Sid Wilson plays the turntable for Slipknot, and also performs independently as DJ Starscream. Within Slipknot, he is #0 because, according to him, it "epitomizes filth." He had a track on a Death Note tribute album, and once he broke both heels stage diving.
From the comic book series The Boys, and its TV adaptation, Annie January is a superhero known as Starlight. She is depicted as one of the few good superheroes in the dark and cynical world of The Boys, although she becomes disillusioned over the course of the story.
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- Anne Boleyn's Sleeve by Juliana Gray, "The End"
However understandable the impulse to universalise Anne Boleyn’s story might be, these attempts mostly fail to account for the very historic specificity of her narrative. How can we account for a woman who apparently had so much sexual and emotional appeal she had the power to cleave King and country from the control of the Catholic Church, yet whose downfall was so complete she became the first English queen consort to face the executioner?
The story of Anne Boleyn is about dissenting from and challenging the dominant cultural norms; her example is that of the woman who created herself and, for a brief time, through her brilliance and her beauty and her will, maintained herself in a society in which quasi-independent female empowerment and agency were relatively unknown. She continues to speak to us as an avatar of feminine power.
- Stephanie Russo, The Afterlife of Anne Boleyn: Representations of Anne Boleyn in Fiction and on the Screen
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The Princess Royal’s Official Engagements in January 2024
04/01 With Sir Tim As Honorary President, attended the Oxford Farming Conference.
05/01 unofficial Sir Tim, as Trust President of the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway, visited emergency work at the Stanway Viaduct near Toddington. 🦺🚂
10/01 Princess Anne, accompanied by Sir Tim, carried out the following engagements in Colombo to commemorate the 75th Anniversary of United Kingdom-Sri Lanka Bilateral Relations;
As President of the United Kingdom Fashion and Textile Association, visited MAS Active in Katunayake. 👚
As Patron of Save the Children UK, visited the Save the Children Sri Lanka Head Office to mark its 50th Anniversary. 👧
As Patron of Save the Children UK, visited a Save the Children Sri Lanka programme at Lady Ridgeway Hospital for Children. 🏥
Called upon The President of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka and Mrs Wickremesinghe at The President's House. 📩
Attended a Dinner given by The President of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka and Mrs Wickremesinghe at The President's House to commemorate the 75th Anniversary of United Kingdom-Sri Lanka Bilateral Relations. 🍽️
11/01 Princess Anne, accompanied by Sir Tim, carried out the following engagements in Kandy and Jaffna to commemorate the 75th Anniversary of United Kingdom-Sri Lanka Bilateral Relations;
Visited the Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic, Sri Dalada Maligawa in Kandy. 🛕
Met representatives of the Tamil Community at Jaffna Public Library. 📚
Visited the Halo Trust De-mining site, the United Nations Development Programme and International Organisation for Migration Resettlement site in Muhamalai. 🧨
12/01 Princess Anne, accompanied by Sir Tim, carried out the following engagements in Colombo to commemorate the 75th Anniversary of United Kingdom-Sri Lanka Bilateral Relations;
Visited the British High Commission Office. 🇬🇧
As President of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, laid a wreath at Jawatte Cemetery. 🪦
Visited Vajira Pillayar Kovil Hindu Temple 🛕
As President of the English-Speaking Union of the Commonwealth, visited the British Council. 🏴🗣️
As President of the Mission to Seafarers, visited the Mission to Seafarers Colombo. ⛵️
Visited Hatch Works. 📆
As President of the Mission to Seafarers, attended a Key Supporters Reception at the Cathedral of Christ the Living Saviour. ⛪️
Attended a Reception given by the British High Commissioner to Sri Lanka at the Residence in Colombo. 🍹🇬🇧🇱🇰
16/01 As Patron of Police Treatment Centres,visited Castlebrae Treatment Centre in Perth. 👮🩺
