#i have a research problem

[toadlessgirl]

20 Names More Common in the Regency Era than any of the Bridgerton Girls' Names

Araminta

Asenath

Brittania

Cherry

Christmas

Cleopatra

Dorcas

Dove

Easter

Etheldred

Happy

Keren-happuch

Mehetabel

Peace

Petronella

Philadelphia

Seabright

Urania

Virtue

Zilpah

[yeoldenews]

I fell down a rabbit hole last night researching this girl and found some photographs of her that are just peak Weird Little Girl (affectionate) energy, so I'm sharing.

Gladys (sometimes spelled Gladyce) Ditmars was born October 16, 1903 in the Bronx.

Her father, Raymond L. Ditmars was, at the time, the assistant reptile curator at the Bronx Zoo, and would later be appointed curator of the entire zoo.

Raymond met his future wife, Clara, when she was visiting the zoo and witnessed Raymond break up a fight between two venomous snakes. She was so impressed she asked to meet him. They were married eight months later. The venue was decorated with snake skins and Clara wore a live gopher snake around her neck during the ceremony.

Gladys first made the papers at the age of two and a half in the article @yesterdaysprint posted, which was reprinted across the country, as well as appearing in newspapers as far away as Australia.

The photograph of Gladys above dates to the same time as the article, and I believe the snake she is holding is likely 'Indigo', a four-foot long black-snake the article mentions her rocking to sleep.

Gladys was fascinated by snakes from infancy, and loved both the live animals her father sometimes kept at home overnight before giving lectures, as well as the preserved specimens he kept in jars in his office.

Mr. Ditmars stated in the 1906 article that Gladys appeared to have "no inborn fear for any animal" and reported that she "claps her hands with glee" upon seeing bears fight in the zoo.

Mr. and Mrs. Ditmars, Gladys and her younger sister Beatrice (born in 1905) were never out of the news for long. Prior to his marriage Mr. Ditmars had briefly worked for the New York Times, and the close relationship he maintained with his former colleagues kept the Bronx Zoo, and with it the Ditmars family, as a convenient source whenever the Times required a public interest story on a slow news day.

Mrs. Ditmars and the girls often accompanied Mr. Ditmars on his trips to collect new specimens for the zoo.

At the age of 14 Gladys captured a 6-foot diamondback rattlesnake in an improvised trap of her own design.

In her early 20s Gladys once again made headlines for speeding her roadster through the streets of New York City in order to get a vial of antivenom on a departing train, saving the life a man who was bitten by a diamondback rattlesnake in upstate New York. Her adventure grew comparisons to the story of Balto which had occurred only a year previously. A picture of Gladys posing with the famed Balto statue in Central Park, at the time only a few months old, appeared in newspapers across the country.

Raymond Ditmars was also a pioneer in the development of using motion pictures to record the natural world. Over his career he produced dozens of nature documentaries and educational reels, many of which are now unfortunately lost films. Gladys appears to have been very active in assisting with these films and can be seen (and heard!) in a surviving 1931 film reel titled "Monkey Whoopee!" playing a newspaper reporter opposite her father.

Gladys appears to have never held any official salaried position at the zoo, but served as her father's unofficial assistant until his death in 1942. She was a near daily fixture at his office and worked developing film, organizing and typing his notes and letters, as well as accompanying him into the field - including an expedition to Trinidad which resulted in the first ever capture and display of live vampire bats.

After Raymond Ditmars death, Gladys assisted in the publication of his biography.

After a brief marriage in the 1930s to a talent agent, which resulted in him allegedly cheating with a radio singer and a $100,000 lawsuit, Gladys remained single for the rest of her life. She lived quietly with her mother and sister in Westchester County, dying in 1979 at the age of 75.

The Great Bend Weekly Tribune, Kansas, March 2, 1906

[kenapiece-main]

Can you believe I'm having to make this meme even after successfully finishing up taxes and applying to job

[notbrucewayne48]

"aphobia doesn't exist"

bitch literally not that long ago an aroace youtuber animator was insulted by almost half of its community for being it

[idontmindifuforgetme]

I think my life would be fixed if I fell asleep at a beautiful 8 pm and woke up at a beautiful 4 am bc it means I’m asleep when most people are awake and I’m awake when most people are asleep and honestly? Couldn’t ask for more

[toadlessgirl]

#how do we know this is a bridesmaid dress#was it worn in that context at a wedding at some point? I'd love to see the background! (via @tattedpetticoats)

This dress was donated to the MET by heiress Agnes Miles Carpenter in 1941.

As Agnes was born in 1865, she would have been 30-31 in 1896, so it seems likely it may have been her dress and she explained the context she originally wore it in at the time of donation.

Also donated by Agnes the same year was this Worth wedding gown, also from 1896. (The bridesmaid dress is a Worth design, but was actually made by a local NYC department store.)

