Not much is known about Eadburh prior to her marriage to Beorhtric in 789, because she is a woman in history, so of course there isn’t. However, what we do know is that once the two were married, Eadburh took one look at her Super Weenie Hut Jr. of a husband and said “No, fuck this, actually I’m going to rule Wessex myself.”

The comment at the bottom of this photo nearly made me spit out my coffee

#womeninhistory #nussex #DirtbagsThroughTheAges

https://open.substack.com/pub/rapscallison/p/lord-have-mercian?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android

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