Just click on the link here.