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WHEN IN ROME
Rome, as the freshly abdicated ex-queen Christina saw it on her arrival, was a city in the process of being transformed by the genius of Bernini. Everywhere, churches and palaces were being rebuilt, and handsome piazzas laid out, in all … Continue reading
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THE ANDROGYNOUS STRAIN
“…if we conceive the world in that vast extension you give it, it is impossible that man conserve himself therein in this honorable rank, on the contrary, he shall consider himself along with the entire earth he inhabits as in … Continue reading
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LOVE THE STORM AND FEAR THE CALM
Christina of Sweden( 1626-89) was the paradoxical monarch. ”Astrologers predict she will be a boy, and when she is born with a caul over her pelvis, she is believed at first to be a boy. Her mother rejects her because … Continue reading
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Tagged Alexander the Great, Bonnie Zimmerman, Feminism, Greta Garbo, Ivan Michael Praetorius, Jacob Elbfas, Jacob Ferdinand Voet, Joanne mattern, Lesbian Studies, Queen Christina of Sweden, Rene Descartes, Sarah Waters, Suzanna Akerman, Torrey Philemon, Tracy Marks, Women's Studies, www.levity.com, www.windweaver.com
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