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Recent Examples of mademoiselleDoja also matches the vibe of a mademoiselle while putting her French to the test and posing for photos in front of the Eiffel Tower.—Michael Saponara, Billboard, 20 Aug. 2025
Soon, the governess starts seeing the apparition of the former governess, Miss Jessel, and former valet, Peter Quint, both recently dead.
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Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
26 May 2026
Maika Monroe plays Winifred Notty, a young governess who arrives at the sweeping Ensor House in the 1850s, ready to work for the well-to-do Pounds family.
Across two stints, Magnussen made 185 starts in Formula One and raced for McLaren, Renault and Haas, recording a career-best runner-up finish in the 2014 Australian Grand Prix — his maiden start in F1.
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Jordan Bianchi,
New York Times,
3 June 2026
Many fans thought the original covers of Pratchett’s novels went too heavy on busty maidens and strapping men with big swords, undermining their literary merit, and a similar problem has beset the various screen adaptations from Sky and the BBC.
These include typecasting Black women as jezebels, sapphires and mammies; these depictions, combined with the law enforcement they may be exposed to, increase their vulnerability under the law.
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Kerry Lester Kasper,
Chicago Tribune,
22 Aug. 2025
The mammy stereotype, which desexualized both dark skinned enslaved and free women (who were often in domestic roles), made muting Black beauty the norm.
Oh Outlander fam, for old times’ sake, let’s get in one last sing me a song of a lass that is gone, say could that lass be I?
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Maggie Fremont,
Vulture,
15 May 2026
Laborious yet lithe lads and lasses have loyally leapt to luminate the lexical labyrinths of logic locking the lucrative lotto, longing to lure the lavish luxury lying latently in local landmarks.