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biglisbonnews · 1 year

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Paris Hilton Once Tried to Sneak Khloe Kardashian Into a Club Paris Hilton's memoir is almost upon us, and the excerpts are rolling in.Hilton shared an excerpt with The Times over the weekend, in which she put a wig on Khloe Kardashian and tried to sneak her into Bar One. "One night I tried to smuggle my sister Nicky, our cousin Farrah and our friend Khloe Kardashian into Bar One," she writes in Paris: The Memoir. "Khloe and Farrah were little middle-school girls, so I did Khloe up with full makeup, a long red wig and a floppy black hat." To complete the laughable sounding disguise, she told Khloe that she had to assume another identity before they reached the club. "I told her, 'If anyone asks, your name is Betsey Johnson.'" Farrah, meanwhile, was put in a trench coat on top of someone else's shoulders, which sounds almost too laughable to be true. Hilton continues, "We put so much effort into our disguises, we were shocked when we didn't get past the velvet rope."It's not elaborated on further, but "cousin Farrah" is almost certainly Farrah Aldjufrie, the oldest daughter of Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Kyle Richards. Famously, Kyle and Kathy Hilton are sisters. Elsewhere in the excerpt, Hilton quips that she "learned the key elements of partying like a rock star" as a teenager, as well as how to "stay pretty." The excerpt also goes into her relationship with ex-boyfriend Rick Salomon, who isn't mentioned by name but is identifiable through context clues. She says that they met when she was 18 and that he "kept pushing" her to make the now infamous 1 Night in Paris tape. Hilton writes, "He told me if I wouldn’t do it, he could easily find someone who would, and that was the worst thing I could think of — to be dumped by this grown man because I was a stupid kid who didn’t know how to play grown-up games." She adds that she "got hammered" beforehand and did not imagine it would leak online. "It took me a minute to make the connection to that private video. I had to close my eyes and breathe. I felt like I was going to throw up. It was inconceivable to me." Paris also says that despite pleading with Salomon to halt its release, he refused on the basis that it was worth a lot of money. "More value than my privacy, obviously. My dignity. My future. Shame, loss and stark terror swept over me." Paris: The Memoir is out March 14. Photo via Jon Kopaloff/Getty. https://www.papermag.com/paris-hilton-memoir-2659509458.html

#Paris hilton #Kardashians #Khloe kardashian #Kathy hilton #Kyle richards #Joan Summers #PAPER

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ki5kjx · 2 years

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A memoir by the internationally famous fashion designer and style icon Mention the name Betsey Johnson and almost every woman from the age of 15 to 75 can rapturously recall a favorite dress or outfit; whether worn for a prom, a wedding, or just to stand out from the crowd in a colorful way. They may also know her as a renegade single mom who palled around with Edie Sedgwick, Twiggy, and The Velvet Underground, or even as a celebrity contestant on Dancing with the Stars. Betsey is also famous for her iconic pink stores (she had 65 shops across the US) and for her habit of doing cartwheels and splits down the runway at the close of her fashion shows. Throughout her decades-long career, she's taken pride in producing fun but rule-breaking clothing at an accessible price point. What they might not know is that she built an empire from scratch, and brought stretch clothing to the masses in the 80s and 90s.Betsey will take the reader behind the tutu and delve deeply into what it took

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universitybookstore · 4 years

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We were supposed to have a big book signing event with this legend, but... alas. Still, we do have signed copies! New from viking and fashion legend Betsey Johnson, Betsey: A Memoir. Written with Mark Vitulano, it is fascinating and a SCREAM! She’s unique, is our Betsey.

#books #betsey johnson #fashion #designers #women designers #betsey a memoir #mark vitulano #memoirs #rock and roll #punk #icons #viking #new books #new releases

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rkb · 4 years

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Betsey Johnson has a memoir coming out in April. Read all about it in my Forbes article.

#Betsey Johnson #memoir #books #fashion #fashion design #fashion designer #book publishing

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broughtabooktothedance · 4 years

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Spent the last few days with the vibrant, tenacious, talented, groundbreaking, effervescent Betsey Johnson.

