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Date of upload: Jul 28, 2023 ^^
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Interesting fact learned from Extra History's episode on Julie: she was able to thrive in France during this time because Louis XIV had a much more lax attitude towards LGBTQ+. He had to tread a careful line with it because of the church but his own brother was noted to very much bat for the same team and cross-dress on the regular, and he loved his brother very much. He also found Julie immensely entertaining, I don't think it took much to convince him to give her those pardons when he got to have her at the opera that he founded. Yeah, he founded it and he performed in it along with ballets, which he did well into his eighties. He loved the arts.
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If we're talking about underrated historical icons, may I reccomend a video about Josephine Baker, the 1920s African American singing-dancing bombshell who told segregation-era America to fuck off, became a French Resistance fighter in World War II, and was one of the first black women to become a headlining act in film.
Her story deserves to be told to a wider audience.
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As a MAJOR Julie D'Aubigny fan (I even got to watch a queer-performed opera about her a few years ago!), I am so fucking happy that y'all did her story. HOWEVER I cannot believe y'all just called Philipe d'Orleans "Louis XIV's brother," so I feel the need to tell people who don't know:
Philipe had many male lovers, including his most life-long boyfriend, the Chevalier de Lorraine (who was called "insinuating, brutal, and devoid of scruple" so you know it was an interesting relationship). And he was also a crossdresser, even attending parties/balls in dresses! Within that context its no surprised he got Julie pardoned for fighting three guys who were mad at her for kissing a girl while in drag. I imagine he found it pretty iconic (esp. since he was also a talented military commander). The TV show Versailles has him as a major character & it depicts his queer relationships & crossdressing very prominently, so if anyone wants to know more about him I'd highly recommend checking that out.
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man when miyamoto musashi murders a bunch of dudes he's an icon but when julie does it she's bad because oh nooo crime???😭 i loved this ep and the song's great, but julie def deserved more hype (and empathy!!). maybe if they had more context about just how much women werent living like this back then???? idk
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I really like Julie's story but the way Ryan and Kwesi were talking bad about her but Musashi got praised for way worse kinda got under my skin. She was fighting back against a world that she felt she didnt belong in and doing things that men never get a second glance for. She is a legend and deserves better than this.
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not gonna lie i did feel weird there was no commentary about Julie's supposed "affairs" happening when she's like a young teenager and the men like her dad's boss are fully middle aged. usually the professor has a note about when things are messed up in history (like Ching Shih and her adopted son).
loved the story though Julie sounds cool as hell! appreciate the detail of that one actor guy's puppet getting injured after Julie beat him up.
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this episode bothered me for several reasons:
first and formost, not ever acknowledging that she was a child for most of the events talked about. yes i am aware that child marriage was legal but that doesn't mean you cant acknowledge that she was a victim.
secondly, the misogynistic jokes got really tired really fast.
thirdly, as other comments pointed out: saying her lover dying and leaving her heartbroken from her 1 successful relationship was "karma" is just such a strange and uncomfortable thing to say. what the hell?
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