#Charlotte Jacobi

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"Le Ragazze dell'Atelier dei Profumi": Un Viaggio nella Parigi del Primo Novecento. Recensione di Alessandria today

Charlotte Jacobi racconta la straordinaria storia di due donne coraggiose che trasformano un sogno in realtà.

Charlotte Jacobi racconta la straordinaria storia di due donne coraggiose che trasformano un sogno in realtà. Biografia dell’autrice. Charlotte Jacobi è il nome d’arte dietro cui si cela il duo di autori tedeschi Eva-Maria Bast e Jørn Precht. Specializzati nella narrativa storica, i due scrittori combinano ricerca accurata e uno stile narrativo avvincente per creare romanzi che trasportano i…

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Tremors (1990)

Director - Ron Underwood, Cinematography - Alexander Gruszynski

"Broke into the wrong goddamn rec room, didn't ya you bastard!"

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Christian Friedel as Reinhold Gräf in Babylon Berlin Season 4 Episode 12

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ask game ask game!! gimme first, mention, fond, and fear 👀

Oooooh, what an excellent selection!!

First things first!

Her eyes are adjusting to the lack of light now and she can see Kepler’s face as it pulls into a frown. He rips open the lining of his jacket and pulls out a tiny first aid kit. There is the rustling of plastic and metal as he pops out some pills—codeine, if she had to guess—and presses them to her lips. When she opens her mouth, she can taste her own blood on his fingers. She swallows them dry and tries not to think about how the copper and sweat taste in the back of her mouth. Her stomach drops as Kepler pulls out a needle and thread.

Mention was harder, apparently I don't use it as much... Nsfw warning😅

There is little thought in the movement, in dragging his hand to her throat. She tries to stamp out any pleading in her eyes as she looks down at him. The weight of his hand is warm and familiar. “Don’t try anything,” she whispers, leaning into his touch. Electricity sparks in between her fingers, wreathing around Jayce’s wrist. She won’t let the lightning sink its teeth into him, not yet. They never mentioned a safe word, but the spell withheld speaks louder. Jayce’s breath hitches and, when he meets her gaze, he almost looks surprised.

Fond was even harder

“You described magic, once, as this latent storm inside you,” he says eventually, his words barely escaping the confines of his mouth. “You said it had its moments where it was a tempest inside you, something that you couldn’t control. But most of the time, it’s this mist, something you can feel in the air still, but you can move past it.” It certainly sounds like something she would have said, though she doesn’t remember the specifics of it. “Love is like that. Sometimes it’s… violent. Most of the time, it’s just…” He shrugs. “There. You can’t escape it. I don’t know. I’m not a poet, Meda.” "Did— Did you want to escape it?" “At the start, yeah. It was annoying. You were just a crewmate I was fucking, I didn’t think— didn’t want anything more.” Meda smiles fondly. “What changed?”

And finally fear!

He kisses you, once, gripping the front of your coat in a white-knuckled vice, tasting like your blood and some sort of pastry you remember him buying on the way here. You push him away, well aware that your hand on his sternum is exactly what he wants. Let’s just say you’ve never been a fan of giving people what they want. His eyes flutter open, and he watches you, eyes wide with fear and adoration, and it’s a powerful mix that certainly doesn’t disagree with your fucking god complex. “Do that again,” you whisper, pressing him against the wall with your forearm on his throat, “and I throw you out a window.” He grins, and oh, how sickening is his worship.

This is the ask game, for those interested <3

[thereisnolumos]

With the Princess Diaries 3 confirmed *excited squeals* here is my list of non-negotiable demands for it:

DO NOT, and I mean DO FUCKING NOT target it to the modern audience. DO NOT target it at teenagers of now. IT. IS. NOT. ABOUT. THEM! It's about us, who have been here since 2001, thank you!

Mia and Nicholas are happily married together, NO FUCKING DRAMA ABOUT THEIR MARRIAGE! Nicolas is singing in the kitchens, making one Michelin worthy dish after another, perfectly happy in his Prince Consort/trad wife state, while Mia rules

CLARISSE AND JOE ARE HAPPY TOGETHER AND PRESENT! THIS FILM CANNOT HAPPEN WITHOUT THEM BEEING TEETHROTTINGLY SWEET TOGETHER. AND THEY MUST DANCE AT LEAST ONCE!!!

