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The Mystics Are Having a Moment

JL;DR SUMMARY During the COVID-19 pandemic, Lauren Cole found unexpected success on TikTok by creating content focused on medieval women, particularly the influential 12th-century nun Hildegard of Bingen. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Covid 19 PandemicTiktokMysticismHistorical FiguresTabletReligious LiteracyLauren ColeHildegard Of BingenMedieval WomenArthur Vining Davis Foundations

Places mentioned

Bingen, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
"But it wasnt until Cole featured a 12th-century German polymath nun named Hildegard of Bingen that it really took off."
Evanston, Illinois, United States
"Cole, now a medieval historian at Northwestern University, told Tablet."

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