#New Woman

[see-arcane]

I recently picked up an anthology of Victorian era werewolf fiction called Terrifying Transformations. I have so many short story collections and novels of that period’s supernatural horrors, but so little of that material has featured werewolves that I assumed the monster simply wasn’t as popular back then as the usual vampires and ghosts. So I was thrilled to not only find this collection, but to get caught up in its introduction which delivers a brief history lesson on the many ways the werewolf character was held up as alternate symbols of villainy, madness, and freedom by the various movements that took place within the period. Including that of the anarchists.

Case in point, this Punch comic, which is included in the book itself:

The Were-Wolf of Anarchy, a symbol of the horrid anarchists out to dismantle good polite English society!

Just as the werewolf was worn by female villains in fiction, boasting strength, individualism, sexual liberation and, gasp, devouring rather than nurturing children; the New Woman in fur.

Just as it stood for the commoners and working-class parties striving for rights and recompense against the aristocrats and nouveau riche.

Beasts abound, howling and tearing. Anarchy! This bit says it best:

I haven’t even gotten deep into the stories themselves yet, but this little opening essay has been delicious to chew on. Werewolves have always been part of the modern Other-symbolism crowd, shouldered up against the undead and the uncanny. Monsters to alternately fear within or without, or else performing as outright escapism in shedding human constraints and the collars of society.

It never occurred to me how that particular lupine flag has been waving since at least the 1800s.

[dahera04]

Lisa X Victoria's Secret fashion show

[miraethepresent]

Lisa - New Woman

[miyawaki]

LISA - NEW WOMAN feat. Rosalía

[aeniverse]

[venompinks]

LISA ♱ NEW WOMAN PERFORMANCE VMAS 2024

[blackpinkofficialupdates]

LISA X ROSALÍA ☆ NEW WOMAN

[kpop-locks]

꒰ ˀˀ ↷ lisa ; vmas ”♡ᵎ ꒱

like/reblog | @exolyxions

don’t repost our work or claim it as yours

[d4myeon]

lisa ft. rosalia - new woman m/v layouts

[nar-bo00]

──⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀𝑁𝖺𝗋𝗇𝗂𝖺 𝗌𝖺𝗒𝗌⠀:⠀𝐿𝗂𝗌𝖺⠀﹙⎯☕♡ ﹚

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀𝐷𝗈 𝗇𝗈𝗍 𝖼𝗈𝗉𝗒 𝗈𝗋 𝗋𝖾𝗉𝗈𝗌𝗍 𝖺𝗌 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝗈𝗐𝗇, 𝗆𝗎𝖼𝗁 𝗅𝖾𝗌𝗌 𝗂𝗇𝗌𝗉𝗂𝗋𝖾 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋𝗌𝖾𝗅𝖿 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁𝗈𝗎𝗍 𝗉𝖾𝗋𝗆𝗂𝗌𝗌𝗂𝗈𝗇!

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

[dahera04]

Lisa IG update ๛ lalalalisa_m

“ Finally got my wings ✨”

[p-grigio]

⠀⠀focus on my mind, taking my time ⠀⠀⠀⠀ 𐚁 ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ・ ⠀

⠀⠀⠀ ♩⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀⠀ ˚ ❀ ۪ ⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ I’m a new woman, woman

[ningfly]

⋆.˚ ᡣ𐭩 .𖥔˚

[miraethepresent]

Lisa - New Woman

[la-motomami]

rosalía via instagram