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Princess Elizabeth | Lady Elizabeth | Elizabeth I THE BOLEYNS: A SCANDALOUS FAMILY (2021)

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modern greek mythology stories as penguin classics

the penelopiad by margaret atwood, lore olympus by rachel smythe, ariadne by jennifer saint, circe by madeline miller, the song of achiles by madeline miller, the lightning thief by rick riordan

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“And when they speak of Troy, they speak of Helen who fled with Paris for love, and this inspires verse. Not Briseis, who lost all, all she ever loved and was used as barter in a war that wasn’t hers. Not Cassandra, who tried to warn them but was called liar because of a Gods curse. Not Hecuba, who was forced to give all her children to this cruel beast she knew would never be satisfied. Not Andromache, who lost her beloved husband Hector to a battle he should not have had to fight, and her baby to the ruthlessness of the victors and their spite. I suppose as a woman your value in war is simply casualty if your face isn’t synonymous with devastating beauty, that powerful men wish to possess and claim so much, that they will launch a thousand ships in their own misplaced honour, yet blame it on your name.”

— Nikita Gill, Woman of Troy

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Tracy Chapman - Fast Car (Nelson Mandela 70th Tribute Concert, Live 1988)              

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what really matters

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Disney Villains by Sveta Shubina

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Gabriel explaining to Mary that she is pregnant:

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Joker (2019)

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From The Phantom of the Opera (1925).

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Inaccuracies and clichés in American Media about Europe according to Europeans:

- England

London isn’t the entirety of England

There are several regional English accents

English grammar and accent are different from American

An Australian accent isn’t the same as an English accent

Robin Hood and King Arthur stories are overdone

- Scotland

The Scottish cliché of the happy drunkard needs to stop

- Ireland

Hollywood Irish accents are not equal to actual Irish

Not every Irish is a Red-Head

- France

No one says “Sacré Bleu” or “Hon Hon Hon”

There is more to France than Paris

Sex crazed Frenchmen cliché needs to die

Versailles wasn’t a golden palace, it was filthy and disgusting

Napoleon wasn’t short, he was the average hight for a male at the time

- Poland

Poland history is more than World War II and Auschwitz 

Polish isn’t Russian

- Spain

Castillan and Catalan are different from each other.

European Spanish is different from Latin American Spanish

Not everyone is into Bullfighting, in fact, it has become controversial recently

Spaniards are Mediterranean Caucasian, not Latinos

If you’re gonna portray an event from Spanish history, don’t simply follow the French or the English version because those are very biased

There is more to Spain than Madrid and Barcelona

- Portugal

Portugal isn’t part of Spain

Portuguese isn’t the same as Spanish

The Portuguese are Mediterranean Caucasian, not Latinos

Brazilian Portuguese is different from European Portuguese, both in words and accent

There is more to Portuguese History than the Age of Discoveries 

No one in Portugal wants to unite with Spain

- The Netherlands

No one lives in a windmill

It’s not called Holland

Just because weed is legal, doesn’t mean everyone is high

There is more to the Netherlands than Amsterdam

Dutch isn’t German

Drop the drugs and the prostitutes cliché 

- Romania

There is more to Romania than Dracula, vampires and the Romani 

Romanian isn’t Russian, in fact, it’s part of the Romance languages

- Sweden

Swedish is not Danish, Norwegian or Finnish

Vikings didn’t have horned helmets

- Norway

Norwegian isn’t Swedish, Danish or Finnish

- Denmark

Danish isn’t Swedish, Norwegian or Finnish

- Finland

Finnish isn’t Swedish, Norwegian or Danish  

- Italy

Portray Italy as it is today, not as it was 200 years ago

Drop the sex-crazed Italian stereotype

The Mafia cliché is overdone 

- Greece 

Greeks don’t yell Opa all the time

There is more to Greek history than ancient Greece

There is more to Greece than Athens 

- Slovakia

It’s not Slovenia or Czechoslovakia 

Living standards have greatly improved since 1989

- Ukraine 

Ukraine is not part of Russia or the USRR

- Serbia

Stop portraying Serbians as terrorists 

- Austria

Austria is not part of Germany

There is more to Austria than WW2 and Nazis

- Germany

German history is more than World World 1 and 2

Nazi plotlines are overused 

Stop making so many villains German 

- Russia

The Russian people are not their governments

When doing a historical movie, do research 

European consensus

Hire actors from the countries you are portraying 

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JUST CAN’T GET ENOUGH GUY

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Big Little Lies, What Have They Done? (S02E01)

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Chernobyl

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Emilia Clarke and Maisie Williams hugging after the filming of Emilia’s last shot ever for Game of Thrones— requested by anonymous