#verity lavinia

[weirdsocket]

art v. artist 2022 ..

i didn't get to do much this year between school and work but im pretty pleased with what i've accomplished! 🫧

[boopshoops]

OC MASTERLIST

OC PROFILES (In order of how long I've had them for):

Viddian Monroe

Jocia Gains

Jackson Chastain

Verity Garde

Lavinia Zhao

Noelle Khatri

Lucius Brooks

Yuu Shi

Salem Lee

Koi Lee-Lovelock

Thyme Lee

Odium

ALIX-06

Io Callisto

Quint Pierce

Kiki Oro

Rowyn Coluber

Cyrus Brooks

Udele Coltone

Yoru Isao

Ilyich Varvara Vadimovna

Ilyich Ilya Vadimovna

Otto Monroe

Zepar

Ezra Goldspire

Joel Bullion

Dozie Yukhno

TAGS (TBC)

#Viddian Monroe: Anything to do with Viddian

#Jocia Gains: Anything to do with Jocia

#Jackson Chastain: Anything to do with Jackson

#Lavinia Zhao: Anything to do with Lavinia

#Lucius Brooks: Anything to do with Lucius

#Yuu Shi: Anything to do with Yuu

#Salem Lee: Anything to do with Salem

#Koi Lee Lovelock: Anything to do with Koi

#Alix-06: Anything to do with Alix

#Quint Pierce: Anything to do with Quint

#Kiki Oro: Anything to do with Kiki

#Yoru Isao: Anything to do with Yoru

#Ezra Goldspire: Anything to do with Ezra

#Joel Bullion: Anything to do with Joel

#Dozie Yukhno: Anything to do with Dozie

BOARDS

Viddian Monroe (Outfit Inspiration)

Jocia Gains (Outfit Inspiration)

Jocia Gains (Mood Board)

Jackson Chastain (Outfit Inspiration)

Verity Garde (Outfit Inspiration)

Lavinia Zhao (Outfit Inspiration)

Noelle Khatri (Outfit Inspiration)

Lucius Brooks (Outfit Inspiration)

Yuu Shi (Outfit Inspiration)

Yuu Shi (Mood Board)

Salem Lee (Outfit Inspiration)

Salem Lee (Mood Board)

Koi Lee-Lovelock (Outfit Inspiration)

Koi Lee-Lovelock (Mood Board)

Thyme Lee (Outfit Inspiration)

Odium (Outfit Inspiration)

ALIX-06 (Outfit Inspiration)

Io Callisto (Outfit Inspiration)

Quint Pierce (Outfit Inspiration)

Kiki Oro (Outfit Inspiration)

Rowyn Coluber (Outfit Inspiration)

Cyrus Brooks (Outfit Inspiration)

Udele Coltone (Outfit Inspiration)

Yoru Isao (Outfit Inspiration)

Varvara and Ilya (Outfit Inspiration)

Otto Monroe (Outfit Inspiration)

Zepar (Outfit Inspiration)

Ezra Goldspire (Outfit Inspiration)

Joel Bullion (Outfit Inspiration)

PLAYLISTS

Viddian Monroe

Jocia Gains

Jocia and Austin

Jackson Chastain

Verity Garde

Lavinia Zhao

Noelle Khatri

Lucius Brooks

Lucius and Alistair

Yuu Shi

Yuu Shi Work

Yuu Shi Performance

Yuu and Maverick

Salem Lee

Koi Lee-Lovelock

Thyme Lee

Odium

ALIX-06

Io Callisto

Quint Pierce

Quint Pierce Work

Kiki Oro

Rowyn Coluber

Cyrus Brooks

Udele Coltone

Yoru Isao

Varvara and Ilya

Otto Monroe

Zepar

NOTES

LMAO this is a huge list. Sorry about that (not 💕)

I wanted to at least have record of my OCs here since I post about them outside of TCOAV occasionally

I DO plan on having some more of them appear in the fic, as for which ones, it is a secret ;>

More info about them is available on my Artfight and Toyhouse, but those also have big spoilers for TCOAV. If you have been reading the fic I recommend avoiding exploring them too much outside of what is linked.

On a similar note my Toyhouse is in no way finished LOL, still got spoilers tho.

To those of my moots and pals who know Yuu Shi's real name, please continue to call her by her alias!!!! Thank ya 💕

Key: Youtube, Spotify, Pinterest, Tumblr, Toyhouse, Artfight

[cloudberry-sims]

1600-1700 names list

I been collecting names for my decades challenged and I decided to share it. It has a bunch of different names in alphabetical order. 

Not 100% sure how accurate these names are as I’m not a historian , but I like them. 

Some names are “nicknames” or a variation of the same name, like Faye is from Faith ,Orelia is from Aurelia and Sisely from Cecilia/Cecily. 

Some names are Shakespearean , Puritan/Virtue names , American Colonial and perhaps a Arthurian here and there. 

Female names: 

