Death and the Maiden, Hans Schwarz c. 1520.

Ophelia, 1880, by Sarah Bernhardt (1844-1923).

When talking about our agendas for the day, I told my 5yo I was a little nervous about a meeting I have today. He said, “Mama, I am nervous all the time. I know what to do.” So friends, here is all the advice he could fit into the drive to school:

Roman-era floor mosaic on Delos depicting Eros riding on dolphins, c. 120–80 BC.

Orcus, Garden of Bomarzo, Italy. Photo by Milton Gendel -miltongendel.com. Orcus was a god of the underworld, punisher of broken oaths in Etruscan and Roman mythology.

The Bronze Age citadel of Mycenae, Peloponnese, Greece.

Please look at this text I just received from my boyfriend and yes you have the same amount of context as I do

Head of Demeter from classical period, 350 BC. Now on display at the Izmir Archaelogy Museum, Turkey.

Milky Way through the ancient Egyptian Karnak pillars.

Abu Simbel, Egypt. Photographer: Thibaud Chosson.

Persian Achaemenid rhyton (drinking vessel or vessel for pouring libations) made of lapis lazuli and gold. 6th-5th century BCE.

Gustav Klimt - Hygieia. Hygieia is a goddess of health (Greek: ὑγίεια - hugieia), cleanliness and hygiene. Her name is the source for the word "hygiene".

One of the oldest libraries in the world, Herculaneum in Rome ancient-origins.net

The sunken city of Heraklion near the coast of Alexandria in Egypt (from the Greek Ptolemaic period).

Why are IVF and abortion tightly linked? IVF came into existence in a Roe world (Roe had been around almost 10 years before the first IVF baby). Roe allowed IVF - and maybe you’ve never thought of this. 1/10

One of my favourite things I ever learned is that women did not start dying in childbirth in high numbers until the 17th century, when male doctors took over from midwives. Midwives prioritised the life of the mother over the child all through the Medieval period 1/