In 1622, an African queen sat on the back of her attendant during negotiations with Portuguese colonizers, asserting her equal status when expected to sit on the floor. This was Nzinga Mbande of Angola.
"What if my offering at Luxor Temple wasn't enough- I told my wife SEVEN statuettes and she only gave me permission to place FIVE"
Sometimes I think people in the past lay awake overthinking like, “what if that telegram I sent gets lost?” or “What if my horse thinks I’m too annoying?” And that’s the kind of stuff running through my mind when I can’t sleep.
“What if I coughed weird during the sermon and now the whole village thinks I’m possessed?”
ALT: a drawing of a person laying on a bed with the name porucz on the bottom right
Sometimes I think people in the past lay awake overthinking like, “what if that telegram I sent gets lost?” or “What if my horse thinks I’m too annoying?” And that’s the kind of stuff running through my mind when I can’t sleep.
Look at this *cough* fascinating secret from the 1700s, found hidden in the embrace of a Louis XV armchair, which was in a convent on the banks of the Seine. It's an Ivory dildo complete with contrivance for simulating ejaculation. Now housed at the Science Museum in London.
as the sun sets on this tiny remote italian mountain village where i have travelled with a group of historians of witchcraft and the inquisition, i realize with shock that it has not occurred to me that im literally in the opening scenes of a horror movie
Marcus Garvey's draft card from 1917, when he was 30 years old. Clipped in the lower left corner as all African American draftee cards were for easier segregation. www.archives.gov/atlanta/wwi-...
Just wrapping up my next newsletter post about a king who had a habit of vanishing whenever things got tough. And honestly, I’ve never related so much to a royal in my life. This one’s going to be fun!