Abigail

Adilene/Adeline

Adrian/Adrianne/Adriana

Afra

Agatha

Agnes

Alice

Aliena

Althea

Amanda

Amelia

Amie

Amity

Amphilis

Anastasia

Andrea

Anis

Annabell/Annabella

Anne/Anna/Annie

Anthea

Aphra

Aquila

Arabella

Artemisia

Audrey

Augusta

Aurelia

Aurinda

Aveline

Avis

Ayala

Azaria

Azoah

Barbara

Barsheba

Basilia

Beatrice/ Beatrix/Bettrys

Berenice/Bernesia/Bernessa

Bethsaby

Betty

Bianca

Blanch/Blanche

Blisse

Blythe

Bridget

Candace

Caroline

Cassandra

Catherine

Causeanger

Cecilia/Cecily/Cicely

Chantal

Charis

Charissima

Charity

Charlotte

Chloe

Christabella

Christian/Christina/Christiana

Clary

Clemencie/ Clemence/Clemency

Clorinda

Constance

Cornelia

Cressida

Cynthia

Deborah

Deodate

Desdemona

Desire

Dessorell

Diana

Dido

Dinah

Dionise/Denise

Dionyza

Divinity

Dolabella

Dolora

Dorcas

Dorothy/Dorothea

Easter

Ebotte

Edith

Edna

Edonie

Effemia

Eleanor

Elise

Elizabeth

Ellen

Ellois

Ely

Emilia

Emma

Eppie

Esther

Etheldreda

Eunice

Euphanie

Evadne

Eve/Eva

Faith

Fanny

Fanstine

Faye/Fay

Felicity/Felice

Florence

Fortune

Frances

Francisca

Fronia

Gartheride

Georgette

Georgine

Gillian

Gilot

Gonerill

Good

Grace

Grisell

Gwenhoivar

Hannah

Harriet

Haven

Helen/Helena

Henrietta

Hermione

Hester

Hezekiah

Honesty

Honor

Honoria

Hope

Humility

Ida

Idonea

Imogen

Irelee

Irene

Iris

Isabella/Isabel

Isolde

Iva

Ivette

Jacobina/Jacobine

Jane

Janikin

Jemima

Jennette/Jennet/Janet

Jeronomie

Joan

Joanna

Jocatta

Jocosa

Jonee

Joy

Joyanne

Joyce

Judith

Juliana/Julia/Juliet

Karissa

Katherine/Kathleen

Kezia/Keziah

Kitty/ Kitlyn

Kloe/Khloe

Koreen/Korinne

Laura

Lavinia

Leah

Leticia

Lettice

Love

Luce

Luciana

Lucretia

Lucy

Lydia/Lidia

Mable

Magdalen

Maggy

Magnolia

Margaret

Margery

Marian/Marion

Mariella

Marina

Martha

Mary

Matilda

Maud

Mercy

Mildred

Millicent

Milly/Millie

Mirabel

Miranda

Modesty

Monica

Muriel

Myra/Myrah

Naomi

Nazareth

Nell

Nerissa

Nola

Octavia

Odelle

Olivia

Ophelia

Orelia

Orinda

Pain

Patience

Pauline

Penelope

Perdita

Petronella

Philippa

Phillis

Phoebe

Pleasance

Primrose

Priscilla

Prudence

Rachel

Rawsone

Rebekah/Rebecca

Remember

Rhoda

Robin

Rosalind

Rosaline

Rosamond

Rosanna

Rose

Ruth

Samantha

Sarah

Saskia

Sebeliah

Selah

Selina

Silence

Silvia

Sisely

Sitha

Skyler

Sophia

Susanna

Sustillian

Sybil/Sibilla

Syntha

Tabitha

Tace

Tamar

Tamora

Temperance

Theodora

Theodorien

Theodosia

Thomasin/Thomasina/Thomasea

Timandra

Titania

Trinity

Trothe

Tryphena

Ursula

Valentine/Valentina

Valeria

Vecula

Venetia

Verely / Verily/Verity

Veronica

Viola/Violenta

Virgilia

Virginia

Virtue

Winifred

Wulfhild

Wybetha

Zelda

Zipporah

Male names: 

Aaron

Abacuck

Abraham

Adam

Adlard

Adrian

Alan

Albert

Alexander

Alveredus

Ambrose

Anchor

Andrew

Annanias

Anthony

Archibald/Archbad

Archilai

Aristoteles

Arnold

Artemas

Arthur

Asa

Ashley

Atkinson

Augustine

Augustus

Austin

Bainbridge

Baldwin

Barnabas

Barnard

Bartell

Bartholomew

Bardolph

Basil

Bellingham

Benedict

Benjamin

Bennett

Bertram

Bevil

Blaise/Blais

Bradford

Brian

Cadwallader

Cesar

Charles/Charlys

Chadrick

Christian

Christopher

Chroferus/Chroseus

Ciriacus

Clement

Clifford

Conrad

Constant

Cornelius

Cosmo

Court

Cotton

Cromwell

Cuthbert

Cutlake

Cyrano

Daniel

Dary

David/Davide

Demes

Denton

Denys/Dionise

Didimus

Digory

Don

Drugo

Dudley

Ebenezer

Ebulus

Edric

Edi

Edmund

Edward

Edwin

Egedius

Eli

Elias

Ellis

Eloy

Emanuell/Emmanuel

Emericke

Emery

Emmett

Enoch

Erasmus

Ethan

Eustace

Evan

Everard

Everard

Ezrah

Fabian

Fairfax

Faustinus

Felix

Francis

Frank

Frederick

Fleance

Fulk

Gabraell/Gabrell/Gabriel

Galileo

Gamalie

Garmayne

Garnett

Gavan/Gawen

Gentile

Geoffrey

George

Gerlick

Gerrard

Gideon/Hedeon

Gilbert

Giles

Gillam

Gobind/Govind

Goodwell

Godfrey

Gottlieb

Goughe

Gregory

Grenville/Grevill

Griffin/Griffith

Guy

Hamond

Hannibal

Hansse

Harman

Harry

Harvard

Hector

Helegor

Henry

Hercules

Herrick

Hieronimus

Hiram

Hobbes

Holland

Howell

Hugh

Humphrey

Ilia

Ingram

Isaac

James

Jarret

Jasper

Jenkin

Jeremiah

Jeremy

Jerome

Jesse

John

Jonathan

Joos

Jordan

Joseph

Joshua

Josias

Justinian

Kaherdin

Karl/Karel

Kenelm/Kenhelm

Kip

Kolby

Lambert

Lancelot

Lawrence

Leonard

Lewis

Lucas

Lynoell/Lionel

Machutus

Manasses

Mark

Marmaduke

Martin/Marton

Matthew

Maurice/Morrice

Melchior

Meredith

Michael

Miles

Morgan

Moses

Nathaniel/Nathaniell/Nathan

Newton

Nicholas

Ninion

Nivinius

Noah/Noe

Noble

Octavius

Odnell

Oliver

Osmund

Ostyn

Oswin

Oswold

Ottewell

Owen

Paschall

Patreas

Paul

Pawll

Percivell/Pesevwell

Peter

Phillip

Pierce/Piers

Phineas

Prospero

Quince

Quinton

Quivier

Ralph

Randall

Randolph

Raphael

Rees

Reginald

Renold

Reyvell

Richard

Robert

Roger

Roland

Roman

Royal

Rymon

Salamon

Sampson

Samuel

Sander

Schuyler

Sebastian

Seraphim/Seraphimus

Septimus

Seth

Shadrick

Silvester

Simon

Simond

Stephen

Taz

Ted

Tedde

Thadeus

Theodosius

Thomas

Timothy

Titus/Tito

Tobias

Trenton/Trentin

Tristram

Tunstall

Turner

Ucentius

Umfray

Uswald

Valor

Valentine

Vandyke

Vaugn

Vernon

Victor

Vincent

Walter

Warham

Watkin

Wiggett

Wilfred

Willing

William

Wine

Wombell

Wymond

Zachary

Zephaniah

[random-deepdeanite]

Rating Ships- Pt 1

Hazel/Alexander: 11/10! Adorable! Love them! My go-to when I feel like writing fluffy fics.

Hazel/Daisy: 9/10 but only in AUs where DSS never happened and George and Alexander are dating too.

Daisy/Amina: 11/10 YES. Lesbian QUEENS.

Alexander/George: 11/10 I LOVE THEM. Only in the AU though.

George/Lavinia: 10/10 I like them as both platonic and romantic- with romantic, I imagine sort of like Lavinia struggling with society for not marrying a white man, and with platonic I imagine them talking about communism and politics and stuff

Bertie/Harold: 10/10 BERTIE ANGST. And secret love, and scandals and all that. Lots of fic potential.

Amanda/Henrietta: 9/10 Angst with Verity and stuff. Headcanon that Amanda would pretend to date Bertie, and Henrietta would pretend to date Harold to keep their respective real relationships secret.

