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1. Little Maggie as a TCU cheerleader (I insisted on purple hair)
2. A *few* years later. I loved this costume-I felt really pretty in it, even though the pants were essentially yoga pants. Unfortunately, this was my wild-girl era, and I realize now, 15 years later, that some of the pictures aren‘t nearly as cute as I thought they were then, so…head shot only.
3. Homemade potion bottles I made a few years ago.

#WondrousWednesday

I was on board with this book (pun not intended) when it was taking about historical women pirates but all of a sudden it was discussing the suffragist movement, Chinese government unrest, human trafficking, women‘s representation in movies, etc. It just felt like it was two (maybe three) separate books that needed to be split up and cleaned up.

#IfYouLikeThisMovie #Seven

Then you might like to read these seven pirate romance books! 🏴‍☠️❤️

All the books I‘ve bought since January. It‘s been a slow start to my reading year. Still need to get through the women pirate book!
I‘ve enjoyed the adventures so far and am looking forward to the next ones 👻

My current read! I‘m in a kickass women of history mood this month 💪🏻

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#RedRoseSeptember #SevenSeas

Thanks to @Chrissyreadit and the maker swap I own this book!

Though there might be 7 “C”s, there‘s only one AAAAR!

Wanted to love this book. I really did. But for the first time this year I‘m bailing. I can‘t stand the author. Even when I agree with her, I find her condescending. and I came for pirates, not long history lessons on wars, harems and the church.
#mbcreadathon #MBCfrogsread4

#MakerSwap

Thank you so much @Chrissyreadit for the wonderful package! Your first mug-caddy is gorgeous; I ☠️ the skull and crossed bones charm 😊 I can‘t wait to make the mini leather books and the Mandalas! Also, now, I must read these books; they‘ve been on my TBR, but with a physical copy it‘s motivation in hand!

Thank you thank you 😘

This is a nonfiction look at female pirates throughout history. I loved learning about the incredibly strong women who overcame everything from being sold in marriage to rape & became sea-faring warriors instead. Grace O'Malley was one of my favorites & I wish I could have been a fly on the wall when she met Queen Elizabeth. The author gets side tracked at times, discussing films & the slant that male historians have give to these women's stories.

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This is somewhat disappointing. ☹️

I sure wanted to like this book more than I did - perhaps because I was looking for history and I got s lot of info about pirate fiction instead? And a lot of info about how most pirate stories are fictional? The cultural critique was good to great in the Hollywood portion; some of the actual history was interesting. Surprisingly meh overall. #history2K19

Oh, VIRGIL. You schmuck. #pirates

“Spartan women were not confined to the home as much as their Athenian sisters. Chastity was not held as sacred to a Spartan woman as it was to an Athenian, and so women were not forced to stay indoors in the women‘s quarters of the house. Their short tunics led other city-states to derisively call them ‘thigh-showers.‘” OK WE‘VE ALL BEEN FED A PACK OF LIES ABOUT ATHENS. #library #pirates #history

Ready to start this as my first #history book of 2019! #pirates

“This most presumptuous dame thought it pleasanter to rule without her husband than to share the throne with him.” - Saxo Grammaticus on Ladgerda. Girl, I feel you.

#XMarksTheSpot makes me think of pirates. I used to have a slight obsession with pirates, going as far as Halloween costumes & themed birthdays. I took a college writing class on pirates and read Cordingly‘s book on pirate history, which deconstructs some myths & exposes realities of pirates. Pirate Women is on my #TBR. I‘m even more fascinated by women pirates than male. I wrote my final paper in that class on female pirates #uncannyoctober

At home sick today. That means books and food. And Netflix too.

I really enjoyed this history of female pirates from a non-scholar; it provides brief overviews in a playful way (& also further reading at the back). It also makes no bones about the biased sources these tales come from and the impact this has made on foreign people's/ women's history. If you want to hear some history you've probably never heard of before, give it a go!
#catsoflitsy

So this is what Sayyida al-Hurra started at age 30...so, I'm good, right- I can still gather a naval force and be a "true rival"?
Ok, maybe not that but at least I can take heart that 30 is a good age to embark (see what I did there?) on a new adventure!

I enjoyed this audiobook for the most part. The women described were interesting and represented a wide range of situations. However, once in while I felt the author got a bit too far off topic when providing context or explaining why there isn't more factual information about a specific woman. I also felt the last chapter about female pirates in movies was unnecessary.

#audiobook #nonfiction #Hoopla

This is how you do revenge!

*shakes head at Saxo Grammaticus* yeeeeea she just wanted sole rule not, you know, revenge for being raped at least 3 times...

And it always comes back to Classics 😊
I enjoy these bite-sized, flavourful re-summaries.

I loved the idea of this book and of examining the biases of people telling the pirate women's stories. I wish this book were longer, because we need more stories and facts about pirate women. But I also wish this book were shorter, because some of the digressions were of no interest to me and the last chapter felt a bit like padding. Not amazing but not terrible either.

This book gathers together stories of real and legendary pirate women from Europe, North America and Asia. It also talks about cultural biases in telling the women's stories.
#anditsaugust day 16: diversity

Headed out the door for my first day of school! I teach middle school and our mascot is Pirates, so this seemed a fitting audiobook to start the year.

#audiobook #Hoopla

Fun book! Duncombe has done a lot of research to find stories of female pirates throughout the ages, spanning from the Middle Ages to the Golden Age and modern-day society. She doesn't just focus on the West either. She speaks on the problems of glorifying piracy while also looking at the legends of women pirates, what may not be true when stories were recorded by men, & how gender roles affected the lives & stories of these women. ☠️⚔️💣

Shit. 😂 I just got an email reminding me this is due at the library tomorrow. I'm halfway done and can't renew it. I guess I know what I'll be doing the rest of the evening. 😂😂

This one is on my TBR. It has very mixed reviews on Goodreads, but I'm still curious about it. #SizzlinSummerBooks #pirates

You have my attention! Looking forward to this one.

Late night dinner to keep me going for readathoning! Reading all day is exhausting. 😂 This book is so badass so far! It weaves feminist theory and mythology in with tales of female pirates. ☠️ #24in48

lmaooo #readathon fail.

I was going to give my eyes a break and color while listening to this audiobook but a thunderstorm made our power go out the second I sat down. ⛈💀

#24in48

Up next: lady pirates. I'm listening to this on Hoopla and grabbed the print from the library because 1) I'm in love with this cover, 2) I want to pull quotes about badassery. ⚔️👱🏾‍♀️☠️

Me and the boss lady gearing up for the Little Scallywags Pirate Walk. Don't mind our mess, we're also gearing up for a renovation in the children's department in less than two weeks.

#childrenslibrarians #pirates #piratewomen #billybowlegs #downtownfwb

Forgive the duplication, but I forgot I was supposed to be saving this book for today. It's just too perfect for #femalepirates to waste.

#pirateslife #whatawaytolive

From my #TBR - #wenches #pirateslife #whatawaytolive

This arrived today. Whahooo! ☠️

Starting my #ListyPartyofOne very late. Got my new pirate book. Got my ginger beer. A superb end to a pretty shitastic week.

Had the absolute pleasure of attending a signing and reading with the charming and delightful Laura Duncombe this evening. I am pushing everything else aside to read her book now.