Okay I don’t know if this counts as a “disaster”, but it absolutely cracks my shit up every time I think about it.

Every time one of these flaccid-faced white men open up their mouths, all I can think is, “None of these snowflakes would have made it through the living conditions of WWI/The Depression(s) (The one in the 1890s made the 1930s one look like a joke)/WWII.” They like to bang on about patriotism and MURICA TEH GREAT, but…

I had someone say that to me in a Wal-Mart once while I was speaking Tsalagi on the phone, and then proceed to yell at me that I should speak English if I’m in America.

Ask me how many deep breaths it took to not slap the shit out of her with my shoe.

She didn’t do blackface in the 1890s, or the 1940s, it was in the year 2011. There’s no excuse, I don’t particularly buy her apology, and she’s still a fat-shaming piece of garbage. I have never understood her appeal. I realize that I’m An Old, and a curmudgeon at that, but I do not understand why some of these…

This is nice and all, but it would be even nicer if he would stop shitting on indigenous/First Nations communities at every turn.

Omgggg yes okay totally ot but what is your fave jelly with frybread?? Mine is a toss up between strawberry and blueberry, though I had a cousin that turned me on to whipped Greek yogurt with honey too that is a close runner up.

As far as textbooks go, “A History of Modern Europe: From the Renaissance to the Age of Napoleon” by John Merriman is probably my favorite for this period. He doesn’t shy away from calling out the brutality of Europe, but still maintains an objective voice.

“Marie Antoinette: The Journey” by Antonia Fraser is a really…

Osiyo/tawnshi! You are absolutely right, and the impact the Iroquois Constitution had on both the Enlightenment at large and the principles the “founding fathers” put in the American Constitution is nearly always overlooked.

Also your name is making me hungry D:

Are you looking for textbooks or more single-subject/biographies?

I mean seriously, at the absolute best, his ministers made one good decision in his reign, and he somehow gets the credit for coming up with it.

As a historian with a deep, abiding love of history and the complexities and nuance of 18th century France, I would love to invite this fuckweasel to sit the fuck down and shut the absolute fuck up.

Beyond the grossness of complaining about a STATUE at a time like this, caping for Louis XVI is just embarrassing all on…

Yup, it’s in Sweden. :D

It’s actually relatively common that our local zoo feeds prey animals to the predators. Grazers that are old, sick, genetically wonky, etc. are humanely euthanized, and then parted out for the big cats, wolves, bears, etc. It’s way cheaper than trying to find a place to bury a giraffe, and honestly more natural.

Honestl…

Honestly I love everything Lucy does. There’s a lot of her documentaries on Youtube, and it’s a really fun, informative way to spend an afternoon!

I do! This is the first episode, they are all on Youtube. :D

You’re exactly right, they all look so damn soft and...huggable?? Like those are bods I would love to touch.

Well first of all, I love Bernadette and everything she does. Her channel is so soothing!

Obligatory “Historian Coming to Ruin All Your Fun!” warning, but Victorians absolutely did not cover furniture legs because the wood was...giving them wood (sorry). Those that were covered were just to protect them, or the floor/rug it was sitting on, much like the furniture paws of today.

That being said, one of my…

As someone living in Sweden, it’s not going “disastrously”. The biggest cluster is in Stockholm, which is basically our only population center. Everywhere else still has plenty of hospital beds open. Most of our towns are very small and isolated, and actually able to handle the notion of the herd immunity approach…

My grandparents were in one, too. My mom is white passing, and she worked really hard to make my siblings and I pass because of the awful racism and prejudice her own parents faced.

There are some really bad takes in here from a lot of white folks who really have no place in this conversation.