#betsey johnson #betsey #memoir #reading list

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ladywashingtonslightdragoons · 3 years

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The Big List of American Revolution/Colonial Era Recommendations

This is a list put together by me, Aaron. It is a list of books, shows, etc. about the American Revolution and life during the Colonial Era. I think this may be most helpful to those just getting started in the Amrev community, but I think everyone can find something new here! (I know I definitely did 😅)

Shoutout to @/ms-march @/betseys-bosom @/tallmadgeandtea @/henryshybitchclinton @/elrondsscribe and @/dark-green-damask for helping! This list wouldn’t be complete without you guys! (If you ever want to make an addition, just DM me! I’m always happy to add more!)

Books:

•1776-Free Online Version-This book is a narrative of the year 1776 in the American Revolution. I think it would be a good read for those unfamiliar with the Revolution that wish to learn more.

•George Washington’s Secret Six: The Spy Ring That Saved The American Revolution-Free Online Version-If you like Turn or are interested in historical espionage, this is a great book to start with. This book focuses on the Culper Spy Ring that gave Washington about British movements in New York.

•Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power-Free Online Version-A great single-volume biography that covers Jefferson’s life from start to finish. Meacham tells of Jefferson’s life in a way that is engaging and informational. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize.

•Monticello: The Official Guide to Thomas Jefferson’s World-The official Monticello Estate guidebook published by National Geographic that reflects upon Jefferson, his home, and his world. Features iconic and little known stories about Jefferson and events at Monticello.

•Founding Mothers-Free Online Version-The stories of the brave women who fought the revolution just as valiantly as the men. Drawing upon information from personal correspondence and private journals, we learn about the struggles and triumphs of women such as Abigail Adams, Mercy Otis Warren, Deborah Read Franklin, Eliza Pinckney, Martha Washington, and more

•Valley Forge-The story of the winter at Valley Forge and how it transformed the Continental army.

•American Rebels-A book on the intertwined lives of the Hancock, Quincy, and Adams families, and the role each member played in sparking the flames of revolution.

•1774: The Long Year of Revolution-A book tracing the critical year of 1774 and the changes that took place from the Boston Tea Party to the First Continental Congress to the Battles of Lexington and Concord.

•Washington’s Secret War-Free Online Version-The story of George Washington and the secondary war he faced during December of 1777; the one upon his reputation as a general and patriot.

•Revolutionary Mothers-Free Online Version-A book illustrating the vital role women took during the war. Women of the Revolution were most active at home, but Berkin shows that women also fought and helped on the front lines, as in the story of Margaret Corbin.

•General Washington’s Commando-A book about Benjamin Tallmadge, his role in the Revolution, and the vital role he played as a spy master for General Washington.

•George Washington’s Indispensable Men-This book covers the lives of some of the 32 men that served as Washington’s aides during the war-including Alexander Hamilton, Tench Tilghman, and more.

•Fallen Founder: The Life of Aaron Burr-A biography about Aaron Burr that takes a very positive view on him. I think this is a good place to start with Burr, but it is biased as it’s very pro-Burr anti-Hamilton.

•Invisible Ink: Spycraft of the American Revolution-The critical role of espionage during the War for Independence and the techniques used.

Primary Sources

•A Narrative of a Revolutionary Soldier-Free Online Version-The memoir of Joseph Plumb Martin. Martin joined the continental army at age 15. This documents his life as a common soldier, and is considered one of the most important primary historical sources for the Revolution.

•Memoir of Benjamin Tallmadge-Free Online Version-Colonel Benjamin Tallmadges account of his experiences during the Revolutionary War. This edition sheds more light on his espionage activities than what was given in his original memoirs.

•Letters From an American Farmer-Free Online Version-A series of letters written by French American writer J. Hector St. John de Crèvecœur. These letters describe certain provincial situations, manners, customs not generally known, and convey some idea of the late and present circumstances of the British colonies in North America.

•Report of the Trial of Levi Weeks-This is a digital scanned copy of the court record for the Levi Weeks trial with Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr, who worked on the defense team together.

•Regulations for the Order and Discipline of the Troops of the United States-The “Blue Book” written by von Steuben with the help of Alexander Hamilton . Contains information on practical military training used during the American Revolution. This manual was used until after the War of 1812, and some sections are still used today.

British Perspective

•The Men Who Lost America-Free Online Version-An account of the Revolution told from the perspective of the British war leaders.