Kitty/Beanie: 9/10 Again I ship them as both platonic and romantic. Lots of "Let Beanie vent about her mother dying" sort of thing. I also think that Beanie's mother figure would be Kitty's mother after her own dies (I think she would die, not just get really sick but then get better, because we totally need more angst) and she can join the "My mother figure is not my mother" club (consisting of Daisy, Hazel, and Lavinia)

Part two if you comment ships!

[imanes]

55, 63, 119, 122, 39, if you so please 💚🌷✨

anything for u!! <3

55) a book with a satisfying ending - lavinia by ursula k. le guin! at some point she had me doubting the ending but she wrapped everything up soooo well imho

63) a book that actually made you laugh out loud - we're never meeting in real life by samantha irby (even the cover had me laughing lmao). highly recommend the audiobook for this one (on scribd)

119) your favourite summer read - my best friend's exorcism by grady hendrix even though i did not read it in the summer lmao, gone girl by gillian flynn, the hundred thousand kingdoms by n.k. jemisin was an unlikely poolside book pick but really enjoyable and immersive, perhaps even verity by colleen hoover which is NOT good but for someone who doesn't read thrillers? premium-grade trash, loved it

122) your favourite winter read - somehow this one is easier lol definitely the winternight trilogy by katherine arden, i am thinking of ending things by iain reid, station eleven by emily st john mandel, the mistborn trilogy by brandon sanderson (i feel like you could read this easily over the winter break, and it's a little bleak)

39) a book featuring your favourite character - PIRANESI from piranesi by susanna clarke akljfkjdlg i will be known as the piranesi peddler from now on

[worstloki]

I was the one who sent in the crack AU ask!

I’m glad you like them, because my English class has been reading through A Little Princess, and I’m fully Loki-obsessed, so of course I dreamed about a smash up of the two last night. Super clear dream, too- Odin was in Miss Minchin’s dress, which was very funny. Obviously Loki was Sara Crewe (not in a dress, though.) And Lavinia and Jessie were Thor and Sif (Thor was also not in a dress- fairly sure Odin was the only guy in a dress.) Ermengarde was very different and also Verity, and Lottie was Volstagg’s little girl, which was weird, but worked in the dream. I can’t remember who Becky was- it might have been the Tesseract or maybe Leah of Hel. I didn’t get to the end of the story before I woke up- I think I was at the first scene with the monkey (which I’m almost positive was Ikol) when my alarm went off. But it was a ridiculous AU that my subconscious and my English class got together to make- thought you’d like it.

I like how your dream involved a mix of everything including Ikol as a monkey vhndajihosnjnslkod and now I want to see Odin in one of Ms Minchin’s dresses

[noxtms]

the cupids ( luna and xenophilius lovegood plus a single bowtruckle ) have been hard at work since submissions closed matching up all the people who sent back a form with their one true love. if your character took part, then they’ll receive the time & location for their date on a bright pink slip of parchment just in time for february 14th. it doesn’t really give much time to get ready, but the as the lovegood’s will remind you, in a byline : IT’S WHAT’S ON THE INSIDE, THAT COUNTS. and now, without further ado : 

blaise zabini & tempest clearwater will be meeting at the white wyvern, knockturn alley. 

cassia trelawney & dennis creevey will be meeting at the three broomsticks, hogsmeade. 

eleanor diggory & dudley dursley will be meeting at fortescue’s ice cream shop, diagon alley.

gabrielle delacour & nicolette maxwell will be meeting at fortescue’s ice cream shop, diagon alley. 

ginny weasley & lee jordan will be meeting at the three broomsticks, hogsmeade. 

hannah abbott & oliver wood will be meeting at the leaky cauldron, diagon alley. 

harper selwyn & rolf scamander will be meeting at the hogs head, hogsmeade. 

harry potter & cerise angles will be meeting at madam puddifoots, hogsmeade. 

helen buchanan & verity burke will be meeting at the hogs head, hogsmeade. 

lavinia rowle & lavender brown will be meeting at the hogs head, hogsmeade. 

maisie lestrange & giselle nott will be meeting at madam puddifoots, hogsmeade. 

marietta edgecombe & thalia umbridge will be meeting at fortescue’s ice cream shop, diagon alley. 

michael corner & ivy rosier will be meeting at the three broomsticks, hogsmeade. 

nikolai karkaroff & mary mckinnon will be meeting at the hogs head, hogsmeade. 

nymphadora tonks & mikaela karkaroff will be meeting at the three broomsticks, hogsmeade. 

penelope clearwater & percy weasley will be meeting at the three broomsticks, hogsmeade. 

ron weasley & alicia spinnet will be meeting at the poison apple nightclub, knockturn alley. 

theodore nott & oliver sanders will be meeting at fortescue’s ice cream shop, diagon alley. 

theora selwyn & merry lestrange will be meeting at the three broomsticks, hogsmeade. 

IN CHARACTER : remember that there’s a week long itching hex for anyone who doesn’t show up for their date, even if that someone didn’t fill out their own form. no name is given, and there are no hints - characters are showing up blind to exactly who they’re spending the evening with, and that’s a part of the fun ( or... absolute opposite of fun ) for anyone involved. xenophilius lovegood would also like to remind everyone who partook that while the quibbler has organized the tables booked for each of these dates, the bill will need to be paid in full by those attending. 

OUT OF CHARACTER : private starters for blind dates can be tagged with nox.event012 to keep them all together ! you should touch base with whoever plays the character/s that yours have been matched up with to organize who’ll start, etc, but do keep in mind it’s all in good fun, and nothing need come of these other than a funny story ! a new friendship is as much on the cards as any genuine romance, and if seething hatred is born, instead... that’s simply the way the cookie crumbles ! 

[senadimell]

2, 7, 30?

Ooh, my first request!

2. Favorite underrated historical figure?

Princess Taiping/ 太平公主！ I wrote a paper on her and it was really hard to find sources discussing her in her own right. She’s a Zhou and Tang-dynasty figure, the daughter of the famous Wu Zetian, known as the only female emperor in China (Zhou being the single-generation dynasty established by Wu Zetian) She’s not someone I’d emulate, but man, she lived a wild life. 

She instigated two successful coups and played politics like nobody’s business. All the while, she amassed landholdings and wealth. She was her mother’s right-hand woman: Emperor Wu* used one of the Taiping Princess’ plans to get rid of a confidante who’d gone too far by setting fire to a temple. Princess Taiping’s first husband was implicated in a failed rebellion against her mother and executed, but she was able to remarry and stay on the scene. In fact, we’re pretty sure her mother had the wife of her second husband assassinated so she could remarry him. I think it’s fascinating that she was able to stay on top during her mother’s rule, as two of her brothers were executed by her mother and two were ousted from power after being named successors. Later in her mother’s life, Taiping outmaneuvered both her mother and her mother’s head of secret police to coerce her mother into agreeing to oust him. 

