September 20, 2003
Historical female pirates.
Via the excellent
Kalilily Time is this fascinating page of
Historical female pirates. Some fascinating true stories as well as reviews of some notable fictional ones. Some ladies you really, really don't want to mess with. Elaine of Kalily explains.
In general, it seems, gutsy women don't choose pirateering unless (1) it becomes their absoslutely only escape from lives of enforced quiet desperation or (2) they seek revenge for the some ill-fate that overcame their mates.
Anger turned inward becomes depression. Anger turned outward makes for some feisty formidable ferocious willful wenchy women.
Further browsing finds a
Pirate Web Ring. I guess all of these pirate links stem from the utterly absurd
Talk Like A Pirate Day, which I hope is followed by a Get A Life day. Or at least a Get A Boat day. I remember I really wanted to be a pirate when I was a little kid. I think it was my favorite Halloween costume. I've mostly outgrown it, I would hope, although I have to admit that there are quite a few people in this world that I would just love to see walk the plank.
