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Our last episode in single digits!

This week Bec (they/them) takes us to 18th Century Versailles, where history does Marie Antoinette dirty (once again) and wrongly associates her with in the Diamond Necklace Affair. All she did was say no to an obnoxious diamond necklace originally made for her father-in-law's mistress. Jeanne de Valois-Saint-Rémy did the rest to drag Marie's name through the mud.

But we kinda like her.

Next Adam (he/him) introduces us to a modern day Robin Hood. Eddie Sandifier dedicated his life to his beliefs. Right before his death, he does the ultimate mic drop and admits to committing thefts. But he truly only gave to those in need. We love Eddie so much!!


Bec's Sources:

https://www.worldhistory.org/article/1970/affair-of-the-diamond-necklace/

https://www.refinery29.com/en-ca/2021/02/10328513/confident-women-by-tori-telfer-book-excerpt-jeanne-st-remy

Adam's Sources:

• Mississippi gay rights advocate Eddie Sandifer dies
• Civil rights movement's 'Robin Hood' unmasked
• Sandifier: the Robin Hood of Civil Rights
• Jewel Thief Was The "Robin Hood" Of Gay Liberation - Queerty
• Eddie Sandifer, Jackson Free Press
• For more on the Sandifer House for HIV/AIDS patients, have a read of the 2018 article by Brian Gordon, also writing for the Jackson Free Press: Beyond Stigma: Helping the Jacksonians Others Reject | Jackson Free Press
• A lovely video featuring this lovely man, briefly telling just one of his 8 trillion amazing stories: Eddie Sandifer at the March on Washington FilmFest, 2014 

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