Corsets + Lace

Fashion, art, history 22| Ace | Gender fluid

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The stage lost a fine actor, even as science lost an acute reasoner, when Holmes became a specialist in crime. — A Scandal in Bohemia

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Peter Joseph on structural violence, from this video.

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[allthingswhumpyandangsty]

"If you use em dash in your works, it makes them look AI generated. No real human uses em dash."

Imaging thinking actual human writers are Not Real because they use... professional writing in their works.

Imagine thinking millions of people who have been using em dash way before AI becomes a thing are all robots.

REBLOG IF YOU'RE A HUMAN AND YOU USE EM DASH

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Al Jolson visits Charlie Chaplin on the set of A Day’s Pleasure, 1919.

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earrings and brooch of pearl, gold, and diamond. united states c. 1836-50.

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sorry i was researching the author of a victorian book about raising children and now i'm fascinated by her. clear my schedule we're talking about lydia maria child.

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"show a baby nice things" got it

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wuh. hbuh.

[marzipanandminutiae]

Child was an absolutely fascinating woman. An abolitionist and women's rights advocate, she was also critical of organized religion despite being nominally Christian as many of her time and place were. She published a novel that was scandalous for centering around an interracial marriage between a white woman and a Native man, became well known for a series of household guides specifically at poor women, had a fairly egalitarian marriage with her husband David, and also wrote the poem "over the river and through the woods" about her grandparents' house in Medford, Massachusetts

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The Richmond Independent, August 24, 1942

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James Pattison Cockburn (1779-1847), Tapestry-hung Room in Gothic Mansion, undated, watercolor and white gouache.

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Portrait of a young woman with her hair pulled back, wearing suit coat, vest and turned down collar with small bow tie. Printed on photo back: "Revenaugh & Co. successor to Geo. C. Gillett, photographic & art studio, Kelley's Block, East Huron St., Ann Arbor, Mich., negatives preserved, old pictures enlarged to any size desired, and finished in ink, oil or watercolors in a superior manner."

Burton Historical Collection, Detroit Public Library

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A sailor's sweetheart needlework panel, early 19th century, possibly depicting HMS Rainbow, a British Royal Navy 28 gun frigate, which was launched 1823 , size: 5cm

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Butterfly Watch, unknown maker, Switzerland, ca. 1850

Met Museum New York

Provenance: Bequest of Laura Frances Hearn, 1917

2 5/8 x 1 ¼ in. (6.7 x 3.2 cm)

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Arthur Rothstein, Cowboys, Montana, 1939

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In 1850, a farmer found a secret village. It was later determined to be older than the Great Pyramids of Egypt. Archeologists estimated that 100 people lived in this village named Skara Brae, the "Scottish Pompeii." The houses were connected to each other by tunnels, and each house could be closed off with a stone door.

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One of my absolute favorite artifacts, the Skara Brae Buddo is from here!

This super cute figurine is from aprox. 2900–2400 BC, and one of the handful known figurines from the British Neolithic.

The figurine got its name when it was rediscovered in 2016: “Buddo” is an Orcadian word, a term of endearment and isn’t gender-specific. In the Neolithic most human figurines represented the feminine, often believed to be the goddesses of fertility and/or beauty, so this figurine is quite unique as it doesn’t have gendered features!

There’s a hole on each side, so it’s most likely that it was suspended (inside the home or as some kind of body ornament).

Its purpose is widely argued, some beleive the figurine to be a child’s toy, but it easily could’ve been an ‘idol’ or ‘fetish’ (= meaning it had a ritualistic and religious role).

Source for my summary:

Orcadian Collections - the Skara Brae Buddo | Orkney.com

In the first of a new feature, we explore some of the incredible artefacts that can be found in museums, archives and heritage centres acros

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Crandall New Model typewriter, 1886.

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Tapestry, 1650-1700, Flanders.