i read it just last month and had the exact same thoughts😭😭 i guess i can see it being incredibly original and impactful for the time but it was so meh for me personally

excruciating living in a country where education is expensive. doesn't matter how well you do academically if you have no money. i understand this well enough by now but it's soul crushing every time

‘Forbidden Desire in Early Modern Europe: Male-Male Sexual Relations, 1400-1750 is astonishing: one of the most compelling and accomplished pieces of social history that I have read.’
@rhodrilewis.bsky.social in @prospectmagazine.co.uk
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/culture/6502...

im sorry to hear that :( where did you move from?

thank you!! i'm obsessed with chronologies too😭 i've read marcus aurelius and am "supposed" to read more from that period next according to my chronological reading list but recently i've been hearing a lot more modern names in my critical thinking class so i wanted to catch up :D

glad to hear :D the fly in particular was lifechanging for me!
what other directors do you enjoy?