The Faulkner House

the faulkner house ✨️✨️

*Takes a seat*

Hello stranger, as a fellow history fan. May you share your point of view of history.

hello <:

wondering if maybe you could be a tad more specific with what you mean by "my point of view of history", please! do you mean my understanding of the general human condition, why im interested, do you mean to ask about a specific historical era/topic ?

i anxiously await your response dearest student <:

for the nosy ask game, 15?

Dead Poets Society or Gone With the Wind <:

just out of curiosity:

just to recap: a goldilocks/romeo and juliet law is when two (usually teens) are both:

above the age of consent (my state is 16)

are within 3-4 years of age (depending on the specifics of the law)

they may have consensual sex that, in the eyes of the law, is treated the same as two people over 18. so for example, a 19 y/o and a 17 y/o having consensual sex would be legal under this type of law

they are often put in place with the idea that it will help people transition from high school to real life easier, especially relationship-wise.

please feel free to add further insight to your vote in the comments/reblogs <:

hey yall, im sorry i know it's been a bit since i talked about history but i have a pressing question:

are trans people allowed to present opposite of their gender and still be upset when they get misgendered ?

(im asking as a feminine/gnc trans guy that gets very hurt and upset when strangers misgender me)

if yall would, please reblog for a larger sample size (but you don't have to if you don't want, you can still answer without reblogging)

What made you become accustomed to history, I meant to say.

ahh, understood, thank you for the clarification <:

honestly, history is like a heavy, warm blanket for me, and it always has been. when i was a much younger boy, i used to spend hours piecing apart books about medical history, mostly to try and impress my mother because she was very much one of those conditional love types. when that didn't work, i kept learning about it for myself, it was a form of escapism and a labour of love to read all about different people and places and events in history.

not to mention the way that it fit in my brain in a way that i didn't have the language for at the time (now i know its because of my autism). history happens in quiet places, with comforting, dedicated, and intelligent people, and it requires higher and critical thinking. i realize that might sound a touch elitist, but im afraid it's the truth. and the people around me that were interested in history were more than happy to chat about it for hours on end because no one becomes a historian for the money (median salary for historians where i live is about 60000 a year).

i want to be able to kindle and inspire others to explore history because of how much of a comfort it is to me. i can't help but feel a little twinge of hurt and sadness when history courses are dropped due to lack of interest, or when people make fun of historians for being dusty and old.

i know this was a bit of a ramble, but i hope i answered your question <: