White Rose of Avalon

Femme Fatale Friday

  • Alison DiLaurentis and Aria Montgomery: The Real A’s

    For this week’s Femme Fatale Friday, I have decided to give my readers a two-for-one!    In recent weeks I have been re-watching, and watching YouTube deep dives into, Pretty Little Liars.    I was a fan of this show for its whole seven-season run, I do enjoy re-watching it.   However, each time I…

  • Gillian Holroyd, Classic Witchy Lover

    For this week’s Femme Fatale Friday, as it is my Birthday Week, I have chosen one of my all-time favorite characters to feature.   Gillian Holroyd is the witchy protagonist of the 1958 classic romantic comedy Bell, Book and Candle.   This film is based on the stage play of the same name, as it…

  • Cerridwen, Welsh Celtic Goddess of Inspiration

    For this week’s Femme Fatale Friday, I have decided to write about Cerridwen, the Welsh Celtic Goddess of Inspiration.   I would like to give a brief note on the Welsh pronunciation of her name.    Her name is pronounced Ker-id-wen.  She famously had a connection to the great Welsh Bard and Poet Taliesin.   …

  • Jennifer’s Body, Jennifer Check Redeemed

    For this week’s Femme Fatale Friday, I have chosen the titular character from one of my favorite films of the last twenty years.   Jennifer Check is one of the two lead characters in the film Jennifer’s Body, which was written by Diablo Cody.   Jennifer Check was portrayed by Megan Fox in this 2009…

  • Evelyn Nesbit, The Dark History of America’s First Supermodel

    For this week’s Femme Fatale Friday, I have decided to cover the story of Evelyn Nesbit.   She is often called America’s First Supermodel.   She rose to fame and stardom in the Edwardian Era for modeling for famous figures such as Gibson Girl drawings and paintings.   She also would be one of the…

  • Katherine Pierce, Iconic Trickster Villainess

    Welcome to day five of Vampire Week, as well as this week’s Femme Fatale Friday.   For today’s post, I could not choose any other topic than “the myth, the legend, the baddest bitch of all”, Katherine Pierce! On June 5, 1473, Katerina Petrova was born in Bulgaria.    In 1490, she would give birth…

  • The Death of Marilyn Monroe

    Welcome to a very special Femme Fatale Friday here at White Rose of Avalon! Today is August 5, 2022.    Sixty years ago today, on August 5, 1962, Marilyn Monroe was found dead in her bed.   Exactly 60 years ago this morning the world was learning that the most famous woman in the world…

  • Janis Joplin, Queen of Rock and Roll

    For this week’s Femme Fatale Friday, I have decided that I will be focusing on the great musician Janis Joplin!   Janis began to rise to fame in the 1960s when she joined the band Big Brother and the Holding Company.    Later on in her career, she would break out as a solo act,…

  • Daenerys Targaryen: Mother of Dragons

    For this week’s Femme Fatale Friday, I have chosen to discuss Daenerys Targaryen, my favorite Game of Thrones character.   Now, this post is likely a very long time coming, but it is not an easy one to write.   I adored Dany from the very first time we meet her in the pilot, and…

  • Helen, the Face that Launched 1000 Ships

    For this week’s Femme Fatale Friday, I have decided to feature Helen of Troy!   Helen of Troy was once married to the King of Sparta, Menelaus.   This is why he would launch a war to try and get back his wife, as her leaving with Paris was humiliating as well as insulting.  …