The PopCult Historienne

Happy frackin' Thursday everyone! I hope everyone has had a lovely week so far. For my first Throwback Thursday post, I'm going to give y'all a little info about an intriguing figure in history. Normally on Throwback Thursdays, I will be talking about historical events or personal events that I am very knowledgeable about, but today I am covering an individual who is outside of my realm of historical study. This female historical figure has a confusing and wild story to say the least. But make no mistake, she was ahead of her time and her life deserves to be acknowledged at LEAST a little bit in a blog post. I first learned about Mata Hari from an episode of the lovely Kelsey Darragh 's podcast titled Confidently Insecure  (click on this link to listen to the episode), and I was absolutely floored by her life and experiences. This post will give the basic gist of Mata Hari's legacy and I figured it would be appropriate to speak of her history not long after the 10...

Hey folks! It's ya girl, Allie, and I'm coming atcha with some news and a little apology. I am so sorry for being MIA this past week. The final steps of applying to graduate school had me running ragged and I hosted some friends for a girls' weekend, so I was running low on free time to update this blog. I have also been trying to figure out the schedule I plan to follow every week and have fiiiiiinally decided on a plan. It only look me two days and lots of crumpled notepad pages. I will not be posting an actual post today (sorry y'all, but at least you're getting an update!), but here is my proposed weekly schedule! Posts scheduled to post at 11AM EST Monday: Music Monday 1st - Music Video Review  (for any music video, but I'll try to stick to more recent ones) 2nd - Throwback Album Review  (any album that is 5+ years old) 3rd - New Release Album Review  (any album that is -5 years old) 4th - Monthly Roundup Playlist  (I'll create a playlist o...