I'm fine with Mia and Nicholas already having a child, but that child better be a really side-character. NO ONE CARES FOR THE NEW GENERATION OF RENALDIS! We want Mia's story, period

If it's confirmed that Mia and Michael are still good friends off-camera I'll be happy. No need to bring him in for the drama, since they were the first love, that's been well ended in the second film

I really want Lilly and that yelling guard being the absolute goals of a comic relief couple 😂

Eggs with Elsie is a NEED

THE ABSOLUTE GOLDEN RETRIEVER OF A MAN THAT IS ANDREW JACOBY BETTER MAKE AN APPEARANCE AS A FAMILY'S BEST FRINED AND VOICE OF REASON. They really need that voice 😂😂😂

Charlotte in the government. Charlotte going for/already presiding over the government. CHARLOTTE AS THE SUCCESSOR FOR PRIME MINISTER MOTAZ

Mattress surfing

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Lotte Jacobi, Lotte Lenya, Berlin (gelatin silver print, 1930)

Lotte Lenya (born Karoline Wilhelmine Charlotte Blamauer, 18th October 1898 – 27th November 1981), Austrian-American singer, diseuse and actress

image from here

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Back in October 2019, Nick Briggs (exec producer at Big Finish) confirmed and denied a bunch of things that they were planning at Big Finish.

Of course... 6 months later a lot of plans changed. I made a post about the original stuff back in the day, so lets see how much of it came to fruition!

Things that were "Definitely happening"

"A new series of Dalek Empire" - well, they made Dalek Universe! But.... that has the doctor, and it doesn't have the dalek empire vibe, which is all about what happens when the doctor isn't around to stop a dalek invasion. So no this hasn't happened.

"Charlotte Pollard Series 3" - No - Still delayed, still not released. But Charlotte has been in a couple of recent things, so its possible they've recorded it recently!

"UNIT" - ah yes, at the time the UNIT series had concluded with no news of if it was going to continue - it was in limbo, and peeps were concerned it was cancelled. After 2019, it came back for a storyline called "Nemesis", so yes this came back. Now that Nemesis is over, we are yet again in a limbo where we don't know if the series will continue.

"1st Doctor Adventures" - yes! We got more of these, now with Noonan in the role!

"3rd Doctor Adventures" - yes these are still being made

"Further Adventures of Lucie Miller" - No - nothing since the last set in July of 2019.

"Missy" - yes, series 2 and 3 were released and series 4 is coming out next year.

"Lost Stories" - yes, miraculously they somehow found more unfinished stories to turn into audio dramas.

"Eighth Doctor Adventures: Stranded" - yes, and 2019 was before the first ep of stranded came out but oh boy were there troubles for this series. The first 4 episodes were recorded before the pandemic, and then the remainder had to be delayed and shifted around in the schedule a lot. But they did release it!

"Classic Doctors, New Monsters" - yes, two new boxsets.

So 7 out of 10 of the Definitely Happening announcements came to fruition.

Things that were planned

"Both Alex Macqueen and Derek Jacobi as the Master" - yes, the war master series with Jacobi is still going on, but Macqueen has only appeared once: in 2021 with the boxset "Masterful"

"Narvin" - yes, has appeared in 2023's Gallifrey box set.

"Matt Smith knows that he can approach [...] to do stories [with Big Finish]" - Woops... This isn't really a planned thing, it's just a statement. Matt Smith has not joined the audio dramas yet.

"3rd Doctor Adventures with Liz Shaw" - yes this happened in a couple of the recent 3das.

"Jago appearances" - yes Jago has appeared in a couple of things, like the Paternoster Gang series.

"Jenny (the Doctor's Daughter)" - yes she came back for another boxset.

"Rose [Tyler]" - yes there's been 2 more boxsets with Rose.

"Davros" - yes he's come back a few times.

