tbh nothing frustrates me more then when people brush off classics like pride and prejudice or jane eyre because they don’t fit into today’s modern standards of feminism and social justice etc.
remember that these novels were published in the 19th century. and that some of the things that were written in these books may seem trivial to us today but would have absolutely fucking shook readers in the victorian era
like,,,,,elizabeth rejecting mr collins because she doesn’t love him even though it would have been considered her duty in her family to marry him? or jane eyre not agreeing to marry mr rochester unless it was on her own terms? hell even anne brontë wrote a lesser known novel about a wife leaving her abusive husband with her five year old son to live a better life?? do y’all realize how unheard of that would be in the 1800′s?? where women were considered more of a commodity than actual human beings??
even though they might not be up to todays standards of modern feminism and romance, they were still HUGE building blocks for equality for that time period. so if you’re a reader who says to themselves ‘I read classics with modern standards applied and I can’t get past that’ then you are most likely going to be disappointed when reading classics and not fully understand their significance to that time period
(via comingconstellations)
Sigmund Freud: All men secretly REALLY REALLY want to have sex with their mothers
It’s the Oedipus Complex
Oedipus: (Who literally gouged his own eyes out and killed himself when he found out he accidentally had sex with his mother) I’m sorry it’s the WHAT complex
(via comingconstellations)
what do you think has made naomi so iconic and enduring? are there any girls now that you feel can have a career like hers or is she one of a kind?
Naomi is a star. It’s really that simple. Even among her peers she always stood out. She just has a swagger about her that a lot of models lack. She’s an incredibly versatile model while also maintaining a signature look. She also just really likes doing what she does like she’s never taken a long break from modeling since she started in 1986. Naomi’s work ethic is incredible and she’s never been afraid to try new things or afraid to ask for what she deserves. She just takes what she wants. She became the first black woman on the cover of Vogue Paris because she ASKED for a cover and when they said no she got Yves Saint Laurent to threaten to pull advertising if they didn’t give her one. That’s another reason why she’s always been successful she’s just always around people who can make shit happen. I don’t really see any of the newer girls having that kind of impact but I do have hope for the future especially seeing how successful Adut has become.
