faded-mind reblogged
An absolute badass
#Y E S#OMFG AM I DREAMING A POST ABOUT MY FAVE GIRL ON THIS DUMBASS WEBSITE#olympe de gouges#actual fave#forever fave#formative fave#historical crush#SHE WAS AMAZING#aka why I think french revolution was a gross mess that should not be romanticized in any way#don't get me wrong i'm anti royalty of any kinds but the way it was done was awful#and she is the prime example of people WHO SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN EXECUTED AND WERE BECAUSE PEOPLE WERE SHITTY#THE REVOLUTIONARY WERE A BUNCH OF SHITTY MEN THAT ONLY WANTED THEIR OWN ADVANCEMENT IN SOCIETY#they were terrible people that shouldn't be held as goals of any kind#found out about her in my teens and she is still one of my most favorite historical figure#i love how men being shitty tried attacking her by saying 'she wasn't even pretty'#even in france PLENTY OF PEOPLE NOWADAY DON'T KNOW ABOUT HER#when she was ESSENTIAL in the ideals of the revolution#ugh#people who deserved better#both in life and in death