"Torchwood Series 7" - yes. This is referring to "The Story Continues", the audio continuation of Torchwood, with seasons set after the show. Series 5 was "Aliens Among Us" from 2017, Series 6 was "God Among Us" from 2018, and Series 7 was "Among Us" and finally came out in 2023. I'm not sure if they're planning to make a Series 8, I'm not really on the pulse of Torchwood - let me know!

"Re-arranging the Monthly Adventures" - yes. This is the one that fascinates me the most! Because at the time of my original post, we still didn't know what they meant by this. I remember at the time people mourning the Monthly Adventures (or "Main Range" as it was originally known), as that was how they got into the audios in the first place. I think the changes they made are much better - instead of having the 5th, 6th, and 7th doctors crammed into one range, they each have their own sections on the site. And all the Doctors feel on the same level now, and it's easier to get into. Plus: you can now just pre-order a single doctor's releases in a bundle, if you only want that doctor's stuff.

"Subscriber Short Trips" - Sort of. This is an interesting one, because with the end of the monthly adventures there aren't any subscriptions anymore. So the Subscriber Short Trips specifically are gone. Replacing them is something much more interesting in my opinion: the first boxset for each of the 5th, 6th, and 7th doctors each year has included a bonus 1 hour audiobook. I like this system because it makes it possible to get these audio books without having to specifically subscribe to a specific period of monthly audio books - with the subscriber short trips, you could only get them by subscribing! You couldn't get them by just buying something! Plus, I've liked the audio books I've heard so far.

"Constance Clarke" - Yes, she appeared in a few of the last Monthly Adventures before the range stopped, and also in the special boxset "The Eleven". She hasn't been seen for a while, though, as the 6th Doctor now has Hebe Harrison as a new companion, so they're focusing on her story arc.

"Vicki, Steven, and Dodo joining the First Doctor range" - Mostly - Dodo is the main companion in the recent 1das, Vicki is coming back in this month's boxset (January 2024), but Steven hasn't made an appearance yet.

So 10 out of 12 planned things did happen, with the other 2 being mostly as planned.

Things they had no plans to do

"A torchwood + cybermen story" - Nope.

"Class Volume 3" - Yes, they've done volumes 3 AND 4.

"Iris Wildthyme" - Sort of, she's been in some audiobooks but not in any proper dramas.

"Sarah Jane Adventures characters" - Yes, in the recent "Rani Takes on the World" series from 2023.

"Ace and Benny together" - No, I don't believe so.

"Raine" - Nope.

"David Tennant" - Yes he was in a lot of things over the pandemic.

"Multi-meddling monk story" - Yes, this happened in Missy series 3 in "Two Monks, One Mistress".

"The Rani" - No, as previously noted the Rani is still stuck in a tangle of Rights issues.

"Clara and (Lady) Me series" - Nope - was noted as a great idea back in 2019, but I'm sure that the actors are busy with other things.

"Frobisher" - Sadly no.

"Graceless" - Yes - the series didn't come back, but the main characters came back in "The Fifth Doctor Adventures: Wicked Sisters".

"Romana III" - Nope.

"Novel Adaptions" - No. This is one of the things that is very weird: fans vocally want more adaptions of the VNA novels from the 90s, and Big Finish want to make them. But.... Nick Briggs has said that they don't sell for some reason, despite being one of the most commonly asked for series. I doubt this will come back at all.

"New Series Lost Stories" - Nope.

"Shalka Doctor" - Nope.

"Mel and Glitz" - No, and sadly the actor for Glitz passed away in 2021, which makes this unlikely.

So 5 out of 17 things they had no plans for actually did end up happening.

Things they said Will Not Happen

"Lungbarrow adaption" - No of course not lol.

"Anniversary boxsets for 3rd/5th Doctor/the Master/etc" - Sort of - at the time, Nick said "Almost every year is an anniversary of something or someone now". But since then we've had an anniversary boxset for the Master, as well as a semi-special boxset for the 40th anniversary of the 5th doctor (albeit this was just a normal release that was a bit anniversary-like)

So one sort of out of 2 definitely not happening things.

Things they said "Just Imagine..."

(which means "we're not going to answer that right now for marketing reasons")

"More unbound" - Yes, the Doctor of War boxsets which came out in 2022.

