aphanon_meme | part 353 whalers on the moon

part 353 whalers on the moon

We've been here over a year now! I can hardly believe it! Dreamwidth's been pretty good, I'd say, with almost no downtime to speak of and all that! Anyway... how is your spring going? Or I guess it's almost summer, isn't it? Hopefully it's been well! I've been catching up on work and new movies, all very exciting stuff, I'm sure.

Enjoy part 353!

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Oops, saw this late.

Thanks for the link!

[uses the momentum of her pulling to help himself up, holding onto her firmly as he does, using her for support because his legs feel like jelly. Just gonna

reach into her pocket and take that brandy, he NEVER SAID HE DIDN'T WANT IT. He's too winded to speak so he just grunts in agreement and off they go wobbling towards her company. Has no idea what he's getting himself into because he's sexist and thinks she's being so tolerant because she's acting like a proper lady. Also doesn't think she has anything more than maybe a couple of hand maids and a few weakling old men and young boys who do the miscellaneous labor. After all, she was just a lady having a picnic, so no way she can have her men with her, right? Right!

He's going to be in for a long, long, long, long, long, long ride]

I recall reading an article a few years back about how it had become difficult for women with bound feet to find special shoes, as of course that generation was dying off and so were the generation of shoemakers who had created shoes specifically to support that distorted foot shape.

you made the mistake of reading an article on the daily fail
probably at least 10% of it was straight up wrong, and o course the commentariat there...
i hope someone else has written about this.

thanks anon for the washington post link!

So far I've read Cinderella's Sisters: A Revisionist History of Footbinding and Every Step a Lotus: Shoes for Bound Feet by Dorothy Ko. Both focus on the cultural importance of footbinding and how geographical differences could impact the style of footbinding used as well as the style and function of the shoes.

I've also read Aching for Beauty by Wang Ping, which is a memoir/history from an author who attempted to bind her own feet (despite it being against the law) when she was a young child--a more intimate look into the cultural and social aspect of footbinding and how it was used to bring women together. (Although it's a hard read, the author's writing style is drier than a desert.) I've also read some journal articles in various publications but I can't remember the titles and they're of the "holy shit these are expensive as hell if you're not getting them through school" variety unfortunately... :/

One thing I think is overlooked about footbinding is that it wasn't a static practice and it differed not only among different generations but in different geographic areas. For example, footbinding among rural communities in the more mountainous regions was not as strict as footbinding in the lower and richer cities, and the shoes for these areas were a lot more practical and sturdy when compared to 'city' footbinding because the women in these areas could not get by with 'city' footbinding styles and shoes. Women in rural and farming communities were generally more likely to have less strict bindings because they still needed to be able to do physical work--there are even 'work' shoes made specifically for bound feet.

It's a really complex issue and it's a shame there isn't a lot of scholarly work on the practice? The practice was obviously debilitating to women and is likely rooted in the male desire to keep women within the confines of their home as much as possible, but at the same time, because women with severely bound feet were more likely to remain at home and needed other women to complete these footbinding practices, it was a significant factor in the development of the inner "women's world" within Chinese homes and imperial courts.

hmmmmm

oops I got tl;dr sorry ;A;

WASH YO HANDS!

Do you even have hands, angry.gif?

I do

I have a feeling that the book resulting from this Kickstarter will go in depth, since the photographer says she's spent many months with the women and wants to tell their stories

smh whitewashing of bound feet

What?

Like many eight-year-old girls, she eats in the school canteen and goes to ballet class. Her friends know her as Leonor -- but soon they will have to call her "Highness".

Her childhood will not be the same now that her grandfather Juan Carlos is stepping down as king of Spain.

Once her father Felipe is crowned king, she will no longer be "Infanta", but Princess -- and one day Queen. She will be the youngest direct royal heir in Europe.

She will step out for the cameras to zoom in on her blue eyes, blonde hair and toothy smile. Royal-watchers say those may be just the charms the Spanish royal family needs to save its image.

"Until now, her parents have deliberately protected her so that she is not in the papers all the time. Those days are over," said the prince's biographer, Jose Apezarena.

http://www.royalty.nu/news/14/06/RepoLeon.html

wait I didn't mean to use angry gif

or did you?

I'm tired of the "oh it's culture~~~" bs

if so, what kind?

Sometimes. I don't like sushi with raw fish.

Cucumber rolls is the only thing I'll eat

Isn't all sushi raw fish?

Nope.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sushi

Sushi can have just vegetables, fruits, etc

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