"hmmmm, why can’t I think of any castle toppers apart from the four historic beauties of China?" Well, the most commonly cited parallel in the West is Helen of Troy.
(Googling, I found "Helen of Troy: Goddess, Princess, Whore" by Bettany Hughes, which has a catchy title that perhaps explains why these women are both fascinating and scary; their beauty exploits men's fatal weaknesses, leading to the fall of great patriarchal kingdoms and empires. Give me Boadicea or Himiko any day.)
Ps “The value and delicacy of white//women is priceless/A White woman’s tears enough to burn Troy…If a white woman cries/Every tear reaps the sentence.”
Sorry about the typo—but maybe castle toppers works too!! So yes, of course, of course, Helen of Troy!!! she has another poem with the tears of a white woman, and mentions Helen of Troy. Just a few weeks ago someone was mentioning the power of the tears of a white woman, and I had never heard of that before, but I understood immediately what they meant. And by the way, I love that book Helen of Troy, goddess, princess whore. Agree it’s a very catchy title, and it was a very catchy book!
It lists a number of powerful women in history with useful summaries of their stories: Cleopatra, Hatshepsut, Nefertiti, Boadicea, Wu Zetian (most hated), etc. Not necessarily Yang Guifei's but definitely an interesting bunch.
Oh,my! I'll have to re-read this after the weekend. Perfect sculpture to complement.
Ps https://www.pw.org/content/the_kingdom_of_surfaces_by_sally_wen_mao
A dream of a fox is the second poem, she reads!
I really love this: Her bones give away to mycelium
kingdoms. Wildflowers cover her limbs. Heather and heart’s ease. Mushrooms feast on her body,
worms feast on the fungus, birds feast on the worms.
"hmmmm, why can’t I think of any castle toppers apart from the four historic beauties of China?" Well, the most commonly cited parallel in the West is Helen of Troy.
(Googling, I found "Helen of Troy: Goddess, Princess, Whore" by Bettany Hughes, which has a catchy title that perhaps explains why these women are both fascinating and scary; their beauty exploits men's fatal weaknesses, leading to the fall of great patriarchal kingdoms and empires. Give me Boadicea or Himiko any day.)
Ps “The value and delicacy of white//women is priceless/A White woman’s tears enough to burn Troy…If a white woman cries/Every tear reaps the sentence.”
Sorry about the typo—but maybe castle toppers works too!! So yes, of course, of course, Helen of Troy!!! she has another poem with the tears of a white woman, and mentions Helen of Troy. Just a few weeks ago someone was mentioning the power of the tears of a white woman, and I had never heard of that before, but I understood immediately what they meant. And by the way, I love that book Helen of Troy, goddess, princess whore. Agree it’s a very catchy title, and it was a very catchy book!
I found this on the Internet. https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/616395/6th_Grade_Social_Studies-_Lax__Illoski__Lavelanet.pdf
It lists a number of powerful women in history with useful summaries of their stories: Cleopatra, Hatshepsut, Nefertiti, Boadicea, Wu Zetian (most hated), etc. Not necessarily Yang Guifei's but definitely an interesting bunch.
Definitely an interesting bunch! None of them are castle topplers. They are castle toppers! I love the sound of the name himiko ❤️
Trust you to have read it! :D
Last one, I promise https://poets.org/poem/belladonna-sadness
I had never heard of that story or the movie before
The first thing I noticed was her red lipstick.
I was fully expecting you to say something like that!
Loved that book!!!!