#meredith bronwen

[kitsunetsuki]

Ku Khanh - from Vogue Natural Health and Beauty by Meredith Bronwen (1979)

[oldtimesnew]

Vogue Body and Beauty Book, cover, 1977

Scanned from Bronwen Meredith's "Vogue Body and Beauty Book" 1977.

[clover-blossom]

ANIDALA FIC RECOMMENDATIONS- Part 1*

Realized I inadvertently left off several great fics. Stay tuned for Part 2!

Snowbaird has inspired me to revisit a favorite ship from my younger years. Inspired by @burntblueberrywaffles list, I put together one of my favorites. The vast majority of these are on ff.net BUT BUT BUT remember you can convert them here for download to your Kindle.

The Anakin Saga by geo3

A five part series published before all the prequels were released (so this is an OG). The first two are one shots. The last three are multi-chapter.

The Hour of Souls

The padawan and the Senator find that it is very difficult to be in love when everyone is watching and a shadowy figure is pulling strings....

Step into My Parlor

At the end of Episode II, why, oh why did they let Anakin travel back to Naboo with Padme? It turns out that a certain Dark Lord had something to do with it...

Children of Circumstance

A story about Anakin, his love and his path.

Winds of Change

Early days of the fall... Anakin's path after he is secretly married and returns to the Temple.

Ring of Fire

The final story in the Anakin Saga Series.

Living a Lie by Leah Naberrie

After the forbidden wedding, the reality of living a lie hits the Skywalkers. 

Slight of Hand and Twist of Fate by irnan

"I suppose we should just be grateful they're not planning to televise the investigations," Anakin grouses. "Hmm," Obi-Wan says, too busy playing with Leia to answer him

Purgatory by HelenT

As if the comment Obi-Wan had made to Luke about Anakin ‘dying’ when he became Darth Vader was literally true, a newly dead Vader wakes in a strange world—as a twenty-three year old again. Post ROTJ

Kratisto by Irnan

Collection of ficlets about Anakin Skywalker

Pulse by froovygirl

AU for ROTS. As Padme's life hangs in the balance on Mustafar, a stream of brilliant light causes Anakin to reconsider his choices.

Into the Archives by skygawker

After hearing the legend of Darth Plagueis the Wise from Palpatine, Anakin decides that his best chance to save Padme is to break into the restricted Holocron Vault of the Temple Archives to search for information about Plagueis. Predictably, all does not go according to plan. Revenge of the Sith AU.

No Real Affection  by Meredith Bronwen Mallory 

After the second attempt on Padme's life, the young senator and Anakin find themselves getting to know each other again.

Underneath by CrazyAni

After feroscious duel on Mustafar, ObiWan Kenobi and Darth Vader are given a chance to go back and save Anakin. The Force sends them back to the past, but they wake up in each other's bodies...RotS AU*

*unfinished but worth a read

Part 2

[ariesmusingz]

૮ ˶ᵔ ᵕ ᵔ˶ ა ╱ WELSH NAMES MASTERLIST ( below the cut is #293 welsh first names. they are a mixture of feminine, masculine and neutral names, but please use as you see fit. please like / reblog if you found useful. )

feminine ;

addien

aderyn

adwen

aelwen

aeres

aerfen

aerona

aeronwen

aethwy

afanen

amser

anchoret

angharad

annwyl

anwen

aranrhod

arianrhod

arianwen

arlais

awen

awena

bethan

bethwyn

betrys

blodwedd

blodwen

blodwyn

braith

branwen

briallen

bronwen

bronwyn

brynn

buddug

caraf

cari

caron

carys

catrin

ceinwen

ceridewn

cerys

delyth

dilys

eilir

eira

eirlys

eirwen

eleri

eluned

enfys

enid

ffan

ffion

gaenor

gaynor

gladys

glain

glenda

glenys

glynis

glynnis

guenevere

guinevak

guinevere

gwawr

gwen

gwendolyn

gwenhwyfar

gwenifer

gwenllian

gwennan

gwenno

gwaldus

gwylan

gwyneria

gwyneth

haf

hafwen

heulwen

igraine

iorwen

kiah

lleucu

llinos

llywelya

lowri

lunet

mabli

maybn

madrona

madwen

mair

mairwen

mared

marged

medi

megan

meghan

melangell

menna

mererid

merlyn

morgana

morgause

morwen

myfanwy

nia

non

olwen

owena

raewyn

rhian

rhianna

rhiannon

rhianu

rhonda

rhoswen

seren

sian

sioned

siriol

sulwyn

talaith

tanwen

tegan

teleri

telyn

terrwyn

masculine ;

