Historic underwear

[filkferengi]

They found some actual medieval lingerie. Now our sartorial speculations have a, ahem, *firmer* foundation in reality:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2174568/Austrian-dates-bras-15th-century-The-scraps-lace-castle-vault.html#ixzz20trdywo1

Now I'm speculating wildly, not so much about Gen's underthings, but about Irene & Eddis. You just know Gen had some made special, in "cheerful" colors.

;)

politics

[filkferengi]

This article is all about Machiavelli, but I think lots of it applies to Gen, too:

http://exurbe.com/?p=1429

What do y'all think?