#justice for alexandra

[otmaaromanovas]

The Lost Grand Duchesses part 2: Alexandra Pavlovna

When she was born at 7:40 in the morning in 1783, the baby Grand Duchess Alexandra Pavlovna was instantly viewed as second class. Her grandmother, Catherine II ‘the Great’, wrote “I infinitely more like boys than girls”, and told her staff that she found the newborn to be very ugly. She called the baby “a very ugly creature.” This dislike of Alexandra continued into her toddler years, when Catherine continuously compared the young Alexandra to her baby sister, insisting that little Elena was much more charming and intelligent than Alexandra.

Despite this, Alexandra adored her grandmother, who wrote that the little girl would do “anything just to please me.” Alexandra and Elena were painted together as a gift to Catherine, and the two little girls lovingly hold up and caress a diamond encrusted miniature portrait of their grandmother.

By the age of four, Alexandra’s education had begun, and her intelligence in languages (being fluent in four) and writing made Catherine finally pay more attention to her, but for entirely different reasons.

As soon as the little girl turned eleven, Catherine wrote that the little girl who loved to dance, draw, and play music, was now to be “considered an adult”, and be made to marry. “It is time for the older one to get married” she concluded, not even mentioning Alexandra’s name.

A long and embarassing debacle followed, in which the child was left at the alter. Catherine admitted that the young girl, not yet a teenager, often adopted a “confused look” when having to meet with potential husbands, and did not want to speak to them.

Catherine died in 1797, temporarily putting Alexandra’s fate in limbo. She returned to her daily life as an unmarried girl, and even published anonymous articles that she had translated in French under the pseudonym ‘A’. However, in 1799, the prospect of an Austrian-Russian alliance was apparently too attractive to pass on, and the thirty-year-old Archduke Joseph of Austria, the Palatine of Hungary, travelled to Russia to meet the thirteen-year-old Alexandra.

The marriage was finalised, and Alexandra was forced to leave Russia - and her family - in order to move to Hungary with her new husband. Joseph wrote a letter to his brother in which he stated he was “convinced that with this marriage my domestic bliss is assured for the entirety of my life.”

Alexandra, on the other hand, was miserable. Countess Varvara Golovina, a lady at court and potential lover of the Tsarina Elizaveta Alexeievna, wrote in her memoirs that Alexandra was sad, and did not want to be forced to leave Russia. Her father, Pavel I, constantly said that he would “not see her again” and that she was “being sacrificed.” Despite this, Pavel could have prevented the marriage at any time. A single lock of golden hair fashioned into a flower was all that she left behind.

Although Alexandra was popular in Hungary among all classes, she was deeply depressed. Her friendly and charming personality had been replaced by a new temperament which was “always serious and sad”. Alexandra especially did not get on well with her mother in law, the Empress Maria Theresa of Hungary, who was intensely jealous of the young girl’s popularity. Maria Theresa intentionally antagonised the teenager, and sought to treat her badly.

In 1800, Alexandra fell pregnant, and was struck with health problems. Her mother-in-law ordered the hiring incompetent doctors (known to her to be incompetent) and insisted that the doctors obey her orders, rather than present their own educated solutions. Orders from Maria Theresa included cooking meals which Alexandra would not be able to eat, making her weak and frail.

In March 1801, Alexandra gave birth to a little girl, named Alexandrine of Austria. The pregnancy and labour had been incredibly difficult, and the baby sadly passed away within a few hours of birth. Alexandra, depressed at having been forcibly taken from her home and after having to endure cruel treatment by her mother-in-law, said: “Thank God that my daughter was now with the angels, without experiencing the miser that we are exposed to.”

Alexandra contracted puerperal fever. The doctors misdiagnosed her poor health after the birth several times, treating her for gastric diseases and typhoid rather than ‘childbed’ fever. She succumbed to the disease aged just seventeen years old.

Alexandra was not buried until two years after her death due to disagreements in the Catholic Austrian court over where to bury a Russian Orthodox. In 1981, thieves broke into Alexandra’s Mausoleum, looting her coffin and taking jewellery and clothing from her remains. Due to the vandalism, she was reburied with the deceased wives and children of her husband in the crypt of Buda Castle, which went against her wishes to be buried in an Orthodox Church. In 2004, she was reburied at the Üröm Mausoleum, in a small park surrounded by a moat. Inside the tomb, Orthodox icons line the walls, a reflection of Alexandra’s beloved faith, and her deep connection with Russia, which endured even after being “sacrificed”.

