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TarkabarkaHolgy

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Professional storyteller and author from Hungary. MA in Archaeology, MA in Storytelling, PhD in Culture Studies. I write about folktales, folklore, mythology, representation, role-playing games, and nerdy things. She/her
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Hobbies and interests include #crochet, #beading, #archery, #travel, and #geology

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I am barely ready for this year's A to Z Blogging, but I am already super excited for next year's theme 😅

I just decided that I'll do another reading challenge - reading 26 epics about women.

And yes, I already have a list. 26 traditional epics with female protagonists from around the world.

Hopefully a year will be enough to read all of them 😄

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12.
The ​Memoirs of Madame Vigée Lebrun

Le Brun (1755–1842) was a painter whose works still hang in galleries around the world, including the British National Gallery & the Louvre. She was the portrait painter of Marie Antoinette before she fled to Italy and then to Russia from the Revolution, leaving an abusive husband behind.

Her memoirs are entertaining and witty, showing a glimpse at the life of a remarkable woman.

TarkabarkaHolgy, to folklore Hungarian
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I just found out that there is an entire folktale type where a husband (going on a long journey) asks Satan to guard his wife's modesty. The devil spends the rest of the story chasing and scaring various lovers away, until he gives up the task as hopeless.

Is it just me, or would this be a great premise for a supernatural romance story 🤣🤣

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10.
Chrysalis: Maria Sibylla Merian and the Secrets of Metamorphosis - by Kim Todd

Maria Sibylla Merian (1647–1717) was a scientific illustrator and naturalist, still known today for her wonderful illustrations of the life cycle of butterflies and other insects. She was the first to draw them in context of their food plants, observing the process of metamorphosis.

The book traces her life and travels, in Europe and in South America.

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Crowdsource: name movie (or TV) scenes where someone assumes a person will be unattractive / horrible, and then the person walks in and turns out to be stunning.

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8.
Sophia: Princess, Suffragette, Revolutionary - by Anita Anand

Princess Sophia Duleep Singh was the daughter of the last Maharaja of the Punjab, born and raised in England as the goddaughter of Queen Victoria. The book traces Sophia's life and that of her siblings, seeking their place between two worlds. Sophia became a suffragist, standing up for women's rights, and caring for war victims, displaced workers and children.

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"Hopefully I will be less busy starting next week" will be written on my tombstone

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5.
Portrait of Myself - by Margaret Bourke-White

Autobiography from a pioneering photographer who was present, camera in hand, for several important moments of the 20th century. Like honestly, this woman was everywhere, from Black Tuesday to WWII to Gandhi's death. She also writes passionately about industrial photography, which I never thought I'd care about.
Plus she kept alligators on her balcony in the Chrysler Building.

TarkabarkaHolgy, to books Hungarian
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6.
Born to rebel: The Life of Harriet Boyd Hawes - by Mary Allsebrook

The life of a curious, fascinating, unstoppable woman, written by her daughter. HBH was an archaeologist (among other jobs such as war nurse and appliance mechanic) who discovered the Minoan settlement of Gournia - the first woman to run a dig in Greece. The book paints a vivid and amusing picture, somewhere between Mrs. Maisel and The Durrells... She deserves her own TV show.

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4.
A warrior of the people: How Susan La Flesche Overcame Racial and Gender Inequality to Become America's First Indian Doctor - by Joe Starita

In 1889, Susan La Flesche became the first Native American doctor to earn a western medical degree. She spent the rest of her life working for her community and standing up for equality. The book tells her life story, that of her family, and that of American women in medicine.

TarkabarkaHolgy, to blogging
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People keep telling me blogging is dead / dying / for old people, but I'm still enjoying it a lot.

