Music activates a certain mental freedom in a way nothing else can. And that’s empowering. You can call it escapism if you’d like, but I see it as connecting to a deeper human feeling than found in the day-to-day world. Music is a weird and cosmic thing, it’s own strange religion for non-believers, and what a joy it is to make, in any form.
— Fleet Foxes
Favorite ladies from history ⇨ Anne Boleyn
Claim to fame: Queen of England and marchioness of Pembroke in her own right. In her spare time, she gave birth to the greatest monarch England has ever known.
Why she’s on the list: Because she’s the most amazing woman to ever walk God’s green earth, that’s why.
Appearance: Anne’s chief glories were her large black eyes, an abundance of thick brown hair, and the most elegant neck this side of Audrey Hepburn.
Personality traits: When the only person keeping your many, many enemies at bay is a power-drunk egomaniac with the attention span of a small child, it’s only a matter of time before you’re bound to crack under the pressure. As the stress of her position intensified, Anne became increasingly neurotic, liable to fly off the handle at any given moment, but even her fiercest opponents had to admit that she was about a thousand times more fun to be with than anyone else at court. Not only was she witty and vivacious, but she was charming as hell and super smart. 16th century girl crush, tbh.
Required reading: The Life and Death of Anne Boleyn by Eric Ives
Notable quotable: ”And if any person will meddle of my cause, I require them to judge the best.”
