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Personally I find every historical period fascinating to some degree :gaycat5: I like reading about ancient history, middle ages, Renaissance, Baroque, Enlightenment, Victorian, old Hollywood etc. 

 

Lately, I've been reading a lot about the Tudors :redface: 

 

I don't really have a favorite historical period but maybe it will change one day. 

 

What about u? 

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1st Century BC (Roman Empire), 16th Century (Spanish Empire and religion wars) and 20th century (because of recency bias I guess)

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Classical Greece :jonny6:

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she mothered, period

 

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Probably the 2010s because gay approval was on the rise. Now that’s all in the past.

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Age of Enlightenment and Renaissance.

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Born This Way era

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I love History so I have many :clap3: Certain segments of history that I am especially interested in are-

The age before humans (dinosaurs, large reptiles, etc)

The Chola dynasty

The Persian empire

Classical Greece

Edo period

The Roman Civilisation 

Renaissance

The Mesoamerican empires

Mid-late 20th century

Cold war

New Hollywood

 

 

 

 

 

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12 minutes ago, Blackout2006 said:

The Roman Civilisation 

Renaissance

 

34 minutes ago, WitnessOblivia said:

Age of Enlightenment and Renaissance.

 

41 minutes ago, ProudLBS said:

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51 minutes ago, Héloïse said:

Classical Greece :jonny6:

 

55 minutes ago, Bonicap said:

1st Century BC (Roman Empire), 16th Century (Spanish Empire and religion wars) and 20th century (because of recency bias I guess)

Taste :clap3:

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Stone Age. Life was much simpler. 

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3000 B.C. - I remember in school when the teacher told us that in Ancient Egypt cats were viewed as magical creatures - they caught my interest. Everything about this civilization it's so fascinating. The aesthetic, art and architecture just captivates me. Also, their mythology is a top-notch - they saw divinity in everything. Oh, and their relationships are so messy and interesting. :toofunny3:

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Classical Greece, yeah. 

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Religion wars era so mostly medieval era for Europe and the Middle East and then for Japan specifically I love the Feudal Era. Otherwise I really need to study some more of other Asian and Sub Saharan civilizations. My fascination mostly stems around Europe, Middle East, North Africa and Japan with the occasional interest in China, India and the Malaya archipelago but otherwise I am not interested in North American and Latin American history except for pre colonial stuff but there doesn’t seem to be enough work written on that period devoid of European colonial perspectives. 

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The 1830's.


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That brief period between the End of Cold War and the 2008 crisis where neoliberalism ran free and we didn’t have people doing shitty dances and voicing their two cents on a Chinese app. 

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what is ur favorite historical period ?

 

GP : 17th century / 18th century

 

Gays : 2007

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late antiquity-early middle ages. so underrated

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Antiquity. I'm currently reading up on Mayan societies.

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The Edwardian era (1900 to 1914 right before WW I began) because the juxtaposition of rigid post-Victorian social structures and attitudes with ultra-modern technology (cinemas, subways, planes, cars, fridges, telephones, electric lamps) is super fascinating. And I personally also find the fashion, art, engineering and architecture of this era to be an absolute serve. The perfect marriage between neo-classicism and modernity :jonnycat::

 

 

 

 

 


 

Lucile Fashion Parade

 

Women Coats Layered with SkirtsStyle: Silhouettes | Fashion and Decor: A Cultural History

 

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Grand Palais — Landmark Review | Condé Nast Traveler

 
 

 

 

 

I also have to share this amazingly entertaining first-hand-account of a woman who got plastic surgery in 1910 :dies: 

https://www.edwardianpromenade.com/beauty/getting-pretty-quick-or-plastic-surgery-in-1910/ 

The good lady went THRU it but she was satisfied with the results!

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Cold War.

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Weimar Germany has been a recent obsession of mine given the enlightened cultural attitudes around sexuality and expression (for the time) and the resulting backlash and unimaginable horrors that came after. Maybe it's because I'm afraid we're seeing the beginnings of a similar backlash now? I know it was alot more complex than that, but still.

 

I also really love the late 70s/early 80s for a similar reason. It was the last hurrah for a generation of gay people before AIDS transformed entire communities into graveyards. I always wonder if the modern gay community might be more healthy today if we hadn't lost so many older people that could have been role-models.

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On 1/30/2023 at 8:43 AM, ProudLBS said:

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at first I though it was Henry Cavill :dies:

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