Because I like not spoiling things for myself and hearing all of the updates from slayyyter herself I wish I didn’t open twitter until my lunch break at work tonight 😭😭😭 Imagine the gag of hearing it on seth meyers + opening twt and seeing the tweet from HER
Awww… You touched the surface of a thing, and finding no resistance there, mistook contact for penetration. How sweetly little you required of reality before declaring yourself inside it…
Between the 1500s and 1700s, women in Britain, Germany, and Scotland were punished with the Scold’s Bridle a cruel iron mask that locked around their head, pressed down or pierced their tongue, and forced them into public humiliation. Women labeled as “too talkative” or “disrespectful” were chained, paraded through the streets, and ridiculed.
This wasn’t just about keeping someone quiet—it was a tool of patriarchal control, designed to punish women who dared to speak, stand up, or defy male authority. Some masks even had bells so everyone could hear their arrival, turning their suffering into a spectacle. Today, surviving bridles in museums remind us how far societies went to silence women and why fighting misogyny and patriarchal control is still necessary.