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I am not a shadow

All shades of skin deserve respect and visibility.

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Seeking the hoarder in literature

As she strives to deepen her understanding of hoarding, Georgie Evans turns to books. But depictions of hoards and hoarders are few and often sparse, except in one surprising place.

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  • A man frightened by his own shadow. Wood engraving, 18--.
  • Diagrams of shadows, and renderings of architectural elements with shadows. Lithograph by Mackay & Kirkwood, 1860.
  • A skeleton and its shadow. Pen and ink drawing by Joyce Cutler Shaw, 1992.
  • The back of a man sitting by a fire to light his pipe. Etching, 1849, after C. Jacque.
  • Leonidas Avendaño Ureta. Photograph.
  • People eating in the shade beneath a tree; representing June. Etching by G. Perelle, c. 1660.
  • Sunshine (left): a woman with a jug; darkness (right): a witch with time and death. Watercolour by M. Bishop, 1971.
  • Sunshine (left): a woman with a jug; darkness (right): a witch with time and death. Watercolour by M. Bishop, 1971.
  • A boy casting the shadow of an adult, referring to the danger of inherited venereal disease. Colour lithograph after Reginald Mount.
  • A man who has lost use of his limbs by taking a risk. Colour lithograph by R..l (?), 1929.
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