Slog - Comments on The Women of Papua New Guinea http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/the_women_of_papua_new_guinea A few days ago, I'm inside of a Manhattan bar talking with a elegant lady from Singapore. She is telling me about her past and her family in an English that has the breath of a Chinese cadence and a touch of her colonial education. Expensive sunglasses neatly pull her black hair back. Her forehead is spotless, and her lips are thin and pink like Japanese paper. "And my parents," she says without looking up at me but down at the crab cake she's delicately dissecting a with a fork and knife, "they no longer live in Singapore. Business is... Copyright 2008 Tue, 01 May 2007 12:22:17 -0800 Sat, 12 May 2007 16:37:00 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Gloria They didn't mention this in Anthropology 100 ...

]]> Gloria http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/the_women_of_papua_new_guinea#c705673 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/the_women_of_papua_new_guinea#c705673 Life Tue, 01 May 2007 12:29:14 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle You know, back in the 80's, I don't recall hearing about this from my friends who started a rock band in Papua New Guineau.

On the other hand, it's surprising how Americans think nothing of worshiping cars and trucks, when any sane person would see more value in having a few pigs instead.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/the_women_of_papua_new_guinea#c705682 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/the_women_of_papua_new_guinea#c705682 Life Tue, 01 May 2007 12:46:01 -0800 Comment by Jack Did Mudede just say "No diggity"?

]]> Jack http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/the_women_of_papua_new_guinea#c705687 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/the_women_of_papua_new_guinea#c705687 Life Tue, 01 May 2007 12:52:33 -0800 Comment by Dougsf I think the idea of toting around a live animal for sustenance is as objectional as any aspect of this. Although, I wouldn't be suprised if the practice wasn't unheard of during some part of rural America's history.

Isn't this the same culture that gave us Kuru?

]]> Dougsf http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/the_women_of_papua_new_guinea#c705691 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/the_women_of_papua_new_guinea#c705691 Life Tue, 01 May 2007 12:59:47 -0800 Comment by Leeerker It's not that shocking, some of the people on the slog already have a picture of this .

It's in the liner notes for Tori Amos' album - Boys for Pele.

You can see it here - http://www.thedent.com/piglet.html

]]> Leeerker http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/the_women_of_papua_new_guinea#c705709 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/the_women_of_papua_new_guinea#c705709 Life Tue, 01 May 2007 13:19:49 -0800 Comment by Dougsf Ahhhh... I misunderstood. I thought the women were drinking FROM the pig. Huh.

]]> Dougsf http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/the_women_of_papua_new_guinea#c705735 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/the_women_of_papua_new_guinea#c705735 Life Tue, 01 May 2007 13:57:01 -0800 Comment by maria Do the women use the piglets to keep their teets producing milk for babies? That sounds more likely.

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]]> maria http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/the_women_of_papua_new_guinea#c705750 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/the_women_of_papua_new_guinea#c705750 Life Tue, 01 May 2007 14:17:40 -0800 Comment by Jensen Interceptor
This has absolutely nothing to do with your thread, Charles. However I thought I'd just mention that Jhumpa Lahiri will be appearing at Seattle's Town Hall series on 15 May.


--- Jensen

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]]> Katherine http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/the_women_of_papua_new_guinea#c705805 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/the_women_of_papua_new_guinea#c705805 Life Tue, 01 May 2007 15:17:25 -0800 Comment by Dougsf #8 Ha ha ha that's totally how I was reading it. Then I just kinda felt bad for the pig, poor little living juice box. Knowing it's the pig that's doing the suckling, that kinda just makes me shrug.

]]> Dougsf http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/the_women_of_papua_new_guinea#c705815 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/the_women_of_papua_new_guinea#c705815 Life Tue, 01 May 2007 15:23:54 -0800 Comment by Grant Cogswell Charles, just as the imaginative immersion in the world of CTHULHU has made me more gay, I think ZOO is taking you places, too. Careful. What's the protocol on suckling your pig in a coffee shop or restaurant?

]]> Grant Cogswell http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/the_women_of_papua_new_guinea#c705820 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/the_women_of_papua_new_guinea#c705820 Life Tue, 01 May 2007 15:29:52 -0800 Comment by maria Would you have to register your piglet as a "service pig" in order to bring it into the restaurant to suckle?

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