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Becoming Jane (2007)

Directed by Julian Jarrold

Cinematography by Elgil Bryld

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Jean-Augustin Franquelin  -  The Choice of Suitor,  1823 

French, 1798-1839 

Oil on canvas

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Art by Simone Ferriero

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long has paled that sunny sky

echoes fade and memories die

autumn frosts have slain july

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long has paled that sunny sky

echoes fade and memories die

autumn frosts have slain july

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by Angelica Kauffmann /detail/

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Romance in the shadows of our daydreams

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more than 1,000 russians were arrested in protests in 44 cities over the last six hours. some well-known activists were preemptively arrested as they left their house; others were arrested as soon as they unfurled placards. by the looks of it, there were large protests in st. petersburg. over 100 local government officials signed a letter opposing war, and over 170 journalists and intellectual figures signed a similar letter. this is a promising sign, but it’s feeble. as war drags on, protests will grow.

russian civil society is battered and demoralized; its most prominent figures have either been murdered or jailed. i predict that russia will become “totalitarianized” in the coming weeks, with full control over the internet and social media. it isn’t clear how extensive this will be, or how quickly it will happen. already, moscow’s largest theater announced that anyone disrupting the performances to say anything about the war will be arrested for treason. this has severe ramifications for what the postwar occupation of ukraine will look like

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when e.e. cummings said “i’ll live my life if it kills me”

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—the fact that NOBODY is willing to push me up against the wall, kiss me while i sip coffee because they want to taste caffeine through my lips, is utterly heartbreaking

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I promise you, I beg of you all, shutting the fuck up and stepping away from social media to actually educate yourself about a crisis event from reputable sources will always be SO much more productive than blindly reblogging/retweeting fearmongering misinformation-riddled posts and literal military donation links from anonymous people on the internet.

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when the amazing devil said "I look into the waters, and see a face I don’t understand. Wе’re both unwanted daughters" and sons of an illustrious father said "Don't even ask to be forgiven, seldom find my sins not written"

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Unpopular Dark Academia topic - Origami

OK, hear me out. What can be possibly more dark academic than leaving cranes with secret messages in the library? Or sending love notes in latin in a butterfly? Putting origami pressed hearts in random books? Giving paper flowers to your friends? Leaving a poem in a dragon on the park bench where you have been reading for the past 2 hours? It's just me?

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The Winged Victory of Samothrace, c. 220-190 BC, Parian marble, Louvre, Paris (photo by Lauren)

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“There was a grand piano, too, and Charles was playing, a glass of whiskey on the seat beside him. He was a little drunk; the Chopin was slurred and fluid, the notes melting sleepily into one another. A breeze stirred the heavy, moth-eaten velvet curtains, ruffling his hair.”

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Alchemical drawings from Sapientia veterum philosophorum, sive doctrina eorumdem de summa et universali medicina (18th c.) BnF