#history posting

[troythecatfish]

The chart does not capture the astonishing fact that these accomplishments were achieved under brutal sanctions imposed by the world’s superpower. Viva la revolución.

They also have ad-free TV ✌️📺 (you don’t need commercials with Socialism).

#cuba #important #fidel castro #current events #social justice #human rights #history #history posting #history tumblr #history side of tumblr #leftist #socialist #communist #marxist leninist #marxism leninism #marxist #socialism #leftism #leftisim #left wing #socialist politics #leftist politics #left wing politics #communism #anti capitalism #anti facist #anti imperialism #political #political posting #politics

[felixwhetsel]

did u know it wasn't confirmed that the titanic broke in half until the wreckage was discovered in 1985

#titanic #history posting #special interest #subscribe for more silly titanic posts #been obsessed with titanic since 1997 and i'm making it everybody else's problem

[the-good-spartan]

Posts about Ancient Greek History

Things I write to help process information and assemble my notes and thoughts for future reference.

This is an ongoing project. I will add more over time.

My focus is primarily the Arkhidamian (Archidamian) War with a particular emphasis on Sparta, but I'm currently widening my focus to include the First Peloponnesian War, the Messenian Wars, and the lives of Demosthenes (the General) and Thucydides (the Historian).

Sparta

Their Culture

Spartan scholars be like

Introduction and List of Chief Sources

Becoming a Spartan Citizen, Part One: The Agoge.

Becoming a Spartan Citizen, Part Two: The Phiditia & Contributions to the Mess

Food for Warriors.

Spartan Social Structure: Part One - The Helots || Rent? Contracts?

Spartan Social Structure: Part Two - The Perioikoi

Spartan Social Structure: Part Three - Spartan Women

Spartan Social Structure: Part Four - The Hypomeiones

Stalkers in the Night: The Krypteia || Primary Sources: Krypteia

The Horses of Lakedaimon

The Spartan Political Structure: Damos, Ephors, Gerontes, Kings.

Spartan Men and their Hair || Examples of likely hairstyles

Felt Helmets

Rethinking the scale of Spartan mess and barrack buildings

Spartan Games

Ask: Did Homoioi Travel?

Military History

Background to the Third Messenian War

The Third Messenian War c. 464 BCE

The Battle of Tanagra c. 457 BCE

Maps (Mostly Related to Brasidas' Campaigns during the Arkhidamian War)

Sparta || Amphipolis 1 || Amphipolis 2 || Koryphasion (Pylos) & Sphakteria || Korinth/Nisaia || Brasidas' Campaign in Makedonia

Sparta in Pop Culture

A Cry of Frustration

Response to Anti-Spartan Sentiment

A Few Notes on God of War: Ragnarok (the Spartan Stuff)

Spartan Armour (this ain’t it)

Thinking About Spartans Thinking

A Distinction Between Sparta and Lakedaimon

Contracts? Rent?

Spartans and Their Aversion to Ranged Warfare?

Posts About Figures in the Arkhidamian War

Brasidas, Son of Tellis.

Probable Timeline of Brasidas' Life

Brasidas' Ossuary

Demosthenes, Son of Alkisthenes (The General):

As a Catalyst to the Battles of Spahkteria and Pylos?

A Few Notes

Alternative to Thucydides' Version of his Death

Thucydides, Son of Oloros (The Historian):

The Way Thucydides Thinks

A Few Notes

Posts about Polytheism and Mythology (Roman & Hellenic) :

Lakonian Royal Lineage (Mythological) || Sparta in the Catalogue of Ships || Helen, Kastor, Polydeukes

Chief Gods worshipped at Sparta (Not Ares!) || The Gods Worshipped at Sparta - further details.

