really really really getting tired of The Past Was A Crushingly Awful Hellscape as an approach to history education and interpretation
like yeah, there were HORRIBLE things in the past. there are horrible things now. but you're still going to go outside and enjoy nice weather, or pet a cat, or eat food you love, or laugh until you cry with your friends
god, can't we find a medium between rose-colored glasses and erasing the basic fact that humans strive towards happiness like sunflowers towards the light, always?









