emily dickinson

Emily Dickinson was a woman far ahead of her time. So much so that when her poetry was published posthumously, many of them were highly edited and even entire stanzas were pulled out for being too dark or too disturbing for a female writer.
Sadly, that is not where editing ended. Below is one of the few proven photographs of the great writer.

After her death, her photo was doctored over and over again to give her a more feminine look with curled hair, a lace dress, and a smile playing on her lips.

Guess which one shows up on the Kindle?

Every time it shows up on my screen, I have to slide and release to open it to log out again just so she won't stare at me through those soulless eyes of a woman who never existed.

Just stop.




much love,
hedgie