adda

aeron

aled

alun

andras

aneirin

arawn

arthur

baeddan

bedivere

bedwyr

berwyn

bevan

beynon

bleddyn

bowen

bran

broderick

brychan

brynmor

cadell

cadfael

cadfan

cadogan

caradoc

carwyn

ceron

cledwyn

collen

dafydd

dai

derwyn

dewey

dewi

dillan

dillon

dilwyn

eirwyn

elisedd

emrys

ercwlff

euros

gaerwn

gareth

geraint

gerallt

gethin

griffin

grittith

gruffudd

grugwyn

guto

gwalchmai

gwaltney

gwern

gwil

gwilym

gwydion

gwyn

hedd

heddwyn

howell

hywel

ianto

idwal

ieuan

ifan

ifor

illtyd

ioan

iolo

iorwerth

islwyn

kynan

lleu

llewellyn

lloyd

llyr

llywelyn

mabon

macsen

maddock

madoc

madog

meilyr

merewyn

meriadoc

mervin

mervyn

meurig

mihangel

mordred

myrddid

nye

owain

pasgen

peredur

powell

pritchard

pryderi

pwyll

rhodri

rhun

rhydian

rhys

romney

siarl

taffy

talan

taliesin

taran

trefor

tremain

trevelian

tudor

twm

urian

vaughn

yestin

ynyr

neutral ;

afon

avalon

avon

bricen

cadewyn

cadwalader

caerwyn

cai

cambrie

cariad

celyn

ceri

colwyn

crwys

dwyn

dylan

ebrill

eirian

elwyn

emlyn

evan

gaiwan

garan

glyn

glynn

gryffon

llar

meredith

morgan

mostyn

nesta

ninian

parry

pembroke

pugh

ragle

reese

rhoslyn

rice

sianai

tristan

uther

wynn

wynne

[april-is]

April 11, 2024: The Coffin Maker Speaks, Lisa Suhair Majaj

The Coffin Maker Speaks Lisa Suhair Majaj

At first it was shocking—orders flooding in faster than I could meet. I worked through the nights, tried to ignore the sound of planes overhead, reverberations shaking my bones, acid fear, the jagged weeping of those who came to plead my services. I focused on the saw in my hand, burn of blisters, sweet smell of sawdust; hoped that fatigue would push aside my labor's purpose.

Wood fell scarce as the pile of coffins grew. I sent my oldest son to scavenge more but there was scant passage on the bombed out roads And those who could make it through brought food for the living, not planks for the dead. So I economized, cut more carefully than ever, reworked the extra scraps. It helped that so many coffins were child-sized.

I built the boxes well, nailed them strong, loaded them on the waiting trucks, did my job but could do no more. When they urged me to the gravesite— that long grieving gash in earth echoing the sky's torn warplane wound— I turned away, busied myself with my tools. Let others lay the shrouded forms in new-cut wood, lower the lidded boxes one by one: stilled row of toppled dominoes, long line of broken teeth. Let those who can bear it read the Fatiha over the crushed and broken dead. If I am to go on making coffins, Let me sleep without knowledge.

But what sleep have we in this flattened city? My neighbors hung white flags on their cars as they fled. Now they lie still and cold, waiting to occupy my boxes. Tonight I'll pull the white sheet from my window. Better to save it for my shroud.

One day, insha'allah, I'll return to woodwork for the living. I'll build door for every home in town, smooth and strong and solid, that will open quickly in times of danger, let the desperate in for shelter. I'll use oak, cherry, anything but pine.

For now, I do my work. Come to me and I'll build you what you need. Tell me the dimensions, the height or weight, and I'll meet your specifications. But keep the names and ages to yourself. Already my dreams are jagged Let me not wake splintered from my sleep crying for Fatima, Rafik, Soha, Hassan, Dalia, or smoothing a newborn newdead infant's face. Later I too will weep. But if you wish me to house the homeless dead, let me keep my nightmares nameless.

--

Today in:

2023: Running Orders, Lena Khalaf Tuffaha 2022: April, Alex Dimitrov 2021: Dust, Dorianne Laux 2020: VI. Wisdom: The Voice of God, Mary Karr 2019: What I Didn’t Know Before, Ada Limón 2018: History, Jennifer Michael Hecht 2017: from Correspondences, Anne Michaels 2016: Mesilla, Carrie Fountain 2015: Dolores Park, Keetje Kuipers 2014: Finally April and the Birds Are Falling Out of the Air with Joy, Anne Carson 2013: The Flames, Kate Llewellyn 2012: To See My Mother, Sharon Olds 2011: Across a Great Wilderness without You, Keetje Kuipers 2010: Poem About Morning, William Meredith 2009: Death, The Last Visit, Marie Howe 2008: Animals, Frank O’Hara 2007: Johnny Cash in the Afterlife, Bronwen Densmore 2006: Anne Hathaway, Carol Ann Duffy 2005: Sleep Positions, Lola Haskins

[thejazzera]

Garbo's Influence in Hollywood, 1930s

"When anthropologists of the future lean their beards over cinema's archives, they will find a disconcerting phenomena: they will notice that all female citizens of Hollywood who in the beginning of the XX the century all had different body types from 1931-32 onward suddenly began to look the same. The main characteristics they shared were a more or less combed blondish hair, medium in length and curled inward; fine eyebrows lifted high up to the sky and incredibly long eyelashes.