Related Posts:

Roman and Hellenic Mythology: They are not the Same Thing

Mythology, the Gods and Gatekeeping: A Personal Take

Viewing History Through a Modern Lens

Graeco-Roman Art: A Cautionary Tale

#sparta #ancient sparta #ancient greece #lakedaimon #ancient history #greek history #spartan history #history posting #masterlist

[if-not-now-tell-me-when]

At this time 111 years ago today, 2,240 people were preparing to sail on the grandest ship in the world. Bags were being packed, goodbyes said and well wishes given as Titanic's passengers set off for her three ports of call: Southampton, Cherbourg and Queenstown. For 1500 of those people, it would be the last goodbye they ever gave their loved ones 💔

#titanic #titanic history #rms titanic #titanic ship #titanic sinking #titanic disaster #titanic tragedy #1912 #gilded age #edwardian age #history #history posts #history posting

[the-rolling-libero]

just found out that the 18th century had a trend of burying smaller rivers beneath the city or diverting them entirely, and seeing that progression of maps slowly eating the river is so fascinating and also. so ghosts. did you know that you can walk along streets named after those rivers and relive the paths they took? did you know that some of these rivers still flow under the roads named after them, as if the architects burying them couldn't bear to let go of the river at all? that when you walk them you're shaping yourself into an echo of the lost landscape?

#history posting #the urban landscape is a ghost.

[earlgrey24]

If you've ever felt low-key stupid I hope this helps:

I have been reading about the Roman calendar for days now as a preparation for my exam, and I have only just realised it's still called a calendar today because of the kalends.

#I mean it sounds exactly the same #how did I not make the connection #ancient rome #roman calendar #roman republic #roman empire #history #history posting #ides of march #calends #lightbulb moment #tagamemnon #history memes

[irithnova]

Anyways sneak peek of my fucking huge upcoming post on Oirat Mongols

#Me #History posting #Personal #Refs

[peaceloveandhistory]

#histoire #history #history in the making #history is awesome #history of science #history stuff #historyposting #today in history #history lesson #connecticut #ukraine #historyporn #history photos #history posting #history lover

[cleaningbones]

#louis xiv #history posting

[troythecatfish]

#black history #black tumblr #history tumblr #history side of tumblr #history posting #history #military #us military #us air force #black lives matter #history tag #social justice

[felixwhetsel]

THE PARATROOPER WHO TURNED STRIPPER AFTER JUMPING BEHIND ENEMY LINES IN EUROPE, GI HAS SEX OPERATION, TURNS INTO WOMAN AND DISPLAYS 'HER' FIGURE TO CURIOUS BURLESQUE AUDIENCES BY DAN CHRISTOPHER Back in 1943, a lithe young figure pulled a rip-cord after dropping from a big Army plane and danced in the air, dangling from a parachute. There was a war in Europe and Robert Rees, a many-times decorated paratrooper, was jumping into enemy soil. Now 12 years later, the same figure does a considerable amount of dancing in a different setting. Instead of a ripcord, a G-string is now involved. And now the figure belongs to a young lady named Tamara Rees whose transition from paratrooper to stripper is one of the strangest chapters in the numerous sex-change operations in recent years. Unlike some others who have changed sex in a flurry of international publicity, Tamara describes herself as "a person who always was a woman and who has finally found the means of fitting properly into my own sex." Raised as a boy, then a man, Tamara never was either.

She was one of the tragic group called hermaphrodites, belonging physically to both sexes, but mentally only to one.

"It wasn't until three years ago that I had full medical proof of my conditions," Tamara explains. "I was what is technically called a pseudo-hermaphrodite. There is a person who appears to belong to one sex on the surface, but who actually has the interior physical characteristics of another."

After a sex operation in Europe, Tamara returned to the States and went into burlesque on a dare from friends.

"It was after I had done some lectures on psychology and sex that the idea occurred," Tamara relates. "I had appeared at the University of California and later before some private and American Legion groups to lecture.

"Then a friend talked me into appearing at the Alameda Theater, a dolly house in Sacramento. Believe me when I say that it was a real bump and grind education."

(continued in reblog)

#tamara rees #trans history #queer history #intersex history #transgender #history #trans woman #when the hell did tumblr introduce a character limit?????? #fuck that shit #history posting

[mythawolf]

#History #history poll #history posting #poll

[if-not-now-tell-me-when]

Hate watching Titanic documentaries that try to pin blame for the sinking on my favorite crew members. Like the one that tried to blame hitting the iceberg on Harold Bride. First of all, Bride never did anything wrong in his life, so write that down! My boy didn't stay in the wireless room until the power went out, get pinned under Collapsible B, spend the night with his feet in the freezing water, end up unable to walk due to frostbite and then spend days helping Harold Cottam send wireless messages instead of resting, only to be blamed for the sinking! 😡

#titanic #titanic disaster #titanic sinking #rms titanic #titanic ship #history #history posts #history posting #history discourse #history nerd #harold bride

[natequarter]

Executioner £200 Masses for the dead £150 Palaces £800 War with France £3,600 Banquets £150 someone who is good at the economy please help me budget this. my advisor is dying. nothing to do with the budgeting, but his execution is next week and i thought you should know

#🗡️ #history posting #this post is about henry viii do not derail #£500 to make reginald pole shut the fuck up for one (1) day

[sylvies-kablooie]

so deep in the metaphorical trenches of life that the gangrene is rotting my feet away. and brother, the lieutenant is approaching rapidly with a saw in hand.

