Apr
23rd
Wed
23rd
venus abused (salon.com)
there are many things i dislike about being a librarian (sorry, you’ve caught me on a crabby day), but one of the few things i truly enjoy is when a patron brings a topic to my attention that i never knew anything about before. in today’s case, it’s the hottentot venus, a south african slave who traveled europe as a sideshow attraction, gawked at for her physical appearance. i found her story to be both extremely fascinating and extremely sad.
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