I confess...

[snogged]

Veronica Franco (Dangerous Beauty)

This film is one of my obsessions. It's all about finding female empowerment in sexuality and it's positively powerful while at the same time, it carries the undertones of romance (since most movies generally go there.)

It's the story of Veronica Franco, a woman who was trained to become a courtesan during the Italian Renaissance and accused of witchcraft during the Black Plague. She writes poetry, dances, and sword fights. It's based on a true story (see: The Honest Courtesan) so that just makes it extra awesome.

I definitely recommend seeing it if you haven't already!



Day Thirteen: Favorite female character in a book
Day Fourteen: Favorite older female character
Day Fifteen: Favorite female character growth arc
Day Sixteen: Favorite mother character
Day Seventeen: Favorite warrior female character
Day Eighteen: Favorite non-warrior female character
Day Nineteen: Favorite non-human female character
Day Twenty: Favorite female antagonist
Day Twenty-One: Favorite female character screwed over by canon
Day Twenty-Two: Favorite female character you love but everyone else hates
Day Twenty-Three: Favorite female platonic relationship
Day Twenty-Four: Favorite female romantic relationship
Day Twenty-Five: Favorite mother/daughter and/or sister relationship
Day Twenty-Six: Favorite classical female character (from pre-20th century literature or mythology or the like)
Day Twenty-Seven: A female character you have extensive personal canon for
Day Twenty-Eight: Favorite female writer (television, books, movies, etc.)
Day Twenty-Nine: A female-centric fic rec
Day Thirty: Whatever you’d like!


Health update: I'm feeling much better today. :) Of course this means going to work instead of watching more of a A Very Potter Sequel, but that's okay.

Speaking of work, I forgot to share the most explicitly dirty Power Packer humor that I discovered this week.



Pipe nipple.

I nearly lost it right there at my computer.

And this is what they look like: