#Courtesan

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every once in a while, I finally make my peace with firefly again, only for some white person to say they'd reboot the franchise and my soul just starts scREAMING

Rupinder

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I first came across the term tawaif with films Pakeezah & Umrao Jaan. The beauty in the art, dance & music made me want to know more. This Urdu word

emptywheel

emptywheel

https://beta.documentcloud.org/documents/20393605-11th-mueller-foia-release-201001#document/p54/a2002403DOJ hiding the fact that Erik Prince funded Roger Stone's racist voter suppression efforts (which is public record) with a privacy r

Agniras (Gems of Indology)

GemsOfIndology

THREAD on once most respected profession COURTESAN, GANIKA, ended up in undignified NAUTCH GIRL, PROSTITUTESThe only entertainment in NON-TV age became NOT only OBSOLETE but an ABUSE in modern age.A

Dr Bob Nicholson

DigiVictorian

In 1877, the Police News reported this extraordinary story of a celebrated Parisian dancer who, they claim, auctioned off her amputated leg to a Hungarian prince for the sum of

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vmxn__

#taegi royalty autaehyung, a rebel fugutive who secretly infiltrates the palace, is intent on ruining the king. he finds shelter in the royal quarters, disguised as an escort, where crown

steve forrest

sforrest

A couple of things about this print, recently tweeted by @cma_japanese, caught my eye. The print is by Suzuki Harunobu 鈴木春信, & is described as "The Courtesan (From A Collection

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crixist

Not @ how people completely forgot about what tsukuyo’s character got in yoshiwara after red spider and reduced her into a love interest P.s. some of the most important gintsu

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JackKealy

Today's quarantine outfit: Plague doctor 2020 Today's quarantine outfit: Edwardian epidemic eleganza Today's quarantine outfit: コロナ祭り Today's quarantine outfit: eshay ona-rays Today's quarantine outfit: Dapper Dandy Today's qu

Whores of Yore

WhoresofYore

This is Judith Beheading Holofernes by Caravaggio, c.1598. It’s one of the most dramatic & famous paintings of the Renaissance. Beyond the mighty Caravaggio, the tragic stories of three Italian

Whores of Yore

WhoresofYore

The philosopher Diogenes (c.412-323 BCE) was described by Plato as ‘a Socrates gone mad'. He lived in a barrel & believed man must embrace nature & reject shame. He openly

Whores of Yore

WhoresofYore

In 1916, after the Austro-Hungarian artist Oskar Kokoschka was rejected by his lover, composer Alma Mahler, he had a this life sized replica doll of her made. He wrote that

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zen4ever2us2

Racism my Korean American family has experienced and continues to experience in the United States: A Thread. When my mom was growing up, someone threw a beer can at my

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kytalli

i’ve always thought, vaguely, that my long game was to become a very expensive courtesanhttps://twitter.com/elysiansunset/status/1380312507613581314 like, this bed would be where i’d look upon you tenderly, and speak truths about

Elly Arrow

EllyArrow

The history of #prostitution in Japan as told through folklore and ghost stories. When talking about the sex industry today, let's not forget what it meant for women for millenia:

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liloloveyou024

Longjun is love live-tweet thread ASDFASDFA HONGJUN'S DAD REMIND ME OF JCIf hongjun gets hurt, everyone else gets hurt ffffff We only got a brief look into Hongjun's life before