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memory, femicide, and the useful dead 🪶
revisiting the Janet Horne Memorial Stone on the full moon 🌝
Allyson Shaw
I’m Allyson Shaw, author of Ashes and Stones: a journey through Scotland in search of women hunted as witches. I live in Orkney with my partner and a pride of three cats. Any pronouns.
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a National Memorial Ceremony for Accused Witches in Sweden
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