HISTORY and stuff

Hey y'all my name is Emily I am a masters candidate in the US with a specialization in modern Europe and gender and sexuality, but I reblog just about any history. I'm a suffering grad student so memes are how keep academia from crushing me. Follow me on twitter for more memes! @Eandrews96

[transmechanicus]

Apocalypse prevented indefinitely bc Fenrir will not swallow the sun unless it’s wrapped in bologna or perhaps covered in peanut butter

[amarguerite]

Via @ellynneversweet

[ceekari]

And that’s why we have day and night

[kazoracht]

Sure ill integrate that into my belief system

[historyandmyself]

The Crown

The monarchist criticism of the crown cracks me up. Like yeah its all drama and its mostly fiction but it doesn’t portray the family that negatively. Like this season especially. We were all prepared for Charles to be this villain, but he’s portrayed so sympathetically , even with tampon-gate. I would like to say that the issues between Charles and Diana are far more complicated than what is portrayed in the media and what we know now like 30+ years later is obviously what has been released by the firm. Charles absolutely did Diana dirty, but she was no saint either. Honestly the one I feel the most sympathy for is Camilla for being caught up in this, she and Charles should have just been allowed to marry in the first place. ANYWAY this season really pulls the punches that could have been thrown and I think that is a conscious choice in both writing and casting. I remember when season 4 ended we were prepared for a messy, drama filled and nasty divorce centered season and we got maybe some of that? Like don’t get me wrong the drama is there, the cinematography and acting are all there, but this isn’t a scathing indictment of the royal family that monarchists and sympathizers are bemoaning. King Charles was going to face criticism no matter what, Diana won the media over the second she stepped into their sphere. Even the episodes based on and around the Bashir interview and the divorce are sympathetic to the family, they show Charles’ turmoil and Diana’s anger as well as the Queen being above reproach and being done with the both of them as both sovereign and mother. Basically this is just my long drawn out way of saying chill out, The Crown is at best an expensive and beautiful fluff piece for the Royal Family. This isn’t a bad thing, but I think it is a bigger asset to the firm than a detriment. Slight criticism will not set Buckingham palace on fire y’all 

[historybizarre]

The Gay Asian Activist Whose Theories on Sexuality Were Decades Ahead of Their Time

In the 1930s, Li Shiu Tong's boyfriend, Magnus Hirschfeld, was a prominent defender of gay people. But Li's own research has long been overlooked

Historians are rediscovering one of the most important LGBTQ activists of the early 20th century—an Asian Canadian named Li Shiu Tong. You probably don’t know the name, but he was at the center of the first wave of gay politics.

Much has been written about Li’s older boyfriend, Magnus Hirschfeld. He was a closeted German doctor and sexologist who became famous in the 1930s as a defender of gay people. In books on Hirschfeld, Li is usually just a footnote.

….

In his manuscript, Li tells how after Hirschfeld died, he spent decades traveling the world, carrying on the research and taking detailed notes while living in Zurich, Hong Kong and then Vancouver.

[historyandmyself]

Currently accepting submissions for my “Fighting SCOTUS in a Walmart Parking Lot” Playlist 

[2021bingo]

Just a reminder my blog is trans inclusive. It’s bi inclusive. It is pan inclusive. It is intersex inclusive. It is ace/asexual inclusive. It is aro/aromantic inclusive. It is queer inclusive.

I don’t support terfs or exclusionists.

If you came here looking for an ally in your bigotry you came to the wrong blog. Go away. You are not welcome here.

[victoriansword]

British Pattern 1803 Infantry Officer’s Sword

With etched and gilt blade decorated with scrolling foliage, the crowned Royal cypher, crowned Royal Arms, Britannia, trophies-of-arms, ~ J. Archer & Son~ and ~Warranted~ on a blued panel over three-quarters of its length, gilt-brass hilt, ivory grip bound with plaited wire, in its brass-mounted leather scabbard and complete with its sword knot. 76.7 cm; 30 ¼ in blade.

[historyandmyself]

I’m so fucking tired of all this

[historyandmyself]

Girls don’t want flowers, girls want the British government to face consequences for their actions throughout history

yes I’m talking about the Irish

but really it could be anyone

[historyandmyself]

So anyway, my research methods consist of: 

- Too much caffeine™️ 

- Undiagnosed ADHD 

- Hyperfixation 

- The lack of motivation to actually do my real work 

[historyandmyself]

Life Update

Still haven’t finished my MA program, but hopefully that’ll be this year...

I started my internship today. I am essentially a research assistant to the museum director while we work on videos explaining covid and safety procedures to high schoolers and middle schoolers. I am also the resident youth on the project so my input is pretty valuable to the production. It’s not a fulltime job, but it is a paid position so I can’t complain too much 

[historyandmyself]

Controversial Take

Red states deserve federal relief and sympathy during natural disasters too. They don’t “deserve this for being red” like grow up people are dying 

[historyandmyself]

Bringing this back because most my of my home state is still devastated by Ida. Please consider donation to bayou relief charities because that seems to be the only attention the bayou and river parishes are getting.

[historyandmyself]

y’all pray for Louisiana, or at least keep us in your thoughts. My parents chose to ride out the storm back home and I have been a nervous wreck for two days. Ida has not even passes yet and the damage is awful. This is always a tough weekend for those of us who witnessed Katrina and now the pain is just going to be amplified. If you know someone from New Orleans, just give them a hug. We all need it 

[historyandmyself]

So I actually got to read for fun, for once, and I read Casey McQuiston’s One Last Stop and I loved it. RWRB is also one of my favorites so I was already excited to read this one, especially since it was about a wlw couple. It is definitely more adult themed than RWRB, but I really liked that. I’m not going to spoil any thing,  but there is discussion of the Upstairs Lounge fire in New Orleans in ‘73 and it is an event that deserves far more attention than it gets. Like me, McQuiston is a South Louisiana native who no doubt also saw the brief news stories on the anniversary of the fire. I encourage anyone reading this to learn more about it and the complete failings of city government and law enforcement to do anything about it. We don’t even know the names of all the victims and the public did not want to know. I love my hometown and now in 2021 it is one of the more progressive southern cities when it comes to LGBTQ+ rights, but this is a dark stain that we often forget. Just, from one Louisiana queer to another, thank you Casey for bringing this event to your reader’s consciousness.

PS the details of the fire may be triggering to some, so please research at your own caution 

[lesbians-vintage]

Lesbian and Gay Pride, Seattle, 1980

[brianbritigan]

Endless thanks to those who fought 🏳️‍🌈 #thefirstgaypridewasariot

[historyandmyself]

Happy Pride Everyone! Don’t stop the good fight.

[historyandmyself]

Apparently people are pressed the the wonderful Jodie Turner-Smith is playing Anne Boleyn in an upcoming period drama. Like get over it. Its a fictional show and we all know what Anne Boleyn looked like. No one is going to watch the show and suddenly be convinced that she wasn’t white. Diverse casting means DIVERSE casting. Like yes we should totally have more shows about non white people and figures, but Anne has been played a hundred times over so this is just a new person in the role.

[historyandmyself]

Instead of doing homework I have been telling off homophobes and haters on Lil Nas X’s tiktoks and twitter. It ain’t much, but it’s honest work. Anyway go stream Montero to ruin an asshole’s day