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The simonne evrard albertine marat friendship is so important to me... like what if we lived our whole lives together even when faced with extreme poverty and dedicated ourselves to political activism even in a time where our genders and our ideologies made it extremely dangerous to do so

nobody suffers like someone who yearns for a historical figure who died before photographs and audio recordings existed

I love Lucile Duplessis/Desmoulins because she took no shit by anyone and I hate how she is often portrayed in media as always scared and dependent like my girl was always standing on business she was so brave and intelligent and kind, I love her

god. jean paul marat. On the verge of death, writing his will and all, and when he hears that the estates general is convening, he drags himself out of bed and resumes political writing. jean paul marat, chased out of the country, forced to live in basements and sewers, keeps up writing as often as he can, while his printing presses are smashed and he's constantly forced to flee. jean paul marat, constantly suffering from a painful disease, and while he was a doctor, renowned for curing incurable diseases, all he could do was treat the pain enough to allow him to keep working for the sake of the republic. jean paul marat, how he had to retire from public life when his illness became unbearable, and how he kept constantly writing, as now the convention now saw fit to ignore him completely, but the people refused to abandon him and thus he had to keep writing. jean paul marat and how he was murdered brutally after opening his home to someone who sent him a letter pleading with him for his aid. jean paul marat and the way she said he, as the friend of the people, owed her sanctuary as she was suffering. god. jean paul marat and how his brief martyrdom was subsequently followed by centuries of slander and dehumanization. god jean paul marat amirite

btw I DON'T hate desmoulins I think he made some really great contributions I acknowledge this. he's also just the type of guy to piss me off on a personal level I fear.