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MALEFICENT: MISTRESS OF EVIL (2019) dir. by Joachim Rønning

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The king has done what he should not. He has married from another house, and a commoner at that. There are many who will be cursing our luck and wishing us to fall. 

(The White Queen, 2013)

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I saw what you did Starz

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PLEASE HELP ME AND MY FAMILY

Few months ago I started asking for donations because my sister’s husband left with another woman and has move to another country. We didn’t know where excacly. He doesn’t pay for anything, he doesn’t send any money. He is a piece of shit. He was homophobic towards me, he cheated on her when she was pregnant. He was controlling and jealous of everything. But my sister stayed with him because of the child.

Also she had to leave the place they live for the last 9 years because it was bought by his parents and they told her to move out. They never liked her and us because my family is poor.

She is back now in our parents home where I sill live too. There’s only two small rooms in the house, kitchen and one bathroom. All of this for 5 people now. They sleep on the floor in my bedrooom.

Also a two months ago my sister had a car accident and her car was completely trash. And she needs one because we live 5km from school and there’s no bus on my street or the next one.

For the last couple of months we raised 843$. It goes for bills, school payments and supplies and meds.

My sister is really depressed now and we need to help her with everything. She started taking antidepressands. They are not cheap and she still doesn’t work. So I ask you to help us a little more, maybe a month or two. You can find the rest information here.

Also we all are strugling so much. We only have my father’s pension. that’s 1300zl for five people for the entire month. My health is not letting me work right now. I have asthma attacks almost every day. and I may have SM like my mom. Right now i don’t have money to buy meds. I’m 2 months behind with my bills.This is all the money I have:

I don’t know what to do. All my meds:

Please if you can spare even a dollar, it would be amazing. Paypal: monicakil@mail.com OR gogetfunding

UPDATE ON MARCH 22:  I’M BEHIND WITH MY PHONE BILL FOR MONTHS AND IN THE LAST FEW DAYS THEY KEEP CALLING ME AND SENDING ME TEXTS AND I CAN’T ASK FOR MORE TIME TO PAY BECAUSE I USED IT ALREADY. HERE’S HOW MUCH I NEED TO PAY:

291,89zł IS AROUND 80$. I NEED AT LEAST THAT MUCH REALLY REALLY FAST. PLEASE IF YOU CAN HELP, EVEN A LITTLE BIT IT WOULD BE SOMETHING FOR ME.I ALREADY PAID FOR BILLS FROM THREE MONTHS AGO THANKS TO YOU. YOU ARE ALL AMAZING.

Paypal: monicakil@mail.com OR gogetfunding

UPDATE ON MONDAY APRIL 15: IF I NOT PAY TO NEXT MONDAY (APRIL 1ST) THEY WILL CUT OFF MY PHONE AND I HAD TO PAY EVER MORE. I STILL NEED AT LEAST 100$. PLEASE PLEASE HELP IF YOU CAN.

Paypal: monicakil@mail.com OR gogetfunding

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Gustaf Tenggren illustrations for Walt Disney’s adaptation of the Brothers Grimm tale Snow White (RKO Radio Pictures), c. 1937.

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Famed is thy beauty, Majesty. But hold, a lovely maid I see. Rags cannot hide her gentle grace. Alas, she is more fair than thee. Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs (1937)

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gif request: Kösem and Turhan 2x30

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Safiye Sultan + favourite outfits

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Nurbanu Sultan + known grandchildren

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Kösem undoubtedly became a symbol of state and ruling. French author of her times, Michel Baudier, painted her potrait as a woman-politician who was a figure of authority. Jean-Baptiste Tavernier, who described 17th century from later point of view, characterised her perfectly as a very clever woman, perfectly oriented in state matters. Later it was believed that she was the element keeping the state together when it was fated with difficult times. Her ability to maintain compusure, far-sightedness and carefully acquired knowledge with whom to form alliances and when to form them made her a symbol of politics and ruling.

Özlem Kumrular about Kösem Sultan in Kösem Sultan: İktidar, Hırs, Entrika (via fymagnificentwomen)

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if you could meet one woman of the sultanate of women, which one would you choose? ✨

For me, it’s Kösem because she’s currently my fave and I honestly think she has the biggest number of stories to tell… she lived through reigns of so many different sultans, transformational changes, so many significant events, during such turbulent times.. and was so long in power at the same time, was so close to what was happening, often was an active participant. She witnessed reigns of two mad sultans, so many depositions, including two first regicides in Ottoman history, the reign of “perhaps the most feared and most terrible of all the Ottoman sultans” (J.P. Cooper, The New Cambridge Modern History), changes in succession law… And she was truly the first officially recognised female regent and thus an actual ruler of the Ottoman Empire. How much she had to be esteemed by some to be asked by statesmen to become ruler again because they trusted her to stabilise the country after Ibrahim’s disastrous reign. Bah, they created a special title of “Great Valide” for her for this purpose. Same about her charity works, since she was so involved in it and seemed to often come in direct contact with people and their stories… like freeing her slaves and finding young girls suitable spouses (including providing dowry for them); she even visited people in prison and paid non-murderers’ debts… so I’d also ask her about stories of people representing lower classes during that period, those that are so often forgotten.

Plus, I’d love to ask her more about some mysteries.. especially concerning Murad’s harem and love life because it seems such a hot topic, it’d be great to possess such knowledge that so many yearn to have lol. And yeah I’d record the conversation and bring you all tangible final evidence of no princesses in Murad’s harem ;)  Same about all the details concerning her rivalry with Turhan.. why it truly came to such an awful clash in the end because there are so many question marks over this, and of course it depends on who wrote a particular account (whose supporter that person was,) since it was such a highly complex matter historically…

Turhan would be second pick, but instead of asking her questions concerning her rule, I’d ask her about her early years.. I’m always curious about what was truly happening in Ibrahim’s harem - so many women, so many hasekis, mothers of his children,a mentally disturbed father of a big family, plus his very powerful mother, then mysterious and rather odd individuals looming over it all, like Cinci Hoca (called Turkish Raspustin pretty aptly) or Şekerpare  - I was always fascinated by dynamics that could have been there, and MYK didn’t even offer proper, comprehensive imagined version of  it because so little time was allotted to Ibrahim’s reign due to the show coming to an end. Plus, I’m curious about early Turhan/Kösem relations: Did they get along initially? Did Turhan treat Kösem as a role model? Did Kösem prepare her to be her successor, like MYK showed us? When did the rivalry between them truly start? I know I could ask Kösem the same questions, but I’d prefer to hear here a point of view of Ibrahim’s concubine and mother of his eldest son, who obviously expected to become Valide one day due to new rules of succession based on seniority. After all, she was so young when she became Valide and thus was also seen as inexperienced, yet she slowly gained supporters as junior Valide…

- Joanna

My first choice would be Kösem, as well. For one she is one of my favorites on an emotional level, and for another she was the first Valide to be an official regent. She was initiator and witness of so many changes and events—of course I’d love to ask her many questions about the events that took place during her lifetime, but at the same time I’d just want to take this woman, who managed to be in undivided power for so long, in. What did she look like? How did she speak? How did she move? So many mysteries! 

My second choice, I think, would be Safiye. I never had much of a personal interest but the sheer fact that she lived through the reign of seven sultans seems like she’d make for a good source of information. 

- Selina

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Kösem Sultan in Muhteşem Yüzyıl Kösem s2e02

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Léa Seydoux as Belle in ‘‘La Belle et la Bête‘‘ (2014)

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Disney Princesses + live action movies 

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Ella + hair