#History and Reflection

[slowtumbling]

A House Divided

The Media and Societal Polarization The phrase “a house divided against itself cannot stand” resonates deeply in both biblical and historical contexts. Originating from Matthew 12:25, Jesus warns that “every kingdom divided against itself is laid waste, and no city or house divided against itself will stand.” This powerful statement was echoed by Abraham Lincoln in his famous 1858 speech, where…

[cryptocism]

"just as I did, in 1983."

you'd never know my favourite parts of the show are the fucked up insane bits when my first instinct is to draw the cheesiest thing imaginable

[livesunique]

Weißenstein Castle, Pommersfelden, Germany,

Photo by Palace Reflection

[lesbworth]

i feel like the tumblr perverts need to be aware of the forcefem novel written in 1901 by a trans woman patient of magnus hirschfeld, wherein:

a lesbian hypnotises her girly stepson into believing he is a woman

then she hypnotises his father her husband into shooting himself when he tries to stop her

then she proceeds to live as a man and convince her stepson that he is HER WIFE

AND THEN WHEN THE COUPLE WANT KIDS (AS SHE HYPNOTISED HIM TO) SHE HAS HIS CHILD AND CONVINCES HIM THAT HE GAVE BIRTH TO IT

AND DECIDES TO RAISE THE BABY AS A GIRL EVEN THOUGH IT WAS BORN MALE

AND THEN FINALLY ON HER DEATHBED CONFESSES EVERYTHING TO HER WIFE

WHO REFUSES TO BELIEVE ANY OF IT

the author's pen name is luz fraumann (yes she actually named herself "woman-man") and i wish i could tell her she's literally insane for this bestie and also how hard she would do numbers on tumblr dot com

(link to hirschfeld's profile of fraumann and extract from her novel, in german)

[cabinetofotherthings]

forever thinking about that part in people love dead jews about how it's a myth that the workers on ellis island forcibly changed people's last names and most jews just petitioned in court to have their names changed because of all the antisemitism that came with being identifiably jewish.

specifically, i'm thinking of this one guy called louis goldstein who was talking about how his name is a curse and it's impossible to live a good life in the united states while being called louis goldstein, except the judge was also called louis goldstein and was like "hey excuse you what the fuck"

[luvinaeverdene]

Persepolis (2007) Directed by Marjane Satrapi & Vincent Paronnaud

[daguerreotyping]

Stereoscopic daguerreotype of two men playing chess in front of a mirror, c. 1840s

[mobius-m-mobius]

Some people say, forgive and forget. Yeah, I dunno. I say forget about forgive and just accept. And... get the hell out of town.

GROSSE POINTE BLANK (1997) | dir. George Armitage

[blackstarlineage]

"I'm a reflection of the community."

Tupac Shakur

[marlenacantswim]

so is the sbpd's two-way-mirror setup just kinda shit and no one's realized, or can shawn spencer actually just. perceive things through two-way-mirrors? is the implication that his knowledge of lassiter's behavior is so complete, he's just able to predict his precise position and actions with perfect timing? this is never explained.

[tittiloi]

Duplice ©Tiziana Loiacono

[diioonysus]

oh they know they're that bitch

[krazieka2]

Vampire Mercedes lore doodles (and vampire Lorenz bullying)

[livesunique]

Château de Chambord, Chambord, Loir-et-Cher, France,

Photo by @lo4n974

[galahadenough]

Sooo.. how hard is Shang Qinghua avoiding eye contact with the fact that his protagonist has very strong, previously hidden, masochistic tendencies and what that might or might not say about him as the writer of said protagonist

[vivelareine]

In her book Marie Antoinette: The Journey, Antonia Fraser claims that Joseph Weber told Marie Antoinette that her grief for Sophie could not have been very great, due to her age and not yet being weaned.

From Fraser's Marie Antoinette: The Journey:

"The Queen's foster-brother Joseph Weber tried to cheer her by saying that the baby had not even been weaned when she died, implying that the grief for one so young could not have been very great. But he struck the wrong note. 'Don't forget that she would have been my friend,' replied the Queen, a reference to her daughters, who were "mine," unlike their brothers, who belonged to France, that sentiment first expressed at the birth of Marie-Therese. Her tears continued to fall.

But... in what appears to be typical Antonia Fraser fashion, this is not actually what Joseph Weber's memoir* says.

What Joseph Weber wrote, in context of discussing the queen's grief at the death of Louis Joseph, was:

Marie Antoinette's heart had already been put to a similar test two years earlier, when she lost her daughter, only eleven months old. In vain did those who were admitted to her intimate circle present the princess's tender age as a reason to alleviate the bitterness of her regrets; she replied to them: "Do you forget that she would have been a friend?" and her tears continued to flow in the name of daughter and friend.

He did not say that he said this and that Marie Antoinette told him this in reply to him 'striking the wrong note,' yet Fraser puts the words in his mouth specifically, along with bringing up not being weaned, which Weber did not mention.

Was Weber among those in her "intimate circle" who said this? Maybe... he was in France, and if we believe the memoir, she was touched by his considerations for her when she had a miscarriage and it's not impossible he might have been one of those who tried to console her. But Fraser mischaracterized what was written by putting it specifically in his mouth.

*We also know that these memoirs were at least partially written (if not primarily written) by Trophime-Gérard, Marquis de Lally-Tollendal, not Weber himself.

As always... check the sources of your sources!