Hal Schrieve - writer and librarian ze/hir
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Writer, cartoonist, librarian. Halschrieve.com for writer-y info, Halschrieve.itch.io for comics, @ howlmarin on insta for art. Buy and read Fawn’s Blood, my vampire novel
![Although Eberhardt largely devoted herself to the Muslim way of life, she frequently partook of marijuana and alcohol[27] and had many lovers.[28][29][30] According to a friend, Eberhardt "drank more than a Legionnaire, smoked more kief than a hashish addict and made love for the love of making love".[31] She was heterosexual, but often treated sexual intercourse as impersonal.[32] The reason for her Arabic companions' tolerance of her lifestyle has been debated by biographers. According to Mackworth, the "delicate courtesy of the Arabs" led them to treat Eberhardt as a man because she wished to live as one.[28] Eberhardt's behaviour made her an outcast with the French settlers and the colonial administration, who watched her closely.[33] Seeing no reason why a woman would choose the company of impoverished Arabs over her fellow Europeans, they eventually concluded she must be an English agent, sent to stir up resentment towards the French.[34]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ccx736akpb6shxepjax25osb/bafkreiccx443xvncgtioz2xhqey73fruanigbngpg4msbir4jy6vururpa)
