Radclyffe Hall (poet and author) & Una Vincenzo, Lady Troubridge (sculptor and translator). The two women were in a long-term lesbian partership from 1915 until Hall's death in 1943.
After her partner's death, Troubridge had Hall's masculine style suits altered to fit her, and wore them habitually. Troubridge died in Rome in 1963, and her grave reads 'The Friend of Radclyffe Hall'.
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Merle Oberon (Wuthering Heights, The Scarlet Pimpernel)—She was mixed race (born in India and her mother was Sri Lankan) and still managed to make it in the British and American film industries (by passing) despite a rough start in life and industry racism. She was the first Asian person to be nominated for any Academy Award (best actress in 1935)! She also survived a car accident in 1937 and kept on acting until 1973, despite potentially career-ending facial scars. Also, she met her third husband while they were filming a movie together in 1973 (her last movie and she still looks great!). They fell in love and got married in 1975 when she was 62 and he was 36. She died 4 years later in 1979. Iconic.
Una Merkel (42nd Street, The Bat Whispers, Destry Rides Again)— una was “known for her Kewpie-doll looks, strong Southern accent, and wry line delivery” to quote wikipedia, and she was often found playing the the wisecracking supporting character. she was a fixture in 30s movies, appearing in as many as 12 a year as an MGM contract player, and it's always a pleasure to see her pop up in anything. “Whether she played harebrained ingénues, wisecracking best friends, feisty pioneer women, or cantankerous matrons, critics appreciated her quirky characterizations, which were made even better with her trademark Southern accent, deft comic delivery, and incomparable stage presence.”
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Una Merkel:
Merle Oberon:
Beautiful. Talented. Biracial. Also please refer to the following promo from the aforementioned A Night To Remember, in which she plays the writer George Sand:
Her performances always give off this perfect blend of of being composed, refined, and aloof while still being deeply passionate and I eat it up every time.
I need all the gothic fans to STAND UP for our cathy!!
A rare example of a WOC working in lead roles in this era (mostly because she worked very hard to pass as white and had to hide her south asian heritage sadly). She has this very regal vibe but also a simmering intensity—even holding her own as Cathy opposite Laurence Olivier as Heathcliff.
She has such a unique face when it comes to old hollywood actresses - a lot of them start to melt together in my brain - but Merle has always stood out to me<3
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si se concentra lo suficiente puede escuchar el ruido de los autos y los vitores de la gente partícipe de ritual al que no quiso asistir realmente, pero ahí estaba. vestida, maquillada y arruinando su ropa con el óxido del asiento de la taza de té azul que escogió para refugiarse de los demás. no es hasta que escucha pasos que se mueve pero no hace intento en reconocer a quién se acerca ' ¿pagaste tu entrada? son cuatro yenes ' intento de chiste la hace alza propias comisuras un par de segundos ' cinco si no me dices quién eres '
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Di mamma non ce n'è una sola, 1974
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me chupa bien la concha lady Di, mirá si me va a importar lady Di son unos vendidos ustedes lo que pasa, necesitan urgentemente una lobotomía si les importa tanto una condesa rubia boluda de un imperio colonial que quizo ser reina y después no le gustó como era la jodita, vayan a estudiar algo y dejen tiktok yanqui por favor, tengan un poco de criterio y desarrollen dos dedos de frente les pido de rodillas
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chicken scratch comic but I like to hc that po-uta is either selectively mute or doesn't ever talk to anyone but avanna. Anyone else hearing him speak is a super rare occurrence
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SNW and DISCO spoilers
so I watched the Una episodes of discovery with no other context. So it’s just the episode where they find the sphere and the last two episodes of season two.
they really go buckwild on this ship. Tilly is being eaten by fungus and no one tells anyone. Jett and the mushroom man get high and slap each other out of it. Also did Jett appear from the vents? Michael is having a family crisis. Saru asked his friend to help him commit ritual suicide and I think a part of his brain fell out. Also I didn’t know he spoke so many languages so that was cool.
they are so dramatic here. The shocked and horrified stares around at each other made the finale an hour long otherwise it would have been like 30 minutes. I expect this from Chris but good grief. The letters goodbye one bye one? Sarek and Amanda somehow showing up ahead of a whole fleet to tell Michael they love her? The sibling fight as the ship is being fired upon? (that one tracks actually) I like it for the big moments but are they always like this?? And is the “eyes up” thing a thing and why doesn’t Chris do it anymore?
I do like the found familyness I am sensing. The whole fam banding together to go with Michael was sweet. And their goodbye to Chris. This is the level of found family where I’d expect to find at least a few of those foster kid fanfics where they refuse to leave each other and the foster parents get six kids at once. I have not looked but I would be disappointed if there aren’t any.
Pike’s stepdad energy is so strong. The whole crew does what they want and loop him in when they feel like it. They are fine without him and have their own system and dynamics going on. He knows it, too, which is hilarious to watch from just knowing him from snw. He really just intervenes to keep his genius stepchildren from straying too far off the mission. They are running around like overexcited puppies (“the sphere is trying to communicate!!!!”) and he keeps them from gnawing on the walls. But he is a good stepdad in that he is ready to throw hands and use his ship as a shield so they can get away from section 31.
then as soon as he gets back to enterprise he brings all of the evil fbi apparently. Una is not surprised and has tricked out the whole ship and the shuttles for battle without prompt. She went Chris was out of my sight for too long we need to be ready to fight the galaxy.
and some more Una notes: Katrina Cornwell seemed tall and commanding until she stood next to Una and it was hilarious how small she was. Took me out of the dramatic bomb defusing moment but I still had fun. And Chris knew someone was going to die from that torpedo and got Una out as soon as he knew there were no other options. My pikeuna heart.
And Una choosing violence with the interrogation sent me. SNW fans know she has been hiding and afraid of scrutiny her whole life, and this is how she shows it. What a woman. She did not even tell them her name. Did we know she was Una at this point or was she Number One all the way until snw premiered?
“Follow the queen.” *Chris immediately looks at Una* I see you Chris.
it is obvious that they did not know how they were going to open snw with Chris being depressed and Una going missing but I liked their shock and happiness when Spock showed up beardless.
idk if I am intrigued enough to watch this whole show but I like Georgiou being their personal annoying gremlin. “Everybody hates you. Congratulations.” Also queen Po going if I die I die.
did not like Una going “in English please” to literally another navigator. We know she’s a genius let her be one y’all. If it were a science person going off a thousand words a minute I would allow it. But Una was talking to a pilot. Do better.
IN GENERAL, a good time. I was there for Una and she was not there much, but that was expected I guess. I was not prepared for how emotional discovery's crew would be. They are all in their feelings at all times. I liked them as a crew and maybe I will return one day.
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im sooo fluent in spanish im basically spanish now <<< went to the shop by herself
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