Awesome Fanart Of Marcus Antonius A.k.a Mark Antony, Cleopatra, And Octavian. 

LOL

the droid’s counting cards again

Percy, holding the door for Mary: After you :)

Mary: No, after you :)

Percy: I insist, after you :)

Byron, pushing pass the both of them: No, after me.

This is both hilarious and accurate for Lord Byron, who really was that arrogant.

Historic Sit In

Just found out today that one of the first sit-ins in America happened at the Alexandria Library in 1939. This was started by a black lawyer named Samuel Wilbert Tucker, and while he lost the case, Tucker continued to fight back against segregation and was part of the NAACP.

Women’s History Month Book Recommendations

-Invisible: The Forgotten Story of the Black Woman Lawyer Who Took Down America’s Most Powerful Mobster by Stephen L. Carter

-Radium Girls by Kate Moore

-The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot

-All Night Party: The Women of Bohemian Greenwich Village and Harlem, 1913-1930 by Andrea Barnett

-Bessie Perri: Queen of the Bootleggers by Rose Keefe (Available as E-Book and on Absolute Crime’s website)

Does being a bisexual pagan count? :P

today is byron’s birthday which means it’s time to do your most, your worst, and cause scandal.

don’t disappoint him

Fascinating insights about Floralia and Flora’s cult. 

The Floralia is a Roman festival honoring Flora, the goddess of spring, flower gardens, and crops. It was held each year from April 27th or 28th to May 3rd. She is married to Favonius, the God of the West Wind. Flora was one of the most important goddesses in the Roman pantheon, one of only 15 deities to have a cult administered by a state priesthood consisting of a married couple, who were appointed for life.

The celebration of the Floralia included theatrical performances, competitive games, and a sacrifice to Flora, presumably at her temple on the lower slope of the Aventine Hill near the Circus Maximus.

About the base image:

Flora, or the Primavera of Stabaie; 1st century CE fresco from Stabaie, Italy. Collection of the Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli via Wikimedia Commons (X). Image license: Public Domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 70 years or fewer and in the United States - published anywhere (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before 1926.

Manipulation: I 'healed' some of the fresco's more obvious flaws and added the floral border.

Bao-Dur is an awesome underrated character. 

bao dur fun facts

- disabled veteran who is still wracked with guilt from his actions in the war - volunteer eco-vigilante working against a major, corrupt corporation to help an oppressed species save their planet, until mercenaries forced him into hiding - prefers droids to people because they’re easier to understand - followed around by a floating little droid he build as a child - exile: “can you build me one?” bao-dur: “i would, but then i wouldn’t be the only one with a floating sphere following him around and i kind of like that” - fluent in five languages: zabraki, ithorese, basic, bocce and binary - his talents in engineering rival the best echani shield smiths, he built himself an arm, also one of the lost jedi but still says ‘i’m just a tech’ - breaks through shields and force fields just by punching them. literally canon that bao-dur is the best at punching things - exile: “how’d you lose your arm, anyways?” bao-dur: “i got tired of it- kept dropping my hydrospanner. figured i’d get a new one” - “i’m trying to work here, atton” - probably the reason why he can’t equip jedi robes is bc he’s too buff and would probably just tear them apart by flexing - “if it wasn’t for me, we’d all be floating in space”

Bi people and genderfluid people being told to “pick a side”, or being told we can’t possibly understand ourselves. 

I’m bisexual and I’m feeling solidarity in this Chili’s tonight

Catfighting is Overrated

The sexist fridging of Meetra Surik to make Revan suffer has already been discussed in depth already, but the one thing no one has mentioned is that apparently Bastila Shan doesn’t get along with her and is jealous of her “special relationship” with Revan. The whole women fighting over a man is overdone, overrated, and sexist. It assumes that every woman wants/needs a man (ignoring preferring women, being asexual, being aromantic, or gasp! deciding you’re happy being single), and that all women are in competition for men. Not that this doesn’t happen in real life, but to assume that the only way women relate to each other is viewing each other as competition for “getting” a man is cliché and sexist. 

The main reason I headcanon Meetra and Bastila as BFFs is a big FU to Karpsyshyn’s sexist writing, and it’s way more complex and fascinating to have Bastila and Meetra, be BFFs who had a falling out over Meetra joining the Revanchists then to have them be another cliché catfight over a man. 

Black History Month Book Recommendations

By Black authors:

-The Hemmings of Monticello

-Invisible: The Forgotten Story of the Black Woman Lawyer Who Took Down America’s Most Powerful Mobster

-The Warmth of Other Suns

By Non Black Authors: 

-The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

-All Night Party: The Bohemian Women of Greenwich Village and Harlem, 1913-1930 (has sections on A’Lelia Walker, Bessie Smith, and Ethel Waters)