Hi Geoffs! This week Spencer is talking about the iconic Dorothy Parker and her posthumous journey, but first Madison is telling us all about anatamical Venuses! We’ve got an obituary with some roasting, another for a trouble-maker and SO much more….including….some dumb.ass.criminallllllllls! 

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Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Parker

https://poets.org/poet/dorothy-parker

https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20170605-dorothy-parkers-stunning-wit-and-tragic-life

https://dorothyparker.com/

https://www.history.com/articles/enlightenment

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https://nypost.com/2025/08/18/us-news/florida-man-dressed-in-full-jester-costume-arrested-for-pulling-12-inch-dagger-on-landscaper-over-loud-mowing/

https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-romantic-macabre-history-anatomical-venus

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https://hyperallergic.com/296700/the-history-of-life-sized-fully-dissectible-anatomical-venuses/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agalmatophilia

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clemente_Susini

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https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nc/charlotte/news/2020/02/28/hidden-cemetery-in-concord-explained

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