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I'm Niniane and I'm passionate about women's history. My sideblog is City of Ladies. From queens to warriors and artists, it's the place to learn about the women who made history.
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I write both original stories and fanfictions and am a proud OC creator.
My current speciality is writing about age of sail media (currently Master and Commander and The Terror). But it comes with a twist: I'm adding more women to these stories by taking advantage of all the possibilities history has to offer!
Current WIPs:
â§Daughter of the dawn
⧠Snow & Sunlight
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Chang Kyehyang (1598â1680), also known as Jang Gye-hyang, was a poet, painter, and philanthropist. She was the first woman to write a cookbook in the history of East Asia.
The young poet
Chang Kyehyang was the daughter of a scholar. At the age of nine, she astonished her father by writing her first poem, Ode to the Saint, in which she lamented that she could not meet the great scholars of the past while expressing gratitude for being able to study their works.
She went on to write other poems, exploring themes such as nature and mourning. Chang Kyehyang was also a talented calligrapher and painter, notably producing a painting of a tiger. Her father later arranged her marriage to his most accomplished student, Yi Si-myeong, a widower whose first wife had died at a young age.
Philanthropist
Chang Kyehyang raised seven sons and devoted great care to their education. One of them later became a minister at the royal court. She also raised and educated the son and daughter her husband had from his first marriage.
A generous philanthropist, Chang Kyehyang sought to provide alternative food sources for the poor and the starving people of her region. She also protected her community during times of war and strife.
She explained her actions with these words:
âIt is the order of the universe to live together; the highest order of moral law is sharing his or her own wealth with less fortunate people.â
Recipes for Tasty Food
In 1670, Chang Kyehyang wrote ŏmsik timibang (Recipes for Tasty Food), the first cookbook written by a woman in the history of East Asia and the first cookbook written in Hangul, the Korean alphabet. Although women from prominent families had undoubtedly developed and passed down recipes orally for generations, hers was the first known work of its kind to be written down.
Unlike Classical Chinese, which was primarily used by government officials and educated men, Hangul offered women new opportunities for literary expression. They developed a rich literary culture of their own, producing novels, poetry, memoirs, and works devoted to domestic life.
The cookbook was probably intended at first for the younger women of her family. Chang Kyehyang wished to preserve the culinary traditions of her region. As a result, ĹŹmsik timibang contains a wealth of information on the preparation of soju, along with a wide variety of dishes and cooking techniques.
Chang Kyehyang's purpose is best captured in the preface to her book:
âAll men and women eat and drink, but few know the true meaning of taste.â
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Further reading:Â
Kaff Lucy, âHow Women in ChosĹn Korea Legitimized Han'gulâ
Park Hyunhee, Soju: A Global History
Yearn-hong Choi, âJang Gye-hyang - Joseon's poetess, first cookbook author and philanthropistâ
Inspired by their historical sisters, these women fear neither storms nor battles. Their stories form a coherent ensemble, like a kaleidoscope showing the many facets of womenâs experience at sea and across history.
Master and Commander/Aubrey-Maturin series
-Mary DawsonÂ
Mary was born at war to a sutler mother and a soldier father. Driven by a thirst for adventure and the pull of distant shores, she responded to the sea's call and joined the navy under a male guise. A fearless trickster, she hides in plain sight, weaponizing her wit, amicable personality and social intelligence. She handles threats without any regrets. Mary takes every day as it comes, believing that she will always find a solution for everything. She harbours great anger against the system that denies her being herself, creating friction between her integrity and the need to compromise.
â> Read her story here!
-Emilia Visconti
Physician, professor, anatomist. Emilia is the second woman to obtain a doctorate in medicine from the University of Bologna, after her friend, Maria Dalle Donne. With this, Emilia hoped that they could revolutionize the medical and academic worlds. Alas, the geopolitical situation crushed her hopes. In addition to academic sexism, Emilia now battles French interference in the universityâs affairs. Her passionate defence of her colleagues and advocacy for Italian unification quickly turned her into a persona non grata. Emilia is now on the run, bringing her anatomical wax models and doctoral robes, and armed with her most formidable weapons: her mind and her ideals.
