So I was browsing through the anime fan-fiction, and I find I very interesting Japanese culture guide for anime fan-fiction authors. This is actually a very well written article by someone whose spent extensive time in Japan. It even makes some culture points that I didn't even know about.

Warning: There's a little mature content, but nothing over ( Read more... )

 
This is a really unique find, guys.

Go check it out.

Ahoy at the World Trade Center

By ISABEL KERSHNER

Published: July 17, 2010

JERUSALEM - Amid the horrors of the Holocaust, the atrocities perpetrated by a few brutal women have always stood out, like aberrations of nature.

There were notorious camp guards like Ilse Koch and Irma Grese. And lesser known killers like Erna Petri, the wife of an SS officer and a mother who was convicted ( Read more... )

I read this on Yahoo! today and had a Squee! moment. It's an exciting find.

Egypt tombs suggest pyramids not built by slaves

I've been really excited by the discovers in Egypt lately. From finding the Lost Queen to the rediscover of advanced and highly sophisticated technologies, things are really happening along the Nile. Here's to the alien theory ( Read more... )

The History of Lesbianism Attitudes in Africa

Cross-gender roles and marriage between women has also been recorded in over 30 African societies. Women may marry other women, raise their children, and be generally thought of as men in societies in Nigeria, Cameroon, and Kenya. The Hausa people of Sudan have a term equivalent to lesbian, kifi, that ( Read more... )

I admit, I only found out and researched about this for the sake of fangirling but what I found was VERY interesting.

I’m sure some (if not most) people in this community are aware of the relationship between the United States and the United Kingdom dubbed by many as the “Special Relationship.”

To quote Wikipedia (what would we do without it?):

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I believe everyone might be interested in this article about a fascinating Chinese empress, named Cixi.

"Too much mystery surrounds the Forbidden City for us to write of its inmates with assured authority. Even when the facts are known, there are two or three versions, each giving a different rendering of what occurred. This vagueness is ( Read more... )