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Kristin’s Substack

Kristin Bundesen

Is history factual, or just another form of fiction? Are there distinct boundaries between the two, or just debatable borderlands? Pop culture, history, and identity observations on an intermittent basis.

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"His mother spoke Italian"

As some readers know, I am trustee of the Shakespearean Authorship Trust. As an historian, I find no evidence that William Shakespeare from Stratford-upon-Avon was an author of the works with his name on them. An actor, sure. A businessman,...

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Elizabethan theatre as family business

A little self promotion here.

The Shakespeare Authorship Roundtable is kicking off their 40th season with three lectures all roughly focussed on Queen Elizabeth I and her relationship to the development of the Shakespearean canon. I’ll be...

8 months ago
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My friend runs a resistance group

My friend, who I will call P. to protect her identity, runs resistance groups. She doesn't know it. She resists the tyranny of the algorithm by gathering people together to read for two hours at a time once a week. Progress is slow. It migh...

8 months ago
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Val

When I woke up Wednesday morning, the headline on the doom-and-gloom-maga-aligned-Murdoch outlet The Daily Mail was that Val Kilmer had died. His obituary appeared later that day in main stream media.

Back in the dark ages when I was young...

a year ago
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Fashion as a Language: Leading Ladies of the Trump Inauguration

My daughter interviews me about inaugural fashion and politics.

By Hannah Hoel /Momio

Jan 28, 2025

When words fail, fashion talks—and one could argue, it’s always political. A woman’s wardrobe has long been a means to communicate. If wo...

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