Agnes never married, so I'm unsure where she acquired the wedding gown. I suspected it may have been the wedding dress of her sister Edith, who was married in 1896, but Agnes isn't listed as a bridesmaid and the dresses don't really match the descriptions of the dresses at Edith's wedding I've found in newspaper accounts. I didn't find any additional context in the MET archives or accession records so idk where the wedding dress came from, or if it was originally worn alongside the bridesmaid dress.

Agnes was a globe trotter and an apparent fashionista (she donated several other dresses to the MET including gowns by Callot Soeurs and Fortuny, as well as a large collection of 18th century fans).

Edith was instrumental in the early foundation of the Girl Scouts, (apparently at one point inviting socialites over to her apartment to view her art collection and then locking the doors and refusing to let them leave until they agreed to join the board of directors) and several sources credit her as the origin of the idea for Girl Scout cookies.

Bridesmaid dress, House of Worth (French, 1858–1956), silk with pearl trim, 1896

[kurthummeldeservesbetter]

tbh I don’t think therapy would have fixed Jayce and Viktor lmao. maybe would have softened their self-destructive tendencies but there’s no fixing that co-dependent relationship. Heimerdinger Mel and Sky are told “yeah, I can help treat their individual depressions but nothing is gonna reduce their co-dependency. I’m pretty sure separating them makes it a lot worse for not only them but much worse for everyone else. for everyone’s safety I suggest they’re not allowed to be more than a buildings length away from each other and even that is pushing it.” That therapist then quits on the spot cause now they’ve literally seen everything.

It’s like that scene in Brooklyn nine nine where all the physiatrists are observing and talking with Gina but instead it’s a whole crew of therapists and neurologists and physiologists trying to find out how these two men literally mind-melded together. They go to couples therapy but it’s literally just individual therapy held together because why tf not it’s the only way to get them to go.

[uhbasicallyjustmilex]

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[angelpuns]

pov i did in fact get a (v cheap) cane to see if it helped any but I'm??? apprehensive about using it or telling anyone about it cause im?? Idk if it will improve my life but it's a temporary solution until I can go to the doctor. Anyway this is just me telling someone( the internet) about it cause it frankly should not be this big of a deal. It just is cause that's the type of person I am. I mean- my friends can attest to me not being able to stand or walk for long periods of time, I just don't want them to??? i don't wanna say judge me, but maybe think I am being dramatic?? It really is temporary to see if it helps so. Idk. I know they probably wouldn't but man im just.ragh. I also was under the assumption that canes are just for support when walking but apparently nthey are also helpful if you have trouble standing. good to know cause that's where most of my issues lie. walking sucks too but I can usually deal cause im too focused on other things such as 'dont get hit by car' and 'dont let knees get too straight'

ALSO SIDE NOTE I WILL BE GOING TO A DOCTOR SOMETIME AFTER JANUARY IM JUST LITERALLY TOO BUSY AND POOR RN TO DO SO

[dionysiaproductions]

For the record the writing research internet search of "dog carrier antique" was a mistake. Half those things look like iron maidens.

On the other hand, I found this banger of an image:

Why yes, just me driving with my child stored on my lap and my goat in the slapped together 2 by 4 rack right next to us. I'm sure the goat won't try to eat the baby's clothes while I'm busy operating heavy machinery.

[not-the-coffee-machine4]

Me: *tries to see what the Queen fans on TikTok have to say*

*Jim hate*

*”facts” that may or not be actually true*

*”Freddie Mercury was bisexual-“*

*Using Barbara Valentin as evidence*

*thinking things that happened in the movie actually happened irl*

*general misinformation about everyone and everything*

Me: aaaaand back to Tumblr I go

(open tags at your own risk, there’s a whole essay in there)

[toadlessgirl]

This afternoon I found a really cute Dear Santa letter where a mom transcribed her four-year-old son's imaginary phone call to Santa - full of such important Christmas-related information as his mamma's name is "just mamma" and "All our bees are dead."

One six hour research rabbit hole later - and I just listened to a recording of the same little boy making a phone call 60 years later. This one was to Richard Nixon.

[elizabethan-memes]

[pushing500]

Nothing too exciting or noteworthy is happening to the Jones boys today...

Alfihar (who joined us a while back but wasn't particularly noteworthy) is actually pretty dang good at melee combat, so he tanked the War Queen with shocking ease!!!

THREE CHEERS FOR ALFIHAR!!

We're so close to getting an android I can almost taste it!!!

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[littlelightfish]

I will scream at every non-romantic post I see about these guys. Writers be not afraid. I will love their non-romance fics. I'll blow up your coment section all alone if I have to. I will find you. Artists be not afraid. I will reach tag limit on your artpiece. If I see it at least. And if I don't, I will eventually. Or I'll try. Or @me so I won't fail you.

[jasontoddenthusiastt]

“Stop excusing Jason killing just because he died!!1!111!!1”

We don’t excuse his killings, you ignorant fool. We actively encourage it.