āAnne Bonny and Mary Read were pirates, as renowned for their ruthlessness as for their gender, and during their short careers challenged the sailorsā adage that a womanās presence on shipboard invites bad luck.ā
Sculpture by Erik Christianson.
Iām not entirely sure that the statue really needed to have a tit out.
How dare women try to have nipples.
Actually Iāve seen this before and I can tell youā itās because these women were bad ass pirates and when they killed someone theyād expose one or both breasts so that when their victim died, (s)he knew that they were killed by a woman.
ACTUALLY Anne Bonny purposely wore loose fitting clothes and displayed her breasts openly at all times during battle - mainly because men were distracted by them, and she took pleasure in killing said men while they were too busy staring at her breasts. Mary Read dressed mainly as a man (after posing as her deceased brother, Mark, for the entirety of her childhood) and both ladies cross-dressed from time to time, hopping between ships. They were known as the āfierce hell catsā due to their ferocious tempers, and were key elements to Captain āCalico Jackā Rackhamās crew - they were the only two known female pirates in the Golden Age of Caribbean piracy. IN FACT, when the ship was captured by the British Navy, Anne and Mary were the ONLY TWO pirates who fought while the males of the crew hid - they were all tried to be hung as pirates but Bonny and Read were both pregnant and were pardoned.
Calico Jack was a lover to Bonny, and as he was to be hung, Bonnyās final words to him were, āHad you fought like a man, you need not be hung like a dog.ā Bonny and Read were possibly two of the most badass fucking pirates and they were FEMALE. The more you know.Ā
And on top of all that, exposed breasts have a long and storied history of symbolism in art. They mean all sorts of things. The sculptor may have chosen to expose her left breast specifically to denote her courageāher heart is exposedāor to evoke comparison to Amazon warriors, who cut off their right breasts.
Titties are complex in art.
Fascinating!Ā
From the sounds of it they proved rather the idea women were bad luck on a ship cus if they boarded yours you were shit out of luck
Also, there are various accounts that Bonny and Read were actually lovers.
Where the fuck is this movie?
