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I really hate the idea that we need to know what Anne Boleyn ‘really’ looked like - as if, if we decide she’s sufficiently ‘attractive,’ that could explain away Henry’s decisions and make them somehow acceptable? It’s like the paradox of the witch who floats or sinks: if she’s pretty, the divorce and schism with Rome are her fault. If she’s ugly, she’s a witch.

Dead Queens Don't Kiss Back: The 'New' Portrait of Anne Boleyn and the Fetishising of Famous Female Faces
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