Other traces in common were a sulking lower lip, and a thinness that might lead one to believe that all the actresses of those days suffered from some unpleasant disorder of the digestive tract. Of course, such a deduction would be false. What really happened can be seen on the pictures (bellow.) The upper row shows them in their golden days of pre-Nordic innocence. But then came Garbo. And the metamorphoses that subsequently took place can be seen on the lower row."

Scanned and quoted from Bronwen Meredith's "Vogue Body and Beauty Book" 1977.

[themidcenturyscene]

Hair Styles, late 1960s

Model on the left is possibly Maudie James. Model on the top right is Ingrid Boulting, photographed by Richard Avedon for Giorgio Sant'Angelo (Vogue 1969). Black model is Marsha Hunt.

Scanned from Bronwen Meredith's "Vogue Body and Beauty Book" 1977.

[thedeadleafs]

Brilliant Eyes Liquid Kohol Egyptian ad, 1916

"An Oriental preparation for darkening the eyebrows and eyelashes, promotes the growth. Will not rub off. Price 2/6 and 5/6 the case. Prepared by Unwin & Albert 6 Belgrave Mansions, London S.W."

Scanned and quoted from Bronwen Meredith's "Vogue Body and Beauty Book" 1977.

[artdecoblog]

George Lepape, Vogue cover, November 1927

Scanned from Bronwen Meredith's "Vogue Body and Beauty Book" 1977.

[thejazzera]

A.H. Fish and Cecil Beaton illustrations, 1920s

Top, A.H. Fish illustration, 1925.

On the building it's written "Abdomen Allah," and "Turkish Baths," "Entering the door on the left of Abdomen Allah, the latest fashionable building, we see an impressive female clientèle going for the baths, the Turkish baths, the steam baths, the massages, and other tortures prescribed by the terrible Turkish regimen. Observe that the ladies look like five of the most well-fed Ottomans of the Roman Empire. But wait… Incredible as it may seem, the quintet of Vogue mannequins you see exiting on the right are the same monumental matrons that, on the left, used to occupy much more than their fair share of tridimensional space. And the baths accomplished this miracle. Now they will be able to face their dressmakers with their heads held up high and fit inside small sized dresses without ignominy, shame, or rubber girdles."

Bottom, Cecil Beaton illustration, 1927.

Scanned from Bronwen Meredith's "Vogue Body and Beauty Book" 1977.

Daily Mirror, England, April 8, 1920

[kitsunetsuki]

Guy Bourdin - from Vogue Natural Health and Beauty by Meredith Bronwen (1979)

[oldtimesnew]

Medium Hair Styles, 1970s

"MEDIUM

Usually this is the most flattering hair length, but the look and duration of the 'mise' depend wholly on the hair cut's style, which must adapt itself to the individual's hair type. Hair this length tends to revert to its natural waves and one must not fight that; it's inadvisable to change your hair do very often. Cut and brush your hair taking into consideration its texture and structure. This length works best for wavy hair and strong hair, but it's also the highest maintenance."

Scanned and quoted from Bronwen Meredith's "Vogue Body and Beauty Book" 1977.

[artdecoblog]

I love this hair style so much. I remember it from an ad in a book my parents had around the house.

Nestlé Permanent Wave ad, 1920

Scanned from Bronwen Meredith's "Vogue Body and Beauty Book" 1977.

The Fairies, a Child’s Song written by William Allingham

1883

Artist : Emily Gertrude Thomson

[april-is]

April 11, 2023: Running Orders, Lena Khalaf Tuffaha

Running Orders Lena Khalaf Tuffaha

They call us now, before they drop the bombs. The phone rings and someone who knows my first name calls and says in perfect Arabic “This is David.” And in my stupor of sonic booms and glass-shattering symphonies still smashing around in my head I think, Do I know any Davids in Gaza? They call us now to say Run. You have 58 seconds from the end of this message. Your house is next. They think of it as some kind of war-time courtesy. It doesn’t matter that there is nowhere to run to. It means nothing that the borders are closed and your papers are worthless and mark you only for a life sentence in this prison by the sea and the alleyways are narrow and there are more human lives packed one against the other more than any other place on earth Just run. We aren’t trying to kill you. It doesn’t matter that you can’t call us back to tell us the people we claim to want aren’t in your house that there’s no one here except you and your children who were cheering for Argentina sharing the last loaf of bread for this week counting candles left in case the power goes out. It doesn’t matter that you have children. You live in the wrong place and now is your chance to run to nowhere. It doesn’t matter that 58 seconds isn’t long enough to find your wedding album or your son’s favorite blanket or your daughter’s almost completed college application or your shoes or to gather everyone in the house. It doesn’t matter what you had planned. It doesn’t matter who you are. Prove you’re human. Prove you stand on two legs. Run.

