He Sent a Photo of a Torture Device. I Knew What It Meant.
How to Speak When a Dictatorship is Listening
The Message
A friend of mine sent me a picture in reply to news about my move to Texas. No context, just an image: a brutal, medieval torture device called The Breast Ripper, built with spikes and hinges, on display in a museum. The caption: Greetings from Belgium. I googled the thing and found it was used to slowly rip the breasts off of women who dared…
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