I Finished My Rome Book And Have Now Begun One About Pompeii. I’m 65 Pages In And I Already Love It:

Shoes a-flame with the modernity of the 1920s, gold licking the red leather in curlicues but what was the frock of choice to go with? Drexel University.

This is controversial I know, but as someone who loves learning new things and hates feeling stupid, I always err on the side of simple when I’m teaching people about history, particularly when I’m working with niche equipment or antiquated terms.

When you’re so enmeshed in a subject, it can be all too easy to forget that your knowledge and vocabulary is now different from everyone else’s. I go to a lot of reenactments where the people there are passionate about history, but don’t know how to teach it, or deal with museums where the curator rather than the educational staff writes labels. Far too often I’ve had to step in and explain a concept or word because someone else thought it was obvious so it wasn’t.

Just in the 18th century alone I’ve had explain when people were confused by someone using period appropriate, but confusing words such as:

“Stays” rather than corset

“Chocolate” rather than “hot chocolate”

“Petticoat” rather than “skirt”

“Shrewsbury cake” rather than “cookie”

“But Beggars!” you say, “it’s wrong to use modern terms for things when we know what they were actually called! They’re not the same!” Not if you explain yourself. You and I both know that stays and corsets are differently shaped, but to 99% of the population, it’s a support garment, and that’s what they need to know. I will generally use the appropriate term and then explain using more colloquial language. “I’m wearing stays - what we would today call a corset, although they’re differently shaped.” Making the person guess what you’re talking about is putting more mental strain on them and causing them to lose track of the discussion.

As a professional who still looks like a child, I know how awkward it can be when someone assumes that you have a negative level of knowledge, but I am always going to err on that side and then beef up my interpretation later, rather than starting at a master’s degree level, making someone feel stupid, and then having to backtrack. A good interpreter will be able to glean someone’s general level of knowledge very quickly.

Art Nouveau doors in Brussels ❦

Gold ring with jasper frog, Egypt, 600-30 BC

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Hey Guys

So as maybe some of you know, I’m in college now. After a lot of thought, about my past and my future, I decided to change this blog into a general blog, mostly history related. I love Europe! I love Lithuania! I want to be able to talk my interests outside of the contexts of Hetalia, considering while it did get me into researching more than it had, and I wouldn’t have fallen in love with Lithuania if I hadn’t watched the show, I feel like I can’t communicate with blogs relating to history and stuff and be taken seriously. So, this blog that was @ask-cosplay-nyo-lithuania is now this! I’m still around and stuff if you want to chat, I’m just going to be talking about more real stuff than an anime.

For people who will know me after this post, I was a big fan of hetalia for years because I had a love for European History and the show inspired me to look into new places and new times. Please don’t hold that against me! I know how the fandom has been in the past, and I know it’s rough, but I am serious about history, and I want to go into research, potentially becoming a professor one day. I plan on going to grad school, probably going into anthropology, and using my skills to help people learn more about the past.

What's the first question that really pops into peoples' minds about Ea-Nasir? I'm trying to write this history down, but I'm struggling.

Here’s to all the Jews who grew up in a Christian family / neighborhood and don’t know how to feel about this time of year.

To everyone that doesn’t know where to start with Hanukkah because you were never exposed to it outside of it being “Jewish Christmas”

To those who see people say “Jews don’t celebrate Christmas” and doubt yourself because you did celebrate it or you still do because you grew up with it and enjoyed it and it’s expected from you now.

To those who don’t have long-standing traditions or recipes that have been passed down so you have to look things up online.

To those who have to hide their Jewishness around family or friends or coworkers.

To those who don’t know exactly where they belong yet, or still have doubts.

I hope you have a happy and safe holiday season.

[this post is about jewish converts and Jewish people who live in a majority Christian area or with Christian family/housemates. do not derail. do not add on.]

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Gang, I am looking for a photograph I know exists, but I can not find. It is a historic black and white photo of a group of butches/transmen with a sign that say's "Who says there are no boys in Chaigao" (I believe, in reference to the draft)

Being weird together in museums is a love language