DawnPapuga.com — Reality 101

I probably should have been a historian rather than an English lit scholar, but I couldn’t have known that without going down that original path and encountering New Historicism. (How’s that for a Catch 22?) In graduate school, I became obsessed with the intricacies of European history and politics, particularly of monarchies, and specifically, of female monarchs. So here’s a list of my top five favorite English Queens to research:
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About two years ago I started a StumbleUpon page that I, somehow, seem to have entirely forgot about. Last night I “stumbled” upon it again and recalled just how much I enjoyed using the site. I hadn’t posted for almost a year (I was three days shy before last night), and the last thing I collected was an image from a fellow Stumbler’s page. I don’t really believe in accidents or coincidence, and the image made me smile in that sad, knowing way. The image itself contains a list phrased better than I could sum up, so I’ll just let the image speak for me.

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