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Scotland and the Slave Trade

Links:

Scots Involvement in the Atlantic slave trade (National Library of Scotland) The Truth about Glasgow and Slavery (It Wisnae Us) Edinburgh's part in the slave trade (Historic Environment Scotland) Scotland and Black Slavery to 1833 (The Scottish History Society)

See also: Confronting Africa's Role in the Slave Trade (John Campbell, Council on Foreign Relations, 2019)

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The Troubles

Links:

How the Troubles Began in Northern Ireland (Dave Roos, history.com, Update 2023) What You Need to Know About the Troubles (Imperial War Museums) Children of the Troubles (Joe Duffy, Irish Times, 2019) How the Troubles began: a timeline (Ronan McGreevy, Irish Times, 2019) How Scots were foot soldiers in England's colonisation of Ireland (Neil Mackay, Herald Scotland, 2023)

See also: Bernadette McAliskey (née Devlin) (RTE Archives)

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Ancient Scotland

Links:

Ancient History of Scotland (scotland.org, 2023) The history of Scotland (National Trust for Scotland) Prehistory: Places of Ancient Belief (Historic Environment Scotland) Timeline of Scottish History (Undiscovered Scotland) Pict (Encyclopedia Britannica, Last updated 2024) Art of the Picts (Highland Pictish Trail) Standing Stones & Stone Circles in Scotland (Visit Scotland) Dalriada | Celtic, Scotland & Ulster (Encyclopedia Britannica)

See also:

The Highland Clearances (Terry Stewart, Historic UK) The History of Tartan (Ben Johnson, Historic UK)

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Trinity College Old Library, Long Room, Dublin

Photographer: Alex Block

See also: First sculptures of women installed in Trinity's Old Library (Trinity College Dublin, 2023)

Encyclopedia Britannica: Rosalind Franklin Ada Lovelace Augusta, Lady Gregory Mary Wollstonecraft

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Gardens by the Bay - Singapore 2024

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Spanish Synagogue (1) - Prague 2024

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Our Father Prayer in Aramaic (Syriac):

Aboun d.baš.ma.yo Our Father, who (is) in heaven net.qa.daš šmokh Let it be hallowed, Thy name tee.te mal.kou.tokh Let it come, Thy Kingdom neh.we Seb.yo.nokh Let it be, Thy will ay.ka.no d.baš.ma.yo off bar.3o As in heaven, so on earth hab.lan laH.mo d.soun.qo.nan yow.mo.no Give us (that) bread which is necessary, today waš.buq lan Haw.bayn waH.to.Hayn And forgive us our debts and our trespasses ay.ka.no doff H.nan šba.qan l.Ha.yo.bayn As we have forgiven our debtors w.lo ta3.lan l.ness.you.no Lead us not into temptation e.lo fa.So men bee.šo But deliver (us) from (the) evil (one) me.Toul d.dee.lokh  mal.kou.to For Thine is the Kingdom w.Hay.lo w.teš.bouH.to and the power and the glory l.3o.lam 3ol.meen, Ameen For ever and ever, Amen (Let it be made firm)

Source

See also: What Language Did Jesus Speak? (Sarah Pruitt, history.com, 2020)

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Weinende Madonna (Weeping Madonna), Hermann von Kaulbach, 19th century

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Be Honest and True

Be honest and true, boys! Whatever you do, boys, Let this be your motto through life. Both now and forever, Be this your endeavour,  When wrong with the right is at strife. The best and the truest,  Alas! are the fewest; But be one of these if you can. In duty ne’er fail; you Will find ‘twill avail you, And bring its reward when a man. Don’t think life plain sailing; There’s danger of failing,  Though bright seem the future to be; But honour and labour, And truth to your neighbour, Will bear you safe over life’s sea. Then up and be doing, Right only pursuing, And take your fair part in the strife. Be honest and true, boys, Whatever you do, boys, Let this be your motto through life.

by George Birdseye

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“I believe you were deluded by your own fears and weaknesses and had the arrogance to call this feeble human delusion God’s will! Where was your heart? In your search for godliness and faith, did you not even once press yourselves to heed, if not logic, then simple humanity? How could decent men and women follow this shrill, self-righteous call of the falsely powerful and become deaf to the simple voices of their own heart?”

Alan Bates as Sir William Phips in Salem Witch Trials (2003)

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From the collection of Serbian traditional costumes

See also: Traditional Jewellery and Dress from the Balkans (google.com) The Beauty of Traditional Folk Costumes in Serbia (google.com)

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Zitkála-Šá, quotes:

“I seem to be in a spiritual unrest. I hate this eternal tug of war between being 'wild' or becoming 'civilized'. I am what I am. I owe no apologies to God or men.” “[...] I was ready to curse men of small capacity for being the dwarfs their God had made them.” “Few there are who have paused to question whether real life or long-lasting death lies beneath this semblance of civilization.” “A wee child toddling in a wonder world, I prefer to their dogma my excursions into the natural gardens where the voice of the Great Spirit is heard in the twittering of birds, the rippling of mighty waters, and the sweet breathing of flowers.” “I feel a keen sympathy that all are akin. The racial lines, which once were bitterly real, now serve nothing more than marking out a living mosaic of human beings.”

See also:

Zitkála-Šá ("Red Bird"/Gertrude Simmons Bonnin) (womenshistory.org) Zitkála-Šá: Trailblazing American Indian Composer and Writer (pbs.org)

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MMIWG

Links:

Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW) (nativehope.org) MMIW (nativewomenswilderness.org) The REDress Project (National Museum of the American Indian) Horror in Winnipeg as another Indigenous woman's body found in landfill: 'It keeps happening' (Leyland Cecco, The Guardian, 2023) Landmark report on murdered Indigenous women condemned as 'weak' and 'toothless' (Lorena Allam and Kate Lyons, The Guardian, 2024)

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Kindred Spirits (sculpture)

See also: Choctaw (wikipedia.org)

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Indigenous and European Connections

Links:

The forgotten links between Highlanders and Native Americans (The Newsroom, The Scotsman, 2016) 'Kindred Spirits' Sculpture (atlasobscura.com) The Scottish Colonisation of Nova Scotia (Henry Whitelaw, Historic UK) Métis (Adam Gaudry, The Canada Encyclopedia, Last updated 2023) Métis Nation of Ontario (metisnation.org) Métis in Alberta | History (albertametis.com) Canada's Residential Schools Were a Horror (Ian Mosby & Erin Millions, Scientific American, 2021) Jim Hunter: The Scottish 'Father of Canada' inflicted enduring misery that must be acknowledged (Jim Hunter, Press and Journal, 2021)

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La Dolorosa, Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, oil on canvas, circa 1660-1670

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'Therapy Speak' Misuse and Manipulation

Links:

The limits of therapy-speak (Allie Volpe, Vox, 2023) 6 'Therapy-Speak' Terms You're Probably Misusing (Kelsey Borresen, HuffPost, 2024) Is Therapy-Speak Making Us Selfish? (Rebecca Fishbein, Bustle, 2024) 'That's triggering!' Is therapy-speak changing the way we talk about ourselves? (Eleanor Morgan, The Guardian, 2023) What to Say When Someone Starts Using Therapy Speak at You (Ellie Broughton, Vice, 2023) 7 'Therapy Speak' Terms People Get Wrong, According to Psychologists (Maggie O'Neill, health.com, 2023) How Therapy-Speak Can Ruin a Relationship (Matt Wotton and Graham Johnston, Psychology Today, 2024)