May 2011
22 posts
“The pirate queen known only as Cheng I Sao, or “wife of Cheng,” started out as a...”
– Brow Beat : A Short History of Lady Pirates
An excerpt from a great piece about female pirates. My favorite story is about Anne Bonny and Mary Read. I might have to buy this pirate book!
(via nicolelee)
“Killing is just the kickoff. After that, the dead creatures go to a butcher in...”
– Mark Zuckerberg’s new challenge: Eating only what he kills (and yes, we do mean literally…)
Or, as Chinese people call this, THURSDAY.
(Hat tip: Tiffany B.)
Of Another Fashion: I found this Pan Am Airlines... →
ofanotherfashion:
I found this Pan Am Airlines promotional photo (ca. 1956) in Christine Yano’s new book on the history of Nisei stewardesses called Airborne Dreams (Duke University Press, 2011). Yano argues that “Japanese American (and later other Asian and Asian American) stewardesses [as they were…
“When Tran was told she was cancer-free, it was the greatest moment of my life....”
– Ken Jeong: For My Wife, in Celebration of Mother’s Day
“(Sorry, I think I’ve got something in my eye… sob.)” - jasmined
