#milfmacbeth

I feel like I may have answered this one before but it's definitely been a while and perhaps some of my answers have changed. so

arugula. king of leafy greens! truly if a salad's got arugula in it, or a sandwich, or anything, I immediately perk up. other greens are fine but arugula is actually good. big fan.

carrots. roasted or raw. raw carrots have one of the most satisfying crunch mouthfeels there is. roasted carrots are just fucking delicious and can be seasoned with anything. shout out to carrots. real winner of a root vegetable.

bell peppers. this feels like a very basic vegetable but it's good. again, raw, roasted, stir-fried - all good options. very versatile. red is probably my go to but all colors are acceptable.

lotus root. I don't get it a lot but speaking of mouthfeel and also the way it absorbs flavors. still think about this one lotus root salad I had at a ramen place all the time. prime vegetable. need to go to the asian market nearby and pick some up.

butternut squash. I used to think I didn't like squash but I was wrong. you live and you learn.

looked up a list of vegetables because I was feeling like I'd forgotten every vegetable and "garlic" was on there. which I don't feel like counts. but if it does then garlic is every entry on this list except for maybe the one that goes to arugula

hi tatiana, sorry this took so long!

ok so in hindsight (aka me going through my bridgerton tag lol), the fashion isn't that inaccurate. Also going to preface this by saying that I'm not an expert in regency fashion by any means, this is just stuff i've noticed from watching other regency adaptations and my own research about the topic. This will also focus solely on women's fashion.

For the most part, bridgerton gets a lot of the fashion right - for example the high empire waistlines, the a-line silhouette, the spencer jackets, the shawls, gloves, and pelisses (sort of a coat dress).

But there are three main areas which really really bug me: the undergarments, hair coverings, and daytime accessories for modesty.

Undergarments

Where are the shifts (also known as chemises) and petticoats!!!

Granted s4 does a better job of this by showing sophie's shift under her stays, but earlier seasons sort of ignored the shift entirely?? The shift serves as the bottom most layer to a) protect the wearer from any pinching or squeezing from her stays, and more importantly b) protect the outer garments from sweat and oils, especially since I don't believe most dresses/gowns would've been washed that frequently.

The petticoat is another extremely important item that all women would've worn. Due to the light colored, often sheer fabrics that were popular in this time period, petticoats (sometimes multiple were worn) were essential for modesty as well as warmth in cooler months. A lot of petticoats were even brightly colored so the color would show through the lighter colored dress!

Next up 2. Hair coverings

Another item that I haven't seen a lot of in bridgerton is hair coverings, i.e. bonnets, caps, and parasols. Bonnets and parasols were popular items prevent tanning and freckles, while caps served to cover your hair which was considered more "modest/proper" at the time. Caps also had the added bonus of keeping your hair tidy, especially for working women.

3. Daytime accessories for modesty

The last area is accessories for modesty - most regency women covered their chest or collar bone area during the daytime. These would be small scarves or "half" tank top-like garments which were tucked into the top of the gown or tied under the bust. These were called fichus and chemisettes. I believe Violet and some of the older characters do wear these at times, and many of Eloise's outfits in s3 do showcase versions of this, but I'd like to see more in the daytime looks!

Also linking some articles I found in case you'd like to read more about this :)

A Primer on Regency Era Women’s Fashion

Women’s Regency Makeup: An Overview

Women’s Regency Hairstyles: An Overview

Leveling Up Your Regency Look Part 2: The Devil’s in the Details

bestie what ISN’T going on in the witcher fandom. (i’m so sorry this got so long and boring i just started typing and did not stop apparently)

once upon a time in september 2018 henry cavill is cast as geralt of rivia in netflix’s adaptation of the witcher. people are generally surprised but pleased, reddit collectively nuts, mainly bc he's a self-professed 'nerd' and has talked about enjoying the witcher games and books previously

season 1 comes out and is generally well received, most of the negativity was just plain old racism and misogyny with people whinging that casting women and people of colour is 'netflix wokery' and 'inaccurate' because the setting is meant to be based on slavic countries. so according to some folks, henry cavill, as a straight white man who did not completely fuck up his role in s1, is basically the second coming of christ

season 2 comes out and is...not generally well received. by many people for many diverse reasons that i am not going into bc we will be here all day. but basically it becomes quite clear from s2 that the show is not an adaptation of the books, it’s more loosely based on the books. anyway the reddit bros start acting as if henry cavill is the show’s one saving grace and that he’s carrying a shitty show along on his back and that without him things would be even worse because there’d be nobody to overrule the showrunner on stuff like this

this intensifies in late october this year when stuff starts going around about the show writers mocking the books

anyway then henry cavill announces that he is leaving the witcher after s3 (filming had already wrapped at this point) and moving on to pastures new. he also announces that liam hemsworth will be playing geralt from s4. memeworthy stuff, the gift of prophecy strikes again. people tend to fall into one of two vibe camps in response: 1. ‘fucking lol’ 2. ‘i wish i was dead’

rumours swirl and the two main schools of thought about why he left are 1. because he was offered £££££££££ to play superman and 2. because he loves the source material so much he couldn’t bear to continue working on the show. these closely align with the two aforementioned vibe camps.

someone made this very reasonable post and i was grateful for it

THEN today a really objectively funny thing happened in that after all that, james gunn has turned around and said ‘actually the superman movie we’re doing is about a younger superman so none for henry cavill bye’

which is just like. icing on the cake of drama and dials everything up to 11 with the ‘i would kill and die for henry cavill’ gang taking this as proof that there were major creative differences between him and the showrunners (?) and the ‘fucking lol’ gang basically eating popcorn

and on that note i’m just leaving this post and this post here without comment

the one I'm reading right now, Hiroshima Nagasaki by Paul Ham, is really fucking good. it covers the entire story from beginning to end, the circumstances and context, the creation of the atom bombs, the science behind it, and then detailed accounts of the bombings themselves as well as the aftermath. it's also written in a really clear and engaging way, and considering all the technical details re: the science behind it and the historical context, it's so easy to follow.

What's your blog title from?

oh man. old reference but it's from the "Llamas With Hats" shorts, which I actually have not watched most of. specifically it's from an exchange in the second episode regarding one of the llamas' murder of an elderly couple (as well as everyone else on a cruise ship):

CARL: Well they were, uh, they were taking all the croissant rolls. PAUL: I can't believe what I'm hearing! CARL: I will not apologize for art.

maybe I'll change it at some point. but probably not.

What's something you learned recently?

🥦 - Let's take a walk through the woods

hey tatiana! yesss always down for a walk! <3

hi tatiana!

2. What movie have you watched most recently? What did you think of it?

the last movie I saw was wake up dead man way back in december. I thought it was really good!

14. if you could give a TED talk on anything, what would you talk about?

all the ways bridgerton gets regency fashion wrong

6. what's your go-to recipe when you want to make something that requires minimal effort?

I am really not a cook, but the one thing I do make pretty regularly (and I think well) is homemade cloudy lemonade!! I don't like carbonated drinks so I never really liked lemonade because I thought of it as Sprite and 7Up, but making it myself with lemon juice, sugar and (STILL) water was an absolute game changer

15. do you collect anything?