26 April 2009

Fa Mu Lan

Did you know that Fa Mu Lan is based on a real Chinese folktale? Regardless if it is a true story or was simply a ballad, the idea of a woman warrior, and how "you can hardly tell the doe from the buck" is indeed revealing of the fluidity of gender -- even in ancient China...

How come we haven't caught on as a whole yet?

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