•Those Damned Rebels-Free Online Version-A report of the war from the British perspective created by using firsthand accounts, journals, letters from British officers in the field, and reports from colonial governors.

•George Washington’s Opponents-Essays written by historians on figures such as Nathaniel Greene, Benedict Arnold, Marquis de Lafayette, and more for the American side. On the British side, Thomas Gage, Sir William Howe, Charles Lord Cornwallis, and several others.

The books listed below are free, but older and may not have reliable information.

•The Green Dragoon-A (free!) book on the lives of Banastre Tarleton and Mary Robinson.

•Cornwallis: The American Adventure-A (free!) book on the life of Charles Cornwallis.

•The Howe Brothers and the American Revolution-As the title suggests, this is a (free!) book about the Howe brothers during the American Revolution.

•Portrait of a General-A (free!) book about Sir Henry Clinton.

•The Traitor and the Spy-A (free!) book on John Andre and Benedict Arnold and their role in the war.

•John Burgoyne-A (free!) book on John Burgoyne.

•Mischianza-(Free!) book on the triumph felt upon leaving America unconquered.

YouTube:

•Townsends-The YouTube channel for Jas Townsend and Son. Videos focused on the colonial period, living history, historical recipes and more. Very well made and well informed videos + interviews with experts.

•Spies, Espionage, And Secret Writing In 1770’s-An interview from the Townsends channel with expert Brian Allison on some of the spy techniques used in the Revolution. If you like Turn, I definitely recommend this video.

•Spanish Military Hospital 1784-An interview from the Townsends channel that discusses a Spanish military hospital operating in the 18th century, their methods, and how the Spanish were the most advanced in medicine at the time.

•Colonial Williamsburg-The official YouTube for the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. They have many videos on many different topics of Colonial life/Amrev with people practiced in their field.

•Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello-The official Monticello YouTube. This information of course focuses on Jefferson’s life and the lives of everyone living at Monticello during his life.

•George Washington’s Mount Vernon-The official Mount Vernon YouTube channel. Focuses on how the estate operated and the lives of Washington, his family, and the enslaved people living on the property.

•Victoria and Albert Museum-Official YouTube of V&A Museum. Explore historical and contemporary art and design from many of the worlds richest cultures.

•JamestownRediscovery-YouTube channel for Historic Jamestowne, the first permanent English settlement in America.

Period Clothing:

•James Townsend and Son-This is the store that is owned by the Townsend YouTube channel. They have a great selection for not just clothes, fabrics, and sewing patterns, but many other period appropriate items you may need. They do customizations and have great customer service.

•Prior Attire-This is a small business based in the UK that makes good quality period clothing. They also do bespoke orders. They make clothes for many different periods, not just the colonial era.

•Pinsent Tailoring-A tailor based in the UK that makes bespoke period clothing that’s crafted with much historical accuracy. Zack (the owner) will make clothes ranging from the mid 1600’s to the 1920’s, but his area of expertise is with Georgian and Regency period clothing.

•American Duchess-A company that produces historical shoes and reproductions.

•LBCC-An Etsy store that sells historical apothecary items including cosmetics, hair care, beauty care, and more.

•Wm Booth, Draper-Sells fabrics (linen, hemp, wool, etc.), 18th and 19th century sewing patterns, books, and more.

•Burnley and Trowbridge-Provides reproduction textiles, notions, sewing tools, and accessories.

•Samson Historical-Provides historical reproductions of clothing, accessories, home goods and more.

•Penny River-Garments and accessories based off of paintings and research. Garments are machine sewn with hand finishing to give them the proper historical look. Fully hand sewn items can be made upon request.

•Sign of the Gray Horse-Reproduction and historically inspired jewelry.

•Fikars Finest-Clothes ranging from the French and Indian War to the 1800’s. Made to be historically accurate and durable. Does make custom orders.

•Erins Creative Designs-Vintage and historical clothing, and cute and functional accessories.

•Yosa-Makes historical embroidered accessories (and masks!!).

•Veteran Arms-Reproduction Arms and accoutrements from the muzzleloading era

•Williams Flintlocks-Custom made replica flintlocks made by Tim Williams of West Virginia. Each flintlock is built to fit the individuals physical structure and aesthetic needs. Williams works to capture the artistry and durability of Colonial gunsmiths.

