Marianne Martindale (also known as Catherine Tyrell, Mari de Colwyn, Mary Scarlett and Mary GuillerminHuddersfield Daily Examiner, https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/news/history/goddess-worshipping-womens-cult-once-25553157) is an English writer and columnist.Miss Kinky Denies Right Wing Smear
, '' This is Local London'' As Miss Martindale, she was a prominent public face of

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, an all-female

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inspired by the

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and early twentieth-century culture.

Activities

From 1982 to 1992 Martindale was one of the leaders of the

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group based in

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. That group is known for creating early

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s such as ''Bugsy'' and ''Jack the Ripper'', the first game to be given an '18' rating. Martindale co-founded the Wildfire Club publishing house and edited a collection of stories titled ''Disciplined Ladies''. From 2003 to 2005, Martindale wrote the Ladies' Column in ''

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'' magazine and was Aristasia's media representative. She discontinued this in accordance with the ''Bridgehead Doctrine'', which discouraged Aristasians from publicly commenting on "foreign" (i.e. Earth) culture and politics.

Beliefs

Martindale received national attention in the British press in the 1990s for her advocacy of

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. Martindale's recorded statements and interviews made clear her belief in discipline as spiritual and purifying. Martindale always maintained that, as an Aristasian, she was neutral on matters of "Tellurian" (i.e. Earth) politics. Martindale is a

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and

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, but with loyalty only to the Aristasian monarchy and empire.

Personal life

Martindale was convicted of assault in 1993 for the caning of a young woman at St Bride's, the residence of the Silver Sisterhood. In 1999 she married English director

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. Martindale was featured in a 2022

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podcast about St Brides, in which she describes herself as working currently as a marriage therapist in California and having adopted an adult son and two of his friends.

References

External links

Official

Aristasia CentralAristasia Treasure TroveThe Femininity Project

Media

Miss Martindale
is interviewed by

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* ''A Weekend at Miss Martindale's'' –

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documentary, aired 1996
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