#Fall River Massachusetts

[thexnormalxstuff]

"Lizzie Borden took an axe

And gave her mother forty whacks.

When she saw what she had done

She gave her father forty-one."

Lizzie Andrew Borden (July 19, 1860 – June 1, 1927) was an American woman who was tried and acquitted in the 1892 axe murders of her father and stepmother in Fall River, Massachusetts. The case was a cause célèbre throughout the United States. Following her release from the prison in which she had been held during the trial, Borden chose to remain a resident of Fall River, Massachusetts, for the rest of her life, despite facing significant ostracism. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts elected to charge no one else with the murder of Andrew and Abby Borden; speculation about the crimes still continues more than 100 years later

[fandomsandfeminism]

Yall wanna hear a kinda funny, kinda sad story about my grandmother and hetero-normativity?

Ok, so... when my grandmother was in her 50s (I was an infant), she met a woman at the Unitarian Church. And, as can happen when you meet your soul mate, this event made it impossible for her to deny parts of herself that she had fiercely hidden her whole life.

All the drama- their affair being found out, the divorce with my grandfather, the court battle over who got the house, happened while I was a baby. Even in my earliest memories, it's just Mama Jo and Oma, and my grandfather lived elsewhere (first his own apartment, then a nursing home, then with us.)

But here's the thing- no one ever explained any of this to me. No one ever sat down and was like "hey, Rosie, so do you know what a lesbian is?" It was the 90s. It was Texas. I think my mom was still kinda processing all this, and just assumed that like... I was gonna figure it out. Don't mention it, let it just be normal. Like I think my mom thought that if she explained the situation, she would be making it weird? I dunno.

But like. In the 90s, in all the movies I had seen and books I had read, do you know how many same sex couples I had seen? Like. 0. Do you know how many "platonic best friend/roommates" I had seen? A lot. I had no context, is what I'm saying.

I literally thought this was a Golden Girls, roommates, besties situation until I was like...I dunno, 11? 12?

It was actually their parrot, an African Grey named Spike, imitating my grandmothers voice saying "Johanna, honey, it's getting late", that triggered the MIND BLOWN moment as I realized that *there's only one master bedroom and it only has 1 waterbed* when all the pieces finally clicked.

Anyway. I think it's a real important thing for kids to know queer people exist, for a lot of reasons, but also because kids can be clueless and it's embarrassing to have your grandmother be outted by a parrot because everyone just thought you'd figure it out on your own.

Anyway, here is my grandma and her wife, my Oma, after they moved to Albuquerque to be artsy gay cowboys and live their best life. They helped run a "Lesbian Dude Ranch" out there (basically just with funding and financial support. As Oma has explained "traditionally, most lesbians don't have a lot of money" so they wrote the checks and let the younger ladies actually run the ranch.)

[june1960fan]

Mass trip Day 4 heading to Rockport via Fall river

[gbiechele]

Watercolors

Top Photo - Yashica Yashinon-DX 100mm f/2.8 Middle Photo - Minolta MC Tele Rokkor-QE 100mm f/3.5 Bottom Photo - Minolta MD 50mm f/1.2

[wyrmzier]

Candlelight Vigil for Palestine at Bristol Community College in Fall River, MA

We are a small group of unaffiliated students concerned by the actions in Gaza. 29,000 innocent lives have been taken since October 7th. Please come pray and hope for the martyrs and the living next Shabbat Friday March 1st at 6pm. This a multi-faith event, but led and hosted by a Jewish student who will read the Mourners Kaddish and Mi Shebeirach (the prayer for healing). If anyone else would like to lead us in prayer please contact us.

Poetry and the stories of the dead will be read. Please bring candles, pictures, signs, flowers, stones, flags, and other appropriate memorabilia.

Any questions please email bristolstudentsforpeace@gmail.com or feel free to message me directly.

777 Elsbree St. Fall River, MA

Outside the front entrance of the Library Learning Common (big building in the middle of campus)

There is free and available parking on site.

Wheelchair accessible

We hope to see you there. Free Palestine.

[unplaces]

Montaup St, Fall River, Massachusetts.

[unteriors]

Bark Street, Fall River, Massachusetts.

[ghostlytales]

Lizzie Borden House Fall River, Massachusetts

Some say a ghostly face appears in the cellar over the sink where bloody clothing may have been washed right after the 1892 hatchet murders of Andrew and Abby Borden. The possible perp? Andrew's daughter Lizzie, who was acquitted at the trial of the century, perhaps by the jury's error. She, Andrew and her stepmother Abby are said to linger in the house, along with children who roll marbles on the attic floor, victims of a drowning by their mother in the basement well next door. If you’re dying to see the Lizzie Borden House, aim for the anniversary reenactments every August.

[postcardsfromwanderings]

The Arther A Smith covered bridge which crosses the North River in Colrain, Massachusetts

[daysinayear2015]

Day 200: July 18, 2024

Behind the scenes of a day filming at ReFleece. Fall River, MA.

[petnews2day]

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[higheverweave]

If you are autistic from Rhode island or mass self dx ,formal ,late dx ,early dx all welcome

Some Early dxers from RI are making this to welcome new comers to community

Help you figure out accommodations & information you should have

But mainly to provide peer to peer support

[scholarofgloom]

[gbiechele]

Some Fall Color

Yashica Yashinon-DX 50mm f/1.4

Yashica Yashinon-DX 100mm f/2.8

Sony A7

[spookyfoxdreamer]

How McDonald's HAMBURGER MEAT is MADE🍔😨| McDonald's Burger Factory

[unplaces]

Oliver St, Fall River, Massachusetts.