[killed-by-choice]

Alexandra Nunez, 37 (USA 2010)

Alexandra Nunez was a single mother who was pregnant for the fifth time. According to her family, she didn’t believe in abortion and told them that she was going to an appointment to have a cyst removed. She may have been desperate and ashamed or possibly coerced by the baby’s father. Either way, she underwent something advertised as safe and paid for it with her life.

Alexandra’s children waited for her, unaware that she was dying. 19-year-old Daisy made lunch and then dinner, wondering when her mother would come back. She never did.

Alexandra went to the A1 abortion facility in Jackson Heights in January of 2010. The abortionist severed one of her arteries and she rapidly lost copious amounts of blood. She was taken to Elmhurst Hospital Center, where she was pronounced dead.

Eventually the medical board concluded that the abortionist responsible for Alexandra’s death was Robert F. Hosty, who had no hospital affiliation and hadn’t taken any continuing medical education training since 2004.

When Alexandra’s death was investigated, the abortion facility claimed that “Nothing happened here” because even though she was killed there, she was pronounced dead at the hospital and not on the facility’s property. That didn’t change the fact that A1 killed Alexandra and her youngest child.

[ironlegend27]

Victoria Justice and Alexandra Daddario

[zakura-ss]

Dancing under the starlight ☆

[angrybubbles]

I never knew I need to read a book about a Grumpy old Man in a ridiculous situation until I started A Conspiracy of Truths, but dang am I happy to be here.

[flower1622]

Famous people are humans and have feelings too. If someone doesn't like the changes in a movie or series? The person should complain with the producers. People shouldn't be hated because of their appearance, acting or another thing....

They shouldn't have been hated:

[eretzyisrael]

by Dion J. Pierre

The groups noted that in Nov., Alexandra Orbuch, a writer for The Princeton Tory, a conservative student publication, was assaulted by a male member of Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) while filming a protest the group held on campus. The man allegedly followed Orbuch to obstruct her efforts, eventually stepping on her foot and pushing her. When Orbuch complained to a nearby public safety officer, the officer told her that she had “incited something.”

Despite the gendered nature of the assault —an issue Princeton has dedicated an entire office to dealing with — the university granted the male student a no-contact oder against Orbuch, explaining that any reporting she published which alluded to him would be considered a violation of the order and result in disciplinary charges. A similar incident occurred in 2022, when Tory reporter Danielle Shapiro attempted to report on the Princeton Committee on Palestine. After being notified of the order, Shapiro was told refer to a “Sexual Misconduct & Title IX” webpage, according to a guest column she wrote in the Wall Street Journal.

“This is at least the second time in the last two years that a Tory student journalist has been silence by a no-contact order at the behest of community members offended by his or her pro-Israel journalism,” Thursday’s letter continued. “This systematic weaponization of no-contact orders to silence pro-Israel journalism — or any journalism — cannot stand.”

The incidents involving Orbuch and Shapiro are two of numerous examples of universities subjecting conservative and pro-Israel campus community members to reputational smearing and denying them the same rights and protections as progressives and pro-Palestinian advocates. The issue has drawn attention from Congress, whose House of Representatives Committee on Education and the Workforce is investigating whether universities such as Harvard University, University of Pennsylvania, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) employed a self-serving interpretation of the US Constitution to avoid punishing students who committed antisemitic discrimination and harassment.

[alexcabotgf]

LAW & ORDER: SVU — 4.01 Chameleon

[wasted-women]

ROUND 1D, MATCH 8 OUT OF 8!

Causes of Death & Propaganda Under the Cut:

Alexandra DeWitt

Cause of Death: Strangled and stuffed into a fridge

Propaganda:

Literally originated the term. I think if she wasn't in this tournament it would be a mistake

the og

Sue Dibny

Cause of Death: Burnt to death

Propaganda:

I feel like this is one of the worst comic fridgings.

Lois Lane

Cause of Death: Murdered by her husband who was tricked into killing her

Propaganda:

The fact that Lois was killed so that Superman could "GO CRAZY!!!!!" is textbook fridging.

[agentfascinateur]

AOC protesting US wanton aid to genocidal Israelis:

Go Alexandria 💜

[nicolacoughlanbigod]

Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths – Part One is on Max

[thepastelpeach]

my #Artsummary2022, template made by @ReiRei_MV on twitter

[talyayet474]

Victoria Justice - Alexandra Daddario

[lewisrises]

anon i have just received inside information from a trusted source that alex hall was spotted out and about with tyler the same night brittany snow announced their divorce. and you say it’s bad

[filosofablogger]

Who Knew The Job Came With Perks?