If you'd like to join the April A to Z Challenge, here are some reasons:

🌞 A lot of bloggers join, and we all visit each other through April (and beyond)

🌞 People do fascinating themes

🌞 I always come across a lot of blogs I would not have found otherwise, and topics I didn't know could be so interesting

More on the main blog:
http://www.a-to-zchallenge.com/2024/03/theme-reveal-atozchallenge-2024-bloghop.html

TarkabarkaHolgy, to books Hungarian
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3.
Ada ​Blackjack: A true story of survival in the Arctic - by Jennifer Niven

Ada was an Iñupiaq woman who joined an arctic expedition in the 1920s. The expedition got stranded on Wrangel Island, and slowly all the (somewhat foolishy unprepared) explorers died or disappeared, leaving Ada to fend for herself for almost two years. She survived, and the book uses her diary among other sources to tell her story.

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2.
The Five: The untold lives of the women killed by Jack the Ripper - by Hallie Rubenhold

In this fascinating book the author researches the lives of Jack the Ripper's five victims. She does so to reframe the whole narrative: why are libraries written by the criminal, but nothing about the women who died? Why is there so much misinformation about who they were and how they lived?

Surprisingly detailed and touching book.

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TarkabarkaHolgy, to blogging
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The theme reveal for the A to Z Blogging Challenge starts today. People are sharing what theme they will be blogging about through April.

I have polled Mastodon several times and spent weeks trying to come up with a folklore-related theme that inspires me.

In the end, I went with the one that is just dumb fun 😆

Read here:
https://multicoloreddiary.blogspot.com/2024/03/the-2024-to-z-blogging-challenge-theme.html

TarkabarkaHolgy, to books Hungarian
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In honor of I decided to do a toot a day with the hashtag . Just because I love talking about books, and my favorite genre is (auto)biographies, memoirs, and journals of interesting women through the ages. And of course I want to see what you all have to add to the list 😊 📚📚📚

Since I am a bit late, I'll be catching up for the first few days 😅

@bookstodon

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1.
My great, wide, beautiful world - by Juanita Harrison

Juanita Harrison (1887-1967) was an African-American woman who published her travel memoirs in 1936. She spoke several languages and was determined to see all kinds of interesting places and meet interesting people. She took on various jobs along the way to finance her journeys.

I love this book because it is cheerful and funny and filled to the brim with love for life. Also, best title ever.

TarkabarkaHolgy, (edited ) to folklore
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Happy !
I once again made a compilation of folktales for the occasion.

This time, it's tales where women save themselves. Because they DO EXIST. 😉 (cough cough)
Read here:
https://multicoloreddiary.blogspot.com/2024/03/folktales-about-women-who-save.html

TarkabarkaHolgy, (edited ) to nature
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And it's time for the FINAL ROUND!
Vote away :)

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The last match of this round! Immortal jellyfish vs Blue-ringed octopus vs Horseshoe crab! Vote away :)
6/6

TarkabarkaHolgy, to animals
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#Hungarian expression of the day:

"A béka segge alatt" = "Under the frog's ass"

(Very, very low, in mood or in quality. I.e. "The economy is under the frog's ass.")

For more severe cases, there is "Under the burrowing frog's ass."

🐸 🐸 🐸

#animals #language

TarkabarkaHolgy, to rant
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I am so, so done with streaming and the whole TV show business lately. They cancel things left and right with no rhyme, reason, or closure. You get into a story and a set of characters, and then nope, sorry, no more of this. No one gets to give us a whole complete story, or even a longer arc.

As a storyteller, I am WILDLY annoyed by this.

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Today's match is Capybara vs Platypus! Vote away!
4/6

TarkabarkaHolgy, to folklore
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There is an Italian folktale about three sisters who are courted by a mysterious man. The two elder sisters reject him because he is only ever seen at night. The third one agrees to marry him. Turns out that he transforms into a tortoise during the day.

I now want to see a modern retelling of this were the youngest sister is a Twilight fangirl and is all like "oooh he must be a vampire!!!"

And then boom, tortoise 🐢


TarkabarkaHolgy, to 13thFloor Hungarian
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Proving the point of the previous toot, here is last year's list I made, about women in folktales who slay monsters.
Because THEY EXIST. Lots of them.
https://multicoloreddiary.blogspot.com/2023/03/folktales-about-women-who-slay-monsters.html?m=0

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