"Marc Cory (from Mission to the Unknown)" - No, but the elements of Mission to the Unknown appeared in Dalek Universe (which is probably why they didn't talk about it).

"Eric Roberts and John Simm as The Master" - Yes! Roberts has his own little series called "Master!", and both of them showed up in the "Masterful" boxset in 2021. It was heavily implied in behind the scenes stuff that Simm is not planning to show up ever again, so that may be the only time we get a Simm audio.

"Class Series 2" - Sort of. This is referring to continuing the story of Class from after the end of the TV show, which they originally couldn't do for rights reasons. The 2023 drama "Secret Diary of a Rhodian Prince" was set after the TV show, but is so far the only episode to do so.

"More incarnations of the Master" - Yes, Milo Parker played the Master in "Masterful", but nothing otherwise.

"Lady Christina Volume 2" - Yes.

"New Earth Volume 2" - No.

"The Nine/Eleven/Twelve/more incarncations of the character" - Yes, in fact this character has appeared very frequently over the last few years and I'm starting to get sick of them.

"Delta and the Bannermen sequel" - No? I'm not sure what this was referring to, but neither Delta nor the Bannermen have returned.

"Jo meeting Missy" - Yes, this happened in "Masterful".

So 6 out of these 10 happened.

"I'll look into that"

"Availability of The Veiled Leopard and Sarah Jane Smith: Comeback" - Comeback is now available on the website, after many years out of print. The Veiled Leopard is not available on the big finish site in general, I think there's some complex issues there. They occasionally make it available for free as a bonus special thing for a special occasion, and you can also listen to it on their soundcloud page.

"Limited Edition Vinyls on the website" - When they did vinyls for the 9das, those were available on the website, so this did end up happening.

And that's it! Interesting to see how much changed (and how much didn't) between October 2019 and now.

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Intro + Masterlist

Alrighty folks, it's time that I finally put all my fics in one spot, but that will be under the cut.

Hello everyone! Feel free to call me Bow (creative, I know) and this is largely a tickle blog. But also I'm physically incapable of not talking about my obsessions so there's also gonna be a lot of bullshit here. So if none of that is for you, kindly move along.

Some fun facts about me are:

My pronouns are she/they/it, I'm aroace, I love music, podcasts, books, and the funky little queers on my tv screen, my current obsessions are Spies are Forever (Owen Carvour my beloved) and Hatchetverse (Everyone my beloved), and I'm in a Creative Writing program in university!

My ask box is open. I accept silly quips and tortured screaming in equal measure. I'm not gonna kick out any minors but keep in mind that I am over 18 and will write whatever I want to (I will attempt to tag anything nsfw but there probably won't be much). You can find my main blog and ao3 @hellyeahheistbooks if you are so inclined.

Phew. Now that that's over, let's get onto the masterlist :D

Updated: Mar 29th, 2025

(Marking tickletober 2024 fics with an asterisk)

Critical Role

*Anticipation (lee!Caleb, ler!Mollymauk)

*Cuddles (lee!Caleb, ler!Mollymauk)

*Mischief (lee!Mollymauk, ler!Caleb)

*Ticklish Kiss (lee!Caleb, ler!Mollymauk)

*Magic (lee!Mollymauk, ler!Caleb)

Dead Boy Detectives

Your Laughter Stirs My Soul (lee!Edwin, ler!Charles)

Moments Like This (lee!Charles, ler!Edwin)

Pink Really Is Your Colour (lee!Charles, ler!Edwin)

Playing With Fire (lee!Edwin, ler!Charles)

You Can't Hide Forever (lee!Charles, ler!Edwin)

Fair and Square (lee!Charles, ler!Edwin)

Self-Defence 101 (switch!Charles, switch!Edwin)

All the Time in the World (lee!Edwin, ler!Charles)

Well if I’m Dead, and You’re Dead, Then Who’s Driving the Bus?! (lee!Edwin, ler!Charles)

*Boo! (lee!Edwin, ler!Charles)

Hatchetfield

*Chase (lee!Peter, ler!Ted)

*Prank (lee!Ted, ler!Bill)

*Fidget (lee!Peter, ler!Ted)

