revolutionarynoodles:

milvertons:

I’m reading John Adam’s annotated copy of Mary Wollstonecraft’s 

Historical and Moral View of the French Revolution, ya know, for like, fun. And it’s hilarious.  I swear he’s almost a caricature of himself. It’s TOO John Adams™  

Like this over-dramatic nonsense  

At first, it’s clear he can’t get over the fact that a chick is writing about POLITICS

He loves to write little sarcastic comments when the language and/or sentiments are Too Optimistic for him

also when Wollstonecraft sly-digs the american revolution

He didn’t think Marie Antoinette was All That (later he says “her beauty was chiefly the fiction of flattery”)

Is a total prude even in his most private thoughts #repressed

But every once in a while shows genuine appreciation for good writing

Can we all talk about Marie Antoinette got roasted in that 5th one? 😂