#i actually invite a tumblr nerd to explain to me how this is factually inaccurate #you see i was just trying to cook up some imagery to describe how my life is going poorly at the moment #but ended up actually wanting to know how that stuff went down #google was not helpful and given that my life currently sucks i can't dig up an academic article on jstor #on ww1 amputation procedures there just aren't enough hours in a day #so either let this imagery dance in your head or tell me i'm wrong with ur sources cited #i welcome both #history posting #juni rambles

[goodbye-paycheck-hello-yarn]

Fibre crafts and Art History time

So for those of you who don't know, I'm majoring in Art History at the moment and came across some paintings I'd like to share with you fibre friends.

First let's take a minute to set the scene of the Industrial Revolution (I'll keep this brief). The Ind. R is mainly associated with Britain, but was occurring across Britain during the late 18th century until early 19th century. This time saw a complete overhaul of hand-made goods in favour of machine made ones with new technology of the time. As machines grew and got more complex, more people were needed to work them. People all over Britain flocked to the cities for work, overcrowding them and creating awful conditions.

The use of these machines to make previously had crafted items such as the powerloom and the Crompton Mule was revolutionary, but had some awful affects on the working class.

^here's a basic timeline that shows some of the other significant creations of the time.

The invention of these machines saw a lot of crafters and seamstresses losing work. These people were already living primarily on poverty, seamstresses often worked for 3 days straight with no breaks to make ends meet. Now the population were not oblivious to the plight of these overworked, exhausted and hungry (primarily) women. There were people who were anti Industrial Revolution for a myriad of reasons (destruction of 'the home', pollution, overpopulation of cities, long working hours, child labour and loss of localised industry to name a few).

The figure of the lone seamstress was a popular subject in art of the 18th century, but at this time took on a heavier feel to them. Still here? Lets look at 2 in particular.

The first is 'Song of the Shirt' by George Frederic Watts. However I've seen it called 'The Seamstress' as well. Painted in 1847, In this picture we see a tired seamstress with her head in her left hand clearly exhausted. Her sewing project lies in her lap with her right hand resting on top. She looks incredibly frail, almost like a withered porcelain.

G.F Watts was at times quite anti Ind.R and wanted to show the reality of the situation and the massive poverty it was bringing about.

Painting No.2 is quite similar but a little clearer.

This one is really striking. It's also called 'The Song of the Shirt' painted by Albert Daniel Rutherson in 1903. This lady, like the other looks a little like death warmed up to be honest. She sits on a rocking chair, a little hunched over with fabric in her hands and a sewing kit in front of her. Her attention is elsewhere. She looks a little like me when I have to knit sleeves. Even without being up close you can see bags under her eyes and sallow skin. She looks unwell. The composition is quite cool actually, the pale background kind of forces you to look at her. This may be one of my favourite paintings ever made.

So why have I brought this up. Why did I wake up at 6am with an urge to share these paintings. Well, I think as fibre artists we can sometimes forget our roots. Crafting these days can be so overpowered by 'buy this tool!' 'buy this yarn you will never use hurry its on sale!' (in my opinion at least). Personally, I knit and crochet to avoid fast fashion and to create garments I know I will wear and use. Fast fashion is everywhere nowadays. People are still working 16hr shifts for very little pay, at the same time, taking work away from artisanal crafters in favour of a cheap garment.

Not much has changed in the fibre community since the 18th century. Let's bring back the idea of criticising the industry. Let's show the world that these women did not over work themselves to death for nothing.

Thanks for reading I love you <3 (idk how to add emoji on laptop :,( .)

#fiber art #art history #industrial revolution #knitting #knit #sewing #seamstress #history #history posting #please feel free to add to this! i'd love to hear opinions! #knitblr #crochetblr #yarn #crochet #fibre arts