History wants so badly for Cleopatra to be beautiful. Like they can’t conceive of Rome being intimidated by anything less
because being a linguist, fleet commander, and powerful ruler doesn’t matter, only her looks
Reblogging the version without any terfs on it
here’s the picture of her face so theres no reason to reblog the terf version, esp since it talks about her lack of beauty being tied to her curly hair and hooked nose, yikes
When you survive loss, everyone is quick to tell you how strong you are, and how tough you must be. But actually no one has a choice to survive grief do they? It’s not optional. You just have to cry in the shower, sob in your pillow and pray that you will make it.