walkingfairytale: Victorian courtship required the knowledge of an elaborate system which included the methods of flirtation with gloves. Fans were used in a similar way. Among other types of symbolic expression, the language of flowers was used to convey messages without words.
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howsaucy: Catherine Opie,Self-Portrait: Pervert1994, chromogenic print, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum 
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