Missives from the Verge with Allyson Shaw

Missives from the Verge with Allyson Shaw

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Missives from the Verge with Allyson Shaw
Missives from the Verge with Allyson Shaw
I GRATIFY MY MALICE THROUGH QUIET NEUTRALITY

I GRATIFY MY MALICE THROUGH QUIET NEUTRALITY

Full Circle with celebrity, monsters, and air travel

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Allyson Shaw
Sep 29, 2023
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19th century painting of a large eyed, darked haired woman, adorned exotically in a coin headband with tassels and many pearl necklaces. She is dressed in muted pink silk and holds a key in her right hand
Jessica. Thomas Francis Dicksee, 1867
Farewell, and if my fortune be not crossed,
I have a father, you a daughter, lost.

— Jessica, The Merchant of Venice, in a metaphoric so-long to patriarchy.

I’m revisiting my older writing, choosing pieces that inform my current work. I’ll offer these at the full moon as FULL CIRCLE posts. 

[trigger warning: rape, sexua…

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