"I want to live in this dream which intoxicates me." From Gounod's Roméo et Juliette. YES PLEASE: Food, ballet, The Beatles, Gene Kelly, Fred Astaire, Parov Stelar, Oh Land, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, The Feeling, The Scarlet Pimpernel, history, writing for fun, Leslie Howard.
DO NOT WANT: Dressing up, Taylor Swift, Twilight.
Catalina de Erauso, also known as the nun lieutenant (la monja alférez in Spanish). She fougth as a Spanish soldier in the New World, without anybody suspecting she was a woman (her male name was “Francisco de Loyola”). And even when she was discovered she was granted a special dispensation by the Pope himself to wear men’s clothing. She was badass by definition.
crush of mine…but still,
Aha! Historical precedent for my female characters dressing up...men and rescuing their...