/u/PablomentFanquedelic's posts
The Mesopotamian goddess Inanna/Ishtar had priests who'd probably be conceptualised as intersex, transgender, or otherwise gender nonconforming under modern Anglophone constructions. Did this apply to the similar Levantine goddesses Astoreth/Astarte and Asherah?
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After so long at sea, I was so excited to get quality food again that I admittedly ate rudely at our hostess's table.
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These past few days have been nonstop festivity to celebrate the sacred duty I've been chosen to fulfill.
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As much as I love the caring woman who's taken me in, I'm a bit confused about the medical procedure she thinks I need.
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What were gender roles like in Phoenician society? Did they vary across different Phoenician polities (Byblos, Tyre, Sidon, Tripoli, Carthage, etc.)?
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The Ottoman court famously employed deaf-mute attendants. Wikipedia mentions that "Osman II (r. 1618–1622) was perhaps the first sultan to learn to sign," but that the practice started earlier with Suleiman I. How did sultans before Osman II communicate with these deaf-mutes?
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During the era of African slavery in the Americas, European and American thinkers rationalized it with religion (e.g., Curse of Ham/Mark of Cain/etc.) and "science" (e.g., biological theories of racial hierarchy). Did other slave societies develop similarly convoluted justifications?
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