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[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 15 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Reading Anne Rice's Cry to Heaven woke me as to exactly how horrifying castration is. Jesus. I'll never read that one again.

[–] tacosanonymous@mander.xyz 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I was a big fan of the vampire chronicles and the Mayfair witches books. Got Cry to Heaven on disc for a long road trip and traumatized the whole family.

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Laughing out loud for the first time today!

[–] ramble81@lemmy.zip 9 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Is that an eye, or his mouth?

[–] Albbi@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 week ago

It's rather disturbing.

[–] pyre@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

it's a nose

The scissors got there first.

[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago

and it's before 1903

I hope they were trans girls who were recognized for it but I doubt they all were