#Anachronistic

Gwen C. Katz

gwenckatz

A lot of people on here don't understand what it means for a character in a historical work to display anachronistic attitudes that don't make sense for the society they

Dr Lucy Allen-Goss

LucyAllenFWR

I've just seen the (long) thread about whether or not we should use 'queer' to describe Shakespeare characters. I didn't want to add to it because it looks as if

Joseph T Noony

JoeAgneya

Greek Myths- No 1'Claudius Ptolemy' supposedly lived in ~150 CE Egypt. And whatever Egyptian/Babylonian epistemic knowledge he had is treated as 'Greek Knowledge' without question. And western historians have been

Scott Lemieux

LemieuxLGM

This analysis by @DavidOAtkins is very good. The failure of Bernie to win doesn't show that a progressive candidate/agenda can't win, it shows that you can't win a Democratic primary

TransHealthNow

DadTrans

Mumsnet is in financial trouble. According to their CEO its "squeaky bum time".With less money floating about, advertisers are carrying out more due diligence, I expect those businesses which support

Brandon Patrick

BrandonComedy

Interracial porn is possibly the most offensive content that is still legal produce. Nowhere else can you get away with depicting humans in such a manner. Black men are more

skye is dissertation-ing 🐰⭐

shuurens

so i think there are a few different reasons why the fantasy racism subplot in #ShadowAndBone doesn't work, but it mostly boils down to: it FEELS like racism written

Jonathan Culbreath

maestrojmc

Something that irks me, and which I have only slowly realized over time, is the close association that seems to exist between classical liberal neo-conservatism and the liberal arts tradition.

TeachAgainstBorders

Teach_A_B

Started my Year 12 history lesson today by asking my class if there was anything from the reading that surprised, interested or confused them. I took my glasses to clean

R.Сам 🦋🐏

Logo_Daedalus

People are mad at aimee because the parasocial nature of "internet politics" makes people launder "brand authenticity" through friendships-- & questioning your "friend's (brand's)" authenticity or c

Ian Carter

venusboy1977

'Anachronistic lines on a map hey @8Riordan? It's all comin out in the open now @DarrenChesterMP, the emeŕging campaign to dissolve The States & replace em with a unitary Government

Kookie Crumbles ⁷ ⟭⟬ ⟬⟭ 💜

Crumbles4Kookie

An observation: I know that when things happen that point to likely manipulation ( etc), it can be disheartening.The truth is, it’s all surface level. It used to just be

Mikko Toivanen

aruinedmap

Looking over some recent work on history of #tourism and #travelwriting I’m once again struck by the question: can you really write about 19thC tourism without thinking seriously about empire

Jenn Lyons

jennlyonsauthor

*rubs eyes* Okay, people. I really don't know how to break this to folks, but language doesn't evolve in a vacuum. There are NO words in the English language which

Daniel Miller

DanielNMiller

Sales of butter churns are soaring amid the pandemic, as Americans go full-on “Little House on the Prairie," pursuing activities far more old-fashioned than just baking or gardening. I tried

Megan Ranney MD MPH 🗽

meganranney

2/ And - while acknowledging my privilege as a white doctor in this system, and ***with IMMENSE gratitude toward our entire care team*** - the #healthcare system sucks even worse