Miss Martindale
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In the mid to late 1990s Miss Martindale was the public face of Aristasia[1], the "Feminine Empire", an all-female subculture in which men do not exist and the two sexes are "blonde" and "brunette".
Miss Martindale was famous for her 1950s look and traditional Queen's English diction. This was in keeping with the aristocratic ideals of Aristasia, its idealization of femininity and its belief that the "Eclipse" of the 1960s marked the end of Western culture.
She was also known for her practice and advocacy of corporal punishment. This led to criticism from some Aristasians who felt that she was associating the movement too much in the public eye with its minor disciplinary aspect. Some non-Aristasians have characterized Aristasia as an "S/M fantasy group" as a result of this, but Miss Martindale's recorded statements and interviews made clear her dislike of S/M and her belief in discipline as spiritual and purifying.
Some British newspapers, notably The Guardian frequently criticized Miss Martindale for her allegedly right-wing views, but she always maintained that, as an Aristasian, she is neutral on matters of Tellurian (Earth) politics. She is a royalist and imperialist, but with loyalties entirely and exclusively to the Aristasian monarchy and empire.
From 2003 to 2005 Miss Martindale wrote the Ladies' Column in the ironically-named Chap Magazine. She discontinued this in accordance with the then-nascent Bridgehead Doctrine[2] which discourages Aristasians from publicly commenting on "foreign" (i.e. Earth) culture and politics.
Her writings include Disciplined Ladies, and other stories published by the Wildfire Club.