-Bridget Abernathy
Bridgetâs life began in the most unusual way: she was abandoned at a hospital with banknotes sewn in her clothes. As she grew up, she became keenly aware of her limited prospects but found solace in her passion for manual work and fixing things. The next step was logical: she disguised herself as a young man and apprenticed herself to a shipwright in Portsmouth. Introverted and not at ease with small talk, Bridget is passionate about ships and can talk about her work for hours. She continues to search for the truth about her birth and her real ties to the navy.Â
-Ann Dawson
Maryâs mother. Ann comes from a long lineage of camp followers and sutlers. She is as tough and no-nonsense as one would expect such a woman to be. Skilled in both fighting and making profit, Ann chose a different route after her beloved husbandâs death. Leaving the only life she had ever known, she settled in Portsmouth with her daughter. Now nicknamed âqueen Annâ she grows her business and terrifies her rivals in the marketplace.Â
-Harriet CobhamÂ
The original trickster. Harriet is Maryâs aunt (or rather a distant relative on her fatherâs side). Her talent for soldiering allowed her to reach the rank of infantry captain under a male alias. An eccentric mentor and maverick, Harriet taught Mary wise advice about crossdressing. Though she seems mostly concerned with warfare, she speaks French and taught herself Italian. Her other passion is collecting memoirs of women soldiers and early feminist works.Â
The Terror
-Esther Harlow
Having been on her own from an early age, Esther is a survivor. Adept at hiding in the shadows, she plays a crucial role in managing the officerâs life behind the scenes. An excellent judge of character, she observes her brethren with caustic humour. Deep sorrow lies beneath the seriousness. Esther has been hiding for too long and wants to stop pretending. Joining the Franklin expedition, Esther makes a bold move for her future security. After all, itâs only for two years, right? When things take a turn for the worse, Esther will confront her anxiety and reveal her true strength.
â> Read her story here!Â
-GrĂĄinne Lavery
âA life well-livedâ: perfectly summarizes GrĂĄinneâs adventures. Born and raised on a warship, she grows restless if staying on land for too long. An expert in navigation, she overcame many dangers from battle to taking command of a vessel and leading it to safety. GrĂĄinne still longs for the adventure of a lifetime. Thus, she seizes the opportunity of joining a one-of-a-kind expedition. After all, it would be better if a woman took part in that discovery! This rugged and experienced woman faces peril with grit, good humour and a sharp tongue. She remains fiercely proud of her Irish heritage.
-Nauja Iverach
Nauja was born in Labrador to a white man and an Inuit woman. After her motherâs death, her father moved back to his native Orkney. Nauja is now part of the community for better or worse. Having been raised between two worlds, she lives to reconcile both heritages. Her shop, The Laughing Seagull (a pun on the meaning of her first name) supplies ships coming and going. The year Terror and Erebus stopped by Orkney, she knew deep down that the expedition was doomed. The rest of the time, she can be found looking for seals and puffins.
Hornblower Series Â
-Lavia Crowley/Pellew
The state of a womanâs home reflects her value and state of mind. If the saying is true, then Lavinia would make a poor housemistress. Melancholy devours her a little more every day. Lavinia wants to live and escape this fate. Having studied navigation and mathematics on her own, she dreams of going to sea. Her marriage to a captain provides the perfect opportunity. Determined and eloquent, she convinces her new husband to take her along. Having found her purpose, she blossoms and wins both the crewâs and her husbandâs affection. Lavinia will build a home after all, though in the belly of a warship.
