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mattea | 21 | history grad | london ♔
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pick a historical topic!

the french revolution or the russian revolution? world war one or world war two? the ancient greeks or the ancient romans? the victorian age or the roaring twenties? the middle ages or the renaissance? ancient egypt or the aztec empire? the byzantines or the ottomans? the islamic golden age or the golden age of piracy? the fifties or the eighties? the crusades or the mughal empire?

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narcos is a serious show about serious things.

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…often women aren’t allowed to be characters in history, they have to be stereotypes. Cleopatra was a poet and a philosopher, she was incredibly good at maths; she wasn’t that much of a looker. But when we think of her, we think: big breasted seductress bathing in milk. Often, even when women have made their mark and they are remembered by history, we are offered a fantasy version of their lives.

Dr. Bettany Hughes on women’s absence from history, and the ways historians need to actively put women back into the narrative.  (via thepoliticalnotebook)

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…it is a million times easier to be cynical and wield a sword, then it is to be open-hearted and stand there, holding a balloon and a birthday cake, with the infinite potential to look foolish… . I haven’t yet learned the simplest and most important thing of all: the world is difficult, and we are all breakable. So just be kind.

Caitlin Moran, How to Build a Girl 

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