Eventually, she knew winds were changing in the court and her mother was falling out of favor, so she helped convince her to abdicate the throne in favor of one of her brothers, who I will refer to as Emperor Zhongzong.

It’s kinda complicated to talk about the crazy intrigue that followed her mother’s death, because practically all of her brothers and nephew all have multiple names: birth names, ruling names, and post-humous reign titles, so it can get a little confusing. So Emperor Zhongzong (sounds like jhong-tsong) came into power and his wife, Empress Wei, was also a strong political actor. She did not want Princess Taiping wielding that much political power, and Princess Taiping had lost her most powerful backer when Wu Zetian stepped down. Empress Wei wanted her daughter, the Anle princess, to hold power in the court, and even tried to have her named crown princess and heir, something unprecedented. That didn’t work and her son Li Chongmao/later Emperor Shao was named successor instead. It’s strongly suspected that Empress Wei and the Anle princess (sounds like ahn-leh) conspired to and successfully poisoned Emperor Zhongzong. The Taiping Princess lost no time in launching a coup, and in two weeks time both Empress Wei and the Anle princess were dead. 

Li Chongmao didn't stand a chance. He was around 10-12 when this happened, and when people were still talking about who would be the new leader, she said “Everybody turns to the prime minister [princess Taiping’s brother, Li Dan, later Emperor Ruizong], little boy; this is not your seat.”** Emperor Ruizong treated Princess Taiping as a political equal and relied heavily on her advice.

Meanwhile, his son Li Longji grew in political power and prowess. She felt threatened by him, and participated in a smear campaign to limit his power. He tried to placate her appointing her supporters to  government, so the government was filled with people loyal to her. Unfortunately for her, Emperor Ruizong’s advisors still managed to convinced him to exile her. Through her connections, she was still able to maintain power in the court. 

In 712 ACE, Emperor Ruizong took a comet as a sign he was to step down (rather than eventually getting killed in the struggle between his son and sister) and announced his future abdication to his son Li Longji, temple name Emperor Xuanzong (shu-en tsong) which is how I will refer to him from now on). Aware of what this would mean for her, the Taiping Princess planned her third coup, an armed struggle to upend the soon-to-be Emperor Xuanzong, but was betrayed and discovered. She fled to a monastery, but was found three days later and permitted to commit suicide (seen as more honorable than execution). In the aftermath of the coup, all of the political leaders associated her were implicated by association and were executed or forced to commit suicide. Get this: that was all but one of the chief ministers! It took years for the state to completely appropriate her amassed landholdings and wealth.

*So Empress usually denotes a designated wife of an emperor (皇帝）. Wu Zetian went from a consort to empress regent to empress regnant, essentially. When Wu Zetian ascended the throne, she did some masterful religious and linguistic subversion to establish her legitimacy and came up with a lot of new terms and names to justify what she was doing, since it was unprecedented.  Essentially, she was the female version of Emperor, but translating the linguistic titles is complicated. 

**Sue Wiles and Lily Xiao Hong Lee “Li, Princess Taiping” Biographical Dictionary of Chinese Women, Volume II: Tang Through Ming 618 - 1644. Biographical Dictionary of Chinese Women.

7. Which time period would you like to live in?

Now. The current one. Go back too far even in the past century and I lose rights and privileges that I value, like the ability to dress as weirdly as I please, the ability to discuss issues of mental health and the #me too movement with women’s rights in general, the ability to work where I want, and the ability to openly practice religion. I would also miss conversations and changes within my own faith community about treating people of all races and backgrounds equally, church culture vs. doctrine, and attitudes towards church history.

 But if I were a time traveller and could stop in a place for a vacation, I’d love to live in the early 1900s (1900-1920) and visit major urban centers for art, music, and to witness labor conditions and activism. Alternatively, if I were a time traveller I would simply attend live showings of my favorite shows and concerts (lots of musical theatre)

30. Favorite kids/teens history books:

Most of the historical fiction I’ve read takes place in the past 100 years, and a lot of it takes place in the 30s and 40s. I do have a rule for myself that I don’t seek fiction about the Holocaust--the things here are exceptions. I tend to read survivor’s accounts instead, though I couldn’t think of many novels in for this rec. 

 Between Shades of Grey, by Ruta Sepetys--gorgeous, heart-wrenching book about a girl in Lithuania sent to a Soviet prison camp in Siberia. 

Code Name Verity and Rose Under Fire, by Elizabeth Wein--both take place during WWII. Rather brutal and play around with alternative narration styles.

The Devil’s Arithmetic, by Jane Yolen. I don’t know how to describe it. During a Passover Seder, Hannah Stern is transported back in time to 1942 Poland, during World War II. 

Anything by Gillian Bradshaw (she’s more of a ‘dump you into the history hard and let you figure things out’ kind of author, which I love--I’m trying to get my hands on A Beacon at Alexandria. She also writes historical fiction set in antiquity, which I don’t see as often.)

Flygirl, by Sherri Smith about the WASP (Women’s Airforce Service Pilots). Tackles the racism of the era as well.

The Red Umbrella, by Christina Diaz Gonzalez, about the Cuban exile after the revolution of 1959

Esperanza Rising, by Pam Muñoz Ryan, about a girl who leaves her estate in Mexico and has to live as a migrant worker in California. 

Uprising, by Margaret Peterson Haddix. This is about the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire of 1911 and is a good introduction to labor issues and unions in US history. This book is almost solely responsible for why I don’t think Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them looks anything like New York at the early 20th century (yes, I know this takes place 10 years earlier, but conditions hadn’t changed all that much). 

The Lightning Tree, by Sarah Dunster (not the book of the same name by Patrick Rothfuss). This one’s a bit personal--it’s a coming-of-age story following the story of a girl of Waldensian heritage set in Utah right after the Utah War (1858) and a year after the Mountain Meadows Massacre. It’s character-driven, lyrical and subverted my expectations of what would happen. 

The Vanishing Point, by Louise Hawes. A fictionalized biography of Lavinia Fontana, a famous female artist in the Italian Renaissance. Considering how the art world is dominated by male artists, this was really neat to read, and also takes place further in the past than a lot of things I read. 

Distant Waves, by Suzanne Weyn: Probably the weirdest book here, but just fabulous. It combines spiritualism, Nikola Tesla, Houdini and Doyle, H.G. Wells and the wealthy crème de la crème of the era with the Titanic.

Non-fiction

Yankee Doodle Gals, by Amy Nathan is about the WASP and is fabulous.

Teens at War, by Allan Zullo. Ten stories of teenagers at war throughout history.

Witch-Hunt: Mysteries of the Salem Witch Trials by Marc Aronson. One of the things I realized was just how much of an anomaly the trials were, as previously courts had been denying spectral evidence as a valid source of evidence.

