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peashooter85:

The Legend of Stagecoach Mary,

Also known as Mary Fields, Stagecoach Mary was one of the toughest ladies of the Old West.  Born as a slave on a Tennessee plantation in 1832, she gained her freedom after the Civil War and the resulting abolition of slavery.  After the Civil War Mary made her way west where she eventually settled in Cascade County, Montana.

In Montana Mary would gain a reputation as one of the toughest characters in the territory.  Unlike most women of the Victorian Era, Mary had a penchant for whiskey, cheap cigars, and brawling.  It was not uncommon for men to harass her because of her race or her gender.  Those who earned her disfavor did so at their own risk, as the six foot tall two hundred pound woman served up a mean knuckle sandwich.  According to her obituary in Great Falls Examiner “she broke more noses than any other woman in Central Montana”.

In Montana Mary made a living doing heavy labor for a Roman Catholic convent.  She did work such as carpentry, chopping wood, and stone work.  However it was her job of transporting supplies to the convent by wagon that would earn her the name “Stagecoach Mary”.  The job was certainly dangerous, as she braved fierce weather, bandits, robbers, and wild animals.  In one instance her wagon was attacked by wolves, causing the horses to panic and overturn the wagon.  Throughout the night Stagecoach Mary fought off several wolf attacks with a rifle, a ten gauge shotgun, and a pair of revolvers.  

Mary’s job with the convent ended when another hired hand complained it was not fair that she made more money than him to the townspeople and the local bishop. When the bishop dismissed his claims, he went to a local saloon, saying that it was not fair that he should have to work with a “nigger”. In response, Mary shot him in the bum. The bishop fired Mary, and she was out of a job.

After a failed attempt at running a restaurant, Stagecoach Mary was hired to run freight for the US Postal Service. Today she holds the distinction of being the first African American postal employee. Despite delivering parcels to some of the most remote and rugged areas of Montana, Mary gained a reputation for always delivering on time regardless of the weather or terrain.

At the age of seventy, Stagecoach Mary retired from the parcel business and opened a laundry.  In one incident when a customer refused to pay, the 72 year old woman knocked out one of his teeth.  For the remainder of her life Mary settled down to peace and quiet, drinking whiskey and smoking cheap cigars.  She passed away in 1914 at the age of 82.

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mortisia:

Edgar Allan Poe

born Edgar Poe; January 19, 1809 – October 7, 1849 was an American author, poet, editor, and literary critic, considered part of the American Romantic Movement. Best known for his tales of mystery and the macabre, Poe was one of the earliest American practitioners of the short story, and is generally considered the inventor of the detective fiction genre. He is further credited with contributing to the emerging genre of science fiction. He was the first well-known American writer to try to earn a living through writing alone, resulting in a financially difficult life and career. Read More | Edit

“I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity.”
― Edgar Allan Poe

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Nothing To Lose / Force Majeure

Sydney Festival: 21-25 Jan 2015
Malthouse Theatre: 11-21 March

http://forcemajeure.com.au/our-work/current-projects/nothing-to-lose/

This undaunted production delves into real-life experiences and stories to challenge aesthetic norms and reclaim a performative space for people with large bodies.

Artistic Director, Kate Champion collaborates with artist, filmmaker and fat activist Kelli Jean Drinkwater to celebrate the abundance, strength and creative capacity of these undeniable physical forms.

Unseen, unexpected and unapologetic, NOTHING TO LOSE will investigate the relentless fascination with the fat body while abandoning stereotypes and reshaping expectations.

Audio track by Simo Soo
Commissioned by Sydney Festival and Carriageworks

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Paco Pomet is a Spanish artist born 1970 in Granada.Combining classic imagery from early photographic works with the otherworldly sensibilities of the early-20th-century Surrealist movement, Pomet’s work plays with the viewer’s brain as much as it does the eye. It’s a blend of historical context and visual trickery, with hilarious results. via

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Lips by Cecilia Wachter

Lips is a reaction to a culture in which female sexuality and sex organs are depicted as dirty, shameful, and wrong. The slang words for female genitalia are crude and degrading; ‘meat wallet,’ ‘fish taco,’ ‘beef curtains,’ and ‘axe wound’ are all terms that aren’t uncommon colloquially as well as in pop culture and mass media. Slang words for ‘penis,’ however, carry themes of strength and domination (e.g., ‘man muscle,’ ‘anaconda,’ ‘pocket rocket’). Whilst researching and producing this series, I often thought of an article I once read that printed the word ‘penis,’ but ‘vagina’ was written as a series of asterisks. Why are the genitals of one person vilified while comparable organs on another person are not only socially acceptable, but symbols of power? From childhood, people with vaginas are told that their vulvas are embarrassing, abnormal, disgusting, and smelly. As airbrushed images of the idealized naked human body are increasingly more accessible to young people, our perception of what is normal has become flawed and distorted; perhaps as a result, in the past five years, the numbers of people seeking to alter the external appearance of their genitals has increased more than fivefold (Hogenboom 2012). Lips is an attempt to appreciate, embrace, and encourage the divine, unparalleled beauty of female genitals…. I sought to capture the intimate intricacies of each of my model’s unique forms, emphasizing their singularity and beauty.

I believe that this series will be confronting and triggering to my audience, particularly those with vaginas, and I hope that some of them may have the same realization that I did while viewing my negatives: that we are more beautiful than we can imagine. Viewers may be drawn into a reality that I have imagined, where genitalia can be body parts, not political statements, and where what we are capable of is not informed by our gender.