So, a lot of shit has happened to me since the first 15 minutes into the new year. It is to the point where I am afraid to be happy and when I do finally reach a good state, it is immediately overpowered by fear.
Therefore, this summer I am going to put the phone away, majority of the time it will be off. I don’t have a facebook or a twitter so that won’t really matter. I think I (and everyone else at some point) should take some time to figure shit out.
The way my life is going is a way of life I wish upon no one and I truly need to figure things out. It sucks and is scary but I know I will grow from it.
I hope things get better.
Above: Leonard and Virgina Woolf who married each other on August 10th, 1912
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Top: A leaflet from the Women’s Social and Political Movement explaining why they targeted store windows during the window breaking campaign March of 1912.
Bottom: Frederick and Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence
The Suffragettes organized their “window breaking campaign” and agreed to break store windows in Piccadilly Circus. March 1st, 1912 an estimated 200 women went around breaking store windows with hammers and stones in an effort to fight for their right to vote and equality. This lead to multiple arrests, including two of the greatest suffragette leaders, Fredrick and Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence. This radical form of protesting gained national attention that helped gain supporters and enemies. This violent form of protest shined a new light on women as not passive human beings but active and fearless of the repercussions of fighting for their right to vote.
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The London Institution built in 1807, was dedicated to advancing in literature and the sciences. In particular, chemistry was the leading subject in the sciences The learned institution was able to do so because of its large library, multiple reading rooms and laboratories that could hold up to 750 members. Members had to check in every book and were forced to use them inside the library and book checkouts were forbidden.This inconvenience ultimately lead members to opt out of their membership and the institution lost the majority of its funds after. The institution closed its doors in 1912 because with less and less members, it could no longer afford to maintain the building and make repairs.
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Vanessa Bell’s Studland Beach.
Vanessa Bell plays with planes and colors to play with the idea of perception. It is said by many historians, that this painting inspired her sister, Virginia Woolf to write To the Lighthouse.
(Source: thecamphorchest)
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Above is a photograph I took of my dear friends, Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant. Vanessa, Virginia Woolf’s older sister, was an amazing painter and produced some of her greatest works this year such as Studland Beach. Duncan was another painter and designer and was part of the Bloomsbury Group. The two were romantically involved, and Vanessa cheated on her husband with Grant along with many other men.
(Source: sketchofthepast)
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Vanessa Bell’s Studland Beach.
Vanessa Bell plays with planes and colors to play with the idea of perception. It is said by many historians, that this painting inspired her sister, Virginia Woolf to write To the Lighthouse.
(Source: thecamphorchest)
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Above is a photograph I took of my dear friends, Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant. Vanessa, Virginia Woolf’s older sister, was an amazing painter and produced some of her greatest works this year such as Studland Beach. Duncan was another painter and designer and was part of the Bloomsbury Group. The two were romantically involved, and Vanessa cheated on her husband with Grant along with many other men.
(Source: sketchofthepast)
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