Rosalind Jana
Contributor
The Long, Strange History of Women Wearing Deadly Clothing
In myths and fairytales, women poisoned their rivals with gaudy accessories; in the 19th century, they unknowingly wore dresses dyed with arsenic. The specific dangers may have changed, but one thing remains the same: an obsession with the link between...
The Long, Strange History of Women Wearing Deadly Clothing
In myths and fairytales, women poisoned their rivals with gaudy accessories; in the 19th century, they unknowingly wore dresses dyed with arsenic. The specific dangers may have changed, but one thing remains the same: an obsession with the link between...
The Long, Strange History of Women Wearing Deadly Clothing
In myths and fairytales, women poisoned their rivals with gaudy accessories; in the 19th century, they unknowingly wore dresses dyed with arsenic.
The Scandalous, Narcissistic 19th-Century Countess Who Became Her Own Muse
The Countess of Castiglione was obsessed with her own beauty, and meticulously art directed hundreds of portraits of herself over the course of her life.
Mark My Words: The Subversive History of Women Using Thread as Ink
For as long as women have been sewing, they've been using embroidery to tell their own stories—often in societies that refuse to hear them otherwise.
Dead Woman in the Bathtub: Why Are We So Fascinated by Ophelia's Suicide?
For centuries, people have been depicting and reinterpreting Ophelia's death in Hamlet. Here's what our obsession with her mermaid-like corpse says about our anxieties about gender, sex, and mental illness.