Judith beheading Holofernes (details) by Cristofano Allori, Giorgione, Massimo Stanzione, Lucas Cranach the Elder, Gustav Klimt, Artemisia Gentileschi and Peter Paul Rubens.
those posts like ‘how to be a real life angel’ that tell you to douse yourself in chanel perfume and only use dior makeup and dress in silks and satins, promote the most absurd level of self-obsession and materialism and are complete and utter bullshit, just fyi. if you want to be angelic or fairy-like or whatever, you don’t need to be able to afford givenchy and spend entire days at a time in spa treatments. be kind, open your bedroom windows to let in the fresh air, every once in a while sleep with the curtains open so you can see the stars at night, pick wildflowers on your way home and stick them in a glass on your desk, maybe give the money you were going to use to buy yourself a coffee to someone you walk past who needs it more than you do. being ethereal comes from within. you don’t need to eat macarons while having a manicure to feel so. really.
ii. A jock who looks like they Do Not Belong but is somehow better than everyone else?
iii. Royals, most likely English. Need to know something about Queen Victoria? They have it covered, probably have a powerpoint ready
iv. Has read every single history book there is to read. Ready to fight all the professors with their strangely extensive knowledge on Literally Everything
v. Has read no books but is still ready to fight the professors on everything, half the class facepalms when they raise their hand
vi. Obsessed with latin and the classics, finds a way to make some connection to Ancient Rome even when talking about World War I
vii. Studies The Gays™ , ready to mention one whenever a topic comes even close to one
viii. Knows all the dates but can not remember names for the life of them
ix. Knows all the names but can not remember dates even if their life depended on it
x. That person who is just a little too into Machiavelli
xi. Already knows exactly what event/person they want to research for the rest of their life, has absolutely no interest in courses that don’t relate to that topic
xii. Could not care less about practical topics, only interested in things like pirates and witchcraft
xiii. Didn’t know what they wanted to do with life and picked history because “it gives you the tools for many different things”
xiv. “We should all just be communists” and “Marx seriously had some good ideas”
xv. Does archery, medieval sword fighting and medieval fairs in their free time, super crafty but can also actually kill you
We are always reading for the first time. For instance, you have been occupying half my mind today, so when I read a part of me is oriented towards you and a part of me is oriented towards the text at hand. This “colors” the text, shades my reading of it so that at the word love (or surprise or wonder) you spring to my mind. My reading is interrupted. I am distracted.
Slow reading isn’t always about slowness. Sometimes it’s about diving into the text and then coming up for air. Looking out the window. Going for a walk. And then returning to the text anew. All of this is part of reading.
lolita fashion (NOT to be confused with loli/lolita cp) is so cute I just wish it were named something else
lmao then call it something else because there’s a reason it’s called lolita and they aren’t at all using it because of cute fashion.
The name Lolita has nothing to do with pedophillia. It was chosen by Japanese designers in the 70’s because it sounded old fashion and European so it fit the style. Due to a language barrier they did not know what connotations it had outside of Japan
The Lolita fashion community is very anti pedophillia, please do not try to say that we are fetishists for using the terminology our community has used since the 70s it is not our fault
Lolita fashion was intended to be intentionally childish, but not because it would be sexual to pedophiles. The original lolita fashion movement was a symbol of rebellion, of girls reclaiming their sexuality from a society that told them to dress formally at all times to find a husband.
These girls created fashion based around a little girl’s idea of fancy. It wasn’t good looking to men, but the women who wore it loved it, and that was the entire point.
Lolita fashion is basically the Flapper movement of Japan (which, for those who don’t know, was also a movement of young women defying traditional gender roles by dressing in ways they found fun instead of in ways that were deemed appropriate).
“I was fascinated by strangers, wanted to know what food they ate and what dishes they ate it from, what movies they watched and what music they listened to, wanted to look under their beds and in their secret drawers and night tables and inside the pockets of their coats.”
i lose it every time i see ppl say “i know this doesn’t fit my blog but-” lmao imagine only having a small set of interests and running a consistent blog
fuckin nerds: hello, welcome to my blog!! i just post about sailor moon and cute aesthetic things :)
me, an intellectual: this is the Tomfuckery Corner™️, i either go here to scream about my ultimate hyperfixation of the day, rant about the american government, or casually have a breakdown. which one will it be this time? who knows???? regardless, it’ll be at the expense of my followers’ enjoyment
