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do you ever remember the note the scribe left at the end of catullus manuscript G and want to burst into tears
colophon from manuscript G (36 recto), trans. oakley
is fahrenheit actually 'more intuitive' or are you just used to it
#sorry to be mean but it's so annoying to me when people (americans) who have never seriously used celsius outside of science class say this#''idk why it just feels way more accurate to my experience. the temperatures just seem to match'' well that is because you are#used to it from using it your whole life actually.#''it just feels natural for some reason. it feels more accurate'' <- guy unwilling to confront the fact that most countries on earth + every#scientist gets along fine in celsius#thoughts#as someone who used fahrenheit exclusively for the first 18 yrs of my life & then almost entirely switched#to celsius. there is truly nothing in particular fahrenheit has going for it except that it's familiar lol.
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1838 lithograph by Paul Gavarni, showing a woman in men's clothing at what is likely a costume ball or carnaval scene (there is a mask underneath the bench). The title of the piece is Mais puisque je vous dis que j'ai un mari. . . (But since I have told you that I have a husband...)
Source: collections.artsmia.org
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Anonymous asked:
Hey there! Do you have any recommended readings about Heterotopias?
faraway look. my horrors. well [i should say i am Not an understander and i have actually read very little and it was really just for a teeny assignment. and i could totally have misunderstood whatever foucault was trying to say because i feel like his original lecture was just not very well delivered. ok disclaimer over]
if you haven't already read foucault's original lecture 'of other spaces' then please do that and let me know if u understood it at all (because i was 🧍 after reading it)! other than that i referred to this paper by peter johnson and this by kyamalia bairagya. both of them are very brief introductions to foucault's lecture and to prior discussions of foucaultian heterotopias.
this paper by radford et al. contextualises the heterotopia within the library and this book by eric smith that i have only sort of flipped through about catacombs in the roman empire. there are some more articles about jorge luis borges and james joyce &c regarding heterotopias but those i really haven't read at all so :') hope this was helpful!!
can i also recommend this paper by elena giusti about carthage in the aeneid as a heterotopia!
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when priam is like hi helen you have done nothing wrong in your life ever i only blame the gods and fate. btw who is that massive hottie on the battlefield. and helen is like you have been at war with this guy for the past nine years how do you not know who agamemnon is
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What's everyone's favourite flowers that aren't like. The normal ones. Like everyone's a fan of roses and sunflowers what's a more niche one. One you don't get in gift sets. Mine's sweet peas
#gorse.......... when gorse is out of bloom kissing is out of season etc etc#also quince & pomegranate flowers (<- similar genre to me)#and salmonberry & blackberry flowers#and saucer magnolia/tulip tree#and possibly dearest to my heart california poppies & lupin (together)#there are more but these are freshest in my mind.