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Marina Amaral

@marinamaral2

26 Mar

Blanche Monnier was a woman from Poitiers, Vienne, France, who was secretly kept locked in a small room by her aristocratic mother for 25 years.

She was eventually found by police, then middle-aged and in an emaciated and filthy condition.

Blanche Monnier, shortly after being discovered in her locked room in 1901.

Monnier was a French socialite from a well-respected, conservative bourgeoisie family. She was renowned for her physical beauty and attracted many potential suitors for marriage.

In 1874, at the age of 25, she desired to marry an older lawyer who was not to her mother's liking.

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Marina Amaral

@marinamaral2

19 Mar

🇧🇷 Quero agradecer a todos por tantas mensagens de carinho após a entrevista no Conversa de ontem. Um trabalho como o meu requer horas de isolamento em um universo particular, o que dificulta o meu entendimento e percepção do alcance que tenho hoje.

gshow.globo.com/programas/conv…

Ter tanta gente disposta a receber minha arte e, quem sabe, aprender um pouco com o conteúdo que tenho a compartilhar, é uma sorte imensurável. Mais ainda, poder usar esse alcance para falar de algo tão visceral e particular quanto o meu diagnóstico é uma sorte ainda maior...

@PBiaL

... e por isso quero agradecer ao @PBiaL e a @appel_camila pelo espaço que recebi para falar do assunto. Sei o quanto é importante encontrar pessoas de referência para seguir diante de um mundo de desinformações.

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Marina Amaral

@marinamaral2

10 Mar

Colorized by me - Original caption, via Library of Congress: “Negroes cut each others' hair in front of plantation store after being paid off on Saturday. Mileston Plantation, Mississippi Delta. November, 1939.”

Original by Marion Post Wolcott.

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Marina Amaral

@marinamaral2

9 Mar

[Thread] These images document a time when those with "undesirable genetic traits" were sterilized or killed in order to 'cleanse' society.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 1926.

Photographs of 'human races,' organized to suggest a common trait shared by 'primitive' Australians, Africans, and Neanderthals.

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Marina Amaral

@marinamaral2

9 Mar

When you’re autistic, you’ll have days when you’ll struggle to complete very basic tasks and do “simple” things like saying a mere “yes” or “no” to somebody - and you’ll feel completely exhausted after doing so.

This is me today.

I could pretend that everything is fine today, but I want you to know that there are many challenges and the days can be incredibly difficult. This is not only about having “superpowers” (I hate this concept). But that’s exactly when you can see who really accepts you as you are.

And I’m not saying that for any selfish reason. But as someone with a platform, it’s important for me to use my voice and share my experiences whenever I can.

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