With a focus on language surrounding largely women and female genitalia, the main goal of this episode is to show the harsh stigmas and connotations that often come with the descriptive words for typically women's reproductive organs.
This episode tells the story of Europeans' first contact with Hawaiians as told through one object - a mahiole or feather helmet - at the British Museum. The episode includes interviews with historians who describe Cook's problematic encounter with Hawaiians as a harbinger of colonialism to come. In addition, the episode uses the helmet's construction as a lens into key attributes in Hawaiian culture prior to colonial contact.
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