Victorian Comrade

Mickey | Adult Creature | they/them Weird Queer~Transgender Fool Strange Holmesian and Silly Rake Victorian hijinks, Autism, and Occasional Art

[homoidiotic]

i Love vaccines, autism, abortions, homosexuals, sex changes and crime

[standwithdaanes]

Many [Italian immigrant] women expressed an understanding that their exploitation was directly tied to the emergence of industrial capitalism and the attendant forces of imperialism, racism, and nativism. They denounced U.S. imperialism in Asia and Latin America, and the aggression of the Italian government in Africa. They called these “civilizing missions” into question by drawing on the rhetoric of American nationalism to expose how “liberty” and “freedom” were elusive for many in the United States. The multiethnic nature of New York City and New Jersey’s radical subcultures meant that they heard firsthand about the effects of U.S. imperialism abroad, and their writing linked these policies to the violence of European colonialism. In 1907, for example, amid a flurry of essays on women’s emancipation, Titì wrote an essay titled “Il Congo” (The Congo) in which she reminded readers how Belgian King Leopold disguised policies of violent brutality in Africa with the language of benevolent paternalism. Italian anarchists believed deeply that nationalism was at the root of the problem. In describing what it was like to be an immigrant, Ersilia Cavedagni wrote, “How evil is this, a society in which its members have developed a stupid aversion to others who do not speak the same language, or are born under another sky, and wear different clothes. . . . Ah, this damned and miserable concept of country separates those who nature intended to be brothers, so stupidly, uselessly, and ferociously.”

Living the Revolution: Italian Women’s Resistance and Radicalism in New York City, 1880–1945 by Jennifer Guglielmo

[rubyvroom]

[rubyvroom]

Yeah, it's time to get this post out again

[sandmandaddy69]

[iscariotism]

[iphigenesis]

here is a map of the upper half of baker street (where 221b would be if baker street numbers went up that high back then) along with a key and comparison map of the rest of london in 1898. notice how baker street by and large was home to exclusively the wealthy and the comfortably middle class.

now compare this excerpt from a 1873 routledge guide to london to this quote from a study in scarlet. note that marylebone is in the west end and that the west end, broadly, was the wealthy, "fashionable" part of london. imagine watson wants to spend 30% of his income on rent and also he doesn't want to work even a little bit and let's even make an allowance for a 2% rent inflation every year between 1873 and 1882 when a study in scarlet is set. watson's weekly income is 80s and 6p (which we will simplify to 966p for simplicity) meaning he has 288p or 24s to spend on rent every week. if we account for 2% inflation, that renting figure on the left has at most increased to 12s a week. notice how watson could literally afford to rent two west end apartments simultaneously.

what can be concluded from this? well, first of all, that i'm right about watson and holmes easily being able to afford london housing prices. and also that i lowkey have way too much free time on my hands

[babyfoxcollectionthings]

[rustypipes-and-tigerstripes]

This is the national dance of the Philippines, called Tinikling

[aphrostiel]

let's serve face with great-grandpa

[aphrostiel]

some mr. spocks

i love him so much he truly is my favorite character of all time ever and forever in all universes

[aslutsdiiiary]

Me this weekend

[kropotkindersurprise]

[rudeteens]

[cmdrcepicard]

How the conversation went in the Writers' Room

[aphrostiel]

spock and his cool sparkly space suit

[holespoles]

Japanese Old Match Label

[nariarts]

Spent a ridiculous amount of time last night obsessively editing my hand written zines in Photoshop to take away any tiny blemishes so they were definitely readable.

Whatever. Understand or don't.

[tpwrtrmnky]

It's really quite bizarre how much work in trans healthcare bases itself on the idea that a patient who deliberately seeks out the Penis Removal Doctor and says "Yes, Penis Removal Doctor, I am certain that I would like to have my penis removed" might be lying to the Penis Removal Doctor, so that they can have their penis removed without actually wanting that.