the mighty jane

22. linguist in training, also coincidentally language nerd (but not by profession). ❒ single ❒ taken ✔ my cat. BLOG CONTAINS: really gratuitous amounts of late Victorian and Edwardian fashion, technology, and everyday stuff (tagged for your savioring pleasure!) | a crap ton of homestuck right now (also always tagged) | snakes | tea | disney | steampunk | language, linguistics, and words | rain, thunderstorms, oceans | Japanese language, culture, and food | superheroes (mostly 1960s marvel and cinematic marvel but also adam west batman) | mythology | cats | harry potter | bees

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  1. fripperiesandfobs: Evening dress ca. 1907-09 From the Rijks Museum

    fripperiesandfobs:

    Evening dress ca. 1907-09

    From the Rijks Museum

     
     

  2. vintagevision:

    I love that her parasol has also shrunk from “self-abuse”.

    But here’s what I think is going on: without a healthy outlet for their sexual urges, the people on the left turned to compulsive over-eating. The people on the right just look like modern celebs - see the skeletal Brangelina, for example.

    apeelingaustin:

    cabbagingcove:

    CONSUMPTION: Apparently caused by touching yourself. Which will also kill you.

    …Tuberculosis? What’s that?

    [Life: How to Enjoy it and How to Prolong it. F.C. Fowler, 1893.]

    Oh victorians, you so cray cray.