Night, by Elie Wiesel. A personal history of surviving the Holocaust. Here’s the thing--if you can, read both the edition before his wife translated it and compare it to her translation. Her translations soften the hard edges of the book, which isn’t something I usually want if I’m reading about the Holocaust, but have been called more true to his words.

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot. A moving and disturbing story about race, medical exploitation, the invention of vaccines, and poverty in the U.S. I don’t know if this counts as a teen novel, but I read it as a freshman in high school on my librarian’s recommendation.

Savage Girls and Wild Boys Does this count as children or history? It’s a history about feral children (raised by animals, etc) and other children raised in extraordinary circumstances. 

Sort of history? It’s more modern. Never Fall Down by Patricia McCormick. It’s kind of a memoir of Arn Chorn-Pond, someone who survived the Cambodian genocide of 1975-1979 and was a child soldier. It’s brutal, but I recommend it to everyone. 

This isn’t a children’s history book, but I can’t miss an opportunity to recommend it. The Rape Of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust Of World War II by Iris Chang is utterly heartbreaking. The Rape of Nanjing has hugely significant to cultural memory, and yet most people I’ve talked to in the states have never hear about it

As for children’s books, I read my copy of The Secret Soldier by Ann McGovern to death. If not for its length, it would probably be falling out of its binding by now. 

I also read my mother’s childhood copy of The Story of Helen Keller by Lorena A. Hickok over and over again (first published 1958). 

Survivor, by Allan Zullo. Compilation of stories from children who survived the Holocaust. 

The Hidden Girl, the story of Lola Rein Kaufman written between her and Lois Metzger. After her mother is killed by the Gestapo, she has to hide in a barn to survive.

OH! ETA:

Rejected Princesses: Tales of History's Boldest Heroines, Hellions, and Heretics  and Tough Mothers: Amazing Stories of History's Mightiest Matriarchs by Jason Porath are a fun way to get familiar with historical and legendary female historical figures. There is some swearing and description of all the sorts of things you can imagine have happened to historical women, but it’s organized by rating and type. 

@brightbeautifulthings I don’t know if asking automatically tags you?

[greektrgcdy]

Under the cut you’ll find 675 FEMININE NAMES all compiled by me !! I will most likely be updating this and my other lists at some point and would be more than willing to post more specific lists if anyone wants them !! Please like or reblog if this was helpful !!

Abilene, Acacia, Ada, Adalia, Adalind, Adelina, Adeline, Adela, Adele, Adriana, Agnes, Aimee, Aislinn, Aja, Alana, Alba, Alessia, Alexa, Alexandra, Alexandria, Alexandrine,  Aliyah, Allora,  Alma, Almira, Althea, Alva, Amber, Amabel, Amara, Amelie, Amethyst, Amina, Anastasia, Antoinette, Andromeda, Anika, Anissa, Annabel, Annabel-Lee, Anne, Annette, Annie, Anniston, Appoline, Apollinia, Apollonia, Ara, Arabella, Araminta, Ariadne, Ariana, Arianne, Ariella, Asena, Astra, Astrid, Athena, Audrey, Audrina, Autumn, Aurelia, Aurora, Austen, Ava, Avalee, Avalon, Averill, Aviana,  Ayla, Aylee, Azalea, Azaria.

Bambi, Bardot, Beatrice, Beatrix, Becky, Bee, Bellatrix, Belle, Benedette, Benilde, Bernadette, Bess, Beth, Betsey, Beverly, Bexley, Bijou, Bindie, Birdie, Blair, Blossom, Bluebell, Blythe, Bonnie, Brenna, Bria, Briar, Bridget, Briella, Brielle, Brinley, Bristol, Brooke, Bronwyn, Buffy.

Cadence, Calla, Callie, Callista, Camila, Camille, Cara, Cariad, Carmen, Carol, Carolina, Caroline, Carolyn, Carrie, Cassandra, Cassiopeia, Cecilia, Cecily, Celeste, Celestia, Celine, Chanel, Charity, Charlotte, Cher, Cherie, Cheryl, Cheyenne, Chloe, Claire, Clara, Clarity, Claudia, Claudine, Clea, Cleo, Clover, Colette, Colleen, Constance, Connie, Copeland, Cora, Coral, Coralia, Coraline, Cordelia, Coretta, Corinna, Corinne, Corisande, Corliss, Cornelia, Corvina, Cosette, Cressida, Cynthia, Cyra.

Dahlia, Dahliana, Daisy, Damara, Dara, Darcy, Darla, Darlene, Daphne, Davina, Dawn, Dee, Delia, Delilah, Delphi, Delphine, Denise, Desiree, Desdemona, Desi, Destiny, Diana, Diane, Dinah, Dixie, Dolly, Dorothea, Dorothy, Dot, Drusilla.

Eadlyn, Eartha, Eden, Edie, Edina, Edith, Effie, Eileen, Elara, Eleanor, Eleanora, Elena, Eliana, Elisabeth, Elise, Elizabeth, Ella, Elle, Elodie, Eloise, Elowen, Elora, Elsie, Emalyn, Embla, Emilia, Emma, Emmeline, Emmy, Enid, Eponine, Erica, Erin, Esme, Estelle, Esther, Ethel, Ettie, Everly, Eva, Evangeline, Evanora, Evelina, Evelyn, Everly, Evita, Eyre.

Fae, Faith, Fallon, Fancy, Fannie, Fantine, Farah, Fawn, Faye, Felicity, Fern, Francine, Fran, Finnea, Fleur, Flora, Florence, Francesca, Franny, Frankie, Frida, Freya, Fyodora.

Gabriella, Gaia, Gail, Garbo, Gardenia, Gemma, Geneva, Geneve, Genevieve, Gennifer, Georgeanne, Georgia, Gia, Giana, Gigi, Gillian, Gina, Ginevra, Ginger, Ginny, Giordana, Giovanna, Gisele, Guilieta, Guilia, Guiliana, Gladys, Glenda, Glinda, Gloriana, Glory, Goldie, Goldeheve, Grace, Gracelyn, Gracie, Greer, Greta, Gretchen, Griselda, Guinevere, Gwenora, Gwendolyn, Gwenny.

Hadley, Haddie, Hadiya, Halle, Hallie, Halston, Hanna, Hannah, Harmony, Harper, Harriet, Hattie, Hazel, Helen, Helena, Heloise, Henrietta, Henna, Hera, Hermia, Hermione, Hester, Hettie, Holly, Honey, Honora, Hope.

Ida, Ilana, Ilyana, Imogen, Indie, Inessa, Ingrid, Iphegenia, Iris, Irene, Isabeau, Isabella, Isabelle, Isla, Isobel, Isolde, Ivana, Ivory, Ivy.

Jacinta, Jackie, Jada, Jade, Jane, Janie, Jasey, Jasey-Rae, Jeana, Jeanie, Jedda, Jennifer, Jennie, Jenny, Jessa, Jessamine, Johanna, Jolene, Jolie, Joplin,  Josie, Josephine, Journey, Joy, Judith, Judy, Julia, Julie, Juliet, Juniper, Juno.

