#jdraper — Public Fediverse posts
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Fascinating! I had no idea these were so closely intertwined.
https://nebula.tv/videos/jdraper-i-got-to-ride-a-penny-farthing-and-it-taught-me-about-feminism/
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This is really interesting b/c of the framing we're always given for the Roman Empire vs the middle ages:
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#JDraper’s latest London #History Show: “How We Beat The #Fascists Last Time”
A really good, solid 48 1/2 minutes on how #antifa activists from the musical and South Asian communities united to shut down the #UK's #NationalFront in the late 1970’s, detailing tactics and featuring interviews with organisers Tariq Mehmood and Red Saunders.
(And, just quietly, Ms Draper is well worth a follow on #YouTube, IMO. Her videos are absolutely top-notch.)
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Jenny Draper ist eine so geniale Geschichte-Erzählerin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zq5oY3Ki7X0
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London Tube station names - Like a short masterclass in coming up with folksy names for fantasy places.
https://youtu.be/jWoNdCEzr20?si=2gRGBSD59yuGYquT -
learnt quite some interesting things about plays in #Shakespeare's time from this #JDraper video: https://youtu.be/2UZ369VYJrY
Such as how they had no interval where you could pee (also, no toilets at the #theatre), how talking during the play was normal (this seems to make a revival in cinema these days 😂), and how musical jigs were used as a way to get actors who played characters who died, to stand up again as there were no stage curtains or blackouts since plays were done out in the open during the day, because of a general lack of theatre lighting.
Oh, and why it's called an "audience". A bit of #etymology that had never occurred to me...Definitely worth a watch! (Or a read of its transcript.)
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«So, you'll be happy to know you don't have to slog through all of them to read the Canterbury Tales; even Chaucer only managed to finish 24 of them!
In fact, he gives up on writing this before they even make it to Canterbury.
So, for all you writers out there that have a half-finished novel in a drawer, take heart!
Chaucer never finished his main work, and he's the father of English literature!»
— J. Draper, "The Canterbury Tales, or how technology changes the way we speak", The London History Show: https://youtu.be/rZ5znvym68k#JDraper #CanterburyTales #writing #writers #Chaucer #literature #EnglishLiterature #language #linguistics
