Longing

'Madness stripped away the niceties': Tara Calaby imagines herself into a 19th-century asylum

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Monday, June 26, 2023

Tara Calaby, whose novel is based on research, draws on these voices and writes in between the gaps, or at the interstices, of historical evidence.

Key Points: 
  • Tara Calaby, whose novel is based on research, draws on these voices and writes in between the gaps, or at the interstices, of historical evidence.
  • Madness stripped away the niceties, that was all: the base drives of fear and hunger and wrath and lust were simply more visible here.
  • Madness stripped away the niceties, that was all: the base drives of fear and hunger and wrath and lust were simply more visible here.
  • Read more:
    Girl, Interrupted interrogates how women are 'mad' when they refuse to conform – 30 years on, this memoir is still important

Women’s secrets

    • Together they supply Melbourne’s professional middle class and elites with stationery: inks, paper, pens and ledgers.
    • The book opens with reference to the “noise and bustle of Elizabeth Street”.
    • While she possibly considers herself “plain” when judged alongside Melbourne’s society women and their fashionable dresses, Charlotte is a strong character with considerable presence.
    • Charlotte and Flora experience freedom by spending time together dressed as young men, camping in the bush east of Melbourne.
    • Read more:
      Trans people aren’t new, and neither is their oppression: a history of gender crossing in 19th-century Australia

Darkest moments and recovery

    • Charlotte is arrested by police, then hospitalised, where she is observed by doctors.
    • Charlotte becomes increasingly aware of the dynamics of the wards and the personalities of doctors and attendant nursing staff.
    • Calaby describes the asylum’s daily routine, such as menus, the gendered work regime for patients, and the hopeful intercession of visitors and advocates.
    • Some doctors were sympathetic figures who worked for the recovery of patients.
    • Read more:
      Hidden women of history: Catherine Hay Thomson, the Australian undercover journalist who went inside asylums and hospitals

Constraint and resistance

    • Her sinuses stung, her eyes watered; it felt like the tube must surely pass into her brain.
    • She tried to struggle, but the women held her tightly: she could move only her head.
    • Her sinuses stung, her eyes watered; it felt like the tube must surely pass into her brain.
    • And it’s a hopeful story about love and courage – which suggests alternative futures for women seeking independence from marriage and social norms.

RAMMSTEIN ANNOUNCE EXCLUSIVE 'SEHNSUCHT ANNIVERSARY EDITION'

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Tuesday, April 18, 2023

LOS ANGELES, April 18, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Dark. Disturbing. Different. Deutsch.

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  • RE-RELEASE OF SEHNSUCHT ON 09.06.2023 AS LIMITED "ANNIVERSARY EDITION" FOR THE FIRST TIME ON CD IN HD-SOUND INCL.
  • NEW, EXCLUSIVE MIX OF "SPIEL MIT MIR" (PLAY WITH ME)
    For the six Berliners there is a certain way of doing things.
  • The kind that has made their band and their brand a worldwide phenomenon, an award-winning, multi-platinum record-breaking collective unlike anything else.
  • That signature R-R-Rammstein Sound has been given an added boost now – Remastered in HD sound for the first time on CD for the 'Anniversary Edition' of an album that can rightfully be termed 'iconic'.

Singer-Songwriter Em Lovingly Weaves Gothic Russian Romanticism into The Cinematic Supernatural with EPIC New Music Video "Hear Your Love"

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Wednesday, July 7, 2021

She stays connected to him through the spiritual supernatural magic of a song their song that begins by playing on a sparkling antique music box.

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  • She stays connected to him through the spiritual supernatural magic of a song their song that begins by playing on a sparkling antique music box.
  • The video beautifully captures the deep longing of love as refracted through Em's historically accurate homage to her family's Russian roots.
  • "'Hear Your Love' is about the unity two lovers have inside the music," Em shares.
  • No detail went undefined in bringing to life this epic depiction of love's undying splendor from somewhere in time.

New self-help offers a guide to transform from a life of fear to a life of love

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Wednesday, November 18, 2020

In her latest publication, Two Lifetimes: From Fear to Love (published by Balboa Press), Patti Henry, MEd, LPC, shares helpful insights to guide readers in the shift from the first lifetime into the second.

Key Points: 
  • In her latest publication, Two Lifetimes: From Fear to Love (published by Balboa Press), Patti Henry, MEd, LPC, shares helpful insights to guide readers in the shift from the first lifetime into the second.
  • We are busy, disconnected, lonely, and starving to belong at a deeper level than a text message, the author observes.
  • This brilliant book touches that depth, that longing to be loved, and shows the reader how to heal and be more fully alive.
  • It is about learning to conquer ones fears whatever they may be and finding the pathway to a better life where love, joy and peace reside.