#also having read a lot of his interviews with naomi wallace like. how he views history as a story. like a human myth.
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marcus rediker is required reading for this blog. go do your pirate homework.
#just finished between the devil & the deep blue sea and recently listened to a podcast about his new graphic novel#just. stunning. no notes. favorite scholar.#✘; I HAVE SEVENTY TWO EXAMS AND I HAVE NOT STUDIED FOR ONE ( ooc )#i think what captivates me is not only the way he views the sailor through a labor lens#(which even though based in truth can be a bit of a romanticized leftist hero)#but how even the most famous pirate captains were Just Some Guy who had problems and needed to eat and live#the way he always goes into material detail is so [clenches fist] like. the fabrics. the food. how many people there were.#what did it sound like? was it cramped? what were relationships like with your fellow man?#anyway this post is not sponsored but go buy his new book#also having read a lot of his interviews with naomi wallace like. how he views history as a story. like a human myth.#not a dead thing but a living thing.
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