I don’t know about you guys, but I really feel a strong need for a laugh right about now.  Alexandra Petri of The Washington Post, has a unique way with satire and can most always bring a chuckle or three.  She once said of her writing, “My goal is to be weirder than everybody else and hope that no one stops me. So far no one has.”  I hope she brings you a bit of humour today … The Supreme Court…

[cagliostrohq]

Your adventure begins here, JER. it’s dangerous to go alone! before starting your journey, make sure to FOLLOW OUR STARTER BLOG, and go over THIS CHECKLIST! you have 48 HOURS to post in-character and send in your blog to the main.  

(Im Jinah, she/her, dreamshade) To SERAPHIM “LADY SIF”, the whole world looks like an open page. With a leap of faith, her ability of PLANT WEAPONRY grows a little stronger.  She is a WHITE WOLF shade aligned to THE HOUSE OF FRASER. For THIRTY-THREE YEARS, she has survived a world of magic with both her POLISHED and IMPRUDENT nature. She works as a THE HEAD OF HOUSE FRASER, and if she could change her fate, she’d wish TO CONCEAL GOLDEN VEINS FROM THOSE WHO QUESTION HER HOUSE REIGN. ( jer, 30+, CST ) ( Head of Fraser )

(Lee Jong Suk, he/him, dreamshade) To HAN JAE SONG, the whole world looks like an open page. With a leap of faith, their ability of FILTH MANIPULATION little stronger.  They are a BLUE RINGED OCTOPUS shade aligned to HOUSE FRASER. For THIRTY-EIGHT years, they have survived a world of magic with both their CLEVERNESS and MESSINESS. They work as an INFECTIOUS DISEASE SPECIALIST, but if they could change their fate, they’d want to KEEP HIS FAMILY SAFE AND AWAY FROM HIS OWN BLOOD THIRSTY APPETITE.  ( jer, 30+, CST )

(Jacob Anderson, he/him, half-dreamshade) To PAXTON SAINT HONORÉ , the whole world looks like an open page. With a leap of faith, their ability of DEATH SENSE grows a little stronger.  They are a SWAN shade aligned to HOUSE BELTRAN. For THIRTY-TWO years, they have survived a world of magic with both their CONSCIENTIOUSNESS and INTROVERSION. They work as a MUSIC SHOP OWNER, but if they could change their fate, they’d want to escape living through his loved ones’ deaths.  ( jer, 30+, CST ) ( The Lonely Maestro )

(Alexandra Breckenridge, she/her, dreamshade) To JESSICA CLAUS, the whole world looks like an open page. With a leap of faith, their ability of HEAT TRANSFERAL grows a little stronger.  They are a SHRIKE shade aligned to NO ONE. For (NINETY)  FORTY-FIVE years, they have survived a world of magic with both their CARING and RAMBUNCTIOUS nature. They work as a TUTOR / TOY MAKER & STUFFED ANIMAL DOCTOR, but if they could change their fate, they’d want to LEARN TO CONTROL HER POWERS.  ( jer, 30+, CST )

(ewan mitchell, he /him, spirit warrior) to ELRICH DIONYSUS SPEEDWAGON, the whole world looks like an open page. with a leap of faith, their ability of BLOOD SOLIDIFICATION grows a little stronger. they’re pledged to the HOUSE VANITAS to defend the enchanted lands of cagliostro with their BLOOD STONE MASK for TWENTY- FIVE years, they have survived a world of magic with both their CHARM and MANIPULATION. they work as a AIR-FLYING PIRATE & BLOODSMITH, but if they could change their fate, they’d want to FIND A NICE CASTLE TO WEAR SILK PAJAMAS IN  ( jer, 30+, CST )

(Pete Davidson, he/him/they, spirit warrior) to SKEETER DAWSON HIGGINS III, the whole world looks like an open page. with a leap of faith, their ability of BLOOD PRESSURE MANIPULATION grows a little stronger. they’re pledged to the HOUSE VANITAS to defend the enchanted lands of cagliostro with their DWARVEN MOSS GRINDER. for TWENTY EIGHT years, they have survived a world of magic with both their BOLDNESS and SELF-PITY. they work as a EX-WELDER, but if they could change their fate, they’d JUST WANNA BE HAPPY ( jer, 30+, CST )

(Justice Smith, he/him, dreamshade) To KYLE TODD, the whole world looks like an open page. With a leap of faith, their ability of EQUID ( HORSE ) SUMMONING grows a little stronger.  They are a HORSE shade aligned to NO ONE. For TWENTY TWO years, they have survived a world of magic with both their CRAFTINESS and OVER-CONFIDENCE. They work as a INSURANCE AGENT, but if they could change their fate, they’d want to BE A GOOD ROLE MODEL FOR HIS CLONES. ( jer, 30+, CST )