I Procrastinate Far Too Much

Here you will find a smattering of posts I liked and reblogged from Call the Midwife, Anne with an E, Pride and Prejudice or really anything I fancy

[awakeandwondering]

Nuns knees!

[iprocrastinatefartoomuch]

Trixie’s Aunt Should have Doubled her Dress Allowance instead...

Seriously, for such a pricy agency, they could barely find any nice men except the German dude and guy with black hair and a double-breasted suit. Trixie’s aunt should have wisely invested in providing Trixie with a larger dress allowance that way she would had more excuses to get out more often and maybe meet a nice man then. 

Of course as a viewer, I most certainly wouldn’t mind a more extensive wardrobe for Trixie, lol. 

[iprocrastinatefartoomuch]

Nurse Crane on the Trapeze...

I was so excited when Nurse Crane got to live out her dream as a trapeze artists but when she started swinging, I was afraid she was going to fall off the swing.

[shirbertshitposts]

Me to myself: i think I’ve run out of things to say/memes to make about aogg

My last brain cell two seconds later:

[duckflyfly]

the ribbon

The fact that the universe broke up Marilla and John so that Anne and Gilbert can be a possibility

[buffysummers]

No one can be independent of other people completely, so why not give up the attempt, she thought, go running in the other direction, depend on people for everything, allow them to depend on you, why not. She knows he loves her, she doesn’t wonder about what anymore.

[levourdalak]

I’m simply… shimmering… with sin!

[o-daintyduck]

i'm still so surprised that mr. barry just said nothing?? like up until an hour ago he thought that winnie an gilbert were fully engaged but he doesn't even bat an eyelash at shirbert's passion hoW jajdkdl

Mr. Barry is very comical, like the bromance he’s got going on with Gilbert is so funny, I can’t even - He tries so hard to fit in with him like we get it, William! His happiness knows no bound here lmao

The shirbert passion was the highlight for me, tbh I didn’t expect Gilbert to just jump out of the carriage to make out with Anne, Diana didn’t either, she’s like- My Dad is right there, you fools!

And then there’s this guy-

Personally, I think that Mr. Barry saw the passionate PDA but kept quite bc he doesn’t want to freak them out. Lmao He doesn’t want to lose his only real friendship with an 18 yo boy.

[pondnaravit]

[gahdamnpunk]

American Girl stories were the best tbh

[that-catholic-shinobi]

Dude, read the books, she and her mom freed themselves in Book 1. We don’t disrespect American Girl in this house

[allthefandomss]

Don’t you dare disrespect Addy, or any of my girls for that matter. American Girl used to be legit. Good stories, good dolls, good movies.

[smugkoalas]

Felicity’s story was set in the beginnings of the American Revolution, and addressed the conflict that she faced when her loved ones were split between patriots and loyalists. It also covered the effects of animal abuse, and forgiving those who are unforgivable.

Samantha’s stories centered around the growth of industrial America, women’s suffrage, child abuse, and corruption in places of power. Also, it emphasises how dramatically adoption into a caring family can turn a life around.

Kit’s story is one of my favorites. Her family is hit hard by the Great Depression, and they begin taking in boarders and raise chickens to help make ends meet. Her books include themes of poverty, police brutality, homelessness, prejudice, and the importance of unity in difficult times.

Molly’s father, a doctor, is drafted during the Second World War. Throughout her story, friends of hers suffer the loss of their husbands, sons, and brothers overseas. Her mother leaves the traditional housewife position and works full-time to help with the war effort. They also take in an English refugee child, who learns to open up after a life of traumatic experience.

American Girl stories have always featured the very harsh realities of America through the years. But they’re always presented honestly, yet in ways that kids can understand. They just go to show that you don’t have to live in a perfect time to be a real American girl.

[chaos-in-the-making]

Dont you fucking dare disrespect the American Girls in my house. ESPECIALLY Addy!! That was my first REAL contact with the horrors of slavery, as I read about her father being whipped and sold and her mother escaping with her to freedom, but also how freedom was still a struggle.

A slave doll. Please. Read the books.

[ironwoman359]

Don’t forget Kirsten, the Swedish immigrant who had to deal with balancing her own culture and learning the english language and customs of her classmates, or Kaya (full name Kaya'aton'my, or She Who Arranges Rocks) , the brave but careless girl from the Nez Perce tribe, or Josefina, the Mexican girl learning to be a healer.

And then there are the later dolls, that kids younger than me would have grown up with (I was just outgrowing American Girl as these came out), like Rebecca, the Jewish girl who dreams of becoming an actress in the budding film industry, or  Julie, who fights against her school’s gender policy surrounding sports in the 70s, or  Nanea, the Hawaiian girl whose father worked at Pearl Harbor.

These books, these characters, are fantastic pictures into life for girls in America throughout the years, they pull no punches with the horrors that these girls had to face in their different time periods, and in many cases I learned more history from these series than social studies at school. And that’s without even mentioning the “girl of the year” series where characters are created in the modern world to help girls deal with issues like friend problems, moving, or bullying. We do NOT disrespect American Girl in this house.

[razzleberryjam]

American Girl is probably going to be the only exposure young girls are going to get to history from a female perspective. This is actually kind of important considering that in history classes we dont really get that exposure. We dont hear about what women felt and endured during these time periods cause schools are too busy teaching us about what happened from the male perspective, which is not unimportant, but we need both. Girls need both.

[star-linedsoul]

These books were such a crucial part of my childhood and shaped my love of history, which still ensures today. These books can be a young girl’s first lessons in diversity and cultural awareness (hopefully burying that insensitive “we’re all Americans” tripe) and looking at history from more perspectives than just that taught in school. They also are an example of how women have ALWAYS been part of history, which some people would rather us not believe.

I think Kit and Kaya were the newest American Girls when I started “aging out” of the books, but hearing about some of these kinda makes me want to revisit them!

[breezeinmonochromenight]

I wasn’t gonna say anything, but you know what?

Nah.

OP (of the tweet thread) was either a actively trying to start shit or is just a huge fucking moron. Probably both.

I’d like to point out that the company that makes American Girl dolls actually doesn’t skimp when doing their research and they don’t make the dolls with the intent to be offensive in any way:

[supreme-leader-stoat]

On this blog we respect American girls. My little sister always had ‘em growing up, and those stories were amazing.

[dailynormalpeople-deactivated20]

I’m sorry. It’s okay. I’m okay.

[mchellesvanity]

[maggieoconnell]

Why’d you never say any of this to me before? The whole time we were together, why did you never tell me any of this? I don’t know.

[one-funky-bisexual]

OK BUT ALSO as a tennis fan i was utterly BAMBOOZLED by john mcenroe narrating the story of a teenage indian-american high school girl wanting a boyfriend and to lose her virginity like HOW DO THOSE TWO THINGS CONNECT yet HOW DOES IT WORK SO WELL?

[presleb-von-franemana]

It is a truth universally acknowlegded, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.

[tall-butt]

brooklyn nine-nine season 7 had an oracle in their writers’ room

[leslieknope2k44]

a crash crash course on the golden age of hollywood

to state the obvious, this is not meant to be a be all end all guide. it’s just a start for people who wanna know more about some of the essentials of the era. there’s plenty of people and movies i didn’t include but at least now you can listen to vogue and understand all the references.