Tag: literature
Sherlock Holmes and Women
Here’s another awesome Literary Sherlock Holmes post! This one is about how there’s a whole subset of Sherlock Holmes stories that could be labeled “Asshole…
Literary Sherlock Holmes
autisticexpression posted this wonderful list of awesome things in the OG literary Sherlock Holmes. This was posted in response to the “travesty” that was BBC’s…
The Scholastic Age
“The Scholastic Age” is a great way to describe a specific era of children’s literature that many of us grew up with! It’s back when…
Why Are The Curtains Blue?
This is a long post started by ms-demeanor, but it’s totally worth the read! It’s about literary and film analysis and “blue curtains”, which references…
Magical Book Dresses
French dressmaker, and stylist Sylvie Facon makes many exquisite dresses, but we are most in love with these magical book dresses! We first saw her…
Hans Christian Andersen’s Life Was Crazy
LOL! This extensive twitter thread goes into all the ways that the famous author Hans Christian Andersen’s life was totally crazy. Like absolutely bonkers. Andersen…
Quotes from Strong Young Women in Literature
These are great quotes from strong young women in literature. They are filled with wisdom and inspiration: Here are the quotes from strong young women…
The Banning of Maus and the “Pajamification” of Literature
Just a quick background if you’re not familiar – a Tennessee school board recently banned Maus, Art Spiegelman’s Pulitzer prize-winning graphic novel. It is about…
Response To Fan Who Claims Shakespeare Was Saying “Men Ruin Everything”
A historian had a really great, in-depth response to this fan who claimed that Shakespeare was trying to say “men ruin everything” with his work….
Extremely Shortened Versions of Classic Books
LOL! John Atkinson aka Wrong Hands summarized the plots of these classic books in extremely shortened versions for lazy people, starting with: Artist: John Atkinson aka Wrong Hands