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  • The Pyjamas
    The Pyjamas
    Francis Papillon 2022 3 min
    When she finds out what kind of sleepwear her friend likes, Iris bursts out laughing! One thing’s for sure, Iris and Cathon don’t subscribe to the same definition of “pyjama party.” Apparently, way back when, wearing these clothes to the beach was the height of fashion!
  • Illuminated Lives: A Brief History of Women's Work in the Middle Ages
    Illuminated Lives: A Brief History of Women's Work in the Middle Ages
    Ellen Besen 1989 5 min
    This animated short challenges enduring myths, spawned by fairy tales and romances, about women in medieval society. It explores the differences and similarities between that distant period and our own, and shows what medieval women’s lives were really like.

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