Two dear friends

andros_rex@lemmy.world · 4 days ago

Two dear friends

Steve Dice@sh.itjust.works · 2 days ago

Historical letter between two women: Spread your legs so I can eat your muffin

Historians: Here we have a letter that serves as evidence that women would often practice baking pastries to each other and would straddle on their chairs at the time of eating them in order to avoid soiling their garments so that they could make themselves more desirable to the opposite sex. Now let me tell you about the army general who had a very dear friend who was so good at raising chickens that he regularly sent letters to, voicing his desire to devour his poultry.

PugJesus@lemmy.world · 3 days ago

Besties about to share a friendship kiss!

andros_rex@lemmy.world · 3 days ago

Nah - clearly this image is just intended to emasculate their husbands.

So is this image of Lady Strachan and Lady Warwick ‘lesbian history’? The Wellcome Library has it catalogued under the topics ‘Lesbians’ and ‘Lesbian Couples’, which instantly makes the record accessible to users looking for female same-sex love. From a public history point of view, such accessibility is great. But is labeling it as ‘lesbian’ telling the user before they know the context, or subjects of the image, that this is definitely an image of lesbians, implying a full sexual relationship? Furthermore, Hall raised the point that this image may not be about FEMALE sexuality at all, but instead about the sexuality of the Ladies’ husbands. By questioning their control and power over their wives, it calls their masculinity into disrepute. Does this then exclude it from being labelled as ‘lesbian’?

Here’s some more of our “besties”:

Deceptichum@quokk.au · 3 days ago

“We can’t say for sure they’re lesbians, but this penis shaped dildo rock is without a doubt a ceremonial object”

huppakee@feddit.nl · 3 days ago

A yes, the elusive bff roommate