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11 Winter Cottagecore Must-Haves That Are a Breath of Fresh Air
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(Style)
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... $119, modcloth.com 7. Trees Design Arm Warmers, $30, fleecycloud.etsy.com 8. Floriography: An Illustrated Guide to the Victorian Language of Flowers, $19.99, barnesandnoble.com 9. Moulin Roty ...
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Created on 17 December 2020
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How One Woman Changed The Video Game World Forever
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(Entertainment)
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... VICTORIAN HOUSE. STONE STEPS LEAD UP TO A WIDE PORCH.
————— ENTER COMMAND?
Two simple sentences and a cursor, blinking like a heartbeat, awaiting your command. To most, it might read like the beginning ...
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Created on 09 October 2020
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10 Feminist Horror Flicks To Watch This Summer
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(Movies)
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... on this list. Its style recalls 1960s pulp fiction novels and pays tribute to the Technicolor thrillers of the 1970s. Elaine, a beautiful young witch who fittingly lives in a Victorian-style home in Northern ...
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Created on 26 June 2020
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What Florence Nightingale Can Still Teach Us 200 Years After
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(Feminism)
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... the idea. They were a wealthy Victorian family, so Florence was to marry well. Thankfully, her aspirations extended beyond that and she became a nurse. After working for some time in London, she was put ...
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Created on 12 May 2020
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Why Some Women Choose To Pay For Sex
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(Sex)
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In Australia, where sex work is (mostly) legal, women are paying to get laid and loving it
For a sex researcher like me, Australia is a great place to conduct studies because sex work here is mostly ...
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Created on 17 April 2020
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Author Rachel Vorona Cote On "Muchness," Femininity, And Her New Book: BUST Intervie
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(Books)
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When I read Too Much: How Victorian Constraints Still Bind Women Today, I knew I had to interview Rachel Vorona Cote. Cote outlines the book with personal anecdotes from throughout her life and analyzes ...
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Created on 27 February 2020
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Decriminalizing Sex Work is Dividing America's Largest Feminist Group, NO
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(Sex)
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An issue regarding decriminalizing sex work has divided members of the National Organization for Women. Toni Van Pelt, the president of NOW, reignited the long-debated issue after testifying in front ...
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Created on 11 February 2020
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8.
‘The Lodge’ Leaves the Audience in Frozen Fear
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(Movies)
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... back to haunt Riley Keough? (4/5)
Header image courtesy of NEON
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“The Turning” Is A Let Down In ’90S Grunge Retelling Of Victorian Classic
In "The Assistant," The Horror Is ...
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Created on 10 February 2020
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4 Must-See Films About Women From Sundance That Are Sure To Make An Impact
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(Movies)
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Attending the Sundance Film Festival is a great way to check out what’s going to be relevant for the coming year. This trip I watched twelve films in four days. Sounds like a lot, but with 118 feature ...
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Created on 04 February 2020
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"Gretel and Hansel" Star Sophia Lillis Talks Hollywood, Feminism, And Playing Kickass Characters: BUST Interview ...
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(Movies)
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... and a new, interesting industry.
Top photo via Patrick Redmond / Orion Pictures
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“The Turning” is a Let Down in ’90s Grunge Retelling of Victorian Classic
The Long-Lasting Magic ...
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Created on 29 January 2020
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Let Them Sit On Cake: Professional Cake Sitter Lindsay Dye On Art, Camming, And The Decriminalization of Sex Work
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(Arts)
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Lindsay Dye is a multimedia artist, performer, and cam girl who studied photography at the Pratt Institute. It was there, Dye says, that she first discovered a budding interest in camming and cam culture. ...
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Created on 06 December 2019
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12.
It's Fluevog Season — Celebrate With This New Boo
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(Style)
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... in his hometown of Vancouver. One of the first designs Fluevog made for their shoe store harkened back to the Victorian-era with a bold buckle tea-strap loafer. Even back then, the shoe was cutting edge ...
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Created on 15 November 2019
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How A Proper Introduction Could Make Or Break A Reputation In Victorian Society
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(Living)
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Today, introducing one stranger to another at a social or business gathering is simply polite behavior. But in the Victorian era, an introduction was a thing of infinite value. It was a voucher. A guarantee ...
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Created on 30 October 2019
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14.
How Victorians Cared For Their Furry Friends
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(Living)
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... Herring, 1839.
This article originally appeared on MiMiMatthews.comMatthews.com and is reprinted here with permission.
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These Victorian Blues Were Guaranteed To Brighten Up ...
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Created on 23 October 2019
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How Overzealous Research Landed A Cross-Dressing Victorian Writer In Jail
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(Feminism)
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... author doing research? It appears that he may have been. Luke Limner was, in fact, the pen name of John Leighton, a Victorian artist and book cover designer who, in 1891, would have been 69-years-old. ...
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Created on 09 October 2019
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These Victorian Blues Were Guaranteed To Brighten Up Any 19th Century Room
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(Style)
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... some of the loveliest examples of the color blue in Victorian fashion.
*Please note: Deep blues were generally achieved with aniline dye. Invented in 1856, aniline dye produced a wider range of color ...
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Created on 02 October 2019
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17.
This 19th Century Empress's Beauty Routine Was Simply Too Muc
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(Feminism)
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Born in Munich on December 24, 1837, Her Royal Highness Duchess Elisabeth Amalie Eugenie became Empress of Austria when she married Emperor Franz Joseph at the age of sixteen. Though now widely acknowledged ...
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Created on 25 September 2019
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These 19th Century Sporting Cats Put Dogs To Shame
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(Living)
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When one thinks of a 19th century shooting party, one usually imagines well-to-do sportsmen in plus-fours and tweed caps, accompanied by their loaders, their beaters, and—of course—their sporting dogs. ...
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Created on 18 September 2019
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Before Flash Or Ring Lights Existed These 19th Century Ladies Swore By This Lighting
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(Living)
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The gas-lit ballrooms of the mid- to late nineteenth century weren’t as flattering to some colors as they were to others. For example, the 1897 edition of Hill’s Manual of Social and Business Forms ...
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Created on 10 September 2019
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Week Of Women: August 30 - September 5, 2019
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(Entertainment)
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... series tackles xenophobia, religion, immigration, and more in a surreal, Victorian world. Streaming August 30 on Amazon Prime, and make sure to read our coverage on the series from San Diego Comic-Con. ...
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Created on 29 August 2019