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kaiho-sha

Keep my memories for me.

#looking so peaceful and happy #lightning farron #final fantasy #final fantasy 13 #gif

saltycatfish

#catlike eyes #squall leonhart #final fantasy #final fantasy 8

eudaemaniacal

this is from a real diary by a 13-year-old girl in 1870. teenage girls are awesome and they’ve always been that way.

rhube

Read this - oh my goodness, this girl was wonderful.

lrlamauthor

Where can I read this in full?

caitiesith

It’s from Real American Girls Tell Their Own Stories, and that particular section is by Martha Carey Thomas who grew up to be a suffragist, linguist and renowned educator, as well as a badass lesbian.

pusheen-the-radical

I really truly love historical sources like this, because they are absolutely invaluable in tackling the meninist argument that womens these days have gotten all uppity and forgotten their god-assigned role of being the good-lady-woman (bangmaid). that whole rhetoric lies on the (false) assertion that some magic, golden period of the past exists in which women enjoyed their oppression, or, better yet, were unaware that they were oppressed at all, and the ‘natural state’ of things (patriarchy) functioned harmoniously.

we need more accounts like this that show rhat women have always been People and have always been aware that how they’re treated is unfair and wrong. women have always craved freedom, intellectual fulfillment, the right to self-determination; we have never been ok with just being mindless servants.

#martha's just at the right age to be a New Woman in a few years #she hints towards a prevalent nineteenth century (i don't know if it was cropping up earlier) belief #that if you allowed girls to study too much it was detrimental to their health and made them ~*unwomanly*~#no seriously they felt if a woman's body was funneling too many resources to her brain #then along with her getting cranky and anxious (and full of ideas and thinking -- gaston)#things like her reproductive system wouldn't get sufficient energy #somehow this wasn't a problem for men even though men tend to be quite involved in the whole reproductive process #it undoubtedly travels all the way back to greek humors theory about how women were cold passive beings full of phlegm #charming no?#femininity #misogyny #sexism #martha carey thomas #reading #sounds like a good book to check out

duel-of-the-dolls

Tournament of the Tonner Dolls: Evangeline Ghastly (Round 1)

Which doll is the best?

Bright Moon

Dark Innocence

Remaining time: 1 day 2 hours

#bright moon looks like an eccentric goth scientist #doll #tonner

serendipity-books

Shimmeree

#shimmeree #pegasus #robin james #serendipity

gogandmagog

👒🥕✨A really cute Anne x Gilbert webcomic.✨🥕👒

firstgradecrushes

This artist had them KISS during the Lady of Shalott scene and it’s so 😍😍😍😍

#very pretty style #anne shirley #gilbert blythe #anne of green gables #lm montgomery

nyc-looks

Britt, 33

“I’m inspired by my spiritual self. I envision what the version of myself that embodies the energy I want to create and nurture and I see her kind of floating above me, close enough to reach. My style is a way to connect and rise into that version of me. Now I’m wearing a vintage lace duster and silk Billy Reid pants with vintage pointed toe kitten heels and custom lock necklace by me Brittish Studio.”

May 18, 2026 ∙ Bushwick

#love the duster #fashion #shirt #ensemble