She that was so proud and wild

The Passion, Jeanette Winterson (bisexual gondolier, magical C17 Venice)

Songs of Triumphant Love, Jessica Duchen (mother (opera singer) and daughter (university student), late C20 England, Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Half of a Yellow Sun, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (spirited sisters, mid-C20 Nigeria)

Excellent Women, Barbara Pym (Mildred!! earnest, intelligent, mid C20 England)

Incidental Music, Lydia Perović (three fantastic women, three generations, three countries, it’s complicated and I love it, C20 Hungary/Canada/etc.)

Mrs. Dalloway, Virginia Woolf (CLARISSA. Also Lucia. 1930s England.)

Mrs. Miniver, Jan Struther (Mrs. Miniver is a gem. WWII England. You will cry.)

Till We Have Faces, C.S. Lewis (Orual <3 <3, ancient Greece)

The Queen of the Night, Alexander Chee (opera singer, spy, seductress, mid-C19 Europe, it’s so good)

Persephone was the mistress of the Furies–underworld daimones who punished the crimes of filial betrayal, impiety and murder. She despatched them when curses were invoked in her name.

Greek Myth:         Goddesses  －  Persephone

aphrodite: pretty hands, neat notes, small handwriting, soft lips, poetry, mom jeans, perfect eyebrows, roses, flirty, soothing voice, the scent of vanilla, gardening, plays the ukulele, strawberries, the colour red, rosy cheeks

artemis: pretty hair, animal lovers, cottage in the woods, hunting, loves small plants, believes in mythology, forest witches, wants the best for nature, wolves, competitive, archery, moonlight, vintage t-shirts, stargazing, sharp features

hera: old souls, hot tea, fashionable, wants to travel, oversized sweaters, high ponytails, very loving, intelligent, coffee shops, old libraries, bookshelves, tiny houses, genuine smiles, passionate, photography, starry skies, bookworms

Greek mythology from A to Z:

Rare books.

Zeus: Aw, Hades! I didn’t knew you liked kittens!

Hades: This is not a kitten.

Zeus: What…?

Hades: This is a tiger cub. I’m training it to be letal.

Zeus: No… That’s definetly a kitten…

Hades: *looks more carefully to the kitten* …Are you sure…?

Zeus: Yeah, you’re carrying a kitten. Why?

Hades: I have been lied to! *looks over to Persephone*

BREAK THE POST

the elusive 10 million note post

*A thud against the other side of the window they’re sitting beside makes them both look up*

VS.

“I never said she stole my money.” 

“I never said she stole my money.” 

“I never said she stole my money.” 

“I never said she stole my money.”

“I never said she stole my money.” 

“I never said she stole my money.”