*Wake Up! (lee!Ted, ler!Bill)

*Spidering (lee!Peter, ler!Steph)

*Are You Ticklish? (lee!Ted, ler!Paul)

*Cackle (lee!Peter, lers Richie and Ruth)

*Raspberries (lees Richie and Ruth, lers Peter and Steph)

*Tickle Fight (switch!Peter, switch!Ted)

*Secrets (lee!Peter, ler!Ted)

*Tease (lee!Peter, lers Ted and Steph)

*Costume (lee!Ted, ler!Paul)

*Sweet (lee!Peter, lers Ruth and Richie)

*Joke (lee!Richie, ler!Peter)

*Non-Human Parts (lee!Peter, ler!Ted)

*Spooked (switch!Peter, switch!Steph)

*Trick or Treat (lee!Peter, ler!Ted)

*Aftercare (lee!Ted, lers Paul, Bill, and Charlotte)

Nitrogen, Erbium, Deuterium (lees Peter and Richie, lers Ted and Paul)

Lend a Helping Hand (lee!Ted, ler!Paul)

Vengeance Shall Be Mine! (lee!Peter, switch!Richie, ler!Ted)

Sketchbook (lee!Richie, ler!Paul)

Fair Play's for Losers (lee!Peter, ler!Ted)

Fun and Games (lee!Paul, ler!Ted)

Newsies

*Nuzzles (lee!Crutchie, ler!Jack)

*Win (lee!Jack, ler!Race)

*Lose (lee!Race, ler!Jack)

Solve It Squad

We Love You, Dumbass (lee!Scrags, lers Esther, Keith, and Gwen)

Here's the Plan (lee!Scrags, lers Esther and Keith)

Spies Are Forever

Just Like Sunshine (lee!Owen, ler!Curt)

Wrapped in a Bow (Series)

Part 1: A Little Bit of Gratitude (lee!Curt, ler!Owen)

Part 2: A Debt Unpaid (lee!Curt, ler!Owen)

Part 3: Finish What He Started (lee!Curt, ler!Owen)

Part 4: A Finely-Tuned Instrument (lee!Curt, ler!Owen)

Part 5: You Have My Heart (lee!Owen, ler!Curt)

The Magnus Archives

Dude. Let me Out. (lee!Michael Shelley, ler!Mike Crew)

Wolf 359

*Hide and Seek (lee!Eiffel, ler!Lovelace)

*Hug (lee!Minkowski, ler!Eiffel)

*Role Reversal (lee!Kepler, ler!Jacobi)

*New Discovery (lee!Jacobi, ler!Maxwell)

He Had it Coming (lee!Eiffel, lers Minkowski and Lovelace)

Non-tickle fics

Hatchetfield:

What do you want, Pete?

A Familiar Tune

Spies are Forever:

Come Back For Me

Then Beg

My Nostalgic Time Machine

The Cruelest Thing is Sometimes a Kindness

Wolf 359:

Bring Him Back

[flaremberts]

Road Trippin'...

So the family took a road trip this past week. First we stopped at Charlotte to see Frooze's new place and we got to drop off the only remaining evidence of her time spent with us (9 boxes of stuff she couldn't fit in her small apartment downtown). We had a great visit and waited for the others to arrive to leave the next morning.

Jo and Tal joined us late, but Millon had to cancel joining us for the remainder of the trip because sometimes "duty calls". The next day, our next stop was in West Virginia to visit with Amy's sister (Lor) and husband (Dale) in Summersville. This was the first time for a few of us. We got to spend time on the lake and had a lovely dinner.

Friday morning we got up early to travel the rest of the way to Pittsburgh. Once we hit the city limits, we became tourists.

After riding through the Fort Pitt tunnel, we stopped at the Strip District to dine at the original Primanti Bros. and bargain shop for Yinzer gear.

Afterwards, quick visits to the West End overlook for spectacular views and our first house in Crafton Heights rounded off our trip and we checked in at the hotels to get ready for the evening plans.

Our friends the Jacobys were kind enough to host a lovely get-together at their house to spend some quality time with old friends from the 'hood. During the festivities, Ebaugh's flight arrived and Frooze picked him up at the airport.