Kaia, Kalani, Kara, Karen, Karolina, Kate, Kathleen, Katherine, Kayla, Kaylee, Kedzie, Keely, Kelby, Kelsey, Kendra, Kenna, Kennedy, Kiara, Kimberly, Kinsley, Kitty, Kristina, Kyra.

Laela, Lara, Laura, Laurel, Lauren, Lavinia, Leah, Leia, Leila, Lena, Lenora, Leonora, Letitia, Liana, Liberty, Lila, Lilo, Lilia, Lilith, Lily, Lindsey, Livia, Lois, Lola, Loretta, Loral, Lorelei, Lorena, Lorraine, Lottie, Lovisa, Lucia, Lucille, Lucy, Ludovica, Luna, Lulu, Lumi, Lux, Lydia, Lynn, Lyra.

Macy, Madeleine, Maia, Mae, Maeve, Maggie, Magnolia, Malia, Marcella, Maren, Margaret, Margot, Martha, Maria, Marie, Marigold, Marilyn, Marina, Marissa, Marisol, Marlene, Marnie, Mary, Matilda, Maude, Maureen, Maxine, Meadow, Melody, Melinda, Mercy, Merritt, Mia, Michelle, Millicent, Minerva, Minnie, Mira, Miriam, Moira, Molly, Mona, Morrigan.

Nadia, Nadine, Nancy, Naomi, Narcissa, Naressa, Natalia, Natalie, Naya, Nellie, Nettie, Nia, Nicola, Nicole, Nicoletta, Nikita, Nina, Nikki, Noelle, Norah, Nova, Nyla.

Oara, Octavia, Odette, Odessa, Odyssesia, Odilia, Odina, Olita, Olive, Olivia, Olympia, Olwen, Opal, Ophelia, Oona, Orelia, Oriana, Orla, Orlena, Orpha, Ottoline, Ovalia.

Paige, Paisley, Pam, Pamela, Pandora, Patricia, Pearl, Peggy, Penelope, Petra, Persephone, Phoebe, Piper, Pippa, Pixie, Priscilla, Priya, Prudence, Polly, PollyAnna, Poppy, Posey.

Raina, Ravena, Regina, Rey, Rhea, Rhiannon, Romilly, Romy, Rosa, Rosalie, Rosemary, Rowena, Roxanne, Ruby, Ruth, Ruthie.

Sabrina, Sadie, Safiya, Sally, Samantha, Samara, Samira, Sara, Sarah, Savannah, Scarlett, Selene, Serafine, Seraphina, Serena, Sia, Sienna, Sierra, Siobhan, Skye, Sofia, Sophia, Sophie, Soleil, Solstice, Sonya, Sookie, Stella, Sylvia.

Talia, Tamara, Tana, Tamsin, Tatiana, Tessa, Thea, Theresa, Theodosia, Tiara, Tiffany, Tilda, Tina, Tinsley, Toria, Topanga, Trinity, Truly, Twyla.

Uma, Una, Ursula, Uta.

Vada, Vaia, Vara, Valentina, Valerie, Venus, Vera, Verity, Veronica, Victoria, Viola, Violet, Virginia, Vivette, Vivian.

Waverly, Weslyn, Wendy, Whitney, Winona, Winnie, Winnifred, Willa, Willow, Winter.

Xahlian, Xana, Xandra, Xelis, Xena, Ximena.

Yara, Yasmine, Yvette, Yvonne.

Zada, Zahara, Zara, Zariah, Zena, Zelda, Zelena, Zoe, Zola, Zophia, Zuri.

[bookclub4m]

Episode 098 - Historical Fiction

This episode we’re talking about Historical Fiction! We discuss how far in the past something has to be before it counts as historical fiction, whether reading fiction is supposed to be enjoyable, anachronisms and inaccuracies (both purposeful and accidental), and historical pandemics. Plus: Someone’s power goes out half way through the recording!

You can download the podcast directly, find it on Libsyn, or get it through Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Google Play, Spotify, or your favourite podcast delivery system.

In this episode

Anna Ferri | Meghan Whyte | Matthew Murray | RJ Edwards

Things We Read

The Shape of the Ruins by Juan Gabriel Vásquez

Review in The Guardian

Stage Dreams by Melanie Gillman

An Extraordinary Union by Alyssa Cole

Cut to the Quick by Kate Ross

Tom Thomson, esquisses du printemps by Sandrine Revel

Pale Horse, Pale Rider by Katherine Anne Porter

A Journal of the Plague Year by Daniel Defoe

Lavinia by Ursula K. Le Guin

Lavinia (Wikipedia)

Tidelands by Philippa Gregory

Other Media We Mention

Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein

Fire in the Streets by Kekla Magoon

After Tupac and D Foster by Jacqueline Woodson

Yes, Roya by C. Spike Trotman and Emilee Denich

Pachinko by Min Jin Lee

The Alice Network by Kate Quinn

The Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole (Wikipedia)

Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell

The Sky Is Falling by Kit Pearson

The Midwife's Apprentice by Karen Cushman

The Sharpe Series by Bernard Cornwell

Master and Commander by Patrick O'Brian

Call of Cthulhu (role-playing game) (Wikipedia)

Sally Heathcote: Suffragette by Mary M. Talbot, Bryan Talbot, and Kate Charlesworth

The Witches of New York by Ami McKay 

HHhH by Laurent Binet

Foucault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco

Mason & Dixon by Thomas Pynchon

Quackery: A Brief History of the Worst Ways to Cure Everything by Lydia Kang and Nate Pedersen

Links, Articles, and Things

Why people are turning to pandemic fiction to help process the Covid-19 crisis

Crash Course in Historical Fiction (Webinar)

Webinar Slides

Plagues, Witches, and War: The Worlds of Historical Fiction (Coursera course)

Historical Novel Society - Defining the Genre

COVID-19 Myths, Debunked (comics!) by Whit Taylor and Allyson Shwed

Why historians should write fiction

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Join us again on Tuesday, April 21st when we’ll let you know about Other Media We’ve Been Enjoying!

Then on Tuesday, May 5th it’s our 100th episode and we’ll be discussing the non-fiction genre of Libraries and Information!

[the-writerly-night-owl]

Desire and Decorum Family Trees

Okay in my last story I name dumped a bunch of characters that made up Ernest and Clara’s grandchildren. I didn’t really explain where most of them came from and in my recent story I dropped who a couple kids in this universe married. So this is just my compendium list that makes up the different families. I don’t know if I’ll write more with these grandkids or the kids and such but I figured why not share it? I mean I wrote it up and it just might interest someone. 

And hey if someone notices if the years are off you can correct me lol. At the time most would name their kids after family members but since that would get confusing I tried to just pick other names in its place. The parentheses are just the birth years. If you notice the gap between the children that it kind indicates that there might have been more but they were miscarriages or stillbirths from the time these are just the ones that survived to adulthood. Or purposely waited (like Briar and Edmund they waited on purpose, there was no stillborns or miscarriages with them). 

