Mary Seacole's Obamicon

[browngirl]

Weeks ago, icecreamempress posted a link to this great comic about Mary Seacole and Florence Nightengale. I remember reading about Mary Seacole during my childhood summers in Jamaica; I knew she and Mrs. Nightengale had a rivalry, but of course they left that nasty (and unwarranted) brothel-keeping accusation out of the kids' books.

At any rate, because I am random, I turned this painting into this Obamicon:



And, well, today seemed like a good day to post this.

Comments

[janetmiles.livejournal.com]

This is so cool! I resent that I never before heard of Mary Seacole, and I thank you for the introduction.

[browngirl.livejournal.com]

You're very welcome! And yeah, I only heard about her in Jamaica.

[mtgat]

Wow! *learns something new every day*

[browngirl.livejournal.com]

The world is so full of a number of things...

[yarram.livejournal.com]

Thanks for sharing!

[browngirl.livejournal.com]

*blush* You're welcome. :)

[supergee.livejournal.com]

Fascinating person. I enjoyed Jane Robinson's bio of her.

[browngirl.livejournal.com]

*nod* She's very cool.

[nellorat.livejournal.com]

I hadn't hear of her before the PCA conference, at which a Ph.D. candidate doing her dissertation on Seacole presented in the Fat Studies division about Seacole's weight/body description in historical sources. Apparently Seacole is much better known in the UK than here.

[browngirl.livejournal.com]

That sounds like a really interesting analysis.

[the-maenad.livejournal.com]

VIZ magazine ran a similar strip a year or so ago. I find it beyond cool that there is room in this world for two cartoon strips portraying a humorous rivalry between Mary Seacole and Florence Nightingale.

[browngirl.livejournal.com]

Okay, that really is awesome. :D

[peteralway.livejournal.com]

OK, I'm done reading the man now, but the conflated word "obamicon" makes me want to submit an image of HP Lovecraft and call it "the Necronomobamicon."

[browngirl.livejournal.com]

You totally should!

[porcinea.livejournal.com]

Were you the person who recommended _Wonderful Adventures of Mrs. Seacole in Many Lands_ to me? I am so enjoying it!

[browngirl.livejournal.com]

I wasn't, but whomever did definetely deserves praise; it's an awesome book.

[icecreamempress.livejournal.com]

GO TEAM SEACOLE! woo!

[browngirl.livejournal.com]

Woohoo! Thank you for reminding me of her.