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LA VOISIN: THE WITCH, THE POISONER, AND THE WOMAN WHO TERRIFIED THE COURT OF LOUIS XIV
Now, anybody who knows me knows that I have a fascination with European history, particularly the royal families and the scandalous shit that went on behind palace walls. And let me tell you something: those people were some of the most conniving, murderous, sexually reckless motherfuckers to ever walk the earth. Forget reality television. European…
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Wisdom and Age Ain’t the Same Thing
Perhaps one of the reasons some Black women are leery of receiving advice from older women is because some of these Crones are out of order. Age does not automatically bring wisdom, emotional maturity, accountability, or honesty. Some older women are still deeply invested in patriarchy, bitterness, competition, respectability politics, and suffering in silence. Some…