-Arnhildur PĂĄlsdĂłttir
Volcanic eruptions, plague: Arnhildurâs native Iceland was hit by catastrophes of Biblical proportions. She moves to England hoping to bring back money, medicine and weapons, leaving her land of women captains and all-female crews. Soon, she finds herself working for the Navy as an unofficial agent. Once captain of a fishing boat, Arnhildur is now at war among men who doubt her talents. Her uncanny ability to predict the weather soon proves a crucial asset. Arnhildur can count on her calm, sense of duty and fearlessness. After having spent so much time caring for others and shouldering their burdens, she must figure out what she wants for herself. All the while grappling with her trauma and her complicated relationship to faith.
-Juana de AlhamaÂ
Feeling furious makes you powerful enough to move mountains. Juana ran away from home and enlisted in the Spanish Marines. Her parents were cold and unloving and she wanted to see the world. Five years later, she is now a sergeant, praised for her conduct in battle and has received many wounds. After surviving the battle of Cape St. Vincent and the blockade of Cadiz, she is sent to a coastal fortress. With her men, Juana is a strict disciplinarian: their survival comes first. Though deeply exhausted, she fears returning to civilian life as she would likely feel directionless. Her encounter with English prisoners will offer her new perspectives and perhaps an escape.
Pirates of the Caribbean
-IntanÂ
Perfection. Nothing less is expected of the Prajurit Estri, the Lady Soldiers, of the Javanese courts. Intan is no exception. Though a dutiful royal guard, part of her always felt restless. Sent to retrieve an artefact stolen by the Dutch East India Company, she travels to distant shores. Exceedingly confident in her training, as she should, Intan has no patience for fools. Expressive and assertive, skilled in song and dance, she intrigues the people she meets. Reluctantly teaming up with a disgraced naval officer, Intan soon discovers an affinity for that life of freedom and swashbuckling adventures.
This is an experiment to see if there really are as few of us as people think.You can also use this to freak out your followers who think youâre 25 or something. Yay!
Chang Kyehyang (1598â1680), also known as Jang Gye-hyang, was a poet, painter, and philanthropist. She was the first woman to write a cookbook in the history of East Asia.
The young poet
Chang Kyehyang was the daughter of a scholar. At the age of nine, she astonished her father by writing her first poem, Ode to the Saint, in which she lamented that she could not meet the great scholars of the past while expressing gratitude for being able to study their works.
She went on to write other poems, exploring themes such as nature and mourning. Chang Kyehyang was also a talented calligrapher and painter, notably producing a painting of a tiger. Her father later arranged her marriage to his most accomplished student, Yi Si-myeong, a widower whose first wife had died at a young age.
Philanthropist
Chang Kyehyang raised seven sons and devoted great care to their education. One of them later became a minister at the royal court. She also raised and educated the son and daughter her husband had from his first marriage.
A generous philanthropist, Chang Kyehyang sought to provide alternative food sources for the poor and the starving people of her region. She also protected her community during times of war and strife.
She explained her actions with these words:
âIt is the order of the universe to live together; the highest order of moral law is sharing his or her own wealth with less fortunate people.â
Recipes for Tasty Food
In 1670, Chang Kyehyang wrote ŏmsik timibang (Recipes for Tasty Food), the first cookbook written by a woman in the history of East Asia and the first cookbook written in Hangul, the Korean alphabet. Although women from prominent families had undoubtedly developed and passed down recipes orally for generations, hers was the first known work of its kind to be written down.
Unlike Classical Chinese, which was primarily used by government officials and educated men, Hangul offered women new opportunities for literary expression. They developed a rich literary culture of their own, producing novels, poetry, memoirs, and works devoted to domestic life.
The cookbook was probably intended at first for the younger women of her family. Chang Kyehyang wished to preserve the culinary traditions of her region. As a result, ĹŹmsik timibang contains a wealth of information on the preparation of soju, along with a wide variety of dishes and cooking techniques.
Chang Kyehyang's purpose is best captured in the preface to her book:
âAll men and women eat and drink, but few know the true meaning of taste.â
If you enjoy this blog, consider supporting me on Ko-fi!
