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Book Review: ‘How to Be a Renaissance Woman,’ by Jill Burke
The 16th century, Burke notes, is a time, like the one we are living through now, when technology and visual culture collided. Developments in single-point perspective, draftsmanship and anatomy all influenced portraiture. And body ideals were changing from the gothic paragon, with narrow shoulders and big hips, to soft hourglasses, preferably complete with pale skin and golden curls. There are plenty of noblewomen in these pages — their stories are usually the best documented — but Burke makes an effort to talk about women of many kinds: domestic help, peasants, widows, courtesans and all manner of sex workers. (The names mentioned also function as a great source for anyone in…
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Woman captures theft of Ulta Beauty store on camera
BROOKFIELD, Wis. — It truly is a crime trending throughout the state and now it truly is occurring in Southeast Wisconsin. In just just one week, 3 Ulta Attractiveness stores have been targeted in shoplifting strategies at three diverse spots: Mount Pleasurable, Brookfield, and most just lately, Menomonee Falls. “It’s disheartening to know that criminal offense like this is going on in retailers in which we shop each day,” stated Molly Schultz. Past 7 days, Schultz was searching inside an Ulta Beauty shop in Brookfield when she noticed an total theft unfold right before her very eyes. “I was really about to be on my way out the door when…
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Beauty pageant organisers issue apology after woman wears controversial yellow dress on stage
Organisers of a magnificence pageant had been forced to difficulty an apology just after a former contestant turned up on phase putting on a yellow gown that appeared to be see by means of below a mild. Product Pham Ngoc Phuong Anh, 24, was viewed carrying a embellished yellow robe with sheer product that confirmed off her body underneath. All the attention was focused on her when she took the phase to give the initially runner-up to contestant Trinh Thuy Linh. Photographs and footage from the function, which have now been shared online, showed that Pham’s legs and hips appeared to be obvious underneath the bright lights. The pics immediately…
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Champaign woman charged for theft at Bloomington beauty store
BLOOMINGTON — A Champaign woman is jailed in McLean County after police charged her for stealing over $300 in fragrances twice from a beauty store in 2020. Chanelle E. Jackson, 23, is charged with two counts each of burglary, a Class 2 felony, and retail theft, a Class 3 felony. Prosecutors say she took $300 worth of products from a Bloomington beauty store in 2020. MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL Chanelle E. Jackson, 23, appeared Thursday for a bond court hearing before Judge Scott Black, who found probable cause to detain her on theft and burglary charges. A November 2020 warrant charged her with two counts each of retail theft, a Class…
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Golden Valley Woman Collects Thousands of Winter Wear Items for ‘Scarf-Bombing’
10:00 AM | Saturday, January 1, 2022 Michelle Christensen and her organization One Good Deed has been collecting winter items for the past several months at her home to prepare for an upcoming event she calls “scarf-bombing.” “I call it ripples of kindness because it starts with us, but it goes further with scarf bombing. I know that there’s going to be people taken care of. They are going to feel loved and they are going to know somebody cares about them,” said Michelle Christensen. Volunteers will take the items to Loring Park in Minneapolis and Kellogg Park in St. Paul as a way to give back. Christensen says she’s…