Other:

•Brigade of the American Revolution-A non-profit living history association recreating the life and times of the common soldier during the Revolution. Elements of all armies are represented (Continental, Militia, British, Loyalist, German, French, Spanish, and Native American forces along with women, children, and other civilian roles.) The Brigade hosts military encampments, tactical exercises, social activities and more.

#american revolution #amrev #amrev history #history #military history #american history #turn washington's spies #turn amc #Thomas Jefferson #benjamin tallmadge #the founding fathers #long post

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tipsywench · 2 years

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So here's the biggest issue with reading "Fighting Prophet" - the sources really aren't cited well at all.

So you have this quote of Sherman where he's describing his grandmother:

And in the back of the book all you really get is a list of sources for each chapter, and before that a big paragraph describing how all letters came from the letter collections in the Library of Congress

So I at first assumed maybe it was from Sherman's memoirs or John's recollections but I didn't find it in either. Then I googled a line from it and after searching through a few books I found it's actually from a letter Sherman wrote to a friend who had offered him condolences after Ellen had died. And it's a lengthy letter going into his family history.

I'm gonna paste it under here, because I actually really like it, especially when he starts writing about his mother:

Found in "The Americanization of Edward Bok: The Autobiography of a Dutch Boy Fifty Years After" on Gutenberg:

When Mrs. Sherman passed away, Doctor T. DeWitt Talmage wrote General Sherman a note of condolence, and what is perhaps one of the fullest expositions of his religious faith to which he ever gave expression came from him in a most remarkable letter, which Doctor Talmage gave to Bok.

"New York, December 12, 1886.

"My Dear Friend:

"Your most tender epistle from Mansfield, Ohio, of December 9 brought here last night by your son awakens in my brain a flood of memories. Mrs. Sherman was by nature and inheritance an Irish Catholic. Her grandfather, Hugh Boyle, was a highly educated classical scholar, whom I remember well,—married the half sister of the mother of James G. Blaine at Brownsville, Pa., settled in our native town Lancaster, Fairfield County, Ohio, and became the Clerk of the County Court. He had two daughters, Maria and Susan. Maria became the wife of Thomas Ewing, about 1819, and was the mother of my wife, Ellen Boyle Ewing. She was so staunch to what she believed the true Faith that I am sure that though she loved her children better than herself, she would have seen them die with less pang, than to depart from the "Faith." Mr. Ewing was a great big man, an intellectual giant, and looked down on religion as something domestic, something consoling which ought to be encouraged; and to him it made little difference whether the religion was Methodist, Presbyterian, Baptist, or Catholic, provided the acts were 'half as good' as their professions.

"In 1829 my father, a Judge of the Supreme Court of Ohio, died at Lebanon away from home, leaving his widow, Mary Hoyt of Norwalk, Conn. (sister to Charles and James Hoyt of Brooklyn) with a frame house in Lancaster, an income of $200 a year and eleven as hungry, rough, and uncouth children as ever existed on earth. But father had been kind, generous, manly with a big heart; and when it ceased to beat friends turned up—Our Uncle Stoddard took Charles, the oldest; W. I. married the next, Elisabeth (still living); Amelia was soon married to a merchant in Mansfield, McCorab; I, the third son, was adopted by Thomas Ewing, a neighbor, and John fell to his namesake in Mt. Vernon, a merchant.

"Surely 'Man proposes and God disposes.' I could fill a hundred pages, but will not bore you. A half century has passed and you, a Protestant minister, write me a kind, affectionate letter about my Catholic wife from Mansfield, one of my family homes, where my mother, Mary Hoyt, died, and where our Grandmother, Betsey Stoddard, lies buried. Oh, what a flood of memories come up at the name of Betsey Stoddard,—daughter of the Revd. Mr. Stoddard, who preached three times every Sunday, and as often in between as he could cajole a congregation at ancient Woodbury, Conn.,—who came down from Mansfield to Lancaster, three days' hard journey to regulate the family of her son Judge Sherman, whose gentle wife was as afraid of Grandma as any of us boys. She never spared the rod or broom, but she had more square solid sense to the yard than any woman I ever saw. From her Charles, John, and I inherit what little sense we possess.

"Lancaster, Fairfield County, was our paternal home, Mansfield that of Grandmother Stoddard and her daughter, Betsey Parker. There Charles and John settled, and when in 1846 I went to California Mother also went there, and there died in 1851.

