beau–brummell:

We were talking about the idea of “Male historians vs Female historians” in one of our seminars and it got me thinking. History is such a predominately male-dominated field. Now, one would suppose that, you know, as we’ve progressed, this has somewhat changed but it hasn’t. One of my seminar tutors, a female PHD student, told us that she is always being given advice to cut her hair shorter, dress in a more “masculine” fashion and sit in a more “masculine” way in order to achieve more. I was told, by a careers advisor, that women don’t get taken that seriously in the field of history. Why? I’m just as smart as any man, if not smarter. So is my seminar tutor. We don’t need to become more “masculine” (whatever that means) to be accepted. If all these fusty old academics think that my tits get in the way of being able to work properly, they are sadly mistaken. I’m young and I’m quite feminine, but it doesn’t render me incapable, shockingly.

And you know, very famous historians like David Starkey (who I don’t particularly respect anyway but that’s another story) have said that female historians tend to focus on social history, and the more “gossipy” side of history, whereas male historians focus on military history and SUPER SERIOUS~ stuff. That assumption could hold some weight. But rather than saying “Both areas are equally important,” anything female historians are interested in is deemed less serious, less important than anything male historians are interested in. It’s bollocks. It’s absolute bollocks. There is nothing inherently inferior about social history. And there is CERTAINLY nothing inherently inferior about female historians. In fact, many of the young female historians you see on the television these days tend to be far more charismatic than the older order of men. In short: All of it matters.

I hate it. I hate that I’m always going to have some man breathing down my neck telling me that his work is more noble and worth while than mine. Hands down, I’m smarter than most of the guys on my course anyway so…there’s that. But really, there is something seriously wrong when, in order to succeed in a subject that effects every single one of us, I have to assert my authority and my worthiness to be there by behaving “more like a man”…whatever that means.

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basics

name:  erica

• _age: 20
• gender: [loud truck horn]
  
• birthday:  oct. 9
  
• height: 5’3”
  
• sexuality:  poorly timed screencap.jpeg
  
• relationship/status: ron perlman forgetting his line in the pac rim blooper reel.gif
• occupation: bum of a history student (but maybe office bitch soon)
  

Do you have any--

• siblings: younger sister
  
• pets: there are birds at home but i don’t technically have any
  
• piercings: helix, conch, three in each lobe
  
• tattoos: geometric dotwork on back, guardians’ symbols on left wrist, FR out of the prussian eagle between shoulder blades
  

Favourite--

• movies:  the lives of others, pac rim, RotG, snatch, pan’s labyrinth, push, goodbye lenin, city of lost children, tgwtdt- ect
  
• foods:  rouladen, carbs, eggs, doner kebabs
  
• bands: this changes too often who knows a mystery
  
• things to do:  watching netflix to avoid responsibilities and tweeting in place of social interaction
  

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Ask me anything:

splendidmeadow:

1. Would you rather be blind, deaf or unable to speak for the rest of your life? Why?

2. Would you rather have a moustache or a beard?

3. Would you rather be attacked by one bear-sized chicken or 5 chicken-sized bears?

4. Black or white?

5. Do you have any OTPs? Name them.

6. What is your favourite song lyric?

7. Do you feel passionately about anyone at the moment?

8. Describe your favourite outfit.

9. What is something that annoys you the most about one of your closest friends?

10. What is something that annoys your partner?

11. What has been the best and worst years of your life so far?

12. If an amazing person was pursuing you but you knew that person was in a relationship, would you go for it?

13. Do you flirt a lot?

14. Have you kissed more than 5 people this year?

15. Have you slept with more than 5 people this year?

16. What do you think makes a relationship ‘serious’?

17. Finish this sentence, “Dear Mom…” 

18. What language would you like to learn?

19. What is your ideal birthday present?

20. What is your ideal birthday?

21. What is the nastiest thing you have ever done to someone?

22. Do you prefer crunchy or smooth peanut butter?

23. Do you consider yourself open-minded?

24. Describe where you would like to be ten years from now.

25. Who is your favourite Harry Potter character?

26. Is there any fictional character that you would compare yourself to?

27. Are you good at math?

28. What career do you see yourself ending up in?

29. What was the last argument you had about?

30. Two truths and a lie.

31. Is there any particular song which makes you cry?

32. Have you ever been to a fortune teller?

33. Describe the appearance of your significant other.

34. What is a bad habit of yours.

35. Are you close with your parents?

36. Have you ever had someone close to you die?

37. What are your views on open relationships?

38. Which dessert do you eat the most?

39. What were you doing at 12:30pm today?

40. How old would you think you were if you didn’t know how old you are?

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