Do you have any good books to start off for someone who is interested in learning about Greece/Greece History?

greek-myth-hellenism:

I would recommend Robert Garlands “Ancient Greece: Everyday Life in the Birthplace of Western Civilization.” It’s the most comprehensive book I’ve read that goes into the “smaller” details of ancient Greek history. It touches on just about everything from politics to diet.

bibliophilicwitch:

prismatic-bell:

raltvater:

justinhubbell:

PLEASE RE-BLOG

I don’t normally say that? but everyone is talking (shaming people) about how the Congressional elections are SO IMPORTANT – but nobody is educating folks on how to go about it.

HERE IS HOW

Hey kids, don’t forget – it’s not just a presidential election! Keep hitting the polls!!!

AND DO NOT FORGET, MINDS CAN CHANGE OVER TIME. If every vote for the last 15 years was progressive, but in 1994 you find out that your candidate voted against a minimum-wage increase, consider all the evidence. Don’t throw the baby out with the bathwater. Have they voted for increases since then? Spoken about income inequality? Politicians are also people (well–most of them, I still think Malevolent Tangerine is a scientific experiment gone horribly wronger), and they can learn and grow too.

This is SO helpful! I have no clue where to look so I can learn about my candidates. This is a game changer for me. Thank you OP.

lotrlocked:

brutereason:

I find it fascinating that people who choose not to have children are generally assumed to feel really strongly about not having children (or even to feel really strongly against children, anyone’s children, in general). I am probably not going to have children, not because I REALLY REALLY HATE the idea of having children, but because I don’t really really love it. Out of all the major decisions I will make in my life, this one is the only irreversible one. I can sell a house, quit a job, divorce a spouse, whatever. I cannot unhave a child. I cannot opt out of being a parent once I become a parent. I can’t even take a step back for the sake of self-care or whatever, or else my child will suffer.

So for me, having children is fuck yes or not at all. The default will be to remain childfree. Having children should be an opt-in decision, not an opt-out one. Until/unless I develop really strong feelings about wanting to have children, I won’t have them, even if that means I never end up having them at all.

I want to tattoo this on my body ohmygod