girl in language class: so why are you taking Italian? š
me thinking about my plan to go back in time and raw Leonardo Da Vinci so hard he canāt walk for three days: I love the food
to clear things up because some of you clearly cannot fucking read: i am a homosexual man who is willing to go back in time and put my entire penis inside of historical figure Leonardo Da Vinciās rectum in an act of anal sex and then go on to live a lavish and intellectually stimulating lifestyle as his beloved top. i donāt know what a video game is and i donāt care.
Persephone was the wife of Hades and the Queen of the Underworld. She was a dual deity, since, in addition to presiding over the dead with intriguing autonomy, as the daughter of Demeter, she was also a goddess of fertility. The myth of her abduction by Hades was frequently used to explain the cycle of the seasons. Together with her mother, she was the central figure of the Eleusinian mysteries.
Anyone who didnāt get to see this seriously missed out! Instead of Will and Ado Annie it was Will and Ado Andy, and Laurey and Curly were both women. There was also an incredibly diverse cast, Will and Curly were both played by black actors (Curlyās actor was actually Jewish and black, and incredibly sweet I love her), there were 3 other black actors in the show, multiple latinx folks, and native Americans. One of the native characters was also played as 2-spirit. All the minor roles had the chance to rename their character to fit the actors background, so the 2-spirit character was renamed after a real historical figure who was 2-spirit (and I believe from the same nation as the actor). There was another nonbinary character in the show, and they went through this cute transformation where they started off wearing jeans and a vest but they changed into a skirt and started wearing dresses. Also! Aunt Eller was played by a trans intersex actor!
I got to see it twice, but someone I know saw it almost 50 times. As a queer and nonbinary trans person, it was life changing. It was simple and happy and joyous to see, where people like me just existed and there wasnāt any fuss or bigotry to deal with. I hope other theater companies in the future try to replicate what the Oregon Shakespeare Festival accomplished because it was so formative for so many young queer and trans folks who went to see it.
My FATHER went to a LEGALLY MANDATED segregated school until he was 8 and integration was then enforced. He was not legally allowed into a school or part of town with white people until he was almost ten
Many people forget black people couldnāt even vote until 1965. Thatās not that long ago.