A thought:

[capri0mni]

A thought occurred to me while I was watching the "Black History Month" mini-series, African American Lives:

When it comes to history, the more you investigate, the more you discover how intricately all individual lives and events are woven together. And when it comes right down to it, there's only one thing that distinguishes one story from another. It's not the time, or the place, or even the main characters. It's who's telling the tale. Period.

Next month, it's "Women's History Month." Will there ever be a time when we won't need these special commemorations, anymore?

Comments

[lizziebelle.livejournal.com]

They do say that history is written by the winners. I'd add that it's interpreted by weiners, but that would be silly so I won't. ;)

[capriuni.livejournal.com]

Oh, go ahead, be silly! I thrive on silly (as if you hadn't noticed by now)...

As an addendum to the thought I posted above, I think that same principle applies to fiction as well; the fairy tale Cinderella would turn out very differently, if we heard the the tale from the one of the stepsisters, or Cinderella's father...