"When a boy, once a year I had to drive my mother in an old 'dandy wagon' on her annual visit. The distance was 75 miles, further than Omaha is from San Francisco. We always took three days and stopped at every house to gossip with the woman folks, and dispense medicines and syrups to the sick, for in those days all had the chills or ague. If I could I would not awaken Grandmother Betsey Stoddard because she would be horrified at the backsliding of the servants of Christ,—but oh! how I would like to take my mother, Mary Hoyt, in a railroad car out to California, to Santa Barbara and Los Angeles, among the vineyards of grapes, the groves of oranges, lemons and pomegranates. How clearly recurs to me the memory of her exclamation when I told her I had been ordered around Cape Horn to California. Her idea was about as definite as mine or yours as to, Where is Stanley? but she saw me return with some nuggets to make her life more comfortable.

"She was a strong Presbyterian to the end, but she loved my Ellen, and the love was mutual. All my children have inherited their mother's faith, and she would have given anything if I would have simply said Amen; but it is simply impossible.

"But I am sure that you know that the God who created the minnow, and who has moulded the rose and carnation, given each its sweet fragrance, will provide for those mortal men who strive to do right in the world which he himself has stocked with birds, animals, and men;—at all events, I will trust Him with absolute confidence.

"With great respect and affection,

"Yours truly,

"W. T. Sherman."

#william tecumseh sherman #fighting prophet #this is a long post but I wanted to include the letter #elderly sherman talking about his mama is really sweet though

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groupiesoutrageously · 4 years

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Viva [Janet Susan Mary Hoffmann; 23.08.38]

Born into a strict and religious family, Janet Hoffmann was the first of nine children. At an early age, she considered becoming a nun and studied art in Paris. During her adult years, she began working as a painter and a model. In 1965, she had her first encounter with Andy Warhol. Two years later, in 1967, they met again at a party held by Betsey Johnson and Hoffmann asked to be given a part in one of Warhol’s films. He agreed, and she had a bit role in The Loves of Ondine (1968). Warhol gave her the stage name Viva and she began frequenting the Factory. Viva’s first starring role in a Warhol film was in Tub Girls (1967). Other projects with Warhol included The Nude Restaurant (1967), Bike Boy (1967), Lonesome Cowboys (1968), and the infamous Blue Movie (1969), an explicit sex film which was seized by the New York City Police during its original screening.

In 1968, Viva was on the phone with Warhol when he was shot by Valerie Solanas. This traumatic event drew Viva closer to Warhol’s mother, Julia Warhola. Warhol, however, believed that Viva was using this as an opportunity to spy and conspire against him, his work and his family; because of this conflict, Viva and Warhol’s relationship was irreparably damaged.

Viva grew into her own as an actress. Her first non-Warhol starring role was in Agnès Varda’s Lions Love (1969). She also appeared in other films such as Midnight Cowboy (1969) — along with other Factory figures — and Necropolis (1970). In 1968, she collaborated with Woody Allen in an episode of The Tonight Show, which years later led them to work together in Play It Again, Sam (1972). Viva also appeared opposite Edie Sedgwick in Ciao! Manhattan (1972), directed by John Palmer and David Weisman. Other works include Cisco Pike (1972), Forbidden Zone (1982), Paris, Texas (1984) and The Man Without a Face (1983).

Viva is also an accomplished author. In 1970 she published her first book, titled Superstar, which according to Wikipedia “[was] an insider's look at the Factory scene, a partly fictional autobiographical account of her time there. It was distinguished from other "tell-all" memoirs by virtue of her writing, which incorporated various stylistic effects, including the use of taped conversations.” Her second book, The Baby, was published in 1974. She also regularly wrote for publications such as The Village Voice and New York Woman.

Among her other projects were the narration of a jazz opera titled Escalator Over the Hill (1971) and a guest appearace in Shirley Clarke's Teepee Video Space Troupe. Viva married French photographer and filmmaker Michel Auder in 1969. They had one daughter, Alexandra “Alex” Auder, before divorcing. In the early 1980s, Viva became romantically involved with actor Anthony Herrera and the couple were engaged for some time. Their daughter, actress Gabrielle “Gaby” Hoffmann, was born in 1982.

