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literally how it feels trying to justify using the word "lesbian" in my dissertation on lesbianism in the faerie queene D: they were literally saying "lesbian" all the time! they just said it like "women of sappho of lesbos's persuasion" lmao

Despite the assertions of certain scholars, there is little evidence of heteroeroticism in Archaic Greece. Meager references may perhaps be found in the Iliad. While the epic is famous for the relationship between Achilles and Patroclus and its role in turning the tide of the Trojan War, Helen and Paris, commonly interpreted by modern readers as friends, may provide a parallel to these famous lovers. Instrumental to Helen’s escape to Troy with Paris was Aphrodite, whose erotic connotations are well known from Sappho’s poetry. It could be argued, however shocking it may be to our modern sensibilities, that Paris and Helen’s love was of a similar nature. Nevertheless, other possible mentions of “straight” people (I use quotation marks as such an identity did not exist in Ancient Greece) remain debatable. There is no evidence that Hector and Andromache’s love was anything but platonic; the intimacy of their exchange in Book 6 should not be taken as heteroerotic, as declarations of strong affection between friends were common in ancient times. Neither is their marriage proof of institutionalised different-sex unions based on attraction. It is well known that most marriages were concluded for practical reasons, and romantic feelings rarely, if ever, entered the picture. As such, the question of whether “straight” people existed in Archaic Greece cannot be conclusively answered.

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Library of Lady Margaret Hall, University of Oxford

fig 1) The library itself, a relatively modern building, but nevertheless a scholar’s paradise. The current building was opened by the Queen in 1961.

fig 2) Shelves of old tomes from the rare books collection, dating back hundreds of years.

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howley and aziraphil are here to save the world

howley and aziraphil are here to save the world

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book

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i know lesboys are real because i exist and i am full of them 🤤

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"Gaza now has the largest population of child amputees in the world." [@/abrahammatar on X. June 5th, 2024.]

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People fail to understand the degree of insane bloodthirst and dehumanization taught to 'israelis' like the one in front of this image. She genuinely sees the woman in the back as vermin and finds fun in tormenting her. This is a core tenet of their culture. They will humiliate Palestinians in whichever way they can on any given day ranging from petty to lethal. Their textbooks have caricatures. They draw unibrows on themselves and dream about Disneyland in Gaza on TikTok. They make fun of dead babies by comparing them to food.

This photo is 'israel'. There is no peaceful conversation with people whose heart's desire is to do this. There is no peace or dignity while the occupation lasts.

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Big Literature: wordsworth and coleridge were just friends!! stop making everything queer!

wordsworth to coleridge: when i was at my lowest you planted flowers in my soul and taught birds to make their nests and sing in it

(the prelude, book xiii, ll. 226-36)

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not sure if this is familiar to people outside the uk, but you might've noticed that in *every single bbc article reporting on death tolls in gaza*, any statistic is followed up with "according to the hamas-run health ministry"

these articles are always first in the search results in the uk, because it's the bbc. and the intent is absolutely clear—to cast doubt upon the devastating numbers we have. with how formulaic it is it essentially amounts to genocide denial. it is always, always, "hamas-run", never the ghm. in the same articles they'll point out that un officials say the statistics are reliable and still do this. it's shameless.

it's insidious in the same way asking every pro-palestinian advocate to "condemn hamas" at the beginning of every interview. and works in tandem with this condemnation—everyone you see in mainstream media, including those critical of israel, ultimately condemns hamas. what implication does "says the hamas-run health ministry" have then?

the language works exactly as intended. also, fuck joe biden.

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Israel doing well in Eurovision is a completely predictable result of the boycott. The people who are watching & voting in Eurovision are now at best willfully ignorant and apathetic and at worst actively pro-Israel, meaning there will be a disproportionate amount of people willing to vote for Israel and even people voting for them because of the boycott.

But saying that means that boycotting Eurovision was the wrong call completely misses the point of the boycott. The point is not "Israel should not win Eurovision", it is "Israel should not be allowed to compete in the first place". The point of the boycott is not to give the EBU views or money, so if you've been boycotting... don't give them money or legitimacy by voting for someone tomorrow to prevent Israel from winning. If Israel does win, that does not mean boycotting failed; it only further delegitimizes the competition and confirms we should burn the whole thing down.

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powerpoint night at 35 portland row

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When South Africa dismantled apartheid, it did not end with the expulsion of all white South Africans. They became part of the new South Africa, just without the criminal discriminatory oligarchic powers the apartheid goverment had. When Bolivia recognized its indigenous heritage and became a plurinational state, it did not mean that people of European descent were expelled in masse. It meant the recognition of the previously discriminated indigenous and mestizo people of Bolivia and the beginning of a path of integration and revalidation.

What I mean is that it's ridiculous to think that decolonization inherently means mass suffering and relocation, that's what colonization does. Decolonization is recognizing the crimes of colonization, but more importantly, material, political and social steps to give power and self-determination to the exploited native people who were victims of colonialism and imperialism.

In multicultural societies, you don't go like in that Peter Griffin meme with a skin tone chart and saying 'well, you go back to Europe, you go back to Africa, you stay here'. You build a new society on the paradigm of dignity for exploited people and equality under the law. People are acting like this is some sort of fantastic utopia instead of real initiatives that were done in living memory, with successes and failures, as all such initiatives have. One must ask why are some so insistent that multicultural societies can't thrive, especially when for most of history, societies were indeed like that. Consider why you think like that.

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Death to settler colonialism, free Palestine!

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oh to have a window bed