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19th Century Female Self-Portraits Are Subtly Badass

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19th Century Female Self-Portraits Are Subtly Badass

Posted On: August 7, 2018By: Matt Comments: Comment

Tags: 19th Century, art, nsfw?

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"Roper was smiling a scholar's smile, tired and deprecating, but at the same time uniquely arrogant." -Robert Aickman

"Margaret noticed that he was one of the many men who classify women into those you talk to and those with whom words merely impede the way." -Robert Aickman

"London’s Coal Drops Yards cropped up in an area once full of underground nightclubs and cheap artists’ studios. The area has now been transformed into an anodyne, gutless shithole populated with places selling coffee at £15 a cup." -CityLabs

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