Without further ado here you go: 

Clara Mills (2 Nov 1795 – 24 Jun 1875) and Ernest Sinclaire (20 Jul 1788 - 10 Nov 1864)

Vincent (9 May 1818 – 30 of Mar 1895) and Amelia Singer (1820-1884)

Luke (1842) and Genevieve =  Isaac 

Charlotte (1844)

Fitzwillaim (1846)

Walter (1848)

Arabella (1850)

Ernie (1820 – 1894) and Leila Chambers (1823 – 1905)

James (1843)

John (1844)

Lydia (1846)

Emma (1847)

Robert (1849)

Georgiana (1822 – 1902) and Percival Richards (1812 – 1892)

Ernest (1843)

Clarence (1845)

Maria (1846)

Josephine (1848)

Eleanora (1852)

Matthew (1854)

Laurence (1824 – 1902) and Rebecca Marlcaster (1826 – 1885)

Virginia (1849)

Charles (1852)

Peter (1856)

Mabel (1826 – 1898) and Prince Alexander of Cordonia (1823 – 1894)

Theodore (1849)

Lillian (1852)

Zachariah (1854)

Julian (1857)

Isadora (1860)

Andrew (1829 – 1891) and Sophia Pemberton (1835 – 1890)

Benjamin (1852)

Rachel (1857)

Elizabeth (1860)

Grace (1864)

Thomas (1831 – 1857) and Alicia of the Ottoman Empire (1830 – 1860)

Paul (1854)

Joshua (1856)

William (1833 – 1915) and Martha Ellis

Jacob (1863)

Lewis (1865)

Samantha (1866)

Albert (1868)

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Other Families

Harry and Theresa 

Jane (August 1818)

Timothy (November 1820)  

David (September 1824)

Lucy (April 1826)

Alfred (September 1828)

Matilda (July 1830)

 Edmund and Briar 

Katharine (February 1818)

Henry (August 1821)

Julia (October 1824)

Rebecca (December 1826)

 Bartie and Annabelle 

Leila (May 1822)

 Cordelia and Luke 

Edward (January 1818)

Michael (March 1821)

Richard (November 1824)

Simon & Samuel (October 1825)

Viscount Westonly and Lavinia 

Anthony (1818)

Former Miss Holloway and Hugh Sterling*

Chastity (October 1821) 

Prudence (November 1822) 

Verity (August 1824) 

Nathaniel (June 1825)

 Prince Hamid and ??? 

Aaron (February 1821)

Camilla (May 1822)

Daniel (August 1823)

Selina (December 1824)

Elias (July 1827)

Alicia (June 1830)

Jonah (June 1831)

Donna Bowman and ??? 

Abigail (1818) 

 *Yes those Sterling’s from Veil of Secrets and The Junior I just thought that it would kind of funny.

Tagging those that read my D&D stories. 

@noeschoices @hellooliviaolivia @flyawayboo @am-i-invisible777 @adrianadmirer  @fluffy-cat-whisper @melodyofgraves@paisleylovergirl @elainew13 @itsbrindleybinch @brightpinkpeppercorn  @darley1101 @mfackenthal @jlpplays1 @writerapprentice@wildsayeed @princess-geek @perriewinklenerdie  @lilyofchoices @symonde @indescribablechoices

[weirdsocket]

oh we were so serious, shy, inexperienced

[thevorthoscast]

Prerelease weekend is over, and Ravnica Allegiance is almost here! Now that the whole set is public, it's time for the cast to comb through the set and find the most flavorful gems the cards have to offer. One topic, one episode, countless facets of flavor.

If you enjoy The Vorthos Cast, consider supporting us on Patreon at www.patreon.com/thevorthoscast!

01:06 – Ravnica Allegiance Flavor Gems Link: magic.wizards.com/en/products/ravn…rna-productblock 01:43 – Bring to Trial 02:39 – Friggin’ Sharktopus 03:21 – Final Payment 04:04 – Rakdos, the Showstopper 05:25 – Depose//Deploy 06:53 – Angelic Exaltation, Mass Manipulation, Awaken the Erstwhile, Electrodominance, & Sagittar’s Volley 08:07 – Get to the Point 08:54 – Cult Guildmage 09:37 – Priest of Forgotten Gods 11:33 – Expose to Daylight 12:43 – Kaya’s Wrath 14:13 – Captive Audience 15:28 – Spear Spewer 16:46 – Noxious Groodion, Feral Maaka, & Sylvan Brushstrider 18:12 – Hero of Precinct One, Rally to Battle, & Civic Stalwart 19:38 – Rhythm of the Wild & Nikya of the Old Ways 22:07 – Titanic Brawl 23:06 – Humongulus 24:07 – Rakdos Firewheeler 25:55 – Burn Bright 26:51 – Verity Circle 28:05 – Catacomb Crocodile 30:02 – Ethereal Absolution 31:27 – Goblin Gathering 33:13 – Tower Defense 34:58 – Biomancer’s Familiar 35:51 – Lavinia, Azorius Renegade 37:08 – Ravnica Allegiance: Mythic Edition Link: magic.wizards.com/en/articles/arch…ition-2019-01-10 43:36 – Final Thoughts Link: armlx.blogspot.com/2019/01/limited…s-place-to.html

[harbinger99]

Howdy Y’all! I went and did it again 😅. Here’s a bunch of collages representing what I think would be a pretty dope amv about the lead up to the new Magic the Gathering set “War of the Spark”. I’m going to try to learn technology and see if I can make this happen myself, but that’s a stretch so if any talented people out there wanna video-tize this you’re more than welcome!

I own nothing, the lyrics are from 30 Seconds to Mars’ song “This is War”. The pictures are from numerous artists, I have a long list here for ya (Anthony Palumbo - Mass Manipulation/Tajic, Legion’s Edge/Disinformation Campaign

