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This has nothing to do with lefties or gingers but everything to do with nuns. When my mom was in like 2nd grade the nuns at her school switched from the full habits and veil headdress ( I don't know what anything is called I'm a sacrilegious heathen ) to the more modern skirts and she ran home screaming terrified to my grandma "The nuns have hair and legs!!!!!!" I guess she thought that they sort of glided and that their headdress WAS their hair?

Oh interesting! I'm an idiot and for some reason I thought it was PRINCESS Charlotte who was her only adult legitimate daughter of her son George IV (I don't even remember how many mistresses that man had. ) I know when Charlotte died in labor giving birth to a stillborn the whole country was thrown into intense mourning. It w as akin to what happened when Diana died but perhaps more intense (imo) because of the fact that it wasn't unexpected for women to die in childbirth. Whereas Diana's death was so sudden in our modern world. For them to grieve her that badly shows how beloved she was. So I thought maybe that was a sign of of goodwill by America. But by then they would have been 2 years out of the war of 1812 which didn't officially end until 1815 (technically 1814 but there was the Battle of New Orleans which was in 1815 because it took forever to get back to America with the treaty which I fucking love. It was the greatest victory of the whole war for the Americans AND THE WAR WAS TECHNICALLY OVER! Ah history you crazy bitch!)

It's so good!!!! I only really found out about Dido when the movie came out and then during this great programme on the BBC called A Stitch In Time which recreates outfits from famous paintings using period methods. It's my dream art/ historical fashion porn. I want to be Amber Butchart.

Not really on topic but if you guys would like to know about an actual person who was from a noble family I would really encourage you to look up Dido Elizabeth Belle. She was the daughter of a slave and Sir John Lindsey. What's fascinating about her is that by all accounts she was brought to England and raised by his uncle William Murray the first Earl of Mansfield very similarly to that of her white cousin Lady Elizabeth Murry who he was also raising with his wife. This is fascinating because that just wasn't done back then. By all accounts (tragically few sadly) Dido was treated as a regular member of the family (as she obviously should be) the only time there was ever a difference being when guests were there which must have been awkward because she was sort of an open secret. there's a really famous painting of both Dido and Elizabeth together that is known because of the fact Dido is treated as a person and not an object. It was unheard of for a person of color to be so present and engaging with the viewer. The fact she's even the same size as Elizabeth is significant. This painting is so fascinating it inspired a (pretty good imo as a fan of historical tv/movie nerd) movie Belle.

I think it has less to do with that (her grandfather is a baron I want to say) and more that she was just generally seen as bad news.They freaked out about Camilla because she was seen as unsuitable with a "reputation" . Charles left on some navy thing and didn't ask her to wait for him and she and her first husband were on again off again. I guess their parents actually put an engagement notice in the paper forcing his hand.

I don't even think that that term applies. It would never have been thought of in those terms in the 1700s. It wouldn't even thought of like that now. Outside of propaganda no one would actually think that the Queen was mixed race. Mario de Valdes y Cocom is the only historian I know of touting theory. If it were to be real than technically a lot of royalty at the time was "mixed race" because Charlotte shares that branch (again 9 and 15 generations removed) with several others because that is how royal purity weirdness do. Do I think there are probably a lot more unknown people of color in royal families? Probably but they would be descendents of servants or slaves if they lived abroad (I'm speaking of all European nobility. Empress Josephine grew up on a plantation in Martinique for example. So it might be possible someone could trace their ancestry back to a member of her family tragically.) So I don't think that it's not impossible just... Improbable? I do think it's important that we look at the people history would rather is not look at rather than trying to make something stick. Like in a way I get the point that everyone even the royal family has ties to people of color in their family line and we need to acknowledge that but this is grasping at straws.

I w would Die for Lennu

I could kiss you I'm so excited!

to call Caroline biracial is....frankly ridiculous to me. If we go by the reasoning that is given she's a descendent of a branch of the Portuguese royal family related to a 15th century Portuguese noble woman Margrita Dr Castro e Souza whose 9 generations removed. And SHE'S then supposed to be able to have HER ancestry traced back to the 13th century ruler Alfonso III and his lover Madragana who is BELIEVED to be a Moor. Never mind that the term Blackmoor often could just mean someone Muslim and not actually African. We're tracing her supposed, possible ancestor back 5 centuries! You cannot call someone biracial for POSSIBLY having a person of color in their lineage. It's outrageous and frankly insulting. It goes beyond even the my great great grandmother was a 1/39 Native American so I'm practically a shaman bullshit some people pull.

