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How The Once Enslaved "Stagecoach Mary" Became The Gun-Toting First Black Woman Mail Carrie
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(Feminism)
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... sexual abuse, and other ills. But having an outspoken Black woman around with the potential to negatively influence the Native American girls they were trying to assimilate into Victorian whiteness was ...
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Created on 19 August 2019
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42.
Awkwafina On "The Farewell," Mainstream Asian American Visibility, The Real Nora Lum, And Her Well-Trained Cat: BUST Intervie
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(Entertainment)
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... blocks away from the Charmed set, Awkwafina and I chat on the top level of a Victorian dwelling with a view of downtown Los Angeles as our backdrop. Born Nora Lum, Awkwafina wears a black leather jacket, ...
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Created on 10 August 2019
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43.
Historically, Dieting Has Always Been The Worst
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(Living)
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... was so popular that “banting” became Victorian slang for dieting.
Image from Wellcome Collection
It’s also in the Victorian era that we start to see a real rise of diets being sold as a necessity to ...
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Created on 08 August 2019
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44.
How Victorian Women Kept it Modest While Taking A Dip In Bathing Machines
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(Living)
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During the Victorian era, ladies visiting the public beach couldn’t simply wade out into the water and enjoy an invigorating swim. To protect their modesty, most ladies on a seaside holiday utilized ...
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Created on 06 August 2019
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45.
These 3 Victorian DIY Skincare Products Were Packed With Fruit
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(Living)
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Victorian women didn’t have our knowledge of ultraviolet rays and SPF, but like us, they had a healthy respect for the damage that too much sun could wreak on their complexions. A fair, unblemished ...
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Created on 31 July 2019
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46.
How Victorians Took To The Beach
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(Living)
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... sun.
Much as in the preceding decades, the silhouette of seaside dresses in the early Victorian era stayed relatively close to that of walking dresses. It was not until the 1860s that a definitive “seaside ...
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Created on 24 July 2019
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47.
More Power of Popular Fiction For Thomas Cromwell And Wolf Hall
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(Living)
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Like many lovers of historical fiction, last Sunday night, I tuned in to the Masterpiece Theater premiere of Wolf Hall. In scope and scale, I was not disappointed. The sets were magnificent. The costumes ...
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Created on 17 July 2019
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48.
"Ungovernable" Is Darkly Comical ...
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(Books)
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Ungovernable: The Victorian Parent’s Guide to Raising Flawless Children By Therese Oneill (Little, Brown and Company)
Hey, moms! Did you know that you’ve been feeding your kids too many vegetables? ...
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Created on 15 July 2019
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Victorian Girls Took Their Skin Health Seriously, Check Out These DIY Sun Block Recipes
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(Living)
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Victorian women didn’t have our knowledge of ultraviolet rays and SPF, but like us, they had a healthy respect for the damage that too much sun could wreak on their complexions. A fair, unblemished ...
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Created on 03 July 2019
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50.
Here's What It Once Meant To Dress "Like A Woma
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(Style)
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... also ripe in Victorian England. What we now think of as the a bastion of sexual repression was actually incredibly sex-obsessed (seriously, Victorians LOVED their porn). But, like today, sexuality was ...
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Created on 28 June 2019