Chris Rahn - Aurelia, Exemplar of Justice

Viktor Titov- Rakdos, the Showstopper

Zoltan Boros - Gruul Spellbreaker

Lake Hurwitz - Hammer Dropper

Magali Villeneuve - Undercity Uprising/Vraska, Golgari Queen/Teysa Karlov

Zack Stella - March of the Multitudes

Mark Behm - Smothering Tithe

Milivoj Ceran - Resolute Watchdog

Seb McKinnon - Bedevil/Assassin’s Trophy

Zezhou Chen - Flight of Equenauts

Victor Adam Minguez - Kaya’s Wrath

Volkan Baga - Verity Circle

Bram Sels - Chance for Glory

Daarken - Response

Deruchenko Alexander - Explosion

Bastien L. Deharme - Etrata, the Silencer

Jason A. Engle - Assemble/Awaken the Erstwhile

Aaron Miller - Haazda Officer

Alex Konstad - Legion Warboss

Svetlin Velinov - Titanic Brawl

Randy Vargas - Necrotic Wound/ Ragefire

Tomasz Jedruszek - Rhythm of the Wild/Street Riot

Joe Slucher - Demotion

Sidharth Chaturvedi - Camaraderie/Rampage of the Clans

Lucas Graciano - Take Heart

Izzy - Simic Ascendancy

John Severin Brassel - Angelic Exaltation

Ryan Pancoast - Nikya of the Old Ways

Yongjae Choi - Lazav, the Multifarious/Kaya, Orzhov Usurper

Steven Belledin - Lavinia, Azorius Renegade

Jason Rainville - Domri, Chaos Bringer

Livia Prima - Vraska, Golgari Queen

Matt Stewart - Warrant

Mathias Kollros - Sinister Sabotage

Paul Scott Canavan - Revenge

Eytan Zana - Gates Ablaze)

I was able to access all these beautiful works of art using mtgpics.com

Ten more collages to follow, tumblr only let me do 10 at a time.

https://harbinger99.tumblr.com/post/182615360578/other-10-collages-for-the-amv-about-the-lead-up-to

[veritys-diary]

Contextual Entry #5: A Summary on Prostitution

Good evening our beautiful readers. We are afraid to say that today’s topic is not quite as pleasant as our previous work, though it is extremely important to write about. It is well known that Verity had connections everywhere in England, from rich lords and ladies to coffin makers and murderers. It is also known that many of her connections were, in fact, prostitutes, since they could get information and intel on almost all the criminals and scandals at the time. Your most beloved hosts welcome you back and thank you for joining us today. Now, let us learn about prostitution in The Eighteen Century.

Women who became prostitutes were usually of a poor background, “often orphaned or abandoned, and attained little education of marketable job skills” (Henderson, 2000). Most of them would move from other parts of Britain to London, the capital of prostitution, while the rest were born in the city. These girls were usually quite young, ranging from early teens to early twenties and, although it was not common, there were a few young girls who also engaged in prostitution. Unfortunately, many of the women who became prostitutes were sold as young as 9 years old to masters as “apprentices,” and there they would be taught how to please men.

It is relevant that we divide the prostitutes into two main but separate categories, for their economic conditions were not the same at all and, thus, had quite different experiences.

COURTESANS: They were “glorified prostitutes.” They were women of high charm and education that provided different kinds of company to gentlemen of high social status. In earlier centuries, courtesans had been heavily persecuted but, by the 18th century, there had been a shift from “earlier representations of prostitutes as insatiable whores, whose "work" was simply an extension of their personal desires […] to virtuous or disciplined women who effectively manage their sexual longings in pursuit of financial gain” (Hollis, 2007). Courtesans would sometimes become mistresses of wealthy men, and only have sex with him, rather than with multiple clients, but most would just keep the men company for a period of time, get paid, and move on to the next. Courtesans could come varying backgrounds, some grew up poor, some were divorcees, widows, or actresses. What these women saw in “glorified prostitution” was a form of financial freedom, a way in which they would not have to serve or respond to a husband, but not fall out of grace because of economic problems. They lived in luxurious apartments and changed hundreds of pounds for a night.

Famous courtesans of the 18th century include Kitty Fisher (x-1767) who modeled for numerous paintings, Lavinia Fenton (1708-1760), who later became Duchess of Bolton, and Dorothea Jordan, who was a long-term companion of King William IV

HARLOTS: Also called “streetwalkers” (both derogatory terms) these were regular prostitutes in England. Unlike the courtesans, these women mostly worked in the streets, usually in the poorest parts of town. Some were part of a brothel (of which there were few in London), or had pimps or madams, but most of them worked independently, only allied with other girls in the street for protection. The women who chose to work in brothels would work for a “madame,” an older prostitute. This gave them the security of having a place to sleep and eat, but most of their earning were given directly to the madame. Because of their poor background, street prostitutes were also associated with criminals of the placed that they operated in. It is even said that many of them engaged (alongside or convinced by criminals and thieves) in the robbery of clients by leading them to a dark alley in the promise of sex. The act of prostitution was clearly stated as illegal, yet the police and harlots had a spoken agreement to not disturb each other, much to the men’s pleasure, for they were the ones asking for the service.

Of course, the men were not looked down upon, but rather it was the prostitutes who people saw as immoral, even with the changing times. It is clear that prostitution was a matter, not only of gender, but also of class. It was not the same to be a well-off courtesan in the arms of a wealthy lord, than to be a street prostitute who sometimes had to sleep in the alleys. Nonetheless, all these women, in different degree, had to endure various forms of sexual assault and sexual abuse.

We do hope that you have learned a little bit more on the societal, gender, and class issues of Verity’s time, and have come to understand that Verity, as important a writer as she was, was not exempt of using these women to her advantage, as did other people. She was, like all of us, a flawed character, a woman of her time. Thank you for reading us.

WORKS CITED:

Hollis, Jessica L. “Prostitution in the Long Eighteenth Century” Eighteenth-Century Studies, Vol. 40, No. 2, 2007 pp. 240-345

Ilg, Veronica. “The Naked Truth: Life of a Courtesan.” Museum of English Catholic Women Writers, http://blogs.shu.edu/ecww/project/veronica-ilg/.

Robinson, Kristen. Review of Disorderly Women in Eighteenth-Century London: Prostitution and Control in the Metropolis, 1730-1830 by Toni Henderson, H-Women, April, 2000.

Brannan, Julianna “18th Century Prostitutes - Courtesans.” Julia Brannan, 22 Dec. 2018, https://juliabrannan.com/2019/01/14/18th-century-prostitutes-courtesans/.

Brannan, Julianna. “18th Century Prostitutes - Street Whores.” Julia Brannan, 22 Dec. 2018, https://juliabrannan.com/2019/02/11/18th-century-prostitutes-street-whores/.

[totallyawesomebabynames]

Featured Girl's Names: A-E | F-M | N-Z

A-E

Adelaide

Agnes

Alexandra

Alexandrina

Althea

Amabel

Amandine

Amarante

Anna

Anne

Antonella

Antonia

April

Araceli

Aria

Ariadne

August

Augusta

Aura

Aurora

Aveline

Avril

Awen

Beatrix

Belle

Bernice

Beulah

Blanche

Bridget

Bryony

Buffy

Calixta

Calliope

Cambria

Caoimhe

Cara

Carys

Catalina

Cecily

Cerise

Chandler

Chantal

Charlotte

Clara

Clementine

Colette

Cordelia

Cosmina

Daphne

Darby

December

Della

Désirée

Dorothy

Edna

Eir

Eleanor

Elizabeth

Ellery

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Emma

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Estelle

Esther

Etta

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Eve

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Evelyn

Everly

F-M

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Flora

Florence

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N-Z

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Opal

Paris

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September

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Viola

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Zephyr

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