Exile in Library School

I've never been cool, but I'm always a little chilly.

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quotevadis: “One can not start by saying that our earthly destiny has or has not importance, for it depends upon us to give it importance.” — Simone de Beauvoir, a French existentialist philosopher, public intellectual, political activist, feminist theorist and social theorist. She did not consider herself a philosopher but her significant contributions to existentialism and feminist existentialism have solidified her legacy as a philosopher and feminist. She wrote novels, essays, biographies, an autobiography in several volumes, and monographs on philosophy, politics, and social issues. She is now best known for her metaphysical novels, including She Came to Stay and The Mandarins, and for her 1949 treatise The Second Sex, a detailed analysis of women’s oppression and a foundational tract of contemporary feminism.

quotevadis:

“One can not start by saying that our earthly destiny has or has not importance, for it depends upon us to give it importance.”

— Simone de Beauvoir, a French existentialist philosopher, public intellectual, political activist, feminist theorist and social theorist. She did not consider herself a philosopher but her significant contributions to existentialism and feminist existentialism have solidified her legacy as a philosopher and feminist. She wrote novels, essays, biographies, an autobiography in several volumes, and monographs on philosophy, politics, and social issues. She is now best known for her metaphysical novels, including She Came to Stay and The Mandarins, and for her 1949 treatise The Second Sex, a detailed analysis of women’s oppression and a foundational tract of contemporary feminism.

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putthechickenfingersdown asked: How did you meet Bruce Springsteen? :)

We got backstage passes from someone who knows him and he was just hanging out backstage after the show so we went up and said hi. Nicest guy ever, btw.

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coolchicksfromhistory: Julian Fellows has cited To Marry an English Lord as one of his major inspirations for Downton Abbey, saying “It occurred to me that while it must have been wonderful for these girls to begin with, what happened 25 years later when they were freezing in a house in Cheshire aching for Long Island?”  Thanks to Downton Abbey Mania, a new edition of this previously out of print book has just been released. A stream of wealthy American women married into the British aristocracy during the Victorian and Edwardian periods.  The closed nature of New York society excluded the nouveau riche, leaving many Robber Baron heiresses with few marriage options.  Meanwhile, the future Edward VII had a fondness for American women that made wealthy, charming Yanks desirable party goers across the pond, regardless of their status at home.  Falling agricultural returns meant that many in the British aristocracy were cash strapped and thus more interested than ever before in a match with a wealthy foreign heiress.   To Marry an English Lord covers how these Americans found British husbands, from their Worth wardrobes to their social graces, and how they fared as peeresses.  Jennie Jerome, mother of Winston Churchill was among the first Dollar princesses, while Nancy Astor, the first woman to take a seat in Parliament, was among the last.  At the same time, there were disastrous marriages such as that of Consuelo Vanderbilt to the Duke a Marlborough which eventually ended in divorce.   I found the layout of this book a little distracting, too many text boxes interrupted the flow, and I would have liked color images rather than black and white.  But it is fascinating to read about the details of these women’s lives, particularly if you’re an Edith Wharton or Downton Abbey fan.  To Marry an English Lord on Amazon I hope it’s a how-to book!

coolchicksfromhistory:

Julian Fellows has cited To Marry an English Lord as one of his major inspirations for Downton Abbey, saying “It occurred to me that while it must have been wonderful for these girls to begin with, what happened 25 years later when they were freezing in a house in Cheshire aching for Long Island?”  Thanks to Downton Abbey Mania, a new edition of this previously out of print book has just been released.

A stream of wealthy American women married into the British aristocracy during the Victorian and Edwardian periods.  The closed nature of New York society excluded the nouveau riche, leaving many Robber Baron heiresses with few marriage options.  Meanwhile, the future Edward VII had a fondness for American women that made wealthy, charming Yanks desirable party goers across the pond, regardless of their status at home.  Falling agricultural returns meant that many in the British aristocracy were cash strapped and thus more interested than ever before in a match with a wealthy foreign heiress.  

To Marry an English Lord covers how these Americans found British husbands, from their Worth wardrobes to their social graces, and how they fared as peeresses.  Jennie Jerome, mother of Winston Churchill was among the first Dollar princesses, while Nancy Astor, the first woman to take a seat in Parliament, was among the last.  At the same time, there were disastrous marriages such as that of Consuelo Vanderbilt to the Duke a Marlborough which eventually ended in divorce.  

I found the layout of this book a little distracting, too many text boxes interrupted the flow, and I would have liked color images rather than black and white.  But it is fascinating to read about the details of these women’s lives, particularly if you’re an Edith Wharton or Downton Abbey fan. 

To Marry an English Lord on Amazon

I hope it’s a how-to book!

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bathsabbath:

Always reblog this. A lot of the animals they kill (and they kill over 95% of the animals they take in at their Virginia Headquarters) are killed within 24 hours. Not nearly enough time to deem whether an animal is adoptable or not. They even bought a giant fridge to store the corpses!

       PETA is a corporation. Not a charity.  Less than 1% of their 32 Million+ annual budget actually goes to directly helping animals. Most of it is spent making sexist/racist/ domestic abuse supporting commercials that won’t even air on television, giving bail outs to convicted arsonists and criminals, hiring/supporting any celebrity that claims to be vegetarian for five minutes, creating campaigns to target children (“Your mom kills animals”), fruitless lawsuits like suing Sea World for violating the constitution, and most recently, making porn. I’m not against porn, but I fail to see how it fucking helps animals. 

PETA does not give a shit about animals.

Plus, these assholes have the gall to insult Steve Irwin.

PETA: we pretend to love animals, but all we really love is money.

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