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13 Celebs Who Understood The Assignment This Halloween
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(Entertainment)
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... that give Morticia’s traditional Victorian style an edgy, modern twist. With bright red lips and a rose in hand, Cardi transformed Morticia into the hottest mom in our world and the underworld. Gomez Addams ...
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Created on 01 November 2021
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UPDATE: This Jingle Dress Museum Exhibit Explores The History Of The Native Garment While Bringing Attention To The Missing And Murdered Indigenous Women Movement
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(Arts)
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Historic art forms and stories are on full display at the Turtle Bay Exploration Park. A new addition to the museum is an exhibit on the Jingle Dress, a traditional Native garment typically worn during ...
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Created on 10 June 2021
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Kara Walker Helped Define An Entire Generation Of Black Creators—Now, Her Artwork Is On Full Display For The First Time
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(Arts)
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... a humble art form. “I searched for a form that had a historical effect and found the Victorian romance with all its detachment and cleanliness, a form which—flat as it is—also appears as if it were impossible ...
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Created on 26 May 2021
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Rollerskating is Back! And Skate Queen Lola Star is Here to Share All Her Tips to Get You Started
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(Living)
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... Rhode Island in 1866, and started marketing skating as a wholesome activity Victorian-era men and women could do together. The fad reached a peak in the 1940s during WWII when it served as an escape from ...
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Created on 05 May 2021
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The Impossible Task of Keeping Up With The Kardashians' "Perfect" Beauty and Body Standard
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(Living)
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... harmful and unrealistic beauty standards” (via People).
Unrealistic beauty standards are nothing new: from the corsets of the Victorian era to the pancake powder, pin-curls, and beauty manuals of the ...
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Created on 13 April 2021
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Hair Art: The Morbid Trend That Dominated the Victorian Era
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(Living)
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... so the trend became a popular parlor craft among middle-class white women of the Victorian era. According to Artsy, strands of hair were braided into bracelets, molded into loops to create floral patterns, ...
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Created on 05 April 2021
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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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12.
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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14.
‘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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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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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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Created on 23 October 2019
