Look at her collar. Is it frilly, high-necked, brightly colored, and/or heavily accessorized? Congratulations! You’ve found the character on whom the writer has projected his or her own fears about femininity and materialism — or as I call her, the Little Fancy Bitch. Above all, Little Fancy Bitch is stylish as hell. From books to films, her fashion sense has remained astonishingly consistent, combining traditional notions of old money with maximalist femininity. Think frilly, over-accessorized pinafores, steam-cleaned pea coats, blindingly white knee socks, and hair that behaves exactly how it’s supposed to.
Fancy Little Bitch is a term of endearment, by the way, because I believe this trope to be woefully misunderstood. The funny thing about the Little Fancy Bitch is that often she isn’t really a villain at all — most of the time, she’s actually a friend or acquaintance of the protagonist, written into the story solely to show how cool and chill said protagonist is. But to me, she just illustrates how overrated being cool and chill is.
But I’ve had a fondness for this sort of character that’s only grown over the years, and I think I know why. In a world of bookworms and tomboys, the Little Fancy Bitch is an unapologetic try-hard who has more important things to take care of than worrying about what everyone else thinks of her. It’s also important to mention, I think, that the Little Fancy Bitch is ultimately a comedic device. She’s there because the things she says are hilarious, and in children’s books, the girls don’t often get to be the ones delivering the jokes. - "In Praise of the Little Fancy Bitch Aesthetic," Rebecca Jennings (x)
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Mortal Kombat 3 (SNES) - online game | RetroGames.cz
Hi this is Steven Moore no way I repeat no way kids cannot play the video game called Mortal Kombat 3 in 1995 that's why the computer game called Mortal Kombat 3 is Rated M because that's why the computer game called Mortal Kombat 3 has too much violence and it does have a lots of blood and gore in it too much blood and gore that's why the computer game called Mortal Kombat 3 is Rated M for super Nintendo that's why kids cannot play the computer game called Mortal Kombat 3 because that's why the computer game called Mortal Kombat 3 has too much violence and it does have a bunch of blood and gore in it that's why the computer game called Mortal Kombat 3 is Rated M for super Nintendo from Steven Moore.
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Books I've read so far:
What is post-traumatic growth? by Miriam Akhtar
A certain je ne sais quoi by Chloe Rhodes
Two trains leave paris by Taylor Marie Frey + Mike Wesolowski
Dr. Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi
The age of innocence by Edith Wharton
The awakening by Kate Chopin
Brand by Henrik Ibsen
The birthday party by Harold Pinter
The catcher in the rye by J.D. Salinger
Malone dies, Waiting for Godot, Endgame, How it is by Samuel Beckett
The practice of not thinking by Ryunosuke Koike
The scarlet letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Circe by Madeline Miller
Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert
First person singular, Hear the wind sing, Dance dance dance, A wild sheep chase, Kafka on the shore by Haruki Murakami
Paper towns, The fault in our stars, Looking for Alaska, An abundance of Katherines by John Green
Through the looking glass, Alice in the wonderland by Lewis Carroll
Of mice and men by John Steinbeck
Inferno by Dante Alighieri
O cruel Alexis by Virgil
The tell-tale heart by Edgar Allan Poe
A modest proposal by Jonathan Swift
Goblin market by Christina Rossetti
The mikado by Gilbert and Sullivan
Song of myself by Walt Whitman
Summer Requiem by Vikram Seth
A little aloud with love edited by Angela MacMillan
The works chosen by Paul Cookson
Love poems edited by Max Morris
Best-loved poems edited by Ana Sampson
The works of John Clare, Robert Burns, John Donne, Edgar Allan Poe, Alfred Lord Tennyson
Nothing rhymes with orange by Adam Rex
The body keeps the score by Bessel Van Der Kolk
Into the magic shop by Dr. James R. Doty
Written on the body, Why be happy when you could be normal? by Jeanette Winterson
Levels of life, Flaubert's parrot by Julian Barnes
The fruits of the earth by André Gide
We were liars by E. Lockhart
Fool me once by Harlan Coben
Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
Doctor Faustus by Christopher Marlowe
Dear Enemy by Jean Webster
Bright minds Empty souls, Losing myself brought me here by Jennae Cecelia
I'll update the list as I go. ☺️
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