@travisthetechie ("Travis Smith") retweeted:
@mykola ("your friend myk") wrote:
Really good thread. I’ll never not cringe at a Degas moving forward.
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@ai_valentin ("Aleksei Ilídio Valentín ✡️♿🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️") wrote:
If you look at the two men on the far right, they're abonnés, men who paid subscription fees to have access to the ballet dancers. They expected sexual availability as well, and in return, would pay for costumes for the dancers, many of whom were teenagers. https://twitter.com/artistdegas/status/1413384402588078083