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1er Bas Bleu - Profitons de l'occasion..., 1852. ...L'ONCLE TOM est à la mode... hâtons-nous d'écrire un roman intitulé LA TANTE TOM. - 2me. BAS BLEU. - Ça me botte!...(1st bluestocking: Let's take advantage of the occasion: "Uncle Tom" is very popular right now. We should write a novel called "Aunt Tom". 2nd bluestocking: I like the idea!) Satirical criticism of 'bluestockings': women with interests beyond housework and childcare. Female authors were often depicted as mannish and ugly - the implication being that their intellectual output was just as objectionable as their looks.