Booty and Junk: The Salty Life and Crimes of Zheng Yi Sao

Explicit

Who’s got two swords and went from poor fisher woman to pirate Queen in less than a decade?

Today, Zing ‘N’ Jolts set sail for the early 1800s to track the facts on a woman who truly defied the patriarchal society of her birth. For young girls growing up in a poor fish village, there were two options: stay where you are, or sex work as a means of upward mobility (err…horizontal mobility?).

Today’s heroine took the second option, and boy did she use it to jump the ranks. Becoming internationally renowned for her efforts above a Flower Boat, she seduced a pirate king and – when he died – took over the biggest pirate armada to ever sail.

Today: Booty & Junk: The Life and Crimes of Zheng Yi Sao. Let’s get shocked!

Resources

• Mr. Glasspoole and the Chinese Pirates