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Startling Lady of Gore
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She/her. Lesbian. I post New Zealand ephemera and cool things I find on the Internet Archive. Not affiliated with Archives New Zealand or the National Library.

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Startling Lady of Gore @postnatodepression.bsky.social · Jun 26
TRANKET COMPLETED
A knitted blanket in the trans pride colours. Don’t look too closely at where I bound off!
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oldmatecans.bsky.social
This govt really are the fucking worst. They didn't like that the Uber workers won in court and on appeal, so are making the law change to avoid it happening again.

www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Government tweaks law so contractors can't challenge employment status retrospectively
Workplace Relations Minister Brooke van Velden says it's a "minor technical amendment" that has nothing to do with the Supreme Court's decision on a major Uber appeal.
www.rnz.co.nz
February 11, 2026 at 4:45 PM
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wrathofgodherself.bsky.social
Remember to 'get a man in' to clean your kidneys on a regular rota.
February 11, 2026 at 2:25 PM
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biggsky.bsky.social
witness the majestic beauty of new zealands native aquatic life
February 10, 2026 at 11:35 PM
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Does anyone have anything that works better for dry skin than Cetomacrogol, I turn into a lizard when the temperature gets over 25
February 11, 2026 at 3:35 AM
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crushbort.bsky.social
well credit where credit’s due: it’s 2035 and i’m driving to work in elon musk’s moon city—or rather my optimus robot chauffeur is, heh. i’m just kicking back and enjoying the view. what kind of a name for a moon bridge is owl creek
February 9, 2026 at 6:38 PM
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'No one can fling stones at the reputation of Johnnie Walker'.
Engraving by Thomas Browne. Britain, 1900.
Ref E.726-1919, V & A Museum.
Black and white advertisement depicting a game of curling on a frozen lake with the slogan 'No one can fling stones at the reputation of Johnnie Walker'.
February 10, 2026 at 6:07 AM
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Auguste Matisse. 'Aux Vainqueurs du Concours de la VIII me Olympiade'. France, 1924.
Advertises French railways by unleashing a Haast's eagle on a bobsled team.
Ref E.23-1926, V & A Museum.
A giant eagle or something holding a tricolour eyes a team of sled people. Sledmen?
February 10, 2026 at 5:47 AM
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'The Start of the Sprinters' Dash'
Poster for the 1964 Tokyo Olympic Games
Ref E.341-2006, V & A Museum.
A group of men sprinting past the start line, colour photo
February 10, 2026 at 5:42 AM
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'GO!'
Poster by Michael Craig-Martin for London 2012 Olympic Games. UK, 2012
Ref E.263-2012, V & A Museum.
poster depicting a stopwatch in colour against a light blue background, the word GO in orange is overlayed across the image
February 10, 2026 at 5:39 AM
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One Is Not Born A Woman, Monique Wittig
(They are seen as black, therefore they are black; they are seen as women, therefore, they are women. But before being seen that way, they first had to be made that way.) Lesbians should always remember and acknowledge how “unnatural,” compelling, totally oppressive, and destructive being “woman” was for us in the old days before the women’s liberation movement. It was a political constraint, and those who resisted it were accused of not being “real” women. But then we were proud of it, since in the accusation there was already something like a shadow of victory: the avowal by the oppressor that “woman” is not something that goes without saying, since to be one, one has to be a “real” one. We were at the same time accused of wanting to be men. Today this double accusation has been taken up again with enthusiasm in the context of the women’s liberation movement by some feminists and also, alas, by some lesbians whose political goal seems somehow to be becoming more and more “feminine.” To refuse to be a woman, however, does not mean that one has to become a man. Besides, if we take as an example the perfect “butch,” the classic example which provokes the most horror, whom Proust would have called a woman/man, how is her alienation different from that of someone who wants to become a woman?
February 10, 2026 at 5:04 AM
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The Queen of America Goes to Washington, Lauren Berlant
Introduction: The Intimate Public Sphere Something strange has happened to citizenship. During the rise of the Reaganite right, a familial politics of the national future came to define the urgencies of the present. Now everywhere in the United States inti- mate things flash in people's faces: pornography, abortion, sexuality, and reproduction; marriage, personal morality, and family values. These is- sues do not arise as private concerns: they are key to debates about what "America" stands for, and are deemed vital to defining how citizens should act. In the process of collapsing the political and the personal into a world of public intimacy, a nation made for adult citizens has been replaced by one imagined for fetuses and children.
February 10, 2026 at 3:32 AM
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What if I did a Planet Zoo run that’s just using the species the love interest has been in shifter romances.