As Vice President of the Royal Scottish Geographical Society, and Former Patron of the Heart of Arabia Expedition, attended a Reception at the Royal Scottish Geographical Society. 🌍
Opened the Vertical Farm Engineering Innovation Centre in Inverkeithing. 🌾⬆️
17/01 Held an Investiture at the Palace of Holyroodhouse.🎖️
As Chancellor of the University of Edinburgh, attended a Reception to mark the 60th Anniversary of Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence and later opened the Institute for Regeneration and Repair at the University. 🎓🎮
As Honorary Member of the New Club attended the 70th Anniversary Amalgamation Dinner. 🍽️
18/01 As President of the UK Fashion and Textile Association, visited Advanced Clothing Solutions in Motherwell. 👗
As Patron of Citizens Advice Scotland, visited Hamilton Citizens Advice Bureau. 👩⚖️
23/01 Opened the Medical Research Council Laboratory of Medical Sciences at Imperial College NHS Hospital in London. 🏥
As Patron of Livability, attended the Thanksgiving Service to mark the 180th anniversary at All Hallows by the Tower. 🎂⛪️
As Royal Honorary Colonel of the University of London Officers’ Training Corps, attended the Annual Reception at Yeomanry House. 🎓🫡
24/01 On behalf of The King, held an Investiture at Windsor Castle. 🎖️
As Patron of Save the Children UK, visited the London Head Office. 👧👦
As President of the City and Guilds of London Institute, visited Cox Workshops Limited in London. 🛠️
25/01 As Royal Patron of the National Coastwatch Institution, visited Cromer Station. 🛟
As President of the Royal Yachting Association, opened Norfolk Schools Sailing Association’s new facilities at Filby Centre, Norfolk. ⛵️
As Patron of National Association of Official Prison Visitors, visited HM Prison Norwich. 🔗
30/01 As Patron of Save the Children UK, visited the Stockton Heath Charity Shop. 🛍️
Visited Jodrell Bank Observatory UNESCO World Heritage Site at the University of Manchester. 🌌🪐
As President of the Riding for the Disabled Association, opened the new Centre and Platinum Jubilee Stables at Reaseheath Equestrian College in Nantwich. 🏇🏼
31/01 Held an Investiture at Buckingham Palace.🎖️
As Royal Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, attended the 10th Anniversary Reception of the Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation at Prince Philip House in London. 🏆
Total official engagements for Anne in January: 41
2024 total so far: 41
Total official engagements accompanied by Tim in January: 17
2024 total: 17
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January 24th
by Anne Sexton
Originality is important.
I am alone here in my own mind.
There is no map
and there is no road.
It is one of a kind
just as yours is.
It’s in a vapor. It’s in a flap.
It makes jelly. It chews toads.
It’s a dummy. It’s a whiz.
Sometimes I have to hunt her down.
Sometimes I have to track her.
Sometimes I hold her still and use a nutcracker.
Such conceit! Such maggoty thoughts,
such an enormous con
just cracks me up.
My brown study will do me in
gushing out of me cold or hot.
Yet I’d risk my life
on that dilly dally buttercup
called dreams. She of the origin,
she of the primal crack, she of the boiling
beginning, she of the riddle, she keeps me here,
toiling and toiling.
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Halloween 2022: American Dream/American Nightmare ( The Boys)
Superheroes are adored. They are worshipped like Rockstars and Gods. There is nothing they can’t do. And they have vowed to keep the good people of America safe. But behind all the flashing lights, and screaming crowds and movie deals, most of them are not at all what they seem. Maybe the American Dream was an American Nightmare all along….
‘Ello Boys and girls. As you know we live in a world with superheroes. What you might not know is that Superheroes ain’t always nice....
…They are all like that?! All of them??
Pardon my French, fuck those fuckers
I’m the American Nightmare with American Dreams
Of counting the bodies while you count sheep
I’m the American Nightmare
Yeah, I’m living the Dream
I’m slashing my way through the Golden Age of the Silver Screen
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