Menstruation.

Yup. MuM's the Word!

It's fascinating really. I had to read through the Euphemism page. And the research he's (yes, he!) done into the historical ways women dealt with "that time of the month."

That's one of the holes that the historical novels never cover -- and should. Goodness knows, they cover the OTHER bodily functions :P

Today marks the martyrdom of the woman they called the last of the pagan philosophers.

I leave you with some quotes attributed to her. It ties in rather nicely with some other philosophies on my flist today:

"Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better than to think not at all."
"To rule by fettering the mind through fear of ( Read more... )

A buddy of mine mentioned in an email that I was "Determined and driven," which I freely admit is true and accurate.
I'm not dealing well with other people's reactions to it, however.

Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays are Shire Workout Nights. I'm only able to make the Monday night session, with the other obligations and with the event season in full ( Read more... )

That's what we called it, anyway.

There were a dozen of us (10 from my workplace and our coordinator's sister and sister-in-law) who spent the weekend together at Whaleshead, just north of Brookings, Oregon.

The views were utterly spectacular.


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Courtesy of Moravius Piscinus Horatianus Quiritibus, of Nova Roma:

AUC 1168 / 415 CE: Martyrdom of Hypatia at Alexandria at the hands of a Christian mob.

"There was a woman at Alexandria named Hypatia, daughter of the philosopher Theon, who made such attainments in literature and science, as to far surpass all the philosophers of her own time. ( Read more... )

courtesy of Gnaeus Equitius Marinus of Nova Roma

Q: In Ancient Rome, it seems that most women were not referred to with a full three-name name (tria nomina). Was that indeed the case?
A: Yes, that is correct.  Throughout most of the Republic women had only their father's nomen in feminized form:  Aurelia, Hortensia, Flavia, Iulia.  If there were two ( Read more... )