Wistful Writings and Wonderings

Okay, we're BACK. I'm back anyway. I have very little concept of how interesting other people find my rambling. Anyway, so last time we covered The Heretic King himself, Amarna a bit, the weird art, the religion, a little bit about his mummy. Now we're gonna get to the part that just ALWAYS drags me back in- Nefertiti. Like. Realistically I recognize I'm mostly drawn to her because in comparison to men in Egypt we have like a dozen ladies to talk about at all, and maybe four anyone is really that interested in outside of academic circles. But ya know, I acknowledge that and this is my blog so here we are. Another thing is that I'm just extremely mesmerized by her bust, and by the notion that she was the most beautiful woman in Egypt, and was almost certainly one of the most powerful in pharaonic history. Ask my friends/family, I see that lady's face or hear her name and I'm like a dog when you've mentioned food. Like,  Yes!? Did someone say Nefertiti...

Y'all life is very monotonous right now and while I fully understand the importance of the situation I am BORED and UNINTERESTED in most of life atm (except for of course when the Anxiety strikes and I cant not think about things,)(actually, lies, I did hyper-fixate on She Ra for like 4 days so also that). So here I am and I'm gonna talk about something that interests me because why the heck not. TODAY's topic of discussion, as with the last, is of a historical nature. Unlike the last, I do not have a degree in this historical area so take what I say with a grain of salt. I will say straight out that there are SO MANY theories on this one and I'm mostly just gonna go with the ones I'm most interested in, but please recognize that what I say is not necessarily The Answer to all of the questions about this topic. If you're interested in other parts of the subject or have different opinions, side with different theories, etc., I'd truly love to hear about the...

Some of you may have heard me, at one time or another, speak the phrase, "Yo, the French court was wild." Well, it was, and I'd like to finally explain myself. I've also been sitting on this post, which I wrote for my own amusement basically, with some edits to appeal to a wider audience, for like, over a year.  I totally get if you don't walk around with an undying need for content on the French court like some of us, but it's still really  interesting, so I'm gonna just leave this obnoxiously long blog post here if anyone wants it. Please enjoy.  (TBH the second half, starting with "Flashy AF" might be more fun if you're not like, a big history person. I still think you should read all of it, but if you just want something quick(er) and fun, you might start there)  Some basics   Okay, so first things first: what is a court? I'm not trying to be patronizing here, I don't want you to think I think you're dumb, I just k...