From the 1970s until the early 1990s, Viva lived at the Chelsea Hotel, along with her young daughters. In 1993, she was brought to justice by the hotel for not having paid her rent for two years. She then relocated to California and currently lives in Palm Springs, where she continues to work with art.

“Having a baby was such a shock to my system, and I really wanted to write a book about that, about children and mothers and how the most important thing in the world is really how we bring up our children and you can't start at the middle and work through to the end, you've really got to start at the beginning. Because for years I've been obsessed between my mother and the John Birch Society and my Marxist guerilla video-tape friends and so on — I've been obsessed with politics, but it finally came down to where I saw that if you don't start with your new-born babies, you can't change anything in the world. You've got to start at the beginning.” —Interview magazine, 1975

“Do you realize what a great actress she is? Andrea? She played my slave and she carried the whole thing out in real life. I had a terrible case of the flu, a temperature of 104 and dysentery. I was shitting blood. At that point. At the high point scene where Cleopatra is dying, I'd have to run to the toilet — this horrible hole in the wall in Cinecitta — and Andrea would follow me carrying my train as my slave and she would actually wipe my ass. Andrea. She was incredible. Fantastic.” —about working with Andrea Feldman in Cleopatra (1970)

“Andy swore to me that Blue Movie would never be shown but convinced me to let him show it once at the Museum of Modern Art. I also agreed, after my daughter Gaby persuaded me, to let it be shown at Lincoln Center where I introduced it and answered questions several years ago. When someone in the audience asked me what I would change I said I'd cut out the sex scenes. [...] I'm not even allowed to have a say as to when or where it is shown, or least of all, be informed of the showings — because it's "Art" — of course Andy Warhol's "Art" — the "conceived by and written by" actors are barely if at all mentioned, let alone given a portion of the gate.” —in 2016.

#viva #type: muse #photoset #edit

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I Did It For The Dress: A Prom Memoir

[Originally posted 5/1/2009]

I couldn’t really tell you what I was like in High School—I pretty much existed in my own bubble of super self-consciousness. I was a decently smart kid who spent a lot of my time running, simply because Cross Country was a sport that required a lot of willpower, but very little coordination. I had crushes, but I didn’t date. I didn’t expect to be asked to Prom, but never for a second did that mean I wasn’t going.

I didn’t expect, by some miraculous twist of fate, to be named Prom Queen nor did I harbor a conspiracy theory that everyone secretly hated me and were going to douse me in pig’s blood, Carrie-style. I didn’t party and despite what I’d seen on some TV dramas, I wasn’t interested in getting laid, or like, having a baby in a toilet. I didn’t imagine I would lead the dance floor in some Disney-esque choreographed routine (or better: Thriller). I didn’t have high expectations.

I did it for the dress.

Just as soon it was reasonably close, I begged my mom to take me to the Betsey Johnson boutique in Newport Beach. I knew my dress was there. I refused to go anywhere else. And there it was--a relatively simple white dress, with red ribbon lining and red and blue flowers. It was almost a little informal for Prom, but it was me. It was mine. I had to have it. My mom bought it for me and I felt like I had transcended to another level. I took it out of the bag every day to pet it and stare at it. My pretty, pretty prom dress. I adore thee.

Then I had to work on completing the look. I couldn’t walk in heels to save my life, so I got a pair of Adidas, and coincidentally found a little red and white Adidas backpack to go with it. Since I obvs wouldn’t be able to fit my make up cavalry in a clutch. Psh. I was then, as I am now, mildly obsessed with Gwen Stefani’s style, and was completely transfixed by the way she did her hair on the Tragic Kingdom tour. I took all my clippings and photos of her to the stylist at Carlton in Costa Mesa for a consult. She said it was go. I just had to bring in colored bobby pins the day of the event. I bought very fine glitter (like the kind you decorate easter eggs with), tiny blue and clear rhinestones and some sparkly blue eyeshadow. I found a shade of red lipstick that I liked at the Origins counter. I bought red ribbon that matched the lining for a necklace, cuz’ that was about as far as I was going with jewelry. I was more excited to get ready for prom than anything else.

About a week or two before the dance, my friend Adam broke up with his girlfriend, so he needed a date. I was like, sure. He was a Senior, I was a Junior, and we’d been friends since junior high or something like that. Solid dude, even if he did try to trashcan me on my first day as a Freshman at Kennedy.