--

Poetry of war.

Today in:

2022: April, Alex Dimitrov 2021: Dust, Dorianne Laux 2020: VI. Wisdom: The Voice of God, Mary Karr 2019: What I Didn’t Know Before, Ada Limón 2018: History, Jennifer Michael Hecht 2017: from Correspondences, Anne Michaels 2016: Mesilla, Carrie Fountain 2015: Dolores Park, Keetje Kuipers 2014: Finally April and the Birds Are Falling Out of the Air with Joy, Anne Carson 2013: The Flames, Kate Llewellyn 2012: To See My Mother, Sharon Olds 2011: Across a Great Wilderness without You, Keetje Kuipers 2010: Poem About Morning, William Meredith 2009: Death, The Last Visit, Marie Howe 2008: Animals, Frank O’Hara 2007: Johnny Cash in the Afterlife, Bronwen Densmore 2006: Anne Hathaway, Carol Ann Duffy 2005: Sleep Positions, Lola Haskins

[thejazzera]

Hair Styles, 1929

Scanned from Bronwen Meredith's "Vogue Body and Beauty Book" 1977.

[themidcenturyscene]

Several ads, 1940s, 1950s

Top left: 1943 ad "Gala, The Liveliest Lipstick in Town". "CHARACTER

A WOMAN'S LIPS are a key to her character, and to-day lips have a firmer and more resolute line, for they shape words of command, laugh at danger, and with a smile suppress weariness and pain. A little lipstick gives added character to the mouth and added self-confidence to the wearer. It is for this reason that the makers of gala continue to manufacture this famous lipstick and suggest that its use in moderation is an asset to our wartime morale."

Top right: 1943 Vargas pin-up girl, "New Jergens Face Powder." "Be his Pin-up Girl!

If you have the ivory-toned brunette coloring of this Pin-Up girl by Vargas, the shade for you is Jergens New 'Rachel.' To waken the true loveliness of your complexion… to glorify your skin-tones and give you the same glamorous look of Vargas brunette 'Pin-up' beauties…

Star his head a-whirl… wear the shade meant for YOU in New Jergens Face Powder.

Today, it's the Pin-up Girl who's making men sigh and get thoughts of romance. And that man-captivating 'pin-up girl look' is yours… when you wear Jergens Face Powder. Yes, it's those Alix-styled shades… blended for Jergens alone… to bring new beauty to your skin tones. And… it's the texture of Jergens Face Powder, too. Velvetized by an exclusive process. To camouflage tiny lines and skin faults… to help your complexion have that flawless, young look. Result: a lovelier you. Your face so fragrantly smooth… enticing invitation to a kiss.

Choose your Jergens shade… for that 'Pin-up Girl Look'

Naturelle… flower-pretty shade for delicate, light blonde skin tones.

Rachel�� Cool, glamorous… for ivory toned skin, whether blonde, brunette or redhead.

Peach Bloom… colorful shade for honey-skin blondes… or any complexion with rosy undertones.

Dark Rachel… exquisitely vibrant shade for light brunette skin tones.

Brunette… exotic, dramatic shade for tawny brunette skin tones.

Southern Rose… darling, luscious! For brunette or deep blonde skin tones, tinged with gold.

Big Boudoir Box , $1.00 try-it sizes, 25c, 10c."

Bottom left: 1951 photograph by Penn. "With the arrival of Summer, black and white are the fashion, and the make-up becomes stronger and with greater contrast. The eyes, the lips and the nails -- which are often the only elements of colour of the ensemble -- are emphasized with bold strokes. Make your eye-brows darker, draw the contours of your lips. Now is the time to use your eyeliners and lip pencils, your battery of brushes and -- this season's novelty -- to file your long nails into a sharp point, like the model in the photograph."

Bottom right: 1950 Blumenfeld photo. "Beauty during the 1950s: the 'look of gazelle,' invented by Piguet in Paris. It could turn out to be a novelty as exciting as the introduction of lipstick in the 1920s."

Scanned and quoted from Bronwen Meredith's "Vogue Body and Beauty Book" 1977.