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edmundhoward · 4 months

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on the topic of stanne's being incapable of viewing feminism through any other lens than 'not like the other girls'... would anne even be regarded as so exceptional if she wasn't as privileged as she was? would the idea of her innate exceptionalism, her standing out at court as more fashionable/passionate/moral/intellectual/exotic still persist? i just have to wonder how many women could have been remembered by history as exceptional, if only given the ability to — if they had the resources from birth that anne had etc.

#not to nepo baby discourse ab however i hate the aristocracy <3 mwah.#ab fandom #if anne wasn’t born to a family that could get her the position in the low countries/france #raised in kent in a social bubble that facilitated humanist learning #wasn’t encouraged and enabled by parents who took equal effort for her prospects as they did with their son #(like... say... jane seymour…)#would she be so innately exceptional? would we still call her a 'self-made woman'?#she was given those things. she was exceptionally lucky and living in exceptional circumstances.#definitely an interesting thought considering how often i see stannes argue that coa isn't worthy of the praise she gets #because she was born royal - which seems hypocritical #esp considering how often anne's supposed 'fighting for the rights of others' gets emphasised as if her privilege didn't come #directly at the cost of those underneath her within a social hierarchy that is so inconceivably unjust

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