The next day was the main reason for the pilgrimage, our nephew's (Brendan) graduation party. It was an excellent opportunity for our family to see all the loved ones we left behind in Pittsburgh many years ago, including some we haven't seen since. It was a long day filled with plenty of hugs and kisses. By the time it was all said and done, we rested our weary heads and feet back at the hotel.

The next day, Frooze and Tal hit the road back to the Carolinas and we spent at the ballpark. Ebaugh, Jo, Amy and Dan had a wonderful day at PNC Park and got to see rookie phenom, Skenes pitch.

After the game, we fit in one final "favorite" from our days in the 'Burgh, Alexions Bar and Grill. The food was excellent and even the kids raved (they never like food places we pick). Jo even got to meet our friendly neighborhood wooden Indian, which was part of many drunken nights from days past.

We then dropped off the kids at the airport where they got to say goodbye to local heroes and Dan and Amy made our way back to the hotel for the last night of rest.

We were smart enough to rent a car to travel north and get flights to travel south. We had a blast and fit in a ton of visits and miles of memories!

(Made with InstaDan)

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Tremors 3: Back to Perfection (2001)

Tremors 3: Back to Perfection (2001) #Tremors3 #BacktoPerfection #CreatureFeature #Horror #Action #Film #Movie #Review

Tremors 3: Back to Perfection (2001) Director (and co-writer): Brent Maddock Cast: Michael Gross, Shawn Christian, Susan Chuang, Charlotte Stewart, Ariana Richards, Tony Genaro, Barry Livingston, John Pappas, Bobby Jacoby The now famous Burt Gummer returns to his hometown of Perfection, Nevada for the first time in years, but the deadliest Graboid evolution yet forces him to save the town he…

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Fic authors self rec! When you get this, reply with your favorite five fics that you've written, then pass on to at least five other writers. Let’s spread the self-love

(accidentally unfollowed you while trying to send this ask? i'm going to bed after this)

charlotte i was actually the one who originally sent you this ask because i did it on the sideblog lmao. but sure i'll do it again. everyone should read everything i've ever written, just generally.

tomorrow, i'll miss you: a mclennon before sunset au. critically-acclaimed by even non-beatles mutuals so you know i'm not just trying to trick yous into reading beatles rpf.

kissing just for practice: jack/parse (check please). i love this one because it starts a run of me writing teenagers weirdly well and idk i'm proud of it. i love everything going on under the surface in this fic.

i want every other freckle: a soulmate au/jacobi character study/si-5 ot3 fic (wolf 359). this fic is really like....oh this one might've been about me a little bit. lol.

Business Associates: sugar pine 7 rpf kind of but also not bc it's based on the youtube series more than them irl. did anyone here even watch sugar pine 7? it's 11k for a rarepair absolutely no one else in the fandom even cared about, written as the fandom was dying. it literally came to me in a dream. it's possibly my least popular fic on ao3. and i love it <3

Five Men Roy Ruined For Jen: an IT crowd fic i wrote this when i was like 16. to be honest, i feel it holds up with the tone of the show. look at me writing comedy for once!

[aaronburrdaily]

July 8, 1809

Couche at 1. Rose at 7. Called on Jacobi at 8. Found him abed. At 10 came in la Baronne Charlotte. Has a very fine voice. She and our little ——— sang a great deal for me. Jacobi came in to confer about modes of traveling through Europe. At 12 to Wennerquiest’s; in the country. To Baron Munck au chateau¹; he is at Haga. To Dr. Gahn’s; not in town. To Breda’s. Y: La Comtesse sitting for her picture. She consented that I should be admitted. A very cheerful, well-bred old lady. Mother of Baron Wrangle, whom I meet so often chez Madame Löwenhaupt. Nothing yet done to your picture, except putting it in a frame. At 5 fillibonka. At 7 to Helvig’s. Met there le Genl. et ux. et souer cadette just going out. They insisted upon my going in to take tea, &c, and I on walking out with them, in which I prevailed. Walked over the long bridge, over Skeeps Island,² thence by boat to Djurgarden, and so on to the park. Up the rocks; interesting views. Waffen, söcre and svaatrinka at the little red wärdshuset.³ Animated debate about the condition and deportment of women. Thought M’lle —— beautiful; eyes like K. Returned to their door at 10; refused to go in; bon soir. Home and supped on three eggs, which was unnecessary. I am better sans soupè.⁴ Settled this morning with d’Aries for three weeks including this day, at 3 1/2 rexelt per week; 10 1/2 rexelt.

