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[wolfenly]

francis abernathy

[auriferis929]

[thoodleoo]

sorry im late, i started thinking about history and the bittersweet beauty of the fact that people from thousands of years ago are so similar to people today and i had to lie down on the floor for a while

[nellygwyn]

Btw, if anyone wants like….Sources on sex work in the long 18th century, I’ve done masterposts of the books I’ve read over the years I’ve studied this topic here.

I also did two posts on the ‘real women’ of Harlots a.k.a. real Georgian era sex workers whose lives inspired or are similar to Harlots characters. Part 1 and Part 2!

[nellygwyn]

Oh, and also re: the Dead Hooker trope and how it doesn’t reflect reality….I did a post when the infamous Harlots episode aired listing all the examples of notable sex workers of the 18th century NOT dying violently here

[nellygwyn]

LASTLY, I did my MA degree in 18th century history and my best paper (and also, out of my entire class for the entire MA degree, the paper that got the highest grade) was about portrayals of luxury in prostitution narratives of the 18th century, specifically the Memoirs of Sophia Baddeley. I uploaded it for anyone to read here.

[tears-of-an-artist]

J.C. Leyendecker (1874-1951), american illustrator.

[shewhoworshipscarlin]

Ballgown, 1858.

[patrickjane]

‘what could i say? how close am i to losing you? tonight’

[tiktokstowatch]

[simonalkenmayer]

...

No...

I thought I could figure out the referent, but no. I can’t. Which murdered British boys? Someone go back and ask that elderly neighbor or I’ll never be able to sleep again.

[starkie-md]

King Edward V of England and Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York! They were murdered by their uncle!

[countess--olenska]

Three women in Marshall, Texas c. 1899

Photographed by Gabriele Munter

[felderwin]

best scene in hamlet is the one where hamlet is like “well i cant kill claudius NOW!! he’s praying!! his soul has just been cleaned so he’ll just go to heaven and not hell like he deserves >:(”

and cut to claudius “i forgot how to pray!1FUCK!!!!! FUCK!!!!! I dont know how to pray!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”

[evening-primroses]

in honour of james' birthday, the quote that will haunt me till I die and will probably continue to do so afterwards

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[hellomelancholic]

me writing serious literary analysis

[leztat-deactivated20230701]

You’re my catastrophe, my doom. Everyone says so, even me.

WILDE (1997) dir. Brian Gilbert

[mauriacs]

mr darcy lived in derbyshire so he sounds like. lizzeh. ah lov yew moost ahhdentleh

[quasarkisses]

wait the places in pride and prejudice are real?

[metapianycist]

england is indeed real

[kipplekipple]

Crying

[cosmog]

fucked up if true </3

[flaneuserie]

MOT DU JOUR (Click photo to enlarge.)

douillet

/ dujɛ / adjective

1. cozy 2. (of a person) [pejorative] soft

un appartement douillet // a cozy apartment un petit lit douillet // a small, cozy bed je suis très douillette // i’m a real softie du coton douillet // cozy cotton

see also: confortable, doux, moelleux

[jewfrogs]

frankenstein is about self loathing and recognition through the Other. it’s about the original sin. it’s about what we owe to our creations and each other. it’s about internalized homophobia and the monstrosity of a man desiring another man. it’s about Romance. it’s about romance. it’s about playing god. it’s about being transgender. it’s about the absent fathergod. it’s about society. it’s about unethical medical experiments. it’s about gay college dropouts. it’s about a big nasty monster dude who is, and i cannot stress this enough, spooky

[lolita-wardrobe]

A Timeline of Women’s Fashion from 1784-1970 (source: http://kottke.org/17/07/a-timeline-of-womens-fashion-from-1784-1970)

[thehistoricalseamstress]

such a useful reference to see the transition of styles 

[chromnur]

@writingtipsandtricks

[carpe-mamilia]

#i am simply asking if we can do massive fuck-off skirts again