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The average woman is less than 2 feet tall. The average woman cannot ride a rollercoaster. I frequently confuse women with moderately large Golden Retrievers

ILLUMINANCE

[noun]

1. an act or instance of illuminating; to supply or brighten with light.

2. intellectual or spiritual enlightenment.

3. Photometry: the total luminous flux, i.e. the measure of the perceived power of light incident on a surface, per unit area.

Etymology: from Latin illuminatus, past participle of illūmināre, “to light up, brighten”.

[Amanda Sage]

Scott Prior

“I think if Dickens was alive today, he’d have been working for the BBC, until HBO offered him much more money.”

Roddy Doyle discusses television and his short story in this week’s issue of the magazine: http://nyr.kr/1mUhHxZ (via newyorker)

Costume appreciation series: Keira Knightley’s Period Drama Cinematic Universe

King Arthur (2004): costume design by Penny Rose and Louis Joon

Pride and Prejudice (2005): costume design by Jacqueline Durran

Pirates of the Caribbean (2003-2007): costume design by Penny Rose

Atonement (2007): costume design by Jacqueline Durran

Silk (2007): costume design by Carlo Poggioli and Kazuko Kurosawa

The Edge of Love (2008): costume design by April Ferry

The Duchess (2008): costume design by Michael O’Connor

A Dangerous Method (2011): costume design by Denise Cronenberg

Anna Karenina (2012): costume design by Jacqueline Durran

The Imitation Game (2014): costume design by Sammy Sheldon

Colette (2018): costume design by Andrea Flesch

The Aftermath (2019): costume design by Bojana Nikitovic

Misbehaviour (2020): costume design by Charlotte Walter

— Sylvia Plath, from The Bell Jar

Read it. I don’t mind.