How the Age of Reason Ruined Everything: Enlightenment Philosophy, LGBTQ+ History & Women’s Rights 

Wow, how has it taken to algorithm so long to present your content to me?! We share a lot of the same weird, niche hyper fixations. For example, absolutely love the new Medusa tattoo! Thank you for making content where you show so much passion for such niche things. It’s very validating.

Damn I never knew that there was such a flip flop from woke to trad con so far back in history. I’ve always kind of thought that society tends to oscillate between the two. Crazy how long this cycle has been going on for

I have been tattooing for 33 years .Many of them in Toronto . I love hand tattoos also. I quit my career last year to spend more time as a single father ,and wrote a book about trauma and pain called {eight} . pain being our first language .I just wanted to say you are a ray of sunshine.

I’d absolutely be interested in Marie Antoinette’s sapphic side. That’d be super cool. Love this video, btw.

I remember those books on your shelves! Seeing those covers sent me fever dreams from our childhood! 😆😆

Good morning Meghan. This is such an important topic. I am wondering what influence did the church have on this?

Are you getting both arms tattooed as sleeves or just the one arm?

First I thank big daddeh algorithm for putting your channel in my path; I can’t wait to see what else is to come; all the topics you pinned for next time are sooo good. This era of history is kind of a newer hyperfixation for me but it’s got a lot to give. Now, I’d like to offer some food for your ongoing hyperfixation with a book I’ve just finished and I think you’ll just eat it up. (If you haven’t already). It’s called “The Dawn of Everything” by David Graeber and David Wengrow (an Anthropologist and an Archeologist respectively); and their jumping off point is the enlightenment and specifically Hobbes and Russeouxs (fuck I can’t remember how to spell his stupid name right now I took French waaaayy too long ago 😭 ) philosophies of “Man” and “Nature” and all that. And they go into the salons of course and the influence of Europes “Explorations” on their society - particularly how key points of enlightenments questioning of authority came from Native Americans questioning explorers on their way of life - and they really dive into the Noble Savage idea and it’s implications. It’s sooooooo interesting. But also makes one wonder about what ways we’ve maybe made revolution harder for ourselves than it actually is. ((That goes back to *narratives as organising principles* and how certain narratives leave us purposely disorganised)). And it very much leaves you feeling way more optimistic about the possibilities of the present and the future; based off the past. It’s also a feminist master piece that wasn’t really trying to be a feminist master piece 😭 but I love when male authors remind people that organised women literally keep the world spinning. (Unlike some revolutionaries 🙄) Anyway, if you haven’t yet, please consider it for your library you won’t regret it. Thanks for the video!

This was an amazing video, with some great parallels being made. Thank you.

Nicely done Meghan

Wishing I was a rich queer person and not a poor one LOLOL A lot of my heavily tatted friends the hand is the worst pain lol

What I just want is for everyone to mind their own damn business and leave me alone! Especially with identity politics! I want to live a conservative lifestyle and NOT be forced to think about identity for five minutes, PLEASE!

as long you don`t have real problems....