'Farbs,' 'progressives' and 'stitch counters.' Oh MY!

The U.S. Navy started letting the ladies sing them way back in the nineteen and eighties. They do it just for the fun of it. You too may have the fun. Think of them as summer camp songs.

Is anybody actually doing so-called 'living history' with the shanty/chanty/chantey/fhanty these days? If so, avoid them like the plague, never mind the genders.

You shouldn't want to be involved in the latter for the same reasons white folks shouldn't want to act in the role of plantation slaves. It's not about you or now. It's about them & then.