the sacred scorpion

not your type

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1920’s Czech glass charm 

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Sophocles, tr. by Robert Fagles, from The News of Orestes’ Death; “Electra,”

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I mannens hjern In the Man’s Brain

Edvard Munch

1897

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olly jeavons, hotheadedness

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Flower sellers at the Central Market in Riga, Latvia (1964) (via)

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adam whyte

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Hijras of Pakistan, Bruno Morandi

Hijras, who can be eunuchs, intersex or transgender, have been part of South Asia’s culture for thousands of years. Eunuchs are celebrated in sacred Hindu texts such as the Mahabharata and the Kama Sutra. They also enjoyed influential positions in the Mughal courts. (x)

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Cecil Beaton, Bathroom of his house where would ask to stencil guest’s hands and have them sign it 

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Lori Gottlieb, Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed

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Shell paintings by babyjewish on instagram.

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Alyssa Goodman

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From The Story of a Tattooed Girl by Cindy Ray, 1966

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Attributed to Giuliano Pesello, The Celestial Hemesphere in the Sagrestia Vecchia ca.1442

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