So....

Measured by the standard of the day, it's progressive. Also, she had to give permission, -did- she? Is there a record of her saying it? And the fact of the matter remains that the captive wives had to be treated respectfully. Respectful wife of dirty pirate or corpse floating in the Yellow Sea?

So Cheng I Sao's pirates required a permission slip before getting down, under penalty of death. Those who disobeyed, or employed the use of force against a woman without permission, were executed on the spot.

that is what I was thinking the entire article. You can't rape them in public, just on the ship in secret. If she says okay. Just sounds like she is a control freak, not some empowering force.

yeah, I hate to be a downer, but trying to make "you can only rape captives WITH PERMISSION" into "rah rah girl power!" is a bit of a stretch

Legend claims that she was a prostitute in a Cantonese floating brothel and that she refused Cheng's proposal until he promised to give her half of his fleet and a share of his command

Which white actress would play her you think? J Law, right?

OK, I would like to see this movie.

If I ever got to meet him, I would just serve him me on a platter. Possibly wrapped in a flag, since he's the president and all. (tho I'm pretty sure that's what you were getting at)

I love how the elephants kind of rock back and forth to get up momentum when they stand up; I have days like that. Majestic as fuck, is all I'm saying. You do you, elephant lady.

Humans, by and large, DEFINITELY do not deserve it.

I managed to go to South Africa for the first time back in May. There was a park I drove through, and I wound up driving through a herd of elephants. Amazing.

BuzzFeed reports that when twin elephants (which are so rare that they happen "only .5 percent of the time") are born, other elephants actually help the mother take care of them, which omgwhatwhatwhat.

This does not make up for the period blood/vomit thing, Mark.

Baby elephants are proof that the universe loves us and wants us to be happy.

Ya know, you might be able to get her fitted with a prosthesis if you're interested. The traditional thought is that animals don't mind having missing limbs - and they do get around fine, usually - but if you're curious you might be able to give her some extra help too. http://www.orthopets.com/pl_prosthetic_…

So, in other words, you had a "cat."

People, I adopted a three-footed baby kitty this weekend. His name is Toby.

Kari was STUNNING. Those eyes, that hair, that skin. And they ruined her. It felt like she was too beautiful so they handicapped her so a guy could finally win.