Delilah Mandeville Whore ❤️

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My precious! *raspy cackle* Whore, eh? Dirty word, innit? Makes me twitchy, yesss, like Amélie spinnin’ her little dreams! I sees it, precious, way folks sling “whore” round—like it’s nothin’. Pisses me off, it does! Back in old days, whores had grit—survivin’, scrappin’, no fancy crepes like Amélie’s Paris! *hisses* Me, I likes the underbelly, the real muck. Whore’s a fighter, see? Not some simperin’ doll.

Infamous commerce : prostitution in eighteenth-century British literature and culture

between Mandeville's use of the whore dialogue form and his portrait of a "feminist" spinster. The prototypical whore dialogue was Pietro Aretino's.

So, I head back in, ready to tackle the rest of the day. But guess what? The power goes out! Just like that. I’m standin’ there, meat in hand, like a deer in headlights. No lights, no fans, just me and the meat. I’m thinkin’, “This is it. I’m gonna lose my mind.”

Don Edward Grinnell Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information