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✨🌜Kaz Rowe 🌛✨

✨🌜Kaz Rowe 🌛✨

@kazrowe.bsky.social

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They/them— Cartoonist and history video maker on YouTube — Creator of Cunning Fire and Liberated. kazrowe.com https://youtube.com/@KazRowe cunningfire.com

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✨🌜Kaz Rowe 🌛✨ @kazrowe.bsky.social · 3d

NEW VID! Is it true that Whitewater, Wisconsin is- or was- crawling with witches who spent the 19th century performing sacrifices? And is there really a werewolf stalking the residents near Bray Road? Come learn with me about some spooky tales. Link below!
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Are Werewolves and Witches Really Terrorizing Rural Wisconsin?

YouTube video by Kaz Rowe

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✨🌜Kaz Rowe 🌛✨ @kazrowe.bsky.social · Sep 5

NEW VID! One October night in 1974, a rogue kangaroo beat the crap out of two Chicago cops and then disappeared. Where did this phantom kangaroo come from, and was it even real in the first place? Come learn with me! Link below
youtu.be/vDuPAIEJH7s

The Phantom Kangaroo of 1974: An Unsolved Mystery

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✨🌜Kaz Rowe 🌛✨ @kazrowe.bsky.social · Sep 5

NEW VID! One October night in 1974, a rogue kangaroo beat the crap out of two Chicago cops and then disappeared. Where did this phantom kangaroo come from, and was it even real in the first place? Come learn with me! Link below
youtu.be/vDuPAIEJH7s

The Phantom Kangaroo of 1974: An Unsolved Mystery

YouTube video by Kaz Rowe

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✨🌜Kaz Rowe 🌛✨ @kazrowe.bsky.social · Aug 15

NEW VID! We haven't had a fun hoax in a while, have we? Hoaxes in the 19th Century were wild, in part because of the rise of new mass media and new scientific discoveries. Come learn with me about moon beavers, bat men, flying balloons, escaped zoo animals and more!
youtu.be/GsJwg4pbe0I

Victorian Fake News Was WILD

YouTube video by Kaz Rowe

✨🌜Kaz Rowe 🌛✨ @kazrowe.bsky.social · Aug 15

NEW VID! We haven't had a fun hoax in a while, have we? Hoaxes in the 19th Century were wild, in part because of the rise of new mass media and new scientific discoveries. Come learn with me about moon beavers, bat men, flying balloons, escaped zoo animals and more!
youtu.be/GsJwg4pbe0I

Victorian Fake News Was WILD

YouTube video by Kaz Rowe

✨🌜Kaz Rowe 🌛✨ @kazrowe.bsky.social · Aug 6

Been meaning to address this for a while: I do not have a personal email you can send emails to. The email listed in my bios goes to my agency. It is strictly for business inquiries only. Do not send non-business messages to that email. It makes it harder for my agents to do their jobs. Thank you.

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Reven @revenaerilyn.bsky.social · Jul 27

Admittedly, I was unprepared for just how gay knights (& saints) were. This is such a great video to watch!!

✨🌜Kaz Rowe 🌛✨ @kazrowe.bsky.social · Jul 25

NEW VID! It's no question that everyone loves Medieval knights, and they've come to be extra popular in the gay community. But how gay were real knights, actually? Turns out, more than we think. Come learn with me! Link below
youtu.be/PYqT6sKZJjY

Medieval Knights Were a LOT Gayer Than You Think

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✨🌜Kaz Rowe 🌛✨ @kazrowe.bsky.social · Jul 25

NEW VID! It's no question that everyone loves Medieval knights, and they've come to be extra popular in the gay community. But how gay were real knights, actually? Turns out, more than we think. Come learn with me! Link below
youtu.be/PYqT6sKZJjY

Medieval Knights Were a LOT Gayer Than You Think

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✨🌜Kaz Rowe 🌛✨ @kazrowe.bsky.social · Jul 7

Fiancée got in the chicago river and did NOT get a mutation so that’s a big win

✨🌜Kaz Rowe 🌛✨ @kazrowe.bsky.social · Jul 7

Forgot to post on here sooner but guess whaaat i got engayged

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Reven @revenaerilyn.bsky.social · Jun 28

Wholeheartedly recommend watching this video! It's such an informative video on the history of Ren Faires and now I have new books for my non-fiction reading list.

✨🌜Kaz Rowe 🌛✨ @kazrowe.bsky.social · Jun 27

NEW VID! It's Ren Faire season once again! Walking through your local faire, have you ever wondered how it all began? Come learn with me about a community of artists fighting McCarthyism, a passionate schoolteacher, and how the ren faire impacts how we view history! Link below
youtu.be/d4CHa_A5498

The Surprisingly Strange History of the Renaissance Faire

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iast - The Pinball Fae @iast.bsky.social · Jun 28

"Ren faires are just inherently queer."

