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Candice Holdorf
October 6, 2015
Poetry

Magdalene: A Haiku

Candice Holdorf
October 6, 2015
Poetry

Mary Magdalene in the Cave, Hugues Merle (1868)

Mom, who would we be

If they had not shamed us all

Out of History?

Tagged: Mary Magdalene, Whore, Feminism, Sexuality, Bible, Jesus Christ

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