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la-belle-histoire · 4 months

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The Swans, Joseph Marius Alvy. 1900.

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themoonprincessaaaa · 2 years

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'The Lady of Shalott' imitation scene in Anne of Green Gables (1985)

#Anne of green gables #1985 #lady of shalott #Kevin Sullivan #Canadian #retro movies #vintage cinema #Megan follows #aogg #lucy montgomery #edwardian women

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diioonysus · 2 years

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edwardian & victorian era women

#history #victorian era #vintage photography #women in history #beauty #vintage #1800s #ph #vintage ph #aesthetic #graphics #edwardian era

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die-rosastrasse · 1 year

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Late Victorian and Edwardian fashion in portraits by Giovanni Boldini (Italian, 1842-1931)

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anatomicalmartyr · 1 year

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Some well known aristocratic beauties of the late Victorian and the Edwardian era as depicted by John Singer Sargent and in photography

Lady Helen Vincent, Viscountess D'Abernon (1904) // Winifred, Duchess of Portland (1902) // Lady Agnew of Lochnaw (1892) // Millicent, Duchess of Sutherland (1904) // Consuelo Vanderbilt in The Marlborough Family (1904/05)

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yesterdaysprint · 11 months

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Arkansas City Daily Traveler, Kansas, December 4, 1906

#1900s #edwardian #childhood #children #women's history #arkansas #1906 #kansas #edwardian era #history

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mayangel2001 · 10 months

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#1890 #vintage #1900 #1910 #photography #women #rituals #flowers #spring #maude fealy #portrait #bohemien #belle epoque #art deco #art nouveau #edwardian #victorian

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eirene · 1 year

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Bryn Mawr College Calendar 1909 Jessie Willcox Smith

#Jessie Willcox Smith #american art #female painter #female artists #art #painting #art history #illustration #book #calendar #women's college #Bryn Mawr College #the girls #1900s #early 20th century #edwardian #pennsylvania #history

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fashionsfromhistory · 11 months

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Suffragette Suit

c.1910

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Museu Nacional do Traje (Accession Number: 15748; 21642; 23369)

#suit #fashion history #historical fashion #1910s #turn of the century #20th century #portugal #edwardian #black #women's suffrage #suffragette #silk #satin #feathers #wool #museu nacional do traje

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fayevalcntine · 8 months

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The whole framing of Lestat as the sole symbol of patriarchy that fandom is so desperate to put him in doesn't work unless you deliberately ignore how he was also a victim of rape and abuse before he was turned. People want him to be fit into this strict role of "father figure/violent husband/perpetrator" that is only that and not even a whole person, and in doing so they need to push aside the fact that despite being his family's provider, he was also pushed into that role when his father forbid him from joining a monastery or gaining an education that he wanted. Lestat wanted to run away with a theater group as a kid, and actually managed to do so once Gabrielle gave him her blessing and monetary support in order to go to Paris. He didn't always want to be the provider, he was forced into that role and became despondent when he thought he would never get a chance to leave his home.

His new life prior to being turned is pretty much the antithesis to the whole "Lestat is a manly man who would sooner throw up than be compared to a woman" spiel: he lived with another man in Paris while also being an actor, having left his family and "responsibility" to them. The only family member he was ever close to was his mother, all the other male members shunned or ridiculed him. Add onto that the fact that his turning firmly placed him within the role of the damsel/victim: he's kidnapped from his bed by a stranger, taken into a tower and left to rot while being fed on for a week, before then being raped and violently turned all while never even being asked if he would consent to it in any normal circumstance. But you of course have to ignore all of this if you want him to only represent the aggressor/patriarch while Louis is the helpless unhappy matriarch of the family.

My issue isn't that I think Louis isn't a victim, it's that it's not unrealistic for Lestat to be an aggressor/abuser while also displaying traits that aren't regularly assigned to stereotypical depictions of male characters. He's abusive to Claudia while also having been a victim of abuse from his own family. He's not a good maker/teacher, but he also didn't even have one when he was turned. He's the provider/attempted protector of the family and seemed to like being that, while also having run away from his own family prior to this to act in a theater in Paris. He's a rich white man while also being obviously effeminate in public spaces, even to Tom's own bigoted humor.

Like Louis' own complicated story with being his family's benefactor and provider, you can't firmly place Lestat as being one thing or another in terms of gender ideals without deliberately ignoring parts about him that don't fit this. And I don't think it's an absolute necessity, when even in Louis' own story, Lestat isn't stripped of his effeminate mannerisms or behavior while also being the abusive maker/father/lover.

#interview with the vampire #lestat de lioncourt #like even Louis doesn't try to act like Lestat was only ever the powerful 'daddy' of the house #if he was I doubt he'd even feature Lestat wanting to be king of mardi gras and doing that extremely flamboyant display #to the public's chagrin/disgust #the only people in awe of Lestat's peacocking are the women in ep7 like that man was NOT accepted by other rich men like Tom #and I don't point this out in order to dismiss the notion that he could be abusive/horrible #rather that it's completely possible for both things to be true?#also to the people that will likely go: but how does him being a victim of abuse negate him being a patriarch #idk maybe redirect your question to the Edwardian wife fanatics that think that no male character can be a victim unless he is assigned #the female while he is in a relationship with another man 🤷‍♀️#I'll never forget how someone was also like 'Lestat fakes his femininity for the public' why? no one likes his effeminate ass anywhere #he holds more power by being white + rich than by being effeminate in order to ''''hide'''' his power which he never has or cared to #when Fenwick suggested to Louis to get a business under Lestat's name it's because Lestat being white could pass segregation laws...#not because his effeminate mannerisms grant him more favor.....

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driedflowers161 · 9 months

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