This is a fascinating story on multiple levels!! 😎
Painted on a thin plate of ivory just 2.6 x 3.1 inches, this “self-portrait” of the painter Sarah Goodridge’s breasts was given (as a kind of “proto-sext”?) to the recently widowed US senator Daniel Webster in 1828.
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It is a painting so seductive, so intriguing, we cannot help but want to know the story behind it. Adding to the seductiveness is the fact that these pale breasts encircled by a swirl of cloth, painted on a thin plate of ivory 2.6 inches high and 3.1 inches long, belonged to the woman who painted them: an accomplished miniaturist named Sarah Goodridge (b. 1788). Adding to the intrigue is the fact that Goodridge sent this particular miniature (enclosed in a leather case that could be closed with two clasps) to the recently widowed United States senator Daniel Webster in 1828….
Continue Reading: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/sarah-goodridges-beauty-revealed-1828
Interview with Nele, Nika Shakarami’s girlfriend by Zeit Magazine
‘‘Nika loved the moon, and it became an important symbol in their relationship, says Nele. When they missed each other, they would say: “We don’t live in the same country, but beneath the same sky.” Sometimes, Nika would tell Nele over the phone that she was looking at the moon, saying: You should go outside too, Nele, so we can look at it together. They even called each other “my moonie.” Or Niki and Neli. Or Haku and Chihiro, like the main characters in the anime film “Spirited Away,” which both of them loved. The story involves a courageous boy helping a shy girl escape a world full of monsters. “That was us,” Nele says today‘‘
Nika Shakarami was a 16 year old brave Iranian girl who was kidnapped by the police during the ongoing protests in Iran, brutally tortured, raped and murdered in cold blood. Her burial was on her birthday. Say her name, Nika Shakarami
She has that certain je ne sais quoi… but ya can’t deny SHE’S GOT IT!!
A stunning work of art… the woman & the portrait
It just flowed very naturally
Regardless of your political leanings, if you value at all the freedoms that the USA affords to us all, please take this advice to heart, so that all of us can continue to enjoy all our freedoms, including the freedom of free speech and the right to disagree civilly with our fellow citizens.
Timeless Wisdom - and a great life strategy!!
A simply gorgeous woman 😍
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If that’s not tempting, you don’t have a pulse 😍🔥😜