#deadly women

[museum-groupie]

Theodor von Holst (1810 - 1844), The Wish, 1840, oil on canvas, Yale Center for British Art (source).

Groupie Fact: It is widely believed that von Holst modeled the woman in this painting after the 20-year-old Amelia Thomasina Symmes-Villard, his then fiancé and favorite model. Symmes-Villard was a sort of femme-fatale and allegedly carried around a small knife within her bodice. Fellow artist William Bell Scott once suggested that if von Holst’s alcoholism did not kill him, Symmes-Villard probably would have done it herself (source). 

For more information on Theodor von Holst and Amelia Thomasina Symmes-Villard, check out “Theodor von Holst; his art and the Pre-Raphaelites” by Simon Poe (linked above). 

[cherrynostalgiaa]

I believe in backless dress supremacy

[xo-indulgence]

I’ve been binge watching this show called deadly women on Hulu and omg these women are crazy!!! 🙃 some of these women procreated and killed their children. Some killed their husbands for insurance money. Others killed family members because they were banned from seeing a guy they liked. They also killed other women they envied. Most of them get caught because they bring other people into their murders and get sloppy then they are the worst liars when being investigated. These women are dumb. But this show is my guilty pleasure 😅

[gamerkitten]

Watching Deadly Women and being against the death penalty feels like slamming your head into a brick wall.

This bitch cut a baby out of another woman b/c she was lying about being pregnant! Like wtf?

I want to say put her on the wall, but I also hate the idea of the state being able to kill people.

[unimatrix-420]

the way they describe gothic on Deadly Women ffs

[ohnaistars]

Personal Responsibility and True Crime

For a few brief, glorious months; I got to live my dream and work at a podcast studio. While I was there, I pitched and even recorded a few episodes of a true crime podcast hosted, written, and researched by me. I left that job recently and my run as a true crime podcaster seemed to disappear with the financial stability of the studio I once worked for; but writing true crime on a regular basis…

[misscatholmes]

Man, it's so weird watching an episode of Deadly Women and realizing "oh shit, I know the people in this case". I know more about what happened after the case ended and it's completely tragic, even after justice was served.

[justletmescrolll]

she went to the cathedral after this and gave everyone a hug

[cuties-in-codices]

cool mounts & helmets

as allegories for specific virtues and vices, in an "etymachietraktat" (treatise on deadly sins), swabia, mid-15th century

source: Munich, BSB, Cgm 8824, p. 38 and p. 48

[clariqueenzz]

Come, let’s begin tailoring.

; the sinner of envy. [click for better quality on mobile]

[fizzytoo]

theyre the same if you squint

[cissyenthusiast010155]

~𝓒𝓪𝓻𝓸𝓵𝔂𝓷 𝓜𝓪𝓻𝓽𝓮𝓷𝓼 (𝓚𝓲𝓵𝓵𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓔𝓿𝓮) 𝓢𝓮𝓪𝓼𝓸𝓷𝓼 1-4

[ivyllamauwu]

They look like their about to invite you in for tea and cookies while telling you about the old days and how they used to fight side by side.

[pocketramblr]

And was that a very long list?

[emosyzoth]

my beautiful demoness queen light of my life ashra <333 and some bitches nobody gaf about

[misscatholmes]

My TV to throw on the background is Deadly Women. I'm on the episode about Jasmine Richardson and the actress they hired to play her looks so much younger than the actual person.