Many scars incorporate all that's scary, that's worrisome, that's painful, that's awful -- reminders of fear and worry of 'what if,' and the hope and prayer of 'what now.' And some scars, many -- from childbirth, to sports, to a personal deep life passion show the beauty of a life well lived, a life of risks, a life of attempting something new.
In a chilling reminder of the fear of sexual violence with which women and girls coexist daily, on 27 May, four Brazilian girls from the state of Piauí climbed a picturesque hill to take a few selfies, and were brutally attacked by a fugitive criminal and four teenage boys.
During this year's Transgender Day of Remembrance vigils, trans people and cisgender allies around the world will read the names of some of the 226 transgender and gender-nonconforming people whose murders this year stand as a stark reminder of the fear and hatred of trans people that still exists in many parts of our global society.
The verdict was a vivid reminder of opposition fears that the hastily drafted charter does not do enough to protect individual freedoms.
For a moment, the crowd was silent, surprised by the sudden reminder of real fears in a town with 25% unemployment..
This in spite of the constant reminder of war, fear-mongering in financial markets and politicians failing to indicate what they would do for the better of the country in favor of mud-slinging.
Orr and Blow's fears aren't unique, but are high-profile reminders of the fear black men and their families have about police interactions.
In his imagination there has been no history of social subjugation, just the residue of tension; no memory of poverty, just the frustrations of unattained wealth; no reminders of the fear and loneliness of life in violent or repressive countries, just the press of migrants and refugees against our own borders.
Aids in New York: The First Five Years, an exhibition opening this week at the New-York Historical Society, is a reminder of the grief, fear and mystery which pervaded the city in 1981-85.
It's an interesting reminder of the atmosphere of fear and anxiety that surrounded HIV and Aids in the 1980s.
"Barrier," from 2011, a low, undulating concrete wall that begins on the exterior of the museum and continues inside the lobby, is a reminder of how contemporary fears and precautions — in this case, of terrorist bombings and attacks — are materialized, invading our inner sanctums.
