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Coquette

More than just the bows The word “coquette” is defined as “a girl who flirts,” famously describing one of the seductress archetypes in Robert Greene’s The Art of Seduction. In theatri- cal history, the coquette was the “emerging image of the flirta- tious, frivolous, acquisitive, and vain Parisian woman,” (The Rise of the Coquette in […]

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Life in Plastic

Dolls or miniature figures of people or animals have manifested in almost every culture throughout humanity. Dolls are thought to be the first form of manufactured toys, and according to Britannica, were discovered in tombs in Egypt as far back as 2000-3000 BC. Flash forward to the 19th century, and dolls had completely dominated the

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