1  At the castle. 2  Skeppsholmen. 3  Vatten, socker and svagdricka at the little red värdshus. Water, sugar and small beer at the little red tavern. 4  Without supper.

[haggishlyhagging]

But, as we have seen, suffrage was only one small aspect of what the W.R.M. was all about. A hundred years of brilliant personalities and important events have also been erased from American history. The women orators who fought off mobs, in the days when women were not allowed to speak in public, to attack Family, Church, and State, who traveled on poor railways to cow towns of the West to talk to small groups of socially starved women, were quite a bit more dramatic than the Scarlett O' Haras and Harriet Beecher Stowes and all the Little Women who have come down to us. Sojourner Truth and Harriet Tubman, freed slaves who went back time and again, with huge prices on their heads, to free other slaves on their own plantations, were more effective politically than the ill-fated John Brown. But most people today have never even heard of Myrtilla Miner, Prudence Crandall, Abigail Scott Duniway, Mary Putnam Jacobi, Ernestine Rose, the Claflin sisters, Crystal Eastman, Clara Lemlich, Mrs. O. H. P. Belmont, Doris Stevens, Anne Martin. And this ignorance is nothing compared to ignorance of the lives of women of the stature of Margaret Fuller, Fanny Wright, the Grimké sisters, Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Harriet Stanton Blatch, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Alice Paul.

And yet we know about Louisa May Alcott, Clara Barton, and Florence Nightingale, just as we know about, rather than Nat Turner, the triumph of Ralph Bunche, or George Washington Carver and the peanut. The omission of vital characters from standard versions of American history in favor of such goody-good models cannot be tossed off. Just as it would be dangerous to inspire still-oppressed black children with admiration for the Nat Turners of their history, so it is with the W.R.M.: The suspicious blanks in our history books concerning feminism—or else the confusion of the whole W.R.M. with the (conservative) suffrage movement or the reformist women's groups of the Progressive Era—is no accident.

It is part of a backlash we are still undergoing in reaction to the first feminist struggle. The few strong models allowed girls growing up in the fifty-year silence have been carefully chosen ones, women like Eleanor Roosevelt, of the altruistic feminine tradition, as opposed to the healthily selfish giants of the radical feminist rebellion. This cultural backlash was to be expected. Men of those days grasped immediately the true nature of a feminist movement, recognizing it as a serious threat to their open and unashamed power over woman. They may have been forced to buy off the women's movement with confusing surface reforms—a correction of the most blatant inequalities on the books, a few changes of dress, sex, style ("you've come a long way, baby"), all of which coincidentally benefited men. But the power stayed in their hands.

-Shulamith Firestone, The Dialectic of Sex: The Case for Feminist Revolution

[wutbju]

Howard Eugene McCullough Sr., 94, died peacefully at Baptist Village, on February 8, 2024. He was a devoted husband, father, father-in-law, uncle, grandfather, great-grandfather, friend, and pastor. His last days were spent surrounded by his family before he was united with his Lord and Savior.

Brother Gene was born September 7, 1929, in Jacksonville, Florida, where he grew up. He graduated from Robert E. Lee High School in 1948. He attended Bob Jones University in Greeneville, SC, and graduated in 1955. He married Mary Jean McCullough on June 27, 1957, and shortly after their wedding, began attending Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Forth Worth, TX, where he graduated in 1960. His ministry began at Beatty Baptist Church in Pauls Valley, OK, and continued at First Baptist Church of Orange Park, FL for seven years. In September of 1967, he and his family moved to Folkston, where he served at First Baptist Church for 30 years, retiring in 1998.

