"But that's historically incorrect!"
No, it's not. You just didn't learn all of history. (A.k.a. not all period dramas need to be all-white all-straight etc. and we have the sources to prove it)
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last updated February, 2026
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I need this for grammar and language too. It I had a dollar for every time someone tried to call the language inappropriate for the setting or age of the characters and was wrong I'd be rich by now.
See also: The Tiffany Problem đ
Yes EXACTLY! In fact I named my newest D&D character Tiffany for JUST that reason.
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that's such a good idea! thank you for sharing it! đ
Thanks! :) I guess I got tired of having this argument every time a new season of Bridgerton drops :D
Ughhh, that must be tiring, I literally cannot comprehend how they think queerness is a new concept
My "favorite" was the Three Musketeers TV show when people lost their minds over Porthos being black. My dear darling sugar bunnies, please google a picture of Alexandre Dumas.
YES YES YES YES YEs ! i believe White Mughals also touches on this. I love this vein of history
Screw quests, screw my TBR, screw my library, I'm SAT
Hahaaa yesss :D Maybe one day it will be a quest and you'll get an insta badge :D
Great list, great title!! No notesđââïž
I'm excited to dig into this list!
This is SO GOOD, bookmarking now!! Can I humbly recommend: They Fought Like Demons: Women Soldiers in the Civil War byDeAnne Blanton, Lauren M. Cook and The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo by Tom Reiss as possible candidates? I canât wait to see what else you add here!
Ooh good recs, thank you! :)
Ooo Love this so much!
Oh my god, travel writing spotted đ AND by Muslim women? YES!
Edit: this is my dream list as somebody who did history and politics at Uni
Yesss I love travel writing!! :) I have other lists for it too! :)
Yessss I love this list! Iâd also recommend African Europeans by Olivette Otele :)
Oh this is such an amazing list !! It deserves to be read for those of us who love history and its various loopholes. I'm saving this to read more non-fiction
It is a favorite topic of mine :) :)
I love all your lists! They are so informative and unique especially the one on gemstones too.
Daww! Thank you! :) Gemstones are another favorite topic of mine :)
I should have met you in 2015 ! Because nobody wanted to hear me rave about rocks so I took up Geology
Haha, my roommate for a while in college was a geologist :) I only encountered gemology through my archaeology studies. But I always loved rocks and minerals! And people who rave about them :D
đ„șđ„șđ„șđ„ș life advice is get yourself a rock friend ( living and non-living) LOL
what a wonderful list! I don't know what exactly you're looking for in books to add or if you take suggestions; but if you do, maybe "Gay Berlin" by Robert Beachy fits? It's "an examination of the ways in which the uninhibited urban sexuality, sexual experimentation, and medical advances of pre-Weimar Berlin created and molded our modern understanding of sexual orientation and gay identity." (quote from the description) đ€
Sounds fun, thank you!
There, added a few more :)
