littleastrobleme
Man Proposes, God Disposes
Maia, 27, she/her, lesbian. Young historian.
Historical interests, aesthetics, memes.
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me seeing a mutual's happy post: "hell yeah buddy :)" *hits like*
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You ever just... yell about #bog bodies??
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All About Eve (1950) dir. Joseph L. Mankiewicz
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Merle Oberon (Wuthering Heights, The Scarlet Pimpernel)—She was mixed race (born in India and her mother was Sri Lankan) and still managed to make it in the British and American film industries (by passing) despite a rough start in life and industry racism. She was the first Asian person to be nominated for any Academy Award (best actress in 1935)! She also survived a car accident in 1937 and kept on acting until 1973, despite potentially career-ending facial scars. Also, she met her third husband while they were filming a movie together in 1973 (her last movie and she still looks great!). They fell in love and got married in 1975 when she was 62 and he was 36. She died 4 years later in 1979. Iconic.
Jean Seberg (Breathless, Saint Joan)— Some of us watched À bout de souffle as a lil French undergrad and had the trajectory of our lives changed by Jean Seberg. She IS French new wave!! She is the moment!! She sadly had to work with a lot of shitty directors in her career but even so, she has this magnetic energy whenever she’s on screen. In her personal life, she was also very supportive of civil rights causes, and was even targeted/harassed by the FBI for financially supporting the Black Panther Party.
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Merle Oberon:
Beautiful. Talented. Biracial. Also please refer to the following promo from the aforementioned A Night To Remember, in which she plays the writer George Sand:
Her performances always give off this perfect blend of of being composed, refined, and aloof while still being deeply passionate and I eat it up every time.
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A rare example of a WOC working in lead roles in this era (mostly because she worked very hard to pass as white and had to hide her south asian heritage sadly). She has this very regal vibe but also a simmering intensity—even holding her own as Cathy opposite Laurence Olivier as Heathcliff.
I need all the gothic fans to STAND UP for our cathy!!
She has such a unique face when it comes to old hollywood actresses - a lot of them start to melt together in my brain - but Merle has always stood out to me<3
Jean Seberg:
anyone who plays Joan of Arc is kind of hot by default tbh
she's gorgeous, she's cool, she has the original blond pixie cut
She donated a lot of her money to civil rights organizations such as the NAACP and the black panther party as well as Native American school groups, as a result of this the fbi ran a smear campaign against her and a surveillance campaign which is thought to have led to her suicide tragically.
idk if this is propaganda but the COINTELPRO and the FBI are widely blamed for her death. If the FBI was after her for supporting the Black Panther Party you know she was good
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Fun little flourish from an 1870s book.
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getting to know my mutuals and followers: if you had to sing karaoke on the spot RIGHT NOW what would your go to song be reply in the tags
#if I was surprised with sudden karaoke *right this second*?#oh God I'd probably just timidly sing wildwood flower
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White Snake by Axel Sauerwald
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Rockwell Kent
Seal Hunter, North Greenland
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The antique store didn't disappoint today! A lunar ladyhead and a beautiful bug :)
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Learning more about your field of study after publishing your research is looking back at your 2021 MA thesis, reading yourself describing big-slow-washtubs Erebus and Terror as "virtually spaceships of their day," and cringing mightily at yourself.
I mean, I guess all the spacecraft that exploded during testing were spaceships of their day, too!
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kitten i'll be honest daddy isn't sure he's cut out for full time employment
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I am constantly proselytising the gospel of John (Leech), but didn't notice that John Leech's Pictures of Life and Character vol. 1 on Google Books also has a hilariously Victorian "common terms and phrases" feature:
Statistically, this might be the ultimate John Leech cartoon: "DOOCED GRATIFYING, AIN'T IT CHARLES?"
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Been having some issues with my painting program but managed to bring this sorrowful sabertooth to [after]life :) give it a click if it's blurry!
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