I could lie to you and tell you I remember very little about Prom, but the truth is the guy I had a crush on for like, 4 years was going with another girl and I was not pleased. He was my first love at first sight. I was just incredibly shy.But, if I may be so bold as to say, I looked awesome. And I felt awesome. As a teen, I rarely felt at home in my own skin, but that night, everything felt right. The look was mine. You know what I mean?

I never knew what the deal with Justin actually was, because instead of dancing with our dates (neither of us liked dancing) we sat at a table together and talked most of the night. It was magical in a forever-unrequited and sort of torturous way.

After hours of not dancing, talking, and blowing bubbles until I almost passed out. Adam and I decided to leave. And Justin asked to come with us. We let him. Did I steal someone else’s Prom date? Regardless, nothing ever happened with Justin and I. I saw him about 4 years ago at a friend’s party and felt all those strange, squishy, dizzy feelings again… then, after talking to him for a few seconds, realized he’d become sort of thug life Eminem wannabe. Oh, and he showed me that his daughter’s name was tattooed on the back of his neck. I swear, that actually occurred. It was like swallowing a cannonball. Oh. Ah, but the dress. The dress was perfect.

And I actually wore it again a year ago to the Prom party I threw for my friend Kevin’s grad party (with the slightly obvious intention of making the event happen so I could go on a date with my then-crush) I suppose 17 is far too early to find the love of your life, anyway.

But the dress and I, we got the job done the second time around.

#breesays #prom #essay

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moved-strabius-strawberry · 6 years

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I felt like making a modern translation of Hamilton’s other famous letter, to Angelica Schuyler Church

Strawberry icons indicate modern translation:

December 1787

“I this morning wrote a short and hasty line to your other self and did not then expect I should have been able to find a moment for the more agreeable purpose of dropping a line to you.”

🍓 I wrote, this morning, a letter to Mr. Church so short and hastily, that I hadn't expected myself to possess the time to write to you.

“Your husband has too much gallantry to be offended at this implication of preference. But I can not, however great my hurry, resist the strong desire I feel of thankg you for your invaluable letter by the last packet.”

🍓 Your husband is much too chivalrous to be offended by my implied preference, but I simply cannot resist my strong desire to thank you for your latest invaluable letter to me.

“Imagine, if you are able, the pleasure it gave me. Notwithstanding the compliment you pay to my eloquence its resources could give you but a feeble image of what I should wish to convey.”

🍓 Imagine, if you can, the pleasure it gave me. Although, despite your compliments to my ways with words, they simply couldn't begin to paint an image of what I should wish to communicate to you.

“This you will tell me is poetical enough. I seldom write to a lady without fancying the relation of lover and mistress. It has a very inspiring effect.”

🍓 Is this poetic enough for ya? You know I rarely write to a lady without desiring the association of a lover and his mistress. It has a very... Inspiring effect.

“And in your case the dullest materials could not help feeling that propensity.”

🍓 And in your case, not even the dullest of details could stop my own tendencies. (get it? I'M A SLUT XD)

“I have a great opinion of your discernment and therefore I venture to rant.”

🍓 I have a great opinion of your judgement, and therefore I dare to rant of it.

“If you read this letter in a certain mood, you will easily divine that in which I write it.”

🍓 If you read this letter in a certain "mood", you will find it in your heart to be the gracious and forgiving woman that I know you are (go easy on me plz).

“You ask if your friend Kitty Livingston is married? You recollect the proverb.”

🍓 You ask if your friend Kitty Livingston is married? I trust you remember the old saying.

“She was ready, with as much eagerness as can be ascribed to the chaste wishes of a virgin heart, to sip the blissful cup, when alas! it slipped through her fingers—at least for a time, if not for ever.”

🍓 She was ready, with much eagerness that could be blamed on the sexual restraint of a virgin heart, to "sip the blissful cup" (if you know what I mean winkwonk), when alas! Her opportunity slipped through her fingers, like the bliss she had meant to quench her thirst with in that very cup—at least for a short time... if not forever.

“Her lover a buxom widower of five and forty braving summer heats and wintry blasts exerted himself with so much zeal in the service of his dulcinea that there is every appearance it will cost him his lungs. He is gone to the South of France, if possible, to preserve them.”

