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1. Tori Amos Talks Fairies, Feminism, And Fighting For Her Musical Future On BUST’s “Poptarts” Podcast: (Poptarts); Tori Amos is a virtuoso musician whose searingly honest, wildly creative, piano-forward pop music changed the entire recording industry forever. She had her breakthrough moment in 1992 with the ...; Created on 25 December 2021
2. Over a Century Ago, Two Young Girls Pulled a Prank That Got Way Out of Hand—And Convinced The World that Fairies Really Exist: (Arts); "Fairies Offering Flowers to Iris," 1920, modeled by Elsie Wright and taken by Frances Griffiths. Credit: The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum, London Once upon a time, two girls played a prank ...; Created on 16 December 2021
3. 4 Witchy Books to Look Out For This Spring: (Books); With spring in full bloom and the summer sabbats just around the corner, it feels like the perfect time to microdose some magic and dig into a few witchy reads. Whether you’re looking to further your ...; Created on 22 April 2021
4. The Women Of "Sesame Street" Share Their Behind-The-Scenes Storie: (TV); ... room. Abby’s character is the most recent addition, and is a good representation of Sesame’s current thinking. She is meant to represent someone from a different culture—in this case, the world of fairies ...; Created on 17 July 2020
5. British Death Omens, From Magpies To Corpse Candles: (Entertainment); ... them with doubles, which became sickly and died within days. This explanation meant parents could hold onto the belief their children were alive with the fairies somewhere. Dante Rossetti's doppelganger ...; Created on 26 November 2018
6. Victorians Wore These Elaborate Costumes To Fancy Dress Balls: (Living); ... as those worn by the Countess of Warwick. In addition to dressing as seasons such as winter, spring, and autumn, ladies expressed their creativity by dressing as fairies, comets, and butterflies. Some ...; Created on 17 October 2018
7. The Strange But True Story Of A Dog Arrested For Theft: (General); ... Behind Tommie, Victorian Mystery Writer Wilkie Collins' Beloved Scottish Terrier The Fascinating 1840 Case Of The Woman Hired To Be A Dog's Nursemaid In The 18th Century, Doggos Were Considered Fairies ...; Created on 07 August 2018
8. Erykah Badu On Aging, Motherhood, And Living "One Breath At A Time: (Music); ... have two girls, also, who are 13 and 9, so we’re all in different periods in our lives. Mars, my youngest, is leaving this magical phase where she was so willing to believe in anything that was good—fairies, ...; Created on 20 July 2018
9. The Story Behind Tommie, Victorian Mystery Writer Wilkie Collins' Beloved Scottish Terrier: (Books); “…there are periods in a man’s life when he finds the society that walks on four feet a welcome relief from the society that walks on two.” The Fallen Leaves, 1879. Victorian author Wilkie Collins is ...; Created on 03 July 2018
10. Isobel Gowdie Was Tried As A Witch In 1662—And Her Testimony Is Fascinatingly Proto-Feminist: (Feminism); ... enchanted horses, fraternising with fairies, participating in diabolical orgies, and casting perilous spells on notable members of the local community. Over the centuries, various theories have been ...; Created on 08 June 2018
11. Victorian Advice On Breaking A Betrothal The Polite Way: (Living); ... with permission. top photo via MaxPixel More from BUST In The 18th Century, Doggos Were Considered Fairies And Healers What Did Jane Austen's And Charlotte Brontë's Obituraries Look Like? The "Queer ...; Created on 16 May 2018
12. In The 18th Century, Doggos Were Considered Fairies and Healers: (Living); ... farmer declared “surely, these are the gifts of the fairy folk.” He went on to explain to his children that corgis—also known as “fairy heelers”—were kept by the fairies in the manner of livestock and ...; Created on 24 April 2018
13. When Mermaid Sightings Were Treated As Fact: (Living); ... this sort—while certainly disappointing—did little to dim the nineteenth century public’s fascination with mermaids. In her book Strange and Secret Peoples: Fairies and Victorian Consciousness, Carole ...; Created on 04 April 2018
14. Victorians Partied Hard On Halloween: (Living); ... surrounded by a number of fairies carrying long spears, the car containing the effigy of a witch. A circle having been formed by the torchbearers, the presiding elf tossed the figure of the witch into ...; Created on 24 October 2017
15. Winter 2022: (Magazine); ... comedy to podcasts to TV shows to books—Phoebe Robinson is a pop-culture powerhouse! By Jamia Wilson The Fairies’ Tale In 1917, two girls in the English town of Cottingley snapped photos that prominent ...; Created on 01 February 2017
16. Leonora Carrington Is The Groundbreaking Surrealist Artist You've Never Heard O: (Arts); ... upon by an Irish nanny. Carrington’s mother and grandmother were also Irish, and the folktales the three women told—of ghosts, fairies, and magic—helped form the artist’s iconography. Carrington began ...; Created on 23 January 2017
17. 12 Magical Drawings Of Curvy Mythical Creatures To Make Your Day: (Arts); ... In his "pinups" series, Blake Eason, a mixed-media artist, challenges our perceptions of beauty by creating glamorous and seductive mermaids and fairies. Eason discussed his artistic inspiration with ...; Created on 19 September 2016
18. How To Have A Feminist Wedding: The Complete Guide: (Feminism); ... SELECTE BUTTONED WORK LONG SLEEVE BLAZER, $68; SELECTE BLACK COTTON-BLEND PLAIN SIMPLE SKINNY LEG PANTS, $46, STYLEWE.COM FLEURS OF ACTION SNEAKER, $69.99, MODCLOTH.COM FAIRIES IN A JAR, £89.99, IRREGULARCHOICE.COM ...; Created on 08 August 2016
19. How to Pull Off A Simple, Delicious New Year’s Eve Dinner: (General); ... gourmet feast as if fairies snuck in and did all the cooking? Well, it’s entirely possible that either fairies or the nearest gourmet take-out joint did the work; after all, everyone gets frazzled when ...; Created on 27 December 2014
20. Photographer Captures Your Most Precious Girlhood Dreams: (Arts); ... of beauty our adult culture embraces, she photographs her imagined fairies and then preserves them in tiny shrines, also photographed. Her imagery is evocative of everything from precious Haitian Vodun ...; Created on 04 December 2013

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