Corinna | District Capitol via Sarditzerland

How does this work? I don’t even remember. I’d forgotten that there were message… box… thingies instead of fanmail. Did they take replies away again? Look at me, being hip with the technology.

At any rate, I don’t know how many of you are still around and following, but I just wanted to let folks know that I’m still alive and doing okay. Here’s the updates in the form of a numbered list:

1. Work is very, very busy. I’m a full time teacher and seventh grade advisor now, and though it takes up a lot of my time, for the most part it’s been pretty rewarding. We’ve really built up and perfected our revolutions-based history curriculum, the kids are enjoying Latin, and I’ve been able to be involved in social justice initiatives. Yay!

2. After the 2016 election, I was despairing daily and screaming into the void a lot. Over time, though, I’ve gotten involved in progressive state-level electoral politics, and learned about things like fundraising and organizing. Like school, it’s been a time sink, but ultimately rewarding, and I’ve developed some cool new skills. Also, turns out real life revolution involves a lot of logistics. A lot.

3. I wrote a whole entire play! I’m on draft 3 of said play! It’s set in Ancient Rome and it’s about the life of Fulvia. I also wrote a contemporary one-act that I’m going to try to submit to a one-acts festival this year. It will likely get rejected, but mostly I just want to practice submitting a thing.

I had to put down my FREV writing for a while, but I’ve got some plans to take it up again soon. I’ve purchased some new books for research and am beginning to outline ideas for a story. Would love to bounce it off folks if they are interested.

Here’s the other part to this post: I don’t know if I’ll be able to come back to tumblr any time in the near future. I have a habit of putting a bunch of things on my plate. But I miss talking to a lot of you guys, and even if I can’t interact daily as much as I used to, I’d love to have people’s contact info so we can email here and there.

So, if you’d like my email address, send me a message? I’ll check my messages over the next few days and try to send you my contact info so you can reach out if you want. No pressure, of course! I know everyone else is busy too and sometimes people shift fandoms and such and don’t even remember who I am. But I’m especially happy to talk about Latin, the French Revolution, all sorts of history, teaching, books, and writing, and go on trading recipes and such.

Images from Kris Sanford’s Through the Lens of Desire series. In this series, Sanford takes moments of private intimacy captured in personal photographs from the past, and reimagines them as queer.

Here is an article on the Sans-culottes from the Dictionnaire historique de la Révolution française. It is more of a general introduction, but I think it is great; plus, it refers to a lot of sources which could also be helpful.

Here is the post on Republican pedagogy that I already sent you, but I thought I’d share it here so that others who are interested can find it, too. :)

Here is an article on Republican education in general, also from the Dictionnaire historique ; it is not specifically about the Sans-culottes, but it might be helpful, too.

Here is an article on women & feminism during the Revolution, which might give an indication of the changing gender roles.

Here is an article on Revolutionary language policy, which has an interesting part about a book called Grammar of the Sans-Culottes.

Finally, here is an article on the revolutionary practice of tutoiement, which was also part of the identity of the Sans-culottes.

teacup sketch, photoshop

EMPIRE OF COLOUR - FROM POMPEII TO SOUTHERN GAUL: Exhibition at Toulouse, France 

OUR contributor, Carole, travelled to Toulouse, France to visit the exhibition on Roman frescoes being held at the Musee Saint-Raymond museum. The exhibition is called ‘Empire of Colour - From Pompeii to Southern Gaul’. 

The majority of the frescoes were found in Campania and have been largely preserved by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. This major exhibtion is showcasing 79 works of art and aims to show the evolution of Roman painting in Southern Gaul, by bringing them face-to-face with Italian models, particularly by showing the four Pompeian styles.

Please Click Here To See More Photos And Find Out More About The Exhibition 

**ALL photos taken by Carole Raddato/Following Hadrian. 

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-apollo, the titan’s curse