Ain't that the truth! 🏳️‍🌈

✨🌜Kaz Rowe 🌛✨ @kazrowe.bsky.social · Jun 27

NEW VID! It's Ren Faire season once again! Walking through your local faire, have you ever wondered how it all began? Come learn with me about a community of artists fighting McCarthyism, a passionate schoolteacher, and how the ren faire impacts how we view history! Link below
youtu.be/d4CHa_A5498

The Surprisingly Strange History of the Renaissance Faire

YouTube video by Kaz Rowe

✨🌜Kaz Rowe 🌛✨ @kazrowe.bsky.social · Jun 27

NEW VID! It's Ren Faire season once again! Walking through your local faire, have you ever wondered how it all began? Come learn with me about a community of artists fighting McCarthyism, a passionate schoolteacher, and how the ren faire impacts how we view history! Link below
youtu.be/d4CHa_A5498

The Surprisingly Strange History of the Renaissance Faire

YouTube video by Kaz Rowe

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✨🌜Kaz Rowe 🌛✨ @kazrowe.bsky.social · Jun 16

NEW VID! Come with me on a silly goofy journey through a Medieval Beastiary, where we will rank these strange illustrations of animals based on how correctly they portray the real creatures they're based on! Link below
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Ranking Medieval Animals Based On How Accurate They Are To Real Life

YouTube video by Kaz Rowe

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RawkVocalPower @rawkvocalgangrel.bsky.social · Jun 17

Thanks for the giggles @kazrowe.bsky.social you're my hero today.

✨🌜Kaz Rowe 🌛✨ @kazrowe.bsky.social · Jun 16

I did!

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Tina Skupin @tskupin.bsky.social · Jun 13

@kazrowe.bsky.social made a wonderful video about this. You should watch it, it's delightful!

Jonathan Calder @lordbonkers.bsky.social · Jun 12

The Cottingley Village History Society open day is at Cottingley Town Hall on Saturday, June 14 from 10am to 3pm.

Village open day will feature exhibition on Cottingley Fairies hoax

MORE than a century after two girls headed to Cottingley Beck with a camera, a handful of hatpins and some paper drawings their story continues to fascinate us.

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✨🌜Kaz Rowe 🌛✨ @kazrowe.bsky.social · Jun 16

NEW VID! Come with me on a silly goofy journey through a Medieval Beastiary, where we will rank these strange illustrations of animals based on how correctly they portray the real creatures they're based on! Link below
youtu.be/mfW4_mnW4L4

Ranking Medieval Animals Based On How Accurate They Are To Real Life

YouTube video by Kaz Rowe

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✨🌜Kaz Rowe 🌛✨ @kazrowe.bsky.social · May 30

NEW VID! Early train travel was NOT for the faint of heart. Come learn with me about what Victorian rail travel was like, what dangers you could face, and explore my experience riding Amtrak across the country... TWICE... to see how things are different today! link below
youtu.be/gcmrqIdJw3o

The Horrors of Victorian Train Travel

YouTube video by Kaz Rowe

✨🌜Kaz Rowe 🌛✨ @kazrowe.bsky.social · May 30

NEW VID! Early train travel was NOT for the faint of heart. Come learn with me about what Victorian rail travel was like, what dangers you could face, and explore my experience riding Amtrak across the country... TWICE... to see how things are different today! link below
youtu.be/gcmrqIdJw3o

The Horrors of Victorian Train Travel

YouTube video by Kaz Rowe

✨🌜Kaz Rowe 🌛✨ @kazrowe.bsky.social · Apr 26

OLD VID! Almost two years ago, I made a dumb video trying to find the historical link between Barbie and Oppenheimer. Y'know, because the Barbenheimer meme was relevant. Well, here it is now that the meme is dead, in which I slowly lose my mind over 22 minutes. Enjoy?
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Deliriously Ranting about the History of Barbie and Oppenheimer for 22 Minutes 2 Years Late

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Daniel Todd 💙 @dandanmian1.bsky.social · Apr 20

Really great content and queer history from @kazrowe.bsky.social! Always loved Wilde's work and his tragic story is important to learn.

youtu.be/01wxc5hKS5g?...

The Unhinged Trials of Oscar Wilde

YouTube video by Kaz Rowe

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Honoria 🎃 Valemon @honoriavalemon.bsky.social · Apr 17

It was really lovely to escape into the Jane Austen-tinged queer romance of I Shall Never Fall in Love by Hari Conner for a few hours!

Sumptuous illustrations, dreamy storytelling, and genuinely well-researched history (with special guest star @kazrowe.bsky.social )

Cover of I Shall Never Fall in Love by Hari Conner. Features three people in Regency era dress sitting outside.

Panel from I Shall Never Fall in Love by Hari Conner.
First panel: “George wondered: Did the housekeeper? Know how could she know?”
Second panel: A background montage of a young woman And a young trans gentlemen Showing affection for each other. George says “oh, right” while blushing,

A page of I Shall Never Fall in Love by Hari Conner featuring beautiful illustrations

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Darla @basicandbizarre.bsky.social · Apr 18

The wisdom of @kazrowe.bsky.social is far reaching here. (but seriously their Oscar Wilde episode is awesome)

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✨🌜Kaz Rowe 🌛✨ @kazrowe.bsky.social · Apr 14

NEW VID! Oscar Wilde is one of history's most notorious gay men. So how did a libel trial that HE started result in him being sent to prison for being gay, and what was the deal with his beautiful but manipulative boyfriend, Lord Alfred Douglas? Come learn with me!
youtu.be/01wxc5hKS5g

The Unhinged Trials of Oscar Wilde

YouTube video by Kaz Rowe