#LGBThistory

Julie wasn’t just a sword-fighting opera singer. She was also a messy gay dirtbag. Which becomes relevant in 1690ish, when Julie was about 17 and fell in love with a girl in Marseilles. History doesn’t record the girl’s name, which I find deeply irritating. Because it’s 17th-century France, I’ll call her Marie for the purposes of this story, and I’m about 85% certain I’m correct.

Hard recommend for this substack #DirtbagsThroughTheAges #WomenInHistory #LGBTHistory

https://open.substack.com/pub/rapscallison/p/the-nun-also-rises

Julie wasn’t just a sword-fighting opera singer. She was also a messy gay dirtbag. Which becomes relevant in 1690ish, when Julie was about 17 and fell in love with a girl in Marseilles. History doesn’t record the girl’s name, which I find deeply irritating. Because it’s 17th-century France, I’ll call her Marie for the purposes of this story, and I’m about 85% certain I’m correct.

Hard recommend for this substack #DirtbagsThroughTheAges #WomenInHistory #LGBTHistory

https://open.substack.com/pub/rapscallison/p/the-nun-also-rises

Any of my fellow #bookhistory or #queerhistory book nerd folks planning on attending this symposium on Queer Bibliography in February? (I'm starting work on my paper for it!) #bibliography #transhistory #lgbthistory #printculture #histodons #bookhistodons #lgbtq #lgbtqia https://queerbibliography.blogspot.com/p/call-for-papers-closed.html

My first post on here. An article I wrote for the British Library website about my grandfather, the artist Wilfred Franks, and his relationship with the composer Sir Michael Tippett.

#LGBThistory #LGBTstories #MichaelTippett #classicalmusic #Marxisthistory #Bauhaus

https://blogs.bl.uk/music/2020/07/michael-tippett-love-in-the-age-of-extremes.html