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I’ve been reading Persuasion recently. The main character, Anne Elliot, is the middle sister of three girls and her characterization has made me deeply appreciate Jane Austen’s depiction of middle children. Anne is quiet and observant, overlooked by her family and perceived as inconsequential by many, save for the compliments she receives for helping others. In Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen also writes Mary Bennet, the middle child of five sisters, in the same way. As a middle daughter myself, I can say that this characterization hits the nail on the head and makes me wonder if Jane Austen were a middle child herself.
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reading pride and prejudice for the first time, i’m very stoked! feels very academic and feminine
Mar 14, 2024
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y'all, i'm halfway through the book and it's a banger!! do NOT be intimidated by it. it's such an accessible classic! (this is coming from a gal who love love loves 'pride and prejudice' and 'little women' and knows those are a lil tricky to understand.)
Jan 26, 2024
In this article, there's the suggestion that the perception of children from the Victorian period as small adults, serves Lewis Carroll to express a metaphor through Alice's Underworld, having it represent the mines in which children were working on back in the day, making an emphasis on the changing opinions over the concept of childhood. I thought it was an interesting thing as I never saw any comparison like it until now.
Mar 1, 2025
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I’ve recently discovered how absolutely amazing frozen dark cherries are. I can’t stop eating them. I’m driving myself insane.
Feb 5, 2025
I <3 Huckabees is my favorite movie of all time. I’ve never met a single person who’s watched it, but every time I make them, they love it. Naomi Watts, Jude Law, Jason Schwartzman, Isabelle Huppert, and Lily Tomlin. It’s existentialism in the funniest way possible. Nihilism vs. Optimism with an early 2000s, 9 to 5 office job vibe. Also, Jon Brion made the PERFECT soundtrack for this movie and I’m still extremely angry it got taken off Spotify recently.
Jan 24, 2025
Every few months I am swarmed by an unavoidable urge to change something about my physical appearance. I usually end up cutting or dying my hair, but it has never ended pretty. I walk around with a Claireesque haircut for months. I should look for more sustainable outlets for my drastic impulses or find a way to control them altogether.
Jan 24, 2025