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deadsunflower:

Ludwig Meidner, The Corner House (Villa Kochmann), 1913. Oil on canvas, 97,2 x 78 cm. Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid.

deadsunflower:

Ludwig Meidner, The Corner House (Villa Kochmann), 1913. Oil on canvas, 97,2 x 78 cm. Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid.

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theparisreview:

“If you chance to find an authoress occupied with her needle, express no astonishment, and refrain from exclaiming, ‘What! can you sew?’ or, ‘I never supposed a literary lady could even hem a handkerchief!’ This is false, and if expressed in words, an insulting idea. A large number of literary females are excellent needle-women, and good housewives; and there is no reason why they should not be.” Etiquette for dealing with the authoress, from 1854.
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theparisreview:

“If you chance to find an authoress occupied with her needle, express no astonishment, and refrain from exclaiming, ‘What! can you sew?’ or, ‘I never supposed a literary lady could even hem a handkerchief!’ This is false, and if expressed in words, an insulting idea. A large number of literary females are excellent needle-women, and good housewives; and there is no reason why they should not be.” Etiquette for dealing with the authoress, from 1854.

For more of this morning’s roundup, click here.

— 5 days ago with 114 notes

wwnorton:

The Norton Anthology of No Drama

— 1 week ago with 51 notes

Pull a handmade book of strings (by Kate Callan)

(Source: from89, via fuckyeahbookarts)

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knitvienna:

punks knit well. foto by SUZANA found at ONE DAY SOON.

knitvienna:

punks knit well. foto by SUZANA found at ONE DAY SOON.

— 1 week ago with 50 notes