Lemme think. Badger, reindeer, wolf (obviously), dragon, phoenix, bear, lion, jaguar, tiger, troll… is ‘Viking ghost’ a species?
February 10, 2026 at 1:10 AM
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kiwisockpuppet.bsky.social
Australia: let’s roll out so much rooftop solar you can have free power during the day
NZ: businesses are closing down because they can’t afford power so we’re building a one billion dollar fossil fuel terminal so we can keep not having free power
February 9, 2026 at 11:26 PM
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“At the 1712 trial of Jane Wenham, the last English woman convicted of maleficium (inflicting harm using magic), the judge responded to the charge that she flew on a broomstick by remarking that there was no law against flying.”
February 9, 2026 at 9:30 AM
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16th century goth girl disguised as a doctor:
Trust me you can cure women of being witches by taking them on dates. I’ve tried it with five different chicks and none of them ever summoned Satan again
The debate intensified in the 1650s and sceptics gained ground. The paradigm was shifting. Scot's Discoverie was republished with a title page suggesting that 'witches' should be treated with food and medicine, echoing Weyer's idea that they were infirm. (One 16th-century Swiss physician had even suggested that suspects would benefit from music, dancing, and sex.) In England, controversy centred on two scions of the same
February 9, 2026 at 8:57 AM
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new band at 660 Castle St and they are going hell for leather on the drums and cowbell
February 9, 2026 at 1:07 AM
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I would like to apologise to my fictional patient who I kept misdiagnosing for ten minutes. I never learnt BEDMAS
February 9, 2026 at 1:05 AM
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shammaiintl.bsky.social
It's a mystery why they wouldn't run my Super Bowl commercial for ShammAI, the only LLM that tells you that your question is stupid and you should be able to figure this out yourself
February 9, 2026 at 12:11 AM
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The Flying Banvards were acrobats who mainly toured America in the early 20th century. This photo is probably from when they performed at the Alhambra Theatre in London, 1911.
Ref S.984-2017, V & A Museum.
Photograph of six acrobats in costume, four male, two female, full length. The men and one woman are standing, with one woman seated at centre. A label, printed '6 Flying Banvards', is attached, lower centre. Mounted on card.
February 9, 2026 at 12:04 AM
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Poster advertising Polish circus, 1974. Colour lithograph by Marian Stachurski (1931-1980).
Ref S.3804-1995, V & A Museum
Poster advertising Polish circus illustrated with an image of five bowler-hatted acrobats wearing striped leotards inspired by 19th-century circus costume. Printed in pink, black, blue, green, black and beige on white paper
February 9, 2026 at 12:00 AM
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kjhealy.co
Any time I look to see what the Labour government is up to in the UK it turns out to be things like making posters that Alfonso Cuarón put in the background of the long tracking shot that opens “Children of Men”.
Home Office @ukhomeoffice Follow Illegal migrants living in hotels have been banned from using taxpayer-funded taxis for medical appointments. Under new rules, taxi use for medical journeys will be restricted to individuals with physical disabilities and serious or chronic illnesses. ... TP + ILLEGAL MIGRANTS BANNED FROM USING TAXIS FOR MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS Home Offi... @ukhomeoffi... • Feb 6 The largest number of illegal migrants and foreign criminals have been removed or deported off British soil in a decade. - NEARLY - 60000 ILLEGAL MIGRANTS CRIMINALS REMOVED OR DEPORTED
February 8, 2026 at 12:12 PM
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Une Semaine de Bonté. Max Ernst, 1934, France.
Ernst’s graphic novel, Une Semaine de Bonté (A Week of Kindness), was made by collaging Victorian prints and engravings, and is partly a response to the rise of fascism in his native Germany.
Ref 183-1967, V & A Museum.
Black and white illustration of a parlour. A woman consoles a man who is being fed on by a dragon.
February 8, 2026 at 10:07 AM
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Seventeenth century mourning ring, England.
In the 16th & 17th century, the practice of leaving rings belonging to the deceased to friends and family was gradually replaced by leaving a sum of money to buy mourning rings.
Ref 921-1871, V & A Museum.
Gold signet ring, the oval bezel engraved with a skull and behind the initials 'A.B'
February 8, 2026 at 9:59 AM
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Printed comemmorative handkerchief, 1707.
The handkerchief gives 'An account of 5 most glorious victorys obtaind by the confederets in 3 succeding campains viz Schellenberg Hochstadt Barcelona Ramilly & Turin'.
Ref T.85-1934, V & A Museum.
The design used here of arabesques with roundels containing coats of arms around the borders is known from other handkerchiefs. It must have been printed from a re-usable engraved metal plate that had a central space for inserting a topical design. The handkerchief gives 'An account of 5 most glorious victorys obtaind by the confederets in 3 succeding campains viz Schellenberg Hochstadt Barcelona Ramilly & Turin'. These victories were under the leadership of John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough (1650-1722), appointed Captain General of British Forces and Supreme Commander of Allied Forces, following the French invasion of the Spanish Netherlands in 1701. Marlborough is considered one of the foremost strategists and military administrators in British history.
February 8, 2026 at 9:14 AM
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"Join the WAC"
Second World War women's recruitment poster contributed by Wamsutta Mills, New Bedford. USA, ca. 1943.
Ref E.975-2004, V & A Museum.
Woman in Army uniform sitting on a metal frame bed with a typewriter in her lap.
February 8, 2026 at 9:02 AM