The idea that people had sex before the 20th century really freaks me out. Like George Washington probably got a blow job and that makes me uncomfortable.
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The idea that people had sex before the 20th century really freaks me out. Like George Washington probably got a blow job and that makes me uncomfortable.
- Early Feminists: Oh hey, we see that you can vote. We would like to vote also. I mean, since most of those laws effect us too and all.
- Men: YOU JUST WANT SUPERIORITY OVER MEN!
- Mid-century Feminists: Hey, that whole thing about how you can have careers and earn a living wage outside the home? Yes that sounds nice, we'd like the option to do that as well.
- Men: YOU WANT A MATRIARCHY, THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT!
- Late 20th century Feminists: Hey we would like to make our own choices about our reproductive health, just like you've always had.
- Men: YOU ARE TRYING TO TAKE MEN'S RIGHTS AWAY!
- Modern-day feminists: Hey, if you could you stop sexually assaulting/harassing us and them blaming us for it, that'd be pretty great.
- Men: THIS IS MISANDRY, MISANDRY I SAY! FEMINISTS HAVE GONE TOO FAR!
- Feminists: Um...
- Men: THE END OF MEN IS NIGH! MALE OPPRESSION IS REAL! THE MATRIARCHAL AGE IS UPON US!
your fave is problematic: napoleon bonaparte
- autocrat
- imperialist
- terrible fashion taste
- height has been misconstrued by history
- bad hat
Very different [to Orpheus’] was the reward of the true love of Achilles towards his lover Patroclus - his lover and not his beloved (the notion that Patroclus was the beloved one is a foolish error into which Aeschylus has fallen, for Achilles was surely the fairer of the two, fairer also than all the other heroes; and, as Homer informs us, he was still beardless, and far younger).
Plato, Symposium (179e)
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I keep wanting to come up with something witty and funny
But literally nothing can beat “Aeschylus doesn’t know what he’s talking about, let me tell you my headcanon.”
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“this one is OBVIOUSLY the bottom, he was much smaller and prettier and less beardy”
I MEAN HOW ARE WE EVEN HAVING THE SAME DISGUSTING ARGUMENT ABOUT THE ACTIVE/PASSIVE SPLIT AND ITS BIZARRE BRAND OF HOMOPHOBIA MORE THAN 2000 YEARS LATER
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I wish i actually wore the fashion taste i have
I wish I could afford the fashion taste I have
I wish I had the body for the fashion taste I have
White privilege is your history being taught as a core class and mine being taught as an elective.
please let them know.
white privilege is your history being taught as a core class, and mine being banned because it would promote "the overthrow of the U.S. government, foster racial resentment, and advocate ethnic solidarity.
In the MCU, the History Channel would have documentaries like,
But then how did Steve Rogers survive his perilous descent into the Arctic Ocean? The answer is more surprising than you could ever imagine.
Aliens.
[commercial break]
the mcu history channel must have had a fuckin field day after the battle of new york
- Elementary School: Here's a basic understanding of history and how the world works.
- High School: Actually, that's not quite right. Everything is actually a whole lot more complicated than that.
- College: EVERYTHING YOU KNOW IS WRRROOONNNNGGGG
- History Channel: Aliens.
- Mum: Can I borrow your laptop?
- Me: *Deletes History*
- Me: *Logs out of tumblr*
- Me: *Double checks deleted history*
- Me: *Close Chrome*
- Me: *Open Internet Explorer*
- Me: Sure
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