I distinctly remember explaining to the other kids that the driver had a drinking problem because my mom was active in A.A my whole life lol.

I too was very affected by the loss of Princess Diana. I think she was the first person in the public sphere who I was aware of and whose death meant something. I was only about 6 or 7 when she died but I can still remember hearing the news on the tv and talking about it to my school friends about it. Like at recess during first grade having in depth (for children) discussions about it. I think my top three interests as a kid were the Titanic, Cleopatra, and Princess Diana.... As you do.

I'm more freaked out about all that hair

I'm just mad we didn't get to watch The Windsor s Harry and Meghan special which is one of funniest shows out there. It's absolutely stupid and ridiculous and I love every second of it.

I wish I could see this but I'm probably going to be out again this week! I'm going away to visit my oldest friend for a girls weekend! (in that I've known her the longest. My oldest friend is in her 60's should anyone care.) This looks fascinating because my mom loved the Talking Heads and I remember always looking at their cds and then blatantly ignoring them for Maddona, The Rolling Stones, and my favorites The Barenaked Ladies and this one Sarah Brightman singing the best of Andrew Loyd Webber BECAUSE I HAVE TASTE (and by taste I mean I was an insufferable theater nerd)

true but I don't remember the Romans conquering Lake Michigan or any cities on it.

Much like this movie

This is mesmerizing

Hearing Jason scream" Fuckkkk You! " at Harry Potter has changed me as a person. I think this movie turned him into a Deatheater. Frankly I don't blame him.

I love the weird beaver in any form it takes on your crest. I fully thought that bear was a drunk dog . It could honestly work either way.

There is only one Canadian film great enough for a crossover: GOOBY!

I think you mean those wild Aiellophiles!

Is it just me or does it look like he's wearing a pair of women's jeans? The fit is ridiculous and the rolled leg makes his legs look very weird and short. I know at least a dozen women with this exact pair of jeans.

I guess I assumed that the overall best in a place all about old school stuff would be the one that's the most authentically Italian. Sidenote as I was telling a date yesterday about this shitstorm of a film while getting ice cream we looked up and realized that the small town pizza/ ice cream place was advertising an " Italian Stallion " pizza and I nearly lost it.

Right. I have no problem with that. My family does it, every family does. They are... Sham Italians. Nothing about them is actually traditional even though they are ALL about being traditional. The thing that bothers me is that if the competition is on this pizza their bullshit shouldn't fly. The best most authentic version should win... Right? Wouldn't the judges want that?

Right now we need to talk pizza. Specifically sauce and the Pizza Margherita. These fuckers are supposed to be from Naples the home of the Pizza Margherita. Legend falsely claims it was invented in honor of a visit to Naples by the King and Queen ( Margherita of Savoy) of unified Italy in 1889. (Which I am very bummed to now know is false) The pizza being red, white, and green looks like the flag, supposedly was a favorite of the queens and boom! Namesake. (Never mind that similar pizzas have been documented as being made as far back as 1796 with a mention even showing up in the book Napoli, contorni e dintornie) I'm my experience with this pizza it normally doesn't have a lot of sauce. Sometimes it doesn't have really any it's more like oil? The beauty of this pizza is it's simplicity and how the few ingredients work together. Like cacio e prep less is more here! So image my shock when THAT'S what won the competition! So being a fucking obsessive compulsive nerd with time to burn and being a tad fucked up on benadryl I started looking shit up. I found an Italy magazine article that tells you EXACTLY , how a classic Margherita must be made because apparently "Since 2009, Pizza Margherita is one of the three Pizze Napoletane with an STG (Specialità Tradizionali Garantite - Traditional Guaranteed Specialty) EU label" And guess what?! There's really no sauce. it's just the tomatoes drizzled with oil and some salt then the cheese and basil. "Filling: Take about 60g to 70g of chopped tomatoes and using a wooden spoon place in the center of the disk of dough. With a spiraling motion, spread the tomato over the surface. Then add a pinch of salt on the tomatoes, 80 - 100 g of DOP buffalo mozzarella, cut into strips and some basil leaves. Again with a spiraling motion starting from the centre, add 4 to 5 grams of extra virgin olive oil." So if these are Neapolitan families why are they fucking up such an iconic dish with a complex sauce? Also why did the one dad lose it when the customer asked for one sans sauce? https://www.italymagazine.com/featured-story/pizza-margherita-history-and-recipe