The Introverted Detective

Women against getting the vote actually existed out there. What? This topic may get a little deep, so bring your shovel and let's get started! *Please note anything in this blog is research, not personal beliefs.*   Anti-Suffragette Propaganda First, we define feminism and the women's suffrage movement. Feminism is a movement that wants equality for women and men, in its most basic definition. Women's Suffrage was the movement that fought for the female right to vote. Now that we have that straight, we'll start with the oldest one.  Women's Suffrage Movement The women against voting did not want into politics, at all. Also, the belief that women and men had different roles was strong. Something known as "The Anti's Alphabet" explained some of why these women opposed the freedom we love so much. To sum this up, they had a duty to the home and children. Voting women challenged that, and challenged men who believed politics was no subject for women to spe...

Sherlock Holmes is known the world over for being an excellent detective with an equally cunning nemesis, Professor Moriarty. He was created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. This quirky, genius detective has not been forgotten. From The Great Mouse Detective to Sherlock , we know his name well.  The Great Mouse Detective Who is Sherlock? If you don't know, he is a detective with exceptional logic skills, a mind palace, and a sidekick known as Watson, Dr. John Watson. Dr. Watson is a war veteran with a cane and mustache, as well as a medical doctor. Professor Moriarty is a perpetual criminal problem for this pair who has his hand in most of the crime in England. *Spoiler Alert Coming!* There is a famous scene where the pair both fall to their deaths fighting each other, and then both of them come back to life. Why? Because of the public outcry against killing Sherlock off and financial problems for Doyle.  The Author  Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was born in Edinburgh Scotland in the ...

Shawn Spencer, a fake psychic using his power of observation to solve cases in the Santa Barbara police department, is faking being a psychic. (If you don't know the TV show Psych, that is the main plot.) .He is not the first, however, to do this. Let's talk about fake psychics and how they were exposed.  Houdini (the illusionist) and Rose Mackenberg worked together to expose psychics, although you probably only heard about Houdini doing this. This pair exposed fake mediums who claimed to connect the living with the dead. Fake medium con artists conned money from the gullible, more than once. Houdini and Mackenberg would attend to "speak to their dead parents", but often proved the medium to be fake. Houdini even wrote a book on how things were faked.  Houdini and Mackenberg Mackenberg was a private investigator working for Houdini. She was a concrete-firm skeptic and very good at her job. She could "smell a rat before she smelled the incense". She had her w...

What can you do with pressure points? Can you make someone fall asleep with a massage or make someone immobile? Here's the scoop on what you can actually do to or for someone with pressure points.  James Bond (Sean Connery) massaging with a mink glove. Pressure points can relieve pain in so many ways, from headache to period pain to back pain. This is usually acupuncture, but can also be massage, and massage pressure points are the focus of this blog. I'm exploring what can be done, aside from pain relief, when it comes to massage. You can dive pretty deeply into this topic. This is simply an overview. Relaxation In so many movies and books you see it used as a way to put someone "in the mood" and it turns out that is not as much of a myth as you may think. The pressure points are for relaxation, not seduction, but can lead to it. (It is advised to massage for relaxing, not seduction.) This includes, legitimately, massaging scalp (head) and neck. It seems weird to mas...

Puritans, awkward or not, are extremely conservative. They had courtship rules that were a little weird because they didn't want to even get close to crossing lines. This is made fun of in Studio C's Awkward Puritan Roommate sketch (which is hilarious and the link to it will be at the end of this blog). What was Puritan Courtship actually like? Let's dive into that. Awkward Puritan from Studio C  In the general sense, it was more or less an arranged marriage with someone you were introduced to when you were kids. They let you play together, get to know each other, then sprung it on you that you should start courting each other. Men were expected to bring in land and women were expected to provide a dowry. A dowry is an inheritance of heirlooms, money, or furniture. Letter writing was in style during this time, so letters were commonly exchanged, too.  What is a Puritan?  Puritan culture itself was in the colonies, so a hard life to live. 17th and 18th century is the time ...

Right now we see a lot of fear in our society, but there isn't anything new under the sun. In fact, people have built panic rooms out of fear. Does it sound ridiculous? Yes, but when people think a nuclear bomb is going to hit their country they do that.  They started in Egypt, actually, ancient Egypt. The pyramids had secret rooms to protect the Pharoah's treasures from thieves. This may not be the best example, but it's the first example. What is a panic room? It's a room that someone can run into when things go terribly wrong, most likely locking themselves in with provisions for weeks or days of hiding. This is going farther than "stay home" - it is barricading yourself in your house. I don't suggest doing this for anything short of a nuclear attack. Let's not go overboard on Covid19 protection, please!  What They Were Used For A Priest Hole in England, used to  protect Catholic priests from persecution Feudal Lords hid in them during sieges, bootl...

Amelia Earhart, known for disappearing without at a trace, was a wonderful woman, but what happened to her? Time to dive into all the theories on her disappearance. Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan Amelia Earhart has done many, many great things in her lifetime. She supported equal rights, earned the US Distinguished Flying Cross for solo flight across the Atlantic, and wrote best sellers on her flying. She was a significant figure in women's history and will continue to be so. Her Disappearance In 1937 Earhart and Fred Noonan were flying around the world. They were going to land at Howland Island, an uninhabited island. They never arrived. There are theories that suggest they had to emergency land on what is now Gardner Island, and died there.  What supports this is the human remains found on Gardner Island. These were found beside a campfire, a woman's shoe, and a navigational device. There have been studies done on her measurements and height to support ...