His life’s mission was to serve others and reach the lost through preaching the gospel. His spirit of humility, his heart of compassion, and his words of wisdom allowed him to witness to his church and community. His servant’s heart was evident through his support of domestic and foreign missions. He incorporated his passion for woodworking as a vacation bible school activity to minister to the youth and lead them to Christ. Another way he impacted the youth of Charlton County was through annual trips to church camp at Lake Yale.

He enjoyed simple pleasures like gardening, making things for others such as mayhaw jelly or chocolate fudge, sharing life experiences/stories, and fellowshipping with those close to him. Although he touched so many lives, his purpose was always to do all things for the glory of God.

Brother Gene was preceded in death by his beloved wife of 56 years, Mary Jean McCullough; his father, Thomas Henry McCullough; his mother, Selma Whitten McCullough; his brothers: T.H., Jim, and Jack McCullough; and his sister, Marion McCullough Shannon.

He is survived by his children: Howard Eugene McCullough Jr. and his wife Cindy of Folkston, John Alan McCullough and his late wife Dawn of Woodbine, and Joy McCullough Boyce of Charlotte, NC; his seven grandchildren: Adam and Matthew McCullough, Dylan Brown and his wife Katie of Jesup, Caleigh Depew and her husband Lance of Folkston, Caroline, Ella, and Olivia Boyce; his four great-grandchildren: Jackson, Ezekiel, Gabriel, and Jude McCullough, and Lainey Brown; several of his nieces and nephews.

Visitation was held at Shepard-Roberson Funeral Home, Folkston, on Sunday, February 11, 2024. The funeral was held on Monday, February 12, 2024 at First Baptist Church of Folkston with Rev. Randy Jacoby and Rev. Mark McCullough officiating. Burial followed at Pineview Cemetery.

Flowers may be sent to Shepard Roberson Funeral Home or in lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to The McCullough Mission Fund at First Baptist Church of Folkston.

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"The Yellow Wallpaper" (original title: "The Yellow Wall-paper. A Story") is a 1892 short story by American writer Charlotte Perkins Gilman. From Wikipedia: "The story is written as a collection of journal entries narrated in the first person. The journal was written by a woman whose physician husband has rented an old mansion for the summer. Forgoing other rooms in the house, the husband confines the woman to an upstairs nursery. As a form of treatment, the husband forbids the journal writer from working or writing, and encourages her to eat well and get plenty of air so that she can recuperate from what he calls a 'temporary nervous depression – a slight hysterical tendency', a common diagnosis in women at the time. As the reader continues through the journal entries, they experience the writer's gradual descent into madness with nothing better to do than observe the peeling yellow wallpaper in her room.

In ‘The Yellow Wallpaper,’ Gilman portrays the narrator's insanity as a way to protest the professional and societal oppression against women. While under the impression that husbands and male doctors were acting with their best interests in mind, women were depicted as mentally fragile. Women’s rights advocates of the era believed that the 'outbreak' of this mental instability was the manifestation of their setbacks regarding the roles they were allowed to play in a male-dominated society. Women were even discouraged from writing because it would ultimately create an identity and become a form of defiance. Gilman realized that writing became one of the only forms of existence for women at a time when they had very few rights. After the birth of her first daughter, Gilman suffered postnatal depression and was treated by Dr. Silas Weir Mitchell, the leading expert on women's mental health at the time. He suggested a strict 'rest cure' regimen involving much of bed rest and a blanket ban on working, including reading, writing, and painting. After three months and almost desperate, Gilman decided to contravene her diagnosis, along with the treatment methods, and started to work again. Aware of how close she had come to a complete mental breakdown, the author wrote 'The Yellow Wallpaper' with additions and exaggerations to illustrate her criticism of the medical field. Gilman sent a copy to Mitchell but never received a response. Gilman was ultimately proven right in her disdain for the 'rest cure' when she sought a second opinion from Mary Putnam Jacobi, one of the first female doctors and a strong opponent of this theory, who prescribed a regimen of physical and mental activity that proved a much more successful treatment. Gilman added that 'The Yellow Wallpaper' was 'not intended to drive people crazy, but to save people from being driven crazy, and it worked'.

'The Yellow Wallpaper' has been adapted into film, stage plays, and audio plays many times."

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