Sidemen Shots

Upheaval • WW1

- Some of the warnings might be a bit exaggerated but I prefer to be on the safe side.

TW: War (setting, mostly), mentioned death, panic attacks, dissociation, unhealthy coping mechanisms, alluded period-typical homophobia, slight internalised homophobia, prostitution, implied underage propositioning, (light) period-typical misogyny, unrequited feelings (please don't try and imagine/read them as requited), referenced injury.

A good note: enjoy some healthy male friendships, self-discovery, and supportive Ethan (with a gaydar).

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Read the below extracts from the autobiography of British soldier Harry Lewis. In your essays you must cover:

• The public's stance on gay people in the early 1900s - cover other denominations of the LGBTQ+ if possible

• Society's attitude towards women at the time

• The nature of Harry's feelings towards the people he meets

• The effects war had on the soldiers

• What life was like during the war

• Why the government felt it necessary to introduce conscription in 1916

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ENGLAND - January, 1916

𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚘𝚠𝚗 𝚌𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚛𝚎 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚊𝚛𝚔, 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚕𝚍, 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚊 𝚑𝚞𝚍𝚍𝚕𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚐 𝚋𝚘𝚢𝚜. 𝚠𝚎 𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚝𝚕𝚎 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚗 𝚜𝚔𝚒𝚗 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚋𝚘𝚗𝚎𝚜, 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚞𝚜.

𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚜𝚑 𝚎𝚢𝚎𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚛𝚎𝚐𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝚘𝚏𝚏𝚒𝚌𝚎𝚛 𝚐𝚊𝚣𝚎𝚍 𝚍𝚘𝚠𝚗 𝚊𝚝 𝚞𝚜 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚛𝚎𝚌𝚛𝚞𝚒𝚝𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚘𝚏𝚏𝚒𝚌𝚎, 𝚠𝚊𝚝𝚌𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚊𝚗𝚢 𝚏𝚞𝚗𝚗𝚢 𝚋𝚞𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚜, 𝚊𝚜 𝚠𝚎𝚕𝚕 𝚊𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚒𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝚒𝚗𝚍𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚊 𝚖𝚊𝚗 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚋𝚎 𝚞𝚗𝚏𝚒𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚚𝚞𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚏𝚢 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚜𝚌𝚛𝚒𝚙𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗, 𝚒 𝚊𝚜𝚜𝚞𝚖𝚎𝚍.

𝚞𝚜 𝚋𝚘𝚢𝚜 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚋𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚜 𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚙𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚝. 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚘𝚢𝚜 𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑e 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚗𝚝 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚍 𝚊 𝚠𝚑𝚒𝚕𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚒𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚊 𝚝𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎 s𝚘𝚛𝚝, 𝚠𝚑𝚒𝚌𝚑 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚚𝚞𝚒𝚌𝚔𝚕𝚢 𝚋𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚊 𝚍𝚛𝚒𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚌𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚊𝚓𝚘𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚢 𝚘𝚏 𝚞𝚜, 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚊 𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚕𝚎 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚜𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘 𝚍𝚒𝚜𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚝 𝚘𝚛 𝚑𝚞𝚖𝚒𝚕𝚒𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚏𝚊𝚖𝚒𝚕𝚢.

𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝚜𝚘 𝚘𝚏𝚝𝚎𝚗, 𝚊 𝚏𝚊𝚖𝚒𝚕𝚢 𝚖𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚎𝚛 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚠 𝚞𝚙. 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚙𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚍 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚙𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚍, 𝚖𝚘𝚜𝚝𝚕𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚘𝚢𝚜' 𝚖𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚜, 𝚠𝚑𝚒𝚕𝚜𝚝 𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚠𝚒𝚜𝚑 𝚞𝚜 𝚠𝚎𝚕𝚕 𝚘𝚗 𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚟𝚒𝚝𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚓𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚗𝚎𝚢. 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚠𝚘 𝚖𝚎𝚗 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚙𝚊𝚜𝚜 𝚋𝚢 𝚊𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚠𝚊𝚕𝚔𝚎𝚍 𝚍𝚘𝚠𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚝, 𝚕𝚊𝚞𝚐𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚝 𝚞𝚜: 𝚊𝚝 𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚙𝚒𝚗𝚔 𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚎𝚔𝚜; 𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚍𝚘𝚎 𝚎𝚢𝚎𝚜; 𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚍𝚛𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚞𝚌𝚌𝚎𝚎𝚍; 𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚠𝚒𝚜𝚑 𝚝𝚘 𝚊𝚒𝚍.