Isabella Rogge's Blog: The Redhead Writer, page 340
June 11, 2015
June 8, 2015
Wait, why did my school teach me that Poe was like a creepy pedophile who was obsessed with his cousin if they were actually just friends and he married her to provide for her family?
For the same reason the safe money says your school, like mine, taught you he was probably a drug addict who hated everybody and had no friends and drank himself to death.
Because by some wacky mix-up, somehow the right to legally execute Poe’s literary estate and therefore the public image he carried following his death was transferred to a dude who openly and without shame hated Edgar Allan Poe.
Due to some legal mumbo-jumbo and trickery, this dude Rufus Wilmot Griswold somehow managed to get the rights of literary executor to Poe’s estate from his aunt (which she didn’t technically have the power to give, that power remained with Poe’s sister), and he and Edgar Allan Poe hated each other SO MUCH in life, that after he died, this asshole published a memoir of Poe’s life in which he was totally demonized.
Rufus Wilmot Griswold is one of the most successful character assassins of all time. Because of him, schoolchildren are taught that Poe was a depraved misanthropic lecher who lusted after his underage cousin, was never sober, and died of drinking too much even though all of those “facts” have been discredited. Poe was a shy and reserved, though generally personable, man who married his cousin so to establish legal guardianship and provide for her financially.
He was also apparently a total lightweight who got tipsy after a few sips of wine, but occasionally drank socially or when feeling particularly down. His doctor insisted there were never traces of opium in his system. Poe’s friends insisted that he was not an alcoholic. At the time of his death, he had quit drinking, and the idea that he was one was heavily promoted by other members of the Temperance movement who claimed his death was a relapse as a cautionary tale. The most commonly accepted theory as to Poe’s death is that he was abducted, drugged, and beaten by political agents who forced him to vote for their candidate, changed his clothes, and then forced him to vote again and again to stuff the ballots.
Anyhow. This is why you should evaluate the validity and agendas of your sources.
June 7, 2015
badlybehavedbookworm:
alibraryismyparadise:
wilddrawfour:
watc...
Hurdy hurdy hurrh I'm a big tough man and girl not allowed to communicate with other big tough man
I fix sink so y no sex?
how dare wimmen not like my posts. Wimmen go kitchen!
*Complains about lack of attention from females, then attacks them for receiving too much attention*
Woman... DRIVE? WOMAN NO DRIVE
I couldn't even decide on a caption for this one cause it makes me sick to my stomach
MAN WORK. MAN INTERESTING. MAN FUNNY. WOMAN BAD. WOMAN NEED MEN
Just sexually harass someone! Go on, do it! It'll be GREAT! Just VIOLATE THEM THEN AND THERE. GO MAN
Man=no makeup. Woman=makeup. Therefore, woman must accept courtship.
This week on “Meninists are actual scum”
gee I wonder why this guy is single
disgusting
I reblogged a post like this a few months ago and someone was like ‘chill it’s just a joke’ well just because it’s meant to be a joke doesn’t mean it’s fucking funny or that people have to take it.
Whether it’s meant to be satire or not it still perpetuates misogyny and it justifies many people’s sexist views.
This is just… disgusting. I think I need another shower now, because just reading that I feel … ugh.
books-cupcakes:
Book Photo Challenge - Books and Cupcakes
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Book Photo Challenge - Books and Cupcakes
June 8 - Handwriting
The line that made me fall in love with Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell.
cumbermums:blue-sunflowers:kingdomkeeperstrivia:
Because I feel...
Because I feel bad if I don’t reblog…
STROKE: Remember The 1st Three Letters… S.T..R …
My friend sent this to me and encouraged me to post it and spread the word. I agree. If everyone can remember something this simple, we could save some folks.
STROKE IDENTIFICATION:
During a party, a friend stumbled and took a little fall - she assured everyone that she was fine and just tripped over a brick because of her new shoes. (they offered to call ambulance)
They got her cleaned up and got her a new plate of food - while she appeared a bit shaken up, Ingrid went about enjoying herself the rest of the evening. Ingrid’s husband called later telling everyone that his wife had been taken to the hospital - (at 6:00pm , Ingrid passed away.)
She had suffered a stroke at the party . Had they known how to identify the signs of a stroke, perhaps Ingrid would be with us today.
Some don’t die. They end up in a helpless, hopeless condition instead. It only takes a minute to read this…
STROKE IDENTIFICATION:
A neurologist says that if he can get to a stroke victim within 3 hours he can totally reverse the effects of a stroke…totally. He said the trick was getting a stroke recognized, diagnosed, and then getting the patient medically cared for within 3 hours, which is tough.
RECOGNIZING A STROKE
Remember the ‘3’ steps, STR . Read and Learn!
Sometimes symptoms of a stroke are difficult to identify. Unfortunately, the lack of awareness spells disaster.
The stroke victim may suffer severe brain damage when people nearby fail to recognize the symptoms of a stroke.
Now doctors say a bystander can recognize a stroke by asking three simple questions :
S * Ask the individual to SMILE ..
T * = TALK. Ask the person to SPEAK A SIMPLE SENTENCE (Coherently) (eg ‘It is sunny out today’).
R * Ask him or her to RAISE BOTH ARMS .
If he or she has trouble with ANY ONE of these tasks, call the ambulance and describe the symptoms to the dispatcher.
NOTE : Another ‘sign’ of a stroke is
1. Ask the person to ‘stick’ out their tongue.
2. If the tongue is ‘crooked’, if it goes to one side or the other that is also an indication of a stroke.
A prominent cardiologist says if everyone who gets this e-mail sends it to 10 people; you can bet that at least one life will be saved.
And it could be your own.
First reblog post that actually saves a life.
This is a life-saving post.
the more you know
yeah don’t think that this can’t happen to you or someone you know if they’re young. my cousin’s wife is 33 and she had a stroke last year
I’ve had a stroke. It happens to people, and the more you know about this kind of stuff, the better.Because it could be important to know.
LIVE SAVING. WOOOAHH. REBLOG REBLOG REBLOG REBLOG REBLOG
Had a family member almost die of one, so signal boosting because you never know when you could save a life.
My mother died after being paralyzed by a stroke. Please read this^
tinierpurplefishes:insta-gramcracker:re-actr:thecutestofthecute:Girls hit your hallelujah Girls hit...
CAUSE CUTE SMALL DOGS GON GIVE IT TO YAGirls hit your hallelujah
Girls hit your hallelujah
GIRLS HIT YOUR HALLELUJAH
puptown funk
Stop.
Wait a minute.
Here’s my bowl:
Put some kibble in it
