As a note, this blog is written very much as I speak, because that feels important. As a result, the blog posts will sometimes have some cursing, up to and including the f*bomb where appropriate. I will tag all blog posts in which I curse with a “Has Curses” tag – so just check the tags if you prefer to avoid them. I promise to use them fairly sparingly, but sometimes they are appropriate.
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Ready to talk about Ireland
Okay, ignore the date, it’s a real post. For a lot of years, I was very careful to split my academic and SCA worlds. I was going to take my BA (then my MA) in anthropology and get my PhD, focused on a multi-disciplinary Archaeology/History and Lit study of Early Medieval Ireland. As such, I…
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Discord Update
Started sharing the discord link and realized I’d used a temporary one in the body of the text (the link in the footer was the correct unending one)… My apologies for my technofailure! https://discord.gg/zb9ujwxssH is the correct links
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Update, and new feature
This will be a short update, but a pretty significant one! I’m adding a new aspect to WWMD, earlier than I had planned. After a conversation last night, I realized that one of the things I can do above and beyond just providing a list of resources is helping people learn to work their way…
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Creating Muirenn’s Look
How to approach building a kit for your persona that is historically accurate, walking through how I found period accurate manuscripts and artifacts that fit my comfort levels as well as the answers to the questions where/when/class.
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A Sleeping Pen Awakened
Reading and writing are so central to a person being able to access places of knowledge and power. The question of what women could and could not do in the middle ages and renaissance is far more messy than most modern viewers would assume.
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Oh, Those Wacky Spinsters!
Come and meet a group of women having a spinning circle, whose voices were recorded with disrespect, but whose concerns and thoughts reflect the kinds of issues women still worry about. Their role in history and society is complicated, but their story is fascinating!
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I Feel Pretty & Period
Beauty is never easily accessible, but it’s always a point of debate, discussion & desire! Come examine what information women would have had to hand regarding skin care and hair care during the Middle Ages.
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Introduction (and Goals)
Who is Muirenn what is she doing within the SCA, and what is her goal with creating this page.