Classic Woman-centric Movie Review: That Hamilton Woman
Hello, Persephoneers! Let’s wrap up another long week with a historical romance, starring one of classic film’s greatest couples. This week’s movie pick, That Hamilton Woman, released in 1941, was directed by Alexander Korda and stars Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh as real-life lovers Admiral Horatio Nelson and Lady Emma Hamilton. The couple had just been married at the time of …
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P-Mag Nostalgia Project: 1996 with Sara Habein
Friends, 1996 is one of my all-time favorite years, and it was also a leap year. Pick out your favorite babydoll tee and gather round the wayback machine, because it’s time to say goodbye to Jessica Fletcher.
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Etiquette: Houseguest Edition
It’s pretty safe to say that at one point or another, we will all be someone else’s houseguest, whether it be at the home of a family member or a friend. In the words of the surprisingly promiscuous Benjamin Franklin, “Fish and visitors stink after three days.”
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Eat Me: Cinnamon Biscuit Pinwheels
This is a ridiculously easy treat that I used to make with my mom and grandma when the men in the family went on long fishing trips.
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Vanilla Ice Stars in “The Most Random Show Ever”
I don’t know about you, but when I heard that Vanilla Ice was going to learn tips and tricks from the Amish on how to build a house and then share it via his television show, I thought, “That makes sense.”
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“Horrendous, Barbaric, and Inhumane”: Savita’s Death Ruled Medical Misadventure
The inquest into the death of Savita Halappanavar concluded in Galway last week with a verdict of medical misadventure. The day of the verdict would have been her 5th wedding anniversary.
Read MoreKickstartables: In This Together Media
Today’s Kickstartable feature is one that warms our bookish hearts. In This Together Media focuses on publishing quality books for and about girls.
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Ask A Librarian: Funny, Funny, Funny
I really enjoy fiction books that are humorous, fantastical and absurd, with lots of interesting details and great world building, like everything by Terry Pratchett, Douglas Adams, Eoin Colfer and Walter Moers (although he isn’t that well known in the non-German speaking world, I believe), as well as things like Harry Potter, The Enchanted Forest Chronicles by Patricia C. Wrede …
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Retro Recap: Torchwood “Children of Earth, Day Two”
When “Children of Earth” originally aired, there was a new episode every night for five nights. It was brilliant because the tension of each episode carried immediately over into the next night.
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Lunchtime Poll: Pet Tales
I resisted the urge to write pet “tails” in the title, so I hope you all appreciate my restraint.
Read MoreBook Review: Unknown Pleasures: Inside Joy Division by Peter Hook
Rock bios used to be one of the main types of books I read and the first section of the bookstore I would visit. After awhile, I grew tired of the poorly-written ones — accounts that were either overly fawning without introspection, or maybe they were inaccurate, or perhaps they held too much of a grudge. One’s music taste is …
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Travel Report: Istanbul, Turkey
I won’t lie and say I wasn’t pulled to Istanbul by anything other than romance: Istanbul is the final stop on The Orient Express, it’s where the power of the Roman Empire split, and it’s a city that bridges two continents. It could easily be the setting of a Zoe Archer romance or the backdrop for a political thriller.
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Welcome To The Jungle: Your First Period
Q. Is getting your period scary ? Because I am scared of having my period.
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Lunchtime Poll 4/26/13: Wiki Leaps
[E] Selena MacIntosh 04-26-2013 3 Comments
Happy Friday, dear readers. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is as follows.
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