Tumblr thread: Victorian era outside the UK energy
Classic Tumblr thread taking the “Victorian era” label and applying it everywhere else to show how Eurocentric our historical framing is. The thread starts by...
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Modesty (1752) — Antonio Corradini
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Nymphs Dancing to Pan’s Flute (1920) — Joseph...
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Mesoamerica, 1519 — No Steel, No Firearms, No...
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PrayStation 5 — the Church That Looks Like...
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Girl: God Wants Me Healthy, Wealthy, and Comfortable....
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In Ancient Greece, Slaves Were Not Allowed to...
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Billy the Kid Looked Like the Kind of...
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Female Rulers Are MORE Likely Than Men to...
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Fall Wishlist for the Roman-Era Standards Girlie
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I Have Offended God and Mankind by Doing...
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I Aim for the Stars, but I Keep...
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The Three Levels of Knowledge — People Who...
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The Pearls of Aphrodite — Herbert James Draper,...
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Britain Invents ‘Soccer’, Abandons It, Mocks America for...
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A Nymph in the Forest — John Collier,...
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The Eclipse of the Sun in Venice, July...
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Historical Figure: Doesn’t Sleep With 200 Women. Historians:...
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Me Trying to Leave Rome — All Roads...
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UncategorisedTumblr thread: Victorian era outside the UK energy
Classic Tumblr thread taking the “Victorian era” label and applying it everywhere else to show how Eurocentric our historical framing is. The thread starts by...
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Caligula Was A Good Emperor
Gorgocutie says: Crime documentary format meets Roman history, and it fits way too well. Caligula started his reign in 37 AD as a popular, reform-minded...
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Perseus Is A Terrible Detective
Gorgocutie says: My guy Perseus is out here nailing "Have You Seen Me?" posters for Medusa while casually strolling past a whole courtyard of stone...
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Bro There Is No Hoes Here
Gorgocutie says: My guy really showed up to the Battle of Manzikert in 1071 expecting to pull and got hit with the reality check of...
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Ancient Greeks had terrible naming sense
Gorgocutie says: Someone at a Troy screening really groaned "Oh, he gets hit in his ACHILLES heel? COME ON" as if the Iliad wasn’t the...
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UncategorisedVlad the Impaler: 50,000 reasons your “Dracula” Halloween costume missed the point
The duality of Vlad III, Voivode of Wallachia. Left side: the man himself. Ambras Castle portrait, 16th century. Pearled princely cap, scepter in hand, mustache...
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“You go to certain death.” “All death is certain.” — Stoicism before the charge
The heaviest line in Kingdom of Heaven, and it hits every time. Top panel: Balian’s squire staring down a Crusader army, seeing only the arrow...
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Socrates chose the harder path: annoying politicians over domestic bliss
Behold, the Gadfly of Athens in his natural habitat. While Xanthippe and the kids are out here offering burgers and stability, Socrates is locked in...
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Me and the Boys Thinking About Thinking
The most meta thing you’ll see today. Five ancient Greek philosophers gathered in a sunlit academy garden, draped in himations, deep in contemplation — and...
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I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead — Famous Last Words
The classic burnout anthem meets its mythological punchline. "I’ll sleep when I’m dead" — a phrase every overworked person has said at least once. But...
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RIP Thomas Edison You Would Have Loved Mountain Dew Voltage
Corporate brand banter meets historical accuracy. Mountain Dew kicks it off with the classic "RIP [historical figure] you would have loved [modern product]" format —...