🍓 Her lover, a large chested forty year old widower of five, had exerted himself with so much effort in the service of his unrequited love, that there is a good chance such devotion will cost him his lungs. He is gone to the South of France, if possible, to preserve them (his lungs, I mean).

“This method of speaking of the misfortune of your friend proceeds from pure levity not a particle of malice. I beg your pardon for it...”

🍓 Okay, in all seriousness, my manner of speaking of your poor friend’s misfortune comes purely from lighthearted humor and not with malicious intent. I do apologize...

“...and I hope you will be able to tell me in your next that you have not by the least propensity to a smile verified the maxim of that scurvy defamer of human nature—Rochefoucault.”

🍓 ...and I hope you will be able to tell me in your next letter that you have not the least likelihood to smile, verified by the old saying from that unpleasant insult to humanity: Rochefoucault.

[François, Duc de la Rochefoucauld= a noted French author of maxims and memoirs; he neither condemned human conduct nor sentimentally celebrated it.]

“You ladies despise the pedantry of punctuation.”

🍓 *OVERDRAMATIC SIGH* You ladies despise the importance of proper punctuation, don't you?

“There was a most critical comma in your last letter.”

🍓 There was a most critically misplaced comma in your last letter. I assume it was accidental, although I would hope it to be intended. *eyebrow waggle*

“Unriddle this if you can. The proof that you do it rightly may be given by the omission or repetition of the same mistake in your next.”

🍓 Explain this to me if you can. The proof that you do it rightly may be given by either deleting OR repeating the same "mistake" in your next letter (lololol).

“So Mr. Church resolves to be a parliament-man. I had rather see him a member of our new Congress; but my fervent wish always is that much success may attend all his wishes. I am sincerely attached to him as well as to yourself.”

🍓 So Mr. Church decides to be a parliament-man. I'd rather see him a member of our new Congress, but my deepest wish is always that much success may come to him. I am sincerely as attached to him as I am to you.

“We are all well here. Your father and mother are better than they have been for a long time past.”

🍓 We are all well here. Your father and mother are better than they have been in a long time.

“Betsey sends her love. I do not choose to say joins in mine. Tis old fashioned.”

🍓 Betsey sends her love. I choose not to say "joins in mine". Tis old fashioned.

“Despairing of seeing you here my only hope is that the jumble of events will bring us together in Europe.”

🍓 With no hope of seeing you here, my only hope is that the jumble of events will bring us together in Europe.

“I speak not from any immediate project of the sort but from a combination of possible circumstances.”

🍓 I do not speak from any immediate project, but from a combination of possible circumstances that may lead to such an outcome.

“Wherever I am believe always that there is no one can pay a more sincere or affectionate tribute to your deserts than I do—”

🍓 Wherever I am, always trust in there being no one else who pays appreciation to your much deserved honor more sincerely or affectionately than I do—

Adieu ma chere, soeur

🍓 Farewell, my dear, sister ;)

A Hamilton

[deconstruction below the cut]

Deconstructing the Flirtatious Nature of Alexander Hamilton’s words.

What you've gotta understand is, the preceding letter from Angelica to Hamilton was very homesick and sad, she was all the way in England and missed her family very much. Hamilton, possessing a deep seeded sympathy for "helpless" women, decided to cheer her up by doing what this incredibly cheeky bastard does best: flirt. He isn't even holding back, it's like telling your best friend of 5 years you're gonna lavish their butthole the next time you see them. He is trying to get her to laugh, put a smile on her face. He loves her and does not want her to be sad about her situation since there is nothing she can do about it, so he tries cheering her up with his incredibly crude tongue-in-cheek humor. He even points out her grammatical error in an openly suggestive way, and at the very end, brings it full circle by deliberately repeating her own error.

I don't mean to invalidate the Hamgelica shipping, particularly in the Hamilton Musical. If you ship them, then please go right ahead, the feelings of the stage characters for one another are deliberately implied and there is nothing to be said or done about it. BUT, when it comes to historical context, I find that it's important to understand where the two of them were coming from in this exchange, which, to me anyway, comes across as unserious and jokingly flirtatious.

#historical hamilton #alexander hamilton #angelica schuyler church #letter #december 1787 #modern translation #deconstruction #ham//gelica

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