Further reading:Â
Kaff Lucy, âHow Women in ChosĹn Korea Legitimized Han'gulâ
Park Hyunhee, Soju: A Global History
Yearn-hong Choi, âJang Gye-hyang - Joseon's poetess, first cookbook author and philanthropistâ
Chang Kyehyang (1598â1680), also known as Jang Gye-hyang, was a poet, painter, and philanthropist. She was the first woman to write a cookbook in the history of East Asia.
The young poet
Chang Kyehyang was the daughter of a scholar. At the age of nine, she astonished her father by writing her first poem, Ode to the Saint, in which she lamented that she could not meet the great scholars of the past while expressing gratitude for being able to study their works.
She went on to write other poems, exploring themes such as nature and mourning. Chang Kyehyang was also a talented calligrapher and painter, notably producing a painting of a tiger. Her father later arranged her marriage to his most accomplished student, Yi Si-myeong, a widower whose first wife had died at a young age.
Philanthropist
Chang Kyehyang raised seven sons and devoted great care to their education. One of them later became a minister at the royal court. She also raised and educated the son and daughter her husband had from his first marriage.
A generous philanthropist, Chang Kyehyang sought to provide alternative food sources for the poor and the starving people of her region. She also protected her community during times of war and strife.
She explained her actions with these words:
âIt is the order of the universe to live together; the highest order of moral law is sharing his or her own wealth with less fortunate people.â
Recipes for Tasty Food
In 1670, Chang Kyehyang wrote ŏmsik timibang (Recipes for Tasty Food), the first cookbook written by a woman in the history of East Asia and the first cookbook written in Hangul, the Korean alphabet. Although women from prominent families had undoubtedly developed and passed down recipes orally for generations, hers was the first known work of its kind to be written down.
Unlike Classical Chinese, which was primarily used by government officials and educated men, Hangul offered women new opportunities for literary expression. They developed a rich literary culture of their own, producing novels, poetry, memoirs, and works devoted to domestic life.
The cookbook was probably intended at first for the younger women of her family. Chang Kyehyang wished to preserve the culinary traditions of her region. As a result, ĹŹmsik timibang contains a wealth of information on the preparation of soju, along with a wide variety of dishes and cooking techniques.
Chang Kyehyang's purpose is best captured in the preface to her book:
âAll men and women eat and drink, but few know the true meaning of taste.â
If you enjoy this blog, consider supporting me on Ko-fi!
Further reading:Â
Kaff Lucy, âHow Women in ChosĹn Korea Legitimized Han'gulâ
Park Hyunhee, Soju: A Global History
Yearn-hong Choi, âJang Gye-hyang - Joseon's poetess, first cookbook author and philanthropistâ
Now that everyone is discussing Nolan's Odyssey movie, I feel like it's a good time to let non-Italians know that the production dumped plastic props into the Italian sea. Weirdly enough I could not find any article in English about it but it's a fucking problem nonetheless.
I might translate this article later today. This one was the most complete one, even in Italian news it's not talked about that much.
Non è la prima volta che la produzione solleva un vespaio in Sicilia. A Lipari una squadra di sub sarebbe però già impegnata a bonificare i
They dumped plastic skeletons in environmentally protected areas, against the literal contracts they had to sign to get the permits to film in environmentally protected areas. Like they not only did a bad ecological thing that freaked out some divers, they literally broke environmental protection laws and their contract with the Italian government
revealing of many things perhaps that the âyou donât know what you marriedâ fairytale trope contains such marked thematic differences between male and female protagonists⌠the selkie, animal wife/swan maiden, and lamia motifs being associated with the heteropatriarchal terror of perceived-feminine interiority; that if you donât materially force your wife to stay, she might one day be gone, that there are things about her you donât know and may not be able to understand. while female-focused versions of the structureâbluebeard, the robber bridegroom, fitcherâs bird, mr. fox, and so onâencapsulate the very real danger of abuse without recourse to anything but oneâs own cleverness: the common fear that the person you marry and know might turn out to be a stranger after all, or that you may be forced to marry without even superficial knowledge or choice.
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