Headless Historicals: Beheaded Pencil Holders

Headless Historicals: Beheaded Pencil Holders: "Burgundy Countess" "Lacey Duchess" These morbid little desk accessories were designed to hold pencils, makeu...

A Step Into the Bata Shoe Museum: The Beauty of Beads

A Step Into the Bata Shoe Museum: The Beauty of Beads: By Elizabeth Semmelhack, Senior Curator   Small, luminous and colourful, beads have been used to decorate footwear around the world...

Over 10,000!

Thank you to our over 10,000 viewers. Look for more posts in the next few weeks regarding women and Calvinism, women and Lutheranism, 17th c women of the aristocracy and the right to speak out, healing women and the stimas against them, e.g, contemporary and not so contemporary figures like Sairy Gamp, and dolls and toys from Erzebet's time.

Lizbeth Salander, Women Warriors, and Erzebet

3 or 4 years ago, I read "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo," and saw the original Swedish film. I was blown away by the intricate plot, but I usually read suspense/mystery novels with intricate plots. I moved on to the seemingly countless other books I read, saw that there was a popular American film, didn't have time to see it, and moved on to other things. I picked up the second book, "The Girl who Played with Fire," and couldn't put it down. Larson structured the book on equations, and Lizbeth carries with her a book called "Dimensions in Mathematics," so I looked up the closest book I could find, "Philosophical Dimensions in Mathematics Education." [Kindle edition]. She made me want to take more Math and physics. The plot was hard to figure out, and this pleases me. Usually, I can' figure it out, but Larson writes in enigmas. The last book, "The Girl who Kicked the Hornet's Nest" is the best. For one thing, it is over 800 pages, which I love in an intricate, fast paced book. For another, the epigraphs and introductory material about women warriors, like Boudicca, mentioned on this blog, Semiramis, the Amazons. The comparison is that Lizbeth is a warrior woman, and she is. She is a sprite of Shakespearean dimensions, who fights her own injustice, beats the system, does everything we wish we could go, including hide ourselves so no one know who we really live, or who we really are. And, she is a humorless, serious woman who is seriously misunderstood and falsely accused. Like Erzebet. Read the books; Lizbeth will remind you of our Countess.

Dr. E's Doll Museum Blog: Doll Collecting at About.com

Dr. E's Doll Museum Blog: Doll Collecting at About.com: Look for me on the doll collecting site, above. There is a free newsletter you can sign up for, and my weekly blog. I also have a blog on ...

Dr. E's Doll Museum Blog: Doll Collecting at About.com

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Dr. E's Doll Museum Blog: About.com Doll Collecting and Long Gone Dolls by T...

Dr. E's Doll Museum Blog: About.com Doll Collecting and Long Gone Dolls by T...: A brief post to remind all my followers and readers that I love you and welcome comments. You can also read me on About.com Doll Collecting...