july 4, 414. aelia pulcheria, fifteen, regent of the eastern roman empire. vow of chastity: no man could gain the throne through her.
married a general for succession. condition: never touch her.
desire weaponized by its own absence.
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july 3, 1883. kafka born. the trial. the metamorphosis. an adjective for dread.
wrote felice bauer 500 letters. engaged twice. never stayed. “marriage feels like self-destruction.”
named modern anxiety. couldn’t navigate his own.
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july 2, 1877. hermann hesse born. german novelist. siddhartha. steppenwolf. narcissus and goldmund: one man transcends the body, one can’t stop wanting.
three marriages. fled seminary at fourteen.
never resolved it. just kept writing.
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july 1, 1956. marilyn monroe converted to judaism to marry arthur miller. he was under congressional investigation. a congressman offered to make it go away if monroe posed with him for a photo.
miller said no.
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june 30, 1993. canada’s supreme court ruled sexual orientation counted as a persecuted social group, opening asylum to lgbtq refugees.
desire became grounds to flee. and grounds for someone else to let you stay.
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@YukiCru40279427 give it a go! gerokun’s funny, every candidate’s written like they matter. but mei is the real one. you don’t expect to fall for a character that hard and then you do.
the panic around kinosaki mei being a man is doing a lot of work. "is there going to be a twist where he's really a woman?" is not a question. it's a plea. and the plea isn't about femboys being upsetting. it's about being unsettled at finding one beautiful
june 29, 1861. elizabeth barrett browning died in robert’s arms. her father had forbidden the marriage. she eloped anyway.
he disowned her, returned her letters unread, and never spoke to her again. not even when she died.
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