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I lied. Put your clothes back on. We're gonna talk about how we don't hear about women in history. Think about it, think of an artist or an inventor. The first person that came to mind was most likely a man. Because we did not give women the same skills and education they needed to grow and thrive, and live up to their potential. And when they were geniuses anyway, their accomplishments were overshadowed by a man. Maria Anna Mozart? Émilie du Châtelet? We don't hear their names. There's many more we don't even know the identity of. Gifted people with wonderful talents, overshadowed, lost to history. All because they had the misfortune of being born a woman.

I find it very ironic that Nora named the Moriyama liability "Riko" when the Rico Act of 1970 virtually destroyed Organized crime in America

For Pride Month, the story of the cut off sleeve

So, there is a story about Han Dynasty China, a time and place where bisexuality was the norm. Emperor Ai was having a nap in a traditional long-sleeve robe with his male companion, Dong Xian.

Eventually, the Emperor awoke from his nap, but his lover had not. To avoid waking him up, he instead chose to cut off the sleeve Dong Xian was sleeping on.

This spread through the court, and in tribute the Emperor's courtiers cut off one of their own sleeves. The tale eventually gave way to the saying “the passion of the cut sleeve", a euphemism for intimacy between two men.

One of the French voyageur caps I knit.

I decided I wanted to have a little fun and give it a stripe of color!

Am I the only one seeing this? AM I THE ONLY ONE WHO THINKS ELEANOR ROOSEVELT AND COLBY BROCK LOOK THE SAME???

or... am I missing something here?...

...hello?

Portuguese Empire mode on! UwU

The Steelpan in UK History...

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There was a Japanese soldier who didn’t...💭

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Will show my first fact soon ❤️

Imagine you finally have the equipment to scale this huge cave wall and find out what the scribbles on the top mean. You and your crew set up the equipment and you and your fellow researcher make your way up inch by inch. You spend a good few hours climbing and by the time you get to the top, you are exhausted. Your fellow researcher whips out his translation book while you shine a light on the writing. It takes only a few moments for the researcher to correctly translate these words. You hear him curse. "What is it?" You ask. He looks you dead in the eye and says something that will haunt you for days. "It just says 'This is very high up'."

I love how humans have literally not changed throughout history like the graffiti from Pompeii has people from hundreds of years ago writing stuff like “Marcus is gay” “I fucked a girl here” “Julius your mum wishes she was with me” and leonardo da vinci’s assistants drew dicks in their notebooks just for the banter and mozart created a piece called “kiss my ass” so when people wish for ‘today’s generation’ to be like ‘how people used to’ then we’re already there buddy we’ve always been

Sooo, tiktok is back from being banned in less than 24 hours. Good to know that still nothing ever happens

Republican wanted it banned so they can have a win once they got it back

The only reason why they wanted to ban tiktok is because it was the only place(media site/organization) where people were protesting the genocide in Palestine.

In a video essay about home improvement channels and TV shows (the concept of the video essay was about how people recently have trended to decorate and make style choices for their homes based on potential resale value rather than their own personal style preferences) I was introduced to a British tv show (big dreams small spaces) focused on garden improvement and unlike their American renovation show counterparts this show was mainly focused on what the personal style choices and desires of the person's the episode is about.

This show is hosted by Monty Don. I like his attitude towards style preferences that I myself want to emulate and embrace. In an episode, a lady asks about him if he likes her choice of flower for her garden or if he thinks another flower looks better there and he responded with (roughly quoting) " I might think that another flower would look better there but this is not my garden it's your garden" This sentiment I myself want to emulate in my future career in architecture for my clients, to (mostly) set aside my own design choices and help them embrace and bring to life their visions.

I would also like to embrace these ideals in my own life in in my own style choices, I want to make style choices without caring too much about 'resale value' or what other people think. In my personal life I wish to have the confidence, courage, and overall gumption to make bold choices that make me an individual.

A lot of ideas come from and were inspired by the YouTube video

'Why Home Improvement Shows Feel Icky' by Kendra Gaylord

While I was walking to class I was listening to this video and I was imagining a fake presentation I could give to my professor based on ideas I got from the video so I wrote them down.

Cats will be cats

My goal in life is to taste tomb honey

So apparently last year the National Park Service in the US dropped an over 1200 page study of LGBTQ American History as part of their Who We Are program which includes studies on African-American history, Latino history, and Indigenous history. 

Like. This is awesome. But also it feels very surreal that maybe one of the most comprehensive examinations of LGBTQ history in America (it covers sports! art! race! historical sites! health! cities!) was just casually done by the parks service. 

Girls are amazing. Being friends with girls is equally amazing.

The Tatler, England, April 22, 1903

I love this so much. This seems like something my old cousin would say.

Pensacola News Journal, Florida, March 8, 1934

Bridal Asia Magazine - Shot by Anubhav Sood

non Eurocentric cottagecore moodboard [3/? ] for:@ya-boi-leto

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Kahaniyaaañ khti haiñ kalakariyañ

Thomas Merton, Thoughts in Solitude

Gold decorated smallsword, French, circa 1750

from Koller Auctions

The Continuum of Beauty - Daniel Gerhartz

KAUTILYA v/s AAMATYA RAKSHAS

Kautilya, or Chanakya, was a professor at Takshashila University of ancient India who takes most of the credit for the formation of the Mauryan Empire. He is also rightly called the Kingmaker, since he picked Chandragupt off the road and with his cutting intellect, ruthless patriotism, and sheer acumen for diplomacy, overthrew the Nanda dynasty and established Chandragupt as king. The task wasn’t easy, however. While Kautilya could single-handedly out-smart the most formidable foes, the Nanda court had an extremely loyal minister: Rakshas. Equal to Chanakya in wit and shrewdness, he hatched several plans to kill Chandragupt, whom he saw as a usurper. This obviously resulted in him and Kautilya being at constant loggerheads. His ruthless attempts at Chandragupt’s life included trying to poison him, orchestrating an ‘accident’ where a giant door frame would fall on Chandragupt while he was alight his elephant, and sending a Vishkanya (poison-maiden) to him. Chanakya’s goal, however, wasn’t to eliminate AmatyaRakshas. On the contrary, seeing the staunch loyalty and ruthless brainpower he possessed, Chanakya wanted to convert him into a loyal minister in Chandragupt’s court, a feat in which he ultimately succeeded.