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Jacqueline Abelson

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The last time that I wrote a bio about anyone was probably the biography of King Henry VIII when I was a sophomore in high school . . . in Spanish.

It was hard to decide which were the most fascinating aspects of his life, and which were just him divorcing and cutting off the heads of his wives.

But instead of writing about what I know about my good pal Henry Tudor, I now have to write a biography about myself.

I know. The horror.

Well, I can't say for certain that I've had the pleasure of marrying six wives, nor living up to Henry's success of initiating the English Reformation, and will even go as far as admitting that I did not obtain Jonathan Rhys Meyers' good looks as portrayed in the Showtime Tudors series (lucky bastard), so now the qu ...more

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It is an ancient art form. We've terrified each other with tales that trigger the less logical parts of our imaginations for as long as we've told stories. What we’ve learned is that audiences willingly offer themselves up to sadistic storytellers to be scared witless. Perhaps we are engrossed with this tales of terror because we get a basic thrill from it all. Or maybe, horror stories serv Read more of this blog post »

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Challenged by Coeducation: Women's Colleges Since the 1960s

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